Chapter 299 The Two Elders of Xuanming

In the second half of the second quarter, Li Liang was finally able to sit down and rest for a while.

The two elders of the Lakers' backcourt, Xuan Ming, reappeared, and the pressure on the Clippers' defense increased sharply.

Negro immediately replaced Crawford with Willie Green and Butler, and he didn't dare to use Billups more.

After the two elders, Xuanming and Ming, the Lakers played more aggressively on the offensive end. Both Kobe and Nash had the right to fire anytime and anywhere.

As soon as Nash came up, he made a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

Then, Butler stepped out of bounds on offense.

Nash counterattacked with the ball and went straight to the basket, causing a foul by Jordan.

The lethality of the two elders Xuanming is still very strong.

Nash made two free throws.

The Lakers continue to maintain a leading advantage of about 5 points, anyway, they are playing against the Clippers.

In the defensive matchup, after Li Liang went down, Howard personally defended Griffin.

After Griffin got the ball in the low post, he spun the top to get rid of Howard, but Howard interfered with his frontal throw after turning around.

Howard got the backcourt rebound and handed the ball to Nash.

Nash slowly cut in from the outside line with the help of double screens. After observing for a while, he suddenly passed the ball to Howard, who was running down.

Howard caught the ball for a layup, causing Griffin's foul.

Griffin is a bit miserable today, feeling always being bullied.

Howard made two free throws and the Clippers still wanted to play fastball. This time Kobe defended Paul and suppressed the rhythm.

Paul gave the ball to Butler, and the Clippers couldn't play any effective tactics at this time.

In the end, Butler made a strong shot against Ci Shiping and didn't even touch the basket.

Howard took the rebound, Nash played fast, and rushed through the half court like the wind.

For the Clippers, Paul defends one against two, and the other is Kobe!

Nash passed the ball directly to Kobe, Kobe dribbled away, and then made a pull-up jumper!

Show, the fast break uses a fadeaway jumper, and Paul is the only defender in front of him.

This ball Paul has no chance to foul.

Sitting on the bench, Li Liang was very dissatisfied when he saw Kobe's operation, "Like me, everyone will learn from me, just copy it!"

Negro called a short timeout, and the two elders Xuanming couldn't stop it.

After a season of running-in, the cooperation between Kobe and Nash has been sublimated in the playoffs.

During the regular season, the two were criticized for their defensive problems.

In the playoffs, as the defensive strength increased, the offensive efficiency of each team declined.

At this time, the high efficiency of the two elders on the offensive end is very precious.

Both have excellent shooting ability, both have very good passing ability, both can support the tactical system on their own, and both have huge triple threats.

Such two players are placed on the court, old and old, but they are in good condition.

The Clippers' defense is unpredictable, and there will always be loopholes.

Coupled with the fact that Howard eats cakes inside and wipes the ass of the two elders on the defensive end, the Lakers' offense and defense have become more and more stable.

After Kobe installed the force, Paul counterattacked with the ball and went straight to the basket from the middle.

He collided directly with Howard, twisting his body in the air and throwing the ball towards the basket.

The referee whistled, and Howard blocked the foul with the ball.

And the ball bounced a few times on the basket and fell into the net!

Hit three points!

Paul is out of luck. The team can't attack, so he can only do it by himself.

Additional penalty hit.

But Kobe didn't let Paul alone, he immediately took the ball and accelerated to kill the basket, fouled, and had to make free throws.

The two sides entered a stalemate.

The Lakers' offense is more comfortable, and the Clippers can basically only look at Paul.

The second quarter is coming to an end, the Lakers lead the Clippers by 6 points at 56:50.

The Clippers played very hard, their offensive efficiency has been unable to improve, and they have not been able to play offensive waves.

Both Butler and Griffin's touch failed, and they missed several outside jump shots.

The Lakers took their time, and Li Liang has returned to the court to replace Gasol.

With the help of Li Liang's solid screen, Nash went to the basket from the right, and then hit Paul with a right-handed throw!

58:50! 8 points!

The point difference doesn't look that big, but it is very disappointing.

Because the Clippers couldn't punch consecutively in offense, they could only swipe east and west, and chased after them hard.

They have been speeding up, trying to use speed to overwhelm the Lakers' defense.

But the Lakers' defensive discipline is very good, and Paul has not brought the rhythm up at all.

This should be attributed to Mike Brown. After all, he came from the Eastern Conference and has a good idea of ​​how to adjust the defense.

Especially in terms of rhythm control, Brown has always ensured that Ci Shiping and Li Liang are on the field, and can control the field in the middle.

The Clippers are not afraid of the flanks. It doesn't matter if they let Butler and Barnes make shots, and occasionally score a few.

As for the Clippers, do you dare to let Li Liang vote?

This is still a conflict between lineup and style of play, and the Clippers are still making mistakes in the end.

After Nash made a throw, Griffin hurriedly took the ball to the bottom line and served.

Because they want to play fast, they must serve fast.

As a result, Griffin was too hasty, and the ball was intercepted by Li Liang!

It's Li Liang again!

After the successful steal, Li Liang did not attack by himself, but stabilized and handed the ball to Nash to reorganize the attack.

The last bit of time in the second quarter was exhausted by the Lakers.

Although the Lakers failed to succeed in this offense, the Clippers also lost the opportunity to chase points.

At halftime, at 58:50, the Clippers trailed by 8 points.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the momentum of the Clippers in the first quarter was gone again.

This was the case in all three games. At the beginning, I was rushing, and when I found out that I couldn't beat it, I became weak.

Griffin tried to pass the ball to Jordan to play a flight attendant, but was persecuted by Li Liang.

With me, Li Liang, do you dare to be a flight attendant?

The Lakers have completely slowed down, compressing the offensive time to about 20 seconds.

Howard's inefficient low-post singles were completely abandoned, and Howard purely started to be a blue-collar player.

Kobe and Nash took control, and they started playing for Li Liang, Ci Shiping and Howard.

The passing of the two was simply hype, and they began to play tricks.

Kobe made a no-look pass, Nash hit the ground from behind, Kobe made a super long pass across the court to Howard for a layup, Nash made a super low pass from the center, Metta Shiping caught the ball and made a layup.

On the Clippers side, Paul is struggling to support, using three-pointers and mid-range jumpers to score.

But his pass was completely contained, and he couldn't drive his teammates. The Clippers were proud of the three-line fast break and counterattack wave, basically none of them were played.

After Jordan received the ball from the basket, he turned around with the ball beautifully and caught the basket with a small left-handed hook.

As a result, he was blown away.

Howard laughed, but you still play back and forth with this skill?

But the Clippers haven't collapsed yet, because Paul is still holding his breath.

At the end of the third quarter, Paul had scored 25 points, including three three-pointers.

The Clippers were 81:72, 9 points behind.

In the fourth quarter, Negro was at a loss. After he replaced Griffin, he used Turiaf.

Negro is really Sima as a living horse doctor, always hoping that a certain player will suddenly break out and a miracle will happen.

There are indeed miracles in the NBA, but they don't just happen to anyone who goes up there.

The result of Turiaf's playing was that he was hit twice by Paul Gasol during the rotation stage and in the crucial fourth quarter chasing points stage.

The two of them used to be teammates in the Lakers. Would Gasol not know Turiaf's level and defensive habits?

Usually in the team, I don't know how many times I have practiced solo.

In this fight, the point difference has been widened to 13 points, Negro, are you not playing to death?

In this kind of back-to-back game, players who rarely played in the regular season, and players who basically didn't play in the previous games suddenly went up.

If Gasol doesn't hit you, it's really an insult to his IQ.

But Paul immediately narrowed the difference to 10 points with a three-pointer.

Then, the Lakers made a pass error, Paul snatched the ball back from the baseline, and the Clippers counterattacked.

Paul took the ball and went straight to the basket, and he didn't pass the ball anymore.

Enter the three-second zone from the middle, and face O'Neal with a difficult throw!

The ball bounced twice on the rim, and it still went in!

After scoring 5 points in a row, Paul scored 30 points, and the point difference became 8 points.

The audience kept cheering for Paul and the Clippers, including Lakers fans.

After all, I feel that the Clippers are a bit pitiful. A small man with 183 can play so hard, but he can't win the ball.

At this time, Kobe stood up and expressed his condolences to the Clippers on behalf of the Lakers.

The Clippers made another counterattack. If the goal is scored, the Lakers will be a little dangerous.

At this critical juncture, Li Liang will definitely appear.

[Death Coil]!

When Paul tried to counterattack with the ball, Li Liang's death entangled his upper body and directly broke the ball from Paul's hand.

Paul scrambles back and both go down.

Li Liang had sharp eyes and quick hands, and stabbed the ball towards the basket. Kobe took the ball against Jordan's left hand and made a layup, which also caused Jordan's foul!

Paul was lying on the floor, seeing that Kobe scored the goal and was punished, he hit the floor with his fist angrily!

This goal was originally an excellent opportunity for the Clippers to start. After scoring 6 points, the situation will improve.

But for this one steal, Kobe hit a three-pointer, and the point difference was pulled to 11 points, which was completely different.

Paul has tried his best, but he already has a hunch that the Lakers really can't beat the Derby.

At this time, a person walked up to the fallen Paul and stretched out his hand, "Hey, give you a hand?"

Paul saw that it was the number 28, Bruce Lee.

With Paul's temper, he would never accept letting his opponent pull him up.

But this time for some unknown reason, Paul stretched out his hand out of nowhere and took Li Liang's hand.

It was a generous and strong hand, and Li Liang pulled Paul up with a gentle tug.

Then he patted Paul on the head lightly and walked away.