"This is what we are missing without Chen Lei" Rivers finally understood why he was a little passive in the first quarter, and why he was suppressed and unable to overtake.

In the past few months, the game has become better and better because of Chen Lei's joining of the team, and the team has begun to get used to having an extra passer on the inside line when attacking, and it is really a bit uncomfortable to lack this fat man.

It is indeed worth being happy and excited to stage a comeback scene at home, but this good time was not long, and the excitement of the second quarter did not continue.

The Thunder have the best offensive players in the league and the best impact combinations, and they will not be able to settle down in this most crucial battle.

Half a minute later, Durant returned, and the regular season MVP saw a blue whirlwind to fans at the Staples Center midway through the second quarter, and three consecutive three-pointers helped the team directly pull the score back to lead the Clippers by six points.

And Durant's performance finally came to an end, and Westbrook didn't dare to put on a lonely performance, hitting the basket several times and causing the Clippers to foul twice in a row to score 2+1, making the Clippers close to double digits at the end of the second quarter.

The advantage of the first second was gone with the wind the next, and the atmosphere on the scene gradually cooled down, and Rivers had to call a timeout to cool down the opponent's feel and correct his own problems.

Chen Lei and Griffin's inside tactics were almost perfectly limited by the Thunder in the second half of the game, since you choose the inside line, then we desperately won't let you in, even if you rush in, we will choose to shrink, forcing you to pass the ball out and shoot outside.

The Thunder defended like this, and the Clippers also chose this way, thinking that the opponent would shrink the defense and put the heavy soldiers on the inside and outside to get a good offense, but I didn't expect the brothers on the outside to throw the ball in.

If it weren't for Paul's continuous breakthroughs at critical moments to cause kills, the difference between the two sides would have been widened.

Coming and going again and letting the opponent attack the attack, this advantage naturally flew to the top of the thunder like a rocket.

Rivers made a change of formation with a big wave of his hand, Crawford replaced and led a group of role players to the court, and Rivers began to deal with the Thunder with defensive rebounding and break-through.

The biggest advantage of this tactic is Crawford's ability to fight alone, and the super singles king, who has just won the sixth man of the year, is happy to play that role.

Rivers had to do this when the rest of the players were not doing well, and it was a tactic that was more common in the first half of the regular season.

It didn't work out well, with Crawford scoring seven points at the end of the second quarter to help the team cut the deficit, and the Clippers trailed the Thunder by three points at 53:56 at halftime.

In the first half, Chen Lei only scored 6 points, and simply stopped shooting after being restricted by the opponent, while the Clippers scored the most in the half Crawford, who scored 15 points in the half.

During halftime, Rivers returned to the locker room early, took off his blazer and threw it on a chair next to him, then pulled the chair forward and sat down.

"Let's talk about it, whoever has an opinion on whom will say it now, let's all get to know each other, put it on the bright side, and save the love to bring it to the game." Rivers glanced around the locker room and smiled.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then they all look at Rivers, and no one speaks.

"I know, some of you are unhappy with Chen, some of you are unhappy with Griffin, some of you are unhappy with Paul, and some of you are unhappy with me, in short, everyone has their own unhappiness in their hearts, right?" Rivers deliberately added a few more to the list of grievances, and then continued: "This is the NBA, this is life, we are not relatives, so there will be no resentment when we meet, right?" Like me, if I let you play and don't let him play, you will resent me for it, but what can I say? I adjust my own formation according to the opponent's tactics, can you say that I am a personal selfish desire at this time? ”

"Okay boys, don't shrug your head one by one, I'm not here to give you a political lesson, I want to say only one, we are a team, we are a family now!" Rivers clapped his palms and slowly stood up, "The team with contradictions can't go far, but what is our goal?" It's the highest honor, it's the championship! You know the lads? Your jealousy can only bring trouble, you can only make your opponents applaud, and you will lose a year of hard work, no one owes anyone, everyone's table is counted by the coaching staff, and it is determined by his table at every moment, not by private jealousy, in the second half I want to see an iron-blooded Clippers, a Los Angeles Clippers who really have the ability to win the championship! ”

Several players who had indeed privately talked and envied their teammates lowered their heads, while others wondered why Rivers was so angry.

Rivers left the locker room with that, and Paul stood up and clapped his hands to attract attention.

"The brothers coaches are right, some things are better to be clear, I feel like we are lacking in defense, lacking in more intense defense." Paul was the first to say: "The opponent has a strong ability to break through, and our forward line has to come up with a stronger defense to limit the opponent. ”

"Okay!" Griffin also jumped up, walked up to Chen Lei, and patted Chen Lei on the shoulder, "I hate this guy more, to be honest, I really hate it, because because of his savings, I have less and less playing time, but I know that this is a good thing for the team, because our offensive and defensive system is more sound, so I decided to give up this matter for the time being, as long as we can reach the finals, I would rather share some of the firepower on the inside." ”

Griffin's words made the players in the audience full of surprise, you must know that he is the inside leader of this team, and Chen Lei is just a rookie, although Chen Lei's appearance is very good, but after all, he is a first-year rookie, Griffin means this is ...... Give way?

Chen Lei also looked at Griffin with some confusion, "I said brother, I never intended to rob you of any credit, I swear!" ”

Griffin patted Chen Lei on the shoulder and stopped talking, sat back in his chair and said secretly in his heart, "As long as you can enter the finals, as long as you can win the championship, what if you give up a little bit?" I'm still me, the cornerstone of the team's interior. ”

One by one, the players gave their opinions, and the half-time break was clearly a review meeting.

Although some people hide some false reports, and some people still have the dissatisfaction in their hearts after saying it, at least the players of the Clippers have begun to really work in one direction.

After returning in the second half, the cohesion of the Clippers generals was indeed much better, and Rivers was also relieved to let Chen Lei partner Griffin to lead the team's second-half offense.

Paul holds the ball to drive the first attack of the second half, although he has good offensive ability, Paul basically does not shoot in the early stage, he prefers to give the ball to his teammates.

Holding the ball on the right side, he burst into a backdribble and handed the ball to his left hand, and while moving forward, he faced Durant's defense and Paul handed the ball to his right hand again.

The right side accelerated and rushed wildly at the same time, and the right hand that controlled the ball shook hard to throw the ball from behind again, but this time it was not thrown to the ground, but directly to Chen Lei, who was in the vacant position.

The skillful dribbling action is as casual as strolling on the street, and the passing is casual and the catch is also comfortable.

Chen Lei took the basketball and opened his arms and rushed towards the inside, Durant was not unimpeded two meters in front of him, such a blank sprint area allowed Chen Lei to increase his speed to the apex, such a sprinting behemoth even Ibaka and Perkins did not dare to block it head-on.

It's like a tank rushing up, and whoever goes is uncomfortable.

But if you can't block head-on, you also have to go forward to defend, and this game can be related to their huge 1:3 basically irretrievable disadvantage or a 2:2 draw, so even if they are knocked to the ground, so what?

Perkins took two steps forward with his arms dangling and stood ...... The side front of Chen Lei's forward route.

"Toot ~" Chen Lei, who had not yet gotten up, was hit on the arm by Perkins' hands that tried to steal or deliberately blocked, and Chen Lei casually made a jumping action that was interfered with and got a foul.

Looking at Perkins, who was a little smug although fouled, Chen Lei frowned slightly, could it be that this thing was intentional just now?

With a long sigh of relief, standing at the free throw line, whether it was intentional or not, this offense will be a two-point score, and this is an extra move.

Chen Lei is still quite confident in his free throws, first, this distance is not far away, his score is not low, and second, there is no defender in front of him, and he will not weaken his ability because of anti-interference, such a free throw opportunity, basically he will throw the ball in nine times out of ten.

took the referee's pass, slapped twice, took a deep breath, glanced at the basket and pushed the ball out in that direction.

The basketball slowly rose and flew into the distance under the force of Chen Lei, and after a beautiful parabola, it began to fall slowly, tumbling and moving forward, attracting the attention of countless people.

"Boom!" The basketball smashed into the hoop and bounced out of the hoop.

"Holy!" Chen Lei blinked his eyes, he was still proud of himself just now, this is not to give face, right?