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Chapter 448 Look at me like before
On the 23rd, the Kings finished the small desert training in Phoenix, and the whole team flew to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers away.

Because there is a Taylor Swift concert at the Staples Center in the evening, the game between the two teams will start at 03:30 in the afternoon. Will it be more important?"

Su Yang chuckled: "Basketball makes money, compared to making music, it's like the younger brother. Who is serious who watches the NBA?"

The game started at 03:30 in a blink of an eye. Paul learned the lesson of being too late last time, and the first attack was full. Griffin didn't save effort. He was determined to prove at home that he could match Cousins. Put your full back into position and ask for the ball.

The king's generals couldn't adapt to the intensity of offense and defense for a while, and the open space could run out, but they hit the iron continuously, and fell into a scoring shortage at every turn. Su Yang took advantage of the official timeout to adjust twice, and found that it could not be reversed for the time being, so he turned to appease the whole team. patience.

After the first quarter, the Kings trailed 13 to 29.

The situation was quite embarrassing, and several bearded Clippers fans yelled at Su Yang: Your time in Los Angeles is over!

The game entered the second quarter. Thomas Jr. started with a screen run without the ball, what Iverson cross-cutting, what small zipper tactics, what Chicago running position, and played again in turn, making the Clippers backup point guard Collison and backup center Hollins couldn't help it.

Gay continued to use tactical moves to get heads-up opportunities, bullying rookie Reggie Bullock, no matter how he played.

But every time the Kings were about to hit an offensive climax, the referee would call fouls inexplicably, and they could only come one after another.

Especially Gay, who got three fouls in a short period of time.

Taking advantage of the free throw, Su Yang encouraged Guy: "Don't panic, don't mess up, play as you usually do, don't be afraid of the referee."

Gay nodded back and led the Kings in hot pursuit, trailing 48-57 at halftime.

Throughout the second quarter, the Kings got 10 fouls.

During the timeout at halftime, Su Yang arranged for assistant coaches Di Brown and Ryan Bowen to argue with the referee, implying that they would sue.

Su Yang himself analyzed and concluded in the locker room: "There is no problem with our style of play, but the game started too early, which caused us to be unable to enter the rhythm and fail to hit those open shots that have already run. I will continue to persist and will succeed. !"

With the support of four consecutive titles, the king's generals believed in what Su Yang said, and returned to the court full of momentum to warm up in advance.

The game started in the third quarter. Cousins ​​and Millsap found their form, and the two were full of offense and defense. Not only did they make 14 of 8 shots in total, they also sent 3 blocks and 2 steals, which made Griffin and Jordan Jr. Quite uncomfortable, but also got 3 fouls.

On the Clippers side, Paul entered the non-aggressive mode again, frequently handing the ball to Redick, who ran the screen, and Dudley, who was squatting in the bottom corner, but the two made 7 of 2 shots in total, making the Clippers rely entirely on Crow Ford went crazy and hit the fairy ball repeatedly to stabilize the situation.

Whenever Crawford hits a fairy ball, Clippers coach Rivers applauds with a smile, concealing his lack of response on the spot.

Seeing Rivers' appearance, Su Yang thought to himself: Rivers' love for the Super Sixth Man is comparable to Carlisle's love for small point guards.

The Kings entered the fourth quarter with a 6-point deficit. Thomas Jr. and Gay were fully fired again. With no foul trouble, the two led the team to fight against Griffin, Jordan Jr. and Dudley, and played a 10-4 spurt. Forcing the Clippers to replace Paul in advance.

Paul came on the court and immediately responded strongly with a three-pointer. The game entered an alternating lead situation and soon reached the last 24 seconds.

With Thomas Jr.'s free throw, the Kings tied the Clippers 107, the Clippers requested a timeout, and Paul came back to cause a foul.

When Paul made the shot, there were only 3 seconds left before the end of the game. Before standing on the free throw line, he pulled the whole team to discuss: "I will deliberately miss the second free throw next time. You must be ready to grab rebounds and consume as much time as possible. Some, preferably all…”

Regarding Paul's decision, Griffin and the others silently nodded in agreement. Jordan glanced around at his teammates and thought: "This is actually quite risky. Why does Chris feel a little scared? If he was in the Thunder before, Coach Su Yang absolutely required two All penalties..."

Also puzzled is Clippers coach Doc Rivers, but he just watched from a distance, not knowing what Paul wanted to do.

On the king's side, Su Yang saw Paul leading the team to conspire, thinking about the trajectory, thinking quickly for a moment, convinced that he was most afraid of losing rebounds, and then yelled at the bench: "Gobert, go up and replace Millsap, this is It's your show time..."

Hearing this, Gobert ran into the field with soft steps, bent down and waited with his hands on his knees, feeling very upset.

Free throws followed. Paul made the first free throw and hit the basket on the left side. The rebound flew to only Jordan and Cousins. It seemed that Jordan had a better chance of grabbing the rebound. Who would have thought , Gobert flew out and snatched it away.

Su Yang raised his hand at the same time to signal, the referee blew his whistle to pause, the time was only 2.8 seconds before the end of the game, and the king was behind by 1 point.

The king's generals automatically formed three circles inside and outside, and Su Yang calmly picked up the tactical board: "Let's play a RIP tactic..."

The whistle at the end of the timeout sounded, and the Kings entered the field. The moment the referee blew the whistle, Cousins ​​started from the left 45-degree three-point line and walked to the left elbow. Come Thomas Jr., step screen.

At the moment when Clippers power forward Griffin chose to switch defenses to delay Thomas Jr., Cousins ​​strode away from the crowd, stood directly outside the three-point line, raised his hand to receive the pass from Gay, ignoring Dudley and Greg Riffin swooped at the same time, and raised his hand to make a long shot.

The three-pointer went into the net hollowly, and the whistle at the end of the game sounded simultaneously. The Kings reversed the Clippers 110 to 108.

Seeing this, Su Yang raised his hands, turned around and shouted at the bearded Clippers fans: "I'll always be the king of Los Angeles!"

In the whole game, Cousins, Thomas Jr., and Gay scored 20+ points at the same time, and Millsap scored 18 points.Participating in the press conference after the game, Su Yang caught Gobert and boasted: "His rebound is very important, helping us win the game...

As for boogie's last three-pointer, please don't be surprised, he is an all-round talent. "

Paul also participated in the press conference later, talking about whether the second free throw was intentionally missed, and replied with some embarrassment: "Yes, I wanted to take a shortcut at the time, but it turns out that the Kings have already considered it. I have full respect for Coach Su Yang. He Always think holistically.”

The content of the news soon appeared in the reports. Some fans complained that Su Yang was too nonsense, and even imitated Mike Brown to praise LeBron in a fancy way, and praised Cousins ​​crazily. , absolutely dominant.

Paul's remarks were also interpreted as implying that the head coach Rivers reacted too slowly, and many fans ridiculed: You picked it!

After a night of rest, the King will continue to be a guest at the Staples Center the next afternoon, challenging the defending champion Lakers back to back.

During the training interval before the game, Cousins ​​complained: "The Lakers still have a lot of face, and Taylor's concert also picked the Clippers game day to start."

Su Yang casually echoed: "No, the Clippers are ranked last among the major basketball teams in Los Angeles."

At [-]:[-] in the evening, after the pre-match ceremony was over, Kobe presented Su Yang with a championship ring, and the two took a group photo.

The game continued, and the Kings were not tired at all. They fought hard for four quarters, and finally lost 94 to 100, but the Lakers won it was not easy. Curry and Gasol didn't play much. Kobe played 45 minutes to win the game , which is extreme.

Before the game, Su Yang read the reports and found that the Lakers had relied heavily on Kobe in many games in the past, which made Kobe very tired. As the head coach, Byron Scott made the Lakers lack a tactical system. Most of them were routine attacks, which were easy to predict. The response was slow.

Shaking hands after the game, Su Yang wanted to remind Kobe not to fight like that, but he was not in his position, so he didn't say anything.

Little Bass took the initiative to find Su Yang: "Haha, do you think we have changed from before? We can win without you..."

"Good luck!" Su Yang responded, leading the team and hurriedly flying back to Sacramento, preparing to fight the Clippers again within a week.

The infighting in the Pacific Division is quite fierce.

(End of this chapter)