dream ten

Chapter 230 Critical Moments
"Yes, it's a luxury for the Lakers to have two such young power forwards at the same time. No matter which one Randall and Paul are, they have enough strength to sit on the starting lineup of most teams in the league and even Absolute main force, it is a pity that the styles of the two players are too similar, and their positions on the court overlap too much, which leads to their inability to coexist, which is a pity." Yang Yi analyzed.

"Then Mr. Yang Yi thinks that the Lakers will make a trade in the future?" Wang Meng asked,

"Yes, the Lakers must solve this problem. Randall is in a stage of rapid growth and rise, and Paul needs more playing time to cultivate and develop. The Lakers will definitely sell one of these two players. , In my opinion, the person who will be sold must be Randall, not because Randall is not strong, but purely because Paul's talent is more worthy of the Lakers' expectations." Yang Yi said with a smile.

Although the Lakers rely on Randall's offense to play well on the scene, the strength of the Clippers is still better than that of the Lakers after all. The Clippers' offense is not in a hurry and is slowly expanding. The score on the field.

There are 8 minutes left before the end of the game. Basically, it is the decisive period. Both sides will bring up all their starting players and prepare for a showdown.At this time, the Lakers led by eight points 86:78, which still holds a certain advantage.

As soon as Griffin came up, he hit a three-pointer jumper, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 5 points, and the Clippers' bench began to agitate.But Pope of the Lakers turned around and hit a three-pointer. Pope's three-pointer strongly responded to the morale that the Clippers were just about to rise. This goal can be said to be very critical.

Since the Clippers traded away Chris Paul, their offensive system is completely different from the past. Now the Clippers are organized by Griffin, although the former slam dunk king has successfully transformed into a point forward , But he is a big man after all, and he is definitely not as good as the previous CP3 (Chris Paul) in connecting the team.The number of alley-oop slam dunks that the Clippers were most proud of has also decreased sharply. Occasionally, Griffin and Jordan will cooperate with each other. It can be said that after the departure of CP3, the Clippers Going through a painful period, but Lou Williams and Gallinari's three-pointers complemented the Clippers' offense well, so the Clippers are still a very competitive team. The strength is still among the teams in the playoffs.

The Lakers are just a team almost entirely composed of young people. Their strength has not been tested correctly. Now everyone can't judge their strength. Really see what kind of strength the current Lakers team is.

The offense on both sides is very lively, but the score gap has hardly changed. On the one hand, the offensive aim of the players on both sides is not bad, and the offensive performance is very stable. On the other hand, the defensive effect of both sides is very poor. , No one can defend anyone, and the game slowly evolved into an offensive battle.

In the last 2 minutes of the game, the Lakers still lead by 104 points with 98:[-]. It seems that the Lakers have a very large advantage. Now they only need to slowly consume the offensive time, and they can securely win The game is over.

But the Lakers made a mistake at this time. Clarkson passed the pass to Pope and was intercepted by Beverly. The Lakers led by only four points.

The key ball, Clarkson handed it over to Paul, who was in the inside position. Paul hit Griffin with his back, turned around and was about to make a hook shot, but Jordan rushed up from a blind spot. He bounced at the speed of light and slapped Paul. The hook shot was nailed to the backboard, and the basketball bounced off the backboard and was grabbed by Griffin. The Clippers slowed down their offensive rhythm. Shrunk down to a ball.

Griffin slowly dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, Jordan suddenly stepped forward to pick and roll, Griffin directly broke through to the inside with the ball, but the outside pitchers have been watched by the Lakers, so Griffin He chose a direct layup, but Griffin's layup was pulled down by Lopez, and Griffin stood on the free throw line.

Although the Clippers' home court is also at the Staples Center, when Griffin stood at the free throw line, the boos from the scene were still huge. Griffin withstood the pressure and made two free throws, making The score gap between the two sides narrowed to the last two points, 104:102.

There is still one minute before the end of the game, and the Lakers' lead is only two points. They can only score this goal, and there is no way out. Otherwise, it will be tantamount to giving the initiative to the Clippers.

At the critical moment, Lopez received an inside pass from Paul, shot directly from the basket, and was fouled by Jordan Jr. and sent to the free throw line. Lopez made two free throws and the Lakers extended their lead to three points.

The Clippers continued to attack, and they still chose a safe two-pointer for this ball. Louis Williams made a large crossover and swayed Pope who was defending him, and then made a direct hit with a mid-range step-back jumper, 105 : 104, with 20 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers made a quick serve, and the Clippers chose a tactical foul. The Clippers sent Clarkson to the free throw line. Clarkson's free throws were still very stable. He made two free throws steadily In the two games, the score gap was once again widened to a safe 3 points.

The Clippers requested a timeout, and head coach Doug Rivers had a lot of choices at this time, because there were still nearly 20 seconds left, and he could still choose a safe two-pointer to send the Lakers to the free throw line again. Just bet that there will be problems with the Lakers' free throws, and he can also arrange an excellent three-pointer tactic for the three-point shooter to tie the score. How to choose depends on Rivers' choice.

Back from the timeout, Griffin of the Clippers quickly broke through to the inside and gave Jordan an alley-oop slam dunk to the inside. The Clippers recovered two points again, and the score gap between the two sides returned to one point. seconds.

The Lakers sent the ball, the ball was received by Ingram, and Ingram was sent to the free throw line. Ingram made two free throws and gave the Clippers a chance for the final lore 106:104.

The Clippers chose to pause, and after arranging tactics, the game between the two sides restarted.

(End of this chapter)