194 Christmas Wrestling Team
Today's Christmas game, the Clippers played so well, the players shot accurately, and there were violent dunks, this is in Los Angeles again, and the fans are naturally very happy.
The Clippers players are also very hilarious at this time, they play well! At half-time, Paul joked to Horn: "Hey! Brother, thank you for the supporting role, we are very happy! ”
You're the supporting character! Your whole family is a supporting character.
At this time, Horn was depressed to death, and the entire Nets team was also depressed to death, and everyone else was hilarious, and they were beaten by more than 20 points.
At halftime, the young general said on the sidelines: "This can't be done, we must not go on like this." No matter what the big war is, we can't lose so ugly. This is a humiliation to us! ”
"As soon as the second half starts, defend me to the death, even if you pay the price of fouls, you can defend well!"
The little general was ruthless here, and the Nets players who were humiliated were also ruthless at this time.
Horn was even more ruthless, the second half of the game began, and at the beginning of the game, Reggie Miller still said according to the previous rhythm: "Now that the second half of the game has begun, let's see how the Clippers play!" Today's protagonist is the Clippers, and the fans are watching the Clippers! ”
The opening side was indeed the Clippers' possession, and Paul felt that the Nets players were not looking right, and the Nets players were extremely serious.
At this time, he passed the ball to Griffin according to the previous rhythm, but Griffin didn't notice the difference in the defensive intensity of the Nets, he immediately turned around and made a feint when he took the ball, wanting to shake it. Unexpectedly, Horn's defensive intensity at this time was extremely high, and he suddenly came up. Hurry up a little bit. Immediately steal Griffin.
Griffin was taken aback after being stolen, and it was too late to chase the ball again!
Horn went over to point up the basketball and rushed towards the Clippers' half, and the Clippers also took the opportunity to be in the first half of the game, and the defense was not tight, so Horn smoothly dribbled the ball to the Clippers' half.
The Clippers' players were all on guard at this time, and Horn dribbled over and was no one to defend at the free-throw line. How could Horn miss this kind of opportunity, adjust his shot a little and shoot a mid-range.
After the pause, the Nets played more utilitarian all of a sudden, but the Clippers still didn't find the hidden crisis, they were so hilarious in the first half that they forgot that this was a game, not a show.
Paul had the ball, and this time he passed it to a first-half hot-hearted Billups, an old guy who was about to do it again. But as soon as his side started to attack, Stevenson immediately squeezed up. Wallace on one side also quickly came up to help defend.
Billups also came out of the defensive team, and he understands the importance of defensive intensity. At this time, he immediately felt that the defensive intensity of the Nets was already very high.
But at this point he still wanted to bet on his touch, because he threw well in the first half.
That's how basketball is thrown, the better it is, the more accurate it is, the worse it is, the more inaccurate it is, and Billups wants to give it a try.
But he was only going to sell it, and Wallace simply came up to pack it, just not letting you make a move.
Billups passed the ball to Butler, who had a mediocre first half when Butler missed a three-pointer.
Lopez collected the rebound under the basket, and the Nets didn't look like a quick counterattack right away.
The Nets raced to the Clippers' half, when Williams passed the ball to Horn, and then Williams suddenly ran back to the basket.
Horn immediately passed the ball to Williams, who wanted to cut under the basket, Williams took the ball, and the Clippers still didn't defend, and Williams was not welcome. He flew up and smashed the Clippers on the head with a slam dunk.
"Bang dang!"
Williams dunked, and the Nets scored four straight points in the second half.
At 50:66, the difference between the two teams was only 16 points, and at this time the Clippers finally had some feeling and played again.
Instead of making random passes, Paul dribbled the ball himself, drilled around the Nets' box, and turned back to pass to Griffin.
Griffin, for his part, also felt the difference in defensive intensity, but he had relaxed for half the court. At this time, he suddenly increased his strength, and he couldn't do it.
Griffin was still a little careless with the ball and hit Horn, but Horn's side was 10% desperate to defend.
Horn pushed Griffin out desperately, and Williams in the high post came over to help with the pinch. At this time, Griffin missed a throw from Horn.
Lopez immediately received the basketball behind him, and after receiving the basketball, the Nets quickly pushed over and saw that there was no chance.
The Nets' side immediately changed to a positional offense, and the Nets' positional offense was still Horn and Williams playing blocking and pick-and-roll, and the rest of the players pulled aside and then were ready to cut in the air at any time.
The Nets' offensive routine is now known to the whole league, but whether they can be prevented is another matter.
In this round, the Nets' air-cut tactics were played very seriously, and they cooperated closely with each other.
On the strong side, Williams duffled a shot, and on the weak side, Lopez suddenly cut to the basket.
At this time, Jordan Jr. was inexperienced in defense and lost his position, and Lopez scored 2 points easily with a layup.
The Nets chased 6 points in one go, and at this time the Clippers couldn't hold on, and it was not terrible to lose points, but such continuous chasing points made people feel unbearable.
The Clippers came over this round and immediately played more rigorously, after all, the Nets played rigorously, and they had no reason to continue to slack off.
Although the Clippers' roster this season is strong, the problems are also obvious throughout the team.
First of all, Paul and Billups play dual point guards, which is not suitable! Billups is too old, lacks mobility and defensive ability, and Billups doesn't look accurate today, but he doesn't really have a lot of scoring ability. His strongest is tempo control, but the Clippers have Paul and don't need Billups' control. This feature is in vain.
Let's talk about Butler. Butler has a little bit of everything. Three-point meeting, defensive meeting, and independent offense are also a little bit. But because of this, he is not very accurate in three-point shooting, his defense is not very good, his independent offense is average, and Butler's functionality is not very accurate.
Griffin has been positioned as the Clippers' core player early on, but Griffin is completely uncertain about the distance this season. He is not very good at running, and worst of all, he is very poor at protecting the basket, his size and reach are dictated, and he will never be a defensive big gate type player.
Jordan Jr.'s problems are similar to Griffin's, he has the body, but he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have the skills, and Jordan Jr. has the physicality to become a defensive gate, but he doesn't have that experience for the time being. If you want to become the defensive king of the interior, the first thing is to have physical conditions. The second is attitude and experience. Now little Jordan is too immature, neither of these points.
So. The disadvantage of the Clippers is that although there are two monster-level players on the inside, the defense on the interior is not good.
Billups, though famous, overlaps with Paul's functions, and Butler, although versatile, is also not obvious.
The Clippers' main lineup can be summed up as poor defense, and all the offensive systems rely on Paul.
There is no problem with the casual shooting, but now that he has encountered the Nets' hard defense, the Clippers can only come to Paul's tandem.
Paul drilled twice near the free throw line and passed the ball to Billups, who took the ball and wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and suddenly started to drill towards the Nets' restricted area.
Billups was not known for breakthroughs when he was young, and now when people are old, they react first and then they get old.
He broke through this time, and he thought it was fast, but he was caught up by Horn at once.
Horn flew up, and a big hat was covered in the air: "Smack! "Billups was ruthlessly blocked by Horn.
Horn blocked Billups but didn't expect that the ball he drew was picked up by Griffin.
Got Griffin near the basket, but it was a disaster, just because Griffin got the ball and was about to dunk on Horn's head.
Can Horn make him dunk easily? When Griffin jumped, Horn also flew up and started the super bounce, Horn flew up all of a sudden, at this time Griffin pressed Horn with another hand in the air, Horn immediately shook off Griffin's hand with his alert arm, and at the same time fished the ball in Griffin's hand with one hand.
Griffin didn't hold Horn down in the air, Horn flew almost as tall as him, and at this time he wanted to deflect his arm at an angle and smash the ball to the basket, but his arm was too short, and the basketball shot actually hit the hoop.
"Bang dang!"
Griffin's dunk dunk flies.
This time, Wallace grabbed the rebound from behind, and the Nets resisted an attack by the Clippers.
At this time, Cole was still sighing on the side: "It's a pity that such a beautiful dunk!" The Nets really don't plan to give the Christmas game a little concession today! ”
Griffin dunked off, and the little general was satisfied, he felt that this was the game, anyway, the Nets lost today, and they had to lose harder.
But the head coach of the Clippers was a little uncomfortable, he saw that the Nets began to get serious, and once the Nets started to get serious, his team's offensive power began to be insufficient.
At this time, he immediately let Nick Young, who was also crazy in the first half, start warming up on the sidelines, and the Nets got the ball at this time and immediately started their own air cutting tactics.
The Nets' set of tactics is not very complicated, but the key is that Horn's panoramic perspective is too incomprehensible.
As long as the team has the slightest opportunity, Horn will immediately find out that the Clippers are helpless by Horn's strategy.
Wallace swooped in from the baseline this round, and Horn immediately passed the ball into Wallace's hands.
Wallace took the ball and faced the empty blue with an easy wipe layup, which was a big empty position, but what people didn't expect was that such an empty position, Wallace actually didn't shoot.
"I'll go!"
Horn bared his teeth, and Wallace missed such an easy layup.
The Clippers were pleasantly surprised by the crowd, and Kerr, who was on the sidelines, immediately said, "Wallace missed a great opportunity!" ”
Butler under the Clippers basket hurriedly wanted to grab the ball, but Wallace, who didn't shoot it, was suddenly stimulated at this time, and he didn't shoot such an empty blue. It's a shame indeed.
In a fit of rage, Wallace desperately pushed Butler away and snatched the ball back into his hands. Wallace, who got the basketball, resisted Butler and forced himself to attack the basket.
Poor Butler was a little beast when he first entered the League. But with the increase of age and the destruction of injuries, his explosive power is no longer good now. Wallace forced a score on his head under the basket and also caused him a beating foul.
Wallace missed the air blue and forced a single shot but hit it.
This was a surprise to the fans, and Horn, who was watching from the side, also shook his head helplessly at Wallace.
Wallace walked to the free-throw line and the Clippers took the opportunity to bring in Nick Young.
Wallace missed a free throw at the free throw line, so the Nets chased eight points in one go, leaving only 12 points to a 20-point difference.
The Clippers are fools at this time, and they know that it's wrong. When Nick Young arrived on the court, Paul immediately passed the ball to Nick Young, and all the players in the court pulled away.
Nick Young is a player outside of tactics, and his biggest characteristic is attacking with the ball.
Let Nick Young play the empty position, he is not a pure shooter, let Nick Young organize him to not see his teammates, the biggest characteristic of this player is that he is strong with the ball.
There are many players who are good at heads-up with the ball, superstars can go heads-up with the ball, and Joe Smith is known as the heads-up king. But Nick Young is more or less different from them, superstars mostly rely on physical fitness, and Nick Young's physical fitness is not so perverted. Speed, power. The explosiveness is all average. He singles relies on technique, complete technique, and there are many players like Nick Young in the NBA, Crawford, and JR Smith are almost this type.
Most of these players don't need any tactics when they play, and their teammates pull away and let him go one-on-one.
Nick Young is now holding the ball and facing Stevenson right away, one-on-one, dribbling continuously under the crotch, slowly moving towards the baseline.
Nick Young still has a great reputation after single-handedly playing players, on the one hand, Nick Young is really powerful once he draws it, and on the other hand, Nick Young's movements are very beautiful.
Nick Young's movements are very elegant, facing Stevenson, he continued to crotch, moved to the side, suddenly stabbed forward, gained a little space, and then immediately pulled back to dribble under the crotch, and at the same time the back foot stepped forward a little bit backward to complete, and finally shot smoothly in the air.
"Brush!"
Nick Young still maintains a soft touch, and his changeable offense and defense also make Stevenson not so easy to defend.
Nick Young came back and immediately hit a showmanship goal, waving his arms in excitement himself.
Nick Young and Billups are still not the same type of players, Billups has a good hand, but he can also defend, Billups doesn't have a lot of tricks, but Nick Young is different, all Nick Young's skills are born for heads-up, once he gets the touch, he will have a hundred ways to find space and score, and it is not generally difficult to defend him.
The Knicks finally scored, the Nets were still very serious, and Horn found an opportunity to pass the ball to the open Williams.
At this time, the Clippers' defense began to exert strength, although they are not as crazy as the Thunder can follow everyone, but they can shrink and protect the basket first.
The Clippers protected the basket, and Horn could only look for opportunities on the outside, and Williams took the ball and threw it out with a three-pointer.
Williams has a three-pointer, but it's just not very consistent, the ball is thrown out, and the shot misses.
The head coach of the Clippers immediately knew that his thinking was right, the Nets' long-range shooting was actually not good, and he could block the interior line and make the Nets' offense useless.
On the Clippers' side, Nick Young played well, and this round passed the basketball to Nick Young.
Nick Young was honest and unkind with the ball, and he began to continue his fancy attack with the ball, he took the ball and dribbled under his crotch, and after sticking it to Stevenson, he immediately turned around and dribbled the feint, and Nick Young shook off Stevenson at once.
Nick Young got up and hit another mid-range shot.
"Brush!"
Nick Young's continuous shots, this time it's really incredible, the little general's side can't indulge Nick Yang to continue to throw like this.
He immediately asked other players on the sidelines to help defend Nick Young, and the Nets continued to get the ball, and the opportunities that the Nets found in this round were still on the outside, because the Clippers blocked the inside.
Stevenson was open from beyond the three-point line, but he missed the shot.
The Clippers came over and immediately beat Nick Young, but the Nets had someone to help defend, and Nick Young could go heads-up, but it couldn't play two people, and Nick Young missed.
The Clippers and Nets suddenly entered an ugly phase of a stalemate, with both teams suffering so much that they couldn't score.
At this time, Reggie Miller said on the side: "It's over! The Christmas war has now become a stuffy one. Both teams are starting to get serious, but at the same time there is a little bit of a problem with the offense of both teams, and now we can enjoy the Christmas wrestling match! ”
Steve Cole also said on the side: "My Christmas this year is really tragic, and I have to explain a defensive battle. We're definitely going to have our ratings go down! ”
While Steve Kerr was complaining here, Horn and Paul couldn't help it in the team, as the two people at the center of the two teams, they usually do the task of organization, and now the team is in trouble, and the two of them have to take on the task of scoring key points.
As a point guard, Paul is not physically superb, and this kind of key scoring is a bit difficult for him.
As a big man, Horn also has some problems with key scoring. But at this moment, both of them have to make a move. (To be continued......)