roccoschili Chapter 110 The Mystery of Paul Without a Crown
Chapter 110 The Mystery of Paul Without a Crown
Chapter 110 The Mystery of Paul Without a Crown
The audience booed and Su Yang made an extra penalty.
The Clippers overtook the Hornets 10 to 8, and their offensive efficiency was as high as 100% after the opening. They did not find any problems such as lack of physical fitness caused by back-to-back games. On the contrary, the Hornets played at home and were a bit lazy.
Scott yelled at Peja and the others: "Run for me, let me see that you are full of fighting spirit!"
The Hornets team ignored it, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and moved to the left with the help of Okafor's cover.
The Clippers only had Randolph on the left side, and he was pulled into a short corner by Wester, so he couldn't cooperate with local three defenses and two defenses.
After Paul got rid of it, he immediately accelerated. Su Yang quickly squeezed through the wall and was thrown away by two body distances. Jordan quickly stepped forward to defend against the flanking attack. Okafor took the opportunity to turn around and easily rushed to the temporarily unguarded basket. .
Paul raised his hand and threw a lob pass, and Okafor took off to catch the ball, and it took just over a second to cooperate with the Warriors.
But as soon as Okafor landed, he confiscated his footsteps, and with a bang, he knocked over Tucker, who was shrinking to defend.
Tucker lay on the ground and waved his fists, excitedly celebrating his completion of the awesome defense.
But the referee whistled and whistled Tucker to block the foul.
With such a change, Tucker turned over in an instant and got up, rushed to the referee with a face full of grievances, bent over and made gestures to explain: "Hey, I just set up early, and I didn't move any steps..."
The referee turned and walked away, completely ignoring it.
Tucker held his head in his hands helplessly, and Su Yang stepped forward to pat his back to encourage him, emphasizing that the defense just now was very good.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Okafor stepped to the free throw line, but both free throws were hit.
Tucker grabbed the rebound and the Clippers counterattacked.
Su Yang caught the ball and brought it across the center line. Guessing that Randolph hadn't played an offense yet, he immediately called for a low-post tactic.
Seeing this, Jordan ran to the short corner on the right and set up a wall to block West. Randolph took the opportunity to run to the left waist, and Su Yang took the ball to the top of the arc and passed it to Davis on the left. , and the triangle offensive run is completed.
Randolph received a pass from Davis, turned around and raised his face to the frame, with his left foot as the axis and raised his right foot to take a step forward. It looked like he was about to go up the line for a breakthrough, and suddenly he closed the ball and jumped at 45 degrees. Wipe the board and shoot.
His take-off height is very low, and West's take-off height is even lower, and the two floor players are rivals.
The basketball rebounded into the net and the Clippers led 12-8.
In the transition between offense and defense, Paul dribbled forward with the ball, waved his hand to signal the audience to disperse, and continued making tactical moves.
It looked like he was going to play a new tactic. Su Yangzhong was pressing close to the coil, but was delayed by Okafor's wall.
Jordan quickly switched defenses to intercept, but Paul passed the ball to Okafor who turned and slid down.
At the same time, Devin Brown ran from the left wing to the top of the arc, while Peja crossed from the right bottom corner along the bottom line, and went straight to the left bottom corner with the help of West's cover. Leave a lot of space in the half.
Okafor passes the ball to Brown and sets up a screen while West sneaks up to the post.
Su Yang squatted Paul standing in the right corner, witnessed the whole process, also moved quietly.
It was thought that Brown was just about to dribble the ball to break through, but was circled by Davis to complete the steal.
Su Yang immediately started to run, paralleling Davis from left to right and rushed to the frontcourt.
Brown turned his head to catch up, and the three reached the free throw line with their front and rear feet. Davis passed the ball to the left in the confrontation.
Su Yang caught the ball and went straight to the layup, but Brown grabbed his clothes and forcibly pulled him down.
But the basketball was released early, and after hitting the board and bouncing around for two laps, it fell steadily into the net.
The referee blows his whistle to indicate that the goal is valid, and at the same time gives an additional penalty.
Scott cursed and replaced Brown with veteran James Posey.
Looking at Posey, who is semi-retired, Su Yang felt happy. Such a substitution would only make the Hornets weaker on both ends of the offense and defense. Scott's intention was to punish Brown for making consecutive mistakes, but there was indeed no one available on the bench. .
Originally there was Raschel Butler, who also averaged 11.2 points per game last season. As a result, the Hornets management gave a second-round pick to the Clippers in order to save $395 million in salary space, which was almost equivalent to free.
Amidst the boos of the audience, Su Yang made an extra penalty and the Clippers led 15-8.
The Hornets attacked, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Posey on the right wing, and waved his hand to ask for another pass.
Posey did as he did, and West received the ball from the right waist, and took advantage of the momentum to hit from the lower back.
Randolph didn't have any hard-to-handle ideas, and blocked the upper-line space first, giving up the bottom-line space.
West turned around and walked to the bottom line without thinking much, and Jordan stepped forward decisively to block him.
For a while, Okafor was unguarded, and Paul and coach Scott shouted reminders at the same time.
West twisted his body and passed the ball with difficulty. Okafor caught the ball and took off and threw it on the spot.
The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, and Jordan grabbed it and landed on the top of the arc.
Su Yang received the ball, turned around on the spot to avoid Paul's sneak attack, and rushed forward like a sharp arrow.
He arrived at the free throw line in the frontcourt in three seconds. Seeing that Paul continued to chase after him, and Posey intercepted on the right side, after a little observation, he threw the ball to the left sideline. There happened to be Davis following up at the same time. .
I saw Davis receiving the ball, making consecutive tentative steps and cross steps from left to right, completely dizzying Peja who was changing defenses.
It wasn't until Davis broke through to the paint area that Peja reacted and started to catch up, which meant that he had no defense.
The Clippers scored 2 points and led 17 to 8, and the Hornets launched a rush attack.
Paul ran wildly with the ball, and Su Yang struggled to catch up, but the Hornets and other players couldn't keep up with the rhythm. Paul had to come out along the baseline, use West's cover to escape, and spent a lot of effort to single out Randolph in the military training, and it was difficult to get the ball. 2 minutes.
Just as the arena was cheering, Su Yang picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line, aiming at the center line and making a long pass.
Davis catches the ball and rushes forward, making an emergency stop at the top of the frontcourt and flying Posey away, and easily hits a hollow three-pointer.
Faced with a 10-point deficit, the Hornets requested a timeout, and Scott was like a furious flea.
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Back from the timeout, the Hornets speeded up in an all-round way.
Paul's advantage in precise passing was reflected, and he played a wave of 6-2 attacks to close the score.
It's a pity that Peja and Posey couldn't run soon, and the advantage in the chaotic battle dropped sharply. The Hornets returned to the situation of positional warfare and the Clippers' hand-to-hand combat. .
Scott was in a hurry, but there was no one to replace him, so he could only bite the bullet and arrange for Collison and Paul to play double control, resulting in the Hornets' backcourt and wing defense being shorter than the Clippers' three guards, Su Yang and David Sri Lanka scored various strong shots.
Paul turned on the unlimited singles mode, but because of his personal ability, the Hornets were only 14 points behind at halftime.
But after the halftime break, the Clippers adjusted their defensive strategy, forcing Paul to return to normal, while Peja and Brown lost their shooting touch inexplicably. West basically couldn't get the ball, and even if he got the ball, he was flanked.
Okafor received passes from West many times, but was made difficult to score by the hacking tactics.
In this way, after three quarters, the Clippers led by 33 points.
The fourth quarter of the game became garbage time. The Clippers' main players sat down and lamented Paul's awesomeness. If the Hornets were not located in New Orleans, the small boss of the ball market, dragging several old and weak players, they might have played in the Western Conference Finals in 08 and even won the championship.
Su Yang also felt that it was a pity that Paul could have everything he wanted except for his height.
It's a pity that luck is really bad, and he suffered a serious injury at his peak age and was forced to change his style of play.
There was an opportunity to team up with Kobe but was blocked by the league. At every critical moment, teammates were injured, not to mention the 514 tragedy and the Western Conference finals. The continuous struggle and continuous failure, can be regarded as allowing God to open a door and close countless windows.
As Su Yang and his teammates sighed, the game came to an end, and the Clippers beat the Hornets 112 to 84.
Paul scored 43 points and 13 assists, which can be said to be difficult to support alone, while Su Yang only scored 28 points, and the consecutive 30+ record was interrupted, but the average score was much higher than 25 points per game, and the hope of completing Jordan's challenge gradually increased.
The Clippers flew back to Los Angeles overnight, fully preparing for the Grizzlies, which are on a five-game winning streak.
The media built momentum in advance, thinking that it was a battle between true and false champions. After all, Griffin also performed well.
(End of this chapter)