roccoschili Chapter 190 Prioritize Durant
Chapter 190 Prioritize Durant
Chapter 190 Prioritize Durant
April [-]th, seven o'clock in the evening.
In the Staples Center, tens of thousands of fans uniformly wore white Clippers jerseys. When the announcer called out the name 'Su Yang', they stood up and applauded in unison. The sound wave was like a tsunami. .
In the ESPN commentary booth, Mike Brin covered his ears with headphones and said with a smile: "After five years of waiting for the Clippers fans, they finally ushered in their trip to the playoffs. We may need to apply for better auxiliary equipment..."
Mark Jackson also covered his earphones, nodded and said: "I found that several famous Lakers fans were also at the scene. The Clippers won the first place in the Western Conference, which can be regarded as completely reversing their garbage image in the past few decades..."
While the two were talking, the camera on the large central screen turned to the seats on the sidelines, and the first one was aimed at Andy Garcia. The text introduction showed that it was a famous actor and director, represented as "The Godfather 3", followed by the lead singer of the Eagles Glenn Frey, Teri Hatcher, who played Aunt Susan in "Desperate Housewives," and a host of stars big and small.
But the fans didn't pay much attention to these stars. They cared more about the Clippers players headed by Su Yang. Various pictures and banners of support came one after another. Wearing a standard professional suit, he looked particularly out of place, and the little fans next to him continued to make funny faces at him.
The pre-match national anthem performance ceremony ended in a blink of an eye, and the lights around the arena were dimmed, leaving only the center of the court highlighted.
Introduced by the announcer, Su Yang slowly walked to the middle circle, raised his left hand and circled around in greeting.
The cheers suddenly resounded throughout the arena. Su Yang deliberately waited for a moment before slowly speaking: "Good evening, everyone, welcome to the Staples Center. Tonight's game, we have been waiting for a long time, please enjoy it The next performance. Finally, I hereby make a solemn promise to all Clippers fans that we will advance!"
After the words fell, Su Yang turned and walked back to the sidelines to prepare, and the cheers resounded through the arena again.
"Su Yang does what he says! We're sure to win!" A gray-haired boy shouted excitedly.
An old man in jeans held up Budweiser: "Everyone, let's toast to our dreams!"
A blond beauty wearing a loose T-shirt but with obvious ups and downs blew kisses to the phone and said like firing a machine gun: "BABY, let's have a party tonight, I'm Zarya, my Twitter and Facebook accounts are..."
Amidst the cheers, the lights around the arena were turned on, and U2 Arthur's classic song "MORE" was played.
Brin said: "How do you think KD surpassed Su Yang to become the scoring leader at the last moment of the regular season. He played in all 82 games and averaged 30.2 points per game, while Su Yang averaged 30.1 points per game. The gap is very small."
Jackson said: "I think it's normal. Su Yang didn't play in the last three games, and there were a few truces in the middle, while KD scored 45 points, 37 points and 32 points in the last three games. The total score and average are higher. , He wants to lead the Thunder to fight for the playoffs, Su Yang sits firmly at the top of the league, so he can naturally get a rest time, which is fair."
"Then tell me about your prediction for this round of the series?" Brin asked, "I support the Clippers anyway, because they have more possibilities in their lineup, and their fault tolerance rate is much higher than that of the Thunder. It is difficult to meet Physical problems."
Jackson said: "I support the Thunder for the exact opposite of your reason. The Thunder has three MVP-level players. They have stronger offensive capabilities and can play a greater role in the playoffs with extremely high defensive intensity."
In the arena, the whistle sounded.
The starting players of the two teams enter the field, point guard Davis vs Westbrook, shooting guard Su Yang vs Sefolosha, small forward Barnes vs Durant, power forward Randolph vs Jeff Green, center Jordan vs Krstic.
Su Yang gave Harden a few high-fives one by one, and finally gave Durant a back pat to encourage each other. The central big screen keenly captured this scene, and the audience applauded immediately, cheering for the mutual respect and fighting relationship between the two. .
The referee held the ball to the middle circle, raised his hands to gesture to both sides, and then gently threw the ball into the air.
Snapped!Krstic touched the ball first, and moved back with force, and the basketball flew straight into the Thunder's half court.
Westbrook picked up the basketball and pushed it forward slowly, and the other four players of the Thunder gathered and settled above the free throw line.
Seeing that there was no one under the basket, Su Yang hurriedly reminded: "Be careful, don't let them copy the back door..."
Before the words were finished, Sefolosha started running at 45 degrees from the left and went straight to the elbow area on the right.
Where there is the long-awaited Durant and Jeff Green, the two must do off-ball screens [-]%.
Su Yang followed suit. Considering that Sefoloza's ability to catch and shoot three-pointers was mediocre, he crossed the paint and reached the waist on the right, successfully blocking Sefoloza's running route. Live Jeff Green dismantling the shell.
At the same time that Su Yang was in place, Durant crossed the free throw line with the help of a screen, and with the help of Kostic on the left elbow, he twisted his hips and dodged to attack the basket, but Su Yang reminded him to pay attention to the back door. Perform a switch interception.
Seeing that there was no way out, Durant made an emergency stop and ran back, and Krstic took the opportunity to turn around and cut inside with Barnes.
The opposite situation formed, Westbrook raised his hand and passed the ball, Durant received the ball and singled Jordan.
The fans at the scene immediately booed and interfered. Durant took the initiative to pull the ball and retreated outside the 45-degree three-point line. can cause interference.
when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.
Randolph jumped high to catch the rebound, landed and threw it to Davis, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.
The fans at the scene shouted "LETS GO LAC" in unison, and Barnes mentioned that he was waiting for the ball at the top of the arc.
The Clippers' formation followed, and Davis received a pass back from the right wing, raising his hands high and aiming at the right waist.
That action was obviously to pass the ball, but Jeff Green just relied on his flexibility to block Randolph many times.
Seeing that the pass was blocked, Su Yang hurriedly shouted a reminder, Davis heard the sound and passed the ball long to the left wing.
Su Yang jumped slightly to catch the ball, landed and waved for a cover, but his eyes signaled a false block.
After a whole season of games and training, Jordan was already familiar with his cueing movements. He immediately stepped forward, but after only two steps, he stopped abruptly, turned around and ran back, while Su Yang raised his hand and made a lob pass. The ball, the position should be precise.
Krstic didn't have time to return to the defense, and Jeff Green had just finished circling forward, and the Thunder had an empty basket.
I saw Jordan kicking off the ground, grabbing the ball with one hand in the air, aiming at the basket and hitting the basket with force.
Boom!The basketball blasted into the net, and the Clippers scored two points first.
The sideline cheerleaders immediately jumped up to celebrate, and the fans cheered, and the atmosphere seemed to be joyous.
Offensive and defensive transition, Westbrook dribbled the ball forward, reached the top of the arc in three seconds, patted and waited.
The Thunder still had the same formation and running position as before, but this time Durant, who used the cover to cut inside, had only the bait, and the one who actually caught the ball was Krstic, who took the opportunity to circle around, and had a long-range shot with a good shooting percentage, which was really unexpected .
The height gap between Barnes was too large, so he could only step on his feet and raise his hands to barely interfere, standing and watching the basketball fly away.
when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.
Randolph caught the rebound and threw it to Davis. The Clippers launched a fast-break counterattack and cheered loudly.
Su Yang received the ball at the top of the arc, took advantage of Randolph's cover, and broke through from the right.
Facing Jeff Green's defense change, and Sefolosha squeezing through the wall to chase, he decisively protected the ball with his back, slowly brought the ball to the right wing, first pretended to look for a breakthrough opportunity, and then pretended to pass the ball back to Davis. Watching Randolph and Jeff Green's card positions from the corner of his eye, confirming that the moment Randolph has the upper hand, he immediately raised his hand and lobbed the ball.
Randolph stepped slightly to catch the ball, landed with his back against Jeff Green, hit hard and then turned back, kicked two steps and killed to the basket, ignoring the oncoming Krstic, as if returning to the peak , Score dunks with both hands.
The offense and defense switched, Westbrook advanced with the ball, and the Thunder did not continue their previous position.
Krstic got the ball at the top of the arc, turned and threw it to Sefolosha on the left wing.At the same time, Jeff Green set up a wall to block Barnes in the short corner on the right, and Durant took the opportunity to rush to the left midfielder to get a super large space for receiving the ball.
Seeing that his teammates were in place, Sefolosha raised his hand and lobbed a pass, and Durant took the ball and turned around for a layup.
The layup was extremely fast, but Randolph was already prepared and jumped directly with the chasing Barnes.
bang bang!The two hit the goal with double ghosts, nailed the board and capped Durant, and Jordan followed up to grab a rebound.
The Clippers launched a counterattack, and the fans cheered in unison, seemingly tireless.
Brin said: "The Thunder's first three offenses were all initiated by Durant's running position, but the Clippers are very familiar with this. They should adjust their tactical thinking as soon as possible, otherwise they will easily fall into a passive position. What do you think?"
Jackson said: "The Clippers have a very fresh idea, that is, they give priority to targeting Durant. I think this is the shortcoming that James Harden is not on the court. It is difficult for the Thunder team to connect together. It doesn't matter if they leave others temporarily..."
(End of this chapter)