Chapter 125: Fight! Clippers!
"Guys, it's the last minute of the season, and even though we're still number one, that's not a reason for you to relax on the pitch, and if you want to lose the game and I can't say anything about it, then I'm going to leave everything to you, it's none of my business if you win or lose, it's entirely up to you." Mike Dunleavy walked out of the locker room, leaving behind a group of players staring at each other.
It was halftime for the Los Angeles Clippers to take on the Sacramento Kings, and the fans in Arco Arena were unleashing their passion, even though it was only a regular season game, and even though it was only halftime, the points on the court and the condition of the players were enough for them to cheer without hesitation.
62:34!
This is not an illusion of the eyes, but a real real existence, the big screen above the Arco Arena clearly reporters the home team Kings 62 points, the away team Clippers 34 points, such a point difference, if the Clippers in front of most of the people at most, the Clippers are in good shape.
"Did the Los Angeles Clippers throw their form on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? It's hard to believe that this is a Los Angeles Clippers game, and there is no doubt that this is a desperate first half for Clippers fans, and if they can't defend and attack effectively at the beginning of the second half, then this game is going into garbage time. The on-site commentary is also quite unbelievable.
The atmosphere in the locker room of the visiting Los Angeles Clippers was suffocating enough that no one spoke, and Sam Kassel, who was not the former coach and was the leader of the locker room, did not come to Sacramento with a knee injury, so that no one on this young team has stepped up.
Lin Fei's eyes glanced at a circle of teammates, although they were 28 points behind at the moment, but there was still a whole second half of time left for themselves, if they didn't fight hard, they were destined to lose this game, and hard work would not necessarily fill in the 24-point hole, especially when the playoffs were approaching, if they were injured in this game, they would lose more than they would lose, Lin Fei's brain cells were working at high speed, and after thinking twice, Lin Fei thought that it was necessary for him to stand up at this time, "Guys, cheer up, It's not the end of the world. ”
Lin Fei's voice attracted the attention of many people, "28 points Yes, this is a huge point difference, but how long do we have time?" 24 minutes, on average, we only need to chase a little more than a point a minute, so it may still be a difficult task, so let's shrink the difference to 15 points first? Don't tell us we can't do it, we're the LA Clippers, the invincible LA USS, if we just throw up our hands and surrender I can guarantee how we will be criticized in the newspapers tomorrow, if we try to do it, even if we lose in the end, we can still be proud to face our fans, because we gave them a hopeful second half, the playoffs are coming, we need to be in the best shape for it, guys, let's play this second half first. ”
Saying that, Lin Fei walked to the center of the locker room and stretched out his right hand, and then Artest Andre Miller folded his hands one by one.
"Fight! Clippers! Thirteen people shouted in unison, which also aroused the spiritual power in everyone's heart.
"The second half of the game is about to start, I don't know if it's my delusion, I seem to see a different Los Angeles Clippers." The commentator not far away shared his feelings, and the Kings players on the other side stepped on the floor with a vague sense of the difference in the Clippers.
With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.
In the first half, he hit 4 three-pointers and delivered 13 assists, directly reviving the entire Kings team, although the Kings players have a good hand, but more importantly, Yudri showed his organizational skills in the first half, without him, there was basically no madness of the Kings in the first half.
Andre Miller did not let Udri easily observe the whole situation, the whole person immediately posted up, and in the face of such a situation, Udri passed the ball to Kevin Martin who was not far away.
Kevin Martin was the player who scored the most points in the first half of the two teams, and the high efficiency of 10 of 16 shots allowed him to score 28 points in the first half, and the person who defended him was Lin Fei, not that Lin Fei didn't work hard enough, but Martin's offense and foul making were too good combined, so that Lin Fei shrank after two fouls, but at this moment, facing Martin again, Lin Fei completely threw away the thoughts in his heart, and he definitely couldn't play well when he played with a burden, since he said that in the locker room, Lin Fei felt that he needed to take the lead in standing up.
"You can't stop me, isn't your foul enough?" Kevin Martin, who looked honest, said a trash talk because of his performance in the first half.
"I wouldn't mind another foul if you could." Lin Fei's vicious eyes made Martin feel worried, and he even felt that if he succeeded in breaking through again, he might be directly knocked down by Lin Fei's fierce foul.
"You're just going to foul." Martin snorted coldly, and his emaciated body began its own attack.
Boom!
The bodies of the two people collided, and Martin obviously stumbled, but he still made a shooting action, and the ugly shooting posture was quickly formed, but the ball thrown was directly picked off by Lin Fei.
Ignoring Martin with a surprised face on his face, Lin Fei yelled, "Attack!" "The whole person jumped out like a cheetah.
Two dodges threw the defender behind him and smashed the ball into the unguarded basket.
This defensive offense further boosted the morale of the Clippers, and one by one they did not hesitate to consume their physical strength as if they had just played, and the offense of the Kings failed again in the face of the crazy defense.
Tyson Chandler handed over the defensive rebound to Andre Miller after steadily protecting it, Miller quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and saw Lin Fei asking for the ball and passed the ball directly.
Catching the ball steadily, Lin Fei looked at Salmons who was defending him and smiled, Salmonds looked at Lin Fei who was in a relaxed state in front of him and raised his defensive attention, and the whole person showed a different momentum in the second half of the Clippers, and he had to deal with it carefully, although the team is still leading by 26 points.
"You can't stop me!" Lin Fei said this lightly, and his voice was not loud, so that Salmons could not hear it clearly.
"What?" Salmons asked subconsciously.
As soon as Salmons finished speaking, Lin Fei suddenly accelerated, and instantly tore through Salmons' seemingly strong defensive line, and when Salmons, who was a late bloomer, reacted, Lin Fei had already cut to the inside line.
After seeing Lin Fei easily leave Salmons behind, Jason Thompson immediately made up for it, Lin Fei did not choose an individual attack, although he was sure, but the most important thing at the moment was to let his teammates find confidence, which was far better than him filling the 26-point hole alone, and he glanced at Artest, who was unguarded on the outside line at 45 degrees, and threw the ball directly to Artest's position without looking at anyone.
"Nice pass! Ron's chance! With the commentator's exclamation, Artest received the ball and threw it.
Swish!
With the basketball hollow into the net, Artest once again flexed his muscles on the home court he fought on last season. The fans at the scene watched the familiar Artest for the first time without sending too many boos.
And the goal also gave Artest a huge boost of confidence on the defensive end, as if he was back to the season of the best defensive player, and the strong defensive pressure made the Kings' offense more difficult.
Off the field Reggie? Seus frowned, the 28-point lead was eroded by the Clippers step by step, and when there were five minutes left in the third quarter, the Clippers officially chased the difference to 15 points, and filled half of the 28-point hole in seven minutes. Seus couldn't sit still and called a long timeout.
"We can do it." Roy Hibbert shouted excitedly.
"Are you ahead now?" Mike Dunleavy's words directly extinguished the pride that rose in the hearts of the Clippers. And he did this just right, and many teams chased points because of their arrogance and ruined all their efforts.
"The Los Angeles Clippers launched a strong comeback, Reggie? Seus had to call a timeout to set up the team's offense and defense, and it was clear that the Kings didn't respond well to the Clippers' comeback, and if the Kings couldn't solve it, they could bury their huge lead. ”
As the narrator said, Reggie? Seus is desperately emphasizing defense, "Shrink up, don't spread too far out, and block their onslaught." Sheldon, you replace Kevin, and that Lin will be handed over to you. Stabilize your center of gravity and don't rush to jump...... Defend and then attack. ”
When the referee blew the whistle to signal that the players of both sides were on the court, the morale of the Kings players and before the timeout still changed significantly, and Udri steadily advanced the ball to the front court, not rushing to pass or attack, but controlling the ball in his own hands to signal the whole team to suppress the rhythm.
Brad Miller raised a step up to cover for Udri, and after Udri went in with a return pass, he handed the ball to Brad Miller's hands, and Tyson Chandler failed to follow Miller in time, and the old Miller received a return pass and retreated from the three-point line at the top of the arc, and slowly threw the ball out, and it was too late when Lin Fei pounced.
Swish!
With a three-point shot, Miller Sr. broke the Kings' four-minute scoring drought, and the Arco Arena resounded with enthusiastic cheers, and Miller, who will play a good role in the center, has developed three-point ability in recent years, and now it is working again.
With this three-point shot, the Chinese Kings stretched the difference to 18 points.
Seeing Old Miller slowly hitting the three-point line in his sight, Lin Fei was naturally unhappy.
Switching offense and defense, Andre Miller quickly dribbled to the front court, and handed the ball to Lin Fei who asked for the ball again, and standing in front of Lin Fei was Sheldon Williams, the No. 5 pick in 06 has not been able to play his own value, and is known as a parallel product, but it is undeniable that his defense and rebounding are still very good, pressing the center of gravity to face Lin Fei who dribbles, like a big enemy.
Although he changed to a defender, Lin Fei still chose to break through, breaking through the continuous cross-step test Williams's defensive nerves, suddenly changed to a pull ball and turned around to throw Williams behind, and the defenders obviously hesitated, it was obvious that Lin Fei in the first few minutes of continuous attraction of defensive assists made them a little worried, Lin Fei will not be polite, since no one makes up for the defense, he will directly shoot a stop-and-go jump shot.
The basketball lived up to his expectations and got into the basket cleanly.
The Kings didn't dwell on their defensive failures, but served quickly and organized a counterattack.
Udri quickly pushed the ball into the front court like a pioneer, almost the same as the routine just now, Brad Miller pulled up again to cover the ball, this time Lin Fei did not give Miller a chance to shoot, but Brad Miller showed the strength of what it means to be a center, and a blow was given to Salmons who cut in.
Salmons received the ball and went straight to the basket, but Tyson Chandler appeared in time and slapped the ball down, Lin Fei judged the landing point to protect the rebound first, and immediately launched a counterattack.
Sheldon Williams slid in front of Lin Fei, Lin Fei pulled the ball to his left hand, and the whole person threw Williams behind him without the slightest slowdown, and killed himself in the front court.
And the Kings only had Yudri to defend in time, looking at Lin Fei who came at high speed, Yudri opened his arms and stood one step inside the three-point line.
Glancing at Yudri's position, Lin Fei had already come to a place two steps away from the three-point line, and still did not slow down, which had to make Yudri nervous, and Lin Fei, who was rushing at high speed, gave him the most direct feeling that it was a speeding train.
But Lin Fei had no intention of breaking through, but made an emergency stop.
Yikes!
The soul generation under his feet formed a piercing friction sound with the floor, and Lin Fei's body braked a step away from the three-point line, and jumped directly to throw the ball.
By the time it was too late, Yudri could only watch the basketball fly over his head towards the basket behind him.
Swish!
The basketball went into the net, disappointing Udri, who turned and rushed inside to grab the rebound.
With Lin Fei's fast-break three-pointer, the Los Angeles Clippers further narrowed the gap to 13 points.
The next few offenses went back and forth to maintain a balance between the two sides, and the third quarter was imperceptibly in the final two minutes, when the Clippers were still trailing by 13 points, and closing the gap to within 10 points was a top priority for the Clippers.
After the Kings hit another offensive iron, Chandler picked up the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Andre Miller, and the Clippers' counterattack formed again.
(To be continued)