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Chapter 352 St. Paul is arguing with you

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Paul dribbled forward, and the center line beckoned to play to the left, obviously calling for tactics.

The Butler trio immediately executed a stack cover routine on the right side, that is, three people stood in a pile, and then suddenly started running to different positions, taking advantage of the shortcoming that defenders tend to delay each other in a hurry, and strive for opportunities to get rid of the defense.

In the blink of an eye, Butler crossed the paint and rushed to the left wing, Randy rushed to the right wing, and Jordan stayed on the right waist.

Ordinarily, Randy Foye is a good opportunity to single Curry with the ball, but it may be implemented according to the predetermined plan. Paul did not give the ball, and did not even look at Randy Foye. He turned to the left in advance and passed the ball. Running to Butler on the left wing.

Seeing this, Su Yang thought deeply: "It seems that Paul still prefers to play the game according to his familiar rhythm and protect Curry's defensive strategies. This round of the series may not be used for the time being. Fortunately, the big-core offense with the ball Choice, easier to predict..."

Griffin followed up the wall to cover, and Butler took the opportunity to go to the sideline to break through, but the quality of the cover provided by Griffin was a little bit poor. The experienced Artest easily squeezed through and followed Butler closely. Mike Roberts sync delay.

Seeing that there was no chance of an easy breakthrough, Barrett immediately stopped and raised his hand to pretend to shoot, but unfortunately he failed to point Artest.

In a hurry, perhaps worried about being forced to die, Butler hurriedly bent over and hit the ground sideways to pass the ball, trying to pass it to Griffin.

But Artest has quite a lot of experience. When encountering such a routine that does not require speed and lateral movement, he almost instinctively turned around and shot.

Snapped!basketball racket dropped
Artest took advantage of the situation to grab the ball and pushed forward, while other Lakers players saw this and ran forward directly. Neither Curry nor Kobe went up to ask for the ball.

With that kind of operation, the overall offensive rhythm is several times faster than waiting to get the ball and then launch the offense. The Lakers team settled in the frontcourt in five seconds. Curry received the pass at 45 degrees on the right side and followed Gasol Initiating a pick-and-roll, the Clippers hurriedly double-teamed.

But the pick-and-roll came too fast, Paul didn't have much preparation, Curry strode forward and sprinted, and only Jordan was left to intercept.

Jordan was still young after all, he hurriedly lowered his center of gravity to keep close to catch up, and Griffin also shrank to the basket.

Curry found that he was about to fall into the encirclement, turned around and jumped decisively, relying on being taller than Paul, raised his hand and threw the ball to the right.

Gasol, who disassembled the outer bullet, received the pass, facing Griffin who was actively defending, raised his hand and made a long two-point shot.

Boom!The basketball hit the circle and spun out of the basket.

"Oh No!" A sigh resounded through the Staples Center, and Su Yang also grinned slightly, feeling that it was a pity to strike iron.

Jordan raised his elbow to support Mike Roberts to easily get in position, successfully received the falling basketball, turned around and handed it to Paul next to him.

Paul seems to have a global perspective. He takes the ball and turns around and takes two steps. He raises his hand and makes a strong long pass, and the basketball flies straight to the frontcourt.

Griffin, who got off ahead of schedule, received the basketball at the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt. He took advantage of the momentum and rushed three steps. The whole person took off as quickly as a rocket ejection. He completely ignored the flying interference of Gasol and aimed at it with both hands The basket is a dunk.

"Cow!"

Su Yang curled his lips slightly, and lamented that Griffin's explosive power is really abnormal. He jumped up and down three times, and he still has the strength to make moves in the air. It only needs waist and abdomen strength. A large group of rich women sought after.

Having said that, the Clippers' opening four points were all not because of good play, but because of good talent + good luck, which is really hard work.

But if you watch the excitement, it's really awesome. Not only is the dunk exciting, Paul's fast long pass is also more interesting than the Lakers' overall fast break.

Gasol picked up the basketball and made a fast break. Curry rushed to the right wing with the ball, first used the pick-and-roll corner, and then passed the ball to the left to stretch the defensive formation. Kobe received the ball and then found Mike Roberts to play the pick-and-roll Cooperate and completely disrupt the Clippers defense.

The Clippers double-teamed and switched defenses, and Griffin faced Gasol under the basket. He suffered from height and wingspan and hardly interfered.

Gasol didn't use any gimmicks either. He leaned on his back and didn't give him a chance to take off easily, then turned around and raised his hook.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 6 to 4.

The Lakers didn't play complicated routines in this offense, just two basic pick-and-rolls, making full use of the Clippers' preference for double-teaming, tearing up and disrupting the Clippers' defensive formation step by step, but the Clippers couldn't do anything about it, Foye's defense was almost free, Bart Le is also in serious decline.

Amidst the cheers, the two teams switched offense and defense.

Paul took the ball straight to the left wing of the front court, and other Clippers players moved to the right half court and the baseline to make room.

It was obviously a small-scale cooperation. Paul followed and Butler came up from the baseline to make a back screen for Randy Foye who was slid down simultaneously, but Randy Foye did not run to the left bottom Instead, he turned around and ran right along the baseline.

The Clippers suddenly lost the threat of the corner. Paul seemed a little depressed, but he calmly waved and signaled to cover again.

Seeing this, Butler stepped forward and set up a human wall to block Kobe. Artest hurriedly switched defenses and was delayed, and Kobe went around to cover at the same time.

Who would have thought that Paul raised his hand in an instant without looking at the pass, and Barrett caught the ball and turned around, taking advantage of the rhythm to take off and make a mid-range shot.

Kobe rushed back with all his strength, but it happened so suddenly that it was too late, so he could only turn his head and watch the basketball go into the net.

"Finally let them fight!" Assistant coach Mike Brown laughed, "Three times, three times in a row, butler is the priority!"

Su Yang also laughed when he heard the words. The Clippers' current offense relies entirely on Paul to initiate and control the rhythm. It is true that they have prioritized Butler three times in a row. Individual ability.

As far as the Clippers' very ordinary pick-and-roll cooperation just now, and the sharp defensive cooperation between Kobe and Artest just now, no other point guard in the league can pass the ball as quickly and accurately as Paul. opportunity.

Su Yang was not worried about Paul playing like that, and was even very happy to see it, because it took a lot of energy and effort.

While thinking about it, Curry rushed to shoot a two-pointer, and then Butler also rushed to shoot a three-pointer, giving each other a free wave.

"I can see that the Clippers or Chris Paul hope to help Caron Butler find his form at the beginning." Assistant coach Mike Brown laughed, "They may feel that they must rely on Butler to provide super firepower to win the game..."

Su Yang nodded in agreement, mainly because the Clippers faced the Grizzlies in the first round and played seven games. Butler, as the Clippers' third leader, only averaged 35 points per game on 9.3% shooting. If the second round against the Lakers is still the same data, No chance of winning.

In fact, more earth rights can be given to Randy Foye to digest, but the Clippers position Randy Foye as a shooter.

During the conversation, the Clippers' defensive formation was in chaos. Kobe took the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt, singled out Randy Foye one-on-one, and tried three threats in the first step. Randy Foye swoops for the shot and the basketball goes into the net.

Cheers erupted in the arena, Su Yang turned his head and smiled at McGrady: "Kobe is imitating your usual style of play..."

The generals of the Lakers burst into laughter when they heard the words, and McGrady leaned back on the chair and pretended to be a boss: "I have [-]% of my peak power!"

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Paul dribbled the ball straight to the left wing, and the Clippers left space one after another, repeating the previous tactic.

After Butler finished the back screen for Foye, he ran directly to Paul and continued to do the horizontal screen, but this time the Lakers have experience.

Paul failed to pass the ball, and turned to break through the top of the arc to single out Kobe. Unfortunately, it was difficult to get rid of it, so he hurriedly retreated and passed the ball to the left again.

Butler caught the ball and took advantage of the trend to cross and break through, but the sprint speed was mediocre. Artest easily caught up and pushed all the way to the bottom line.

Seeing this, the other Lakers players shrank and surrounded, but Butler was unable to attack the basket, so he jumped up hastily and tried to pass the ball out.

Snapped!Artest patted the ball to block, grabbed the ball in his hand by the way, turned around on the ground and pushed forward again, without looking for the point guard.

The Lakers' fast break suddenly formed, and Griffin seemed to be signaled by the head coach, and raised his hand to grab the basketball from behind Artest.

Beep!The referee whistled for a foul.

I don't know if it was a tactical foul. The Lakers got the ball from the sideline of the backcourt and re-kicked off. Su Yang stood up and gestured for tactics.

Curry immediately took the ball across the center line and went directly to Gasol to play a pick-and-roll, while the Clippers continued to double-team, and compared with before, Paul put more pressure on him, and Jordan rushed faster. The key is to force all the way. Curry stepped back to the playoff marker.

Gasol had already disassembled and turned down. Seeing that Curry was in crisis, McRoberts raised to the top of the arc according to his usual training.

Curry simultaneously passed the ball to the top of the arc, and the audience cheered ahead of time. Mike Roberts caught the ball and rushed to the basket. Griffin, who was originally responsible for defending McRoberts, dismantled Gasol who was going down before defending. Need the ultimate two defenses.

Griffin didn't think too much, and rushed forward to defend in a daze. When McRoberts saw this, he decisively gave the ball with a low hand.

Gasol catches the ball and takes off from the basket, and calmly hits the board to score.

"CP3 can't score!"

"CP3 relies on teammates!"

"CP3 drags down the offense!"

"CP3 can only pass the ball!"

A few small black fans on the sidelines suddenly shouted loudly at the stadium, mocking Paul unceremoniously, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

The main thing is that Paul did not score a point. He failed to single out Kobe before. He chose to pass the ball to Butler, but he made a mistake.

Paul turned his head and smiled slightly when he heard the words, then took the ball to the top of the frontcourt, took advantage of Jordan's cover, and broke through to the left. Seeing that Kobe chose to bypass the interception, he immediately closed the ball and stepped forward, one step from the three-point line Take off, take a steady long shot.

The basketball slammed into the circle and into the net, 11 to 8.

The two teams switched offense and defense. The Lakers made a pass in the frontcourt. Curry moved to the left in a wide range to get the ball again, and then cooperated with Gasol who was raised simultaneously. The location is in the arc top area.

The field of view at the top of the arc is wide and there are many routes. Jordan did not dare to double-team so hard, and turned back to defend Gasol in a hurry.

But the basketball flew faster. Gasol received the ball from the left waist and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot. This time he didn't come out of the basket.

The audience cheered everywhere, and the Clippers made a fast break. Paul received a pass from Griffin and took it all the way to the right 45 degrees. It was delayed until Mike Roberts took the initiative to switch defenses.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang suddenly felt something was wrong, and was about to sound a reminder, but Paul seemed to have foreseen it, and turned around at the same time and raised his hand to pass the ball.

Griffin, who just ran to the three-point line, caught the ball and rolled down. Mike Roberts, who was in charge of defending him, was still a long way away. Gasol, who was the closest, couldn't switch defenses because he needed to defend Jordan. He could only watch Griffin made a steady throw.

The basketball slammed into the circle and into the net, 13 to 10.

Turning to the Lakers to attack, Artest first set up a wall at the top of the arc to cover Gasol, Gasol then ran to Curry, and formed a RAM+ghost cover pattern, and Curry took the opportunity to get rid of Paul and Jordan and went straight to the free throw line position.

The Clippers could not form a double-team this time, and Randy Foye did not dare to let Kobe shrink from the right side, so he could only let Curry attack the basket.

Seeing this, the audience raised their hands in advance and prepared to cheer. At that time, Curry took off and threw a throw, knocking over Griffin with a slam.

The basketball went into the net hollowly, but the referee also whistled and called Curry for an offensive foul. The two points were invalid and the ball was transferred to the Clippers.

"What the hell…"

Su Yang laughed out loud, thinking that Griffin's powerful waist and abdomen are gone at this moment, and he was knocked down by Curry who collected the ball and took off from a long distance. It can only be said that he is in Los Angeles , Influenced by the Hollywood environment, his acting skills are overwhelming.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Paul ran to the top of the arc with the ball, used Jordan to cover Kobe, and took off from the three-point line.

That position is better, and Gasol is perfectly hesitant about whether to grab it or not, giving him a chance invisibly.

Kobe took off with a lightning leap and interfered, and the speed was very fast visible to the naked eye, but that kind of shooting was Paul's famous stunt.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 13 to 12.

"Why don't we also adopt an early double-team strategy?" Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested, "Or partial three defenses and two defenses. Butler on the Clippers side doesn't feel good. Randy Foye hasn't made a shot since the beginning of the game. Let's see how it goes."

Su Yang heard the words and thought, Paul has scored through simple pick-and-roll twice in a row, and it is indeed necessary to adjust the defensive strategy.

However, Gasol is not a young man like Jordan. Going up to double-teams will cause a rapid loss of energy, and Paul handles the double-teams very well. Maybe he will assist Jordan or someone else in the Clippers to score and let Gasol A waste of energy.

As for local three defenses and two defenses...

"OH NO!" Su Yang suddenly burst into exclamation from the sidelines, and Su Yang turned his head subconsciously, just in time to see Paul stealing Curry.

The Clippers suddenly launched a counterattack. Griffin followed Paul to the frontcourt, took off the pass, and dunked hard with both hands.

The basketball slammed into the net, and the Clippers overtook the Lakers 14 to 13. Its owner, Sterling, cheered wildly in the audience to celebrate.

Su Yang looked up at the replay on the central big screen, and found that Paul was desperately stealing just now, and turned to Mike Brown and said: "Without double-teaming, CP3 is indeed very good, but I am happy to see him work so hard on offense and defense, which means that the Clippers are very good on offense and defense. Oops."

In the ESPN commentary, Van Gundy sighed: "This is why Chris Paul has no MVP and championship, but the media and many players still like to call him the God of point guards. The opening has only been 5 minutes and 03 seconds. But he has scored 4 points, 3 assists and 1 steal. Those fans who mocked him for not being able to score and relying on his teammates should restrain themselves..."

　What I am most proud of is writing competitions. Unfortunately, every time I write competitions, the interaction decreases, and the subscription also decreases slightly. But such plots must be written in detail, and I am trying to find a breakthrough...

　　
　
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