Chapter 542: Attacking and Defending

At one point in the third quarter, the Blazers organized an effective revolt.

But they couldn't get through this breath, and under the sudden blow of Li Liang's three-point shot, they still plummeted, and the score difference was pulled to 20 points.

This was a fatal blow to the morale of the Trail Blazers, and by the fourth quarter, the Clippers were in possession.

With Paul there, the Clippers played very steadily, and Griffin stood up inside at this time and resisted hard and scored several goals in a row.

At the critical moment, Rivers still didn't dare to be careless, even if he was ahead by more than ten points, he still had to use the way of hitting the basket and making fouls to stabilize the advantage.

The Trail Blazers had a good three-point shot tonight, and they pinned their hopes on three-pointers in the fourth quarter.

Lillard, Batum, and Matthews all shot at the slightest opportunity.

It did score some goals and hang the score, but as the player's fitness declined, the further he went, the lower the three-point shooting percentage.

At this point, I have to mention Li Liang, who is a chicken thief.

There is a very important reason for Li Liang's high three-point shooting rate, that is, he always shoots three-point shots at the beginning of the second half, when he has the best physical fitness and the loosest defense.

This is the time when the hit rate is the highest.

In the final period of the game, the defense was strong and his physical fitness declined, and Li Liang's three-point shooting options would be much more cautious.

Either the opportunity is good, or he will use props or skills, always to make himself more efficient.

The Trail Blazers have too much debt ahead of them, and a string of three-pointers is gambling.

Everyone knows that gambling will not win debts, but will lose more and more.

The Trail Blazers didn't have the luck to win the jackpot in the lottery, and when they missed three consecutive outside shots and were rebounded by the Clippers to win the backcourt rebound, the point difference was opened up again, and it became 25 again!

Stotts called the last timeout of the game - it felt like Stotts' main role was to call a timeout to give everyone a break.

He replaced the main players, replaced the garbage players, and it was garbage time again.

Tonight's garbage time is a little later than the previous two.

There was no suspense in the game, Li Liang and the main players got off the court together, sat on the bench and started chatting.

Li Liang played normally tonight, scoring 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

Jordan Jr. was a pillar of optimism, giving the Trail Blazers six hot pot hats and 21 rebounds.

The pace on both sides is fast, and Jordan Jr.'s rebound is a grab.

After winning this game, the Clippers have a big score of 3:0, and they are about to sweep again.

Li Liang is only in his second year in the NBA this year, and he has already swept his opponents three times.

Last year, the first and second rounds were sweeps, and this year it's almost the same.

This is not the Chosen Father, who is the Chosen Father?

And as soon as he arrived in the playoffs, Li Liang was surprisingly stable.

It stands to reason that the playoffs are highly targeted, and it is common for players to have ups and downs.

The change of home and away, a super god and a super ghost are even more common, and it is the norm to eliminate one or the other.

As a result, Li Liang is a super god, but there is basically no super ghost.

Who let him have props?

Not to mention anything else, Li Liang still has two [Yin and Yang Harmony Great Tonic Pills] in his hands, if he is 0 out of 10 in the first half, then you will wait for him to play 10 out of 10 in the second half.

Fans and the media certainly didn't know that after the Clippers easily knocked the Trail Blazers off the horse again, the whole public opinion was in amazement.

Although Li Liang only scored 23 points in this game, he didn't shoot much, and his efficiency was still very high.

Under his leadership, the Clippers can be said to have shown the strength to crush.

As a result, now the entire basketball media is touting Li Liang, in short, how to use the best words to cover Li Liang.

Li Liang saw these ...... To be honest, I'm quite happy.

Who doesn't like to hear good words?

Although I know when I lose the ball and lose, someone will definitely come out and step on a few feet.

There must be friends and enemies on the basketball court, that's how clear it is.

But Li Liang thought, in this case, can't I just keep winning?

Just when Li Liang and the Clippers were going well, in the East, the Heat pressed the opponent Wizards to the ground and rubbed them.

The Heat took the opposite route from the Clippers, they didn't let the Wizards score, and managed to keep the Wizards under 100 points in three straight games.

It was also a 3:0, while the Heat's biggest rival in the East, the Pacers, overturned, they came to Brooklyn in Game 3, only to lose to the Nets, and the big score fell behind 1:2, which can be said to be beyond everyone's expectations.

On the other hand, the Spurs and Warriors also played hard, with the first two games tied 1:1.

In the third game, the two sides did not decide until the fourth quarter, and the Spurs relied on three-pointers from Dio and Leonard to get through the game.

The Spurs are very old and tough, but the Warriors are just as talented and show their unfathomable potential.

There are only the Clippers and the Heat, and there are only two heroes in the world.

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The Clippers stayed in Portland for another day, and Game 4, either sending the Trail Blazers back to fishing or selling tickets back to Los Angeles for another game.

The Trail Blazers don't want to go back fishing, and the Clippers don't want to go home and sell tickets anymore, so being able to rest early and prepare for the Western Conference Finals is what the Clippers players want to see.

On May 11, the fourth battle between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers, the Battle of Honor for the Trail Blazers, kicked off at the Moda Center.

Trail Blazers fans didn't give up their support for the team because the team was on the verge of elimination, or that it was going to be eliminated.

The stadium was still full that night, and many fans wore red jackets to create a better stadium atmosphere.

After three devastation games, the Trail Blazers have a more stable mentality in the face of a big score behind.

There is no need to be in a hurry anymore, and it is useless to be in a hurry anyway.

A good mentality made the Trailblazers play more calmly and methodically at the beginning.

In the first quarter, they beat the Clippers 35-28 and ended the first quarter with a seven-point lead.

The long-lost lead, the long-lost three-pointer, the long-lost mid-range jumper after the pick-and-roll, and the long-lost smooth positional offense.

Air cuts, runs, screens, down after blocking, three-pointers in the bottom corner.

In the first quarter of Game 4, the Trail Blazers players finally felt like they were playing in the NBA, and it turned out that we were still an NBA team!

We didn't become a CBA, we didn't lose our skills, we still can play, and the other side will also play iron.

The Clippers hit iron at the beginning of the first quarter, and after Griffin and Paul blocked and dismantled the cover, they missed a jump shot in the high post, kicking off the Clippers' first quarter.

After that, the biggest problem the Clippers encountered was that they couldn't shoot, they really couldn't shoot.

The whole team felt off the line, and a lot of the points came from under-the-basket layups or near-basket attacks.

Once the offense is not good, the Clippers' defense will also have problems.

In the words of Zhang Weiping, a famous Chinese basketball commentator, "The Clippers, like the Lakers, are a team that leads offense and defense. A team like theirs is not good at attacking, and the defense is always counterattacked, so it is easy to scatter and mess up. ”

The Clippers' defense was indeed a bit chaotic in the first quarter, and the team missed the lead in the opening game, allowing the Trail Blazers to play smoothly, and it was difficult to brake later.

In the middle of the first quarter, Li Liang was whistled for a foul for the second time and had to go off the court, which made the Clippers' defense more problematic.

It seems that the only one who can really stop Li Liang is the referee.

Li Liang sat on the sidelines, drank some water, and thought to himself that tonight's game would not be good.

But it was precisely because it was not easy to fight that Li Liang was very excited.

The first three games were too easy, so why should there be a difficult challenge, right?