NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 142 Two consecutive victories

As soon as the second quarter came up, the two sides sent a substitute lineup to continue the contest.

In this game, Liu Rui continued to rest Knight.

The backup back line is still House and Karim, who can open up space for Okafor to the greatest extent.

Opposing Okafor on the Clippers' bench was Moore, nicknamed Snake Man.

Because Moore is a center forward, although his height is very standard, but his figure is very thin, slender and slender like a snake, basically there is no confrontation at all.

And as an insider, he doesn't like rebounding and attacking in the low post.

Always floating outside for mid-range shots, as if he has a soft spot for mid-range.

In this era, there has been no reuse.

But apart from Moore, the remaining centers are even more unusable.

Although Moore is very poor on the defensive end, at least on the offensive end, he can also help the Clippers open up some situations.

After all, the Clippers are on the bench, but there is no stable scoring point.

Although Moore's movement speed is also very fast, it is not unreasonable for Okafor to be called an offensive kaleidoscope.

Seeing that Moore was defending him, Okafor directly chose to play back in the low post.

After all, Okafor weighs 250 pounds, which is 30 pounds heavier than Moore. Standing together, one is fat and the other is thin is quite a sense of joy.

After halftime, the Bobcats

51:38
Leading the Clippers by 13 points ended the first half.

At the end of halftime, when Bobcat players returned to the locker room, they were also applauded by the home fans.

The last game against the Knicks, this time against the Clippers, although both teams are outside the playoffs, but the Bobcats are the last in the league, and the changes in these two games have also been seen by the fans.

The transformation of the Bobcats also made the fans feel excited in their hearts.

After all, fans of any team don't want the team they support to be a rookie.

Back in the second half, Dunleavy made defensive changes to the Bobcats' lineup.

Choose to defend the Bobcats' three-pointers and Wallace's drive to the rim.

Forcing the Bobcats to choose more mid-range shots.

It was rare for Liu Rui, who was sitting off the court, to not eat snacks for two consecutive games. At this time, he saw Dun Levy's targeted arrangement.

Liu Rui also stood up from the sidelines and shouted to the players on the field: "Hit the middle distance!!"

Since you want me to hit the mid-range so much, I'd rather be obedient than obedient.

Although most of the Bobcats' shooting strategies are outside the three-point line, either on the three-point line or as close to the basket as possible.

Among the 30 teams in the entire league, the Bobcats have the lowest percentage of mid-range shots.

Much lower than the Warriors, the second lowest in the league.

But this does not mean that the Bobcats do not have the ability to shoot from the middle distance. Before Wallace was developed the three-pointer, most of his offenses were to hit the basket to find a physical confrontation, and to make mid-range shots on the left and right sides of the free throw line.

And Kapono naturally needless to say, this is a master who shoots wherever he goes in the audience.

And when the ball was dead, Liu Rui replaced Du Hong in advance and chose to replace House.

Anyway, he is facing Livingston, and now he does not pose much threat on the offensive end.

Instead of putting Duhon on it, it is better to replace House directly, and he will play more smoothly on the offensive end.

As for mid-range shots, House's shooting percentage is also much higher than Duhon's.

As for Ariza, Liu Rui was still placed on the court to match Maggette.

Blazek held the ball in the high post, and the Clippers' defense was very outside, choosing to put more pressure on the Bobcats' three-pointers.

Using the pick-and-roll, Kapono received a pass from Brezek on the right side of the free throw line with two screens.

The middle distance on the left and right sides is exactly where the Clippers put the Bobcats to try their best to shoot.

Fish and bear's paw can't have both, Dunleavy chooses to block the Bobcats' three-pointers and the basket, and it is bound to show flaws.

Kapono catches the ball in the middle distance and shoots directly.

sigh~
The ball still goes into the net.

On the other hand, Dunleavy Jr. put his hands in his pockets and frowned slightly, but there was no good way.

That's one way to force the Bobcats to shoot mid-range.

At least since returning from the second half, the Bobcats' offensive fluency has been greatly reduced.

However, Kapono and House feel too good when they come up.

As for Brezek, the middle distance at the free throw line is also very stable.

After all, before Liu Rui coached Brezek, most of his shots were under the basket and mid-range shots. Although he had a three-point range, few coaches moved him outside the three-point line and let him shoot.

Until Liu Rui came, most of Brezek's shots came from outside the three-point line, but this does not mean that he has no further shooting range.

Bobcats continue good touch from last game

At the end of the fourth quarter, there was not much suspense for the Clippers.

The whole game ends with:
107:86
Beat the Clippers by 21 points at home.

Coupled with the 15-point victory over the Knicks in the last game, the Bobcats won a combined 36 points in the two games.

This change before and after made the fans very excited.

And the media reported on the Bobcats a lot more than before. If one game is a coincidence, is it a coincidence that two games can be connected? ?
Although the Knicks and Clippers are the worst teams in the league, the Bobcats are the last in the league.

With the victory over the Clippers in this game, the Bobcats' record came to 4 wins and 13 losses, and they tasted a winning streak for the first time in the season.

The record of 4 wins and 13 losses is also the same as the Bucks who rank second to last in the Eastern Conference.

Breaking away from the bottom one can be regarded as just around the corner.

Throughout the game, the Bobcats did not encounter any obstacles.

华莱士上场了28分钟，11投6中三分球3中1，罚球4中2，拿到了15分7个篮板4助攻2抢断1封盖的数据。

In the 28 minutes of playing time, the data column was also filled.

Both offensive and defensive ends continued to maintain efficient performance.

As for Okafor who came off the bench, Liu Rui only let him play for 24 minutes in this game.

Facing Moore's defense, Okafor scored 9 points and 7 rebounds on 14 of 9 shots.

Just one rebound short of a double-double in this game.

But Liu Rui didn't let Okafor stay on the court just to collect statistics.

Although off the court, Okafor really wanted to play and get a rebound.

But seeing that Liu Rui didn't intend to let him play, Okafor could only continue to sit on the bench.

Because Okafor already has potential injuries, since the outcome is determined, Liu Rui feels that there is really no need to deliberately increase his playing time for the sake of statistics.

Especially in the meaningless phase of garbage time.

After all, the scene of Rose's injury in the previous life is still vivid in front of Liu Rui's eyes.

For this kind of mistake, Liu Rui doesn't want the players to repeat it again...

(End of this chapter)