Chapter 396: Christmas Eve

The Clippers' bench play allowed James to replay after only three minutes of rest, and the Gorillas had less than six minutes of rest in total.

With a score of 85-75, the Clippers led the Cavaliers by 10 points.

James quickly improved the team's offensive and defensive quality after coming on the court, but today the Clippers' bench was full of firepower on the offensive end, Dragic and Afflalo still hit consecutive shots after James came on the court, and the Clippers' bench did not allow James to narrow the difference, but formed a stalemate.

At 7 minutes and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter, the two brothers came on the court, and the Clippers lineup became: Dragic, Afralo, Garcia, Ji Guoyi, and Ji Guoqiu.

At this time, the Clippers' plan to defend James has once again become an outside press, an inside pinch, as long as the gorilla dribbles through, an outside block, an inside clip, it must be so that James can't rush into the inside line to cause damage!

As soon as the two brothers came up, they completed a successful defense, Garcia closely delayed James's breakthrough, Ji Guoqiu judged the latter's breakthrough direction on the inside, and the two teamed up to force James to have to retract the basketball under the basket and pass it to the outside. But at this time, Ji Guoyi, who had been staring at James for a long time, rushed out and broke the basketball.

It was a premeditated steal from the Clippers, the Clippers quickly fought back to score two more points, and the Cavaliers once again became precarious in front of the Clippers' collective defense, and Cleveland fans already felt that their team was in danger.

When the Cavaliers were crumbling today, there was only one way to save themselves, James was targeted in various ways, and Black Bread relied on the offense of other players to save the situation. This can't be said to be wrong, the Clippers put the defensive center on James, and it is impossible to take care of the defense of all the players of the Cavaliers.

However, Brand erupted in the first half and turned the Cavaliers around; West and Xiao Mo also broke out in the second half, and also helped the Cavaliers out of trouble; But the rest of the Cavaliers couldn't step up every time in the game, and in the most critical fourth quarter, the Cavaliers were finally beaten into a three-minute scoring drought by the Clippers, during which no Cavaliers players were able to score.

At 4 minutes and 40 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Clippers played a 9-0 climax, and the score gap came to 19 points. The Clippers have been surrounding James all game, betting that no one of the other Cavaliers will step up at critical moments, they have failed twice before, but this one they succeeded and completely killed their opponents.

James was substituted in the final four minutes, and in the second half, the Gorilla felt down and scored only 8 points without breaking inside, and his 18 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists looked good, but his points were 11 points less than his average points per game, and the Clippers clearly limited the league's No. 1 offense in this game.

At the end of the game, the score was 102-88, and the Clippers finally beat the Cavaliers by 14 points, and they firmly sat in the league leader.

Ji Guoqiu had 13 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Billups 15 points and 6 assists, Crawford 20 points, Garcia 8 points, Dragic 8 points and 3 assists, Barnes 7 points, and Afralo 6 points.

James 14 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, Brand 18 points and 10 rebounds, Big Z 10 points and 6 rebounds, Mo. Williams had 18 points, West had 15 and Vallejo had nine points and four rebounds.

After the game, Mike. Brown believes that the reason for the loss was that James was specially "cared for" in this game, not only was he trapped, but he was also heavily fouled by the opponent many times, but the referees did not blow the defensive fouls on the Clippers players many times, and they only stood at the free throw line 15 times all night, which is less than half of their previous games.

Before the Clippers fans heard this, the Lakers fans stopped doing it. When they mention this, they can't help but think of last season's playoffs, when Bryant only made 15 free throws in six games. So if you want to complain, I don't think anyone is more qualified than them. It's not news that the Clippers are always taken care of by the league, and the Cavaliers should be snickering if they can still get 15 free throws, after all, it's a contest between godsons.

James was asked by reporters after the game, why couldn't he attack inside in the second half and didn't shoot much on the outside?

"I'm just here to break through, I'm 6'9", I'm 260 pounds, I'm not going to float outside all night shooting, I'm going to rush under the basket and make a fight, I don't think it's just me going to feel pain. Losing this game shows they played better, but we'll find out why we lost when we go back and we'll get back that defeat the next time we meet. ”

James's tone was cold, and his face was very unkind, it could be seen that he was still in the mood for losing, no one wanted to lose the Christmas war, and if he didn't swear at this time, even if the gorilla was educated.

In the last three minutes, the Cavaliers had scored several inside points through Guò Big Z and Brand to chase the difference to 8 points, but Mo. Williams then missed three shots, including two three-pointers, and the Clippers have since given the Cavaliers no hope of a comeback.

"I usually shoot these balls, but today the basket was like a lid, so frustrating!" Mo. Williams looked depressed after the game, because he knew that he would have to take the blame for the loss.

Ji Guoqiu announced the reason for the win after the game, he said: "We have been preparing for this game for a long time, very long, about half a month ago for the Christmas game. We can't afford to miss the Christmas game at our home stadium and we want to make Christmas Eve happy for the fans, which is a reason to fight for it. ”

The elder Dunleavy praised himself without a trace after the game, he said: "The first thing to state is that there is no one in this league who can absolutely use one-on-one to completely prevent James, so to defend James, you must rely on the strength of the system, and you must use the system to trap him." It's a great honour that we did a good job tonight, the cheers of the home fans made our players look brave, and we used our collective strength to limit the core of the opposition and thus win this Christmas game. It's the first time I've been playing a game on Christmas Eve, and we've been preparing for a long time, so make sure we don't mess up at home, and I don't want to be threatened with a death card tomorrow morning! ”

Ji Guoqiu mentioned by the way after the game that his company released two games on Christmas Eve, one is the "Angry Birds" Christmas version, and the other is the new game "Cutting Fruit", the latter game is only available on the iOS platform, priced at $1.99, and the pre-sale reached 1.1 million units in the previous week alone.

The game was developed by the newly established "Fox Studios", which took 4 months and invested 500,000 US dollars. I have to say that Ji Guoqiu can be called a black heart, they only used 500,000 to develop the game, but in the end they received 1 million US dollars from Apple's sponsorship, and reduced the share to 2%, so they agreed to make the game an iOS exclusive.

After the game, the two naturally had to go back to their respective homes for Christmas, tonight was a shitty Christmas Eve, but whether it could really be safe The two brothers expressed doubts, and the scene of being smashed by the ball before the game still makes them very empty.

Emma. Watson and Christine's presence today made the two brothers cautious and fluttering, and they put the matter behind them for the time being, but as soon as the game was over, the two began to hurt again. What they are most worried about now is that these two aunts and grandmothers will give them a Christmas Eve to force the palace, then this Christmas Eve will be really dangerous.

But fortunately, the two juniors just sent a text message to threaten in the end, and after the game, they went back to their respective homes for Christmas, and there was no scene that worried the two.

Ji Guoqiu follows Emma this Christmas. Roberts came to her aunt's house for Christmas Eve; Ji Guosha was finally Taylor. Swift brought it home, of course, this was his home, and his future father-in-law, future mother-in-law, and brain-dead brother-in-law all came to his house for Christmas.

"Hey, where's the other big mouth?" Ji Guoyi telepathically saw that the giant panda was surrounded by a large family of relatives of Little Radish Shred, but he didn't find another big mouth.

"I heard we went to see the Lakers play, and their game was right after us." Ji Guoqiu felt that Emma's aunt was a little excessive, and she didn't watch her own people's games, but ran to watch the games of her sworn enemies.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics game was played just an hour after the Clippers and Cavaliers game, and it was hard enough for the Staples Arena staff to change the floor and team logo to the Lakers in such a short period of time.

Unlike the previous game, Clippers fans entered the game an hour early, but the Lakers game was the opposite, and it was the trick of many so-called "celebrity fans" to enter the game before the end of the first quarter, and it was also a unique sight for the Lakers' home game. The main reason these so-called celebrities came to Staples Arena was to show their faces in the heavy dà games broadcast live across the United States, and watching the games was secondary.

But Diane in the front row. Celebrities like Cannon and Nicholson have never been so snub to the Lakers' game, and Nicholson, the number one Lakers fan, is already familiar to everyone. Not everyone knows about Cannon. The two-time Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actress is a grandmother who sits calmly in the black leather chair behind the bottom line before the national anthem, sometimes before Nicholson.

Because the away team bench sat next to Jack. Nicholson, Cannon can only be called the number one female fan of the Lakers, and she has been a regular in the Lakers' home games for the past 40 years. Every time she watched the game, Cannon was draped in a purple and gold blanket on her knees, wearing a leather jacket commemorating the Lakers' most recent championship, and a box of homemade snacks always sat under the seat to treat her favorite Lakers players.

"I'm nervous every time I watch the Lakers play, especially this year, and I didn't even dare to come to the game at the beginning of the season." Cannon says her curly blonde hair will always be a sight to behold behind the bottom line. Despite the fact that the Oscar-winning actor Gary. Grant's ex-wife is about 70 years old, but she is still the most beautiful Lakers fan in the hearts of many Angelenos.

The advantage of being in Hollywood has given the Lakers a large number of celebrity fans, but most of them will only pick a few important games to join in the excitement when things are going well for the Lakers. Nicholson and Cannon are different, they are fans first and celebrities second, and they never want to miss a game, regardless of whether the Lakers' record is good or bad, whether the opponent is strong or weak.

The arch-rival Clippers had already defended Staples, and when the Lakers clenched their fists and prepared to bring Staples a second victory, the victory slipped through their fingers.

The Lakers were like a robbery today, but they can only blame themselves for not resisting. They led by as many as 24 points in the first half, but watched as the Celtic triumvirate stubbornly caught up in the second half, supplying only 24 minutes of ammunition of their own, and then passively beaten until they were killed.

It's a shame for the Lakers, it's a shame for Los Angeles!

Outside the Staples Center, just after the game ended, under the dim street lamps and the pride of the purple gold logo, many fans who walked out of the stadium shook their heads and were furious, is this their beloved team? They spat on the ground, threw cigarette butts, and whined with hatred, "Hell, it sucks! ”

Lakers fans can no longer complain about the referees throughout the game to Steve. The three referees, led by Jarvi, made the penalty reasonable, so that the fans who knew the goods were impeccable, and they did not even use a neat boo as a protest against the referee.

In this loss, the Lakers couldn't find any excuse but to hate themselves for being incompetent.

After the final whistle, the voice of the official announcer of the Lakers seemed weak, soft as if a towel was blocked in his mouth: "The final score, Celtics 100, Lakers 95, Celtics win." The fans were already astigmatized, and pale voices echoed through the arena.

There were also a lot fewer media waiting at the door of the Lakers locker room, and the long queue of more than 20 meters after the last Clippers game was less than 10 meters this time, and they all rushed to the visiting team locker room a few meters away next door. The Lakers also didn't open the door for a long time, at least 5 minutes later than the Clippers, and only Kobe's two daughters were at the door of the locker room, with two smiling faces as bright as ever, waiting to go back to eat roast chicken with their father.

The expressions in the door will definitely be in stark contrast to them. Unfortunately, the reporters couldn't see it, and when the door opened, the Lakers' locker room was empty. Usually, after the game, there was a mess, towels were thrown everywhere, and the team uniforms and socks that had been peeled off were scattered in front of the wardrobes. But this time it was different, the wardrobes had been cleaned up, the chairs were neatly arranged, and there was really no sign of having taken a shower and changed clothes after the game.

It was uncharacteristically clean, and then Gasol walked out, already wearing his shirt and brown waistcoat, and almost wearing a coat. Usually he doesn't take the fastest shower, and when he looks around the locker room, he finds that several Lakers players have slipped away. Margety, Famar and Odom had slipped out the back door, unable to face the media and explain the night's embarrassment, so they could only hide as fast as they could.

There are a few players left behind, they have to stay, otherwise the Lakers will not be able to account to the league, but there is nothing new in their mouths, and everyone is depressed and decadent. Gasol's voice was flat, without any ups and downs, his eyes were raised and he didn't make contact with any reporters, he looked around, and muttered repeatedly: "Execution, if there is no execution in the second half, it is not well executed." ”

Kobe Bryant also repeated a few words: "We didn't play as well as them, we have to go back to watch the video, we have to sue ourselves, this is the end of the enemy's carelessness!" ”R1152