I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 68 Continuously throwing, but still making progress!Hurry up and double-team me! (For collection, for follow-up)
After winning the Suns, the Clippers had a half-day vacation. Half a day later, the Clippers will gather again and fly to Salt Lake City to trouble the Utah Jazz.

But Lu Yi was an exception.

Lu Yi's vacation is a full two days!

As a young and strong first-year rookie with no injuries, Lu Yi got a chance to take a rotation before many veterans of the Clippers.

Lu Yi does not need to go to Salt Lake City to experience the low-pressure playing environment on the plateau. Lu Yi has more rest time and stays in Los Angeles to recharge his batteries.

With the four-day, three-game schedule, and the Jazz's Devil's home court, the Clippers didn't have much thought about the next game.

Of course, this is also the Clippers' old style of play.

Facing a game that was too difficult, I never thought of winning.

If you surrender early, you will lose half.

As for why the other leading players on the team didn't take turns?In fact, this is what they themselves asked for.

Strong teams will be tiring playing away games, while weak teams playing away games is pure enjoyment.

The team paid them to travel around the country, why wouldn't they be happy?
Besides, where there is light, there must be shadow.

Even in a city with excellent law and order like Salt Lake City, it is impossible to miss the red light district!
In short, NBA players don't like playing in Jazz, but they like playing in Salt Lake City.

Closer to home, the Clippers decisively lost to the Jazz after they were idle.

Immediately after the early morning of October 10, the Clippers hurried back to Los Angeles by plane.

There are back-to-back games against the Mavericks tonight.

The Mavericks are a strong team in the West, even though the Mavericks have just been hacked by the Warriors two years ago.

It is possible to enter the playoffs with the No. [-] in the Western Conference, which shows the dominance of the Mavericks in the regular season.

However, even against opponents at the level of the Mavericks, the Clippers still don't want to lose.

At least you can't lose like the last game.

Of course, it is home after all, and NBA players will try to avoid interference from off-court factors when playing at home, and their playing conditions will naturally be better.

Of course, the Clippers play back to back, and other players can't count on it.

The one who can really be counted on is the head of the team who has naturally experienced a rest - Lu Yi!
Only when Lu Yi shows his power, the Clippers can hope to beat the Mavericks and win.

Lu Yi did not disappoint. The game had just started, and within 10 seconds, Lu Yi made the first three-pointer with great accuracy.

"Believe me, we can win!" Lu Yi clenched his fists and raised the morale of the team after scoring.

The Mavericks are also back to back. They just played against the Lakers yesterday. Even if they won, they were exhausted.

The two teams participating today are back-to-back. If you want to win, morale is very important.

Whoever gets discouraged first loses first!That's the reason.

Lu Yi took the lead in the charge, hoping that everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, and it would not be too late to relax when the Mavericks couldn't hold on.

It is said that after Lu Yi made a three-pointer, Mavericks center Eric Dampier quickly served from the bottom line, allowing Kidd to push a fast break.

Although Carlisle is now the head coach of the Mavericks, his main focus is still the old Nelson's set, focusing on fast breaks.

It's not that the head coach Carlisle has nothing to do, but because the Mavericks' core configuration, Nowitzki and Kidd, are suitable for fast breaks.

The Mavericks don't have a center player who is hard-hitting in the traditional sense. They don't have enough dominance at the basket, and the fifth position doesn't have the strength to attract two double-teams.

Nowitzki at the [-]th position is a tall pitcher.

Although he has a good ability to hit the basket, the core value lies in misplaced shots, which can help the team open up space, instead of hard-pressing the basket and attracting double-teams.

With such an inside configuration, if the Mavericks want to win, they have to find more players from the outside to make up for the inside scoring.

Then, it is imperative to use shooting guards and small forwards with outstanding athletic ability.

In addition, a core point guard is also needed to give the team a smart brain, able to connect the team in time, and dispatch every force of the team like a finger.

When you want to shoot, give the ball to Nowitzki, and when you want to attack at the basket, the outside line is like lightning and goes inside to score.

And in this way, the tactics that the team can play are either Princeton system positional warfare or fast break.

Weaken the influence of the opponent's big center on the game and reduce the pressure on the defensive end of positional warfare.

The Mavericks traded to Marion before, also to make the Mavericks' fast break system more mature and perfect.

Marion, who switched to small forward, is something the Mavericks need, both offensively and defensively.

However, after the Mavericks introduced Marion, the salary was once again increased. The team's salary structure was not very reasonable, and it was impossible to introduce star-level shooting guards.

At present, Rose can barely be used as the starting shooting guard.

However, with the same surname, different fates, the Mavericks' Rose is Quentin Rose, because Sterling asked Baylor to pick him out of the undrafted picks in order to save money.

Because he has no offensive talent at all, he can only play with defensive enthusiasm.

Although relying on desperate small moves, he has some opportunities to play in the NBA.

Such a guard who does not have the ability to score is actually not a shooting guard at all.

It just so happens that on the Clippers side, the strongest point is the real shooting guard.

As far as Lu Yi's current situation is concerned, he is not very afraid of single defense.

Kobe defended him alone, and Lu Yi scored very efficiently.

But double-teaming will destroy the rhythm and feel of dribbling. In addition, we must pay attention to steals and blocks, so it will have a considerable impact on Lu Yi's shooting percentage.

Closer to home, Kidd advanced quickly with the ball, first called Rose to come over as a screen, and then passed the ball to Marion.

Marion played small forward very quickly, but Thornton was not slow either.

Thornton obviously didn't want to be passed by Marion so easily, and then he couldn't guard Marion inside, which caused the team to lose points.

This time Thornton defended very hard. Marion rushed to the basket half a step ahead, but Thornton still forcibly took off to block the shot.

Marion thought he had passed Thornton, and there was no problem with this dunk.

Don't want Thornton to chase the hat in time and slap the ball away.

Marion even fell from the air because of it.

Since the Clippers grabbed a rebound after blocking a shot, no one bothered to help Marion next.

It is very clear who to turn to for the Clippers to switch.

Rose's defensive goal is also very clear, which is to entangle Lu Yi.

In the end, the pass was destroyed by Rose, and Rose even lost a foul.

But Rose was originally a false starter, and the Mavericks' real shooting guard is the sixth man Terry.

In other words, Rose's foul is not important, Rose successfully prevented the Clippers from a wave of fast breaks.

However, the Clippers sent a sideline ball and the ball fell into the hands of Lu Yi, who was three steps away from the top arc.

Rose opened his thigh and waited for it. Lu Yi didn't even look at taking a step forward, just a super long three-pointer.

"Hurry up and double-team me!"

Killing people must be punished. Before Lu Yi stepped outside the three-point line and made a three-pointer against Rose's defense, this time it continued to increase the difficulty.

Lu Yi wants to see if the Mavericks dare to rely on Rose alone to defend him.

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Three points again!

Lu Yi relied on his own strength to start with a 6-0 shock wave.

Seeing this, Carlisle didn't dare to bet on Lu Yi's touch, and immediately called a timeout to let Lu Yi slow down.

When the timeout whistle sounded, the audience burst into applause.

(End of this chapter)