Chapter 732: It's too early to be proud
Ji Guoyi contributed 32 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 blocks in the whole game, which is another dazzling personal data, but the Clippers' current situation is unexpected by everyone, they did not win a game at home, and they were embarrassed by the Spurs to win two away games in a row.
With the defending champions already in a desperate situation after being 2-0 down on aggregate, how many people will still believe they can win two games in a row on the road?
The Los Angeles Times finally stopped blindly praising the dynasty team. Bendan was furious, and wrote in his column the next day: "In the last 10 minutes of regular time, the Clippers held a 16-point lead and were overturned by the Spurs, looking back on this game, they are not without a chance to win, and more than once, but if you don't do it, it seems to have become a habit of the Los Angeles team, the last game was reversed by a double-digit difference, the Clippers did not learn a lesson, and the same story played out again today." After this game, the Clippers lost both of their home courts, and they are about to travel to San Antonio with a 0-2 scoreline, can we still see the possibility of a comeback to advance?
Looking back at history, it is not without such precedents, in the history of the NBA playoffs, since the implementation of the best-of-7 system, 228 teams have fallen behind 0:2, of which only 15 have reversed to advance, which means that the Clippers are only 6.6% likely to make it to the Western Conference finals.
Of course, even if the odds are so small, there have been frequent teams in recent seasons, such as the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals when the Cavaliers trailed the Pistons 2-0, but finally came back to win. In the first round of the Western Conference in 2007, the Jazz reversed the Rockets to advance. In the 2006 Finals, the Heat reversed the Mavericks to win the championship and so on.
But we have to see that these teams are losing on the road. They are able to fight back. It depends on the fighting spirit and hard work after returning to the home stadium.
So how many teams in NBA history have been able to escape from a desperate situation after falling behind 0-2 at home?
The answer is: 3 sticks.
Los Angeles Lakers in the first round against the San Francisco Warriors in 1969. The Houston Rockets in the 1994 Western Conference semifinals against the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks in the first round against the Houston Rockets in 2005 all managed to come back after losing two consecutive home courts, and they accounted for 1.3% of all teams that were 2-0 behind, which is the Clippers' chance of escape.
Why is it not difficult to counterattack from 0:2 behind, and it is impossible to fall behind 0:2 at home?
The reason is simple, because in order to qualify, you must get at least 4 wins in the next 5 games. But these five games include three away games, and in the playoffs, any team will want to defend their home stadium, let alone win two away games, lead 2-0, and only need to take two steps to advance.
The Clippers' 2-0 run was puzzling, they were a little sloppy in the first game, and the defending champions didn't seem to be in a tense state of mind, which is a clear difference from the Spurs. Although the San Antonios are inferior overall, they are undoubtedly more focused on the pitch when they play away from home. That's why they had the last laugh in their first fight.
But the second loss was unforgivable, and the Clippers had a big advantage. It is incomprehensible that he has committed the mistake of being careless and underestimating the enemy.
If the first game of the Clippers was a tiger napping and coming back to their senses and moving on, then after the second game, the tiger doesn't seem to need to wake up again, and what they need to do now may be to continue to sleep until they return full of blood next season?
After Ji Guosha's game ended, he took the draft that his agency quickly rushed out for him, and finally survived all kinds of difficulties at the post-game press conference. But the next day, the frenzied media coverage still made him a little overwhelmed, and the scene of Nowitzki's '07 seemed to repeat itself on him, and this period was the hardest for him.
"Damn, it's not like there are no examples of the home team falling behind 0:2 and turning the tables, Lao Tzu can do it!"
Ji Guoyi shouted like this in front of the two sisters, but except for his fans and sisters, even he didn't believe that he could really turn the tables.
He did underestimate the Spurs a little too much, but Ji Guozhi still had reason to quibble for himself, who told these guys to always lose to themselves in the playoffs, how could they react when they suddenly became so powerful this year? So you can't blame him for underestimating the enemy.
This kind of excuse for comforting himself can also be thought of by the dead fox, if he goes to the national football team, such a shameless character may be able to make the best use of it, and the national football team needs him very much.
On May 3, there were two teams in the league that fell behind 0:2 on this day, and in addition to the unexpected Clippers, the New York Knicks' 0:2 down was not unpredictable.
The New York media also died like a dead father on May 3, and the Knicks lost to the Bulls on the road, and the situation was not much better than that of the Clippers.
After the game, he was in high spirits and told reporters: "I came here to help the Bulls win the championship. ”
In this game, Kobe Bryant played 44 minutes and scored 47 points to help the Bulls beat the Knicks and lead the team to a 2-0 lead. At this moment, the Bulls' chance of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, if you follow the algorithm of the Los Angeles Times just now, has exceeded 90%.
On May 4, the second game between the New Jersey Nets and the Miami Heat is also about to begin.
Ji Guoqiu's mood is very good, if the dead fox is finished playing now, wouldn't it seem that he is a little more awesome?
Since the Clippers lost the second game, Ji Guoqiu has been supporting the dead fox vigorously, but he is secretly happy in his heart, calling you arrogant, now stupid, right?
"Second goods, let me see today, how can you both brush up the data and win the game, you are still too tender!"
Ji Guoqiu was half angry with the dead fox in his heart before the game, and said triumphantly.
However, after the opening, the giant panda was not in shape, and missed the first four shots, which made the dead fox laugh enough.
It wasn't until there were 5 minutes and 55 seconds left in this quarter that Ji Guoqiu seized the opportunity, blocked and dismantled, Nash understood, passed the ball out in time, and Brother Panda relayed a dunk in the air to score for the first time in the game. 30 seconds later, Ji Guoqiu turned around and hit a hook shot, and the Nets narrowed the score gap to single digits at 10:19.
The Heat got into the groove pretty fast today. James shot 4-of-6 in the first quarter. Scored 10 points. Wade scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, and Bosh scored five points on 2-of-2 shooting as the Heat took a 30-19 lead.
Ji Guoqiu's schadenfreude was too disgraceful, scoring only 6 points on 2-of-8 shooting in the first quarter, and Nash scoring 5 points on 2-of-5 shooting. The Nets were led by two big brothers, and the other players were in average condition, and they were opened by the Big Three in the first quarter by a double-digit point difference, and the start was unfavorable.
Brother Panda didn't feel good at the beginning, Nash was naturally targeted, and it was difficult for the Son of the Wind to play.
The Nets are stockpiled with shooters on the outside, and in addition to the two bosses who can attack with the ball, there are only two backup point guards.
At this time, the Nets exposed a flaw, once the two leading big brothers were unable to attract the defense, it was impossible for others to step up and help the team. They are not like the Clippers, even if Ji Guoyi and Billups are not in good shape, and there are Dragic, Iguodala, and Maddy who can be substituted with the ball.
The Heat played no different today than the last one. The difference is that the Big Three feel good today, and after the breakaway, they can put the basketball in the basket, and the result is completely different.
"In the first half, we defended first!" The Zen master instructed the team to focus on defense in the second quarter, and if the Heat wanted to open up the difference, they could play defensive counterattacks and use solid defense to wait for opportunities. If the opposing offense is not strong, don't attack rashly on your side, as long as the score difference is stable at about 10 points in the first half, the task will be completed.
In the second quarter, the Zen master did not continue to use Bledsoe, this kid's head will not turn now, it is easy to bump his head on the court, and now the team's eldest brother and second brother are not in good shape, if they boldly launch a counterattack, the biggest possibility is that the hot team will seize the opportunity to fight back, and after a few rounds at that time, the score difference will be 20+.
Jeremy Lin, a high-achieving student, was entrusted with the important task of stabilizing the rhythm and not acting recklessly.
The Zen master's concern was definitely justified, the Heat in the second quarter except for replacing James for a break, Wade and Bosh were on the court, and Spoelstra obviously wanted to sink the Nets in one fell swoop during rotation time.
Jeremy Lin's value is reflected at this moment, he does not rush when attacking, he has been staying near the top of the arc to organize the team, if the offense fails, he can return to the defense as soon as possible to avoid Wade from counterattacking.
In the second quarter of rotation time, the whole Nets team paid great attention to retreating, did not give the Heat a chance to counterattack, and the defensive formation advanced and retreated moderately, defeating but not collapsing.
Spoelstra sensed the danger, and now they took the initiative on the court, and pressed the Nets as soon as the second quarter came up, but he felt the smell of conspiracy, because the Nets did not panic, especially seeing the calm expressions of these players, he always felt that a storm was brewing above his head.
The Zen master's fingers tapped rhythmically on his knees, and the court was led by Jeremy Lin, Tony. Aaron, Paul. George, Humphries, Ben. Wallace's rotation lineup surprised him secretly.
The psychological quality and team consciousness of these five people exceeded his expectations, at this moment these five people are like the army of the king of the battle-hardened formation, although facing the onslaught of opponents who are stronger than themselves, but the formation is still clearly layered, tightly guarded, and the advance and retreat are well-founded.
Root. Wallace felt it the most, and he even had some of the feeling of the Pistons Five Tigers, when he played his happiest basketball, as if it had not been a long time.
The Zen master let the rotation play for more than five minutes, because instead of continuing to expand, the score was reduced by one point, and who knows how these players did it?
At 7 minutes and 40 seconds in the second quarter, Wade broke through Tony one-on-one with the ball. Aaron, Ben. Wallace was in place in time, and the two formed a front and back pack, and Wade was forced to split the ball outside.
Paul. George's long arms finally made a meritorious service, and the place where he could be stronger than James in his whole body may be his arm span, and this time he used his only advantage to touch the basketball first and touch it in the direction of Jeremy Lin.
Jeremy Lin got the basketball, and only Bibby was defending alone in front of him, and this opportunity was rare, so he naturally would not stabilize again, and immediately dribbled and launched a counterattack.
Bibby's speed has dropped so badly that he can't keep up with Jeremy Lin's pace and is pulled behind just after halftime, with only one basket in front of him at the moment.
"Be careful!" The players on the Nets' bench couldn't help but shout a reminder that they saw James in hot pursuit.
Jeremy Lin dribbled to the basket, although he heard the exclamations of the fans, but at the moment he had to send the arrow, in order to reduce the chance of being covered, he deliberately chose to dunk.
Nets fans exclaimed, they saw James desperately chasing behind him, at this moment the little emperor was like a heavy tank, chasing Jeremy Lin two steps away, the two jumped on their front and back feet, but the advantage in speed allowed James to come first.
James' pursuit of defense this time once again explained to the world how cruel the gap in talent is, even if Jeremy Lin chooses to dunk and jump first, but in the face of James's perverted talent, these efforts are still in vain.
Nets fans heard a loud "bang", the basketball was imprinted directly on the rebound by a large black hand, and Jeremy Lin lost his balance and fell from the air and slammed into the floor. (To be continued......)