287. Shark Success, Spider-Man Reigns in Angel City! (13,000 words)
After a fierce battle, the score was 26-28, and the Clippers trailed by two points.
They trailed by just two points, but the pressure on the Clippers players was greater than the 15-point deficit in the previous half.
O'Neal only made two successful shots in the first quarter, 1-of-2 shooting, plus 1-of-2 free throws to score 3 points...... plus 4 boards, 3 assists and 1 block.
Bryant also scored just six points, shooting 2-of-4, plus 2-of-2 free throws, and had three assists.
That's it, the Lakers are still ahead!
Fisher had five points, Rick Fox and Mark Madsen both had two points, Horry and Lynch Hunter both had three points and Samaki Walker had four points.
Fans in front of the TV seem to see the Lakers two years ago.
In that year's OK combination, O'Neal was not as good as he is now, and Kobe Bryant's strength was not so strong.
But that year, the Lakers' role players were all top-notch, Glen Rice, a first-class scorer and top shooter who averaged 16 points per game, Robert Horry, who was 30 years old, Ron Harper, who was solid defensively, and Fisher, who shot accurately from the wing...... That year, a master of playmaking like Rick Fox and an experienced veteran like AC Green didn't even get playing time.
That year's OK group was not as invincible as last year's and this year's OK group, but the overall strength was strong.
Tonight, the Lakers' role players felt like they were dreaming back to the year 2000.
And the OK combination is still the dominant force now!
This allowed the Lakers to play an amazing first quarter!
The Lakers' style of play tonight is the last game of the regular season against the Clippers, with O'Neal attacking, Kobe Bryant responding or receiving strong shots, and role players out.
Can it be seen that the Lakers role players broke out tonight after 3 games of feeling?
Anyway, Gentry didn't believe that the godly head coach on the other side blindly believed in role players, and after careful analysis, he determined the state and mentality of the players and decided to play like this tonight.
Entering the intersectional break, when the players drank water to wipe their sweat and rested, Gentry pulled Li Ao, Jordan, and Bibi together.
Gentry said: "Two directions, radical and conservative, we vote, fight, on the palm, consume their pitchers, on the back of the hand." ”
Jordan rolled his eyes, this thing is a scoundrel again!
But he still eats this set.
The corners of Li Ao's mouth twitched, and he turned Gentry in the direction of the scoundrel in order to deal with Jordan.
Good fellow, now Gentry has played the scoundrel on him.
But this is not bad, playing the Lakers, afraid of this and that, it is better to be firm in one direction.
Gentry saw that the two had no opinion, and counted down to "three, two, one...... All three of them stretched out their right hands at the same time, palms facing up.
OK, the opinions are unified, everyone is cool together if you win, and no one can blame anyone if you lose.
Gentry has been with Wally-Walker and Li Ao for a long time, and he is getting better and better......
In the second quarter, the Clippers continued to fire on all cylinders, playing with the Lakers veterans on the defensive end.
Old is old, dreaming of returning to the top is just a dream, the Lakers' veteran pitchers who performed well in the first quarter quickly withered, and the Lakers' score fell from 28 points in the first quarter to 23 points.
The Clippers scored 27 points in a single quarter, and at halftime, they overtook the Lakers by two points at 53-51!
This section of the OK combination is still closed and played, the Zen master knows that purely by OK, even if he has a temporary advantage, he will not be able to hold out in the end, the opposite side is stronger than he thought, and he only wants to drag the situation in the first half.
In the third quarter, the OK combination that had played half the game began to exert its strength!
That devastating destructive power came again, and the Lakers beat the Clippers 24-19 in the third quarter.
75-72, the Lakers beat the Clippers by 3 points!
In the final quarter, the OK combination made persistent efforts, Li Ao and Jordan played full in the last quarter, the two scored 19 points together, led the team to score 30 points in a single quarter, or lost to the OK combination, Kobe Bryant scored 12 points in the last quarter, increasing his personal score to 32 points, O'Neal 10 points, 2 boards and 2 assists in the final quarter, improving his personal data to 25 points, 13 boards, 6 assists and 2 blocks, leading the Lakers to 31 points in a single quarter.
106-102, the Lakers defeated the Clippers steadily, expanding the score to 3-1, and the Los Angeles derby entered the match point!
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The Clippers are 1-3 behind the Lakers and on the verge of elimination!
Time Warner Cable Sports commentator Hubby Brown analyzed in the post-game review:
"We always felt that the Trail Blazers had an advantage in pushing the Lakers to a tie-break and the Clippers got more time to rest, but we overlooked another issue — the Trail Blazers cornered the Lakers and let the Lakers play early, and the Clippers had to face the Lakers at the best at the beginning."
Hubby Brown feels that the Clippers are capable of beating the Lakers, but also feels that it is normal for the Clippers to be beaten by the Lakers in 5 games.
This weird style of art, put in a series with OK combinations, Bill Wharton agreed, and it was a pity.
As a player who has played for the Trail Blazers, Clippers, and Celtics, although he worked for Time Warner, which favored the Lakers, when the Clippers rose, he directly supported the Clippers.
So far, the Los Angeles derby has been played so far, and the media and fans have decided that the Lakers are going to advance to the Western Conference finals, which may be the day after tomorrow, after two days off.
Even Clippers fans are now hopeless about this series.
Lakers fans have now become as arrogant and domineering as Clippers fans, shouting 'OK combination number one in the world' everywhere, crazy hate, not just the hatred of Clippers fans, indiscriminate attacks.
Although Clippers fans felt that this playoff trip was coming to an end, in the face of Lakers fans, they were left with the hardest mouths in their bodies, and began to mock the Lakers with the matter of "refusing to trade role players for 2000 picks".
Hitting the snake and hitting seven inches, the Clippers fans sacrificed this topic, and the Lakers fans directly broke the defense......
And the Clippers, who fell behind 1-3, did not have many people spray them except for Lakers fans.
They also received ...... from Boston, Sacramento, Portland, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix The blessings of fans in many cities ———— fight again next year, and we will win OK.
After G4, the Clippers and Lakers got two days off, and they didn't have to change cities, just train at their own team training facilities.
On the afternoon of the first rest day, the next-door neighbor did not arrange training today, and only one No. 8 player with the 13th pick in the whole team practiced shooting in the other courtyard.
This morning, the Clippers players saw the video of Li Ao's post-game interview last night, and he said in one sentence - "I don't want to wait for next year, don't say 1-3 behind, I won't give up 0-3 behind." ”
The media and fans praised Li Ao's words as his basketball view.
The Clippers players don't just see it as Spider-Man telling their fighting spirit, but as the direction of progress at this moment!
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At 8 p.m. on May 17, the fifth game of the Los Angeles derby will be played at the Staples Center!
Far from getting fewer Clippers fans at the Staples Center tonight, it seems to be more than in the previous four games.
Even though their team may be out tonight, they need to see their team out and remember this moment.
There's Spider-Man, and they believe they have a bright future.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal continued the style of play at the beginning of the previous game, and their performance was okay, scoring 7 points in the first 3 minutes, and playing back and forth with the Clippers.
Fans at the scene saw the Lakers' solid performance and thought that the Lakers were going to repeat the success of the last game.
The OK combination played slowly like this, and it was invincible in the second half!
But the Lakers' offense suddenly broke off!
Gentry let go, and the opponent has to fight steadily, then he will consume the opponent's flank in hand-to-hand combat.
The Lakers role players lasted a full quarter last time and created a good break for the OK combination, but this time, it only lasted 3 minutes!
From 3:08 to 6:11 in the first quarter, the Clippers frantically pinched the OK combination, and the OK combination went out with the ball, but did not score a goal, and the Lakers fell into a scoring drought of more than 3 minutes!
The Zen master rarely called a timeout in the first stanza.
Going into the official timeout, the score was 12-7, and the Clippers led by 5 points in the first quarter!
The OK combination is still fierce, and the official timeout came back, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal both scored 5 points, but the wing pitchers still felt cold, and even Samaki Walker, who cut in, was fouled for receiving the ball and making a layup, and they all made two free throws.
No one in the Clippers scored more points than anyone else in the OK group in the second half of the quarter, and Bibby, who scored the most, only scored 4 points, but multiple people scored, scoring 12 points in the first quarter.
Bryant scored seven points on 3-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and O'Neal scored six points on 2-of-5 shooting and 2-of-3 free throws, but the Lakers scored only 17 points as a team.
The Clippers led the Lakers by 7 points at 24-17 heading into the second quarter!
In such a situation, the OK combination made a direct effort in the second quarter, and the two scored 15 points in a single quarter and sent out 3 assists, and the Lakers' scoring situation in the second quarter quickly reversed, scoring 24 points in a single quarter.
It's just that the Clippers scored more points than in the first quarter!
Li Ao, who played 10 minutes, Jordan who played 7 minutes, and Bibby, who played 9 minutes, only scored 5 points in a single quarter.
But Big Q, O'Neal Jr., Matt Harprin, Greg Anthony and others, under Odom's instigated pass, took advantage of the containment of the gods and ghosts, and scored 20 points in a single quarter, Odom did not score 1 point, but had 6 assists in a single quarter!
49-41, the Clippers led the Lakers by 8 points at halftime!
In the third quarter, the OK combination continued to exert strength, and the Lakers' scoring continued to rise, scoring 26 points in a single quarter, which was higher than the Clippers' score in the first half, and limiting the Clippers to only 20 points.
The Clippers' 20 points were scored by Li Ao in the face of Horry and Brian Shaw's defense to open the 'bullying mode' and score 11 points in a single quarter.
However, the Zen master used these two veterans to defend Li Ao, which proved that the situation on the Lakers' side was not very good, and the OK combination started to exert its strength from the second half of the first quarter, attacking two and a half quarters in a row, and the two scored 48 points after the third quarter, and the physical consumption was higher than each of the first 4 games!
Although the Lakers chased the score to 67-69 and narrowed the gap to two points, in the final quarter, the Lakers' single-quarter scoring momentum continued to stagnate, and they only scored 9 points in the first half of the quarter, while on the Clippers' side, Jordan only played in the first 3 minutes in the third quarter, and came back after a 9-minute break, taking over the offensive banner from Spider-Man, leading the Clippers to score 17 points in the first quarter.
Entering the official timeout in the fourth quarter, the Clippers reopened the gap and stretched it to double digits, leading the Lakers 86-76!
At this point, the Clippers were at their wit's end, and in the face of the Lakers' official onslaught from a timeout, they were powerless to resist and were scored 14 points by the Lakers in the first quarter.
But the Lakers' defense at this time was also very poor, Bibby calmly divided the ball, Li Ao and Matt Harprin cut into the frame on both wings, and O'Neal Jr. mentioned the free throw line after the reverse run cut, O'Neal took care of at most two, unable to cover the entire close range with his own strength like before, and was scored 10 points by the Clippers in half a quarter!
At 10:24 p.m., the final whistle blew.
96-90, the Clippers refused to go out and chased the big score to 2-3!
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Kobe Bryant 35 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, O'Neal 32 points, 20 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, the OK combination is still fierce, but it is difficult to suppress the rampaging aircraft carrier!
Li Ao made 14 of 32 shots, including 3 of 12 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws, scoring a game-high 36 points, plus 7 boards, 0 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks.
Tonight, Li Ao created another first time in his career - the first time there were no assists in a single game!
He was throwing and shooting all over the court, he didn't care about anything, he just threw it, digested all the shots that his teammates couldn't throw, and hit iron crazily, but he also shot a lot of shots, setting a new high in career playoff scores!
Plus Jordan's 20 points, Bibi's 13 points and 6 assists, Big Q's 17 points, and Odom's 6 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists...... The Clippers won!
More than 20,000 fans at the scene couldn't believe this scene, and the Clippers pressed the Lakers for a whole game!
Or the Kings, Magic, and Nets fans in front of the TV reacted faster, and as soon as the game ended, they swiped 'Clippers Championship' and 'Spider-Man No. 1 in the world' on the Internet.
Anyway, during the Los Angeles derby, they were all Clippers fans, and they were all the most loyal fans of Spider-Man, the kind that were more loyal than the fans of the Clippers and the Trojans.
The fans of those two teams, there is still a future to look forward to, they are different, what they want is now, that is, at this moment, the Clippers can kill the Lakers.
The OK combination is so strong and terrible, their teammates pulled like this tonight, they almost turned the tables around.
If Jordan hadn't scored 10 points in the first half of the final quarter and Li Ao scored 11 points in the third quarter, the Clippers would have been wiped out by the OK combination!
However, the Clippers won this time, and it was only 2-3, and the lead was still the Lakers.
Don't look at the fans of those teams shouting 'Spider-Man No. 1 in the world' and 'Clippers championship', they don't think the Clippers can win 3 games in a row, they just want to express their support and sympathy, and disgust the Lakers fans.
Watching the live broadcast from afar, you can see the psychological shadow, even the fans of the Magic, Nets, and Kings who have TT combinations, Kidd, and Five Tiger generals all agree with the statement 'OK combination is the best in the world',
They are not ashamed to admit it.
It wasn't they who first shouted this slogan, but the 20-year-old Clippers who wanted to join the Lakers in college.
This matter, they have recently mentioned it on the Internet twice in the past three days, watching the Lakers fans look angry.
The rest of the day passed quickly, and at 8 p.m. on May 19, it was still at the Staples Center, and the 6th game of the Los Angeles derby began!
When the series hits this, pre-game preparation, rhythm considerations, etc., are useless.
It is also difficult for Zen masters to judge what the state of the veterans is, so they can only rely on the situation.
Gentry's side, the pre-game preparation has been suffering, he simply prepared in one direction, won or lost, and went straight to work!
The Lakers' defensive focus tonight is on Li Ao, in the eyes of the Zen master, Li Ao has become a pure pitcher, a more prodigal version of Kobe, which is easy to use, but it is the opposite......
But he still underestimated the basketball god who created the dynasty with him twice.
Jordan's defensive pressure tonight was slightly reduced, and he went straight to the field, shooting 5 of 8 in the half quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 12 points in 6 minutes and 33 seconds!
Coupled with the 8 points of his teammates, Jordan led the team to a half-quarter score of 20-15, and Godhead briefly recovered again, and single-handedly carried the OK combination of 11 points in the half-quarter!
With this momentum, the Clippers scored 12-10 in the second half of the quarter, leading the Lakers by 7 points at 32-25 in the first quarter!
In the first five games, the Lakers did one thing particularly well, which was the key to their ability to maintain their strength advantage - not allowing the Clippers' young players to really play with momentum.
But the G5 Clippers led the whole way, and Jordan scored 12 points in the first half of the game tonight, and the young players of the Clippers burst out with the energy of young people!
In the second quarter, the Lakers wanted to start from the defensive end, beat the Clippers by surprise, and helped Kobe Bryant create opportunities to exert force in the second half.
The Zen master achieved his goal, limiting the Clippers to just 20 points in a single quarter, a full 12 points less than in the first quarter.
But the Clippers were more playful defensively, and the Lakers scored a full 10 fewer points than in the first quarter.
At halftime, the Clippers led the Lakers by 12 points, 52-40!
In the third quarter, the OK combination began to exert strength, but they didn't rush up, scoring 22 points in a single quarter, and were scored 23 points by the Clippers, not only did not narrow the difference, but were also pulled away by 1 point, 62-75 behind.
In the last quarter, the OK combination successfully rushed up, Kobe Bryant scored 12 points, O'Neal scored 8 points, and the two combined to score 20 points to lead the Lakers to 28 points in a single quarter.
But on the other side, Li Ao scored 8 points, Bibby 7 points, Jordan 6 points, O'Neal Jr. 5 points, and Campbell 2 points...... Also scored 28 points in a single quarter!
Bryant scored 36 points on 14-of-35 shooting, including 2-of-10 three-pointers and 6-of-8 free throws tonight.
O'Neal shot 12-of-26 from the field, plus 6-of-10 free throws, to finish with 30 points and 19 rebounds.
But Li Ao made 15 of 32 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, plus 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 37 points.
Jordan scored 34 points on 13-of-25 shooting, plus 8-of-8 free throws.
Bibby had 17 points and 6 assists, and O'Neal Jr. had 14 points and 12 rebounds.
The Clippers defeated the Lakers 103-90, creating the largest point difference in this Los Angeles derby and tying the score!
3 to 3, the Los Angeles derby enters the tiebreaker!
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Did the Clippers really tie the score?
Watching the news, watching the Clippers fans regain their strengths, and showing off their power in the news comment areas of major forums and portals, fans of the Kings, Magic, and Nets are in disbelief.
They were roaring, but they were just roaring.
When the Clippers really equalized the score, the pressure brought to them by the Los Angeles team not only did not become smaller, but even bigger!
When you meet these two teams, whoever stomps on them will be numb!
Play against the sharp-edged Clippers...... It's really no easier than playing the Lakers!
The Lakers can still expect their veterans to perform poorly and give it a go.
But the veteran of the Clippers ...... Referring to Jordan, who scored 34 points on more than 50% shooting from the field against the OK group?
These two teams in Los Angeles make fans of the other three championship teams feel unreasonable.
Now, their slogan has changed - "God, why do you like the city of angels so much?" ”
The mentality is explosive, and the game still has to be watched.
After the Los Angeles derby G6, on the 20th and 21st, tens of thousands of people poured into Los Angeles to grab tickets and seats in the nightclub bar fan club.
The scalpers are happy, and the major TV stations are also happy.
As of noon on the day of the Los Angeles Derby on May 22, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of paid bookings for major TV stations in Eagle Sauce has exceeded 20 million, and if this trend continues, there may be an incredible thing - the number of paid viewers of a single playoff game in the non-finals will exceed 28 million!
This number is special – the ratings are over 30%.
It's not like the NCAA crazy three, which has two or three games that break 28 million paid ratings every year, and in the NBA, this is a very rare situation, and since the new century, no game has broken 28 million.
Since detailed statistics became available since 1986, only 6 games in the NBA have exceeded 30% of the ratings.
The '98 Finals G6 rating was 35.88%, the '93 Finals G6 rating was 32.1%, the '97 Finals G5 rating was 31%, the '98 Finals G5 rating was 30.6%, the '93 Finals G4 rating was 30.3%, and the '88 Finals G7 rating was 30%.
In addition to these 6 games, there are none, and these 6 games are all finals with explosive attention without exception.
This time, it's time to make history!
The non-finals game has more than 30% of the ratings, and in terms of the economic situation of Eagle Sauce Sports fans, this means that all Eagle Sauce Sports fans are paying attention to this game.
On the other side of the ocean, basketball fans are also excited.
When they were 3-1 down, they were all desperate.
But now, they're getting high...... The media and experts have scolded the streets, and they have prepared a year's worth of 'Spider-Man did his best, basketball god A', and it was in vain!
The point is that they have all been sent out, and now they can only be cheeky to find a new explanation.
Fortunately, they are thick-skinned enough, and the popularity of topics is stronger than anything else.
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"I didn't expect it to come to this point."
"You should have thought of it."
"I thought about it, but it came too early, and I deserve to be the god of basketball."
"I'm talking to you, what are you talking Michael...... You come back to me, there is a kind of don't run, fight! Dit! ”
At 7:40 p.m., Staples Center, the game entered the court.
Snake rarely took the initiative to say a few words to Spider-Man before the game, and this time he prepared for two days of trash talk, stimulated Spider-Man to run, and after escaping, he was excited, and finally beat Spider-Man verbally.
The series was dragged to a tie-break by the Clippers, and instead of being afraid, Kobe Bryant was even more excited.
It's this kind of thrilling victory.
I, Kobe Bryant, nicknamed Black Mamba, nicknamed Snake, have difficulties to go on, and create difficulties without difficulties!
Although this difficulty was not what he wanted, he was fearless and rose to the occasion!
Jordan, on his part, also went to exchange a wave with O'Neal.
Now the two teams have no politeness at all, how can they affect each other's mood, although it is useless, but when it comes to this, it is impossible not to say something.
Tonight, the on-site support of the two teams is rare to open, and Lakers fans are more experienced and active in grabbing tickets this time, so they grabbed half of the tickets and left.
It is also related to the fact that the Lakers have a larger fan base and a wider distribution of fans, and many Lakers fans come from various states and even countries around the world, and they are unwilling to watch the game on the spot, and they buy it at a high price.
It is rumored that the most expensive first-row ticket sold for a whopping $250,000.
At this price, in the two years when the housing market is sluggish, it is possible to buy a small villa in a non-popular area of Los Angeles, and the house that Gerard Wallace bought is this price.
The voices of the fans on both sides are almost the same, which makes Li Ao unaccustomed to it.
Playing the Lakers, shouldn't it be their home stadium regardless of home or away?
But I'm not used to it, grab the seven battles, this atmosphere is even better!
At 8 p.m., the game begins!
The two teams quickly got into the groove, playing with their lives at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
This time, neither side took advantage of anything, the OK combination was stronger, and the Clippers were full of blood and momentum that young people should have.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Clippers by one point at 22-21.
In the second quarter, the defense of both teams declined, the first quarter was too ruthless, and the opposite offense was too fierce, and the two sides could not bear it if they continued to play like this, and tacitly turned to attack.
The seven-game battle needs to be more cautious than any of the previous ones, and if you lose, it's really gone, the Zen master has always disliked to take the initiative to adjust on the spot, and Gentry was not more aggressive, and the two teams soared peacefully for a whole quarter.
With a score of 33-30 in the single quarter, Big Q came off the bench and scored 8 points on 4-of-6 shooting in a single quarter, helping the Clippers take the advantage and overtake the Lakers by two points at 54-52 into halftime.
In the third quarter, Kobe couldn't help it and opened it directly!
O'Neal followed closely behind, leading his teammates to the defense.
In this quarter, Kobe Bryant only had a shooting performance of 3 of 8 shots, but one of them was a three-point shot, plus 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the defense led by O'Neal was also very fierce, and the Clippers scored only 3 points from close range in a single quarter, and they didn't hit a counterattack, but ...... Jordan played 9 minutes in a single quarter, made 3 of 7 shots, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scored 8 points, and supported the offense!
Li Ao scored two three-pointers from the outside, plus Bibi's 2+1 shot in a catch, the Clippers scored 20 points in a single quarter!
The Lakers scored 21 points in the third quarter, more than the Clippers, but only narrowed the gap by one point.
74-73, the Clippers continue to maintain a one-point lead!
After the interlude, the Zen master sent a combination of Fisher, Kobe, Rick Fox, Horry, and O'Neal.
Instead of playing the key ball at the last minute, sending Rick Fox and Horry together, and O'Neal has fought for two quarters, the Lakers have reached the moment of desperate fight.
Li Ao and Bibi, Big Q, Odom, and Campbell played together, and they understood when they looked at the 5 people on the opposite side, and the opposite side was ready to rely on the attack, and there was no other move!
However, the Lakers are the Lakers, and the Zen master is the Zen master.
Fisher and Horry were the most threatening in the final quarter, Rick Fox responded or received the arc, Kobe Bryant was the axis in the middle range, and O'Neal had a very good position to launch a one-on-one offensive opportunity!
In the first half of the quarter, O'Neal scored 9 points and 1 assist, plus Kobe's 4 points and 2 assists, the Lakers scored 19 points, and the Clippers, who scored 18 points, chased the score to 92-92!
After the official pause returned, O'Neill also withered.
O'Neal is really tired until now, not just tonight, but the whole series, this series has been played so far, the 7th game, he only has a 10-minute rest in total, an average of less than two minutes a game, and he has never played for such a long time in his entire career.
At this time, Kobe Bryant stood up and continued to lead the team to attack!
Without O'Neal to attack, the Clippers' ability to cut off passes in the middle was strong, and Kobe Bryant could only come by himself.
At the critical moment, the Black Mamba was ferocious, scoring 12 points in 4 minutes, two more points than the entire Clippers.
The game reached 10:04 of the final quarter, and the Clippers called a timeout, with a score of 102-104, two points behind the Lakers!
During the timeout, Gentry replaced Jordan and Campbell, and Li Ao and Odom continued to stay on the court, replacing Bibby, Big Q, and O'Neal Jr.
There were no substitutions on the Lakers' side, or the five men continued to play, maintaining the threat on the wing and under the basket, keeping the top arc with a receiving point, and Kobe Bryant continued to attack.
The Zen master can only count on Kobe Bryant now, tactics or something, they didn't play too well in this series, purely relying on OK combinations.
Gentry is actually helpless now, and the only one he can count on is Li Ao.
However, he did a good job of on-the-spot adjustment, taking advantage of Jordan, Bibby, Odom, Big Q, O'Neal Jr., Matt Harprin to play hard tonight and in good shape, he handed over most of the main offensive tasks in front of him to these people, these people also supported the situation, and took most of the points, Li Ao played 40 minutes in front of him and scored 16 points, which is not low, but there are very few singles, mostly catching and shooting, and the main focus is on helping to defend and supplement, even single defense Kobe, many times Big Q is doing.
Now, Li Ao is in good shape!
After the timeout, Li Ao gave Gentry a reward, and in the face of Kobe's defense, he turned around and retreated and hit a three-point shot!
105 to 104, the Clippers overtook the Lakers by 1 point!
Immediately after that, Kobe Bryant scored two points with a strong inside throw, 106-105, and the Lakers regained the score.
When it came to the Clippers' offense, Li Ao continued to play Kobe Bryant alone, without considering other options, just to shoot!
Kobe Bryant was really holding on at this time, he gambled and pressed to prevent Li Ao from shooting.
Li Ao seized the opportunity, turned and rushed, and shot a quick stop jump shot within the distance of the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone...... Again!
When the Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant continued to break through, O'Neal Jr. moved up in advance, Kobe scored O'Neal, O'Neal received the ball and stepped into the inside, jumped, dunked...... "pop" and "bang"......
When Li Ao chased in, he went directly to O'Neal, and cooperated with O'Neal Jr. tacitly, and pressed O'Neal's dunk on the basket with one palm!
Odom retracted and grabbed the defensive rebound, immediately advanced the counterattack, rushed to the opposite three-point line and split the ball with Big Q, Big Q burst forward and passed again...... Li Ao received the ball on the wing and made a three-point shot against Rick Fox who pounced......
This is the first defender Li Ao has encountered in this round, and the 'bullying mode' is on!
'Catch-and-shoot expert' three-point +5, 'bullying mode all-round shooting +2', Li Ao's three-point shooting was temporarily improved to 89 close to the top, and Rick Fox's save was not in place, which did not affect his shooting action at all...... Chase down the three-point shot!
110-106, the Clippers' lead reached 4 points!
In the atmosphere of 10,000 cheers and 10,000 people booing wildly, the Zen master was struggling, should he call a pause?
Still don't want it, Kobe Bryant has already hurriedly asked for the ball to advance.
Bryant rushed to the outside of the three-point line, and the cheers just now turned into "defense" and the boos turned into cheers.
Kobe Bryant also chose to chase down three points, but unlike Li Ao just now, who was actively looking for a receiving position and catching the ball and shooting empty three-pointers, Kobe Bryant faced Li Ao's long arm and did it directly!
At this time, just like that time, the time seems to have returned to 6 years ago, Kobe Bryant threw three points regardless of the brink of elimination and more than 20 seconds left, and the result was the same as 6 years ago......
Kobe Bryant's ball leaned back like Li Ao's back, and everyone had to lie down in the air, and the ball thrown out didn't touch anything, and it fell into the arms of Odom, one of the three people who surrounded the big shark!
Odom advanced a counterattack, was blocked by Kobe Bryant at the three-point line, Big Q followed up on the flank, Bibby followed up at a 45-degree angle on the left, and Odom passed the ball to Bibby at a 45-degree angle on the left.
Bibby received the ball and was turned and stuck by Fisher, Fisher rushed roughly, forcing Bibby to make a decision quickly, but Fisher was strong, Bibby was also strong, the latter protected the ball steadily, seized the opportunity, and played the ball......
Li Ao stepped into the three-second zone to receive the ball, and it was Rick Fox who took back the basket, and O'Neal had just entered the three-point line.
Rick Fox felt desperate in his heart, but he still bravely pounced on Li Ao and hugged Li Ao...... Fly high!
Li Ao hung Rick Fox to jump, not too high, but with long arms, hanging Rick Fox smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!
In this picture, the referee was stunned for a moment, and when Rick Fox slipped off Li Ao, the referee blew the whistle.
This whistle, with or without is about the same, but the whistle sounded, giving the Clippers fans on the scene the opportunity to cheer and watch the replay on the big screen, and gave the fans in front of the TV a chance to enjoy this brutal dunk interspersed with cutting and catching the ball!
However, only half of the fans cheered and enjoyed the replay, and the other half of the fans broke the defense, cursing and booing Li Ao frantically.
Li Ao withstood the cheers, ignored the referee's gesture to call him a free throw, walked to the middle circle, leaned over, put his hand behind his ear and listened, the cheers, boos, and scolding on the scene were even more violent!
The referee who was ignored was ...... on the spot I chose to forgive.
Spider-Man will say 'thank you' every time he receives the referee's serve, every time he receives the ball before the free throw, and every time before the start of the game, he will add 'Mr' in front of the word 'referee', and occasionally be rude and not tight.
Stern, who was hard to watch from the sidelines, also stood up and applauded this time.
He didn't expect the Clippers to do it!
The situation of the monopoly of the OK group has been broken from this moment!
The Los Angeles Twins, the Orlando TT Combo, the Ghost Talent Kidd, the Kings Five Tigers, the Dallas Crazy Offensive United, the Portland Interior Legion...... And that damn Detroit New Bad Boys Army, it's so beautiful.
Oh, by the way, New York might be able to get back on fire as well, and I hope Dolan will seize the opportunity this time.
Is there anything easier to open a flower grower market than in the Big Apple? In the eyes of flower growers, the Big Apple is the most prosperous and wealthy city in the world.
Stern doesn't want the Knicks to be as hot as the Clippers in the flower planter, at least better than the Lakers.
He really can't understand how Kobe, a paranoid who only knows training all day long, can have such a high popularity in the flower planter, and why the Lakers are so popular with the flower planter fans......
On the court, the OK combination stood together, watched Li Ao listen arrogantly, and walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw line under the repeated urging of the referee.
It's over, it's over, this season, it's over!
The last time they were eliminated, it was already a matter of the last century, and it felt like they were not used to it.
Is it anger and unwillingness? Yes, but not all, the mood of both of them was much more complicated than that, so much that they didn't feel how angry and unwilling they were.
In the last few seconds, the Lakers didn't play, and Kobe Bryant put it on the floor after receiving the ball.
Clippers players, coaches, trainers on the sidelines...... Seeing this, they poured into the stadium and cheered wildly!
On May 22, 2002, at 10:23:24 p.m., the final whistle blew.
Li Ao made 10 of 18 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers, plus 3 of 5 free throws, scored 27 points, and scored 11 points in a row with 4 of 4 shots, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 1 of 1 free throws!
Jordan scored 26 points on 9-of-23 shooting, including 2-of-5 three-pointers, plus 6-of-6 free throws.
Bibby 14 points, big Q 15 points, O'Neal Jr. 12 points and 11 boards, Odom 11 points and 10 assists......
beat O'Neal with 33 points and Kobe Bryant with 41 points.
113-106, the Clippers won the tiebreaker by 7 points, and reversed the Lakers 4-3 to advance to the Western Conference Finals!
In the post-match interview, the TV station invited the trio of gods and ghosts, but Bibby left directly, and the media didn't like him, and he didn't like the media.
When asked about ending the Lakers' two-game winning streak, Jordan asked reporters to say, "Help me ask Bryant, what does the 21st century version of the playoff loss taste like?" ”
Li Ao responded: "Did you hear that? Didn't hear? Oh, this is the sound of the Angel City battleship crashing into the shark, a shark coiled with a snake can't stop the steel torrent of the Angel City battleship! ”
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Flower Planter News Headlines - "NBA Changing Days"
Eagle Sauce Home News Headlines - "The King of Angel City Changes Hands"
The Clippers reversed and advanced after falling behind 1-3, causing a sensation in the entire sports world!
The world's No. 1 OK combination has fallen!
The final paid ratings of the Los Angeles derby will exceed 35 million, with an audience rating of nearly 38%...... Broke the single-game ratings record for NBA games held by G6 in the '98 Finals!
By the end of the quarter, the number of paid ratings had risen by more than 4 million, which was only slightly lower than the highest-rated series game of the Pistons and Nets.
There were a lot of people watching the game, and there were more people discussing.
The fans of the two Eastern Conference finals teams were okay, but the Kings fans were in a state of mind.
They just shouted 'Clippers championship', and the Clippers really made it to the West!
They were very supportive of Spider-Man when he wasn't in front of them, but when it came to them...... In the penultimate game of the regular season, the picture of Spider-Man scoring 61 points in overtime appeared in front of them......
OK combination, what are you doing to eat!
Fans of the Trail Blazers, Celtics, Pacers, and 76ers are different, they continue to chant "Clippers championship", and this playoffs, they are real - Clippers fans!
Is there anything happier than seeing another team in Los Angeles win the title?
When their home team is out, it's gone!
When the Lakers were out, many of the team's fans were already happy, some continued to support the Clippers, some stopped watching the game and their own teams were gone, and some went to support the other 3 teams of the 4 teams in the division finals.
The fans of these 4 teams are different, their hatred for the Lakers is not something that the Lakers can end if they lose, not only do they not want to see the Lakers win the championship, but they really want to see the Clippers win the championship and shake the Lakers' position in Los Angeles.
They followed in the arrogant footsteps of Clippers fans!
However, the dominance and individual ability of the OK group were still recognized.
Bryant averaged 33.4 points per game, and O'Neal averaged 27.7 points, 15.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 3 blocks per game.
It's not that they weren't good enough, it's that the Clippers as a team were too good.
Although Li Ao's shooting rate is not good, he averages 31.9 points per game, barely holding Kobe's firepower.
Jordan, Bibby, Odom, O'Neal Jr., Campbell, Big Q, Matt Harprin and other main players also showed their ability.
In particular, the 39-year-old Jordan's performance in the Los Angeles derby was breathtaking.
Twinsa is the best veteran? Perhaps, but the god of basketball is old, and he is still the god of basketball!
Although the Clippers' victory over the Lakers in the seven-game tiebreaker was only the second round of the game, it was the most influential game after the G6 Jordan God Battle in the '98 Finals.
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The Clippers players were excited for one day, rested for one day, and on May 24, they entered the preparation time for the Western Conference finals.
Li Ao was also excited for a day yesterday, and made 80 calls to Kobe's house, but no one answered, and the other party did not cut the phone line, so it is estimated that he put his mobile phone at home to avoid the limelight.
The 81st time he didn't play, and the 81st time he didn't answer, he would be sad.
Three tasks, two completed.
'Kobe Bryant's version of Jordan's successor' task, he didn't get any rewards!
The highest score in a single game, he originally got a 37-point lead, but in the last game, Kobe Bryant soared by 14 points in the first half of the quarter, and he scored 41 points in a single game.
In the entire series, Kobe Bryant scored 234 points and made a total of 18 three-pointers, he Spider-Man only scored 223 points, and made a total of 17 three-pointers, and lost the total points and total three-point shots, the highest three-point in a single game, Kobe Bryant scored 7, which he Spider-Man couldn't do at all, 11 in 6 games, and 7 in the other game, this kind of thing is outrageous.
He was also looking forward to getting the highest doubling of 24,000 achievement points and the 'Cheer Worker' level 4 skill upgrade card, but there was not a single hair.
Fortunately, a better reward is in hand, 'Operation Shark', the basic goal has been completed, the 'Shark' level 5 skill upgrade card is in hand, and the 3 additional strength basic attribute points reward This he didn't expect much from the beginning, he can earn 1, and it's not surprising if he doesn't get it, 'Dynasty Dream Break' is completed, and 'Residual Blood Level 1' is in hand.
He upgraded 'Shark' to level 5 that night.
"Shark Level 5: When the host catches the ball under the basket, +5 bounce speed, +5 layup;
When attacking the basket, if the opponent has one and only one defender under the basket, the host chooses to dunk, the speed of the bullet +5, the explosiveness of +5, if the defender's strength rating is below 95, will ignore the opponent's regular confrontation. ”
After two nights, Li Ao was still very excited to see this full-level skill again.
In addition to those meat shields in the alliance, how many interior forces can reach 95?
Even if you have to consider the weight, he Spider-Man is also a person of more than 100 kilograms, with an inner line of strength below 95 and a weight probability of less than 120 kilograms......
This summer, we will continue to strengthen our ability to cut off the ball!
Newly acquired skills, a bit ...... Particularly.
"Residual Blood Level 1: When the host is in a state of fatigue and is within 5 points of the trail, it enters a hot state. Note: The hot hand state does not provide physical strength, and the host has to find a way to get the space to jump and avoid falling into the same dilemma of the rookie Black Mamba three-point shot due to insufficient force. ”
This skill is systematically classified as a 'state' class.
He felt that this skill was very powerful, but it was better not to use it if it could be used, and it was still very dangerous to waste blood everywhere.
If it's time to use it, upgrade a level first, he currently has the conditions to directly upgrade to level 3, but he doesn't choose to upgrade for the time being, tens of thousands of achievement points, he spent a lot in the offseason, and now he has to save more.
There was also a new quest triggered the night before yesterday.
"Glory belongs to the City of Angels:
Goal 1: Make it to the finals.
Reward: 50,000 achievement points.
Goal 2: Win the championship.
Rewards: 100,000 achievement points, 1 advanced attribute point. ”
The mission goal is simple and straightforward, the reward is high, and he doesn't need to spend extra thoughts, just go all out to win.
After crossing the Lakers, his confidence soared.
He could also feel the surge in confidence from his teammates, but compared to him, his teammates could not be said to be excited, but excited.
However, Jordan is there, suppressing the overly excited emotions of his teammates.
Jordan is really aggressive right now using his experience to regulate the emotions of his teammates, and the last two rounds have been much harder.
Stepping over the Lakers, they really have a chance to win the championship!
As the absolute main force to win the championship again, this is what Jordan didn't expect at all when he came back, and he felt that the best situation at the time was to give Spider-Man the title of 'Jordan's direct successor' and help the Clippers build a championship lineup.
As a result, I didn't expect to rush to the top in one step!
The coach and player of the Clippers already know the Kings very well, and under the leadership of Jordan and the command of Gentry, it is carried out in an orderly manner.
After a day of preparation, in the evening, Li Ao watched the East Final between the Magic and the Nets.
Kenyon Martin was miserably abused by Duncan, with a measly nine shots and only four shots, plus nine points on 1-of-3 free throws and four rebounds.
Duncan may have been stimulated by the Los Angeles derby, shooting 12-of-21 from the field, plus 8-of-12 free throws, to score 32 points and 20 rebounds.
But Kidd is Kidd, and with such a huge disadvantage on the inside, he led the Nets to play back and forth with the Magic.
Kidd had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists in a single game, helping six teammates score double-doubles.
It's a pity that Duncan still has Maddie next to him!
Maddy's scoring was badly limited by Kidd, shooting only 6 of 15, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, and very few free throws, 3 of 4 free throws, and only 16 points on 15 shooting, but there were also 6 boards, 1 steal, 4 blocks, and an equally crazy 15 assists!
The TT combination won 30+20 and double 15, and the Magic narrowly defeated the Nets 105-99 to defend their first home court.
It's been a long time since I've watched the Magic live broadcast, and what impressed Li Ao the most in this game was not the strength of Duncan and Kidd, but Maddie.
In addition to the smart ball style, this Maddie, and the Maddie in his impression, can be said to be completely different.
Play more selflessly, know how to win better, and defend better.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Ao went to bed early and fell asleep to recuperate for tomorrow's game.
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On May 25th, the first match day of the Western Conference finals arrived.
Kings fans, these days have felt the torture that Lakers fans have felt.
Watching the Clippers fans dance so happily, they regret it, it is better to watch the Lakers fans scream.
Now the fans of both teams in Los Angeles are annoying to them.
The point is that instead of rooting for the Clippers because they are opponents, Lakers fans mock them.
How they sprayed the Lakers at the beginning, now the Lakers fans spray them.
They feel what it means for people to be watching the sky, not that they have not reported that the time has not come......
Clippers fans are really excited right now, last year, they reached the second round for the first time in team history, this year, for the first time in the Western Conference finals, and there is a good chance that they will go further!
It's all over the invincible OK group's two consecutive championships, so why not move on?
At 7:40 p.m., at the Staples Center, the entrance ceremony for both teams began.
The 20,000 fans in the stadium were very excited as their team played their eighth consecutive game at home, and they all began to dream of playing the Lakers next season...... Of course, you have to win to be the happiest.
The nature of the Kings players has been liberated, and the five starters are more coquettish than the other, but when they saw Jordan, Bibby, O'Neal Jr., Matt Harprin, and Li Ao enter one after another, the pressure on the Kings and the five tigers has never been greater.
Their goal is to challenge the Lakers, and putting them as challengers does not mean that they are not confident that they can win, but it does mean that they are not sure of winning, and they regard the Lakers as an opponent that is difficult to beat.
As a result, the Lakers were taken out by another team, and when they met the opponent who killed the Lakers on the court, the pressure came over them.
Especially the two guys who played one after the other made Doug Christie, the Kings' best defender, want to pick a pick the first time he saw them.
The god of basketball and Spider-Man are all people he can't stop!
Li Ao's side, after entering the court, before he had time to open his arms and enjoy the cheers, the task came.
He immediately turned on the system screen to see the task.
The first target was to make him scold the "Netajan".
"Gorgeous team, like fireworks, fleeting, let's have a good fight...... Mission: Gorgeous West Final. ”
"Gorgeous West Showdown:
Goal 1: The host's points per game in the Western Conference Finals must be higher than the average points per game in the regular season against the Kings. (4 regular season meetings, 42.25 points scored at home) ......"
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