Chapter Eighty-Nine: For Little Smith
"What a beautiful fight, guys! The Lakers weren't invincible, and in the second half we let our perimeter shoot 3-pointers......"
"Hey my buddy, don't say any more," Gordon interrupted the spitting Coach Pooh with some frustration, "We, especially me, will definitely find a crosshair in the second half, but you don't want to poison us, we don't want to be milked to death by you again." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"Hahahaha" The locker room burst into laughter, and Pooh shrugged his shoulders to show helplessness, and it could be seen that the Clippers' morale was good at this time.
The camera moved to the Lakers locker room, Phil Jackson didn't say much, and after briefly emphasizing the precautions before the game, he closed his eyes and recuperated, and the other players were not too nervous, in their opinion, the Clippers were going to collapse in the second half.
"Okay guys, welcome back to the studio, and this is the broadcast that ESPN brings to you. The Clippers played a great game in the first half, they are still three points ahead of the defending champions, and today the Clippers, especially Griffin, are in very hot form, and hopefully they can continue to surprise us in the second half! ā
"Griffin, yes, I don't care how many points you scored in the first half, but from now on, you can't score easily, I'll take care of you." As soon as Atai came on the court, he said viciously to Griffin, who was still sorting out his uniform.
"Hopefully Ron, I'd appreciate you more if you were defending with clean moves." Griffin satirizes Artest.
"Only complain about moving too much." Ron shrugged, looking like he was enjoying his villain's pitch positioning.
"It looks like Phil has made a change, and he uses Ron Artest to defend Griffin. Personally, I think it's a smart decision, as Ron won't be easily passed by Griffin as an outside lineman, but I'm worried if this fight will turn into a brawl again. ā
In the first round of the Lakers' return, Gasol made a shooting feint at the free throw line and scored a dunk on the inside line, Griffin was stuck by Atai and couldn't make up for the defense, Jordan Jr. returned to the court with some chagrin, and he was still easy to jump.
Griffin signaled to Gordon to block the pick-and-roll, Gordon passed the ball to Griffin before Griffin arrived, Griffin immediately passed back to Gordon, and then blocked Kobe, thinking that Gordon was going to break in, but Gordon made a jump shot directly from the three-point line.
"Three-point hit!"
Gordon clenched his fists excitedly, it's not easy, in the face of Kobe's strong kraft candy defense, the key is that he won't be tired, and the taste is simply not enough for outsiders.
Gordon's three-point shooting is like blowing the horn of offense, the offensive success rate of both sides has improved, the Lakers' triangle offense is unstoppable, and simple and efficient can cause damage, which is not surprising, after all, the triangle tactic is famous.
However, the Clippers' offense is also a little strange, it can be said that they finally ate the dumplings, or it can be said that they just hit the ball, the Lakers have been compressing the interior to squeeze Griffin's offensive space, and the Clippers were tired of becoming a dog so Griffin was tired of becoming a dog.
But now these people seem to have opened their minds, as long as Griffin attracts the ball after the bag is distributed, nine times out of ten it will be converted into an assist, but Phil on the sidelines is not in a hurry, and it is impossible to keep it on the spot.
After more than half of the third quarter, the Clippers' shooting rate really dropped, and the outside 3-point missed in a row, and the Lakers took the opportunity to play a wave of offensive climaxes, which must have been the rhythm of overtaking in the past, but now the Clippers are still struggling to maintain that lead.
"God! A slam dunk from Blake Griffin! It's an undisputed top five! The narrator roared and let off his surprise at Griffin's goal.
1 minute ago, the Clippers spun the ball a few times and came to Griffin's hand, Griffin got a game without a few empty spots, so naturally he didn't hesitate to dunk, but Gasol waved his long arms to risk Griffin's dunk.
Griffin is likely to be destroyed if he wants to get hard, so Griffin takes the ball back and takes advantage of the gliding distance of his body to dunk the ball to the other side, which is equivalent to a pull rod dunk after dodging! Because the physical contact also caused Gasol's foul.
Another very aesthetic and shocking actual dunk, Griffin has given the fans here a very exciting game tonight, the third quarter is coming to an end, Griffin scored 11 points in a single quarter, and the lead has not been eroded.
"It seems that Ron's defense against Griffin is not very effective, of course, the Lakers' offense is also below the standard, I personally think they are a little underweight today, if it continues like this, I feel that the Clippers have a hope of winning."
"Artest is indeed a little reluctant to defend Griffin, first of all, he suffers in height, and secondly, Griffin's confrontation and strength I think are the top level among interior players, Artest is still on the outside after all, so Jackson should adjust his defense in the fourth quarter."
What surprised the commentator was that in the fourth quarter, it was Artey who defended Griffin, presumably very confident in the Lakers' offense.
Facing Artai's defense, Griffin just felt very excited, and he just liked this kind of hard-hitting defensive style, but Artest also had a lot of small actions, which made Griffin a little angry in his heart.
"Come on, boy, aren't you very good at bumping and jumping." Ron's eyes lit up defiantly at Griffin.
Ron is at least one step away from Griffin, Griffin can vote, but as soon as he heard these words, he immediately changed his mind, whether it was tolerable or unbearable, and he had to go in to prove that his yang was good.
"Griffin's choice is irrational, it must have been affected by Ron's trash talk."
The spectators on the sidelines felt the violent impact between the muscles again, Ron's black light was completely red, just looking at it knew how much impact he had endured, Griffin squeezed into a certain position and turned around with the ball in one and a half, and Atay was a little embarrassed by this turn because of the deep force.
Griffin made a layup with his right hand, but the unexpected happened again.
"Oh, what happened! Ron made another big foul on Griffin! Let's see, Griffin's nose is bleeding again, Griffin's nose again, what a poor nose, I think Griffin should have his nose insured. ā
Atai immediately raised his hand to signal a foul, and the referee thought about it and gave an ordinary foul, the ball couldn't tell whether it was intentional or the action was uncontrollable, although Pooh jumped up and down on the sidelines for a long time and it was still useless.
"Watch out for your nose boy, I don't want it to bleed all the time."
"That's the only way you can try to stop me, Ron, you're a sissy."
Griffin, who had an injured nose again, returned to the court as if Ren Du's second pulse had been opened, and his shooting broke through, and he even scored a 3-point that he had to shoot, which made Phil have some bad premonitions.
"He's hot right now, let's not get affected and play our own offense, Kobe, it's your moment." Phil Jackson called a timeout in an attempt to interrupt Griffin's fiery touch.
After returning from a timeout, Bryant hit a 3-pointer to stop the Lakers' bleeding, but Griffin, who had fully exploded, couldn't stop it, first with an inside turnover jumper, and then the basket forced Artai to succeed, and when Phil on the side of the court made a tactical gesture to wrap Griffin, the whole court was boiling.
"Griffin has broken through Phil's exaggerated defensive strategy! Griffin looks like Kobe Bryant tonight! ā
Griffin's crazy performance was delayed after the bag was clamped, but the outside support also arrived in time, and the time was moving towards the end of the game minute by minute, and the rest of the Lakers team never found the basket position.
32 seconds before the end, Griffin jumped high to grab a key defensive rebound, the game was basically over, 101:105, the Clippers defeated the Lakers at home, rewriting the series score to 2:1!
'It was Griffin's night, he played really well today, our players played really well, they just did a better job tonight. Phil was very gracious and gave the interview.
"I'm so proud of my lads! Especially Griffin, he's the big star tonight! I'm so proud of him! In contrast, Pooh was much more excited, a little two, but also a little love.
Griffin and his teammates hugged and enjoyed the joy of victory, and when Jordan Jr. repeated his stats three times, Griffin finally confirmed that it was his performance tonight, with 46 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, breaking some records similar to "the first star to play XXXX data since XX", and also set a new high in Griffin's playoffs, when he was 21 years old, he faced the Lakers at Stamps and played such luxurious stats.
"Hey Blake, nice job, but you have to calm down, I want to have something to do with you."
"Sam! Did you see what I did tonight? Did I conquer Stapus! ā
Rewind the clock to 20 minutes ago, in a hospital ward in Los Angeles, the Lakers and Clippers were scorching in the final quarter.
"Dad, Brother Griffin is so handsome today, can they win?" An indiscernible voice came faintly from the ventilator.
"Yes baby, you have to persevere, don't you want to see Brother Griffin win the game, you must see Brother Griffin win with your own eyes."
"Dad, I'm so tired, can't I see basketball games again?"
"No, son, you are the strongest man, you must be able to see it, Brother Griffin is still coming to see you."
"Dad, I want to sleep, I don't want to be in the hospital, I want to play basketball with you again, and Brother Griffin can ......" The voice behind him became smaller and smaller, and even if Old Smith tried his best to get closer, he couldn't hear it clearly.
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"Just now there was news from the hospital that they gave up on continuing the operation and treatment, and let the little one go, very calm and painless." Sam recounted the whole story to Griffin.
Griffin's mood at the moment is very complicated, it is difficult to tell the specific feeling, he just feels that the cheers around him are a little unreal, the venue he is very familiar with is a little shaky, and there is even a very idiotic question in his mind, "Is it an earthquake?"
Sam looked at Griffin, who was in a trance, and sighed inwardly, although Griffin didn't visit Little Smith much, but there was indeed a feeling of brother and brother between the two, Little Smith's tenacity and optimism about life infected Griffin a lot, Griffin sometimes looked at the abuse of him on the Internet and was also very negative, but every time he talked about Little Smith, he would have a heartfelt smile.
But God is cruel, and the young man hurried away before he could feel the beauty of the world.
"I want to say that life is very impermanent, I hope we can cherish the people around us, and I also hope that the Smith family can mourn and change, their son is the strongest man in the world, and my closest brother, he is brave against the disease, braver than many adults, and finally I want to tell my brother Smith Jr., I won this game today, I performed well, these are all gifts for you, to my bravest brother Smith Jr."
Griffin said emotionally in the face of the interview, and at the end of the sentence he was already sobbing, the reporter had to interrupt the interview, and the emotional Griffin hurried back to the locker room accompanied by the agent team and the team.
The Clippers successfully counterattacked the Lakers tonight, Griffin played a brilliant performance, and the American audience, even overseas fans, also knew a little story between Blake Griffin and Smith Jr.
(Thank you BB~ for the reward and your recommendation votes, thank you!) I feel like I've broken the record for the highest number of words today~ Reward yourself with a supper. ļ¼