Chapter 415: Worries become reality(1/2)
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When we came back in the second half, the two sides were still very anxious to play, but the Rockets were much inferior in overall lineup, especially the substitute strength. Their almost desperate style of playing had consumed a lot of energy for the main players, and it was impossible to expect them to play in the full game. By the end of the third quarter, the Clippers gradually grasped the momentum of the game by relying on their substitutes.
After being traded by Stephenson, Booker showed his potential and gradually grew into the team's sixth substitute. Although he was not as crazy as Tang Shuai had performed before, his stable performance made Cassel trust him quite trust. Although most of the scores in the previous two playoffs came from garbage time, his consecutive 20 points still show his excellent scoring ability.
During this period, it was his outstanding performance that led the Clippers to counterattack.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he first received a pass from Smith to hit an open three-pointer from the outside, then broke into the basket and caused two fouls. Then he made another layup from the fast break. He scored 8 points in a row, and immediately grabbed the score to 86-91.
The Rockets were forced to call for a timeout and had to replace the main player who had just rested for a while.
The Clippers also replaced Paul and Griffin.
As soon as the main player of the Rockets came up, Booker was targeted to defend and failed to score two consecutive attacks. Kassel simply replaced all the main players, and Tang Shuai also appeared again.
At this time, the score on the field was 86 to 93, and the Clippers were still 7 points behind.
The Clippers' offensive round.
Paul held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. He gave the ball to Shuai Tang, and he ran around the three-point line to the other side and cut into the basket.
The tactics of this ball, Tang Shuai then passed the ball to Paul, but the Rockets' defense was very good. Capela, who changed the defense, pressed Paul tightly, not giving him enough room to catch the ball.
When Tang Shuai saw that he had no chance, he then reached out to greet Jordan, who came out to do a pick-and-roll.
Jordan Jr.'s pick-and-roll quality is very high, Harden is quickly blocked, and Howard quickly makes up for the defense.
Tang Shuai saw this and made a realistic fake move.
Howard played very hard in this game. He had already scored 12 points, 18 rebounds and 2 defeats in the previous three quarters, including 5 frontcourt boards, but this also consumed a lot of energy. Tang Shuai failed to contain his body in a flash.
Tang Shuai saw the opportunity. As he accelerated, the alcoholic breakthrough bag was activated. He quickly rushed into the basket and sent the ball into the basket before Harden returned to defense.
In the Rockets' offense, Harden made a mistake in passing under the double-team of Brewer and Shuai Tang. Paul intercepted the ball and accelerated and rushed to the frontcourt by himself. He flew back to the defense and easily scored 2 points.
That's not counting. Harden showed his key ball ability. He hit a step back jump shot against Brewer's defense. When he turned around, Tang Shuai received the pass after pick-and-roll with Brewer. He hit the second open three-pointer in this quarter.
After the three rounds of the timeout, the Clippers scored consecutively, and the score difference was chased by only 2 points.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, Bickstaff quickly called for a pause.
"We led all night, let's keep this lead until the end, show your motivation, more defensive investment, more pick-and-roll, more empty cuts. Let's win this game, this is a game we should win," Rockets' bench. Bickstaff shouted at his teammates with a red face, and finally saw the chance to win. He obviously didn't want to just watch the victory slip away.
The time-out time came soon, and players from both sides walked back from the bench to the court.
Before playing, Bickstaff suddenly grabbed Beverly and said, "Patrick, I don't care what method you use, I must limit P3, block his breakthrough, and cut off the connection between him and his teammates. Can I do it?"
Bever nodded with force, then turned around and acted.
After the timeout, the Rockets' offense, Harden once again showed his key ball ability to the fans, using Howard's pick-and-roll to pull the distance between him and Brewer, and directly took a three-pointer with a step back.
Harden's move was not fast, which required him to have enough room to attack, and Howard's pick-and-roll was obviously enough, and his shooting angle and feeling were almost perfect.
With a "swish", Harden's three-pointer fell steadily into the bag
The difference in points was further widened to 5 points
After this time, Harden seemed very excited. When he ran back, he spread his palms with one hand and kept stirring the other, showing his most famous "shit stirring stick" celebration.
The fans on the scene also went wild in an instant. This ball was definitely a thirst quenching for the Rockets, which was equivalent to directly suppressing the Clippers' continuous counterattack.
"Please pay attention to changing defenses." Kassel rushed to the sidelines and shouted at the players.
With only six or seven minutes left in the game, any round is crucial.
When the Clippers attacked, Paul reached out to make a "4" tactical gesture after he arrived at the frontcourt. Brewer and Tang Shuai began to run back around the bottom line.
However, the Rockets' defense was very good at this time, and the replacement after the pick-and-roll was quite decisive. Tang Shuai and Brewer went around for a long time but didn't get a chance.
"color"
Amid the cheers of the audience, the Rockets' defense was getting harder, much harder than the previous two games combined.
Seeing that Paul had no chance, he could only invite Jordan Jr. to come up and roll.
Jordan Jr. quickly brought it up, and Paul took the opportunity to break through directly.
Jordan Jr.'s pick-and-roll was very good, but Beverly rushed very fiercely this time, so he squeezed Jordan Jr. away and rushed towards Paul.
Jordan was staggered and turned to see that the referee did not call a foul.
Beverly accelerated and rushed towards Paul, reaching out to intercept the ball.
Paul noticed Beverly's motive and suddenly stopped and pulled the ball back.
However, Beverly was really hard at this moment, and he quickly pulled the ball into the ball. He quickly pulled it into the ball before Paul and snatched it up hard.
When Paul saw the ball being poked, he wanted to grab the ball hard, but at this moment, he suddenly felt weak and pulled his hands down, and he didn't stop. At this time, Beverly's grasping the ball was confiscated, and under the influence of the two forces.
"Click"
With a crisp sound, Paul quickly retracted his hand and squatted on the ground with a painful expression.
Beverly ignored Paul, grabbed the ball, threw the ball to Harden on the outside, and Harden was ahead of the Rockets' defense. He accelerated to the frontcourt layup.
However, in the scene where the camera passed by, Paul did not stand up for a long time, and his other hand pounded the floor with his strength.
The referee's whistle sounded quickly. Seeing that something was wrong, Kassel quickly turned around and called the team doctor onto the court.
The sidelines were forced to pause.
After asking a few questions, the team doctor quickly helped Paul to the sidelines and kept communicating with him.
The game will not be interrupted by the player's injury, and Ismail Smith will soon take the bench Paul.
The Clippers' offense, Smith played a pick-and-roll with Brewer after coming up, and turned around and saw that the others had no chance to attack, so he was ready to make a layup directly.
Smith has excellent passing ability. However, his scoring ability has always been a weakness. He has to make a layup now and faces Howard's backup defense. He directly took off his hands when making a layup, and the ball slid out of the baseline.
Rockets' ball rights.
The cheers at the scene were deafening.
When Tang Shuai retreated, he couldn't help but look back at the bench. Paul seemed to be trying to move his middle finger, but it seemed that the situation was not good. The team doctor was constantly communicating with Kassel.
In the Rockets' offense, Beverly helped Harden make a pick-and-roll. Harden faced Smith's defense and redirected the Rockets with a two-stroke jump ball that turned around and took a step back.
The Clippers play singles for Tang Shuai.
Without Paul, the Rockets rushed up to double-team. They also cut off the connection between Tang Shuai and other teammates. With the double-teaming situation, Tang Shuai finally leaned back and jumped out of the basket.
The rebound fell into Harden's hands. Harden drove two steps and threw his hand to Beverly who was in a fast break. Beverly accelerated to the basket and squeezed away Smith to score a layup.
The score difference was further widened to 9 points.
After scoring, Beverly was very excited, raised his head and shouted loudly, looking quite excited.
Billups walked to the technical desk and called for a pause.
Paul's injury was caught off guard and the players' mentality fluctuated, so he had to do something.
When the scene ended, Beverly seemed very excited and waved hard to the audience to motivate the audience.
At this time, on the Clippers' bench, the players also learned about Paul's injury.
It's quite serious, the specific situation is unknown, but it's absolutely impossible to play in this game.
Kassel was still cheering the players, but from the players' worries, it can be seen that Paul's injury had a great impact on them.
At this moment, Paul was persuaded by the team doctor and was about to go back to the locker room first. He stood up from his seat with a frustration, and with his other hand he pulled off the towel hanging around his neck, and threw it heavily on the ground.
When Tang Shuai saw Paul's actions, he wanted to go over to comfort him, but when he saw his expression, he didn't know what to say. He took the step he was about to take and just looked at his lonely figure.
At this time, Paul walked towards the locker room under the guidance of the team doctor. When he walked forward, he was not sure where to get a stool that was put away. He seemed to have a lot of anger and kicked it directly on the stool. The stool was kicked forward by him and flew forward for more than a meter.
The attention of the sidelines was immediately attracted by the sound.
When Tang Shuai saw Paul's actions, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, just like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle.
On many forums, Paul has been teased about the mysterious man of 1.83 meters secretly went to the stadium to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals, and what he said was Paul's experience.
As the top ten or even top five point guards in history, with stable scoring ability, solid passing skills, steady defense, big heart, first-class scoring ability at critical moments, Paul has all the conditions that a top point guard has, but such a player has never entered the division finals at all, at most it is the second round.
Before this, he had almost completed his alliance with Kobe and landed in Los Angeles to achieve a piece of history. However, the deal allowed league president David Stern to be forcibly stopped for false "basketball reasons", and a history that could be extremely glorious came to an abrupt end.
That's not all. He fought the Spurs in seven games in the first round of the playoffs last year. In the final countdown, he defeated his opponent and was already ahead of the Rockets 3-1 in the semi-finals. However, the back was the well-known Rockets' history-level reversal.
Then the lineup is complete this season, but I suddenly encountered an injury. If anyone had it, I would probably not be able to accept it all at once.
If Paul was talented in the first few years of his career, he would definitely be one of the tragic figures in the future.
"Hey guys, keep your focus and keep your attention." Just then, Billups suddenly shouted like never before.
The members of the Clippers were startled by the shout and all looked at Billups in surprise.
"The game is not over yet, we are not at the point of admitting defeat. P3 is injured. Why did he get injured?"
Billups paused, then pointed to the scoreboard on the basket and said loudly: "To win the game, in order to win, to win this difficult game, are we going to give the victory to our opponents lightly now?"
"No," Smith and Griffin said in anger.
"Yes, we can't show your performance, to win this game for the injured p3 and for ourselves," Billups said excitedly.
The members of the Clippers were moved by Billups' words, with fierce expressions on their faces.
To be continued...