I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 69 Pride?Hidden dangers (for collection, for further reading)
Back from the timeout, before the Mavericks could kill Lu Yi on the defensive end, the Clippers relied on the inside to attack, taking whatever they wanted in the Mavericks penalty area.

Just like playing against the Suns before, the Clippers have a natural advantage in playing against teams with poor interior defense.

It's just that the Mavericks still have some height inside. Although the quality of the frame protection is not high, the rebound protection is not bad.

In the case of the Mavericks score behind, Nowitzki scored many singles Randolph.

However, Lu Yi quickly stepped up to take over the game.

Because four or five minutes have passed since the last timeout, the Clippers used Lu Yi's outside threat to better pass the ball inside and score on the inside.

The Mavericks finally shrank the inside line, defended the inside line through the zone defense, and then used Nowitzki's personal ability to fight the inside line. At this time, the outside line suddenly missed Lu Yi.

Of course, it's not completely emptying Lu Yi, but the defensive strategy has changed from zone defense to single defense.

Lu Yi catches the ball and plays one-on-one, scoring naturally.

Lu Yi made another three-pointer, and the outside players of the Mavericks also knew that something was wrong.

Carlisle was not in a hurry to call a second timeout, and Marion could only double-team immediately after Lu Yi held the ball.

But Lu Yi quickly passed the ball out, breaking the double-team with the help of the pass.

Thornton, who was let go, went straight to the basket after receiving the ball. Nowitzki stepped forward to defend, but Thornton faced Nowitzki's defense with a direct dunk.

Nowitzki, a power forward who is not good at defense, defends outside breakthroughs. Since he takes the initiative to block the block, he must be prepared to be dunked before he completes the block.

Thornton has speed and strength, and even if he is in the air against Nowitzki, he has the ability to dunk the ball in.

Not to mention that Nowitzki didn't predict the right block on this ball, and he didn't plan to make a foul like a blue-collar insider, and he couldn't escape the end of being reduced to the background board.

"That's the way to play! I've known for a long time that we can win."

With the help of Thornton's dunk, the Mavericks' momentum was completely defeated, and Lu Yi stepped forward to give Thornton a high-five.

Dunking is the most morale-boosting thing. After Thornton completed the dunk on Nowitzki, the Mavericks players on the field didn't know how to play for a while.

They glanced at each other, a little dazed, and after a few seconds, someone walked to the bottom line referee, got the ball and re-served from the bottom line.

It is worth mentioning that Carlisle was very patient and did not call a timeout at this time.

In this way, the Clippers beat the dog in the water, and in the rest of the first quarter, they played a 12-5 spurt again.

Lu Yi once again played a full quarter and scored a game-high 14 points.

He made 6 of 5 shots and 5 of 4 three-pointers. Lu Yi's performance in the first quarter was no worse than that of the Suns before.

Dunleavy was very satisfied with Lu Yi's performance.

"Sure enough, it's right to take a break from Lu Yi."

Sometimes the rotation of the main players will conflict with the team's record, but the rotation of Lu Yi is temporary.

For the sake of the record, Dunleavy cannot take turns to rest Lu Yi for all away games.

Yesterday's rest was due to the request of the boss on the one hand, and also because of the schedule considerations on the other hand.

Instead of not having much chance of winning two back-to-back games, why not try to win one of them as much as possible?

Dunleavy thought that his trade-offs were fine, allowing Lu Yi to get a fuller rest, and Lu Yi's performance was indeed quite explosive.

However, Lu Yi's playing time is still a little controlled today, after all, there will be a game to be played soon.

Two days later, they played the Timberwolves at home.

Since Garnett went to the Celtics, the Timberwolves have become a bad team.

If the Clippers want to hit the playoffs this season, they will naturally have to take down tank teams like the Timberwolves.

Therefore, Lu Yi did not play in the second quarter consecutively today.

Lu Yi will definitely play in the second season, but mainly with other rotation players on the bench.

Before Lu Yi played, the Clippers had a very good chance of winning.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Clippers led by 13 points.

In just one and a half quarters, the point difference is not small.

In addition, this is also a back-to-back game for the Mavericks, which requires not only courage, but also fighting spirit.

The Mavericks were crushed and beaten by the Clippers for a quarter and a half, and their temper was long gone.

With Lu Yi back on the court, the Mavericks were indeed a little bit confused.

Lu Yi scored two three-pointers again in the second quarter, and also scored two in the middle distance, scoring another 10 points.

The outside player on the opposite side scored 24 points in the half, and even had no chance to score a few points in the penalty area. This is undoubtedly a great doubt for the Mavericks' outside defense.

Obviously Carlisle is a head coach who emphasizes defense, now being beaten like this by Lu Yi, Carlisle has no face on his face.

But Carlisle also knew that the Mavericks' weak shooting guard didn't have many chances to guard Lu Yi.

Once someone is sent to double-team Lu Yi, the inside line will have to take care of one thing and lose another, and the Clippers will penetrate it.

Ever since, Carlisle was very embarrassed and wise.

Just let Lu Yi vote, and then send heavy troops to guard the inside, making Kaman and Randolph uncomfortable.

The purpose of doing this is, on the one hand, to flatter and kill Lu Yi, and let Lu Yi fall into the troubles that Kobe had encountered before, and finally led the team independently, but he could not support it alone.

On the other hand, it is to destroy the internal and external connections of the Clippers, destroy the current chemical reaction of the Clippers, and even alienate the interior of the Clippers.

Most NBA players are from high school and college teams, and they were once the absolute core of the team.

There will be more or less individualism, and they all like to show off.

In fact, Kaman is okay, European players are good at team play.

These few seasons have been on and off, and I also want to understand that I can't lead the team, so I hug my teammates' thighs.

There is no chance to score inside this game, so run outside and play pick-and-roll with Lu Yi.

Lu Yi can play comfortably, as long as the team can win.

Anyway, after Kaman served Lu Yi, he didn't have to worry about running out of balls.

But Randolph can't, Randolph is a top-paid player, the top-paid player in the ninth year of his career.

In other words, Randolph is currently in the fifth season of the maximum salary contract, and the contract is about to expire.

Randolph needs to think about his next contract, and wants to renew the bird rights and get a bigger contract.

Whether Randolph can get a core position in the Clippers and whether he can get a maximum salary contract that matches his worth is very important to Randolph.

Now the Mavericks would rather be killed by Lu Yi, but also guard against Randolph, which makes Randolph a little impatient.

Randolph reached out to Beard and Lu Yi for the ball many times, but he just watched Beard and Lu Yi attack and score one after another, while he was beaten inside, or ran back with the team.

In the first half, Randolph played well, but after only playing for 3 minutes in the third quarter, he showed displeasure.

The defensive end was extremely slack, and Nowitzki didn't have much pressure, and Randolph succeeded in three consecutive singles.

(End of this chapter)