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Chapter 233 Can defend opponents, but cannot guard coach-Dog Rivers! !

Chapter 233 Can defend opponents, but can't defend coach—Dog Rivers! !

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Clippers played with Li Yang and Harris with four substitute players, Li Yang + Alexander + Reed + Harris + Harrell.

Gallinari and Beverly returned to the bench to rest.

On the 76ers side, Embiid still stays on the field to control the overall situation, plus four pitchers, a combination of one star and four shots, Covington + Shamet + Redick + Fultz + Embiid.

After the start of the second quarter, the 76ers' offense first hit the inside. After all, Simmons has returned to the bench to rest. Now the 76ers' offensive firepower is the inside Embiid + outside Redick.

After Embiid got the ball, he completely used his physical advantage to crush the Clippers' backup center Harrell, turned around and dunked with both hands to score! !
"It would be great if it was defended." Clippers fans felt sorry.

When Marjanovic is on the court, although there is no good way to attack Embiid, at least it can be useful. When he is off the court, the Clippers are no longer Embiid's opponents inside.

However, the Clippers players were all expressionless, and they were not affected at all. Harris quickly ran to the frontcourt. Li Yang held the ball and advanced very fast, but he was already in the frontcourt in a blink of an eye.

Seeing Lu Wei break through, the 76ers rushed forward, and at the same time, two people surrounded Lu Wei, and Li Yang took the opportunity to slip to the bottom line.

The next moment, Lu Wei quickly split the ball and passed it to Li Yang.

As soon as the ball reached Li Yang's hands, Li Yang was ready to make a shot, but suddenly a figure flashed in front of him, and Fultz rushed over quickly. Li Yang was a little surprised by his quick reaction.

In fact, Fultz has been staring at Li Yang, and seeing Li Yang walking towards the baseline, he knew that Lu Wei would pass the ball to Li Yang, so he dropped his defender Alexander and quickly followed Li Yang.

Seeing Fultz standing in front of him, Li Yang changed his mind and quickly made a decision. He suddenly resorted to a feint to change to a breakthrough. When Fultz retreated half a step, he took back the right foot he stepped out, jumped up quickly, leaned back slightly, and shot resolutely and decisively.

"Don't even think about it!" Fultz was not slow to react, and quickly stepped forward, flying to block the shot.

However, Li Yang's shot is as fast as Curry's. Moreover, Li Yang is five centimeters taller than him and leans back. No matter how fast Fultz reacts, he will never be able to touch the ball. He can only cover Li Yang's eyes with his hand, trying to interfere with Li Yang's shooting.

But for a shooter at Li Yang's level, this trick is not so useful.

I saw the basketball draw an arc over the arena, like a precisely guided missile, piercing through the net with a swish.

With his eyes covered, Li Yang made a three-pointer! !

Fultz shook his head, he was also very helpless, he didn't expect that even if he covered the opponent's eyes, Li Yang could still make the shot.

This is a microcosm of the first half of the second quarter.

The 76ers found the most suitable offensive method. Embiid continued to use his personal ability to cause damage to the Clippers inside, and Redick occasionally made cold shots on the outside.

However, during this period of time, the Clippers will instead widen the score gap with the 76ers! !
Although Embiid scored very hard inside, but the Clippers couldn't hold back the Clippers to score more. Li Yang and Harris also showed hot shooting touches from the outside.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Yang and Harris made 7 of 5 outside shots together, with a hit rate of over 70.00%!

The 5 three-pointers made by Li Yang and Harris instantly stunned the 76ers!

It directly opened the point difference from 3 points to 10 points!
Li Yang's three-point attribute value is already as high as 95. In the case of confrontation, it is not particularly outrageous to make four out of five shots.

For the 76ers coach Brown, he must request a timeout to rearrange the team's defensive strategy.

In less than 5 minutes of the second quarter, coach Brown re-assigned the entire main lineup.

Players such as Simmons and Fultz played one after another.

However, the 76ers' defensive matchup has also changed slightly now. Covington did not match up with Li Yang, and now it is Simmons who defends Li Yang.

Compared with before, Simmons' defensive ability is a little stronger.

But after the game restarted, the 76ers still had no way to effectively limit Li Yang's scoring.

After Li Yang gets the ball from the outside, as long as there is a little room for him to shoot, his shots will basically hit the basket.

Over time, as long as Li Yang shot from outside the three-point line, he would be double-teamed. Therefore, at the end of the second quarter, Li Yang did not force shots, but began to focus on passing the ball.

Li Yang strengthened the number of his inside breakthroughs, but the purpose of Li Yang's breakthroughs was not to force a layup, but to distribute the ball to the open teammates just right.

During this period of time, Lu Wei became the player who benefited the most.

With the help of Li Yang, Lu Wei scored 10 points in a row and continued to help the Clippers expand their lead.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers entered the intermission with a 64:52 lead over the 76ers by 12 points.

This seems to be another game without any suspense. At least from the second quarter, the 76ers have no way to fundamentally limit the Clippers' scoring no matter what they do.

When Embiid and others returned to the visiting team's locker room, the expressions on their faces were full of helplessness and depression.

"Yang's shooting is so accurate!!!"

"Yang is really strong, he is definitely the most talented Asian player I have ever seen!!"

"The Clippers may really reach the Western Conference Finals this season!"

"The 76ers' offense is too single, and it is impossible to win only by relying on Embiid to score!!"

At the Staples Center, every fan was talking about the performance of the two teams in the first half.

Of course, most of them are bragging about Li Yang's performance.

As the head coach of the Clippers, Rivers is also extremely satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. After having Li Yang, the Clippers basically do not need Rivers to direct the team.

Li Yang seems to be the coach on the court, his passing and organization are even more effective than Rivers' command.

After the start of the third quarter, the 76ers still played as the main force, and Embiid and Simmons still appeared on the court.

Coach Brown actually wants Embiid and Simmons to take a break, but now the 76ers are behind. In addition, the entire team's offense basically needs to rely on Embiid, and the organization needs Simmons.

Therefore, Embiid and Simmons must stay on the court and continue to fight. As the leaders of the 76ers team, they must carry the burden of the team.

Since the Clippers established a lead in the second quarter, on the Clippers side, Rivers did not let Li Yang continue to play, but put Li Yang on the bench to watch the game.

The current lineup of the Clippers is Beverly and Gallinari leading three substitute players, while Li Yang and Harris are resting on the bench.

But soon, the Clippers lineup was overwhelmed by the 76ers.

When Beverly lost Li Yang's pass, he basically lost his ability to score, and Lu Wei's state was extremely poor tonight!
Open shots were able to shoot three shots, and in less than 3 minutes, the 76ers shortened the point difference to less than three points.

Rivers originally wanted to let Li Yang and Harris take a good rest, but after seeing the game situation suddenly deteriorated, he could only let Harris go into battle again.

Li Yang continued to watch the game from the bench.

Harris replaced Reed, while center Gortat also played.

But the appearance of these two main players did not have much effect.The problem for the Clippers now is that the defensive end cannot bring effective restrictions to Embiid!

After Harris came on the court, he could indeed help the team on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, the inside players of the Clippers could only watch Embiid perform dreamy footsteps under the basket and succeed in dunking! !

Although the Clippers sent the Polish hammer Gortat, the old hammer did not have any advantage in the matchup with Embiid! !
Basically, every match was overwhelmed by Embiid, who is strong and flexible, using his tonnage and skills! !
The shortcomings of the Clippers are undoubtedly revealed in this game. Although the Clippers defeated the Thunder in the last game, when the Clippers meet a team with a super inside, they will basically be at a disadvantage.

Just like tonight's game.

At 5 minutes into the third quarter, Embiid finally led the 76ers to complete the lead in the score! !

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Clippers' offense collectively misfired, and once again fell into the vicious circle of no one shooting.

Clippers: I vote, I vote, I vote! !

Basket: I block, I block, I block! !

Clang in clang, the basket was almost crooked for a while! !

At this time, many Clippers fans on the sidelines began to shout Li Yang's name loudly.

When the team is in an unfavorable situation, the No. 1 Clippers fans subconsciously appear is Li Yang, and Li Yang has conquered all Clippers fans.

"Hurry up and let Yang play! Rivers has a hole in his head, and if he doesn't change Yang, he is messing around!"

"If the thigh Yang is not allowed to play again, the Clippers will collapse!!"

"Sure enough, the Clippers without Yang don't deserve to win!!"

"Hey, if the Clippers want to win the championship, it seems that they need to introduce a high-quality insider!"

"Embiid deserves to be the No. [-] center in the future, and his dominance in the interior is simply too strong!!"

Many Clippers fans have already panicked. With the current competitive state of the Clippers, this victory that should have been obtained is likely to slip away.

Rivers also has a stubborn temper. He didn't let Li Yang play for a minute in the third quarter.

Probably it was to give Li Yang a warning. In the last quarter, Li Yang forced Covington to be dunked. It was very dangerous. It almost scared Rivers so that his hips trembled, and his soul sublimated! !
At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers led the Clippers by 90 points 86:4 and entered the fourth quarter.

(End of this chapter)

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