On the sidelines, Clippers fans gave high-fives excitedly.
As ordinary fans, they have not realized the change of scale tonight, but when they saw the Trail Blazers No. 36 receiving a foul as soon as they came up, they were extremely happy.
In the backcourt, Paul got the ball and advanced quickly.
After observing the situation for a while at halftime, the Trail Blazers handed the ball to Griffin. Griffin chose to force a breakthrough directly. This was obviously beyond Aldridge's expectations. Before he could react, Griffin saw
Advance to the free throw line and come up and hit.
2:0, the Clippers scored first and other players retreated quickly.
Trail Blazers offense.
After receiving the ball, Lillard saw that there was no chance, so he gave up the fast break and slowly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt.
Coming to the frontcourt, Paul stepped on the three-point line to defend in advance.
Facing Paul's defense, Lillard used the cover of his teammates to find an opportunity, stepped back from the three-point line, and tried to take a shot.
Duang!
This ball strikes the iron.
Wang Zelin was well prepared. He immediately rushed up and shook off Jordan's defense, grabbed the ball over Griffin's head, gently lifted the ball, sent it into the basket, and made a tip-in.
2:2, the two sides tied.
Offensive and defensive transition, Clippers offense.
Paul received the ball and advanced quickly without passing it immediately, because Matthews and Batum immediately followed the defender and were ready to cut off the passing route. Although Paul proposed it, his head was very calm.
At this time, Paul directed Jordan with his eyes, attracted Wang Zelin away, and then started a pick-and-roll with Griffin.
Griffin easily knocked away Aldridge, received a pass from Paul in the air, and was about to stage a dunk.
At the same time, just as Griffin took off for a dunk, Wang Zelin appeared from behind Griffin and hit the ball with a brutal volleyball block. Then he hit the ball with a bang.
Griffin's body and threw him to the ground.
"Peng!"
Under the dual blessing of Wang Zelin's absolute strength and tonnage, Griffin was knocked to the floor so hard that stars appeared in his eyes and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
"oh!
"
The whole audience exclaimed.
"???"
This scene made Clippers coach Rivers dumbfounded. When he reacted quickly, he ignored the demeanor of a championship coach and shouted at the referee on the court:
"Is this playing ball or hitting someone? Wang Zelin definitely did it on purpose. This is a flagrant foul!"
The referee glanced at Vice President Tan Huiming, who was sitting next to him. The latter had a cold look in his eyes and glanced at him. Then he ignored Rivers's complaint and pointed to the baseline to give the ball to the Clippers.
Although it has been said above that we will favor the Clippers tonight, but such a wonderful goal, especially scored by Wang Zelin, must be fair and fair at this time.
In fact, both Tan Huiming and the three referees on the court were shocked by Wang Zelin's actions just now. No one expected to see such a violent scene right after the game started.
Is this a warning?
Or are you dissatisfied with the offensive foul just called?
At this moment, various emotions flashed through everyone's minds.
On the field.
Wang Zelin got up from Griffin and walked away without pulling him.
He was targeted as soon as he came up, and anyone else would be furious.
Since you are in the first grade of junior high school, don’t blame me for being in the fifteenth grade!
If I want to play dirty tricks, I will have to fight violence with violence.
After seeing Wang Zelin leave, other Clippers players dared to run over and pull Griffin up from the ground.
There is no way, because the strength value of Trail Blazers No. 36 has long been famous throughout the league. At that time, no one wanted to bet whether it was his head or the opponent's fist that was stronger.
On the Clippers bench, when the referee stopped paying attention to him, Rivers dared not speak out in anger, so he could only sit back in his seat angrily.
Back to the offensive end.
After receiving the ball, Redick quickly passed it to Paul. Paul took the ball to the top of the arc. Seeing that there was not much time, he started to play singles with the ball.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, Paul rushed directly to the three-point line from Lillard's left side like a bolt of lightning. Lillard had no time to react!
Paul rushed to the free throw line, but Batum didn't expect Lillard to pass by him so directly and failed to defend him immediately.
At this time, Aldridge was firmly stuck by Griffin. Wang Zelin rushed forward. Paul threw the ball to the basket and made a close shot, scoring two points.
Like the last game, Paul's desire to attack tonight is very strong.
Trail Blazers offense.
Wang Zelin moved to the high post to block Lillard. At this time, Batum and Matthews cut into the basket from both wings, attracting the Clippers' defense.
Lillard quickly released the ball. After receiving the ball, Batum did not take action in time and avoided Barnes' block, forcing Redick to pounce.
In the end, Batum jumped up and passed the ball to the open Matthews, who made an easy layup.
"Very beautiful teamwork, the Trail Blazers played so easily in this wave!"
Xu Jicheng said excitedly in the commentary booth at the imperial court.
"This is due to the fact that all five members of the Trail Blazers have certain passing and controlling abilities, which makes the Clippers unable to defend."
Yang Jiandao next to him.
It's time for the Clippers to attack again.
The two sides were tied, so they didn't have much psychological pressure. After passing the ball for a long time, they still couldn't break through the Trail Blazers' defense, and finally they reached Griffin.
Griffin was playing singles with the ball. He had just been hit with a blood cap, and he had a shadow in his heart. He didn't dare to break through in the first shot. He squeezed Aldridge's defense to the mid-range. Against Aldridge's defense, he forced a mid-range shot...
…
Duang!
Aldridge was very focused on this shot, gave enough defensive pressure, and successfully defended it.
Wang Zelin grabbed the ball and immediately passed it to Lillard.
Needless to say, the Clippers, who tried their best to avoid sweeping everyone, retreated with great speed and defensive awareness tonight, and did not give the Trail Blazers the slightest chance.
Seeing this, Lillard was not in a hurry and advanced to the frontcourt, waiting for his teammates to get into position.
It was still the same pick-and-roll tactic, and the ball was given to Wang Zelin near the free throw line.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The moment he caught the ball, Wang Zelin dribbled with his back arched.
Jordan pushed hard, preventing Wang Zelin from entering the reasonable collision area behind him. Griffin on the other side quickly moved over to double-team him.
But at this time Wang Zelin once again showed his superb ball control ability.
With silky dribbling comparable to that of a striker, he turned right and quickly stopped, avoiding Gleason's double-team. He accelerated again, stepped into the reasonable collision zone, and then suddenly rose up.
In the end, while dunking on Jordan, he also caused the latter to commit a blocking foul.
But the result was extremely disappointing to him, because the whistle did not sound for a long time, and he only saw the referee making an effective offensive gesture.
He was sure that Jordan just stepped on the line of the legal collision zone and did not take off. Judging from his position, it would definitely be a blocking foul in normal times.
However, the whistle did not come.
There are only two possibilities, one is that he really didn't see it, and the other is that he deliberately turned a blind eye.
Of course he knew that this situation was the latter.
"Aren't you going to brag about this?" Yang Jian shouted.
"Tonight's home whistle is 100 million points off!"
Xu Jicheng let out a sigh.
Clippers attack.
After receiving the ball, Paul quickly launched a fast break. On the Trail Blazers' side, Wang Zelin and Lillard also retreated very quickly. Seeing that there were no fast break opportunities, Paul also gave up the idea of a sneak attack and slowly continued to attack.
Take the ball and wait for your teammates to get into position outside the three-point line.
Tonight, the defensive awareness and retreat speed of the players from both teams were much higher than those in the previous three games. It was difficult for everyone to successfully steal the ball.
As soon as he arrived in the frontcourt, the moment Redick passed by Matthews, Paul suddenly started and broke through two steps inward, forcing Aldridge to come over to cover the defense.
Paul, who had attracted Aldridge's defense, was not in a hurry and took two steps outward. At this time, Griffin was cutting towards the basket and began to reach out for the ball.
Paul's pass was immediately sent in, and then he pulled away to the other side, but something he didn't expect happened.
When Wang Zelin turned around and attacked the basket, Griffin hesitated for a moment and gave up attacking the basket. Instead, he chose to take a sudden stop shot, which he was not good at.
Duang!
Sure enough, Griffin took action to support Ji with a little more force, and a crisp sound of iron was heard.
Although Griffin has worked hard on shooting in the summer in recent seasons and has made great progress in the mid-range, the mid-range shot is still unable to become Griffin's main scoring method.
Finishing at the basket is what he is best at!
But when facing Wang Zelin's basket just now, he actually got scared and finally chose to give up attacking the basket.
This undoubtedly made Paul feel extremely dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but scolded him when he retreated:
"Blake, what are you doing? You just had such a great opportunity and didn't even deduct one!"
"I……"
Griffin knew that the ball was his fault, and he looked ashamed and didn't know what to say.
Afterwards, Griffin tried to challenge Aldridge one-on-one in the paint, but when he entered the penalty area, he found that Lin, the king, could complete the double-team in time.
There is no way, because his good partner DeAndre Jordan is a rough guy with almost no shooting ability, and there is no way to help Griffin open up the space.
Therefore, Wang Zelin can rest assured and let Jordan go three meters away, and then focus on assisting defense.
On the other hand, Aldridge, despite his much thinner physique than Griffin, has the upper hand in individual singles, as he is proficient in 18 offensive weapons.
Griffin's embarrassing wingspan prevents him from effectively interfering with Aldridge's turnaround jump shot, let alone blocking shots.
Of course, during the regular season between the two of them, Griffin was definitely the more dazzling one, but when it came to the playoffs where they were fighting for real, Griffin realized that there were still many, many areas where he needed to improve...
After the first quarter, although they got the blessing of the home whistle tonight, the Clippers were still the one behind.
The Trail Blazers lead by 4 points in a single quarter!
After learning that the offensive environment tonight was not conducive to him, Wang Zelin shifted more energy to the defensive end, especially on Griffin's defense, which made the latter ecstasy.
After a single quarter, I personally scored 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, of which 2 blocks were obtained from Griffin.
At the same time, it is also inseparable from Aldridge, who helped the team open up the situation on the offensive end. In a single quarter, he made 5 of 8 shots and 1 of 1 free throws, averaging 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
Entering the second quarter, both sides rotated their lineups, and Crawford entered the court continuously to maintain his firepower output.
At 4 minutes and 17 seconds of the second quarter, an extremely exaggerated 3 1 helped the Clippers regain a victory.
The Clippers went ahead by one point.
This season, Crawford played 64 games in the regular season, averaging 15.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks per game. For a substitute player, this is definitely a "super" player.
The data.
In fact, in the past three seasons since joining the Clippers, Crawford's performance every year among the substitute players has been outstanding, with an average firepower output of more than 15 points per game. Looking at the league,
He is one of the super bench gangsters.
Crawford's shooting performance indeed made the Clippers fans breathe a sigh of relief. However, Rivers was not very happy because of Crawford's performance.
the reason is simple.
No matter how powerful Crawford is, he is still just a person.
It is impossible for a team to rely on one person or one substitute to save the team.
To win, Crawford must find a way to make the offense of the lineup more efficient. Just relying on one Crawford is not enough for the Clippers to avoid the embarrassment of being swept 0:4 by their opponents.
Here are the pioneers.
Seeing that the super sixth man on the opposite side was getting stronger and stronger, scoring 7 points in a single quarter under Beverley's defense, Terry Stotts couldn't sit still and quickly changed into the lineup.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Boys, I need you to defend more seriously next. I believe you don't want to see Jamal Crawford as a substitute on our head.
Get high scores!”
Before going on the court, Terry Stotts specifically told the players to pay more attention to the opponent's offensive point man, Crawford.
the other side.
Rivers first affirmed Crowbird's performance, and then asked the latter to continue to maintain his desire to attack while ensuring efficiency.
Of course, Rivers would be happier if he could work more on the defensive end while taking into account the offense.
In response, Crawford just nodded casually. God knows if this guy who is obsessed with scoring even listened to the second half of what his head coach said.
However, as long as he can maintain his offensive efficiency in the future, Rivers will be thankful.
After a timeout, the Trail Blazers serve from the sideline.
As soon as he came up, Jordan saw Trail Blazers No. 36 looking like he was trying to eat someone, which made him shudder.
As for who the other party wants to eat?
Is there any need to think about it?
Who else could it be but him!
After entering the low position, Wang Zelin began to use his body to squeeze inside, and soon reached a comfortable position.
At this time, Wang Zelin's position is very deep. As long as he takes a small step further, he will enter the three-second zone.
On the left wing, Lillard dribbled the ball and was hit by Paul who was trying to steal, but the whistle did not sound.
Fortunately, Lillard was mentally prepared, glared at Paul fiercely, accelerated his breakthrough, hit the ground and passed the ball to Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin didn't separate anymore, he took advantage of the trend and turned around to push away Jordan and hit a one-arm slam dunk.
Griffin on the weak side made up the defense quickly, but Wang Zelin bounced faster and smashed the ball into the Clippers' basket with a bang.
Not only did he dunk two people, but he also caused Griffin to commit a thug foul.
However, the whistle still did not sound!
"Damn it! You have to do it like this, Teacher Xu. This dunk by the king really relieves your anger!" Yang Jiandao.
"Hahaha! It seems that the king was really frustrated in the first quarter, and he held back a big move in the second quarter." Xu Jicheng laughed.
Not only the two people on the commentary stage, but also the Chinese fans who were watching the game also started to flood the screen.