Chapter 545: The harder the better
The Clippers had a slight advantage in strength, and with a little bit of luck, fans didn't even notice what was going on, and the Clippers had a few three-pointers that barely got into the frame to put the Celtics up by as many as 12 points.
At the end of the first half, the score was 54:42, and the Clippers did a lot better defensively than the Celtics, they made eight three-pointers in the first half, and the Celtics only made three, which is why the Celtics trailed by 12 points.
Ji Guoqiu had 9 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Ji Guoqiu had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups had 9 points and 4 assists, and Crawford had 6 points.
Garnett had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Pierce had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Ray had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Allen 6 points, Rondo 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Davis 6 points.
Crawford didn't shoot 2-of-8 in the first half, and the shooting percentage was not good, but the three-point shooting rate of 2-of-4 shooting was not bad, although Clippers fans felt that his two three-pointers must have been scored, but no matter how it scored, as long as it went in, it was a good thing.
Inversely proportional to this is Rajan. Rondo, the players and coaches of the Green Army have a lot of trust in him, and even he has a lot of confidence in himself, but no matter how he shoots, he can't score. Rondo shot 2-of-9 in the first half and 0-of-5 from three-point range, and Celtics fans said they were hurt, and the shooting ability of their own point guard was really sad.
The Clippers are a balanced team inside and out, they can launch offense on the inside, but the jump shot is what they do best, and once it's turned on by the Clippers' perimeter shot, it's really dead to death.
At halftime, Coach Rivers put a lot of emphasis on the Clippers' perimeter defense. The referee's whistle was loose today. This is good for the Celtics. Their small actions will be less likely to be whistled for fouls and will be tougher defensively.
The Clippers only made five free throws in the first half, which is nearly half the number of free throws they usually make, and it is thought that the league is a way to make the series more suspenseful, and it would be nice not to blow the away whistle directly.
The Celtics made 10 free throws in the first half, five more than the Clippers, but fortunately the Clippers players had a good hand, and the referee's partiality didn't help much. Perhaps the biggest help was not allowing the Celtics to trail the Clippers by 20 points in the first half.
In the second half, Ji Guoyan tried his hand first, forced a shot outside the three-point line, and the basketball brushed out of the frame.
Ji Guoqiu grabbed the frontcourt rebound under the basket, Ji Guoqiu's shot turned twice on the basket, and Perkins and Garnett, including Ji Guoqiu, jumped early for the first time. But in terms of the speed of the second jump, the giant panda has an absolute advantage, stretching out his long arm with his hand a little. Turning the basketball in his direction before the two of them, he grabbed his first frontcourt rebound of the game.
If there is anything outstanding about this game, Celtic said. That is, they learned the lesson of the Spurs, and their protection of backcourt rebounds was very good, and they did not let Ji Guoqiu wreak havoc under their own baskets.
"We play more under the basket, use running shots to attack, and rush directly to grab the frontcourt rebounds after shooting, and I don't believe that we can't grab the frontcourt rebounds."
Ji Guoqiu grabbed the rebound and said after passing the basketball to his fox brother.
After speaking, he glanced at Perkins again, this dead fat man was slow, and he was as slow as a bear in his eyes, but his ability to get in position when grabbing rebounds was really good.
And after this guy got in the main position, he didn't grab rebounds, but let Garnett and Pierce win the basketball, which also led Perkins to grab 2 rebounds in the first half, but his role was to make Ji Guoqiu unable to grab a frontcourt rebound.
Perkins has an embarrassed face, saying that he is embarrassed, but after a closer look, he is a little vicious, and his defensive actions are very fierce, Howard is very depressed every time he meets Perkins, although he can't talk about restraint, but Perkins is already the most effective inside line for Yao Ming's defense of Howard.
Ji Guoqiu finished passing the ball, pulled to the free throw line to pick up the basketball, and the Clippers began to regroup.
The Celtics did not execute the change of position defense on the defensive end like the Clippers, Perkins was passive enough to deal with Ji Guoqiu, let him defend Ji Guoqi who was running all over the court, this fat man must be tired and vomit blood.
Ji Guoqiu received the basketball and made a tentative step with the ball in front of him.
Celtics players are the most embarrassed at this time, and the panda brother is likely to break through by himself, but they don't dare to come over to wrap up, otherwise the Clippers outside players may get a dunk opportunity with a casual air cut.
"If you don't wrap it, then I'll break through."
Ji Guoqiu didn't think much about it, and at this time he decisively bullied Perkins' disadvantage in footsteps, dribbling to break through to the inside.
Perkins hurriedly retreated, Ji Guoqiu made an incoherent emergency stop action, adjusted slightly, and immediately jumped and shot at the free throw line......
"Huh!"
To be honest, Ji Guoqiu's breakthrough emergency stop action is much worse than that of the fox brother, and the aesthetics and coherence are not as good as Ji Guoqiu's, but if you compare it in the center position, it is still a super-first-class breakthrough ability, and it is naturally not a problem to play with Perkins, a stupid bear.
Rivers couldn't help but pat the tactical board, this is what he was afraid of, although Brother Panda's breakthrough is not as famous as Brother Fox, but the big three-step layup at the top of the arc is definitely the top inside, plus his same top-level mid-range shooting ability, this is also a big killer!
How can this be prevented? There is a fox out there that is more terrible than a tiger, and if Billups lets go, he can also kill the Celtics, and Afflaro and Garcia's three-point shots are close to 40%, and they can't let it go either.
Since you can't put it all? Did you just watch Brother Panda eat Perkins?
Rivers is struggling with his brains, and Celtics fans are slapping their thighs.
The Clippers are too much stronger, they can't go up to the bag, they can't go up to the bag, they can't do it, and now they are 14 points behind, it seems that no matter how they fight, they will die?
On the defensive end of the Celtics, as soon as Garnett received the ball, Billups didn't have so much estimation at all, and immediately went up to the bag, which was very reassuring.
Rondo received the basketball outside the three-point line, and many Clippers fans laughed, wishing that he could shoot quickly.
Billups was two steps away, his eyes still wandering, apparently observing the team's defensive formation and not paying much attention to Rondo.
Rondo shot 0 of 5, no matter how high his confidence was, he didn't dare to shoot at this time, and when he saw that Perkins had no one to defend, he immediately passed the basketball over.
"What are you passing it to me for?"
Perkins felt pain in his heart, he was in the low post on the left at this time, and he was still thinking about coming out to cover, but the next second, the basketball was comfortably passed to his hands.
Rondo's pass was just right, and he was replaced by Glenn. Davis, I'm afraid he will shoot immediately when this ball is shot, and at this time he is empty and unguarded.
Of course, Perkins didn't dare to shoot, don't look at no one to defend, but if he did shoot, it is estimated that he may not be able to touch the basket.
He didn't dare to bring it to the basket, he knew that at his own speed, when he got to the basket, Ji Guoyi would definitely be able to rush back and reward him with a big hat, and the dead fox did it in the first half.
Pierce received the basketball on the wing, and the Clippers players had expected that Perkins would definitely have to pass to both sidelines, and Billups was already stuck in the path of the main pass to the top of the arc, and he had no choice when it came to passing.
Ji Guoqiu and Garcia quickly wrapped up Pierce, and it was a wonderful tight wrap defence.
Billups and Ji immediately moved over and cut off Pierce's passing route.
The Celtics players immediately called out, Pierce was surrounded by Garcia and Ji Guoqiu, and there was no passing route at all, and the Celtics players hurriedly asked for a timeout.
The bald referee did not blow the whistle, but made a scrum gesture, believing that before the Celtics players asked for a timeout, Ji Guoqiu had formed a scrum with Pierce.
When Pierce saw the referee's decision, he was extremely dissatisfied and rushed up to protest loudly.
Crawford's face is not good, first of all, you still dare to protest with me?
Garnett knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly pulled Pierce away, and if he got a technical foul at this time, it would be too worthless.
The Clippers fans in the Staples Arena cheered loudly for Ji Guoqiu, and the shouts of "MVP" and "MVP" resounded throughout the arena.
Clippers fans don't need to watch it to know that if Pierce can break Ji Guo's revenge, the only explanation is that the giant panda must have appeared at Christine's house last night, and he collapsed from overuse.
They didn't know that Ji Guoqiu really went to Christine's house yesterday, but even so, he still wouldn't lose this scramble, the gap between the two was too huge, and it was really difficult to lose.
Crawford threw the basketball, and Ji Guoqiu opened his long arms and easily dialed the basketball.
Ji Guosha grabbed the first drop point of basketball and found that it was Lei who defended him. Aaron, how can you be polite to him, raise your hand and shoot......
"Huh!"
Ji Guosha completely ignored the 195cm tall Lei. Allen, jumped on the spot and hit a high jumper.
The goal hit the confidence of the Celtic players, and the Celtics players began to lose themselves amid the deafening cheers of the audience.
Rivers called a timeout, but the Clippers players were in great shape today, especially the twin brothers.
Ji Guoqiu continued to bully Perkins after a timeout, scoring two points with a breakthrough throw, and the point difference was about to become 20+.
Thunder. Allen hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, Billups received a breakthrough shot from Ji Guoqiu, and the outside three-pointer was also thrown, and the morale of the Celtics players dropped again.
In the third quarter of the game, 5 minutes and 10 seconds, as Ji Guoqiu hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, the score became 76:55, and the Clippers expanded the difference to 21 points.
The elder Dunleavy did not remind the players not to be careless this time, and the Clippers players do not need to be reminded by the coach when they face the Celtics, and the only time their "Clippers Rule" fails is with the Celtics, and they don't want to encounter it a second time.
The Clippers continued to be serious, and the Celtics had no chance of a comeback.
Ji Guoqiu scored 15 points in this quarter, beating Perkins, the dead fat man that Howard hates, and Brother Panda said that he likes to bully this stupid and slow meat ball the most.
With a score of 87:62, the third quarter ended, and the Clippers had extended the margin to 25 points. (To be continued......) R1292