Chapter 210: What's worse than losing 58 points?
Rivers has never been a coach who is very good at tuning this kind of superstar lineup. Including Jordan Jr. in the Double First Team, the Clippers have three All-Stars. Even when Rivers became the championship coach in 2008 and won the Celtics, it was not his most outstanding year as a coach.
That year, there were the best defensive players, the top five in the league, Garnett at the MVP level, Pierce, the top three small forwards in the league, and the best shooting player in the league, Grey Allen. These three big guys added some good role players like Perkins, James Percy, and Rondo, who was still a newcomer at the time. Rivers just had to give these guys chicken soup.
The Celtics' tactics are very simple, but they have the advantages of the stars' personal abilities. That year they won the championship. But this did not reflect Rivers' ability. Rivers' most optimistic and recognized year in the industry was in the Magic's 99 years.
That year, Anthony Hardaway, who was about to disappear into the league, and a group of underdog-type players, made the playoffs. The Magic's tactics were surprisingly rich and free at that time, and everyone shared the ball.
In this Clippers, the coach off the court is Rivers and Paul on the court, which is the same as the Cavaliers. The coach off the court and the coach on the court, once the core on the court is frozen seriously, the coach off the court has no choice for a while, which has caused the on-site reaction of these two coaches to be very unqualified in the minds of many people.
After this timeout, Rivers replaced Crawford and wanted to break the current deadlock through the chaos of this super sixth man. This guy is a good player in chaos, and his offensive ability is definitely in the top three of the Clippers, and may even be more than the last.
He went to the basket as soon as he got on the court. Crawford's dribble was gorgeous. Druming the ball behind him was definitely his classic move, but this set of classic moves was completely sealed by George tonight. He was lucky to score a fairy ball occasionally. But most of the time, his shooting either faces George's defense or Lin Sen's assisted defense. Such a scene is not good for Crawford.
Especially after getting rid of George in a pick-and-roll, he went to the middle distance with a good mood to prepare for a move, but was sent to Lin Sen, who had two steps to make up for defense from the inside, and then hit a counterattack again, he never had the idea of entering the inside again.
Rivers' substitutions and struggles were almost useless. The Pacers who wanted to take revenge were in excellent condition. They were in a state of great condition after a period of depressed outside attacks at the beginning of the second quarter, and their condition immediately recovered.
Lin Sen dominated the penalty area at the beginning of the second quarter and gave the Pacers enough time. After that, double-teaming Lin Sen made them come back with heavy prices on the outside.
Tonight is the second back-to-back game between the Pacers. Logically speaking, physical strength issues will be the biggest factor restricting their performance. However, after watching the first half, the Clippers fans were shocked. Two commentators, especially Barkley, who was not optimistic about the Pacers at all, were stunned. 61:32. If it weren't for Paul's difficult throwing and hitting the board after a breakthrough, he would have saved the first half from falling behind by thirty marks.
Many fans at Staples Center left the game. Many people bought themselves out when they went to a convenience store to buy things during the halftime break. Not many people wanted to watch a game in which their home team was massacred by the visiting team.
By the second half, Staples Center was almost half empty. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Pacers were still their strongest lineup, with Lin Sen and George all present.
"Hey hey hey! The Pacers are trying to make trouble! They are almost 30 ahead of the away game, but they are not planning to give the main players some rest? What are they going to do?" Barkley was still depressed by his previous guess being slapped in the face, and found something far more shocking than this.
The Pacers did not intend to end this game with the Clippers happily, and they planned to continue to pursue the victory.
"What a grudge? All the main players are fighting. The Clippers won 14 points in the last game. Do the Pacers plan to win 41 points in this game?"
The two of them stared at each other with big eyes and were shocked. It was really hard to say.
At the beginning of the second half, the leading Pacers accelerated the pace. Generally, the team that was behind in big scores was expected to be faster, because only with faster pace could more rounds have the chance to recover the backward in big scores.
Hill's pass was teleported to George, and George almost passed it as soon as he made a pass, quickly transferring the ball to Ellis at the bottom line. He made a three-pointer and allowed the score difference to break through 30 points in the first round.
Perhaps at the beginning, the Clippers came to make trouble with a revenge, so if they played very seriously, the Clippers are playing high now. They don’t care who their opponents are. Now they are enjoying their excellent feel. No team can defend them, and only their own feel can be defended against them.
35 points, 40 points..., the score is still rising rapidly as the game progresses. The Clippers players originally thought that this game was so familiar, so it would be better to just wait for garbage time like this, but this situation does not seem to be so simple!
"Man, do you still remember a certain playoff game?" O'Neal asked suddenly.
Barkley naturally knew that O'Neal was talking about, and that game was still his commentary. The Nuggets vs. Hornets, tiebreaker in the 2009 Western Conference semi-finals, defeated the Hornets 121:63 and scored the biggest difference in the playoffs by 58 points. Now the trend of this game is moving towards that game. Interestingly, there is one person in both games, Chris Paul.
"It's not that cruel!" Barkley felt a chill when he heard it. Losing 58 points, for Barkley, he couldn't even think about it. "What's worse than losing 58 points?"
"Then you have to lose 60 points."
Lin Sen received the pass from the top of the arc and hit a three-pointer again. At 97:52, the third quarter ended, and the score difference reached 45 points! It happened to lose 15 points per quarter, and the fourth quarter lost 60 points to complete the task. The loyal Clippers fans who stayed behind could not stand the team's lack of energy. The Staples Center, which was obviously half empty, made a boo at this time, which was more than half of the venue in the first quarter.
Chapter completed!