basketball pope

Chapter 862 [Strength crushing, easily defending the title]

In the final quarter, Yang Rui sent a full bench lineup, LaVine, James Jones, Covington, "Brother Antetokounmpo" Antetokounmpo, "Whiteside" Whiteside.

The tactics are the same as the starting lineup. Antetokounmpo is a playmaker and pulls out to the periphery. He can attack with the ball in the middle, and can help pass the ball to find teammates. The white side covers LaVine without the ball and helps him run the ball and shoot. LaVine attracts the inside. If there is no chance to switch defense, then pass the flank to attack the basket.

Baibian doesn't need to think about passing the ball when he rushes to the basket. He just shoots. If he can't make a shot, he rushes to the offensive rebound. He tries his best to use his physical advantages. It doesn't matter if he can't grab the ball.

Jones and Covington's tasks are relatively simple, stand outside the three-point line to attract defense, and wait for opportunities to shoot.

Jordan Farmar continued to sit on the bench and entered garbage time. Yang Rui wanted to take this opportunity to train newcomers, and he did not want to give Farmar such a person who would definitely leave the team in the summer with his precious playing time.

The Hawks can't stand the bench, and the defensive weakness of Antic alone is not easy to make up for.

Antic played well in Europe and helped Olympiacos win two Euroleague championships. He is still known for his defense, which led the Eagles management into a misunderstanding, thinking that introducing him could strengthen the team’s defense and withdraw empty baskets. down, just like Okur did back in the day.

It is a pity that the heavy insiders like Antic can be eaten well in Europe, because each team likes to play zone defense, and the inside speed is not fast enough.In the NBA, Antic is just an ordinary meat shield, and his defense is on the same level as "Towel Man" Thackeray.

Encountered without the ball from the side, Antic always switched defenses half a beat slower. Because of his slow lateral movement, LaVine had two successful breakthroughs, and the more he played, the more confident he became.

What's worse is Antic's offense. He averaged only 32% shooting from the field in the playoffs, scoring 4.2 points and 2.9 rebounds. After this season, he will definitely lose his job in the NBA.

Substitute power forward Mike Scott is only 203cm tall and has good mobility. He does a good job in defending Antetokounmpo's breakthroughs, but he can't prevent Antetokounmpo's passing, and he can't score at all on offense under Antetokounmpo's defense.

The Eagles relied on Schroder and Wiggins to score in a chaotic battle, and the point difference continued to widen.Budenholzer didn't change the star again. If the star played well, he could only lose a little less, and he couldn't save face. If he couldn't suppress the Clippers' bench, it would be even more embarrassing.

It is impossible for the finals to reach this level to attract fans. Seeing that the live TV ratings have dropped to a pitiful level at the end, Adam Silva can only sigh and shake his head.

117 to 78, the Clippers won their first game by 39 points.

从第一场的情况来看，会是库里和加索尔争夺FMVP，库里只打了30分钟，得到21分6助攻，加索尔26分钟砍下16分10篮板3助攻2盖帽。

Six of the Clippers scored in double figures, while the rest were average.

At the press conference, Yang Rui praised the players, especially Draymond Green, who scored 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. He has completely forgotten about Griffin, whose defense is too far behind.

"He's our best defensive player, he's also useful on offense, and it's really nice to have him around."

The reporter asked: "What do you think is the key to the Clippers' victory?"

"The strength is crushing, it is normal for us to win."

In a game, the Eagles played by the Clippers had no morale, and the difference in strength between the two teams could even be seen from the ball blind.

In the second game in Los Angeles, Millsap and Teague took more shots. When they couldn’t get to the basket, the Eagles began to look for opportunities on the periphery. The Clippers responded with man-to-man defense, and the Eagles were always one-on-one.

Teague shot very resolutely and dared to take responsibility, but his shooting percentage was a bit miserable. He made 24 of 11 shots, 6 of 1 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

米尔萨普更惨，16投6中，三分球3中0，罚球10中7，得到19分7篮板3助攻。

替补的施罗德也找不到感觉，10投2中，三分球3中0，罚球2中2，只得6分4助攻。

Korver made 5 of 3 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw, and scored 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.Yang Rui has coached Korver, and he knows his characteristics very well.Although he has a high hit rate, he can be considered a defense due to the low number of shots.

The only person who played well for the Eagles was Horford, who made 12 of 8 shots, 1 of 0 from 1-pointers, 0 of 16 from free throws, and had only 7 points, 2 rebounds and [-] assists, which was not enough to lead the team to win.

In this game, Curry was defended as a blacksmith. He made 23 of 5 shots, 15 of 2 three-pointers, and 8 of 7 free throws. He had only 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. At 21.7 percent from the field and 13.3 percent from [-]-point range, he's a hell of a lot.

With the rubbish performance of the star, the Clippers still won.In order to prevent three-pointers, the Eagles had a lot of empty space inside, and the rebounds in the backcourt were not well protected, and the total rebounds were 39 to 61 behind.

加索尔出战35分钟，14投10中，罚球5中4，得到24分14篮板4助攻2盖帽，5个前场篮板球。

怀特塞德打了20分钟，7投5中，罚球6中4，得到14分10篮板，其中5个前场篮板。

德雷蒙德-格林打了32分钟，9投5中，得到10分11篮板4助攻，4个前场篮板。

The Clippers blew the Eagles inside, winning 100 to 89 and leading 2 to 0 in total.

The media agreed that the Clippers are going to win the championship again. The Clippers are stronger than the Eagles both inside and out. This game cannot be played.

Back in Atlanta, the Eagles were beaten in the third game and lost 91 to 112.

Curry's downside is that he's inconsistent, and when he's hot, opponents can only kneel and sing conquest.He made 17 of 10 shots, 13 of 7 three-pointers, and scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

加索尔继续保持强势，15投7中，三分球5中2，罚球3中2，砍下18分10篮板1助攻2盖帽。

The Eagles players faced the Clippers' strict defense, but no one played a high-profile performance, scoring average points and hitting average.

0 to 3 behind, the Eagles can only fight back at home.The gap between the two teams is so big that the league is too lazy to arrange the home whistle to help the Eagles win, because they have no stars worthy of praise.

In Silva's view, there are not many stars worthy of praise in the entire East. He has to find a way to get some stars from the West to play in the East in the summer.

The inside line was suppressed and the low-post attack was blocked. The Eagles had to increase their three-point shooting and sharpen their guns on the spot.

In the regular season, the Eagles averaged 26.2 three-pointers per game, hitting 10 goals, and the shooting rate was 38%. The data in the playoffs are not much different.The Hawks made it to the finals because they played reasonably, and now they have abandoned that.

The Eagles were forced to a desperate situation, and they were dead both horizontally and vertically. It is better to just gamble on three points and score two points. They cannot break through the Clippers' defense.

As a result, with the addition of perimeter off-the-ball screens, the Eagles' scoring efficiency for catch-and-three-pointers was even lower.The ability of Draymond, Antetokounmpo, Gay, Middleton, and Danny Green to interfere with shots made Budenholzer want to go crazy.

The Hawks made 32 of 5 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of 15.6%. Due to too many three-pointers, the overall shooting rate was only 42.4%.

Clippers players have no pressure, they land unhurriedly, and they combine the success rate of both inside and outside. Aiming at the shortcomings of the Eagles' short inside line and poor frame protection, they mainly attack the basket, and then shoot three-pointers from the inside line.They shot 51.2 percent overall and made 31 of 13 41.9-pointers, or [-] percent.

120 to 88, the Clippers won the away game, swept the Eagles 4 to 0, and easily defended their title successfully.

(End of this chapter)