Chapter 389: Unstoppable Data (10,000 Words Chapter)
On the evening of April 17, the Clippers' first-round G1 game was more relaxed than fans imagined.
The Trail Blazers often changed their defensive style after the opening, initially delaying the interior and letting go of outside or weak-side three-pointers to protect the basket, only to be easily hit by Harris with two three-pointers in the opening game.
After the timeout, coach Stowe began to let the interior sink defense, trying to protect the basket and let the perimeter players squeeze through the screen, but it gave the Clippers a lot of opportunities to shoot from mid-range.
In the Staples Arena, Clippers fans watched happily, and for a long time, the team's scoring did not stop.
"Wow~"
The fans cheered loudly, Hackles hit a three-pointer in the bottom left corner, and Li Ze collected a long rebound, and the Clippers had another chance to switch offense.
At this time, there were 4 minutes and 18 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, and both sides rotated personnel, and Ed Davis, who came off the bench, replaced Hoyins, and the interior defense was more mobile and the return defense was much faster.
On the Clippers' side, Plumlee also replaced Jokic, which also enhanced the speed of the interior defense, and Tucker replaced the average feeling Bullock.
Due to the excessive lead, Li Ze did not blindly pursue speed, facing Aminu who came up to assist in the defense at the first time, and dribbled steadily through the half with the ball in his right hand.
“lets go clippers! lets go clippers! lets go clippers! ”
Amid the cheers of the fans, when Li Ze came to the left wing, the Trail Blazers players had just finished their defensive positioning.
Ed Davis followed Plumlee to the line, and Aminu began calling his teammates to get ready to defend.
The blocking and dismantling are all fake, Li Ze, who is close to the three-point line, did not choose to break through from the right side, but suddenly pushed the ball to change direction, lowered the center of gravity, and accelerated in a straight line with the ball in his left hand.
With a sudden cut of 45 degrees on the left, Aminu could only keep sliding to the right back, and at the same time, Ed Davis also gave up on Plumlee and followed to defend Li Ze.
With a small and big opportunity, Li Ze was fast, broke through to the left near baseline position, noticed that Ed Davis's defense also followed, and suddenly used his right foot as the axis in the middle of the march and pulled the ball back sharply.
Aminu and Ed Davis were shaken so that Li Ze wanted to turn around, and at the same time contracted the basket, and after completely reacting, they found that Li Ze twisted his body, the baseline position, and easily stepped back to shoot a jumper!
"Huh!" Solid mid-range hits.
At 14:24, the difference returned to 10 points, and on the Clippers bench, the atmosphere group cheered with the fans, crushing the game!
Amina's eyes were straight, he didn't make any blocking reaction to this ball, the speed of the two was obviously not on the same channel, when they played each other in the regular season, Li Ze's offensive aggressiveness was not so strong...
Lillard took advantage of the sideline ball and immediately clapped his hands and motioned to his teammates to cheer up.
After Plumlee came on the court, the Clippers' big delay had a great impact on him, and Lillard also understood the team's situation, so he simply pulled his neck and shouted:
"Don't worry about defense, the game has just begun!"
The Trail Blazers' offense is somewhat similar to that of the Clippers, with Lillard holding the ball in his left hand and dribbling through the halfcourt at the top of the arc to block high.
Li Ze squeezed past Ed Davis's cover and didn't need to be reminded that Plumlee quickly moved to the right to delay Lillard.
was pinched at the beginning, and Lillard also sped up the speed of the ball, and took advantage of Li Ze's pursuit to send a high pass in time.
Ed Davis at the free-throw line had just received the ball, and Harris in the bottom right corner of the Clippers' defense was already in place.
Ed Davis threw the ball to Aminu in the bottom right corner for the first time, who received the ball unguarded, took aim, and shot an open three-point jumper!
"Bang...", a rage!
The cheers in the arena again made the Stotts coach on the sidelines very helpless.
Seeing that the rebound ball was accepted by Tucker, Li Ze quickly dribbled across the half court after receiving the ball, and for a while he could only loudly remind his players to concentrate on the sidelines.
Hackles strictly guarded Li Ze's transition attack, and stepped forward to interfere as soon as he received the ball, and the two passed the half, and Li Ze, the left hand at the top of the arc, moved laterally.
The Clippers went on double screens, Plumlee hung up at the top of the arc and immediately went down, and Harris also hung up on the left elbow of the free throw line, and then bounced to the top of the arc.
Aminu saw Li Ze, who was holding the ball in his left hand, came to the left flank, and hesitated and didn't know how to defend it, and he couldn't get up or down in the position, stuck between the top of the arc and the elbow area.
Seeing the operation of his teammates, Hackles was also a little dazed, and just wanted to shout a bag, Li Ze, who was holding the ball in his left hand in front of him, suddenly went in and out.
Dangling right and left, Harkless's reaction was a beat slower, and he was immediately passed by one step.
Hakras desperately slid to the right rear, but the defense miscalculated, Li Ze only dribbled a big step before he suddenly stopped, and he made an easy jump shot with two points!
“oh——!”
“kayg it look easy!”
On the commentary bench of TNT on the spot, Kevin Harlan couldn't blow anymore, and put aside this shooting training that...
Li Ze, who completed the attack, shook his head with a smile and retreated, and with the increase of game experience, his playing style became simpler and simpler many times.
In the face of the Trail Blazers' front line, there is no need to do too much shaking, the opponent's ability to protect the basket is average, compress the defense in the first half and try to break through, seize the defensive holes in the second half, and score from the outside.
Seeing that the difference had become 12 points, Lillard was in a hurry, and quickly dribbled across the half court after receiving the ball in the backcourt.
Trying to take advantage of the Clippers' unstable defensive footing, he paused slightly on the left wing outside the three-point line, and then accelerated again with the ball in his left hand.
Instantly grabbed a position, Lillard accelerated the dribble, cut in at 45 degrees on the left side, and hit the basket directly!
Li Ze, who lost the defensive position, was not in a hurry, but adjusted the pace of his feet, and at the moment when Lillard jumped early and leaned out to complete the throw, the latter came first and took off.
The ball was still rising, but it was slapped on the rebound by Li Ze, who was the last to come!
After rebounding, Plumlee controlled the ball in time, Lillard and Li Ze landed at the same time, and he didn't have time to feel annoyed in his heart.
The Clippers had five players on the court to attack quickly, Ingles accelerated all the way along the left sideline, and everyone in the Trail Blazers focused on Li Ze, and for a while they missed the weak side of the defense.
Li Ze, who had just dribbled past halftime, noticed that Ingles was already close to the left flank, and quickly threw the ball with his right hand in the middle of the road.
When the ball arrived, Ingles received the pass and just came to the three-point line, without making any adjustments, and threw the ball when he converted the three-point lift!
"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!
At 14:29, less than two minutes later, the Clippers went on another 7-0 run, and Coach Stotts immediately called a timeout.
Lillard, who returned to the bench, was speechless, frustration filled his heart, his teammates did their best, but they just couldn't prevent it...
Coach Stoss naturally saw that his superstar was about to break the defense, took a look at the bench, and finally explained to Noah Fonson:
"Defend resolutely, be fast, the game has just started, we have enough time to recover the score!"
The rotation of the Trail Blazers has been completely messed up, and after the 9th pick in the first round in 14 replaced Aminu, not only did he fail to solve the problem, but he was assisted by Li Ze twice in a row Harris ran back and stole chickens...
Seeing Harris standing at the free throw line, Coach Stowe simply broke the jar and continued to rotate, replacing CJ McCollum with Gerald Henderson.
Harris's second free throw hit the back edge of the basket, and Plumlee grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and immediately threw the ball to Li Ze on the three-point line after encountering the help defense.
As soon as he received a pass at the top of the arc, Hackles stepped forward to defend as soon as possible, and at the same time, Gerard Henderson, who had just come on on the left wing, also quickly moved to Li Ze's side, ready to pack.
The right foot quickly took a tentative step to the left front, Li Ze noticed the bag clamp on the left side, lowered the center of gravity and suddenly took the left foot as the axis, quickly turned his back, and took a large tentative step to the right front.
Hackles was shaken and moved a big step back, and then tried to defend, but found that Li Ze closed his feet on the three-point line and made a dry jump shot...
Gerard Henderson had just come to Lee's side and couldn't make a defensive move to watch the ball fall into the basket.
The Staples Arena instantly fried the pot, and the screams and cheers sounded at the same time.
Hackles are stupid, this is a three-point shot, just try to pull it out? It's as easy as throwing at middle distance...
After the goal, Li Ze didn't have a sense of accomplishment, he could feel that the defense of the Trail Blazers was completely messed up, and everyone wanted to come up and defend it, but it was not systematic overall.
With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the first quarter, Li Ze, Harris, and Ingles were all substituted, and Crawford, Barnes, and Evan Turner came on to warm up.
The Clippers continued to fire, and Crawford was very active, making a mid-range pull-up jumper, breaking through and then scoring points.
Some of the Clippers fans in the stadium have already begun to celebrate the victory, and the Clippers are basically not going to capsize.
At 21:37, in the first quarter of the game, the Clippers easily led by 16 points.
Li Ze, who had changed into his training clothes, stood on the sidelines and high-fived his teammates who came off the court to celebrate, although Crawford's defense this season was really stretched, but his scoring ability was still no problem.
"I dare to guarantee the ticket, this year's best 6th person will definitely belong to you!"
Li Ze smiled and clashed fists with Crawford, entering the playoffs, the regular season awards will be announced one after another, and the tearing war is about to break out again.
On the court, he easily cut 4 points, and Crawford was also in a good mood:
"Hopefully the journalists who voted won't be biased, and my defensive stats aren't good this year."
Crawford is also looking forward to winning the award, no one will be afraid of too many accolades, and most importantly, the best sixth man will also help to sign a big contract in the offseason!
Everyone on the Clippers is smiling, easy games, everyone's playing time will increase, and getting good statistics in the playoffs can also make the next contract more convincing.
On the commentary bench of the on-site TNT, Chris Webb saw that Reggie Miller was just smiling and not speaking, shook his head with a smile, and then said with emotion:
"The first round was probably very easy for Kayce, and I'm really starting to believe in his theories, and 40+ is really not difficult for him."
Commentator Kevin Harlan is powerless to complain, Li Ze's scoring theory sounds simple, but as long as everyone who understands basketball understands, this set of rhetoric is unreliable!
Seeing the technical statistics, Kevin Harlan was speechless, adjusted his mood, and finally said helplessly:
"5-of-6 in the first quarter, 1-of-2 from beyond the three-point line, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Kayce filled the stats."
"If he can score 40+ in this fight, I wouldn't be surprised at all."
No one likes to watch the abuse game, but Reggie Miller is in a good mood at this time:
'Kayce is doing really well and you can see he's trying to drive his teammates.
"Harris was 3-of-5 for 9 points, Ingles was 2-of-3 for 6 points, Bullock was 1-of-3 for 3 points, Jokic was 1-of-2 for 2 points, and all five starters scored!"
"The Trail Blazers should adjust their defense in a timely manner, and they should be more resolute in changing defenses."
The 16-point mark was not as good as the 16 points, and when it came to the rotation stage, Gerald Henderson and CJ McCollum became the team's main attackers.
But Aaron Crabbe, who came on the court, couldn't find his groove on the outside, Aminu also hit the iron outside the three-point line, and Ed Davis couldn't eat the pie.
On the Clippers' side, Crawford and Barnes are in good shape, Evan Turner is also trying to perform, and if he can't shoot well, he can break through with the ball, and Tucker and Plumlee get easy pies.
With 7:16 left in the first half, Lillard returned to the court, and Li Ze followed.
Coach Stowe saw the same situation as above, and scolded in his heart, leading 10+ is not at ease?
With the return of the starting lineup, the margin began to fluctuate around 12 points.
Jokic, who is back on the court, has been in the last few minutes, and after a high pick-and-roll, Li Ze was delayed by Hackles and Hoyins.
After receiving a pass from Li Zeji, Jokic, who went down the middle, faced Aminu, who was not in time to help defend, and easily threw in the paint area.
The Trail Blazers attacked, Lillard blocked and dismantled in the high post, broke through with the ball in his left hand at the top of the arc, and scored two points in the middle distance in the face of Jokic, who retreated from the defense!
Looking back at the Clippers' offense, it was another big delay on the line, receiving a pass from Li Ze, and Jokic in the paint area was assisted by Aminu.
The sober-minded white fat man threw the ball to Harris in the bottom left corner for the first time, who received the pass and made an easy jump shot with an open three-point shot!
"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.
The Clippers fans cheered loudly, and Steve Ballmer under the basketball hoop also waved his fist in celebration, and the bag was scored!
With a few rounds of outside response, the difference returned to 15 points, and at the same time, the Trail Blazers, who added three-point shooting, also allowed Li Ze to easily switch offense and score points.
CJ McCollum hit a three-pointer on the right wing, and the rebound was picked up by the retracted Li Ze, and then launched a transition attack.
Dribbling along the right sideline across the half court, Harklesss didn't dare to get too close, so he could only interfere from time to time and keep a half-step away.
The right wing was close to the three-point line, and Li Ze, who was holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly changed direction under his crotch, and then accelerated to break through with the ball in his left hand.
The crushing broke through the right elbow area, and Li Ze, who was moving, quickly turned in the direction of the baseline with his right foot as the axis.
The huge range of action allowed Li Ze to easily get rid of the defense, turn around and close the ball, ignore Hackles's block, and float back to shoot at the near baseline position on the right side!
"Whew! Squeak..."
When the whistle blew, the referee immediately signaled for Hackles to elbow for a foul.
The Trail Blazers players on the court were a little frustrated and couldn't defend themselves.
They all know that Li Ze has a high probability of breaking through to the position below the elbow area and turning in the direction of the bottom line, but the speed of action can't keep up, and with the amplitude of the back, he will pay for a foul if he is not careful.
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
As soon as Li Ze stood on the free throw line, the Clippers fans on the scene began to shout MVP.
Everyone can see that Li Ze played easily and happily, and the two sides were not at the same level at all.
With a free throw, the score came to 42:58 with 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the first half.
An anxious Lillard tried to speed up the pace of the game and make the shot selection easier, but after consecutive outside shots missed, Li Ze began to score quickly.
Lillard broke through the middle, Aminu hit a three-pointer from the outside, and immediately accelerated after Li Ze's tomahawk-style rebound that retracted to the paint area.
There was a problem with the Trail Blazers' retreat, and CJ McCollum was forced to delay in front of Li Ze, but when he came to the three-point line, Li Ze at the top of the arc pulled his crotch back, ignoring the defense and throwing it up!
"Huh!" Convert a three-pointer to score!
The Trail Blazers continued to pick up the pace, and Hackles received a pass and stepped forward with the ball in his right hand, only to be interfered with by Ingles and the ball slammed out of the frame.
Jokic took the rebound and passed it to Lee, and the Clippers continued to switch offense.
Lillard chased Li Ze to Li Ze's side for the first time, but was crushed all the way to the paint area, and in desperation, he sent Li Ze to the free throw line.
"Shh
Hearing the boos of the fans at the scene, Lillard completely broke the defense, and the team suddenly fell into a scoring drought...
Li Ze scored two free throws again, and the Clippers continued to score!
Coach Stowe on the sidelines shouted a loud reminder to calm down the players.
As a result, after Lillard blocked and dismantled in the offensive round, he accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, and the pick-up in the paint area was interfered with by Jokic and knocked out of the basket again.
Taking advantage of the situation to accept the rebound, Jokic gave the ball to Li Ze again, and the Clippers easily counterattacked.
In the Staples Arena, Li Zed, who was holding the ball in his left hand, crossed the half-court, and the fans began to cheer loudly.
The Trail Blazers' defense was very fast, and Hackles didn't care about fouling at this time, so he stuck to Li Ze outside the three-point line and interfered at the same time.
The left wing was close to the three-point line, Li Ze quickly dribbled behind his back, and then crushed the ball with his right hand.
Breaking through to the left elbow of the free throw line, noticing that Lillard on the line also contracted the bag, Li Ze immediately turned quickly with his left foot as the axis.
Huo Yinsi, who was on the inside, saw Li Ze turn around and directly closed the ball, and pounced on the block as soon as possible, so at the same time, Hackles also jumped, and Lillard on the side also defended.
After combining the ball, Li Ze drifted to the left, leaned back sharply, paused slightly in the air, and waited until the three of them began to fall, and then calmly jumped and threw his shot!
"Whew! Chirping! ”
When the whistle blew, the Clippers fans at the scene shouted excitedly, and a three-person defense scored the ball, and it was heaven!
Hackles and Hoynes were also completely blinded, dodging in the air? How did you get in?
The atmosphere group on the Clippers bench also cheered loudly, this goal can be scored, and the thigh is invincible!
Lillard watched Li Ze walk to the free throw line and helplessly looked at the big screen in the center of the court.
At 42:66, if you add a penalty and go back in, the difference will become 25 points...
Li Ze smiled and high-fived his teammates in celebration, then walked to the free throw line, and hit the free throw steadily amid the cheers of the fans.
"Kayce is showing his dominance, scoring 11 points in a row, and it seems that there is no suspense in this match!"
Commentator Kevin Harlan noticed that there was not much halftime left and immediately felt that the Trail Blazers must have given an account of this game.
"Lillard didn't control the pace of the game, his offense was too impatient, the big man didn't get in place, he didn't have rebounds, and the Clippers wouldn't waste the opportunity to switch offense."
Chris Webber saw the big man of the Trail Blazers running back and forth, and finally couldn't help it and started to output.
Reggie Miller didn't expect the Trail Blazers to suddenly collapse, and seeing that Li Ze assisted Jokic to score another 2 points, he directly turned on Li Ze's blowing mode:
"That's what a superstar is capable of, and Kayce has shown once again why he's number one on the MVP shortlist this season!"
"If I were a voting reporter, I would definitely vote for Kayce, 68 wins, a great result!"
In the last two minutes, the Trail Blazers, who had an explosive mentality, did not score a point, and the halftime score, 42:70, completely lost the suspense of the game.
The sports reporters at the scene didn't expect the Clippers to lead by 28 points at halftime, obviously the Clippers lineup is average, why did the Trail Blazers collapse at one touch?
Many ball critics began to follow the trend and tweet, frantically praising Li Ze's performance:
"9-of-12, including 2-of-4 three-pointers, 6-of-6 free throws, 26 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Kayce finished Lillard!"
"Extreme efficiency, no one can stop Kayce from scoring! The series is over! ”
“...”
In the second half of the game, Coach Stotts did not surrender immediately, it was too early!
The main lineup is still there, but watching Li Ze grab the board and send assists, and the score is still rising, the coaching staff of the Trailblazers all twitched the corners of their mouths:
"It's... This is swiping data, right? ”
It's just that Li Ze only shot 12 times in the half-game, and he couldn't say the word "brush".
Despite the dissatisfaction in their hearts, the coaching staff of the Trailblazers can only hold back, and they can't change to the atmosphere group in the middle of the game, and the game can't be played like that!
Li Ze switched to a more aggressive style of play, mid-range in the first half, attacked the basket in the third quarter, and received three points.
Lillard still had no touch in this quarter, and after hitting a mid-range jumper under the pursuit of Li Ze, he began to play iron again.
As the game went by, Harris completely got into the groove, received a breakthrough from Li Ze in the middle, and hit the fourth three-pointer of the game on the right wing, and the score also came to 18 points.
With 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the third quarter, Li Ze walked to the bench, and the Staples Arena erupted in loud cheers again.
Commentator Kevin Harlan really felt that he couldn't blow it after seeing the statistics:
"I can't really describe Kayce's performance, he completely dominated the game!"
"13-of-18, 4-of-8 from beyond the three-point line, 10-of-10 from the free-throw line, 40 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, no turnovers!"
"Kayce got this data in 28 minutes, God, it's a game-changer!"
On the TNT commentary seat, the three of them turned on Li Ze's blowing mode again, which was too efficient, and they scored when they got the ball.
At the end of the third quarter, 66:101, the Clippers blossomed more and completely exploded the opponent.
The game is not over yet, as the sports reporters on the scene followed suit and tweeted, Li Ze's data detonated social media again:
"A triple-double in the playoffs!? ...”
Seeing 28 minutes and a 40-point triple-double, many fans found it unbelievable.
Lillard on the bench was already on the verge of closing himself, shooting 5-of-16 from the field in the third quarter, 2-of-7 from beyond the three-point line, 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, 14 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 turnovers.
continued to hit the iron, contributed several long rebounds to Li Ze, and by the way, he also broke the rhythm of the game.
Aminu was also blinded, 3 of 12, 2 of 8 from beyond the three-point line, and got 10 points and 10 rebounds.
There was silence on the Trail Blazers bench, and on the Clippers' side, the atmosphere team was already gearing up and ready to play!
Jokic thought he was doing a good job and drank wildly with the kettle.
A lot of Lillard's scoring has come on the white fat man's head, but overall, the coaching staff can accept the result.
5 of 8, 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 turnover, the Trail Blazers frequently hit iron, and Jokic felt less pressure on the defensive end.
The De Nagro manager was very pleased with the form of his players tonight, with the two teams having a somewhat similar squad structure, but Harris punished Aminu.
Seeing that Stotts had returned to the bench, Coach De Nagro was no longer standing on the sidelines, and returned to his seat with a tactical back-step:
"What is a champion coach!"
The Clippers fans at the scene began to celebrate the victory of the game, although it was almost midnight, many fans were still very excited, witnessing a triple-double, this ticket is not lost!
With the end of the fourth quarter and the score fixed at 96:128, the Clippers easily won G1 and made a good start to the playoffs.
After the match, Li Ze noticed that TNT's veteran reporter Craig Sager was waiting for an interview and immediately stepped forward to hug and greet him.
Since the beginning of the new season, the important games have been interviewed by this Li Ze:
"Welcome back to the playoffs, we miss you so much!"
Craig Sag was wearing a blue and white suit again tonight, laughed when he heard Li Ze's words, and then asked teasingly:
"Kayce, will I ever see you at this year's Grand Final? You know, this is probably the first and last time I've covered the finals. ”
Li Ze knew that the veteran reporter had been recuperating in the hospital for a long time after the All-Star ended, and his leukemia had reached an advanced stage and had entered the countdown stage:
"I'm going to make it to the finals, win the game, and be interviewed by the way, it's my honor."
“...”
The Clippers started the season late, and before that, the top half of the team also protected their home court in the other three games.
Western Conference, 74-106, Spurs beat Grizzlies.
The main lineup did not play more than 30 minutes, and the Grizzlies scored 13 points in the first quarter of the game, and the opponent who limited the game in the third quarter scored 14 points, and the Spurs showed their dominance!
Eastern Conference 91-123, the Heat beat the Hornets by a wide margin.
At 22:41 in the first quarter, the Heat easily won the game.
Bosh was out due to injury, but Wade and Hassan Whiteside both played well, and Lore Deng was 11-of-13 and 4-of-6 from beyond the three-point line, scoring a game-high 31 points!
The highly anticipated game between the Pistons and Cavaliers came to the end.
101:106, the Cavaliers finally narrowly defeated their opponents!
In this game, LeBron James played 44 minutes, 9 of 17, and got 22 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 1 turnover.
With Kyrie Irving taking 24 shots and Love also taking 22 shots, the Chosen One did make a change and conceded more possession.
Irving scored a game-high 31 points, which can be regarded as living up to LeBron James's expectations.
The first round of G1 matches are all over, Amerika's ball critics are basically correct, the team in the first half of the region is stronger, only the Menglong team overturned.
...
On the morning of April 18th, the NBA league officially announced the data leaders of the 15~16 season:
averaging 14.8 rebounds per game, the rebounding king belongs to Andre Lamond of the Pistons;
averaging 11.7 assists per game, the assist king was taken by the Kings' Rajon Rondo;
averaging 3.7 blocks per game, the block king belongs to the Heat's Hassan Whiteside;
averaging 2.2 steals per game, Li Zeli beat Stephen Curry and successfully won the steal king;
There is no suspense about the scoring champion, Li Ze has crushed all the stars in the past 30 years with 41.1 points, and has become the highest-scoring scoring champion since detailed technical statistics!
The official Instagram of the Clippers posted a photo of Li Ze smiling and holding the crystal trophy in a formal suit in the morning:
"This is the superstar that belongs to the Clippers, and Clippers fans can rest assured that the team has already started working on an early contract extension!"
In the comment area, the fans of the Clippers praised it one after another, and the lemon essence of other teams could only feel pantothenic acid when they saw such data.
If you let go of the brush, you may not be able to reach 40, and if you think about Li Ze's efficiency, you are simply not human...
The NBA league also followed the blow on its official Twitter:
"Won the scoring title for 6 consecutive years, and entered the 180 club for 5 consecutive years, the only one in history!"
"Young King! The greatness continues! (Crown.jpg)"
The Suns' Steve Nash has scored in the 180 club 4 times in 5 years, and Li Ze has surpassed this record and has become the only player in history to get 40+ and still enter the 180 club.
On the MVP candidate list, Li Ze has always been at the top of the list this season, and many critics believe that there is no suspense in this season's MVP awards.
Of course, the reaping of honors is also pantothenic acid in the hearts of media reporters of other teams, and many people voted for Kawhi Leonard in the selection of DPOY.
In the three games on the night of the 18th, the Menglongs and the Warriors won easily, and to everyone's surprise, the Thunder overturned.
At 85:84, Justin Anderson blocked Durant in the final moments, and the Mavericks narrowly beat the Thunder.
In 44 minutes, Durant was 7-of-33 and Turtle was 8-of-22, and the two scored 21 and 19 points respectively, and combined to deliver 11 turnovers...
Coupled with the Thunder's 7-of-32 three-pointers from the outside and shooting 21.9% from the field, after the game, the Russian City fans broke the big defense:
"Is this still the Thunder we are familiar with?"
...
On April 19, the NBA League announced the winners of the Best Defensive Player (DPOY) in the 15~16 season:
The Spurs' Kawhi Leonard managed to win the award.
Leonard, Lee, and Draymond Green had similar votes, and Leonard narrowly won the prize.
The Spurs' official Instagram released a photo of Leonard smiling while holding the little bronze man.
Spurs fans praised one after another, Warriors fans began to hold grievances for Green, and Clippers fans tore it all the way...
Coach De Nagro saw that Li Ze did not win the award, and directly stated in an interview:
"Kayce won the steal title this season, and his performance on the defensive end is obvious to all."
"If you look at the numbers, Kayce is the best defender this season!"
In an interview, Steve Kerr also spoke up for his players:
"A lot of people underestimate Green's defense, he's the heart of our team, and this season, we're on 73 wins!"
The Spurs welcomed their G2 on the night of the 19th, and Popovich also stood up for Leonard before the game:
"Kawai deserves to be the best defensive player, he's everywhere on the defensive end, and he can easily lock down the opposition's core players!"
"It's great to see Kawai win the award, the media made the right choice!"
The reporter from Fox Sports in the audience muttered in a low voice at this time:
"Leonard can't restrain Kayce."
Popovich was so angry that he turned his head and glared at the team's press officer.
How is there still Fox Sports? The other party is about to become Li Ze's royal media.
Draymond Green didn't complain about DPOY this year, after all, he was selected as an All-Star, and he is a big star, and he has to stand up!
Li Ze didn't care about this award, he expected everyone to award it to him, it was definitely a dream, Amerika never treated her own players badly...
In the night's game, Leonard went all out on the defensive end, and the Spurs allowed the Grizzlies to score only 11 points in the first quarter.
At 68:94, the main lineup played a maximum of 27 minutes, and the Spurs easily defeated the Grizzlies.
The Clippers' coaching staff also paid attention to a game, but after watching it, everyone didn't speak, there was no reference, the Grizzlies were 2 of 14 from the outside, and the Spurs shrank their defense...
Coach De Nagro is also speechless, and the Grizzlies are completely playing against the trend:
"Let's continue to collect some regular-season tactics and refer to the Spurs and Warriors."
The assistant coaches nodded, the first round game has no reference value, and the Spurs will definitely advance easily.
In the other game, the Celtics fans broke the defense, Blake Griffin played half the game, and the quadriceps injury in the thigh recurred, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the game.
At 72:89, the Celtics suffered a heavy loss to the Hawks.
Although fans are praying that Griffin is well, everyone knows in their hearts that there is a high probability that the playoffs will be reimbursed.
...
On April 20th, the NBA League announced the results of the 15~16 season Best Sixth Man (SMOY) vote:
The Clippers' Jamal Clough won the award again.
Crawford played in 79 games in the regular season, averaging 14.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.4 turnovers per game;
He shot 40.4 percent from the field, 35.0 percent from three-point range and 90.4 percent from the free throw line.
He won the Best Sixth Man award for the third time in his career, the only one in history, and at the same time, at the age of 36, he also became the oldest Best Sixth Man in history.
In the Staples press room, Crawford grinned brightly as he held the trophy.
After coming to the Clippers, there are just as many championships and honors, and the veteran has already begun to imagine a retirement life with a big contract in the offseason.
That night, the Clippers and Trail Blazers G2, at halftime, the score came to 41:66.
Lillard was 2-of-10 in the half, slashing 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers, and the game took again...
The Clippers congratulated Crawford on his award at halftime, and in the NBA, every small award is worth celebrating.
"When the game is over, I'm in for a treat tonight, three Best Sixth Man trophies, the first in history! It's a good thing to celebrate! ”
Li Ze clapped his hands and announced that he would throw money to celebrate tonight, everyone cheered, and Crawford also laughed and clashed fists with Li Ze:
"Thanks, Bro! Joining the Clippers back then was definitely the right choice in my life! ”
Li Ze knows that the two veterans on the team will choose to leave the team in the offseason, and the Clippers will not offer premium contracts.
Barnes and Crawford will sign their final career contracts in the offseason, and they will go wherever they have the money.
Thinking of the familiar figure gradually leaving the team, Li Ze could only sigh:
"There is no feast in the world that will not be dissolved..."
The Trail Blazers completely stretched out in the third quarter, scoring only 18 points in a single quarter, which made Li Ze's playing time freeze at 23 minutes.
On the commentary bench of TNT, Kevin Harlan saw the two sides closing the gold, and he couldn't complain in his heart, this is the playoffs?
"12 of 17, 3 of 6 from beyond the three-point line, 7 of 7 free throws, Kayce easily scored 34 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in this game, and there were no mistakes in two consecutive games!"
Reggie Miller on the side couldn't answer the phone, playing too little time, and it was difficult to make mistakes.
In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 81:110, and the Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers again, and the series score came to 2:0.
This game failed to attract any attention, the score difference was too big, and the difference in strength between the two sides was obvious.
Lillard scored just 13 points on 4-of-17 shooting, and as the heart of the team, if he could only hand over such statistics, then the series would be no suspense.
...
After a two-day break, the Clippers flew to Portland to prepare for the G3 game.
The opponent of the Western Conference semifinals has been decided, and the Spurs lead 3-0, if nothing else, the opponent will sweep the Grizzlies to advance.
The coaching staff has already started to show everyone the Spurs video, and the video lessons in the last few days have also been turned into Spurs content.
Li Ze feels that the first round of matches in recent years has become more and more relaxed, and what makes him even more relieved is that the new Harris has completely found his form.
Perhaps because he was naturally good at abusing vegetables, Harris G2 played very well, 9-of-12, 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, 3-of-4 from the free throw line, and efficiently cut down 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
In the afternoon's recovery session, Harris also won the team's three-point shoot-up challenge.
"1000 US dollars, that's cool! Bro, I bet you'll still score 20 points tonight! ”
Reggie Bullock screamed from the sidelines, envious in his heart.
He was squeezed out of the starting line again by Tucker tonight, and the three-point stability was too poor, and coach De Nagro gave Tucker, who was in excellent form in practice.
"I'm here for a late night snack! Hopefully we can win the game tonight! ”
Harris also looked very excited, and as a playoff rookie, he was already very satisfied to easily advance to the semifinals.
The atmosphere team is all coaxing on the sidelines, discussing what to eat for supper in the evening.
Barnes also feels that the team is in good shape this year, although they are all newcomers, but they do play a different style of play than in the previous three years:
"Kayce, do you think we have a chance to make it to the finals this year?"
Seeing the veteran Barnes' yearning look, Li Ze said in a relaxed tone:
"I dare say we have the best fitness of any playoff team!?
?
"Whether we can reach the finals or not depends on the form of the opponent, and I believe we can win another championship!"
Crawford nodded from the sidelines, believing in the stability of King's thighs, and as long as the role players are playing properly, then anything is possible.
On the night of the 23rd, at the Rose Garden Arena, the G3 game was a life-and-death battle for the Trail Blazers.
Fans certainly don't want to see the home team swept out by the Clippers again.
By the end of the first quarter, the heat in the arena had begun to subside, and some of the fans in the front row had lost their heads.
At 34:20, the Clippers easily led by 14 points.
On the commentary bench of ESPN on the spot, Jeff Van Gundy was a little helpless, and many of this year's first-round games were spent in one quarter:
"Lillard was 4-of-8, including 1-of-3 three-pointers, and scored nine points, and the rest of the Trail Blazers needed to step up."
Mark Jackson feels that the series is no longer in suspense, and the Western Conference semifinals will be a two-on-two matchup between the teams in the top half:
"Kayce was in great shape, 6-of-8, 2-of-3 from beyond the three-point line, 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, and finished with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the first quarter."
"I love the match between him and Lillard, but the role players of the Trail Blazers really need to find their groove as soon as possible."
“...”
Li Ze put on his training clothes and sat on the bench to watch the game.
It's just that seeing Norman Powell, who rarely got a chance to play, hit three irons in a row, he smiled helplessly and shook his head.
The defensive end was also overly aggressive, and was fouled by CJ McCollum.
On the sidelines, coach De Nagro loudly reminded the players to stay focused, and the Clippers took this opportunity to work out their new players.
played for three minutes and was finally substituted, although the difference in points on the court was still 14 points, but Powell was a little disappointed after the game, and the score was zero.
"Norman, keep up the energy and trust me, you'll get more minutes!"
Seeing that Powell was full of milk again, Li Ze nodded with satisfaction:
"The championship badge is still a bit useful, this is the temperament of a leader!"