NBA peak

Chapter 761 The Lakers Have Completed The Transformation
After losing a game, the Clippers are not very anxious.

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said after the game: "From beginning to end, we have played back and forth with the Lakers, but we made a small mistake and were seized by the Lakers. In the next game, the Clippers will not make similar mistakes again. We are still confident in the game."

The mistake Tyronn Lue mentioned was actually the last quarter. He chose to let the players double-team Davis instead of Ge Feng, who is known as the king of the final quarter. In the end, Ge Feng seized the opportunity and took the game away.

In the next game, Tyronn Lue would never make such a low-level mistake.

After all, with Davis, the Lakers can only score 2 points at most, but with Ge Feng, the Lakers may accidentally score 12 points.

The Clippers looked at the loss in the first game this way. In the second game between the Lakers and the Clippers, Tyronn Lue resolutely implemented the double-teaming tactic against Ge Feng.

but……

Davis exploded.

At the end of the game, Davis scored 28 points in the penalty area, and scored 41 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists in a large double-double, helping the Lakers lead the Clippers 2-0.

After the first two games between the Lakers and the Clippers, the fans became less and less able to understand the Lakers.

Facing the Grizzlies, the Lakers still struggled a bit. Although the result was a 4-0 sweep, fans can see that the young Morant and Gobert have brought a lot of pressure to the Lakers, the trump card.

Challenged the Jazz in the second round. The Jazz's defense was unparalleled in the world, which once made the Lakers struggle.

But in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers' opponent, the Clippers, seemed not as strong as the first two opponents the Lakers encountered.

If in the first game, the Clippers were in a stalemate with the Lakers until the last quarter, then in the second game, the Lakers would unilaterally crush the Clippers.

Davis' wonderful performance made the Clippers' inside line extremely tight.

Davis was in his prime. He missed the entire round of the Western Conference Finals last year due to injuries, which led to the Lakers being eliminated by the Clippers.

This year, Davis is dealing with the battle of revenge with the regrets of last year.

Davis has overwhelmed the inside line of the Clippers. His inside lethality is more threatening than Jokic, who is better at organizing the Nuggets.

The Clippers can't prevent Jokic's go-betweens, and it is equally impossible to prevent Anthony Davis, who has no solution in singles.

In addition to Davis, Ge Feng and Leonard's peak contest, it seems that Ge Feng still has the advantage.

Although many American fans are unwilling to admit this, from the analysis of the data after the game, Ge Feng's average scoring is comparable to Leonard's, but Ge Feng takes four fewer shots per game than Leonard, but he can get similar points.

This shows that Ge Feng's shooting rate is higher than Leonard's. The Clippers' lineup, which is known as the strongest striker, only has one Paul George, who really crushes Bo Yang.

However, the Lakers also have defensive champion Matthews. In the rotation stage, Matthews has done a very good job of restricting George. Even if George's stability has improved this season, he cannot completely blow up the Lakers' perimeter.

In this way, the Lakers have an absolute advantage inside, and Ge Feng and Leonard form a stalemate outside. In the battle between the Lakers and the boats, the advantage is completely tilted to the Lakers.

After the two games, many Clippers fans have begun to feel anxious.

This year's Lakers are very different. Under the leadership of Kobe, the whole team has finished running in.

The Lakers' goal is really only the championship.

The Clippers, the former rivals, are no longer the Lakers' opponents before they know it.

In the third game of the Lakers War, the official explanation is that it is the home court of the Clippers, but in fact, it is still the home court of the Lakers.

"We will not give up the game. I have led the team and created the miracle of a 1-3 reversal. The current situation is only 2-0. I believe in these young guys. They are the creators of history, and the final victors must belong to them!"

When Tyronn Lue faced the media during the season, he still said such words calmly.

Let's not talk about how deep Tyronn Lue's tactical skills are. With Tyronn Lue's good attitude alone, he is qualified to carry the banner of the Clippers.

The Clippers players, under the leadership of Tyronn Lue, have never been discouraged.

"Davis played an unbelievable game, but he can't play this effect every game. This game is our home court, and we must beat the Lakers at our home court!"

Leonard said so.

He also specifically emphasized that today, the Staples Arena is the home of the Clippers.

After the start of the third game between the Lakers and the Clippers, Davis and Ge Feng continued the wonderful performance of the last two games.

Although Tyronn Lue has been trying to convey courage to the players, as soon as the actual game starts, the Clippers' problem of strong outside and weak inside will be caught and beaten by the Lakers.

Before the start of the game between the Lakers and the Clippers, the Lakers have always regarded the Clippers as their imaginary opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

Now that the Clippers have really advanced to the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers can naturally use all the packages they have prepared for the Clippers this season.

You need to be hard on yourself. To put it bluntly, from the core to the optimization of the lineup, the Lakers have completely surpassed last season's defending champion, the Clippers.

In the third game, after the first half, the Lakers 65 to 55, leading the Clippers by 10 points.

Leonard grimaced and went back to the locker room without saying a word.

Trailing by [-] points at halftime, although not likely to lose the game, the Clippers felt that they no longer seemed to be the opponents of the Lakers.

During the regular season, the Clippers could barely match the 70-win Lakers at [-]-[-].

But in the playoffs, the Lakers must have used all their skills to suppress the bottom of the box.

Whether it's Davis and Harrell taking turns bombing the basket, or Ge Feng and Bo Yang's outside line, the Clippers are helpless.

There seems to be only one way for the Clippers to beat the Lakers this season.

That is to find a player who specializes in dirty work and injure Ge Feng or Davis so that he cannot participate in the next game.

However, neither the Clippers coach Tyronn Lue nor their core Leonard can defeat their opponents in this way.

In the past, Leonard was trained by Popovich as a "dirty" player. As a result, Leonard not only did not become a notorious "dirty player", but he also practiced Death Coil.

It is precisely because Leonard has such a pure heart that he will always insist on winning by relying on his true talents and knowledge.

For this reason, Leonard has put in a lot of effort before he gradually grows into No.1 in the new league.

Let Leonard win the game in a crippled way. With Leonard's self-esteem, he would rather retire like this, and it is impossible to allow this kind of thing to happen to his team.

(End of this chapter)