Chapter 116: The Difficult Thunder Team
Griffin's worries didn't happen, because Rivers still threw him to the starting power forward in the second half, and the lineup didn't change, but the starting lineup was just a tactical requirement to break through and hit the Thunder's interior.
Both sides started the second half, and the Thunder had the right to attack first.
Wei Shao's body seems to always have an inexhaustible body, which is a breakthrough hand that every team has a headache.
Paul also has a certain amount of pressure opposite Wei Shao, even if his defensive ability is not bad, but in the face of Wei Shao, he must play with the spirit of twelve points, otherwise his own action will only slow down his starting speed.
Halfway through the offensive time, Wei Shao began to break through, and his strong explosiveness helped him break through Paul's defense to the free throw line in one go, and the second acceleration catapulted towards the basket like a cannonball.
Chen Lei gave up the confrontation with Ibaka to make up for Wei Shao, but he was still a step slower, and Wei Shao, who was three seconds later, jumped into the air and rarely chose to throw, and threw the ball before Chen Lei arrived.
"Whew" basketball hits the board into the basket.
Chen Lei picked up the basketball serve Paul, the Clippers counterattacked, Paul did not stick the ball and pushed it directly to Griffin, who received the ball and threw the ball from behind and threw the ball to Chen Lei, who had just run over from the backcourt to reach the restricted area.
After a moment of hesitation, Chen Lei dribbled the ball, stepped the ground with his left foot, and his body recoiled, rose into the air, and picked the ball towards the basket.
"What a flexible fat man!" Many Thunder fans couldn't help but sigh, looking up at the flying orb and watching it plunge into the basket.
The Clippers' offense took only six seconds to complete, and the quick counterattack made Coach Brooks feel that something was wrong, and he always felt that the Clippers had some conspiracy.
However, he was overthinking this time, and the Clippers did not have any conspiracy at all, but just moved the offense to the interior openly.
At the beginning of the second half, under the control of Paul, the Clippers scored 5 consecutive goals from the inside, especially the two consecutive aerial relay assists at the time of 2 points in the third quarter, Griffin and Jordan Jr. each dunked a goal, allowing the Clippers to widen the gap to 6 points.
But after all, this is someone's territory, and there will always be brave players who will stand up under the shouts of 20,000 fans at home.
Teenager Adams hit back at the Clippers with his own hands, contributing three shots in less than three minutes to help the team narrow the gap to two points.
In the third quarter, Chen Lei was prematurely replaced by Rivers off the court, not that there was anything wrong, but that Rivers changed the lineup, and at the same time let Chen Lei rest and rest, ready to lead the team's game at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Most of the Clippers' tactical system is now in place, and hidden patterns have become Rivers' habits.
For example, Chen Lei and Crawford's second team leads, and Chen Lei's leading offense before halftime and before the end of the third quarter and at the beginning of the fourth quarter has become the rule of the game in the past month.
Chen Lei is a bull who can go crazy at the push of a button for Rivers, which is the hard work that most rookies have, especially when the guy in front of him gives him offensive power, he can always lead the team to a net score, and the efficiency occupies the top spot of the team.
In a few months, Rivers put Chen Lei in the small forward and big forward and center positions, and what surprised Rivers was that Chen Lei could play the role in all three positions, although the table was very good, but his biggest threat point was still the No. 4 position.
That's why Rivers will try to stagger the time when he and Griffin play at the same time, and the two No. 4 positions can play a bigger advantage when they are effectively separated, not to mention that having such a killer weapon on the floor when most of the superstars on both sides are resting during the transition period will be a nightmare for all teams.
The Clippers have been playing the score leader in the third quarter, and the Thunder are terrifying because of the two arrows of the outside offense, but it is obvious that the two cores have not found a good state in the middle and late third quarter, so when Chen Lei accepted the Clippers' offensive power to replace Griffin in the third quarter at 8 minutes and 33 seconds, the Clippers still led the Thunder by 4 points at 79:75.
The Clippers made substitutions, except for Paul and Jordan Jr., all the other players returned to the court, Chen Lei walked in front with his arms dangling, followed by Collison and Granger.
"Don't be discouraged, we will avenge you!" The three on the court and the three off the court staggered, and Collison and everyone gave a high-five, and a word made the three Griffin almost fall en masse.
We're not being suppressed by each other, okay?
In the first part of the game, we took the initiative, okay?
Avenge?
Vengeance!
Paul threw the ball to Collison, who dribbled the ball across the half court, slipped to the basket and went back around the three-point line, and Paul took Collison's return pass and pulled it out directly.
"Bang!" There was a little less power, the basketball smashed the basket and bounced back, and the rebound was taken by Adams.
The Thunder counterattacked Wei Shaoyi and slipped into the basket, and in the face of the Clippers who had just fallen down, he directly showed the butcher's knife and killed him.
"Roar~" A loud roar, Wei Shao jumped into the air in the penalty area and threw the ball to the basket, and Little Jordan, who came from the left front to make up for it, slapped the ball out with a strong slap hat.
"Demons!" Wei Shao scolded in a low voice and turned to look at the basketball, seeing Collison picking up the basketball that was fanned away and running towards his own half, he didn't want to turn around and chase after him.
Wei Shao's body had to be praised, and he quickly got rid of the second lineup and reached Collison, three meters away, and even closer, but the basketball court was so big, and Collison was not very slow, and in the end, he was not destroyed by Wei Shao, and threw the ball into the basket.
The Clippers fought back again and couldn't help but put the Thunder under pressure again, and the Thunder only scored one goal in three minutes, and the situation was very bad for them.
"Give me the ball!" This time, Durantra drove a large distance to ask Wei Shao for the ball, and Wei Shao, who originally wanted to score another ball by himself, had to throw the ball over.
Wei Shao has a strong spirit, and often makes some impulsive moves in the field, just like he has missed two consecutive shots and forced a breakthrough just now.
But fortunately, his personal strength is strong enough, and most of them can use their invincible breakthrough to hit the ball, otherwise Coach Brooks would have pressed him to the bench.
Durant is on the outside at the moment, and he has to step up when the team's back-to-back offense is lost. This is his obligation, because he is the boss of this team, the backbone of this team.
Standing in front of Durant is Granger, if you move forward two or three years, the confrontation between the two will definitely attract countless familiar eyes, but at this time, it is no longer a thing.
Durant is still the same Durant, and Granger is no longer the Granger he once was.
Durant didn't intend to rush into the restricted area at all, but he was going to shoot outside, so his action was very loud to give Granger the illusion that I was looking for a breakthrough opportunity, and his body slowly rushed forward, and suddenly stepped back to shoot the ball outside the three-point line.
"Huh!" After a parabola, the basketball drills into the net.
It's incredibly crisp!
Neat!
The arena, which had been silent for a few minutes, finally resounded their cheers, giving applause to Durant, who was the leader of their own side, and it was uncomfortable to be suppressed at home, not to mention that it was already a playoff game at this time, and the victory or defeat of each game was related to whether the team could go further.
"That's accurate!" Chen Lei, who relies on critical hits to complete three-point shooting every time, admires those three-pointers the most, and whenever he sees them using three-point scoring frequently, he has an urge to throw upgrade points to three-pointers.
"You're more accurate!" Throwing the ball to Chen Lei, Collison said, "Our Apache's accurate electronic navigation satellite positioning, brother, can you bear it?" Give them back one? â
Looking at his count, the feeling has become 82 points, and the state of 70 points has increased a little bit, which is okay, and using critical hits is not the best choice at the moment.
If you don't get the faster Tiga, if you use a critical hit, it will be in the last few minutes.
Scoring goals in a game improves your feel at a rate several times faster than warming up, which means that you can't shoot 10 balls in a warm-up game or just as much as a single ball in a game.
Therefore, if you want to quickly improve the feel value, Chen Lei can only attack, attack, and attack!
After handing the ball to Collison, Chen Lei quickly ran towards the frontcourt, hoping to stand in position earlier and get an offensive opportunity.
Chen Lei is opposite the clubbing is Ibaka, the league's defensive strength can be ranked on the top of the general, compared to Ibaka, Chen Lei's biggest advantage on the offensive end is his low-post offensive ability, the last time against the Thunder, he used his body to push Ibaka, and then relied on his ninety points of scoring ability to send the ball into the basket frequently.
Regaining his old skills, Chen Lei ran to the accustomed right mid-distance card position, and when Shun lĂŹ stuck Ibaka behind him, he stretched out his left hand to ask for the ball.
Paul, who had just received Collisson's pass and dribbled twice, glanced at Chen Lei's position and did not hesitate, Chen Lei was in a good position, and he could give the ball to him, thinking of this, Paul staggered Wei Shao's entanglement and pushed the ball directly over.
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