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Chapter 166 Little Heavenly King Mountain, Complete Revenge
Chapter 166 Little Heavenly King Mountain, Complete Revenge
On May 5, Staples Center, the third game of the Western Conference Finals.
Because the previous two games were tied 1-1, today's battle is undoubtedly Xiaotianwangshan.
This is a game no one can afford to lose.
Whoever can win this game will greatly improve their spirit and morale for the subsequent games.
The Mavericks are a guest in Los Angeles, and they can win the first away game, so they are naturally confident to return to home to close the series.
The Clippers have started their second consecutive home game. If they win tonight's game, they may continue to win. Before turning to the away game, they have three victories, which is a huge advantage.
I have to say that the Clippers, who are playing at home, still have a lot of advantages.
The main force of the Clippers is relatively young. In the last three series that played every two days, the main force of the Clippers is theoretically more competitive.
Second, judge from the salary pressure.
The Mavericks have played against the luxury tax for several years, and this year has already involved the super luxury tax.
If there is no way to achieve the desired results this year, once the army is defeated, the team may be disbanded.
The Mavericks players know that this situation is about to happen, and they must look forward and backward when playing games.
Sometimes, it is the key shooting confidence that affects the trend of the game.
Players who are not really big-hearted, on a big stage like the Western Conference Finals, will be affected by off-court factors to some extent.
But then again, the Mavericks just won a big victory with a huge difference.
It's really not easy for the Clippers to find a way to deal with it in a short period of time.
During the player debut stage, the Clippers made adjustments, and the Mavericks calculated in advance, and the formation was relatively conservative.
The Clippers starting lineup today, Gordon, Lui, Ariza, Boozer, Camby.
The Mavericks are Kidd, Stevenson, Peja, Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler.
The Mavericks seem to have known for a long time that the Clippers prefer to win at home.
Therefore, this game will definitely explode at the beginning, and find a way to score.
Then use the momentum to overwhelm others, and use their advantages to continuously overwhelm the defense line that the Mavericks have built.
The Clippers do have such a plan, but the basic strategy has not changed.
Use Gordon, who is relatively physically strong, to limit Kidd and weaken Kidd's influence on the Mavericks as much as possible.
Lu Yi not only used his personal ability to help the team open up the offensive end in the first half, but also used defense to lock down the Mavericks' scoring points at the second and even third positions.
It's a pity that the Mavericks have the same idea.
On the defensive end, there are perimeter gates aimed at restricting Lu Yi, and on the offensive end, there are also more than half of the offense and defense. Someone shared the pressure with Kidd.
However, the starters are all arranged before the start of the game.
What effect it can really have, we have to wait until the game is over.
In today's game, the Clippers really have to play better.
From the beginning, Camby helped the team jump the ball.
Then on the first attack of the opening, Gordon directly passed Kidd and went to the basket with the help of a fake hand-to-hand with Lu Yi.
In the end, before Tyson Chandler came out of the defense, he stopped and shot a small throw and scored 2 points directly.
The Clippers scored as soon as they came up, and someone other than Lu Yi stepped up to score, which is of great significance to this game.
Everyone knows that Lu Yi is the key to winning.
And everyone knows that the Clippers can't count on Lu Yi to score alone.
Gordon's wave of independent offense undoubtedly gave Lu Yi a lot of help, and he put pressure on the Mavericks from the beginning of the game.
Looking back, the Mavericks attacked the round, and Kidd was pressed by Gordon to defend, but there was still space.
Fortunately, Kidd himself did not attack. After calling the pick-and-roll, he was targeted by Lu Yi and immediately passed the ball to his teammates.
Stevenson's offense is definitely not as good as Peja. Peja got the ball, but was targeted by Ariza.
A strong shot is not advisable, so the ball quickly fell into the hands of Nowitzki.
The Mavericks did a good job of passing the ball, but the Clippers also did a good job of switching and assisting defense.
Ariza went inside and double-teamed Nowitzki with Camby.
Lui stared at Peja on the outside, and Gordon switched to Stevenson.
The Mavericks' opportunity came from Tyson Chandler hitting Boozer with a height mismatch and Kidd's open shot from the outside.
However, Tyson Chandler lacks the ability to attack independently. Nowitzki can give the ball to Tyson Chandler, but whether he can make it or not is unknown.
As for Kidd's outside shots, the Clippers can also switch back in time.
Besides, the situation of not attacking the base is also a normal phenomenon.
When Kidd got the ball, he also went inside to find an opportunity to feed Tyson Chandler.
In this way, the Clippers have more time to make up for the problems on the defensive end.
All in all, the Clippers have done a good job in this wave of defense.
But the ball was in the hands of Nowitzki, who did not have a particularly strong ability to transfer the ball. The latter's response was to be independent and try to attack to solve everything.
There is one thing to say, the golden rooster independence is the best weapon for Nowitzki to break the double team.
As early as losing the finals in 06 and being black eight in 07, Nowitzki, who was double-teamed and his offensive efficiency dropped sharply, was unable to help the team win, and was criticized by fans.
In recent years, the Mavericks have not been able to make it to the Western Conference Finals because Nowitzki has been perfecting the Golden Rooster's independent technology.
Although Nowitzki is tall, he can't distribute the ball to his teammates like other ball holders, and use the strength of his teammates to break the double-team.
Nowitzki can only find a way from himself, so he strives to perfect the golden rooster independence trick.
Until now, he has finally been able to make shots with ease in the face of two double-teams like Jordan and Kobe, even making it impossible for opponents to interfere with his shots.
But the problem is that the Clippers have long been prepared for this, using Camby to defend Nowitzki.
Camby's height and wingspan can affect Nowitzki's shot, followed by Ariza double-teaming.
It is difficult for the restricted Nowitzki to fake Camby and then turn around and rush to the basket to complete the finish.
What Nowitzki can do is to make an independent shot without hesitation.
The golden rooster's independent hit rate is high, but it's not even [-]%.
For the outside line, the [-]% hit rate is not low, but for the inside line, the [-]% hit rate is not high.
What's more, Nowitzki floated outside to shoot as an insider, but the Clippers defended the basket.
Once the Golden Rooster failed to make a shot independently, Tyson Chandler grabbed a rebound at the basket and made a three-pointer.
If this can be snatched, it would be really awesome.
Obviously, Tyson Chandler has an advantage in rebounding with Boozer alone.
But Camby and Ariza also ran to the basket and rushed to the basket, and cooperated with each other, and the Clippers had a greater advantage in protecting defensive rebounds.
Duang——
Nowitzki made his first shot in the game, and finally hit the iron.
The rebound was protected by Camby who turned around.
Camby found Lu Yi's position, and the Mavericks did a good job of preventing the Clippers from fast break.
As soon as he saw the rebound, he double-teamed Lu Yi without the ball, and Kidd also stared at Gordon.
The Clippers failed to achieve the fast break effect they should have, but they can still play positional warfare in retrospect.
Lu Yi held the ball in the top arc, and Stevenson defended it.
Lu Yisan threatened, pretending to be dry, and after flying Stevenson, he passed the ball to Ariza first.
Immediately after the pick-and-roll went down, he received the ball and took off near the free throw line.
Tyson Chandler came out, and Louie lobbed the ball to Camby behind Tyson Chandler, who got the ball, jumped up, and easily put the ball in the basket.
0 to 4, the Clippers quickly took a 4-point lead.
The Clippers' defensive and offensive cooperation seems to be the epitome of the entire game.
Both sides have made targeted defensive arrangements, and it depends on how well the players execute them.
The Clippers allowed Nowitzki to shoot, so that the Mavericks would have fewer people inside to grab rebounds. Even if the outside line rushed in to grab the ball, the height would suffer.
If there are too many people robbing, Lu Yi won't be able to keep an eye on him.At that time, even if the Mavericks complete the second attack at the basket, the Clippers can quickly make a fast break to recover the point difference.
Under the defense of the Mavericks, the Clippers still shoot more from the outside.
As long as the shooting percentage is not much worse than Nowitzki's and the rebounds are well protected, the Clippers can win the game steadily.
It has to be said that the ball is in Lu Yi's hands, and Lu Yi himself is more of a playmaker, which has a considerable impact on this game.
The Mavericks knew that Lu Yi could make a move at any time.
But it was Lu Yi's shooting threat that the Mavericks did not dare to let Lu Yi go easily. In the end, Lu Yi seized the opportunity, gave the ball to the right teammate, and then completed the score.
Who would have thought that Deng Levy would boldly let Lu Yi practice his organizational skills in Xiaotianwangshan in the Western Conference Finals.
Lu Yi himself also took on a role that he was not usually skilled or good at.
I have to say that talent is scary if you have it, and it's really impossible if you don't have it.
Last season, Lu Yi just tried to split the ball to break the double-team, but he didn't get to this point.
The Clippers have always used Iverson to share Lu Yi's ball-holding pressure and connect the teams, which is basically Iverson's job content.
Lu Yi suddenly took over, but the effect was good.
Of course, this may not be because Lu Yi played really spiritually.
The main reason is that Lu Yi's shooting threat is too great, and Lu Yi can create good scoring opportunities for his teammates.
In addition, in today's game, the rest of the Clippers did not pull their hips, and Lu Yi's opportunities were all seized. On the contrary, it seemed that Lu Yi's organizational skills were very good.
Originally, the configuration of the Clippers is not bad, coupled with the tempering of the playoffs in the past two years, the Clippers players are playing more and more well.
This time just returned to the home court, encouraged by the home fans, he immediately showed an excellent competitive state and level.
After the first half, 51 to 61, the Clippers gained a full 10-point advantage.
Like the previous two games, Lu Yi scored 20+ points in the first half and is expected to score 30+ points in the three quarters.
However, in addition to scoring, today's Lu Yi is obviously more comprehensive.
In just halftime, the assist data has reached 6.
Compared with the point guard who is known for his organizational ability, he is not far behind.
Lu Yi's progress is visible to the naked eye. He has trained people in the playoffs, and his reputation is indeed well-deserved.
Under pressure and under the needs of the team, Lu Yi quickly completed his transformation.
Although this change is only preliminary, but sometimes, and not, are completely different things.
Lu Yi's organizational ability in the first half is enough for the Mavericks.
Originally, Carlisle had to resolutely double-team Lu Yi in the second half, so as to consume Lu Yi's physical strength in advance, so that Lu Yi could not show his power at the critical moment of the fourth quarter.
However, considering Lu Yi's current organizational skills, Carlisle didn't dare to do this anymore.
The team's defensive resources are limited.
Double-teamed Lu Yi, but Lu Yi did the opposite. He kept giving the ball to teammates with better opportunities, and then Lu Yi used the organization to break through.
Carlisle had to be more cautious with Louie.
As a result, Lu Yi couldn't hold back his hands in the third quarter, and made two three-pointers as soon as he came up, instantly opening the gap.
In the home game, Lu Yi made a sudden move, undoubtedly throwing a cup as a sign, and everyone went shoulder to shoulder.
The fans didn't hold back, and immediately chanted MVP, boosting the Clippers' offensive momentum.
It is impossible for the Mavericks players on the court to not be affected by the voices and cheers of the Clippers fans.
The game quickly fell into a situation where the stars on both sides scored and the role players didn't take much shots.
When a game, the camera only focuses on one or two people, it is basically a critical moment of the game.
Although the game has only progressed to the third quarter, the intensity is already full.
Nowitzki's golden rooster independence, Lu Yi's three-pointer, and three-threat bursts into half-stop shots have also become the norm.
Nowitzki was sweating profusely from the fight, and Lu Yi was also gasping for breath, keeping his hands on his waist, exhausted.
If the game continues to be deadlocked, it is still unknown whether the Clippers can win.
However, relying on Lu Yi's more efficient scoring, as the game time passed, the point difference gradually approached 20 points.
74 to 92, under the leadership of Lu Yi, the Clippers had established an 18-point advantage before the start of the fourth quarter.
This is similar to the last game. The Mavericks are already at the end of their strength. After playing to this level, Nowitzki in the fourth quarter has become a useless man.
Nowitzki's energy and spirit have been wiped out with Lu Yi in the third quarter.
The Mavericks, who lacked the support of Nowitzki at the beginning of the fourth quarter, really couldn't withstand the pressure of the Clippers at home.
On the other hand, for the Clippers, Iverson, who only played more than ten minutes today, finally became one of the focuses of this game.
Iverson held the ball very steadily and slowly lowered the tempo, creating more pressure on the Mavericks.
Iverson, who knew he could win and had a chance to reach the finals again, seemed to be back ten years ago tonight.
The 24-second attack time was pressed to the last three or four seconds to make a shot, and Iverson was confidently hit by Iverson.
To be honest, Iverson can't hit every wave of offense.
But only the first two hits can be ignored later.
The Mavericks were not in the mood at first, and were able to recover the 20-point difference in the fourth quarter.
What's more, Lu Yi is still sitting off the court, the king of Los Angeles, the MVP of Staples, can return to the court at any time.
It can only be said that the Clippers in this game not only have strength, but also luck.
The right time, place and people seem to be on the side of the Clippers.
The Clippers just used all their resources to blow up the Mavericks abruptly.
Originally, the Mavericks came to the Staples Center with a big victory.
Now, not long after arriving, he was hit head-on, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
This... is unreasonable!
92 to 114, due to the pace of the game in the fourth quarter, both sides scored around 20 points.
The Clippers played better because of the smooth wind.
In the end, the Clippers took the Mavericks by 3 points in G22 and completed the revenge of losing the game by a big score in G2.
(End of this chapter)