I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 92
Time soon came to December 12th, at the Staples Center, the Clippers played against the Pacers at home.

10 days ago, the Clippers played against the Pacers on the road.

This season, the Pacers are seriously lacking in strength and the team's stars are not good enough. It is obviously impossible to win the Clippers at home.

78 to 95, the Clippers easily won the Pacers by a big score, and then advanced the winning streak to 15 games.

However, the Clippers were not happy for too long, and Howard came to the Staples Center with magic.

It is said that the magic has been one-star all these years, but if you really have to worry about it, the current magic is more than one star.

Point guard White Chocolate, shooting guard Carter, power forward Lewis, and center Howard.

Only small forward Michael Pietrus is not well-known, but this guy is also the 03 Platinum generation, the 11th pick in the first round of the lottery pick.

No matter how bad the strength is, there are still averages of 9 points and 3 rebounds per game.

Strictly speaking, the current Magic is a four-star configuration. Of course, the most important thing is Howard, who can replace James alone these days.

Under the leadership of Howard, the Magic has been one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference for the past three years.

He reached the finals last season.

Just say now, the Magic is 16 wins and 4 losses, which is the No. [-] team in the Eastern Conference.

Howard arrived at the Staples Center with an army of Magic, which also made the Clippers feel a lot of pressure.

Can the Clippers withstand the pressure and win this tough battle?

Whether the Clippers are No. [-] in the Western Conference and No. [-] in the league is genuine or not depends on this game to test.

How far the Clippers can go in the playoffs, they have to collide more with the Eastern Conference playoff powerhouses like the Magic.

Everything depends on how the game is played tonight.

With the end of the warm-up and the audience entering the arena, Lu Yi also had more expectations for the next game.

The game started quickly, and Howard fully demonstrated his talent as soon as he came up.

Kaman's jump ball was not Howard's opponent, and the Magic advanced rapidly under the leadership of White Chocolate.

After halftime, White Chocolate and Carter crossed screens. Carter received a hand-off pass from White Chocolate, and shot a three-pointer without waiting for Lu Yi to defend.

Because the Magic has Howard grabbing rebounds at the basket, they are encouraged to take more shots from the outside.

Carter came up and shot a three-pointer at Lu Yiyan. If it can be scored, it will be very effective in hitting the morale of the Clippers.

It's just a pity that Carter is a good shooter these days, but his three-point shooting percentage is only about 36% all the year round.

Carter can shoot, but not very well.

This time it was obviously a good opportunity to make a mobile phone call, but I didn't grasp the opportunity and became the remaining 64%.

However, Howard is Howard after all.

Not only talented, but also very experienced in predicting where rebounds will land.

Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and instead of hitting Kaman under the basket, he immediately passed it to Lewis in the right corner.

Lewis is good at three-pointers from the bottom corner.

The Clippers originally shot three-pointers from the outside in order to defend against the Magic, which was a three-two defense position. There was someone around Lewis, but when receiving the pass, it was an open opportunity.

Lewis's shot speed is not slow, and by the time Camby rushed over, the ball had already been thrown.

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The basketball is hollow into the net, and the sound is very crisp.

3 to 0, the Magic used two three-pointers as soon as they came up to teach the Clippers what it means to be number one in the East!

When it was the Clippers' turn to attack, Iverson ignored his old opponent Carter, who played in the dark in the playoffs ten years ago, and directly displayed his best breakthrough against White Chocolate.

White Chocolate's mistakes and defense have always been criticized, but today's White Chocolate is no longer the white chocolate of the past.

After the transformation of the Grizzlies and the precipitation of the Heat, after winning the championship, White Chocolate not only passed the ball very steadily, but also had two brushes on defense.

White Chocolate is also a nimble, gifted point guard in his own right, and Iverson is faster than White Chocolate, but not by much.

Iverson had already passed White Chocolate in the first step, but White Chocolate insisted on speeding up one step and got stuck on Iverson's breakthrough path, which made Iverson feel a little uncomfortable.

The current Iverson is not the Iverson who used to go it alone.

Ever since, Iverson, who felt that he had a general chance to make a phone call, suddenly stopped, turned around, and passed the ball to Lu Yi in the top arc.

Carter was on the side of Lu Yi, but took off to break the pass and did not complete the steal in time.

The ball was touched by Carter's hand and flew into the sky. Lu Yi also took off to fight for the ball, but after landing, he took off again and held the ball firmly in his hand.

At the same time, Carter also took off for the second time, but Lu Yi continued to take off for the third time after landing, and took the initiative to hit Carter before the shot.

Lu Yi was aiming to make a foul with this ball, but he didn't expect it to feel good, so he blew up.

Duang——

The ball hit the front of the basket, and continued to hit the backboard with the strength of shaking the wrist, and then the basketball bounced off the backboard into the basket, and the ball went in!

"And One!"

The referee whistled, whistled Carter for a foul, and raised his hand to indicate that the goal was valid. In addition, Lu Yi also got a chance to go to the free throw line for an additional penalty.

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With an additional penalty hit, the Clippers went from being three points behind to leading by one point.

However, the good times didn't last long, and Lu Yi didn't have such good luck next.

Carter is playing health-preserving now, but his off-ball defense is still quite good.

Lu Yi was very entangled by Carter, and Pietrus came to double-team from time to time. The Magic's overall defense against Lu Yi was very good.

Although Lu Yi can still find a chance to make a shot, or forcefully take a shot against the defense, his efficiency cannot be compared with the past.

As Lu Yidu began to strike iron, the Clippers' offense was finally restricted.

29 to 24, the Clippers trailed the Magic by 5 points in the first quarter alone.

In fact, the overall shooting percentage of the Magic is not higher than that of the Clippers, but the most critical point for the Magic to take the lead is the control of rebounds.

The Magic grabbed 12 rebounds in the first quarter, including 5 offensive rebounds alone. Howard grabbed 2 offensive rebounds alone.

The Clippers have only 7 rebounds in total, only 1 offensive rebound, and the remaining 6 are all defensive rebounds.

The Clippers' inside height is not short, but the rebound was blown by the Magic, there is no way.

Judging from the current situation, the Clippers' preparation for this game is obviously not as good as the Magic.

Continue to play like this in the first quarter, and the Clippers' 15-game winning streak will be ruined by the Magic.

"Our offense has to pick up!

But the more important thing is to do a good job of defense, we must limit the opponent's offense.

It was too easy to win before, and I found that everyone was slack.

Next, let's beat our opponents with a new state and better enthusiasm! "

Dunleavy gave the players blood during the intermission.

It wasn't just rebounds that got the Clippers blown up in the first quarter.

Being able to score 30 points quickly by the Magic also shows that the Clippers are not doing well enough on the defensive end.

(End of this chapter)