Maurice Cheeks's defensive formation is a gamble. If the gamble wins, the Trail Blazers may hit a climax like they did in the third quarter and regain the initiative.
Such a game is reaching the end of the game. Whichever side can take the initiative from the beginning will have a particularly good chance of winning. The closer it gets to this time, the less likely it is to reverse the situation of the game.
Gentry actually admires Maurice Cheeks for such a bold formation. He also feels that it is a very good plan to bet that Spider-Man, who played the first three quarters and made more than 20 shots, cannot be defeated in isolation. After all, Spider-Man Not quite a singles star.
It's a pity that junior brother lost the bet!
At the end of the quarter, the Clippers finally took the real initiative!
After Li Ao scored two goals in a row, the Trail Blazers had to replace Ruben Patterson to defend Li Ao.
It was too easy for Li Ao to beat Derek Anderson in singles. Everyone could see that he could easily score on Derek Anderson purely by relying on his weight, height and wingspan.
The God of Basketball, Spider-Man...the Trail Blazers chose to compete with Bibi for offense.
In the decisive quarter, Bibby did not miss a beat. Although the firepower he led the team was not fierce, it was enough. Their defense was very good.
At the last 9 minutes and 58 seconds of the game, Maurice Cheeks took another chance and sent in a flying squirrel and a stick, allowing Tianzun to switch to offensive mode.
The effect... has no effect. Tianzun's physical strength is not very good at this time. If you let him squat under the basket, he can still rely on his height to protect the frame, block the wings, and allow him to attack. It is too difficult for him.
The little flying squirrel's outside shooting touch has become weak, and the long-distance pull-up jumper is inaccurate; the stick is the icing on the cake, but it is also embarrassing to let him play the key ball at this time.
At 10:25 pm, the long whistle sounded to end the game.
Li Ao made 9 of 23 shots, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. Li Ao scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, and received 610 achievement points.
Seeing that his shooting rate dropped to 39.1%, he wanted to give himself a slap in the face. He made 9 of 22 shots, a 40% shooting rate. He insisted on throwing a three-pointer when he was open, and his shooting rate reached 4. into the following.
But when he saw Bibby with 13 points and 5 assists, Jordan with 15 points and 3 assists, Odom with 6 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, O'Neal Jr. with 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks... and other teammates' shooting percentages, he discovered that his The hit rate is pretty good.
And the game was won!
77 to 70, they defeated the Trail Blazers and started their 6th consecutive victory!
Li Ao excitedly high-fived his teammates to celebrate the victory. He finally won, and the Clippers players were extremely excited.
Even Jordan was excited.
He finally has the feeling of 'career in progress' again!
In the past few games, he has been physically and technically ready to come back, but mentally he is not yet and is still feeling like he is on a 'comeback tour'.
Tonight, he tried his best and even relied on luck to win the game with difficulty. He finally understood what kind of player he should be at the age of 38, in the new era, and with the new team! Finally truly entered the role of 'player'!
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The Clippers only won one regular season victory, but they made a huge impact on the NBA.
This game aroused the attention of fans after the game.
It's not because of how beautiful the game is, but because of the extremely low score!
Prior to this, no team had scored less than 85 points in a single game this season. There were more than a dozen teams averaging over 100 points per game, and only 5 teams averaged less than 95 points per game.
'Offensive basketball' appears to be back in the NBA.
But this game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers broke the 'false prosperity' of 'offensive basketball'!
The Trail Blazers only scored 70 points, and the winning Clippers only scored 77 points!
Such a low score attracted the attention of fans and sparked heated discussions.
The media immediately changed the direction of public opinion - the iron-blooded era continues! And it will reach a new peak!
The media was still talking about 'offensive basketball' in the morning, and started to talk about 'Iron Blood Era' late at night, which was criticized by fans and attracted more attention.
After analyzing the game between the Clippers and Trail Blazers, netizens found that the media were in the wrong direction this time.
With the "personal demonstration" of the Clippers and Trail Blazers, netizens found that the current rules are indeed more conducive to defense!
Fans were surprised. Didn’t they say that NBA officials wanted to cut defense and strengthen offense?
At the end of the discussion, fans came to the conclusion that Stern shot himself in the foot. He wanted to encourage offense, but the rules he formulated were conducive to defense.
People from other teams felt their scalps numb when they saw the game reports of the Clippers and Trail Blazers.
From the preseason to the current regular season, it has been just over a month. Each team has played 13 or 14 games. Many teams, like the Clippers and Trail Blazers, have speculated on the reality of the new regulations early on. effect, and has even begun to adjust the playing style.
But even they felt that they had underestimated the power of the new rules after watching the game between the Clippers and Trail Blazers.
Some teams have only now discovered that the new rules are not beneficial to offense, but beneficial to defense!
But no matter which team, thanks to the Clippers and Trail Blazers for standing up and "demonstrating", allowing them to have a clearer direction of adjustment!
The Clippers' relatively complete defensive system and the defensive experience of the Trail Blazers players have become the objects of learning for each team.
It’s less than half a month since the regular season started, and there’s still plenty of time!
Of the 29 teams in the NBA, only one has a broken mentality right now.
Shark - Co-authored the alliance to come up with two rules, and only cutting me met expectations?
But the Shark was not lonely. The next morning, when Stern saw such public opinion, he felt bad.
Because he had a sleepless night and analyzed it all night, and he came to the same conclusion as the media...
As the 'initiator' of the Clippers, the players noticed the news, but did not have the time to care about it.
They returned to Los Angeles at noon and gathered for a meeting at 3 p.m. to discuss the problems encountered in the game against the Trail Blazers.
Gentry said: "Playing against the Trail Blazers, a real defensive team, I saw a lot of things we didn't do well on the offensive end. This is a good thing for us. The sooner the flaws are exposed, the better More time to improve…”
While he was talking about the situation, assistant coach Larry LaRue sent several tactical adjustment reports to the players.
Li Ao looked at the tactical information typed out on several pieces of A4 paper and felt that the coaching staff's adjustments were hasty and urgent.
But it's understandable. After all, I just finished the game and the impression is still warm. Adjustments are most effective at this time.
He glanced at the tactics, and it was the same as his analysis after the game last night. Gentry wanted to strengthen the role of the stars in the tactics!
(End of chapter)
