Chapter 317 Against James, the score is 2:0
If as the main core player of a team, with Butler's scoring ability, it is indeed a little worse, even in the year when the Heat reached the finals, Butler averaged only 22 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the playoffs, and his ability is more reflected in stable scoring means and good defense and passing assists.
But if it's as a second-in-command player on a team, Jimmy. Butler is absolutely qualified.
Even look at the alliance, except for the Gram. Thompson, Paul. Outside of George and a few others, there is no more suitable person for the outside position than Butler!
In the entire second quarter, Butler scored 14 points, Wang Feng also scored 11 points, and when the two worked at the same time, the Clippers were completely powerless to parry, with a single quarter score of 36:27.
The score was 70-56 at halftime, and the Lakers led by 14 points at halftime.
In the third quarter of the second half, the gap became more pronounced as the bench players of both teams came on one after another.
The Clippers' bench lineup is actually not bad, with Luis. Williams led the team and there were players like Gortat on the bench.
But compared to the Lakers, it is obviously much worse.
The main players on the Lakers' bench are Kuzma, Rose, Jordan. Clarkson, Larry. Nance, Gavel. McGee and Seth. Curry et al.
Although due to the team's lineup, the data of these players in the Lakers are slightly worse than those of the same period in another time and space, after all, Wang Feng's average of nearly 40+ points per game occupies most of the ball on the court, plus Butler and Ingram and others share the ball, and when it is their turn, there is not much ball to share.
Kuzma, for example, averaged only 13.8 points per game this season, and only averaged 10 shots per game, which is a far cry from the 15.5 shots per game and 18.7 points per game in the same period in another time and space.
And Rose is also averaging around 14 points per game.
As for Clarkson, Nance and Seth. Curry and others are averaging under 10 points per game.
However, although the statistics are mediocre, the strength of the players is there.
Kuzma is a great player who is fully capable of averaging 18+8 per game after giving possession of the ball, and Rose, Clarkson and Nance Jr. are similar.
In contrast, the Clippers are less capable of playing on the bench.
Therefore, in the third quarter, the Clippers fell behind again, playing a score of 23:29 in the first quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides has come to 99:79, and the difference has officially reached 20 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, James also led the team to attack in an attempt to catch up with the 20-point difference.
James himself made a sudden shot and scored 8 points alone, giving the Clippers a little hope of turning the tables.
However, Wang Feng followed up with a three-point long-range shot and a breakthrough to impact the basket to score 6 points of 2+1, shattering the momentum of the Clippers' chasing points.
More than halfway through the fourth quarter, the score of the two teams remained at about 18 points.
The Clippers chose to give up and took the initiative to replace James and other key players.
In the end, when the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 121:104.
Wang Feng scored a game-high 38 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including 8-of-12 three-pointers, in addition to 15 rebounds and three steals.
James' performance is not much inferior to Wang Feng, with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and a quasi-triple-double.
But the Clippers have only one of the Clippers, in addition to James. Williams played well, scoring 26 points on 11-of-18 shooting and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.
On the other hand, the Lakers, in addition to Wang Feng's 38 points, Jimmy. Butler scored 23 points, Ingram 17 and Lopez 12.
And Kuzma, Rose, Clarkson and others on the bench, although they did not score double-doubles, their performances were all outstanding and their performances were remarkable.
"The G1 game of the playoff series, this is a game that is not too suspenseful, and the Lakers proved the difference in strength between the two teams with a big victory, even if it is as strong as LeBron. James also has no skills. ”
"It is worth mentioning that in the course of the game, James led the team to launch counterattacks many times, trying to catch up with the score, but every time Wang Feng stood up and scored to suppress the momentum, it is obvious that in the clash between the two, Wang Feng is slightly better."
As for the outcome of this game, the Clippers or James fans are quite unhappy.
"What's so great about Wang Feng, isn't it just that his teammates are stronger? LeBron, if there are those teammates of Wang Feng, they will definitely be stronger than him! ”
In this regard, Wang Feng's fans are dismissive.
"Hehe, to put it nicely, in the years when James won the championship, weren't he surrounded by star players? There was Wade Bosh during the Heat, Irving Love during the Cavaliers, and even so, it took Wang Feng to help win a championship with difficulty. ”
Also, Wang Feng's teammates are powerful, please take a closer look, this year's All-Star, only Wang Feng of the Lakers was selected as an All-Star, just like the Clippers! Compare the Warriors, Curry and Durant were selected as starters, and Klau. Thompson was selected as a substitute, which is also called awesome? ”
"In addition, Louis. Williams averaged 19.8 points per game in the regular season, close to 20+, and Butler, who ranked second on the Lakers' scoring list, only averaged 18.1 points per game in the regular season. ”
Fans on both sides sprayed each other and set off round after round of scolding on the Internet, but overall it was the Lakers fans who had the absolute upper hand.
After all, in the face of actual records and data, Clippers fans are already half a head short before they can speak.
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After losing the G1 game by a big score, the Clippers launched a fierce counterattack in the G2 game on April 15.
James broke out again in this game, shooting 13-of-22 and scoring a triple-double of 36 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, marking a triple-double for the second consecutive game.
In addition to James, the rest of the Clippers players played equally well in this game. Williams 25 points, Montrez. Harrell scored 24 points, and a total of 6 people on the team scored double-doubles, leading the Lakers by 15 points during the game!
However, the Clippers still lost the game because of Wang Feng.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers scored 41 points in a single quarter, while the Clippers scored 26 points, directly reversed the game, and finally won the game 135-131.
Wang Feng shot 15 of 26 in the game, 6 of 14 three-pointers, 8 of 10 free throws, and scored 44 points and 9 rebounds in the whole game, especially in the last 2 minutes, the key shooter badge was activated, Wang Feng scored 14 points in front of James, and scored 20 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, completely forcing the game around by himself!
At the end of the game, Clippers fans were speechless and didn't know how to refute it.