basketball pope

Chapter 830 [Devil's home court, well deserved]

On the 19th, the Staples Arena was packed.

Before the game, the regular season MVP award ceremony was held, and President Adam Silva came to the scene as the guest of honor.He said in his award speech: "This is the second active player in the league to win the MVP. Stephen is the best player I have ever seen."

Silva was talking about the best player, without adding "one".The league likes Curry very much, not because he is invincible, but because he has the best character, no scandal, no drifting, no strong, and he doesn't even go to nightclubs.

Faced with this kind of praise, Curry was at a loss, sometimes inserting his hands into his trouser pockets, sometimes swaying from side to side, and was embarrassed to look directly at the MVP trophy, causing a little embarrassment.

Yang Rui noticed Griffin's expression, he narrowed his eyes, his expression was serious, and the word jealousy seemed to be written on his face.Yang Rui feels that it is time to consider trading Griffin in the summer...

Curry won the MVP, and the Clippers' home morale was like a rainbow.Today, the management ordered a red commemorative T-shirt and distributed it to every fan present, corresponding to the Chinese red jersey that the Clippers wore today.

Some NBA regulations are a thing of the past, and there will be no light-colored home jerseys and dark-colored away jerseys anymore.The home team can wear any jersey they wish, while the away team needs to wear a jersey in a contrasting colour to the home team's choice.

In the playoffs this year, the Nets like to wear black at home, as a lucky jersey. They wore black to have two lore in the regular season.

Nearly [-] spectators, uniformly wearing red T-shirts, occupied several seats, and the slogans were the same. Fans would feel excited through the TV screen.

The Clippers' home atmosphere will bring a lot of pressure to the visiting team, and the Devil's home is well deserved.

Players who play in this environment and want to win away games must not only have strength, but also have a good mentality.

Clippers starting: Curry, Danny Green, Middleton, Faried, Griffin.

Spurs starting: Parker, Fournier, Leonard, Duncan, Splitter.

Both sides adjusted the starting lineup at the beginning, Yang Rui let Chandler come off the bench, and made it clear that he would fight against the Spurs.

This was the decision Yang Rui and his assistants made after watching the last round of the Spurs VS Mavericks series. In Game [-], Duncan made very few shots and he was tired.

Entering the playoffs, Duncan averaged 32.8 minutes per game, scoring 16.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.3 blocks. Most of his energy was on the defensive end, playing team basketball with few shots.In the first two rounds, facing Miles Plumlee and Nowitzki as the main defense, Duncan still did not have a high score performance, so it is not a big problem for Griffin to guard him.

Splitter casually plays solo defense, as long as he doesn't let him dunk, he won't get a few points.In the last 7 games, the Spurs players were at a disadvantage in physical strength, and Faried's speed advantage will also be brought into play.

The Spurs started Fournier in response to the Clippers swingman's inability to handle the ball, and he would not be a defensive loophole in the face of Green.In the second quarter, Belinelli was on the bench, and Mills and Ginobili were able to shoot suddenly, which was more suitable for fighting back in chaos.

Split wins the jump ball and the game begins.

The Clippers started a mixed defense. Green faced Parker in the middle, Curry and Middleton were on both sides, and Griffin and Faried were on the bottom line.The disadvantage of this lineup is that the penalty area interferes with the shooting of the big man.

Throughout the season, the Clippers have been the main defense of the perimeter, reducing the opponent's three-point shooting rate and third in the league in defense efficiency.

Parker and Duncan played the pick-and-roll on the left side in the middle, Griffinka broke through the route, Green retreated in the middle to bypass the screen, and put pressure on Parker on the side.It's easier to guard Parker than Curry, and Green can do it well, because he doesn't need to guard the three-point line, and Parker can't make long shots.

Parker failed to rush up and divided the ball into the middle. Duncan didn’t shoot in the face of Green. He raised the ball above his head and supported the frame. After Parker ran away, he gave Leonard, who wanted the ball on the left, to Middleton from behind. Top defense.

Yang Rui asked Middleton to focus on taking care of Leonard, and the other four were on regional defense.Leonard is already an important scoring point for the Spurs, and the team's third offensive option. Sending people to take care of him won't take a lot of shots, but if he is fully zoned, and he goes to Curry's side, Curry will definitely struggle to defend.

Leonard is not a person who likes to attack. He took a step and turned around, hitting the ground and passing the ball to Split, who was on the bottom line. The latter cut low and faced Faried.

With a height of 211cm and a height of 203cm, Split has obvious advantages, but Faried's 102kg strength is not a big disadvantage.

Split is not afraid of tall centers, he moves fast enough, and most of his points are from the bottom line to catch the pass from his teammates. In the interference second half hook shot missed, Griffin grabbed the rebound.

The Clippers immediately launched a counterattack. As soon as Griffin passed to Curry on the same side, Curry moved a step to Faried in the middle. After Faried interfered with the shot, he looked back and sprinted in the direction where his eyeballs popped. Get rid of Split.

Curry is passing the ball with both hands shooting, imagining the position Faried is going to run to as a basket, and the pass is extremely accurate.It was a technique Nash taught him, and the experience gained again.Faried took three steps to catch the ball and smashed the ball with both hands. 2 to 0.

Farid rushed too fast and slammed onto the rebound with his inertial legs. Split followed behind him, and there was nothing he could do.

The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball over half court, played a pick-and-roll with Duncan, forcibly broke past Griffin, and Faried made up defense to form a pinch attack.Parker gave the ball to Split, who couldn't make a direct mid-range shot from the bottom line, and took a step inside. After half a second, Griffin turned around and interfered with the basket.

Coupled with the retreating Green, the three Clippers blocked the penalty area. Split was stuck by Griffin. Turning to the middle, he would hit Green. The rhythm was not good, so he gave up the strong shot and passed the ball to Duncan in the middle. Green immediately turned to guard Duncan again.

Duncan saw Green's speed and knew that he could interfere with the shot, so he didn't shoot, and gave it to Parker, who was running, for a secondary organization.Parker scored the ball to Fournier on the right, who got a chance to single out Curry.

Fournier, who is 198cm tall, weighs only 86kg, and Curry is 191cm tall and weighs the same as him.You can see how bad Fournier's confrontation is by looking at his figure. He can only rely on his technical and height advantages to beat Curry, and it will not work.

Fournier is an agile shooting guard and can break through with the ball against strong men, but Curry is not bad at defending against breakthroughs and keeps his distance from interference.He changed direction after probing in the face frame, took a step with his left foot, and made a pull-up jump shot inside the three-point line.

After Faried landed, he passed to Green nearby, Green took a step to score the ball to Curry, and there was a dislocation on the field.

One of the advantages of zone defense is that once the opponent fails to make a shot, quick offense and defense transitions can easily create dislocation opportunities. Curry takes the ball and quickly advances to the frontcourt, changes direction and jumps a step to the left, dribbles the ball behind and quickly gives his right hand a step back, and Fournier opened the distance and made a quick shot from the 70-degree three-point line.

Fournier reacted quickly and immediately jumped up to block the shot, but his athletic ability was average, so he could only block his eyes and interfere as much as possible.

Curry's rhythm is perfect, the ball draws a beautiful arc and hollows into the net. 5 to 0.

The home fans chanted "MVP" together, and the decibels surpassed the plane...

(End of this chapter)