The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 256 [The Violent Pioneer]

The good news for the Clippers is that Brandon Roy, the core of the rival Blazers, will miss the playoffs.The Blazers are a cursed team, and the bad luck 26 years ago has continued until now.They gave up Michael Jordan back then and chose a center whose name people can't remember now. In 2007, the Blazers chose Oden and gave up Durant. As a result, Oden played a full season in three years, and the statistics are still like a senior blue-collar...

Oden also spread his bad luck to his teammates. On April 4, Blazers star Brandon Roy tore the meniscus in his right knee and will miss the playoffs.Ye Feng knew that not only would he miss the playoffs, but he would be ruined on the meniscus in the future.

This season, Roy averaged 21.8 points per game, ranking first in the team, and 4.7 assists was second in the team. The Blazers were only weak on the inside, so the outside line is not strong anymore. The Clippers are more confident in sweeping the promotion. Great help for first-time playoff players, will give them more confidence.

On the 19th, the first game between the two sides will be held at the Staples Arena.The playoff roster can bring 13 people. After some consideration, the coaching staff decided to exclude the swingman Dorell Wright from the roster. His state fluctuates and his mentality is not good. He entered the playoffs last season. In the end, the role played is very small, and the Clippers can play too many people in the swingman position.

In the locker room before the game, Thibodeau made a request: "We have only one goal in this series, and that is to sweep the opponent. Without Roy, the Blazers are weaker than in the regular season. Don't give them any chance, understand?"

"Understood." Ye Feng took the lead and shouted, and the others followed suit.

The team members are full of confidence. This year's regular season swept the Trail Blazers. The Clippers have the psychological advantage. Roy can't play. The Clippers can also send Curry and Kidd to start together at the 2nd position, which enhances the offensive power of the outside line.

Thibodeau changed the starting lineup, the center is still Love, McGee is at the 4th position, and Ye Feng is at the 3rd position.The Blazers are weak inside, and sending big men is to attack their weaknesses.

On the Trail Blazers side, neither the coaches nor the players have any hope for this series. They have seen the strength of the Clippers a long time ago. They can't win with Roy, and they can hardly play without Roy.What they have to do is to try to win a game, at least they can't lose too ugly.

There was no live broadcast of this game, because of the disparity in strength, it was not noticed, but the fans present were still very excited, the arena was full, and the Clippers' home attendance rate has risen to the league's first this season.

Players from both sides played.In the playoffs, the order of the Clippers players was still disrupted. The last two players to play were Curry and Thornton.They were both participating in the playoffs for the first time, and the audience responded with warm applause.This arrangement is also to enhance their confidence. Curry has already occupied the starting lineup, and Thornton has also averaged 11 points per game this season. They are important pieces in the hands of Thibodeau, not marginal people.

After the warm-up, the home commentator Basil introduced the lineups of the two sides, and joked that the only suspense in this game is how many points the Clippers can win.

The Blazers started with Marcus Camby, LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Rudy Fernandez, and Andre Miller.

The Spaniard Fernandez is also very good, but his body is relatively thin, and Curry has no problem with him.

Basil was a little surprised to see McGee start, thinking that McGee was sent to contain Aldridge's defense and make it easier for Ye Feng to play in the third position.McGee has practiced a high mid-range shot this season. If he is open, he has a good shooting percentage, and he also has height and speed advantages in the low post.Love is even more used to playing on the outside, and the two of them will definitely be able to evacuate the inside line. As long as the two big men of the Blazers follow up and defend, Ye Feng, the low post, will have no problem playing Batum.

Batum has height, but is very thin, and can't resist Ye Feng. This has been verified in the last season.The Clippers were ready to attack the Blazers' weaknesses at the beginning.

The game started on time.McGee's first jump ball also has an advantage. He beat Camby. Ye Feng knew that McGee could win. As soon as the ball was dialed out, he immediately put it down. McGee accurately dialed the ball to Kidd, who hit the ground and passed the ball Passed through the cracks and handed it over to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng took the ball and rushed to the penalty area, only Andre Miller was under the basket.When the old Miller saw his speed, he immediately dodged out of the way. He didn't want to be dunked and knocked to the ground.How could Ye Feng be polite?Opening with one-handed Tomahawk dunks! 2 to 0.

Sporadic applause came from the auditorium. The home fans have seen too much dunks like this, and they have no enthusiasm.

Ye Feng returned to defense and followed Batum.Miller drove the ball upfield and passed it to Fernandez, who played a pick-and-roll with Aldridge.Without Roy, the Blazers' style of play remains the same. Their most powerful method is the pick-and-roll.Fernandez is fast, and his explosive power is not inferior to Roy, but after the breakthrough, McGee can keep up with him, and he has a height advantage, and his strong shots are easy to block.McGee's defense has been practiced. Whether it is a single defense or a pick-and-roll defense, it will not be easily passed by, and he is close to the body and ready to block the shot.He also has 1.2 blocks in limited minutes this season.

Seeing no chance, Fernandez passed it back to Aldridge. He made a mistake on the first pass and was successfully intercepted by Curry.The Clippers' tactic is to cut off the opponent's internal and external connections, forcing them to fight alone.As long as it is a pick-and-roll, Curry will go around to block Aldridge and block the passing route.

Curry steals the ball, and Ye Feng on the other side immediately rushes out for a fast break. Curry dribbles past Aldridge and rushes across the half court. Only Batum returns quickly to defend Curry.

Curry went left and missed a layup, and threw the ball into the sky from the edge of the penalty area. Ye Feng followed up from the right side and jumped up, lobbing the big windmill and dunking in. 4 to 0.

Ye Feng opened the game with two dunks, which boosted the momentum of the whole team.The fans also applauded one after another. There was a Lakers game yesterday, and the excitement of the game could not be compared with that of the Clippers.

The Clippers defended again, this time Andre Miller broke through with the ball, Kidd and McGee switched defenses.With the same strategy, Kidd was close to Aldridge, stuck him so that he couldn't easily enter the inside after the pick-and-roll.

Miller gave the point to Batum. Batum was entangled by Ye Feng and transferred the ball to Fernandez. The latter played the second pick-and-roll with Camby. After several passes, he couldn't get out of the open space. It was 24 seconds To come, Camby faced Curry with a unique posture in the high post and missed a strong shot.Love grabbed the backboard.

The Blazers were hit by a counterattack, learned to be good, and quickly returned to defense.In the Clippers' positional battle, Love pulled out from the three-point line to cover Curry, who broke through with the ball.

McGee pulled out from the bottom line and set an off-ball screen for Ye Feng to block Batum.It's that simple but it works a lot.Ye Feng got rid of Batum and rushed to the basket. Camby was too slow to keep up, and he got rid of him in two steps.

Curry passed through to the bottom line Ye Feng under Aldridge's follow-up defense.Ye Feng received the ball without any pause, and scored with a backhand, 6-0.Camby couldn't catch up even if he wanted to block the shot.

In the fourth round, Camby screened in the high post and hit the low post after a few passes, allowing Aldridge and McGee to play one-on-one. Front top defense.

The advantages of Aldridge's footsteps have been brought into play. He averaged close to 20 points per game, not all by jump shots.He moved with his back against McGee, first swayed to the middle, and then turned to the baseline with the ball. McGee let him turn over, and then raised his hand from the side to prepare to block the shot.

The Blazers have analyzed the characteristics of the Clippers players before the game, and McGee is one who needs to be careful.Aldridge knew that he was good at blocking shots, so he chose to turn around in the middle and step back for a jumper.McGee missed the block and scored. 6 to 2.

In terms of ability and role, Aldridge is no worse than Roy. His style of play is very similar to Rasheed Wallace, but he can't dominate the game with scoring. Without Roy, the best offensive player in the Blazers is him.Although the goal was scored, it was not easy.

The Clippers changed to McGee's high pick-and-roll, Love covered the bottom line without the ball, Ye Feng threw away Batum, Kidd's pass was delivered to Ye Feng in time, and he caught the ball at 45 degrees on the right. Camby had no choice but to switch up, and Ye Feng passed the ball to Love in the low post.

Love's low-post offense is very average, but a player with Batum's physique is still very sure, he resisted into the basket a few times, turned around and made a shot. 8 to 2.

The Blazers attacked, and still had to play singles. McGee was inside, and it was not easy for the guards to break through easily. Aldridge failed to make a high jumper under Kidd's interference, and Ye Feng grabbed the backcourt rebound.

In the frontcourt, McGee continued to cover in the high position. This time the Blazers changed to a 32-zone defense, and the two insiders could not come out in the low post.Curry failed to break through and passed the ball to Kidd to reorganize, and the Clippers changed.

Kidd passed the ball to Ye Feng at the top of the arc, and Curry ran to the bottom corners on both sides, while Love pulled to the 60-degree three-point line on the right, and only McGee was in the low post.

The biggest disadvantage of the 32 zone defense is the two bottom corners. If the outside players do not follow the defense, the bottom line will have to be defended by two insiders.With such a movement, the 32 defenses are self-defeating.

Aldridge followed Love to the outside line, Miller and Fernandez also followed to the bottom line, and it became man-to-man. Ye Feng moved the ball laterally, and McGee ran back and pulled it out, blocking Batum for Ye Feng.

Ye Feng took the ball and rushed into the lane from the left side. Without any feints, he passed Camby with just one change of speed, and dunked with both hands to score! 10 to 2.

Ye Feng dunked three times in the opening game, which set the tone of the game. The Blazers were no opponent at all.Camby, who once won the best defensive player, is too slow, which is the biggest loophole on the defensive end.The Blazers have no replacements yet. If he leaves, there will only be Juwan Howard and Pendergraf on the bench, not as good as Camby.

The Blazers tried another 122-zone defense to limit the Clippers' breakthrough. The shortcoming of the compressed defense was still the periphery. They were quickly caught by the Clippers again. Kidd and Curry each hit a three-pointer.Maybe you have to use man-to-man to deal with the Clippers, but it is still not an advantage to play the Blazers that way.They trailed by 17 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two sides sent substitutes. The Clippers still took the initiative under the leadership of Josh Smith.

(End of this chapter)