Paul is really a little angry. He always feels that this team is missing something. You talk about the strength of the lineup. This season, they have been selected to 2 All-Star Teams + 3 Best Teams + 2 Best Defensive Teams.
, what else do you want? In the league, it can be considered absolutely strong from a glance. It can be said to be both offensive and defensive. However, in the playoffs, the Clippers have had a difficult time every time. There is even a kind of outside world.
Rumor has it that he is a man cursed by the "Western Conference Finals floor". He is very strong and has joined a good team, but he just can't make it to the conference finals. Such remarks have become more common as Paul has gotten older in recent years.
It is becoming more and more popular. As a standard "post-80s", it is impossible for him not to know this kind of news on the Internet.
Therefore, he was actually very eager to break this groundless rumor.
But in the first round this year, the Clippers fought the Spurs in 7 games. If he hadn't forced a blast in the end, the Clippers would have delayed the game into overtime. The tiebreaker would have been solved by the San Antonio people.
It seems that the real strength of the Clippers is not as good as people think. However, this kind of lineup cannot enter the Western Conference finals, and Paul himself always feels a bit at a loss. Although his artificial high-level data
It's terrifying. He dominates the No. 1 position, but... his ability to lead the team has always been greatly questioned. As the core point guard, his ability to lead the team is questioned. This is really more intolerable than questioning his personal ability. Because in
It seems that for traditional point guards, the ability to lead a team is one of their natural responsibilities.
How can it be questioned?
But, look at some of the great No. 1 players since the 21st century. How many of them led the team so poorly?
Jason Kidd led the team to the Finals twice, Steve Nash led the team to the Western Conference Finals several times, and he...the best result he led the team was the Western Conference Semifinals, the so-called second round trip. Paul in 2015
He is no longer young. In two days, he will turn 30. For basketball players, these are the last years of their golden years. If he doesn't cherish it and wastes it, his career will probably be ruined.
Just like Stockton, he will never win a championship. And he is an ambitious point guard. What he wants is not just a championship ring like Kidd and Nash. What he wants is... a boss ring, or a cornerstone.
ring.
This is what he likes.
This also explains why he delayed leaving until he was almost 33 years old and switched to a dual-core style of play.
Because deep down, Chris Paul still hopes that he can get a boss ring.
Therefore, leading the team to win the championship is his current goal. The Clippers' current financial strength is not bad at all. They have both inside and outside, and they are both offensive and defensive. Therefore, he doesn't want to go anywhere at all now.
Nonsense, it’s not like Kobe’s situation when his teammates except O’Dangdang were all in the CBA. The Clippers gave him a very confident team lineup. As one of the old-school players, how could Paul think about it now?
Want to play dual-core?
No, he wants to lead the team to the championship.
After all, he went to another team. Even though he was a "dual core" in name, in fact, he was the deputy.
FMVP, the honor he desires most, is basically impossible to get hold of again.
Therefore, Paul has played very fiercely this year, and this fierceness is not reflected in other aspects, but on the offensive end. His selectivity and decisiveness on the offensive end this year have reached a high point in the playoffs of his career. So far, in the first round
You can take a look at his shooting percentage. His shooting percentage is 51.3%, his three-point shooting percentage is 42.9%, and his free throw shooting percentage is 96.6%. What is the total of these three shooting percentages? Answer
It is 190.8%. A proper "190 club". It is much improved than the so-called super efficient "180 shooting club". This situation is really scary. To put it simply, it is to get rid of the Clippers.
For those who took less than 2 shots, his field goal percentage was second on the team and first on the team in three-pointers.
Why the field goal percentage ranks second is because Jordan's field goal percentage has been the best in the league for many years in a row. It is basically impossible for him to shake it. This means that his field goal percentage is higher than that of the star inside player Griffin.
It needs to be higher. From this point of view, this year's Paul has excellent offensive options, is in excellent condition, and is ranked No. 1 in the league. No one can stop him.
Jeremy Lin? This season, under D'Antoni's system, he has averaged the highest average of his career. 18+2+8 is good enough. There is no problem with being a quasi-All-Star. He may even be an All-Star in the Eastern Conference. But compared to Paul
, it doesn’t look good. And if you are really an old fan, then you must know why Jeremy Lin scored close to 20+9 against the Rockets in the last round. Because his opponent was the aging Jason.
Terry is older, thinner and less athletic than him. This gives him many opportunities to easily handle the ball. If the Rockets' original No. 1 position is not injured, he will 100% not play.
So brilliant. Who should be the No. 1 position of the Rockets? Yes, it is the "mad dog" Beverley, who is famous for his defense and pushed Jeremy Lin from the starting lineup to the bench. Unfortunately, he is also the same.
Due to injuries, he missed the Houston Rockets' playoffs this year. No, Jeremy Lin has not been exposed to any major problems.
Unfortunately, in the second round, his crisis came because the man he was facing was called Chris Paul.
Apart from anything else, if you look at the career matchup data of the two men, it is clear that Paul beats Jeremy Lin in every aspect.
Both of them are at the No. 1 position, and the matchup data between the same positions has strong reference value.
Therefore, Jeremy Lin suffered another critical blow in the playoffs in his life.
Chris Paul finally caught him. Starting from the middle of the third quarter, he defended under high pressure throughout the whole process. Jeremy Lin suddenly showed his fatigue. The first few rounds were fine, but after the physical and mental pressure increased at the same time, the more he played, the more unstable he became. Continuously.
Mistakes are a typical sign. If Jeremy Lin wants to compete with Paul in the playoffs, it will be completely difficult for him.
Under the provocation of Paul's trash talk, Jeremy Lin began to make non-statistical mistakes. That is, he made a lot of hesitations to stop the ball, etc., which caused the Lakers' offensive time to be almost exhausted before they reluctantly took over. In this way, the Lakers originally
The offense known as the "Purple and Gold Storm" this season suddenly encountered huge obstacles. If you look at the in-depth data analysis of Jeremy Lin this season, you will find that when he plays against the powerful No. 1 position, his statistics are huge.
Some cities perform below average, and of course there are times when they surpass, but generally speaking, the downturn is greater than the surpass. Especially when facing Paul, who combines offense and defense, the data is not particularly good. Take April 5 this season.
Compared with the regular season home and away game against the Clippers on April 7, the Lakers almost lost. If Tang Qian hadn't been in a "god from heaven" state, how could they have won so easily?
Although Jeremy Lin was injured in these two games.
But in the previous two games against the Clippers, Jeremy Lin was basically defeated in the matchup with Paul.
Do you think his ability to defend for many years is fake? Paul has basically monopolized the defensive position of the back line in recent years, okay?
So far, Paul has been in the All-Defensive Team 7 times, including 5 times on first defense. This season, he has been on first defense 4 times in a row.
And in terms of comprehensive understanding of the standard rules of the playoffs, Paul is much better than Jeremy Lin. As a result, the Lakers' offensive system suffered. A large number of mistakes and non-statistic errors made the Purple and Gold Army, which was running smoothly, suddenly
The ball fell into a sluggish state. This is exactly what the Clippers hoped for. A large number of defensive counterattacks made Tang Qian, a big man, lose his defensive value even before he was in position. Why, the ball had already been given to the opponent.
It entered the Lakers' basket.
Tang Qian is very fast, but after all, he is a big man over 7 feet. The most important thing is that he is in the 5th position. His offensive position and key position are very deep, so if he has to return to the defensive position,
The running distance and time required are also the longest. Therefore, even if Tang Qian's speed and flexibility are far beyond the usual big inside line, it will still require a slight delay from his teammates. However, defensive fast breaks and defensive counterattacks are not simple
As long as the individual defense is good, the system is the key if you want to do this defense well.
The power of a single person seems a bit insignificant.
After all, they are moving at high speed, and the offense and defense are not in position at all. No matter how strong your defense is, it will not be easy to perform. It requires more cooperation and tacit understanding between each other, and the awareness of retreating and spreading out to help defend and supplement defense. In this aspect,
, the Lakers are one of the weakest teams in the entire league. There are many individual defensive players, but they are not systematic or integrated. When encountering this situation, they may even be out of position at the same time and defend one side at the same time.
Low-level situation. At this point, we really have to say that Cole is strong. The Warriors' defensive efficiency, especially for this kind of small ball transition, is terrifying. In the past, Mark Jackson could only let the Warriors do it.
The defense was good in the regular season, but collapsed in the playoffs. With Cole, the team's offense and defense directly became an integrated team. Whether it was the playoffs or the regular season, the offensive and defensive efficiency was among the top three in the league.
Otherwise, how do you think this pitching team became so popular all over the world?
Is it purely offensive? Wrong, wrong, wrong, the Warriors' defense will be among the top in the league for many years to come.
This shows that Cole's team building philosophy has been towards integrating offense and defense from the beginning.
There is no partiality at all.
The opposite of the Warriors is James' Cavaliers. Their defense has never been very good. One of the reasons why they can reach the finals is because of the team leader LeBron. James is indeed super strong. The second reason is that they are in the Eastern Conference.
, the competitiveness is relatively weak. Otherwise, if it were in the West, there would have been a collapse long ago.
Balanced offense and defense is what a team wants most.
However, not all championship-winning teams can do this, but any dynasty team can do both of these things.
Being partial to science, it is indeed not easy to establish a dynasty.
As a result, the remaining half of the quarter was a nightmare half. The Lakers suddenly seemed like they couldn't play anymore, and their shooting percentage dropped wildly, to the point of being terrible. Why? I won't talk about the many mistakes. You
The offensive system is not working well, which is also a big pitfall. There is not enough time for each attack, and there are more bomb balls. Can the shooting rate be reduced?
Tang Qian was even more depressed in this half of the quarter. He was directly eliminated on both ends of the offense and defense. Fortunately, he didn't have many attacks. As for defense, he didn't have time to get into position many times. The opponent had already scored, and you let him
How to fix it? At this time, D'Antoni wants to emphasize the delay in the Clippers' push, but how can you solve this with just one sentence? Without long-term targeted training, without a complete defensive system, you can just say it.
Yes? What are you dreaming about?
Furthermore, Jeremy Lin was suppressed too hard by Paul, which is also a problem. The Lakers' offense suddenly shut down without warning, as if the power was cut off. Refer to last year, how did the Lakers win the championship?
In the early stage, Nash connected in tandem, and then there was Gasol in the team to provide support. The communication between the entire team was not easily cut off. Secondly, the team also had No. 24, the "super catcher" who was at his peak, to take over at any time.
They can reach the finals. In fact, if it weren't for Tang Qian's wave of "gods coming down to earth" in the Western Conference finals, the Lakers would be on their knees. Not to mention the finals, which are mostly positional battles. The Lakers are just grinding out the rhythm with the Heat.
We dragged it to the end, and then used Kobe's finishing method to strive for victory.
What now? First of all, Jeremy Lin is not as good as Nash. Even the 40-year-old Nash, his organizational ability and experience in the playoffs are still unmatched by Jeremy Lin. Furthermore, the team is missing Gasol, Bosh is still
Yes, his shooting range is also much larger than that of the Spanish God Tower, but in terms of ball handling and coordination and coordination capabilities, he is inferior to Gasol. Finally, in this Lakers team, he no longer has the "super scapegoat" last year.
ah.
In this way, after the No. 1 position was cut off, the team's connection and system operation became problems.
What wasn't exposed in the first round of the series was completely exposed in this series.
The 13-point score difference was eroded down to only 1 point in the middle of the quarter. During this period, the Lakers' style of play did have a big problem. But at this point, D'Antoni seemed very stubborn.
Just look at last year and you will know that if Nash was not injured, it would be basically impossible to start playing positional offense. The same is true in the finals. Nash is also absent, and there is no other way. It can only be like this. But if this continues, the Lakers
It's very dangerous, because the No. 1 position is too far behind Paul.
Under the constant pressure from Paul, Jeremy Lin was playing abnormally. He also had to control the ball a lot. It is not too unexpected that the Lakers would appear in this state. Now, unless Jeremy Lin breaks out, otherwise it will still be very difficult.
It is difficult to break this situation.
In the fourth quarter, seeing the score difference getting bigger and bigger, Tang Qian began to stand up and take the responsibility. He began to frequently ask for the ball and attack in isolation. This method worked well at first. However, as time went by, the efficiency began to decline.
Okay. Let me say it again, Jordan was playing solid first defense at this time. If Tang Qian hadn't snatched his position, he would definitely be on first defense. An insider with strong first defense ability would not be so easily defeated by Tang Qian.
It's even impossible to explode at all.
In the two games of the regular season, he had consecutive blowouts and high scores. That was because Tang Qian was in a state of "God descending to earth". In that state, let alone Jordan, any interior defensive master would also come.
It's hard to escape the fate of being blown up. How about the Houston Rockets in the last round? Tang Qian averaged 29 points, 26.3 rebounds, 10 blocks, 1 assist and 0.3 steals per game, also because he has the talent to "explode every beast"
It's just attributes. Let's talk about this season, Howard's defensive ability has actually declined greatly. If he has to share the defense while taking care of the offensive end, he is simply not as powerful as DeAndre Jordan.
This season's defense, whether with or without Tang Qian, has no role for him, which is the best proof that his defensive era has passed.
If Howard doesn't give up the idea of attacking and becomes a blue-collar man honestly, his defensive power will continue to decline until he hits the bottom. So Tang Qian felt something was wrong, because he was indeed underestimated.
This is the "Uncle Liu" of the Clippers.
Jordan was beaten by Tang Qian in two consecutive games during the regular season, and he almost wanted to die. No, as soon as he hit the playoffs this year, a huge desire for revenge arose in his heart.
His enthusiasm is far higher than when he faced the Spurs in the first round. Coupled with the increased intensity of confrontation in the playoffs, Jordan's first-defense strength began to truly show.
With Tang Qian's current ability, it can't be said that he can still get whatever he wants from the first defense of the season.
That's not realistic.
If you want to reach this level, you must at least be a super scorer. Furthermore, because Jeremy Lin is suppressed by Chris Paul's strong offense and defense, Tang Qian's side of the Lakers is equivalent to losing D'Antoni.
System bonus factors. If this is the case, Tang Qian's scoring ability will be further weakened compared to the regular season.
So if you can beat him, you can beat him, but if you say that beating Jordan is like chopping melons and vegetables, that's just a dream.
Besides, fighting like this consumes too much physical energy. Even when Tang Qian reached the back, there was no way to guarantee his hit rate.
The Los Angeles Lakers lost the first game in such a confused way, and ended up losing 91-100 by 9 points. They tasted defeat in the first game of the series. And 91 points in a single game can be regarded as a record for the Lakers in this year's playoffs.
A team in the game scored a new low. Jeremy Lin performed very poorly in this game. He had a good performance of 9 points and 5 assists in the first half. In the second half, he only scored 3 points and 1 assist. At the same time, he made 8 personal mistakes in the game.
times, 6 times in the second half, which is also an ugly number. And what about his opponent Chris Paul? He scored 28 points, 10 assists and 5 steals, and only made one personal error in the game.
, what else can you say? I can only worship him. He is too strong at controlling errors.
In addition, the shooting percentage was also very good tonight. It can be said that he completely destroyed the Lakers' No. 1 position, and there is no problem at all.
This is not an exaggeration, it is the truth. Jeremy Lin is not as good as him.
Although Tang Qian scored 19 points, 17 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 assist in this game, he was powerless and could only watch the Los Angeles Clippers from the same city steal a victory at the Lakers' home court.
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