NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 387 Seize the Weakness and Attack Violently

The biggest point of view between the Pelicans and the Clippers is of course the battle between Paul and Curry for the No. [-] point guard. After Curry won the MVP and FMVP, most people have moved the title of No. [-] point guard to Curry, but there are still many people who think Paul is still the No. [-] point guard!

Not to mention now, even though Curry won 3 championships and two consecutive MVPs in his previous life, some people still think that Paul is the number one point guard, and everyone knows that Presti sent Paul away to make room for Curry. Obviously, in Presti's heart, Curry is stronger, or more suitable for the team.

Under this kind of external voice, Paul will definitely not sit still, he will definitely fight back on the court to prove, just as he said in an interview: "I know what I can bring to the team. Now the Clippers are the top team in the West. They have everything they need to win the championship, and we will prove it on the court!"

On May 5, the series between the Pelicans and the Clippers began!

Pelicans starters: Curry, Thompson, Paul George, Draymond, Davis

Clippers starters: Paul, JJ Redick, Matt Barnes, Griffin, Green Davis

The Clippers team is basically similar to the previous life, but the starting center has been replaced by Glenn Davis, and the starting center is the Clippers' fatal weakness!Presti is very confident that as long as the Clippers' center stays on the court, the Pelicans will always have the upper hand.

The Clippers' style of play is quite simple, focusing on outside offense, four people open, Paul and Griffin or Glenn Davis play pick-and-roll in the middle, you can hold the ball to drive to the basket, or you can distribute it to Jordan for an air-cut attack.

When Griffin leads the team alone, he can also do the same. There are two evaluations of Griffin in his previous life. One is omnipotent, which means he can do everything.

In fact, Griffin and Paul have never been a good match. Griffin needs the ball, and Paul’s open position also needs to hold the ball. After Griffin was replaced by the Pistons in his previous life, the team’s head coach used Griffin as a little James, and the effect was very good. Griffin also developed a three-pointer, which is very suitable for the small ball era.

The Clippers substitute Darren Collison, Crawford, Danny Granger, Jared Dudley, and Ryan Hollins in a five-man rotation. The offense is a duo of Collison and Crawford. In fact, Collison and Crawford are not very good. Although Collison is a traditional guard, he needs a lot of ball possession.

The overall rotation of the Clippers is that the offense depends on Crawford's touch and the black hole defense. Presti is very sure that the Clippers' substitutes will be completely suppressed by the Pelicans' bench gangsters.

Soon the game started, and the Clippers’ tactics were just a few tricks. Paul and Griffin picked and rolled. Presti had clearly told Green that once they came to play the pick and roll and didn’t switch defenses, Curry had to squeeze through quickly, not giving Paul room to shoot, and Green also pinched Paul.

In the previous life, the Clippers' lineup had always seemed luxurious, but they couldn't achieve results. Apart from Paul's style of play, there was another important reason, that is, the Clippers had too few ball-holding points, and there were only three players with the ability to attack independently!And Paul is the only one with organizational skills. Even if Griffin was at the peak in his previous life, his organizational skills are average.

Paul is undoubtedly the most important thing for the Clippers and their commander. Once Paul is strangled at this point, the Clippers will basically lose.

The ball was passed to Griffin from the gap, and the space was open. Griffin could only make a mid-range shot, but failed to score!
Davis took the rebound and gave it to Curry. Curry accelerated the frontcourt and gave it to Paul George. Paul George took the ball and forced Barnes to attract the help defense. Then Thompson passed the outside line. Thompson passed it to Curry who had just run to the bottom corner.Got it!
This ball is the difference between Curry and Paul. Curry can play without the ball. He can still play a very big role without the ball in his hands. He can even attract double-teams without the ball. Paul is completely different.When he's in charge, it's axiomatic that the game is easy.But does this mean making teammates and the team better?At the critical moment, his assassination ability is far inferior to Durant Kobe Wade and other killers, but at this time the team actually has no other way.One person plays around, the whole team plays.One person was pinched, and the whole team was paralyzed.

Here Paul played pick-and-roll with Griffin again, went on the line again, and then distributed it to Griffin, and continued to make open mid-range shots. This time he scored!Although the goal was scored, Presti did not change his tactics. The reason is very simple. At this time, Griffin's mid-range shot is still very average. In fact, even in later generations, Griffin's mid-range shot is still undead!

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans lead the Clippers by 5 points!There is still no gap in the statistics, but everyone who has watched the game knows that the Clippers were completely suppressed, and the reason why they lost 5 points was because their shooting percentage was not bad!
After entering the rotation lineup in the second quarter, the Clippers quickly collapsed!The Clippers' rotation was directly suppressed, Crawford was led by Bradley, Collison was one-on-one by Livingston, Jimmy Butler and David West made the Clippers powerless to resist!
Even though Crawford used the pick-and-roll to block Bradley, he was interfered by Gobert when he rushed to the inside. With Gobert guarding the inside, the Clippers couldn't make a breakthrough at all. The Clippers had no choice but to pause and had to bring Paul up again!
But the embarrassing thing is that Paul's situation still hasn't improved much. Although Paul's age and injuries have made breakthroughs less and less, the same is true for his shots. Although he can drive the offense off the bench, Presti's tactics minimize Paul's role.

Presti's defense against Paul is just one. You can shoot, you can rush, you can get high scores, you can get statistics, but it's free to drive your teammates!And although the Clippers' substitute ability is good, it is far behind the Pelicans!

The Clippers can only bring back the starting lineup again, as does Presti, and this time, Presti began to play against the Clippers' weaknesses!
Curry gave the ball to Davis, and Davis singled Glenn Davis in the low post, accelerated the breakthrough directly to the frame, passed, and made a layup!
Davis hits a heavy center like Glenn Davis and directly breaks through. Glenn Davis has nothing to do!

Here the low position is handed over to Griffin. Griffin hits Green singles.

After Green promised Presti, he worked hard every game!How should I put it, Presti hated Green very much in his previous life, but a player like Green is a must for every championship team. He is willing to do the dirty work, has no complaints, actively defends, and has a strong competitive spirit!It can also give body shape when teammates are distracted and not focused!
Paul George took the rebound, led the frontcourt to single Barnes, and made a one-step pass. Glenn Davis came over to help defend, and scored Davis at the basket. Davis got the ball and got up and dunked with one arm!Now the Clippers are all weaknesses in Presti's eyes!
The Clippers continued to give it to Griffin, and Griffin handed it to Redick, wanting to throw it, but was directly interfered by Curry!Curry is very experienced in defending players who run without the ball and catch and shoot!
Green got the rebound and directly counterattacked and accelerated!After reaching the frontcourt, a ground shot was given to Davis who made an air cut in the middle. Davis took the ball and made a layup in three steps!For the Clippers, Paul missed a mid-range shot, and Curry counterattacked with a rebound. The excitement came, and he went straight for a long three-pointer!besides!

The Pelicans fans in the New Orleans Arena stood up and applauded wildly. The Pelicans' attack directly beat the Clippers 9:0, and the point difference has come to 21 points!The game took!

In the end, the Pelicans easily defeated the Clippers 121:102, leading the series 1:0!

After the game, people commented on the game, saying: "The Clippers and the Pelicans are not on the same level at all, whether it is from the players, coaches or management. The Clippers can't even get a victory from the Pelicans!"

Of course, the Clippers fans definitely don't want to listen to this, especially the Clippers players, so in the second game, the two sides had an explosive and fierce conflict!

When Griffin received Paul's lob, he pressed Davis with his hand, and then dunked!It was an obvious offensive foul, but the referee didn't blow it. Davis got up and pushed Griffin hard, and the explosion happened like this!
In the end, Davis was expelled as the primary person responsible for the conflict, while Griffin was called a technical foul, and then the game continued under the boos of Pelicans fans!
When the Clippers fans saw this, they would definitely think in their hearts that this game will be won, but obviously that is impossible, and the replaced Gobert is even more brutal!

Although Gobert is far inferior to Davis on the offensive end, Gobert's defensive power at the basket is much more terrifying than Davis. After Paul came in with the pick-and-roll, he was blown away!
Later, Paul adjusted his tactics and wanted to replace Gobert for singles, but Presti would not let Gobert go out at all, just carry it under the basket, because Glenn Davis has almost no deterrent shooting power.That Gobert's long arm wouldn't agree.

The Clippers were able to resist in the starting stage, but they couldn't do it in the substitute stage.

This time Presti put Jason Smith at the 5th position!Although Jason Smith's frame protection is far inferior to Gobert's, he has an advantage that Gobert does not have, and that is the long-range shooting ability. Jason Smith's three-point shooting rate has reached 37%, which can be said to be very good!
In the rotation stage, the Clippers actually released two Jason Smiths, and they scored all two three-pointers!
The Clippers still can only rely on Crawford as a substitute, but Crawford was exhausted by Bradley's overall defense, and his shooting became very unstable, and Jimmy Butler would often switch defenses to Crawford!

On the other hand, here at the Pelicans, there is no one who can match up with David West. Once double-teamed, the shooters around the Pelicans will shoot with all their arrows!

A few minutes later, the two sides all switched back to the starting lineup. This time Curry and Gobert picked and rolled, Curry walked in, and Gobert went down, and once the Clippers went to double-team Curry, Gorebe was free and directly received dunks!

If Curry is not double-teamed, then Curry's throw will make the Clippers unable to defend!
Later, the Clippers and Gorbe picked and replaced Glenn Davis for singles. With Glenn Davis' footsteps, Curry passed him like crossing the road in the early morning.

On the Clippers side, Paul was consumed in turn, Griffin had Green's top defense, even if Green passed Green, and Gobert was the second barrier.

In the end, the Clippers lost to the Pelicans again by a big score, and the audience was so powerless to resist!

After returning to Los Angeles in the third game, the situation did not improve at all. The Clippers' multi-position ball holding points made the Clippers miserable. It is no exaggeration to say that even if the Pelicans only play one pick-and-roll tactic, they can kill the Clippers!
Needless to say, Davis singles on the inside, Paul George singles on the outside!

In the third game, the Pelicans defeated the Clippers without bloodshed!
In the fourth game, the Clippers made a big change, and raised Griffin to the center position to fight against Davis. At the same time, it also increased the flexibility of the lineup so that Curry would not always be replaced by Curry.

The Clippers' change of formation did have a good effect. Curry failed to single Griffin twice.

And in the rotation stage, let Griffin take the lead, and attack David West in the low post!Of course, David West can't guard against Griffin, this time the rotation lineup did not open the score!

The Clippers lasted until the end of the third quarter. When the fourth quarter started less than 3 minutes later, the Clippers couldn't stand it anymore. It was very simple.

This time, after Curry replaced Griffin, he easily went in and made a throw, and Griffin's low attack against Davis also missed. The Pelicans pushed back and hit a three-pointer!

In just 3 minutes, the point difference quickly came to 12 points!
After returning from a timeout, Paul singled Curry at the top of the arc, missed a mid-range shot, and made a hit!On the Pelicans' side, Paul George's singles at the top of the arc also easily went in. The Clippers didn't dare to help defend, and they were all shooters on the outside!I can only let Paul George layup!
Here, Paul's mid-range shot began to be unstable, and his physical strength was almost at the end. After the miss, Paul George took the rebound and scored Thompson on the right. Thompson then threw a three-pointer!Just throw it in!

The Clippers were powerless, and in the end the Pelicans defeated the Clippers 108:101, and the series swept the promotion with a 4:0 advantage!
(End of this chapter)