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Chapter 1006 Thunder VS Clippers
Chapter 1006 Thunder VS Clippers
Because the goals of the season are different, there is no pressure on both sides.The Clippers have reached the playoffs this season and have already exceeded their mission.It's fine for them to be able to suppress their rivals in the same city, the Lakers. It's normal that they can't beat the Thunder.
The match was broadcast live on Tencent, with Wang Meng and Yang Yi responsible for the commentary.
Wang Meng showed little Thomas's smile: "Mr. Yang's playoffs have started again, and it's the most stressful time of the year again."
Yang Yi said: "I see that the players of the two teams are not very nervous, hahaha..."
Wang Meng said: "The Clippers may feel that there is no hope of advancing!"
Yang Yi smiled and nodded: "If it were me, I wouldn't be under any pressure. I ran the 110m hurdles with Liu Xiang, what pressure would I have?"
The starting lineup of both sides was announced soon, and the starting lineup of the Thunder at home is still the Big Three + Duck + Patterson.
The starting lineup of the Clippers for the away game is: center - Ivica Zubac, power forward - Danilo Gallinari, small forward - Landry Shamet, shooting guard - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA), point guard -- Patrick Beverley.
Those who are familiar with the Clippers' starting lineup know that this is essentially a "false starting lineup".The real core of this team is Reed and Harrell's "Hum Ha Two Generals". Zubac, who is the starting center, and Shamet, who is the starting small forward, are both pseudo-starters.
The Clippers' starting lineup, except for Zubac's orthodox center, is one size smaller than their opponents in other positions.Small forward Shamet is the standard No. 2 position, but because Beverly and SGA both start, he can only play the No. 3 position.This lineup has many ball-holding points, fast speed, and is very good at disrupting battles.But in terms of attacking ability, it is still lacking.As for defense, with Beverly and Zubac, the lower limit can still be guaranteed.
There was a war of words between Xie Kai, Westbrook and Beverly before, but after such a long time, everyone no longer mentioned it.
Beverly is also very low-key now. He is still a mad dog on the court and will bite the opponent, but off the court, the opponent doesn't like him anymore, and he has nothing to provoke.The gap between him and Xie Kai is too big, and if he "touches porcelain" rashly, he will only be sprayed to death on social media.
Zubac and Duck are preparing to jump the ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.
Zubac is not yet 22 years old this year, a Croatian center, who was selected by the Lakers with the 2016nd overall pick in the second round of the 32 draft.
Zubac is 216cm tall and weighs 110kg. He is a big center of full size.Before this year's trade deadline, the Lakers traded him to the same city rival Clippers in order to clear space and make room for the maximum salary of the two giants.
Zubac is a very good stand-up center. He defends the line and has a certain post-up singles ability.
This kind of center is unlikely to become a superstar in today's league, but every strong team must prepare 1-2, which can be regarded as a strategic reserve, in order to deal with all-star centers like the Nuggets Yue teacher.Moreover, Zubac belongs to the cheap and young type, and there is still room for growth. The Clippers got him basically without spending any assets, so they naturally earned it.
The jump ball started, Zubac was young and energetic, the jump ball won the duck egg, and the game officially started.
Beverly dribbles over slowly.
Beverly has never been a traditional No. 1 position. He is famous for relying on mad dog defense and desperate fighting. His real organizational and offensive abilities are actually very average.
It’s just that in the past few years, Beverly has also grown. In the Rockets, he relied on crazy defense to squeeze out Jeremy Lin. Now he can also play pick-and-rolls with the ball, and the stability of open shots is much higher than in the past.As for organizational ability, he is still not outstanding, he is still a defensive guard in his bones.
Against Beverly is Westbrook.Westbrook was full of Hei Bei's suffering back then. If he hadn't been injured by the opponent, he would not have been reimbursed for the season. They still had hope of hitting the championship that season.
Beverly is now 30 years old, whether it is offense or defense, he is still full of passion.
Beverley faced Westbrook and gave the ball to SGA.
SGA graduated from the University of Kentucky. In the 2018 draft, he was selected by the Hornets with the 11th overall pick in the first round, and then sent to the Clippers.He has a height of 198cm, plays a combo guard, and has an obvious height advantage.It's just that he weighs less than 85kg and looks a little thin.
SGA本赛季场均可以得到10.8分2.8个篮板3.3次助攻1.1个抢断，3分球命中率是36.7%。
As a combo guard, SGA has lightning speed, excellent ball handling ability, can break through and shoot 3-pointers, which is in line with the needs of the league's combo guards today.His shortcoming currently is that his organizational skills need to be improved, his off-ball positioning skills need to be honed, and he needs to increase his muscles and strength.Being so thin is not only easy to be taken on the defensive end in the NBA, but also easy to get injured.
Pickle defends SGA!
The Thunder's defensive matchup is basically based on height. Westbrook defends against the 185cm Heibei, Xie Kai defends against the 193cm shooter Shamet, and Pickled Pepper goes against the 198cm combo guard SGA.
SGA and Zubac broke through after the pick-and-roll and distributed it to forward Gallinari in the bottom corner.
Gallinari, Xie Kai, and Westbrook are all rookies in the 08 class. He has excellent offensive ability in the power forward position. In the past so many years, his attendance rate is not high enough, and his footsteps are a little slow on the defensive end. , It is easy to be passed by a speed guard.
Gallinari beat Patterson here, and Zubac under the basket!
Zubac catches and shoots -- there it is!
The Clippers took the lead in scoring!
The Clippers play as a team. They have no superstars. The biggest starting card is the Italian forward Gallinari, who many teams look down on.
Shamet rarely touches the ball, and when he touches the ball, he basically wants to shoot.The role he plays in today's Clippers team is almost the same as that of JJ Redick back then, that is, to constantly move without the ball, create offensive opportunities, and pull the opponent's defensive formation.
Shamet is almost as thin as SGA, and his height of 193cm is only 86kg. Of course, confrontation is not his strong point.Fortunately, light weight has the advantage of being light. He is a shooter. If he weighs more than 100kg, his agility may be affected to a certain extent.
Shamet graduated from Wichita State University and was selected by the 2018ers with the 26th pick in the first round of 76 to enter the NBA.
In the big deal for Harris before the trade deadline this season, Shamet was sent to the Clippers.
The Clippers' goal is naturally the big fish in the offseason, so it is expected that they will send Harris away.
(End of this chapter)