229. Sweep the Clippers

The Lakers lost one game to the Clippers this season, and there were a lot of factors in that game. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The first is that the Clippers were in high swing at that time, and all the players were at their best. Then the Lakers had several injuries that couldn't play the ball, and Green's absence made the Lakers' interior organizational ability drop by more than half, not that Gasol's organizational ability was not good, but Green's organizational talent was really good.

Those two points were the biggest factors in the Lakers' loss in that game.

Now it's all the other way around, and the Clippers are so sluggish that they shouldn't even make the playoffs, but the foundation laid by the previous 17 consecutive wins is too deep, and losing in the last month still ensures that they stay in the playoffs in the Wild West.

Green is now back in action, and by watching his teammates play off the court, he has a better understanding of his teammates' running habits and the best shooting positions, and has a deeper understanding of organizing offense.

On April 20, the Lakers and Clippers played their first game.

D'Antoni's words the day before still had some effect, everyone on the Lakers didn't want to capsize in the gutter, they all focused on it, and no one relaxed.

Jordan Jr. is this year's jump ball king, and only a quarter of the more than 80 games in the regular season on the Lakers' side won the jump ball, which is the bottom of the league.

Because Redick refused to play, the Clippers' starting point guard was the Lakers' backup Goldlock last year, Paul could only come by himself, and in the face of Liu Ren's defense, he chose a mid-range pull-up jump shot, missed, and Green grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Ren continued to change direction, accelerated violently to squeeze Paul who defended him into the interior, attracted Jordan Jr. and Griffin to the defense, and then passed the ball to Kobe Bryant, who scored with both hands.

Liu Ren is the key to winning, and Jordan Jr. has already had a shadow on him, he scored on the inside as if he was in a no-man's land, and his inside skills of forcing dunks and hitting boards and throwing shots were all played.

With Green, Gasol, Nash, and Kobe Bryant all opening up space for him to play the ball, he scored 40 points and set a new personal playoff scoring high.

In turn, Liu Ren was defended by the opponent's concentrated firepower and began to pass the ball again, sending a lot of assists to his teammates.

On the defensive end, the Lakers players have honed their own defensive understanding for a season, which is above the league average, and the current Clippers are basically Paul and Griffin, except for the two who can score, no one else has the heart to play, and they all want to end this season early.

Liu Ren watched Paul hold the ball and kill the basket with a hideous face, but this one-meter-eight little man has to bear the burden of scoring all the outside of the team, which is unbearable to watch.

Yes, Liu Ren couldn't bear it, so he used the strongest impact, the highest fighting spirit, and the most focused game attitude to lead the three veterans and a talented bench to bombard the Clippers indiscriminately, preparing to end the Clippers season early.

Without any surprises, Liu Ren had a triple-double of 40 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, and his first triple-double in the playoffs, leading the Lakers to a 119-80 win over the Clippers in their first game.

On April 23, the second home game between the Lakers and the Clippers.

After two days of rest, the Lakers played even better, and the Clippers had three main players who refused to play because Sterling had died again, and he didn't know how to break through the security guards to get to the scene before the game, causing Barnes, Redick, and Collison to leave the court directly.

If a player refuses to play, the team and the league will refuse to pay the salary for this game, but this is a playoffs, there is no salary in the first place, it is a compulsory game, and even if the Clippers refuse to play in the last ten or so playoffs this year, Barnes and others refuse to play, the league has not mentioned the matter of not paying salaries, and no one dares to provoke public anger!

Liu Ren suffocated in the last few games of the regular season, he made 35 crazy shots in this game, although the shooting rate was average, only 15 shots, but still scored 40 points, the second consecutive game with 40 points, leading the Lakers to a 121-95 victory over the Clippers again.

The next two D'Antoni directly practiced in the playoffs, focusing on role players, using Antetokounmpo and Green, Whiteside, Nick Young, McCollum as the main players, four of these five players are the core members of the Lakers' possible future future, full of talent, and they have grown rapidly under D'Antoni's system, and they pressed the absent-minded Clippers to beat them in the Staples Center.

The Clippers played worse in the next two games than in the first two!

The reason is simple, these two games are the home of the Clippers, and since Sterling has been banned from participating in NBA commercial activities, the ticket price is set by Shryne Sterling, which is relatively cheaper than the regular season game and the Lakers, and most of the fans who buy tickets are Clippers fans.

But these fans wearing Clippers jerseys did not come to cheer for the Clippers, but all held up signs that said "Sterling get out of the NBA", and they vented their anger on the team, booing the Clippers players as soon as they got the ball, so that the Clippers players who had no intention of fighting surrendered early.

4 to 0!

A sweep without suspense!

The Clippers played fairly well only Paul and Griffin, Paul averaged 24 points, 5 boards and 5 assists per game, and Griffin averaged 27 points, 7 boards and 3 assists per game, scoring is very good, but from the two assists, it can be seen that the rest of the Clippers did not play their strength at all.

Paul and Griffin didn't say a word for four games, even though the opponent was a Lakers player with whom they had a good relationship, and neither of them was willing to speak.

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It only took a week for the Lakers to end their first-round series, and it looked like they were going to have a long rest.

The Clippers are out, which is finally a relief to the league, the playoffs are in full swing, no one will pay attention to a team that has been eliminated, and they can finally carry out the plan to change the ownership of the Clippers.

"Shelly, are you sure there is nothing wrong with this proof?" Adam Silva asked solemnly.

Adam Silva worries that this is Shelly Sterling's fake certificate in order to get half of the money that belongs to him as soon as possible, because Shelly is ready to divorce Sterling, and half of the money from the Clippers' sale will go to her.

Shelly was a middle-aged woman who looked very shrewd, and her small eyes were shining: "Adam, you don't have to worry, this is a firm proof that you will go to Ronald Regan Medical Center together accompanied by someone from the court!" From Donald's previous cases and his recent behavior, Dr. Reagan is pretty certain that he has a very severe depression and is incapable of acting independently, and as his guardian, I have full authority to take full responsibility for the disposition of all the Stirling family's property! ”

"Dr. Reagan's certificate? OK, I see, let's hold the auction as soon as possible......"