The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 448
On April 4, the Clippers defeated the Jazz at home and brought the score back to 18:1.

The Clippers were originally strong on the inside, but now that the Jazz lacks an inside general, it seems normal to win.

The Clippers scored 60 points in the Jazz penalty area today. Jazz coach Snyder believes that without Gobert, the team must find a way to protect the penalty area: "Obviously the opponent put more pressure on the basket tonight. When a Defensive Player of the Year candidate is missing, other players have to step up."

Jazz core Hayward said: "We didn't play our best performance tonight. Except for the first quarter, we played correctly at other times. Fortunately, we won one of the games. We will go back and study our mistakes. Get ready for Game 3, in front of the home crowd, we're going to be excited."

Speaking of Mbah a Moute's defense against him, Hayward said: "I shot a good three-pointer, but I missed a lot of two-pointers. This was one of the nights I didn't shoot well. Of course his defense Well done, forcing me to hit tough shots. I gotta play better and show my best side."

In the game between the Eastern Raptors and the Bucks, the Raptors also guarded their second home court.

There is nothing surprising, Lowry has returned to normal, which is the most common program in the Raptors playoffs, and their double guns will always control the rhythm of the game in a strange state.

After the game, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said in an interview about the opponent's performance: "They hit more three-pointers at halftime than in the previous game. We must prevent these players from making three-pointers. There was some performance on the ball and that helped them."

The new core of the Bucks said in an interview, "We did what we should do. We played very hard in both games. We did the right thing. We will look forward and do our best for the third match in Milwaukee. Get ready."

"I'm going to face more guys in the paint, they're playing very confrontational. As a professional basketball player, I'm going to do the right thing, play the right basketball, try to find my teammates all the time. I just do What I should do, grab rebounds, pass the ball, etc."

When talking about Lowry, Antetokounmpo said: "He played more aggressively. He did a great job tonight, shot well, and found his teammates."

However, after winning the game, Raptors coach Casey was still unhappy.

"The refs feel like the screens they're setting up are legal, but you look at the slow motion, and believe me, they're all moving the screens, they're grabbing and pulling our players," Casey said. , the referee didn't blow it, now we also have to make sure we set up the screen the same way, and we will send those videos to the league."

Kidd also responded to the other party, "Everyone has their own ideas about screens and the degree of confrontation. Every referee is different, they look at the problem differently, and their interpretation of illegal screens is also different. So for us, we must focus. Just focus on the game and let the rest take its course."

Not to mention the entanglement between the Raptors and the Bucks, the Celtics and the Bulls, the eighth Bulls in the East are already 2:0 ahead of the Celtics who are the number one in the East.

Now the outside world is calling black eight, and the Celtics, who have lost two home games, are standing on the edge of a cliff.

The key is that the Bulls' configuration is really not like the eighth team. They have a good defense, with Jimmy Butler, Wade, and Rondo.

They also have good role players, Bulls coach Hoiberg also talked about this after the game.

"Our role players have contributed a lot to the team," Hoiberg said. "You look at Bobby Portis in his first game of the playoffs, look at his performance. Ability. And Paul Zipser, obviously, he stepped up in Game 2, and he hasn't played that much this season. Everyone on our roster is trying to finish. This is very important for your own tasks.

"I'd also like to give credit to the players who weren't playing, who helped get everyone ready."

"We think Boston has a good chance of coming out of the slump. They are the best road team in the league. They have been a gritty team all season," Hoiberg said. Supporting each other, I know our players are not satisfied, they will continue to try to win games, and I have a lot of confidence in them."

Wade also accepted an interview this season. He said, "You played 82 regular season games to understand yourself. One thing I learned about this team is that in the face of adversity, our team will unite."

"I am very happy that we have achieved a 2-0 lead, but this score is still meaningless. I hope we can continue to play with a sense of hunger. We can't be satisfied. We still have work to do."

He also made a joke about Rondo: "When I was an enemy with him, I hated him, I hated him as a competitor, but I like him now, he is my teammate."

The Celtics players must have been a little frustrated. After the game, Horford just wrote on social media: "Let us go through the storm together as a team, we will stay strong, come on, Celtics!"

On April 4, the Spurs played against the Trail Blazers at home.

Before the start of the game, Lillard issued a declaration of victory in an interview, declaring in a high profile that he would lead the Blazers to complete the miracle of black eight.

Lillard's point, the Spurs can't do it well, but he can't beat the Spurs, just let him toss.

If he really feels hot, letting Danny Green switch defenses is also one of the plans.

However, although the Blazers are full of determination, they are not so smart when they come to the court.

Their double guns are still strong, but not as smooth as the first game, and the Spurs controlled the situation at the beginning.

Besides, this time the Spurs are doing better than before.

After establishing an advantage in the first quarter, the Spurs did not give the opponent any chance.

The Spurs scored in double figures with seven players and won another big victory. The playoffs easily got off to a 2:0 start.

Leonard said succinctly in an interview after the game, "I'm just happy that we won tonight."

He also said he needed to make adjustments for Game [-], limit turnovers, execute better offensively, defend and play with energy.

Danny Green said about Lillard, "He is a very good player, he is very smart, you can't completely guard him, he entered the rhythm of the game very early, we tried to put pressure on him. He Knowing that, we adjusted. We adjusted accordingly, trying to stop him from getting the ball as much as possible, suppressing his emotions."

The Blazers only expressed their views on the third game back at home. Harkless said: "This must be a game that must be won. We must win that game. If we want to have a chance to win the series We have to win the third game."

(End of this chapter)