NBA: I can see real-time shooting percentage

Chapter 114

At this time, half of the first quarter was over, and the Clippers still maintained their super-high level of shooting, making the sound of the super battleship's engine resound through the Rockets' home court.

But the Rockets showed their flexibility at this time, showing their extraordinary toughness.

Covington's two consecutive three-pointers allowed the entire Rockets players to regain their confidence.

Here, Qin Ming failed to hit a three-pointer after using the pick-and-roll. Westbrook took the lead in advancing the fast break. When he got inside, Leonard and Paul George were chasing him. Westbrook passed directly to House who was open on the baseline, and House hit a three-pointer.

After he came off the bench, the effect was good, and he contributed well on the defensive end and the offensive end.

Afterwards, the Clippers still played their own simple basketball. Since they had a showdown in the last round, they might as well spread out their advantages completely.

It doesn't matter how they play, their lineup is what determines their upper limit.

They still have a lot of lineups to try, but that won't happen until they play against the Lakers.

Because they are targeting the Lakers from beginning to end.

The success rate of simple basketball in this quarter is still good. Paul George made three of three shots in the first quarter and scored a perfect start with seven points. Qin Ming also made three of five shots and scored [-] points.

What about the other players?

Leonard scored [-] points. Such an opening is undoubtedly a dream start for the Clippers.

The three superstars scored 29 points, and this is only the first quarter.

But look at the scoreboard, the Clippers are still five points behind at this time.

The Clippers scored 40 points in the first quarter, while the Rockets scored 45 points.

This stems from Covington's two three-pointers.

After that, House hit a three-pointer, and then James Harden recovered his outside firepower and made two consecutive three-pointers on Paul George.

And Westbrook, who has always felt bad this season, also shot a three-pointer.

The five members of the Rockets have achieved their own results one after another. In this game, they vented their firepower and made endless three-pointers. If they hadn't faced the strongest Galaxy battleship in the league, they might have been beaten in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Clippers made their own adjustments.

First of all, Qin Ming, who led the bench to play at the end of the first quarter, was replaced. At this time, Paul George and Leonard appeared one after another.

The two of them are paired with Lu Wei, Harrell, and Mann.

This lineup also debuted in the playoffs for the first time, and it is also a new lineup that Rivers has been honing in secret for a long time.

The strength of this lineup is that they have a big man who can run, jump, and pick-and-roll who can protect the frame, which guarantees the lower limit of the team's bad touch, and they also have the nerve knife Lu Wei, who can give bayonets unexpectedly on the offensive end.

Then, they have the two major stars of the Clippers, Paul George and Leonard, both of whom can make great contributions on the offensive and defensive ends.

In fact, Lu Wei's position will be reserved for Qin Ming in the future, because this lineup has no point guard and can only play simple basketball.

Fortunately, the Clippers played simple basketball this season pretty well.

So in the final minutes of the second quarter, Leonard and Paul George took over.

It can be seen that Paul George once again played his best performance against Courtney Lee. His singles and open three-pointers maintained a 60.00% shooting rate, and his scoring income was very impressive.

He delivered his answer in the first half, making 13 of 8 shots and scoring 17 points.

Leonard scored 20 points in the first half, and he took most of the Clippers' shots. He returned his 70.00% shooting rate.

Qin Ming scored 13 points and 6 assists in the first half. The three giants scored in double figures in the first half, and Lu Wei and Morris also scored 10 points and 9 points respectively.

With such terrifying data, in the first half alone, the Clippers have opened up a 10-point difference.

In the first quarter, the Rockets players seemed to be possessed by gods, scoring 70.00% of their three-pointers, but in the second quarter they lost their touch. The Clippers players continued to play steadily and regained their disadvantages.

In the third quarter, James Harden went into battle. He faced the Big Three alone and looked a little lonely.

Westbrook may be behind him, but he is definitely not the one who can support James Harden to the top.

But who this person is may be a question that has plagued the Rockets for a long time.

Let James Harden single-core lead the team to compete for the championship?

He can't do it, not only he can't do it, most players can't do it.

So in the third quarter, James Harden fired wantonly from the outside as if he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction.

In the first 2 minutes, he took out the weapon he had honed all summer. As a result of his practice, he stepped back for three points, broke through with the rhythm change after the pick-and-roll, and made strange footsteps and fake moves at the basket. In just 2 minutes, he scored eight points.

And what are the Clippers doing during this time?
They took the lineup of Qin Ming, Lu Wei, Mann, Batum, and Harrell to face the Rockets' main players.

Because their lead is enough, and even with this lineup, facing the Rockets is not a disadvantage.

When James Harden descended from heaven, there was another Clippers player who stood up to face him, and that was Qin Ming.

Qin Ming took very few shots in the first half, and because Leonard and Paul George have good hands, he is also willing to play his own point guard. He no longer needs to prove himself.

But when James Harden came down to earth, Qin Ming also stood up and confronted James Harden.

Because Westbrook's defense is still very compact for Qin Ming, Qin Ming basically uses Harrell's pick-and-roll to find a switch.

In the third quarter, De Antoni saw that the unlimited switching of defenses was not very effective for Qin Ming, so he directly let the players play on their own and find their own defensive rhythm.

So Qin Ming didn't find the wrong position, but got some open three-pointers after relying on the pick-and-roll.

After those three-pointers, D'Antoni took Chandler and took Covington.

After Covington comes up, the Rockets can defend.

However, after the pick-and-roll, Qin Ming's speed is too fast, Westbrook can catch up, but Covington doesn't think so, so he chases with Westbrook, and Qin Ming's ball is passed to Harrell who cuts inside. The Rockets have no frame protectors, and Harrell dunks directly.

Qin Ming once again tore through the opponent's line of defense, and once again made the opponent helpless.

(End of this chapter)