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Chapter 1101 Playoffs, another level of competition (Part [-])
"Facing the dark horse Clippers this season, what preparations did the team make on both offense and defense~?!"

Before the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the Clippers and the Nuggets, the reporter interviewed Nuggets coach Carl.

"The Clippers have suddenly emerged this season. Their young players are playing great, very impactful, and very energetic. It is not easy to limit their performance, so we have prepared some special tactics, hoping it will work, but Considering that Coach Blue is also a coach with a lot of experience in tactics, this round of the series is destined not to be easy~”

Karl replied.

"For the first round of the match between the two sides, the outside world is unanimously optimistic that the Nuggets can win with the next game, and many experts even believe that the Nuggets will sweep the Clippers. What do you think about this~?!"

The reporter continued to ask.

"Such predictions don't make much sense. The game has to be played game by game. Since we are No.6 and the opponent is No.3, we have to play the game with the mentality of challenging the opponent. That's it. Two goals The teams have a lot in common, so it is hard to say who has an absolute advantage, after all, this is the playoffs, and it is not easy to sweep~”

Karl analyzed it calmly.

After all, the old man has experienced too many ups and downs and faced various situations, so he has long dismissed such things as prediction~

While speaking, the match was about to start.

"Clippers, come on~!!!"

"Clippers, come on~!!!"

The Clippers fans used the biggest decibels to create a home court advantage for the team as much as possible. The huge momentum seemed to be unprecedented even for the Lakers.

The Clippers' starting lineup has not changed, and it is still the Five Tigers lineup.

The total number of playoff appearances of the five players is "zero", which means that this game is the playoff debut of the Clippers' starting five players.

Perhaps in the history of the NBA playoffs, there has never been a team like the Clippers. The five starters have never played in the playoffs. This situation is indeed too exaggerated.

"I originally thought that Blue would transfer experienced players like Bass to the starting lineup, and then increase the experience of the team's starting lineup, but I didn't expect that Blue would still use the starting lineup of the regular season. What a bold person, haha~!!"

Karl looked at the Clippers' starting lineup, shook his head and sighed.

The starting lineup for the Nuggets was the same as what Lan Shengli had predicted.

Lawson and JR partnered in the backcourt, Gallinari replaced Anthony, and Nene and Martin, two beastly insiders, sat at the basket.

"Although Anthony and Billups are gone, the physical talent of the Nuggets has not declined at all, especially their bench seats have highly mobile players like Birdman and Chandler. The team is really hard to play~!!"

Lan Shengli watched and sighed.

"Hoo~, Hoo~, Hoo~"

"Although I want to keep myself calm as much as possible, but when I come to the court, I can't help getting nervous~!!!"

Here Harden stood on the field, breathing quickly, thinking.

Jordan and Martin are already standing near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.

"Shh~!!!"

The referee threw the ball into the air and the game officially began.

Jordan still maintained a very high jump ball success rate, and moved the ball to his own half.

Hill dribbles and quickly organizes the first offense.

"Although the Nuggets don't have superstars, the personal talents of the first five players are absolutely top-notch, both offensively and defensively~, so if you want to open up the situation on the offensive end, you must still maintain the integrity of the team's offense~! !"

Lan Shengli thought to himself.

Here, Hill quickly made a hand-to-hand pass with Harden, and the latter directly changed direction in front of his body, dribbling the ball with his left hand and killing towards the inside.

Here JR misjudged Harden's route, so there was a missed defense, but the Nuggets quickly completed the defense, and Martin blocked Harden.

Seeing this, Harden was very resolute, and directly threw a throw at Martin.

Martin is still a certain distance away from Harden, so he didn't make a blocking action.

"Clang~!!!"

It's a pity that Harden failed to score this time with a breakthrough throw based on his personal ability.

The double protection of Martin and Nene gave Jordan no chance to compete for offensive rebounds.

"Papapapa~!!!, It's no problem to fight like this~!!, Quickly return to defense~!!, Mark your own people~!!"

Lan Shengli immediately clapped his hands to remind the players.

Although Harden was still a little nervous before the game, but judging by the state of the whole person and the effect of the technical movements during the march, it is very smooth, and the body feels very good.

Here the Nuggets are attacking~
"Defense~!!!"

"Defense~!!!"

The fans immediately cheered.

"Although there is no stable offensive organization and field-controlling player like Billups, Lawson's breakthrough ability is something that Billups does not have~"

Lan Shengli thought to himself.

Here I saw that Lawson quickly made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Nene, and then quickly formed a defense switch.

Facing Love, Lawson dribbled the ball with his right hand, preparing for a breakthrough.

Because Lawson is already short enough, he basically doesn't need to lower his center of gravity when facing Love.

So I saw Lawson dribbled the ball with his right hand, directly using his speed to break through Love's defense and kill towards the inside.

Because they were afraid of Lawson's pass, the Clippers did not adopt double-team defense, and Lawson saw this and rushed towards the basket directly.

Love followed closely behind, but it seemed that he was still relatively passive in defense.

I saw here that after Lawson took off and made a three-step basket, he directly started a physical confrontation with Love in the air, so that Love could not block the shot, and at the same time he was able to find a balance and throw the ball out.

"Beep~!!!"

The referee's whistle suddenly sounded~
"Click~, clang~, brush~!!"

The ball bounced into the net, and while the goal was effective, it also caused a foul by Love and an extra penalty.

Love pinched his waist helplessly and looked at the referee, thinking that he hadn't committed a foul.

But this ball Love did suffer.

The Nuggets played the first ball very resolutely, and it also hit Love, the Clippers' weakest defense on the defensive end.

The Staples Center, which was bustling just now, immediately fell silent.

The fans didn't expect that the Nuggets would be able to hit "2+1" on their first offense.

"Big delay, big delay~!!!, it's okay~!!!"

Lan Shengli quickly called Le Fu aside and reminded him.

After all, this is the playoffs, every round is very important.

"Swipe~!!"

Lawson made a free throw and the Nuggets led 3:0.

(End of this chapter)