Chapter 278: Peak Heat Zhan (9100 Words Chapter)
In the 2012~2013 season, LeBron James's weight increased from 113kg to 120kg, although his body was bigger again, his explosive power remained the same, and his speed was not greatly affected.
On the night of the 17th, the Heat and the Clippers were playing, and James, who had completely transformed into a heavy tank, almost beat PJ Tucker into doubt.
Even if you try your best on the defensive end, LeBron James only needs to accelerate in a straight line to crush Tucker.
If it weren't for the jumping men like Griffin and Andrew Jordan who have explosive physical fitness on the Clippers' interior line, maybe LeBron James would have been a tomahawk-style dunk when he burst in
Coach Gnagro didn't expect James to almost become a hexagonal warrior in the new season, and even the projection, which was not good in previous years, seems to have improved significantly this season.
With 6 minutes and 14 seconds left in the second quarter, the two sides got back the main lineup, and as Griffin hit a two-point basket again, the score on the court became 40:39, and the two teams entered a stalemate.
Chalmers dribbled across the halfcourt, quickly gave the ball to Wade on the left wing outside the three-point line to avoid Chris Paul's entanglement, and then stood at the top of the arc to open up the offensive space.
Chris Bosh quickly stepped up to cover the pick-and-roll, and Jordan Jr. followed, noticing that Wade seemed to want to break through with his left hand, Li Ze quickly squeezed through the screen, and then stuck to Wade on his side.
In order to avoid being trapped, Chris Bosh immediately moved to the free throw line after completing the screen, but soon he noticed that Wade was blocked by Li Ze's defense to the near baseline.
Wade, who was moving, wanted to make a cross step back pull or change direction in front of his body, but he didn't expect Li Ze to defend so fiercely, and cut the ball from time to time, so that Wade could only protect the ball and pull away Li Ze's arm.
Breaking through to the left blocking position, Wade didn't dare to shake easily, and finally was directly blocked near the baseline, seeing that Griffin on the other side wanted to cooperate with the bag, Wade, who stopped the ball, hurriedly threw the ball to Bosh, who was on the line.
As soon as the ball came out, Li Ze swiped up with his left hand and changed the direction of the ball, Chris Bosh just wanted to pick up the ball, but Li Ze suddenly jumped in front of Bosh and quickly stole the ball away.
The Staples Arena immediately erupted in cheers, and before Bosh even had time to foul, Li Ze, who had completed the steal, had already rushed through the half.
LeBron James, who was aiming behind him, was retreating with all his might, Li Ze almost stepped on the free throw line, took off directly from a long distance, glided in the air, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and dunked with one arm!
"God! I seem to be mistaken, Kayce stepped on the free throw line to complete the dunk? Incredible! ”
On ESPN's live commentary seat, Mike Brin instantly raised his voice and shouted directly, and the fans at the scene shouted with excitement.
There was a huge cheer in his ears, and after landing on the ground, Li Ze looked relaxed, smiled at James who was returning to defense, and then quickly retreated to the half.
The big screen at the scene played back Li Ze's dunk, and the fans saw that the back heel was indeed still on the free throw line, and they screamed excitedly again, and the actual free throw line dunk was outrageous!
Although LeBron James has long known that Li Ze can fly, he really didn't expect such a scene, which also makes him completely a background board in this round, sprinting back to defense with all his might, and finally can only return to the baseline serve.
The Heat attacked again, LeBron James received the ball on the right wing again, faced Tucker's defense, started directly outside the three-point line, crossed the ball with his right hand, and easily crushed into the paint area.
In the end, before Jordan Jr. returned to defense, LeBron James jumped and completely carried Tucker away, and scored two points under the basket easily!
"LeBron James is so strong after weight gain that I even think he can play from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, PJ Tucker's defense is useless, and his height and strength are completely crushed, but considering the Clippers' forward line, maybe this is the best choice."
Jeff Van Gundy saw LeBron James complete the offense, and immediately sang praises and begged, facing the Clippers' forward, LeBron James showed his strength.
Coach De Nagro on the sidelines immediately gestured to the players, signaling Tucker to defend against Battier and Griffin to defend against James.
This is also something that can't be helped, and on the bench lineup, veterans like Matt Barnes and Grant Hill can't limit James' strong burst either.
The Clippers attacked, and Chris Paul, who dribbled past half court, immediately signaled Griffin to sink to the right side near the baseline and did not need to go up to block and dismantle, seeing that his teammates completed the placement, Li Ze quickly slipped from left to right and quickly slipped to the bottom line.
With the help of Griffin's cover, it bounced directly to the right wing outside the three-point line, and just received a pass from Paul, Wade's pursuit followed.
Noticing that the opponent was not very close, Li Ze, after receiving the ball, took the opportunity to raise the ball to the back of his head, then quickly got off the ball, swayed left and right after three threats, held the ball in his right hand, and dribbled through the cross-step.
From receiving the ball to breaking through, Li Ze's rhythm was fast, Wade just stood still, and when he saw Li Ze breaking through, he hurriedly slid backwards desperately.
Li Ze, who was traveling, felt the defensive pressure on his side, paused slightly, changed the rhythm of dribbling, and then suddenly dribbled with the ball in his right hand, and then exerted force under his feet, twisted his body, and threw a mid-distance backward jump shot in the blocking area!
"Huh!" Two-point shot hollow into the net!
Wade froze in place, without making any interference, the sudden emergency stop in this breakthrough made him have no time to adjust the center of gravity of the defense, and thinking of Li Ze's exaggerated range of movements, Wade even felt that interference was useless.
No matter who is defending in front of him, he throws it directly after the action is done, and Li Ze is currently in such a state. Perhaps the core strength has been further enhanced, and the bonus effect of the [Hot Zone Hunter] + [Difficult Shooting King] badge is getting better and better.
In the final minutes of the first half, Li Ze and LeBron James began to score back-to-back.
LeBron James likes to pull Jordan Jr. out of the three-second zone after blocking and pick-and-roll, so he can eat Tucker alone and the tank breaks through the frenzied interior;
And Li Ze only needs to cover and catch the ball, quickly break through after three threats, attack left and right in the two blocking areas, and hit mid-range backward jumpers in succession.
Staples Arena saw that the stars of both sides began to score each other again, and immediately shouted excitedly, at present, Los Angeles is still more fans of the Lakers, which also makes the scene rarely boo, everyone just wants to see a more exciting game.
Griffin looked at LeBron James with a monster-like look, he pulled hard this round, but he was still beaten to the basket by the opponent, and still scored two points, and he couldn't pull it, is this still human?
When LeBron James stood on the free throw line, Li Ze heard another burst of cheers from the scene, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, he was still a little uncomfortable with this scene after three years in the Russian city
The continuous offense also made James's breathing begin to be short, and he made a simple adjustment and calmly shot at the free throw line.
"Bang!"
Bumped to the back edge of the basket, the backcourt rebound was easily protected by Jordan Jr., Chris Paul saw Li Ze's gesture and immediately understood that this was to slow down for two rounds and let other teammates touch the ball more.
After Li Ze came to the team, the Clippers can also be said to be dual point guards, but the two have different styles of play, and the only thing they have in common is the control of mistakes.
This time, the Clippers attacked and directly played a low-post tactic for Griffin, and after completing the cross-cover with Jordan Jr. in the three-second zone, he immediately came to the left low post to ask for the ball.
LeBron James began to half-circle the front defense, preventing Griffin from receiving the ball easily close to the basket, and the two tore it apart, and finally Griffin was squeezed into the blocking area to successfully receive Paul's pass.
Griffin's technique is still a little rough, but fortunately, his physical fitness makes up for some technical deficiencies, putting the ball with his right hand, playing by clattering, getting to a position close to the paint area, quickly turning around and closing the ball, carrying James's defense, and scoring two points under the basket!
Chris Bosh on the other side didn't dare to help defend, and there had already been a scene where Griffin gave Jordan Jr. an inside pass, so for an offense like the Clippers, try to let James defend alone.
"Wasting LeBron James on both ends of the floor is definitely the right choice, and Coach Spo may want to consider adding some Anderson minutes in the second half, and the new signing can reduce James' consumption on the defensive end."
Seeing that the first half of the game was coming to an end, Jeff Van Gundy began to briefly summarize that compared to Anderson, Rashad Lewis, who came off the bench in the second quarter, played well, making 3 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter.
There are still 37 seconds left in the half, each side has an offensive opportunity, the Heat press time to attack, and finally Wade relies on Bosh's cover to go straight to the inside, and the paint area presses the whistle and throws the iron!
Griffin protected the rebound, and in the last 14 seconds, Paul immediately gave the ball to Li Ze, and after dribbling through halftime, everyone in the Clippers opened up the offensive space.
With 8 seconds left in the second quarter, Li Ze, who was on the left wing outside the three-point line, began to lower his center of gravity and dribbled under his hip twice in a row to get close to the three-point line.
In the face of Wade's defense, the right hand is in and out slightly, and then the body quickly changes direction in front of the body, while the body shakes to the left front, the left hand quickly dribbles under the crotch, and then the right hand holds the ball and pretends to break through.
The moment Wade slid backwards, Li Ze on the three-point line dribbled vigorously on the spot with his right hand, and Wade realized that something was wrong and jumped directly to block.
But Li Ze took advantage of the strength of the ball's rebound, retreated, took advantage of the time difference, ignored Wade's defense, and quickly jumped outside the three-point line!
The ball flew into the air, and Li Ze had already turned around confidently, walked to the bench, raised his hands and began to celebrate.
"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!
"Oh!"
The audience at Staples Arena screamed excitedly when they saw Li Ze pretending to be X like this, and at 54:57, the Clippers managed to take a three-point lead.
"In a wonderful half, Kayce scored 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting in the half, including 3-of-5 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, and LeBron James scored 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting, and the core players all played well!"
Commentator Mike Brin looked at the technical statistics in his hand and immediately sent a word of praise, and Jeff Van Gundy on the side was full of praise for the Heat's rotation lineup:
"Compared to the previous two seasons, the Heat's offseason signing of Rashard Lewis has supplemented the shortcomings of the roster, and with LeBron James, signing a space power forward is undoubtedly the right choice."
Back in the locker room, Chris Paul was in a good mood, he made 1 of 4 in the half, got 3 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 turnovers, and in this situation, the team can still lead, which is completely different from last year.
"Pick-and-rolls, guys, in the second half, we're going to do more pick-and-rolls, and whoever stays under the basket is going to go all out for the frontcourt rebounds, and we're going to limit the Heat's counterattack."
Coach De Nagro seemed to feel victory in sight, and when he returned to the dressing room, he began to write and draw on the whiteboard to remind his players of the precautions for the second half.
After listening to the guidance of the coaching staff, Li Ze noticed that Tucker was not in a high mood, and immediately understood that he was stunned by James, and when he saw that the other party was silent, he immediately smiled and comforted:
"Don't worry too much about defense, LeBron James has an all-round advantage in height and weight, and if you can consume the opponent, you will win!"
Tucker feels that his future is not bright, the current No. 3 position of the Clippers is a shortcoming, and he was confident that he could rely on defense to get the starting position, but after playing against LeBron James, he immediately understood the gap between the two sides.
"Don't worry about me, Kayce, I'll do my job!"
The atmosphere in the Clippers' locker room was relaxed, and on the Heat's side, LeBron James saw Chris Bosh scoring 6 points on 1-of-5 in the half, and his good brother Wade scoring 6 points on 2-of-6 and also scoring 6 points.
He played a very awkward game, James didn't like to play at the No. 4 position, and the excessive weight gain was also due to the team's lack of qualified big men in the offseason.
But after losing the Finals for two years in a row, LeBron James has no way back, and although he is dissatisfied with the operation of the Heat, he can only accept it.
"LeBron, in the second half we need you to continue to push to the No. 4 position, we have to ensure the team's offense!"
Hearing Coach Spo's words, LeBron James nodded silently, perhaps, this is the most difficult road.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Heat took the lead in attacking, because Chris Bosh projected and pulled his hips in the first half, so when Li Ze switched to LeBron James, in the face of the block, Jordan Jr. immediately retracted the basket.
James cursed in his heart, noticed that there was an empty space in Bosh's free throw line, and quickly gave the ball to the opponent, who received the ball and shot a jump shot from the free throw line!
"Bang!" Hit the nail in a rage!
The rebound was protected by Jordan Jr., and the Heat immediately retreated, and after Chris Paul took the ball, he slowly dribbled across the half court and saw that LeBron James still played the No. 4 position.
Immediately signaled Griffin to raise the screen, block at the top of the arc, and easily get rid of Chalmers's defense, LeBron James saw Griffin quickly go down, and could only be forced to follow back to the defense, while also having to keep an eye on Paul's passes.
When Paul broke through to the right elbow area of the free throw line, his right hand suddenly pulled back from his hips, shaking the chasing Chalmers stunned, and then his left hand changed direction forward, and he made a slightly drifting mid-range backward jumper!
"Huh!" Hit the two-pointer steadily!
After fishing for most of the half, as soon as the third quarter began, Paul entered the attack mode, the Heat quickly sent a baseline ball, and after Chalmers dribbled through the half, he found that it was Tucker who was opposite Wade.
Immediately give the ball directly to Wade, who is on the left wing, and in the face of Tucker's defense, use his speed to break through with the ball in his right hand and cut directly from the wing.
Tucker's speed suffered, but he didn't take it lightly, just drove Wade inward, noticed that Jordan Jr. had begun to retract to help defense, Wade crossed and pulled back in the left elbow area of the free throw line, shook off the defense, and made a mid-range pull-up jump shot!
"Bang!" One more hit!
Watching Griffin collect the rebound, Wade cursed in his heart, and then retreated again, and the Clippers rushed quickly, almost in sync with the Heat through the half.
Li Ze received Paul's pass on the left wing outside the three-point line, Jordan Jr. stepped forward to block and dismantle, Wade immediately prepared and covered, and noticed Wade's movement, Li Ze, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly sent the ball forward, and then pulled the ball with his left hand.
The fancy Sam Gourd shook out of a position in an instant, Wade just wanted to chase the defense, Jordan Jr.'s cover stood on the three-point line, and after being delayed, he completely lost his defensive position, and finally could only watch Li Ze make a stop-and-go jump shot on the three-point line!
"Huh!" Semi-converted three-point hollow into the net.
“W0W! Wonderful shaking, the Heat need to pay attention to defense, it looks like Kayce and Chris Paul are going to play at the same time! ”
Commentator Mike Brin spoke in a brisk tone, he certainly liked to see good goals, while Coach Spo, who was on the sidelines, was clearly unhappy with the defense of the round and loudly signaled for Bosh's defense to keep up.
There was another cheer at Staples Arena, and Jamal Crawford screamed with the atmosphere group, waving the towel in his hand, and the score difference had reached 8 points!
In the following minutes, LeBron James began to completely take over the Heat's offense, and Li Ze made a large number of shots in the first half to make the [Green Machine] badge work, and after specifying the power attribute bonus, the defense was still struggling in the face of James' breakthrough.
The weight difference is too much, even if he is not out of position, most of the time James can break through by crushing and get close to the basket.
But LeBron James' large number of shots also disrupted some of the Heat's offensive rhythm, Chris Bosh was completely lost, and several simple baskets were knocked out by Jordan Jr. interfered with the basket.
This time the Heat attacked, after conceding three consecutive shots, Chris Bosh finally scored 2 points, and the Heat quickly retreated.
Li Ze held the ball at the top of the arc, saw Paul start in the bottom corner of the left side, and with the help of Griffin's cover, he suddenly cut in and quickly sent a through ball, LeBron James defended very actively, and immediately stepped forward to block the moment Paul received the ball.
At the same time, the Heat's interior defense also began to rotate, Paul saw that there was no offensive opportunity, and returned the ball to Li Ze at the top of the arc again, and the moment he received the pass, Li Ze held the ball in his left hand and immediately broke through.
Wade's defense was half a beat slower, and he cursed in his heart, and was easily stuck by Li Ze by half a body.
Breaking through to the paint area, Li Ze saw Chris Bosh retract to the basket again, and immediately jumped to carry Wade on his side, and then rose up with both feet, ignoring Bosh's block, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and smashed the ball into the basket!
"Boom!" Tomahawk slam dunk!
"Squeak!"
After landing on the ground, Bosh almost hit the street directly, and when he heard the referee's whistle, he immediately adjusted his body's center of gravity, ran to the linesman, and roared loudly by pulling his neck:
"I didn't foul at all! It's just a normal confrontation under the basket! ”
As soon as the referee saw that the player was emotional, he immediately blew the whistle, and then made a gesture to hit his shoulder, and Bosh saw Li Ze shrugging at him again, standing slowly on the free throw line, and was immediately angry enough.
In the Staples Arena, seeing that the players on both sides seemed to be about to clash, they immediately followed the coaxing, and everyone in the Clippers stepped forward to high-five Li Ze in celebration, and after the penalty was steadily shot, Coach Spo immediately asked for a timeout.
"The Heat seem to have suddenly fallen into a scoring drought again, and Coach Spo has to make adjustments, and this is not the first time that such a problem has arisen, and Wade and Bosh need to step up at this time."
Jeff Van Gundy began to output Wade and Bosh, and for the rest of the third quarter, Wade hit two consecutive shots and hit all of them, and the Clippers counterattacked, and the margin went straight to 13 points.
At 20:33 in the single quarter, Coach Spo was completely stunned, the offense was powered off, and he dreamed of returning to the finals!
LeBron James, who returned to the bench, was very frustrated, after three quarters of the game, 74:90, the Heat actually fell behind by 16 points, and in the third quarter of the game, he scored 10 points on 5-of-9 in a single quarter, and as a result, his good brother Wade hung up zero eggs.
Chris Paul took advantage of the fire in this quarter, making 7 free throws in a single quarter and scoring 12 points, and Li Ze made 3 of 5, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws, and also scored 10 points, and the two almost broke down the Heat's defense with a pick-and-roll.
The margin was too large, and Coach Gnagro sent a rotation lineup at the end of the third quarter, and the early part of the fourth quarter was also the time for the benches.
Li Ze, who was sitting on the bench, saw Chris Paul wearing a towel, standing on the sidelines and directing his teammates, eager to go directly to the court, and a strange emotion surged in his heart:
"Well done to poach Ray Allen."
Ray Allen has gradually adapted to the Clippers' tactics through these games, and tonight Crawford felt average, and the veteran took on the burden of scoring off the bench, and after coming on the court, he made a sudden free throw, and this game has already scored 12 points.
With 6 minutes and 48 seconds left in the 4th quarter of the game, Li Ze appeared again, and at this time, the two sides still had a 13-point difference, and quickly turned on the [Enter the Rhythm] BUFF, and the two sides fought for another three minutes.
LeBron James seems to have broken the defense a little, in the face of Li Ze's defense, the crazy tank broke through, and stood on the free throw line in a row, Li Ze suffered a dark loss, and was angry in his heart, and he also frantically attacked the inside, and the bulldozer broke through and crushed Wade.
After more than three minutes, the two sides began to make free throws, and the head coach of Spo on the sidelines saw that the point difference was still not narrowing, and he knew that this game was gone.
The main lineups of the two sides fought until the end, and in the end, 100-112, the Clippers successfully withstood the final counterattack of the Heat and won 4 consecutive victories.
"The two sides gave us a very good game, although the Heat lost, LeBron James was 12-of-23 from the field, 6-of-9 from the free-throw line, and scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, steals and 4 turnovers, and his performance was impeccable."
"Of course, Kayce played better, 13-of-24, including 5-of-10 three-pointers, 9-of-9 free throws, 40 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, which is really insane."
Commentator Mike Brin briefly recounted the stats of the core players of both sides, while Jeff Van Gundy on the side began to go all out to output Wade and Bosh:
"Wade was 2-of-10 from the field and scored only 6 points, while Bosh was 3-of-13 and scored 11 points, which is unacceptable as a core player! Coach Spo has to deal with the Heat's sudden smuddenness on offense, otherwise it will be difficult for them to go further this season. ”
After the game, Chris Paul felt the joy in the Staples Arena and was in a good mood for a while.
4 of 9, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, 17 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and 3 turnovers.
"Come on, Bro! Looking forward to our next encounter! ”
Wade saw Paul's happy smile, and his heart was even more depressed, and then he thought of LeBron James after completing the handshake and turning his head to leave, and suddenly felt that the brotherhood seemed to be about to break.
"Congratulations, Chris! Hopefully you can go one step further this season."
Li Ze didn't care about the problem of the Banana Boat Brothers, and he was being interviewed by ESPN reporters on the sidelines:
"Kayce, congratulations on winning this game, I wonder if you have seen our news in the past two days, do you feel a little sorry that you didn't break Michael Jordan's record?"
Hearing the other party's inquiry, Li Zecai remembered that there was indeed such a thing, since the beginning of this season, he has scored 30+ in 6 consecutive games, tying the record set by Michael Jordan in the 1986~87 season.
"Honestly, I didn't care about the record when I was playing, and of course, if I had to choose again, I would probably really try to score five points and break the Michael Jordan record!"
"You know, I've always liked to take on challenges, but I still prefer winning to records, the team is on track and I'm proud of my team-mates."
The slightly Tan blonde female reporter chuckled when she heard Li Ze's words, and then said in an encouraging tone:
"Haha, it's okay Kayce, you're only 22 years old and you still have a lot of time to chase records, I'm sure you have a chance to break Chamberlain's record!"
“.”
As the final highlight game of the week, after the game, Amika's wallgrass began to look at the Heat again and sing praises for the Clippers, and some commentators finally shouted: "Clippers championship!" This sentence.
Steve Ballmer, who is still struggling at Microsoft, sent a congratulatory message to the team after the game, and although the work was not going well, the team won the game, which made the big guy feel good.
In contrast, in the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean, the James broke the defense again, and as soon as the game ended, a common voice appeared in the post-game news post on the Tiger Fight Forum:
"The Heat lost, but I didn't! Wade 6 points, trade it early! ”
"This is really a teammate CBA! Spo got out of class, and Anderson even asked me to play the No. 4 position, and I should have replaced Chris Bosh a long time ago, garbage coach, no wonder I kept losing for the first two years. ”
"Coming, coming, Wade has become CBA? James should have cut back on some shots and let others touch the ball. ”
"Li Zeniu X! Another 40 points, without Durant coming out to share the ball, this season's scoring champion is stable. ”
"Michael Jordan pretended to be X in the offseason, and Li Ze fought for 10 scoring titles and broke his record!"
"Damn, Chamberlain has 23 consecutive games of 30+, this is still a person? If it weren't for the Hawks game, Li Ze would have been 30+ for 9 consecutive games, and the garbage time would have been too delayed."
On November 18, the NBA league once again announced the Player of the Week award for the East and West.
The Eastern Conference is still LeBron James, and the Western Conference is still Li Ze.
Despite losing the game against the Clippers, the Heat played a total of five games this week, with a 3-2 record.
LeBron James averaged 27.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.2 turnovers per game while shooting 49.5% from the field and 37.5% from three-point range.
The Clippers won all three games this week, defeating the Heat, which really added a lot of points to Li Ze, averaging 31.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.0 turnovers per game, shooting 55.1% from the field and 53.3% from three-point range.
The overall efficiency efficiency is off the charts!
Durant at home in the city saw such news, and once again possessed the lemon essence, this week's game, the Thunder 4-1, the record began to pick up, and he also averaged 28.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.8 turnovers per game.
The most important thing is that his shooting rate is 53.5%, his three-point shooting rate is 60%, and his efficiency is also explosive, but he lost to Li Ze in the selection, which immediately made Durant's mood not beautiful, and his weekly best is gone!
"Shet! These shit ball critics, can't you see my data? ”
Agent Kleiman saw the big man walking around the room with his mobile phone in a hurry, and he was quite helpless, who let this week's game Thunder team be abusing vegetables, and the focus is not in Russia.
In addition to the selection of the best of the week, the 2012~2013 season of the All-Star voting channel has also officially opened, compared to the last shrinking season, this time the NBA league is ready to do a big deal, but also to celebrate the new collective bargaining agreement.
After a brief day of rest, the Clippers flew straight to San Antonio on the morning of the 19th, where they will take on the Spurs tonight.
The two teams are currently evenly matched, with the Clippers 8-1 and the Spurs 8-2, currently sitting in second place in the West due to the loss to each other in their last meeting.
With Kawhi Leonard out injured, Popovich promoted Stephen Jackson to the starting position, DeJuan Blair and Tim Duncan partnered inside, and Parker and Danny Green formed the backcourt.
The surface brother Griffin got a big double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds in the game with the Heat, and when he faced Duncan Sr. again, he was naturally full of confidence and motivation.
As a result, he was covered once and struck iron twice, and Li Ze was speechless in his heart, and the iron-headed baby knew that he was hard under the basket, and the old man on the opposite side had already been prepared.
The game played 4 minutes and 12 seconds, and after Duncan hit the mid-range, the Clippers trailed by 5 points 6:11.
The pick-and-roll at the top of the arc didn't get Chris Paul out of Parker's defense, and noticing that DeJuan Blair seemed to want to figure out the delay, Paul quickly distributed the ball to Li Ze on the right wing.
Then he immediately commanded his teammates to clear one side, and Ray Allen, who played well in the previous game, got the chance to start again, so Li Ze first played to the No. 3 position after the opening.
Noticing that Stephen Jackson stood with his feet in parallel, after receiving the pass, Li Ze released the ball with his right hand, and then suddenly lowered the center of gravity of his body, pretended to accelerate the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, slid backwards in the opposite direction, and quickly crossed the ball and dribbled back.
Then the body shook to the left, swayed left and right, quickly dribbled under the crotch with his left hand, and then accelerated with all his strength with the ball in his right hand.
Li Ze didn't expect it to be so easy, after passing the other party, three big dribbles took off directly, and Duncan under the basket saw that Li Ze's head was flat, and immediately made a way to see Li Ze dunk with one arm!
"Boom!" Break through the storm dunk and succeed!
"Oh!" "Shh
easily dunked, making Li Ze scream after he landed, slapped his chest wildly at the camera under the basket, and heard the boos of the fans on the scene in his ears, Li Ze didn't care, high-fived his teammates again to celebrate, and then quickly retreated.
Popovich on the sidelines saw Stephen Jackson being easily broken through, and he felt a little helpless, this is already the best forward player, and the old man began to miss Leonard, although the opponent is a newcomer, but the defense is absolutely fine.
In the next few minutes, Stephen Jackson was completely numbed by Li Ze, turning over and over to catch the ball on the flank, and breaking through directly after three threats, but the fast and fierce first step made the veteran have no way to take Li Ze.
After scoring 6 points in a row, the Clippers began to take advantage of Li Ze's breakthrough and played Hammer Action tactics, and as Li Ze assisted Ray Allen to hit a three-pointer in each of the left and right corners, the Clippers directly hit a wave of 12:0.
At 18:11, Popovich immediately called a timeout.
"Well done!"
Jamal Crawford on the bench celebrated with a high-five of the atmosphere group and the main lineup, and among the starting five, only Griffin and Jordan Jr. were depressed, and these two had few opportunities to eat cake when they met the Spurs.
Chris Paul has been directing traffic for the past few minutes, and when he sees his team leading again, he stops nagging the two cake eaters.
"Chris, play a few more pick-and-rolls at the No. 4 position to get Blake moving!"
Coach Gnagro briefly told Paul that if you can't paddle or not, take advantage of the lead to score more points, which is what you should do away from home.
After returning from a timeout, Popovich's head coach quickly discovered that Griffin was no longer obsessed with the low post, but began to work with Li Ze and Paul to block and pick and roll.
Moving to play, Dejuan Blair is a little unbearable, although this fat boy plays the No. 4 position, but the height is only 2.01 meters, and his athleticism is not outstanding, watching Griffin eat cakes continuously, Popovich sat directly back on the bench.
The bad old man had expected that the Clippers had been in great shape recently, while the Spurs had injured an important rotation and that a loss was inevitable.
The Clippers' offense went better and better, and on the Spurs' side, Tim Duncan also scored in a row, and the two sides went back and forth, with Li Ze being substituted with 3:32 left in the first quarter.
At this time, the Clippers were still leading by 5 points, just sat back on the bench, took the kettle handed by Billups, and simply replenished the water, seeing that Crawford, who had just come on the court, directly hit a three-pointer, Li Ze thought helplessly:
"If you want to maintain 30+, you not only need to maintain your own condition, but also depend on the state of your opponent, Chamberlain's record of 23 games is really outrageous.."
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