Chapter 223: Sending the wrong text message
On April 24, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the San Antonio Spurs at home.
The Clippers scored double-doubles in five players at home, Ji Guoqiu 13 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Billups 19 points and 7 assists, Artest 22 points and 6 rebounds, and Mobley 12 points.
The Spurs' Parker was successfully defended by the Clippers in this game, and he scored 21 points on 7-of-17 shooting, Duncan had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Ginobili had 17 points.
The Los Angeles people were imposing from the start, and although Artest started with some excitement and hit five irons in a row, the Clippers set the lowest score in a single quarter of the playoffs in the first quarter. But at their own home arena, the Staples Arena, the Clippers' defense was still good enough, and they scored just 14 points in the first quarter, but the Spurs didn't stretch the margin to double digits, which set the stage for their comeback.
Speaking at his post-match press conference, Popovich said: "We were ready to lose on the road, 1-2 was bad, but we had something worse than that, there were seven playoff games and we only needed to get one away game back to regain the upper hand. β
Dunleavy Sr. said after the game: "The Spurs are built around Duncan, everything they do is based on Duncan, and that's why they're strong, and Duncan has been at the top for a long time. The Spurs have cornerstones, but the Clippers also have their own aces, with Billups and Artest being enough for Parker and Bruce. Bowen is busy, and the twins can bully more and less on the inside. We beat the Spurs in the regular season and we know we can play against them, does a win over the Spurs help us in the regular season? I don't know, but it at least makes us understand that we're one of the best teams in the West and that we've always had confidence in ourselves, which is important. β
Three hours later, the Phoenix Suns vs. New Orleans Hornets match was also decided.
At the pre-game press conference, a Phoenix reporter asked head coach Mike. D'Antoni said a word to the fans who had almost given up hope, but D'Antoni didn't care at all, and although the Suns were already 2-0 down to the Hornets, D'Antoni confidently joked: "Just let them go, we have 6 million people here, and there are still a lot of fans waiting to see our show." β
But after the joke, D'Antoni began to change back to Yan sΓΉ, and he said that he was fully aware of the strict nature of the situation. However, D'Antoni is not pessimistic, he said that although he and the team are on the edge of the cliff, the only thing they have to do next is to try to come back from the dangerous situation, D'Antoni said firmly: "We have to beat the Hornets tonight, it's the goal of the whole team, and I have never had any doubts about winning this series." β
D'Antoni is still a dead duck, but no matter how tough he says, the harsh reality is there, with only 13 teams successfully coming back from 2-0 down in seven series. But the Suns don't want to learn about that history, or they don't want it to affect their mentality.
In the first two games between the two teams, the Suns who played away were all overturned in the lead, and today at home, they didn't even have a chance to lead, and the whole game was in a passive position.
The Phoenix people were full of confidence, thinking that they could move back to the disadvantage by returning to their home court, but the weak defense kept the Suns in a passive catch-up situation from beginning to end, and was beaten by the Hornets 39:29 in the first quarter, and at most fell behind by 25 points!
In the end, the Suns lost to the Hornets 103-128 without suspense, becoming the first team to fall behind 0-3 in this year's playoffs.
Chris. Paul had a game-high 35 points, 18 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. West had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Stojakovic had 22 points, Chandler had 11 points and 14 rebounds, and the Hornets had 20+ away games against the Suns.
In the history of the NBA, there has never been a team that has come back from 0:3 down, and the Phoenix Suns have really fallen into a desperate situation, and they can't admit it if they want to.
Amal. Stoudemire 30 points and 11 rebounds, Steve Brown. Nash had 16 points and nine assists, Barbosa had 20 points, and Shaq. O'Neal had 15 points and six rebounds.
On the 24th, the third round of the East and West competitions ended.
Lakers vs Mavericks β 2:1.
Jazz vs Rockets β 2:1.
Clippers vs. Spurs β 2:1.
Hornets vs Suns β 3:0.
Eastern Side:
Celtics vs. Hawks β 2:1.
Pistons vs. 76ers β 2:1.
Cavaliers vs Wizards β 2:1.
Magic vs Raptors β 2:1.
Most of the teams in the league who returned to their home stadiums won their home games, only the tragic Suns were beaten 3-0 by the Hornets, and the twin brothers could clearly hear that Nash was in a bad mood when they were on the phone with Nash. The three games of the Sons of the Wind were played by Chris. Paul exploded cleanly, and his number jΓΉ was also not bad, but it was still far from Paul's 30+ table for three consecutive games.
News has been broken in the media that the Suns executives are very dissatisfied with D'Antoni's inability to achieve anything in the playoffs for so many years, especially this year that even the young Hornets can't clean up.
D'Antoni, the former best coach, is about to lose his job, but this is a matter for the Suns, and Dunleavy Sr. gathered all the coaching staff again after Game 3 to discuss Game 4 tactics.
The elder Dunleavy is more self-aware, knowing that he is inferior to Popovich in terms of on-the-spot layout and tactical arrangement, and even player rotation. But as the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, and the three stinkers have beaten Zhuge Liang, and he can use a more elaborate pre-game arrangement to use his team's strength to suppress the Spurs.
They did well in the last game, and no matter how resourceful Popovich was, he couldn't make up for his team's shortcomings.
After Dunleavy Sr. won this game, he thought of more arrangements for the Spurs for a while, such as the fourth game, and he was ready to adjust his starting lineup.
Old Cat Mobley played less than 20 minutes in the last game, but scored 12 points, and his efficiency on the court is quite high, proving that he still has the ability to be the main player of the team.
The Spurs' backcourt combination this year, especially their starters, has a lot to do. Although Bowen is strong defensively, he has to deal with Artest, who is more threatening, so in fact, the Spurs' defensive ability at the second position is not good.
Michael. Finley is old, and his single defense ability is declining rapidly, and their Mobley happens to be the strongest player in the team's current singles, if the old cat is put in the starter, I believe Popovich will have more headaches, and the old Dunleavy wants Popovich's headache!
The Clippers have the added benefit of putting the old cat Mobley in the starter, which is just right for James. Posey put his defensive prowess to good use against the Spurs' best sixth man, Argentine demon Ginobili.
Dunleavy Sr. didn't know that before the playoffs began, Popovich was most worried about the Clippers putting the old cat on the starter, and the old Dunleavy was still complacent about his wisdom at the moment, but he didn't know that he thought of this after the end of the third game, which was already quite an afterthought.
On April 25th, the fourth game of the first round of the East and West started!
In the West, the Lakers vs. Mavericks and Jazz vs. Rockets, these four teams will compete in Game 4 of their first round.
"Whew...... Scared the hell out of me! Ji Guoqiu sat in front of the TV, the fourth game between the Lakers and the Mavericks was about to start, but Ji Guoqiu saw his brother trembling his hands at this time, holding his Nokia mobile phone with a frightened face!
"What's the matter, did Sister Feng call you? I heard that he came to the United States to find Obama. β
"You are talking nonsense again, Sister Feng has not debuted at this time, and Obama has not yet come to power, but the trouble now is no worse than this matter."
"What could be more terrifying? Speak up and let me see. β
Ji Guoqiu threw his Nokia mobile phone over, which scared Ji Guoyi!
"It's so bad that I sent it to Emma. Roberts's text message was sent to Christine's phone! β
When Ji Guo heard this, he almost vomited out the Red Bull he had just drunk.
"So, it's a trouble for the current mobile phone to have no dual SIM dual standby, don't look at me, the situation is so strict, I can't help it, you ask for more blessings!"
Ji Guoqiu was no longer in the mood to watch the game at this time, and was so anxious that he turned around......
"Don't mess around, calm down first, what message did you send her, and what was the content?"
As soon as Ji Guoyan finished asking, the giant panda's mobile phone rang......
"It's over, it's really Christine, it's coming back so soon, what should I do? What to do? What to do? β
After Ji Guoqiu saw the caller number, he almost threw the phone out again......
"Actually, it's nothing, I think you can take this opportunity to dump that Twilight girl directly."
"Dump your uncle!"
Ji Guoqiu saw that the mobile phone rang for almost a minute and didn't stop, so he could only pick it up helplessly, Brother Panda's brain was turning at the highest speed of his career at the moment, and even a key math problem that he didn't answer in the college entrance examination in his previous life was answered by him at this moment.
"Hey, dear ......"
"I just received a text message from you, did you send it by mistake?"
Ji Guoyi heard Christine's words telepathically, and almost spit out Red Bull again, and said in his heart: "Boss, you are too dick, my sister actually automatically makes excuses for you, you are simply a love saint, please allow me to kneel and talk to you."
"SMS, what SMS...... Second, did you touch my phone just now? When Ji Guoqiu heard Christine's words, Science shouted at his brother,
When Ji Guoyan heard this, he threw himself to the ground again: "Boss, you are so witty, could it be that our IQ let you divide it all when we split the family?"
Christine's relieved voice came from the phone: "No wonder you don't watch the game with me, you want to accompany your brother, help me say hello to FOX, let's have a meal together tomorrow."
Ji Guoqiu was about to comfort him, when the voice of the little radish shredded suddenly came from outside the door. β¦β¦
"Giant panda, the game is about to start, I brought a piece of cake, freshly baked."
Ji Guoqiu hurriedly covered the microphone with his hand, and then glanced at Ji Guoqiu.
Ji Guoyan felt very congested at this time, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Bastard, you obviously look the same, why is the treatment so different?" β
Ji Guoqiu scolded in his heart: "Don't talk nonsense, go and resist over there, don't let her in!" β
Ji Guozhi could only stand up and walk to the door, facing Emma. Roberts used his taunting skills, and a few words made the little radish shreds angry!
When Ji Guoyi walked back into the living room a minute later, Emma. Roberts' freshly made cake was already buckled in his face.
Ji Guoqiu glanced at him, at this time, Brother Panda just finished the call with Christine, as if he didn't see the cake on his brother's face, put the phone in his pocket, exhaled softly, and then seemed to remember something, walked to the oven and picked up the cake he had just caught, and took a bucket of juice, ignoring his brother again, humming a minor tune and walking towards Emma. Roberts' home.
"Bastard, even if you don't comfort my handsome face full of cakes in order to help you deal with the aftermath, at least TMD will leave half of it for me!"
"You've got your face all over it, what more cake do you want? You eat yourself! β
Soon, Ji Guoyi telepathically saw two dog men and women flirting next door, and suddenly felt that today's Taylor. It was so bad for Swift to go out to perform that he didn't even have anyone to watch a game.
The Lakers and Mavericks, Rockets and Jazz each play Game 4 of the first round.
After the Mavericks pulled back a game at home in the first game, Dallas picked up momentum and got off to a better start today.
However, in the second section, the calf was in trouble, and the shape shì turned sharply.
At the start of the second quarter, the Mavericks only hit two shots in 5 minutes and 12 seconds, and the Lakers led Gasol to play a wave of 15:4 before taking the lead.
In the second half, Terry and Nowitzki stepped up, and the two hit frequently to play a wave of 12:0, and then the Lakers seemed to be stunned, and they were already 10 points behind halfway through the third quarter.
Kobe Bryant was finally enraged, and Peter Pan stepped up his attack, hitting consecutive three-pointers with 4:32 left in the quarter; then forced a breakthrough to cause a foul, two free throws and two hits; Bryant then completed two aerial relays with Gasol, leading the Lakers to a wave of 14-0 and regaining the score.
The Lakers were affected by the atmosphere at Dallas' home court in the last game, but today under the leadership of Kobe Bryant, who suddenly went viral in the second half, the Lakers completed a big comeback.
Bryant. Bryant scored only two points in the first half, but he started to play in the second half, finishing with 27 points, nine assists and five rebounds, Gasol had 19 points, seven rebounds and two blocks, Radmanovic and Vujacic each had 10 points and five rebounds, Odom had eight points and eight rebounds, Ariza had 10 points and six rebounds, and Bynum had eight points and eight rebounds.
The Mavericks lost control of the situation in the final moments, Jason. Kidd was even ejected in the fourth quarter for a malicious foul.
Dirk. Nowitzki had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Terry scored 20 points, Kidd shot 1 of 6 in the end, only scored 3 points, and the next game back to the Lakers' home court will be suspended, after the game, even Cuban, who has been a dead duck, didn't say a word, fell behind 1:3, and returned to Los Angeles in the fifth game to remember not being able to play, and the Mavericks were eliminated is a foregone conclusion. R1152