basketball pope

Chapter 784 [All in, break out! 】

111 to 95, the Clippers made a good start in the finals.

After the game, Yang Rui commented on the game and said: "The Nets are very strong. They definitely have the strength to hit the championship. Unfortunately, this year, they can't, because the Clippers have reached their peak, and the regular season record is enough to prove everything."

保罗砍下19分4篮板12助攻2抢断，德隆21分2篮板10助攻，两人表现半斤八俩。

Deron can't even do what the fans call "eating, sleeping and hitting Paul". How can he beat Paul and Curry?
Curry finally played 34 minutes and scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, the highest score of the game.If Paul wants to win the MVP, he has to compete with him.

纳什今天打的不好，6投2中, 三分球2中1，罚球1中1，只得到6分2篮板2助攻。纳什的球迷都希望他能在生涯末年圆了冠军梦，并打出球星的水准。

It's a pity that if the finals want to play a role, first of all it can't be to defend the black hole. As he grows older, Nash's defense is getting worse and worse.In the playoffs this year, he is not allowed to make three-pointers, only 38%, and averaged 0.6 goals per game. It is not a good opportunity to not shoot.

Even if he ignores defense and only looks at offense, Nash's scoring efficiency has dropped too much from his peak, scoring only 38 points and 13.3 assists per 6.4 minutes.So, he's not even a good role player in a positional offensive system.

姚名出场34分钟，18投10中，三分球5中2，罚球6中5，得到27分11篮板4助攻。但他暴露了体能问题，末节最后6分钟效率明显下降。

The problem with many Chinese athletes is that their physical condition declines rapidly as they get older.Yao Ming is 33 years old. He is not too old and has lost weight, but he is a 226cm giant after all, and his consumption on the court is much greater than that of short players.

In the first three quarters, Yao Ming could keep up with the rhythm. In the last quarter, he was one of the slowest players in the league. He was like Shaquille O'Neal after the 06 season. , the overall playing time must be controlled within 20 minutes, this time out.

The players were interviewed and said that they were no different from last season's finals and were confident of winning.

Paul said: "Our mentality is very relaxed. As long as we play a normal level, the Clippers will definitely win. Now what everyone has to do is to clearly divide the labor and seize the opportunity."

Griffin scored 17 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists. His performance was average. He didn't take many shots. He was more of a screen to help his teammates create opportunities.Asked about the stats, he said: "I don't care about the stats, I just want to defend the title successfully, which is the goal of all of us."

The reporter asked Curry: "You won the regular season MVP, but you have to play off the bench. How do you feel about this?"

"I don't have any special thoughts. I will always follow the coach's arrangement. We won very easily today, which shows that the coach's arrangement is correct."

Curry doesn't feel that playing off the bench loses face. That's the benefit of communication. He knows he's going to be in the position.If Yang Rui didn't ask him to talk to Paul during the season, and it was announced that Paul would leave in the summer, Curry would definitely feel uncomfortable at this time.

Now, the team wants Paul to win the FMVP in the finals. Curry is just an assistant. No one will blame him for the poor data. If he plays well off the bench and grabs Paul's MVP, no one will blame him, only Paul. Disappointing.

Therefore, he has no pressure at all and can play more freely, which is a pleasant surprise.

After two days of rest, on June 6, the two sides played their second game in Los Angeles.

Stevens arranged for the players to practice tactics for two days, trying to find ways to strengthen the offense and the defense in the second quarter.Without a stronger offense, or limiting Curry, the Nets will have a hard time winning.

In the end, the Nets' plan was to flank Curry from beyond the three-point line. To deal with Paul and Griffin, it was enough to flank him near the penalty area.

Doing so does limit Curry, causing his shooting percentage to drop.One person kept looking for physical confrontation, which made it difficult for Curry to get the ball. After getting the ball, the two men flanked him and made him unable to shoot easily, forcing him to score the ball.The Nets would rather let Guy, Danny Green, Tony Allen, Shane Battier and others throw open spots than make Curry comfortable.

The result of this defensive strategy, however, was a 27-point lead after three quarters into garbage time.

It doesn't matter if Tony Allen and Shane Battier are shorted. The two of them may not have been able to shoot correctly in the playoffs this time. Gay is still able to make a living. His three-pointer ability is average. 10.2 points, just ordinary role players.

But shorting Danny Green will cause big problems. His three-point accuracy this season is no worse than Curry and Korver.

这场格林爆发了，出战30分钟，6投6中，三分球5中5，得到17分1篮板1助攻。

In Yang Rui's previous life, in 2013, when the Spurs were reversed by the Heat to win the championship, if a player shoots well next season, the CCTV5 commentator will not say that this person looks like Curry, but will say "This is Danny Green!"
Before Curry and Thompson earned the "Splash Brothers" nickname, Green was considered the most accurate for a while.

In this life, because the Clippers played too many people and Green's data was not very conspicuous, the Nets underestimated him in the finals and paid a painful price for his comeback.

Paul also performed very well. He can always protect the basketball, find the empty space, pass the ball to his teammates, and scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists in three quarters, with zero turnovers.He still didn't score a lot, but he led the team's offense.

There are two things Curry can't match Paul, that is passing and control of rhythm.

"Half-orc" Faried also got 10 minutes to play, actively under the fast break, and scored 8 points.

Faried didn't play for a minute in the last game, and he was almost suffocated because he had nowhere to go. Once he rushed up with plenty of energy, not to mention Blatche, Favors, and Yao Ming inside, even Joe Johnson and Bogans couldn't catch up with him.

Seeing that the score was too far behind and the tactics were ineffective, Stevens simply gave up the game and replaced all the main players.

In the final quarter, the two sides fought off the bench. Yang Rui asked Paul to play for another 6 minutes, facing Nash, and Curry rested. This is a clear sign that he wants to help him win the MVP.

Paul is on the bench, and the offense is still very well-organized. The players play as they practiced before the game, with pick-and-rolls in the middle, side screens, and an occasional eagle attack routine.

Nash can't guard Curry, nor can he guard Paul.Curry catches the ball and shoots against Nash. Paul uses another method, forcing a breakthrough, getting rid of Nash for a layup, or attracting defenses and assisting teammates.

保罗末节得到8分4助攻，36分钟总共砍下22分6篮板16助攻2抢断，带领球队继续拉大分差。

In the second half, Nash did not rest, and finally showed his performance in the face of Barbosa, making two three-pointers and one mid-range shot, scoring 8 points.

The scene seems to be friendship first and competition second.Barbosa was knocked over by Reggie Evans when he made a breakthrough. Nash was very friendly and pulled him. The two hugged gently and patted each other on the back.

They have been teammates with the Suns for many years and have a good relationship.

Although many media claimed that Nash was cuckolded by Barbosa in 11, and the child born by Nash's wife was Barbosa's own flesh and blood, Nash was furious and immediately divorced his wife, and Barbosa was also traded away by the Sun.But it was later confirmed that Nash's derailment was the real reason for his lightning divorce, and Barbosa was lying.

In the end, the Clippers won 123 to 95, and the total score was 2 to 0.

Although there has been a precedent in NBA history of coming back from a 0-2 deficit in the finals to win the championship, the object of the reversal will definitely not be a team with a record-breaking record in the regular season like the Clippers.

(End of this chapter)