0357 St Paul is making trouble with you
The offense and defense were changed on the field, Paul dribbled the ball and waved to the left at the center line, which was obviously a call tactic.
The Butler trio immediately performed the stack cover routine on the right side, that is, the three of them stood in a bunch, and then suddenly started to run to different positions, taking advantage of the disadvantages of the defenders' hasty delays and easy mutual delays to strive for the opportunity to get rid of defense.
In the blink of an eye, Barrette crossed the paint area and rushed to the left wing, Randy rushed to the right wing, and Jordan Jr. stayed in the right waist position.
It is said that Randy Fery single-player Curry with the ball, but it may be necessary to follow the scheduled plan. Paul did not give the ball, and he didn't even look at Randy Fery, and turned left in advance and passed the ball to Butler who ran to the left wing.
Seeing this, Su Yang thought: "It seems that Paul prefers to play games at the familiar rhythm and protect Curry's defensive strategies. This round of series may not be used for the time being. Fortunately, the offensive choice of holding the ball and holding the big core is easier to predict..."
Griffin followed up to cover the wall, and Butler took the opportunity to break through the sideline, but the quality of the cover provided by Griffin was slightly poor. The experienced Arte easily squeezed past and followed Butler tightly, McRoberts delayed synchronously.
Seeing that there was no opportunity to make a breakthrough, Barrett immediately stopped and raised his hand to pretend to shoot, but unfortunately he failed to order Atai.
In a hurry, perhaps worried about being forced to death, Butler hurriedly bent over and hit the ball to the side, trying to pass it to Griffin.
But Atai is quite experienced. When he encounters this routine that does not require speed or horizontal movement, he almost instinctively turns around and takes action.
Bang! The basketball racquet fell to the ground
Atae took the opportunity to catch the ball and advance, while other Lakers players ran forward when they saw this. Neither Curry nor Kobe went up to ask for the ball.
In that case, the overall offensive rhythm is several times faster than waiting for the ball to take the ball and then launch the offense. The Lakers' troops settled in the frontcourt in five seconds. Curry took the pass 45 degrees from the right and took the opportunity to cooperate with Gasol. The Clippers hurriedly double-teamed.
But the pick-and-roll came too fast, Paul was not prepared much, and Curry sprinted quickly, leaving only Jordan Jr. to intercept.
Jordan Jr. was still young, so he hurriedly lowered his center of gravity and kept chasing close to him, and Griffin also contracted under the basket.
Curry found that he was about to fall into the encirclement, so he turned around and jumped decisively, relied on being taller than Paul, and raised his hand to throw the ball to the right.
Gasol, who had disassembled the outside, received the pass and faced Griffin, who was actively making a defense, raised his hand and made a two-point shot.
Dong! The basketball rotates in a circle and comes out of the basket.
"oh no!" The sigh echoed immediately at the center of the TEPS, and Su Yang also grinned slightly, feeling that it was a pity to make a blacksmith.
Jordan raised his elbow to support McRoberts and easily got the position. He successfully received the falling basketball and turned around and handed it to Paul next to him.
Paul seemed to have a global perspective, turned around and took two steps with the ball, raised his hand and made a strong long pass, and the basketball flew straight to the frontcourt.
Griffin, who was quick to get the basketball at the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt, started to rush for three steps, and jumped quickly like a rocket ejection. Gasol, who completely ignored the interference of flying, looked at the basket with both hands and made a dunk.
"Awesome!"
Su Yang curled his lips slightly and sighed that Griffin's explosive power was really perverted. He started three steps in a row and had the strength to do movements in the air, so he needed waist and abdomen. If he went to work at the White Horse Club, he would definitely be the top card among the top cards and would definitely be sought after by a large group of rich women.
Having said that, the Clippers started with four points, but they didn’t play well, but they were talented and lucky, which was really hard.
But if you watch the fun, it's really awesome. Not only is it exciting to dunk, Paul's quick long pass is also more interesting than the Lakers' overall fast break.
Gasol picked up the basketball and snatched the fast break. Curry dribbled the ball to the right wing, first using the pick-and-roll bottom corner, and then passing the ball to the left to pull the defensive formation. Kobe received the ball, then asked McRoberts to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, completely disrupting the Clippers' defense.
The Clippers switched defenses with double-teams, and Griffin faced Gasol at the basket, and his height and wingspan were at a disadvantage, with almost no interference.
Gasol didn't use any tricks, and leaned on him directly without giving him a chance to jump easily. Then he turned around and raised his hook.
The basketball went into the net with a hollow hole, 6 to 4.
The Lakers did not play complicated routines this time, so they only made basic pick-and-rolls twice, making full use of the Clippers' characteristic of double-teaming, and tearing and disrupting the Clippers' defensive formation step by step, but the Clippers had no choice. Foye's defense was almost useless, and Butler also declined seriously.
Amid cheers, the two teams changed their offense and defense.
Paul dribbled the ball and headed straight to the left wing of the frontcourt, while other Clippers players moved to the right half and the baseline to leave room.
It was obvious that he wanted to cooperate in a small range, and Paul arrived immediately, and Butler lifted from the bottom line to provide a back cover for Randy Fery who was synchronously down. Korandy Fery did not run to the left bottom corner, but turned directly to the bottom line and ran to the right.
The Clippers suddenly lost the threat of the bottom corner. Paul seemed a little depressed, but he still waved calmly to show up again.
Seeing this, Butler stepped forward and built a wall to block Kobe. Atai hurriedly changed to prevent delays, and Kobe was covering the screen at the same time.
Who would have thought that Paul raised his hand in an instant and did not watch the pass, but Barrett took the ball and turned around, and took off and shot in a mid-range shot with a very good rhythm.
Kobe rushed back with all his might, but the incident happened suddenly and it was too late. He could only turn his head and watch the basketball enter the net.
"Finally they got the fight!" Assistant coach Mike Brown smiled, "Three times, three consecutive times to find Butler!"
Su Yang laughed when he heard this. The Clippers' current offense was initiated and controlled by Paul. He really gave priority to Butler three consecutive times. This time, Paul finally got what he wanted, but it was not a tactic, but a strong personal ability.
Just the extremely ordinary pick-and-roll cooperation of the Clippers, and the sharp defensive cooperation between Kobe and Ate just now, no other point guard in the league could pass the ball as fast and accurate as Paul. He really forced the opportunity to take the shot.
Su Yang was not worried about Paul's attack, and he was even very happy to see it because it was both diligent and laborious.
While thinking, Curry scored two points and made a blacksmith, but when he turned around, Butler scored three points and made a free throw.
"I can see that, the Clippers or Chris Paul, I hope to help Caron Butler find his form at the beginning." Assistant coach Mike Brown smiled, "They may feel that they must rely on Butler to provide super firepower to win..."
Su Yang nodded in agreement. The Clippers faced the Grizzlies in the first round, and in seven games, Butler, as the third leader of the Clippers, averaged only 9.3 points with a 35% shooting percentage. If he still had the same data against the Lakers in the second round, he would have no chance of winning.
In fact, more rights to the earth can be given to Randy Fury to digest, but the Clippers positioned Randy Fury as a shooter.
While talking, the Clippers' defensive formation was in chaos. Kobe got the ball at the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt, and beat Randy Fury one-on-one, and started three threats to test, and suddenly jumped and rushed towards Randy Fury and snatched the ball, and the basketball was hollowed into the net.
Cheers were everywhere in the stadium, and Su Yang turned to McGrady and smiled: "Bryant is imitating your common playing style..."
The Lakers laughed when they heard this, and McGrady leaned back in the chair and put on the look of a big shot: "It's 30% of my peak power!"
During the offense and defense transition on the field, Paul dribbled the ball and headed straight to the left wing, and the Clippers would leave room to repeat the previous tactic.
Butler made a back cover for Fier and ran directly to Paul to continue to do horizontal cover, but this time the Lakers already have experience.
Paul failed to pass the ball, so he turned to break through the top of the arc to fight Kobe alone. Unfortunately, he couldn't get rid of it, so he hurriedly retreated and passed the ball to the left again.
Butler took the ball and started to break through with the trend, but the sprint speed was average, and Atai easily caught up and pushed to the bottom line.
Seeing this, other Lakers players contracted and surrounded him. Butler was unable to attack the basket, so he rushed to force his jump and tried to pass the ball outward.
Bang! Atai blocked the ball, grabbed the ball in his hand, landed and turned around and pushed forward again, without looking for the point guard.
The Lakers' fast attack suddenly formed, and Griffin seemed to have been signaled by the head coach and raised his hand to get the basketball from behind Arte.
Beep! The referee whistle and blew a foul.
I don't know if it was a tactical foul, but the Lakers got the ball on the backcourt and kicked off again, and Su Yang stood up to show off his tactics.
Curry then led the ball across the center line and directly looked for Gasol to play pick-and-roll, while the Clippers continued to double-team. Moreover, Paul put more pressure on him, and Jordan Jr. made quicker to grab. The key was to force Curry to retreat to the playoffs mark position.
Gasol had already taken apart and turned around. Seeing that Curry was in crisis, McRoberts mentioned the top of the arc as usual in training.
Curry passed the ball to the top of the arc at the same time. The audience cheered in advance when they saw this. McRoberts received the ball and rushed to the basket. Griffin, who was originally responsible for defending McRoberts, dismantled Gasol, who was going down before defending, needed to have two extreme defenses and one.
Griffin didn't think much, and rushed up to defend. Seeing this, McRoberts decisively gave the ball with a low hand.
Gasol took the ball at the basket and took off and calmly scored.
“Cp3 cannot score!”
"CP3 depends on teammates!"
"CP3 drags down the attack!"
“CP3 can only pass the ball!”
Several young black fans on the sidelines suddenly shouted loudly at the field and mocked Paul without hesitation, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
The main reason Paul did not score a single point, but he didn't score a single match against Kobe before. He chose to play Butler, but made a mistake.
Paul turned his head and smiled slightly when he heard this, then drove the ball to the top of the frontcourt arc. With the help of Jordan, he broke through in the left direction. Seeing that Kobe chose to bypass the interception, he immediately closed the ball and took a step forward, and started at one step in the three-point line and made a steady long shot.
The basketball hit the net and hit the ball, 11 to 8.
The two teams changed offensively, and the Lakers' eight-character transmission started. Curry moved to the left to get the ball again, and then cooperated with Gasol who was simultaneously lifted up. He still encountered double-teams between Paul and Jordan Jr., but this time the position was in the top area of the arc.
The view of the arc top area is wide and there are many routes. Jordan Jordan dared not double-team so hard that he turned around and returned to defend Gasol.
But the basketball flies faster. Gasol received the ball from the left waist and raised his hand and made a mid-range shot. This time he didn't come out.
The audience cheered everywhere, and the Clippers rush to make a quick attack. Paul received a pass from Griffin and took it to the right 45 degrees. With the help of Jordan Jr., he pretended to cut inside and attack the basket, but in fact he turned to the left, successfully attracting McRoberts to take the initiative to switch to prevent delays.
Seeing this, Su Yang suddenly felt something was wrong and was about to remind him, but Paul seemed to have predicted it and turned around and raised his hand to pass the ball.
Griffin, who had just run to the three-point line, received the ball and went down. McRoberts, who was responsible for defending him, was still quite a long distance away. Gasol, who was closest to him, could not switch defense because he needed to defend Jordan Jr., and could only watch Griffin make a steady throw shot.
The basketball hit the net and hit the circle, 13 to 10.
Turning around to the Lakers' attack, Arte first set up a wall to cover Gasol, and Gasol then ran towards Curry, forming a ram ghost cover routine. Curry took the opportunity to get rid of Paul and Jordan Jr. and headed straight to the free throw line.
The Clippers cannot form double-team this time, and Randy Fery dared not let Kobe down from the right side, so he could only let Curry attack the basket.
Seeing this, the audience raised their hands in advance to cheer. They thought that Curry jumped and threw the ball and knocked Griffin over with a thump.
The basketball was hollow into the net, but the referee also blew a whistle and slapped Curry for an offensive foul. The two points were invalid and the ball rights were transferred to the Clippers.
"What the hell…"
Su Yang laughed out loud, thinking that Griffin's powerful waist and abdomen had disappeared now, and was knocked down by Curry, who had just taken the ball away from afar. It can only be said that he was in Los Angeles, influenced by the Hollywood environment, and his acting skills were superb.
The two teams changed offense and defense, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and used Jordan Jr. to cover Kobe and started in one step within the three-point line.
The position card is better, Gasol is perfectly trapped in the hesitation of not catching it, and invisibly gives him a chance.
Kobe's lightning bolt was rushing and jumping to interfere with the interference, and his speed was visible to the naked eye, but that kind of shooting was Paul's unique skill.
The basketball went into the net with a hollow hole, 13 to 12.
"Or, we should also adopt the early double-team strategy?" Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested, "Or local three-defense and two-defense, Butler on the Clippers feels poor, Randy Fery hasn't taken action since the start of the game, so you can see how it is in the first place."
Su Yang thought after hearing this, Paul had scored through simple pick-and-roll twice in a row, and it was indeed necessary to adjust his defensive strategy.
However, Gasol is not a young man like Jordan. Taking to double-teams will lead to rapid loss of energy. Moreover, Paul handles double-teams very well. Maybe it is to assist Jordan or other people in the Clippers to score points, which makes Gasol waste his energy in vain.
As for the local three defenses and two...
"oh no!" Su Yang subconsciously turned his head and happened to see Paul steal Curry.
The Clippers suddenly launched a counterattack, and Griffin followed Paul to the frontcourt, received the pass, jumped up, and dunked with both hands.
Basketball flopped into the net, and the Clippers surpassed the Lakers 14-13, and their boss Sterling shouted wildly in the audience to celebrate.
Su Yang looked up at the replay of the central screen and found that Paul had just tried his best to steal, and instead said to Mike Brown: "If you don't double-team, CP3 is indeed very powerful, but I am happy to see him working so hard to attack and defense, which means that the Clippers' offense and defense are bad."
In the espn commentator's seat, Van Gundy sighed: "This is why Chris Paul does not have MVP and championship, but the media and many players still like to call him the God of Point Guard. It has only 5 minutes and 3 seconds left in the game, but he has scored 4 points, 3 assists and 1 steal. Those fans who mock him for not being able to score and rely on teammates should be more restrained..."
Chapter completed!