Last season, the Clippers' core player Elton Brand performed at the best level of his career, leading the Clippers back to the playoffs after nine years and reaching the Western Conference semifinals.
In the semifinals, the run-and-gun showdown between the Clippers and the Suns made this series one of the classic showdowns in league history. In seven games, Elton Brand averaged 30 points and 10 points per game.
The rebounding data and firepower are terrifying.
Fortunately, this season has not yet started. Elton Brand unfortunately strained his groin during the training camp. Although the injury is minor, he is still in the recovery period. He will not be able to play in today's game.
I was just looking for some form, and after playing for a few minutes, I sat on the bench.
In addition, after a successful season, the main players are suffering from some minor injuries, which also gives the Lakers a chance to win in the preseason, although the Lakers are now also a dilapidated lineup.
After making a steady free throw, Adrian once again pestered Cassel on the defensive end. This time his defense was even more intense. He was simply bullying Sam Cassel, who was old and weak. Frequent physical collisions made him unable to do anything.
A good breakthrough with the ball, although the referee called a collision foul, but looking back, Adrian's defensive intensity not only did not decrease, but became stronger.
After the continuous impact, Sam Cassel made a dribbling error and failed to grasp the basketball. Adrian immediately made a quick move and stole the unowned basketball into his hands. After losing the ball, Cassel did not panic.
Instead, he immediately pounced forward and pestered Adrian for a while. Although it only lasted two seconds, Adrian had already lost his best fast break opportunity.
At this time, Sam Cassel slowly retreated back into his own half.
"What an old footballer." Adrian looked at Cassel who was retreating steadily, feeling a little depressed. Although Cassel's speed and strength have been greatly weakened due to his age, his experience has
It is really rich. I understand that it is not easy to regain the ball after losing the ball, so I simply aim to delay the fast break. At least I can avoid losing points on the fast break. If the opponent breaks the ball after losing the ball, it will be very difficult.
Something that hurts morale.
Without a chance for a fast break, Adrian was not in a hurry. Holding the ball and advancing slowly forward, he glanced at the timer and saw that there was still a full minute left, which meant three full offensive opportunities.
Twice and the Clippers once. This is a good opportunity to slightly widen the score.
Faced with Cassel's obviously serious defense, Adrian still chose to use speed and strength to break through. But this time, Cassel did not let Adrian break through easily and absorbed the experience from the last time.
Once, Cassel followed Adrian closely, interfering with his breakthrough. The basketball was switched to his right hand, and Adrian seemed to lose sight of Cassel. With superior strength, he overpowered him.
With Cassel running all the way to the inside, the moment he stepped into the three-second zone, he suddenly swung back and threw him to Radmanovic, who was running back and throwing away his defender.
The accuracy of this pass was not very good. Radmanovic quickly took an extra step forward before he could catch the basketball. However, at this time, he was not in his accustomed shooting area, and the top arc was slightly to the right.
, Radmanovic adjusted slightly and shot the basketball in his hand.
When the basketball was released, Radmanovic frowned: "Backboard!"
Sure enough, the basketball hit the rim and popped up directly. His four legs kicked off the ground violently, and his two thick arms hit the basketball in the air at the same time, hitting the basketball in no particular order.
"Bang!" Kwame Brown and Boniface hit the basketball at the same time, but in the end no one was able to control the basketball. With their arms wrestling, the basketball flew from their hands to a three-pointer.
Wire.
"Bang!" An arm was raised high, stopping the basketball that was heading straight beyond the three-point line. After landing, he took advantage of the Clippers' interior defense to be in chaos and turned over for a layup.
Bang bang...
The bouncing basketball bounced twice on the basket and finally fell into the basket.
"Huh." Adrian breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the slight beads of sweat on his forehead. When Radmanovic was talking about rebounds, Adrian once wanted to fight for the rebounds, but only slightly
He was a step slower, and there was almost no space under the basket, but he didn't expect the basketball to suddenly fly towards him.
The sudden basketball made him react instinctively. In the end, he successfully took control of the rebound with his superior bounce.
"In this way, we are five points ahead." Adrian waved his fist gently, and clapped his hands with Kwamehe, who was retreating at full speed. There were 45 seconds left in the second quarter. It was enough for one attack and defense...
But under such circumstances, the Clippers suddenly launched a fast break. Boniface served James from the baseline, and James caught the ball and made a long throw.
When the basketball flew over his head, Adrian looked towards his own half, only to see that Sam Cassell had already rushed towards his penalty area!
"Oops!" Adrian cursed secretly and rushed to the penalty area. James's pass was quite beautiful. I don't know if it was influenced by the all-around king who was in the same position as him. It was extremely fast and the distance was controlled.
Just in time, Cassel slightly underestimated and jumped before catching the basketball. Generally speaking, this does not affect the overall situation. After all, it is only a delay of less than one second.
Cassell controlled the basketball and was about to dunk!
At his age, even players who were physically strong in their youth basically have no chance to dunk on the basketball court. After all, the deterioration of physical fitness can be delayed through scientific training, but it is impossible to prevent or reverse it.
Not to mention that players like Cassel, whose physical fitness is not very good, have almost no chance to dunk.
The opportunity was great. There was no one around him. As old as Cassel, he couldn't help but think about dunking one. He thought so, and he did so. He stepped into the reasonable collision zone and jumped up.
He held the basketball high in his right hand, trying to hit the basket.
Cassel couldn't do that kind of earth-shattering dunk. Due to his physical limitations, he had never been a dunker. Compared to those dunkers, Cassel's movements were relatively slow, which brought disaster to him.
"Be careful, Sam!" His teammates exclaimed loudly in his ears, and at the same time, a strong wind rushed from behind. Of course, his eyes could not see behind him, but he could feel the strong wind pressure.
