Chapter 132: Griffin Graduates

"Don't look at it like that, defending Durant doesn't mean you want to defend Westbrook, that guy is a ferocious shock stream, and Durant is a breakthrough stream that is more skillful. You two want to be inferior to him in height, it's just speed, can't you find a way to make him unable to rush? Rivers patted Chen Lei on the shoulder, then the whistle of the end of the timeout sounded in his ears, stood up and clapped his palms vigorously, "Come on, guard the Staples Center, guard our home field, gogogo!" ”

The five generals got up at the same time and walked to the court.

The Clippers attacked, Paul was not at this time before the timeout, he was full of confidence at the moment, and at this moment he was the strongest combination of the Clippers in the court, and confidence filled his chest.

However, the fatigue of the body between the dribbles was like a basin of cold water, Paul only rested for five minutes in this game, and he will play at least 40 minutes or more today.

After half-time, he controlled the ball with his left hand and made a running gesture with his right hand, and Paul began to sprint towards the basket as his players began to scatter and run.

Chen Lei rushed to the right side Griffin ran to the left, only Jordan Jr. dangled back and forth in the restricted area, and in the eyes of outsiders, the Clippers were giving up the inside line.

But is that really the case?

Of course not.

The two who pulled out turned around and rebounded to the basket at the same time after Paul burst forward for a second and tried to take advantage of the sudden change of direction to get the open spot, but how could the Thunder not know the Clippers' intentions, Durant and Ibaka followed closely so that the two did not pull out the right position.

The two didn't catch the spot, but Jordan Jr., who was playing against Perkins under the basket, used his nimble feet to shake Perkins behind him, and Jordan Jr., who spun around the edge of the box, raised his right hand high, and Paul threw the ball with a flick of his wrist.

"Bang dang~" Little Jordan jumped into the air, took the basketball with both hands, and pressed the ball into the basket. The brutal button made the scene boil directly, this inner beast has been silent for too long.

Aerial relay. Ignite the city of empty connections.

At 89:94, the Clippers indented the margin again. The Thunder can't allow this to happen in quick succession, so they need to pull up the score again.

Durant asked for the ball again, and Durant, who tried to rely on his own strength to play a single ball, faced Chen Lei's defense, and Durant had tried Chen Lei's ability before, and Durant naturally would not show mercy, and went straight to Chen Lei.

If you have an advantage, you can't let it go, taking advantage is not only a special case for Chinese people, people all over the world like to bully their opponents in their own confidence points.

Chen Lei secretly breathed a sigh in his heart, and in the face of Durant's offense, he wanted to ignite his magic skills, but it was not a critical moment yet. That special move should be used at the most critical moment.

No longer hesitated to step forward, spread his arms in front of Durant, and saw Durant move left to the left to intercept it for the second time.

"I'm sorry, it's not going to work!" Chen Lei smiled slightly, although he didn't have much confidence in his heart to stop Durant one-on-one on the outside, but there was still a little excitement about defending this top offensive player in the league.

This kind of opponent is not easy to find, especially since the coach also delegates this kind of task to his own head, since he cannot raise objections. Then enjoy this collision between offense and defense.

"Toot!" Before Durant's second breakthrough started, the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle and pointed at Perkins on the inside to cover the foul.

"Me? Are you sure? How can it be? How could it be me? Perkins looked at the referee aggrievedly, his pitiful expression did not win the referee's sympathy, and he could clearly see that Perkins used his arm to pull away little Jordan in the card position.

Seeing that the poor was ineffective, Perkins gave up the move in the next second. After finally looking at the referee and rolling his eyes, Jordan Jr. pouted and ran to the backcourt.

And Durant frowned and looked at Perkins, then looked sideways at Chen Lei, and walked to the backcourt unhappily.

Such an opportunity for an offensive was thus destroyed. Durant can't be allowed not to be angry, but what can he say?

Offensive and defensive transitions. The Clippers attacked, and Griffin picked up the basketball and threw it to Paul. Paul slapped the ball and flicked it down the ground to roll it forward a metre in front of him.

He did this helplessly, and this kind of rolling ball is a more common way for defenders to handle the ball, and it is a way to relieve the consumption of the body in the eyes.

Paul didn't have much left at the moment, and if he could, he had to save, and although he didn't use the ball, he had to lift him up the steel line at the moment.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything, although the way to move forward is good, but your nerves can not be relaxed in the slightest, and there will always be people who will focus on this kind of scene of separation of man and ball to intercept the ball.

Wei Shao rushed towards the rolling basketball on the ground like a bolt of lightning, and if Paul hadn't been faster and quickly put the ball away, he would have made a mistake this time.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Paul dribbled on the spot and did not attack, even if he was behind, he was not in a hurry to promote this offense, dribbling the ball and Wei Shao faced each other outside the three-point line, looking at each other for a few seconds, and then Paul still lost the formation, turned around and dribbled and looked away.

"Three points, shoot man, your three points are still good." Wei Shao chased after Paul and said, encouraging Paul to make a quick move, stimulating his subconscious of chasing points behind him.

The corners of Paul's mouth hooked up a slight smile, you are still a little tender to play this set with me, I have been in the league for a long time far beyond you.

With seven seconds left, Paul suddenly moved to the left, but Wei Shao reacted faster and stopped in front of Paul with a sideways movement.

Secretly sighing that the opponent's reaction was fast, Paul changed direction and rushed to the right side, swinging his palms up and down to firmly control the ball, and the speed increased rapidly between the change of direction, and the strong explosiveness and offensive initiative helped him successfully tear apart Wei Shao's defense.

Paul's breakaway forced the Thunder's defense to shrink, and at the same time, he also looked nervously at his guards one by one, but Rivers' tactics were not to stand still, but to find open space on the run.

The other four would run again at the same time as Paul broke through, and this time it was Redick who took Paul's pass and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer, and the basketball rolled headlong into the basket.

92:94 The Clippers narrowed the deficit to two points while also forcing the Thunder to opt for a timeout.

"Whew...... A rare opportunity to rest! After a few minutes of stubbornness, Paul slipped away most of his body again, returned to the bench and sat on it, and didn't bother to move, even if he threw a towel on his head, he didn't care.

"yes. Suddenly feel like this...... Happy too! Chen Lei also lacked a body, and sighed after taking a sip of the drink.

"Since you like it so much. Then you can rest, and Paul. The two of you then rest. Rivers said as he walked over to the two of them.

"Huh? Coach, I'm okay, let alone this kind of battle, even if I am given ten or eight big beauties, I can easily ...... Ahem, that coach, I ask to play! Seeing that Rivers' application was not like a joke, Chen Lei swooped up and asked, Paul also took off the towel and looked at Rivers with a reluctant face.

"Do you still have the strength?" Rivers nudged Chen Lei and pushed him back to the bench, "Let you rest is waiting for the final battle, not wasting your body at this time and destroying the whole situation." ”

The two nodded and stopped arguing.

Rivers put Collison and Crawford and Barnes in the middle of the court. Replaced Chen Lei, Paul and Redick.

Chen Lei and Paul are not physically enough, but the replacement of Redick is entirely for the sake of player pairing, there is chemistry between each player and player, and Redick's catalyst is Paul.

Someone has voted the top 10 backcourt combinations in the league, and countless have thrown Paul and Redick into the top three, and the threat of the duo is much higher than that of the rest of the team.

Of course, there is another point, that is, Barnes has also sat off the court for a long time, this guy has nowhere to squander, and it is a waste to keep it, and it is a good choice to replace this new force to defend Durant.

And Rivers' substitution for the rotation this time brought a huge surprise to the Clippers after a few minutes, a surprise that Rivers and a group of Clippers players did not expect.

Barnes's body lĂŹ is absolutely adequate. Even among the players on the field, he can be regarded as the most adequate, and he has been thrown to the bench in recent games, and his accumulated fire has long reached the critical point, and now he is back on the court to show his goodness.

Defending Durant, he gave the opponent a foul because he was too involved, but fortunately, the foul was less than a free throw on the sideline.

But the Thunder touched Durant again after serving. Barnes swung his knife like a whirlwind past Durant and cut an orange orb in his hand.

Steals!

Steal Durant at a critical moment.

When Barnes rushed past half court, Durant had just finished turning, and Wei Shao, who started with Barnes, did not run over Barnes because he was a little far away.

Barnes went to the front court to complete the layup. When he returned, he made a meritorious contribution to rewrite the score to 94:94, and the two sides were tied!

Coach Brooks paced a few steps from the sidelines, then helped his glasses. glanced at Chen Lei and Paul, who were sitting on the ground on the opposite side and relaxing as much as possible, "The two cores of the other party are resting and resting, and there is no advantage here." That ......"

He didn't dare to think about it, Brooks didn't even think about returning to Oklahoma with another defeat in this game, because losing this game was a 1:3 deficit, and it was basically impossible for such a point difference to overtake and win the series.

I wanted to remind him of something but still couldn't open his mouth, some things couldn't be said, and saying it meant reminding the opponent, and half a minute later, when Jordan Jr. fouled the Thunder on a free throw, Brooks called Wei Shao to the sideline.

"Speed up the impact, Griffin has 5 fouls, Jordan Jr. has 4 times, our goal is to go inside, our advantage is to break through the defense, I think you should understand, like yesterday's tactical drill, everybody has to move, you know?" Brooks commanded quickly.

"Don't worry, Coach!" Wei Shao nodded, turned around and returned to the court.

Wei Shao played tactical sign language to tell his teammates to step up the breakthrough, and Durant and Jackson nodded in understanding.

This kind of thing can only be played by outside players, Durant and Wei Shao are the best options, and Jackson can also share a part, which is a common tactic for the Thunder, and it is also the most difficult tactic to defend.

The three of them are like three sharp knives frequently impacting the Clippers' defense, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves, not to mention that the thieves of the group are worried together, and Griffin successfully completed the task of the game in 8 minutes and 59 seconds in the fourth quarter and left the court early.

Six fouls, full of fouls. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's third shift, well, it's 11 o'clock, everyone should rest, I'm so sleepy and tired, and my dad is also broken