start with scouting

Chapter 522
Eight p.m. on the [-]th, Staples Center.

Accompanied by the announcer's yelling, the bright lights hit Paul's body, and that resolute expression looked tall and hard.

"CP3!"

"Ooooooh..."

"YES!"

More than 9000 fans cheered and shouted, the player appearance ceremony was over, the long whistle sounded, and the game was about to start.

In the TNT commentary seat, the host Ernie raised his hand to cover his left ear to avoid more interference, and said loudly: "Tonight! If the Clippers beat the Kings, they will get fourth in the Western Conference and get home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs." , If the Kings beat the Clippers, they will break the record of 72 wins in the regular season and create a new record of 73 wins. In the center, they will play it as a tiebreaker.

Do you think the two teams will have those arrangements, especially the Kings, who have lost to the Clippers twice in a row before! "

O'Neill and others took the call and spoke.

On the king's bench, Su Yang spoke to the whole team.

"Repeat again! After the game starts, pay attention to the Clippers' defense and flanking. We suffered too much in the previous two games. After the pick-and-roll opportunity appears, don't hesitate to make a mid-range shot. They will definitely push the fast break and force us. Single defense..."

Su Yang didn’t say something directly. The Kings’ starting lineup can attack players with the ball under high-intensity defense. In fact, only Curry and Cousins. Then make a turnover and push the fast break.

If you want to avoid such frequent occurrences, you must be firm when encountering mid-range shots, especially when Curry is holding the ball.

"So, Curry, we need you to open the situation for the team first, let us control the rhythm of the game!"

Curry nodded in agreement, and Su Yang immediately raised his hand to signal, and the whole team clapped hands and fists, and shouted 123 in unison.

The short whistle sounded, and the two teams started to stand still, and the big central screen showed the player alignment, point guard Curry vs. Paul, shooting guard LaVine vs. Redick, SF vs. Matthews, Power forward Green vs. Griffin, center Cousins ​​vs. Jordan.

The large central screen then scanned the VIP seats on the sidelines, and stars such as Bill Crystal and Jessica Alba were on the list.

The referee Jason Phillips held the ball to the middle circle, gestured left and right to calibrate the position, paused for a moment, and pushed the ball upwards.

Snapped!
Cousins ​​touched the ball first, and moved it back casually. The basketball flew to the Kings' half court, and Curry picked it up and strode forward.

The whole team started in the corner formation, and Curry saw that Cousins ​​​​could not get rid of Jordan and came out to make a pick-and-roll. He decisively raised his hand and hit the ground to pass the ball, then turned around and ran to the left corner to make a cross screen for Antetokounmpo. Switch to the classic elbow formation.

Antetokounmpo took the opportunity to get rid of Matthews and rushed to the basket with strides, while Matthews bypassed the screen and followed the defense very tightly.Cousins ​​hesitated a little, and wanted to pass it on to Antetokounmpo, letting Antetokounmpo take advantage of his height, but he was worried that Antetokounmpo would be surrounded.

To get the ball in the main paint area, you must grab the rhythm and strengthen it, otherwise Jordan's double-team will be in place in an instant, and the space will be too small.

Just as he was hesitating, Curry ran to the side, and Cousins ​​hurriedly handed the ball, forming a screen by the way, blocking Paul.

Between the lightning and the flint, Jordan Jr. retreated in small steps, leaving a space for one person to pass through Cousins, but not too far.

Paul passed by quickly, leaving Curry with less than half a second to spare, and Curry had just released the ball and started.

The difficulty of rushing to shoot a three-pointer is too high.

Curry turned to bring the ball to the top of the arc, and Green synchronously lifted it from the short corner on the right, set up a wall to block Paul, and then made a screen.

Paul was worried that Curry would make a sudden stop and change direction, so he didn't rush to catch up. When Griffin grabbed it at the same time, he suddenly teamed up to double-team.

Su Yang emphasized many times before the game that Curry was already prepared for double-teaming, and instead of retreating, he ran more in circles.

Seeing this, Griffin hurriedly retreated and switched to defend Cousins, who was in the open position, while Paul continued to chase Curry, not half a step behind.

At the same time, Jordan shrank and changed his defense to intercept Green, who was cutting to the basket, and Matthews shrank Curry, who helped defend and break through.

The Clippers' defense was full.

Not only did he take full advantage of Jordan's mobility, but he also bullied Antetokounmpo's poor three-point shooting, which also showed the smooth rotation system.

For a while, Curry had nowhere to go, and the risk of making a strong shot was too great. He raised his hand in a hurry and threw the ball to the right corner.

But even if he didn't look at anyone, Matthews immediately retreated back to the defense. The pace was so fast that he seemed to have expected it, and there was no need to react.

There are only five seconds left on the shot clock.

The generals on the king's bench didn't dare to show their spirits, and Su Yang also concentrated, but he didn't worry that Brother Antetokounmpo would be difficult to deal with.

Almost at the same time, Brother Antetokounmpo kicked the ground hard, stepped from the bottom corner to the short corner, suddenly grabbed Matthews' position, and then jumped up, facing the defending Jr. Jordan, raised the basketball and smashed the basket vigorously, roaring Like a thunderbolt, it fell with a bang and hit the floor.

The basketball clattered into the net.

The Clippers defended [-] points.

But Antetokounmpo rushed to the basket to die.

The cheers stopped abruptly, and O'Neill shouted excitedly: "lets battle! Let us see more confrontation!"

Barkley shook his head slightly and emphasized: "NO! The first round of the opening showed that this is a war, and the two teams are not limited to confrontation!"

Su Yang applauded Brother Antetokounmpo, thinking that the hard work is really hard, and the skills really need to be practiced, no matter how strong he is, he can't fight like that.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Paul let the basketball roll on the floor, traveled all the way to the center line before picking it up, and went straight to the left wing.

Redick walked around to get the ball at the same time, put his back on LaVine, observed for a few seconds, and then threw the ball vigorously towards the top of the arc.

The rest of the Clippers did not run.

Wasting 8 seconds in vain, Jordan took the ball from the top of the arc and looked around, as if he didn't know which teammate to pass to.

The rest of the Clippers still didn't run.

Su Yang was dumbfounded on the spot. Compared with the defensive rotation, the Clippers' opening tactics are really pulling in the middle, and the pursuit of heads-up can't be like this.

After wasting another 5 seconds, Paul finally ran back to the left wing with his back against Curry to catch the ball, and Jordan ran up to cover.

Cousins ​​chose to stay in the left elbow area, did not go up to double-team, and ran with Jordan, who opened the inside cut, while Paul ran to the left elbow area with the help of a screen, and continuously swayed his crotch to fly to Curry. , took off from the spot, and threw a difficult mid-range shot.

The basketball slammed into the net hollowly.

Cheers erupted from the Staples Center, and Clippers owner Ballmer stood up behind the rack and applauded, looking excited.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Kings started with a five-out formation.

Curry dribbled the ball straight to the right wing, and LaVine rushed to the top of the arc when he saw this, and by the way, he set up a wall to delay Jordan and cover for Cousins.

Cousins ​​took the opportunity to run to the left wing, set up a wall to block Paul, formed a RAM cooperation, and Curry immediately started to break through.

Jordan decisively switched defenses, teamed up with Paul to double-team, followed Curry to chase beyond the three-point line, and did not give Curry an easy pass.

Curry didn't panic at all, lowered his center of gravity to the top of the arc, raised his hand and threw the ball to the left corner, and LaVine happened to run there with the help of Antetokounmpo's cross cover.Matthews, who was in charge of defense, hurriedly turned around and rushed up, and LaVine easily walked the bottom line to break through and pull away.

Seeing this, Griffin shrinks and intercepts, LaVine calmly raises his hand to distribute the ball, while Green catches the ball and rushes to the basket, facing Jordan's defense, and then passes to the right basket with a low hand, Cousins ​​catches the ball and jumps high, Ignoring Griffin's flying pounce to supplement the defense, he aimed at the basket and dunked vigorously with both hands.

Boom!The basketball exploded into the net.

The Clippers really worked hard on defense.

The king's offense is really brutal!
Su Yang raised his hands and clapped, but before he put his hands down, he saw Paul make a long pass, and the basketball flew straight 45 degrees to the left side of the frontcourt.

Griffin made a three-step dunk immediately after receiving the ball.

Thug foul, two free throws.

Cheers erupted from the audience, Su Yang put his hands on his hips, thinking that the Clippers are here to play extreme operations. No one ran in the positional battle before, wasting 13 seconds of attack time, and the fast break just now took a total of [-] seconds, why don’t you know Thought there were two teams.

It can only be said that Paul's ability to find opportunities is too strong.

Green didn't pay attention at all, so Paul found out.

While thinking about it, Griffin made two free throws.

The two teams switched offense and defense, the king's bullhorn formation started to attack, Antetokounmpo was two steps away from the three-point line, and suddenly covered with his back.

Paul was unable to squeeze through the screen to chase for a while, Redick couldn't stop Curry from breaking through, and Matthews hurriedly double-teamed from the bottom corner.

Seeing this, Curry raised his hand to pass the ball. LaVine caught the ball and walked to the baseline. He slammed into Matthews who was back on defense, and the referee whistled.

Blocking the foul, the King kicked off from the sideline and re-entered.

Su Yang gestures to remind the RIP series of tactics. The main reason is that the Clippers like to switch defenses and double-team. They have more defensive attention on potential scoring targets. Others RIP suddenly open the distance and it is easy to steal chickens and score, especially suitable for Antetokounmpo and LaVine.

Green nodded to express his understanding, and shouted to remind the team to take the BOX formation. Antetokounmpo and Curry also stood on the right side.

Amid boos, the referee whistled the ball to time it.

Curry immediately used Antetokounmpo to cover and ran from the short corner to the three-point line. Matthews subconsciously moved his feet to delay.

The moment Matthews moved his feet, Antetokounmpo gave up the screen and rushed to the basket, leaping high to catch Green's pass.

Boom!The basketball exploded into the net.

Antetokounmpo dunked again.

The Kings bench stood and cheered.

Before the cheers fell, Jordan Jr. made a long pass from the bottom line, Matthews received the ball from the center line and also made a long pass, and the basketball flew straight to the short corner on the right side of the frontcourt.

Griffin jumped up, caught the ball with his right hand and dunked, and the basketball hit the net with a bang. It took a total of 3 seconds to help the Clippers tie 6-6.

"HOLY SHIT!"

Rao Barkley has watched too many games and was still shocked by the Clippers' two fast breaks. That's not human at all.

"This is the tactical significance that Matthews brought to the Clippers. People other than Paul can push the fast break. Just now, they successfully confuse the king's defensive attention. It will leave a mark in the history of the game.”

"totally agree!"

O'Neal said: "The King's tactical movement is very smooth, and the Clippers are very determined to push the fast break. Both teams are pursuing the ultimate style."

Between the talks, the first quarter of the game was over.

The Kings led the Clippers 30 to 28. Su Yang clenched his fists with a little excitement, preparing to send Covington and other powerful substitute players.

The trend of the game depends on whether Crawford has a convulsion or not.

(End of this chapter)