Paul's three-point shooting percentage is five percentage points higher than Crawford's, but Paul's three-point attempts are almost half less than Crawford's.
Especially during the Hornets period, Paul only averaged about 2.5 shots per game. Then looking at the number of three-point shots taken by Irving when he was under Scott, we can judge the attitude of the Lakers head coach towards three-pointers.
As a player from the 1980s, it's understandable that Scott doesn't like three-pointers. After all, in Scott's era, shooting three-pointers from the outside was considered an evil practice.
Most of Paul's points are still inside the three-point line, especially near the elbow area. Paul's shooting percentage is particularly high, so Paul's defensive strategy is the same as Crawford's, which is to allow for shots and not sudden shots.
And compared to Crawford, Paul is actually more susceptible to interference. The height difference between Paul and Crawford is nearly 10 centimeters. This 10 centimeters is very fatal in front of Li Hao.
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"I just seemed to have swatted a fly to death," Li Hao said after blocking the shot, deliberately looking at his palms.
Paul, who had never been able to break through Li Hao's defense, finally chose to force the shot, and then the basketball was slapped away by Li Hao.
Upon hearing this, Paul glared at Li Hao fiercely, but his glare had no effect on Li Hao.
Then the Clippers sent an inbounds ball, and Paul chose to pass the basketball inside. Griffin missed Boozer with a hook, and Boozer picked off the rebound.
During the transition between offense and defense, Li Hao held the ball, and Paul blocked Li Hao just after halftime. Although Paul lost the physical confrontation, he still had absolute confidence in himself.
But Paul soon discovered that Li Hao was different from the "big guys" he had encountered before. Li Hao's center of gravity in controlling the ball was indeed much higher than his, but this did not mean that Paul could easily cut off Li Hao's hand. basketball.
Then there is the suppression of body and strength. Paul's lower limbs and core strength are very strong, but standing in front of him at this moment is a fool.
"Chris is in trouble." As Li Hao advanced, Paul could only step back step by step.
"Damn" Facing Li Hao's advance, Paul immediately had a very bad memory.
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But soon, Paul discovered that the man in front of him was different from the fat guy before, because the guy in front of him was a full 15 centimeters taller than him.
Pulling out, when advancing beyond the three-point line, Li Hao directly pulled out for a three-pointer. With a height of 15 centimeters, coupled with the terrifying bounce and speed, all the veteran could do was watch Li Hao helplessly. Shoot threes.
"Oh, that's too high for Chris," O'Neal couldn't help laughing.
"Li is a bit too bullying," Kenny Smith said unbearably.
"That's not what I said," Barkley disagreed.
"This score seems to come a little too easily," Li Hao said to Kobe who ran over to celebrate with him.
"Hahaha~~~" Kobe couldn't help laughing. After laughing, Kobe didn't forget to run to Lao Pao.
"How about it? Our team's rookie is awesome," Kobe said to Kaopao with a showy look.
"Stay away from me" Lao Pao almost couldn't help but jump up and give Kobe a kick in the knee.
The NBA league is also called the Second League. The team leader cannot just let it go if he loses face, so soon Paul came to Li Hao again with the ball.
But this time Paul didn't talk trash anymore. He decided to attack Li Hao only after scoring.
Obviously, Li Hao will not give Paul this opportunity. He will still use the same defensive strategy, taking advantage of his high jump and fast bounce speed, and let go of shooting rather than sudden attacks.
In fact, Paul didn't want to make a surprise. After being scored by Li Hao with a three-pointer, Paul naturally had to use a three-pointer to retaliate if he wanted to save face.
Cross step change direction breakthrough?
No, Paul was just trying to create space for himself to shoot. After experiencing Li Hao's abnormal bullet speed, Paul didn't dare to shoot directly, so he used a cross-step to get out of his way before shooting.
Paul did it, and Li Hao was indeed deceived, but Paul's final shot failed to score because Li Hao's bullet speed was more abnormal than Paul imagined, and Li Hao was different from normal players. With his body of steel, he didn't have to worry about injury. The problem.
So even if he was fooled by Paul's cross step, he could still react immediately without thinking about whether this action would cause harm to his body.
Boozer grabbed the rebound again, and the latter found Jeremy Lin immediately. Jeremy Lin took the ball and launched a counterattack, but was stopped in the end.
Jeremy Lin, who was forced into a positional battle, wanted to do it himself, but just when Jeremy Lin was about to break through, Li Hao raised his hand to signal. Jeremy Lin hesitated and passed the ball to Li Hao. ,
Li Hao received the pass without any extra movement.
Kick your legs, stretch your arms, shake your wrists.
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"This is shooting three-pointers, have you learned it?" The ball goes in and the player falls to the ground. He still has Paul's mentality.
"Lee doesn't take Chris seriously at all."
"No, no, no~~~Li can't see Paul at all, he jumped too high."
"Go ahead. With Li Hao's two consecutive three-pointers, the Lakers overtook the Clippers by 2 points." After Li Hao made 2 of 2 three-pointers, the score had reached 64:66.
"Damn it, is the super three-point rain coming back to Staples Arena in his debut?" Some fans immediately thought of the crazy three-point rain when Li Hao made 5 of 5 shots in his debut.
"It's a familiar scene. In the game a few days ago, the Lakers launched a counterattack in the third quarter." In the third quarter of his debut against the Rockets, Li Hao made five of five shots in the opening game. This game was also in the third quarter, although it was only Two shots out of two, but it has given fans hope.
The game has restarted on the court, and Paul holds the ball again, but this time Paul does not confront Li Hao again. What is the most important quality of a court commander? No matter what happens, always stay calm.
In the pick-and-roll, Paul no longer focused on singles in the Clippers' next attack, but chose to call his teammates to help. Paul didn't even shoot himself, but sent an alley-oop to Griffin.
"If you can't win, call someone else. Is this the league's number one point guard?" Li Hao still didn't give up on Paul's mentality.
"Shut up, rookie" Paul glared at Li Hao.
"Oops, someone is so angry." Li Hao didn't care at all. With Paul's small body, Li Hao could hit ten of them in a fight.
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Li Hao hit another pull-up three-pointer with his backhand.
"Three out of three shots, Li is really going to reproduce the crazy three-point rain in his debut." This time, Li Hao dribbled the ball through half the court, and then started directly.
Seeing Li Hao's unreasonable LOGO three-pointer, Paul was stunned. When Li Hao started, Paul didn't even react. The two were still two steps away.
Paul was stunned, but the Lakers bench went crazy. The crazy three-point rain reappeared and completely ignited the Staples Arena. The fans in the stands began to shout: MVP.
