Chapter 217: Back to Home
On April 22, the second game of the first round of the Western Conference was all over, the score was 112:100, the Spurs missed at home, Artest broke out to help the Clippers get a valuable away victory, the Spurs lost their home-court advantage after this game, and the two teams are now on the same running line.
After the game, Popovich generously told the media: "They played better than us, they did a better job in the confrontation, they fought more in the fight for rebounds and the ground battle. Winning the game, they deserved it, they kicked us hard. ”
Ji Guoqiu got 12 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks, Ji Guoyi got 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, Billups got 18 points and 7 assists, and Artest got 30 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
The game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Phoenix Suns followed, and the Phoenix Suns, who have the two interior super combinations of "Little Overlord" Stoudemire and "Big Shark" O'Neal, continued to visit the New Orleans Arena today and played the second game of the first round of the playoffs with the Hornets.
The last time the two teams met, the Suns led by 16 points at one point, but in the end, it was Chris. Paul broke out and was overturned!
Today the Phoenix people gave you a reenactment of yesterday, the Suns led by 7 points in the first half, and the whole team only scored 11 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, which was really a repetition of yesterday, and the third quarter was beaten by the opponent with a 27-11 + score, and the Hornets successfully overtook and opened the gap, laying the victory.
For the Suns, Nash contributed a team-high 28 points and 10 assists, Stoudemire had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and O'Neal had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Barbosa 12 points......
Chris. Paul had a game-high 32 points and 17 assists. Plus 5 rebounds and 3 steals, David. West had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Stojakovic had 22 points, and the Hornets had 20+. Peterson had 12 points, Chandler had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Pargo had 10 points, and Rockets veteran Wales also contributed four points and four rebounds.
The Suns eventually lost 112-125 to the Hornets without any suspense, after two consecutive losses on the road. The Suns are 0:2 behind, and the playoff format is not optimistic.
On April 22, the second game of the first round of the East and West was completed, and the eight teams in the West, the Spurs and Clippers played 1:1, the Hornets and Suns 2:0, the Jazz and the Rockets 2:0, and the Lakers and Mavericks 2:0. The first two meetings between the eight teams in the West were unexpected, with three teams keeping clean sheets at home, with only the Western Conference champions Spurs conceding one.
In the East, the Celtics and Hawks are 2:0, the Cavaliers and Wizards are 2:0, the Pistons and 76ers are 1:1, and the Magic and Raptors are 1:1.
On April 23, the Lakers vs Mavericks and Jazz vs Rockets, and the playoffs continue today with the third game of the first round.
Let's start with the calves. The Dallas have been developing stars for their opponents in the playoffs in recent years, and in 2006 they brought Dwyan. Wade became a superstar, and in 2007 made Byron . Davis starry brighter. This year, they fulfilled Ariza.
In the first two games, Trevo. Ariza scored 18 points + 6 rebounds + 3 steals + 2 blocks in both games, making the Lakers' wing defense gate truly a good helper for Kobe Bryant after being tempered in the playoffs.
The Mavericks are back at home from 2-0 down, and the Dallas can't afford to let Bryant do whatever he wants in the first place.
Today, the Mavericks erected an iron wall for Kobe, although I don't know if this wall is a tofu scum project, but the first two smooth Peter Pan finally tasted the bitterness today, losing all 4 shots in the first quarter, and only scored 2 points from free throws. After "Peter Pan" was blocked, the Lakers as a whole were not in shape, and the sister-in-law was humiliated by Terry's little shame at home, and the Lakers only made 5 of 19 shots in the first quarter.
The Dallas started the game on a 12-2 run, with the Lakers hitting just one shot in the first five minutes and trailing by 10 points at 16:26 in the first quarter.
In the ensuing game, the Lakers players also felt badly messy, the Texas team's home court was difficult to play The Lakers and Clippers both knew, but it was difficult to play like this. Jackson wasn't prepared either, and the Lakers trailed by nine points to end the first half.
After halftime, Kobe Bryant and Gasol still couldn't play in the second half, and the little sharks continued to slump, only the lama played normally, and the Mavericks began to open the gap.
Kobe Bryant made just 1 of 4 shots in the quarter, and the Lakers trailed 63-74 after three quarters.
Nowitzki and Terry hit back-to-back three-pointers at the start of the fourth quarter to give the Mavericks a 17-point advantage at 82-65 to seal the win.
The Lakers' Kobe Bryant had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Gasol had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Odom had 16 points and seven rebounds, Ariza had eight points, six rebounds and four steals, Bynum had five points and six rebounds, and Fisher had nine points.
Dirk. Nowitzki had 32 points, 19 rebounds and six assists. Terry 22 points, Josh. Howard 18 points, Jason. Kidd had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
The Dallas Mavericks pulled one back from their home court, beating the Lakers 98-81, but the series was still 1-2 down.
Another Western Conference matchup, Rockets vs. Utah Jazz at Toyota Center.
Alston returned to the game and started the game bravely, hitting all four shots in the first quarter and scoring 11 points in a single quarter. After the Rockets point guard returned, Maddie could concentrate on the offense, but his hand was average and he played too much iron in the first half.
It is worth mentioning that the Rockets' home court changed from the previous Sven, and today the momentum was so strong that even the referees couldn't stand it, and at the end of the first half, they blasted a fan shouting on the sidelines, but this made the Rockets players on the court have high morale.
In the second half, the Rockets used the two-short combination of Landry and Hayes, successfully limiting the two interior big men Okure and Boozer, and the Jazz could only rely on Delon. Williams scored a point.
Hayes has been left out on the bench for a long time, and in last year's playoffs, Hayes still played a "ruthless" role next to Yao Ming, and this season he is more on the bench.
After the Rockets came on the court, they quickly used their respective advantages to help the Rockets dominate on both offensive and defensive ends, and Landry was better suited to fly on the basket. So as long as Boozer doesn't pay attention a little. Landry slammed a slam on his head. And Landry used his vitality to protect the Rockets' frontcourt rebounds.
In the third quarter, Landry grabbed two frontcourt rebounds in a row, and Boozer, who was completely humiliated, used a dirty move and hit Landry in the face with an elbow, and then Landry rushed into the locker room for treatment under the escort of the team doctor, which was reported by the media after the game. One of Landry's teeth has been shot out!
After the Rockets went off the court with Landry's injury, morale was even higher, and Maddy scored five consecutive points to lead the team to a 9-1 offensive wave that took the Jazz away.
In the end, the Rockets narrowly defeated the Jazz 97-91, and the overall score was 1-2 at home.
Maddy had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Alston 20 points and 7 assists, Scola 16 points and 10 rebounds, Battier 12 points, Uncle Mu 2 points and 7 rebounds, Landry 8 points and 11 rebounds.
Delong. Williams had 28 points and 12 assists, Boozer had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Oku had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Brewer had 12 points and Halprin had 10 points.
On April 24, the Clippers will return to Los Angeles for Game 3 against the Spurs at Staples Arena.
The Clippers returned to Los Angeles as a team, and Dunleavy Sr. and the Clippers' coaching staff began working on the footage of the two games. Looking through the video footage of the first two games, the Clippers coaching staff found that the Spurs rarely leaked their breakthrough space and fixed-point shooting opportunities. At the same time, the Clippers scored only 29% from the basket and shot just over 55% from the field.
The Spurs are the team in the league that knows how to keep the box without fouling. The Clippers couldn't get shots under the basket, didn't shoot well from the field, and to make matters worse, they couldn't get any defensive fouls.
The Clippers were able to win Game 2 thanks to their hot outside touch, better frontcourt rebounding scramble, equally good defense, and Artest's surprisingly strong attack in Game 2.
Artest's excellent performance in Game 2 was key to their victory, and without the onslaught of the Beast in Game 2, their basket score would have been even lower. In the playoffs, teams that don't have interior kills are destined to not go far.
The elder Dunleavy knows this, so tomorrow at home they must ensure that they have the advantage they already have, and increase the scoring on the inside.
The Spurs will certainly be targeting Artest's breakaway in Game 3, and they will have to change more beyond the beast. And the Clippers can count the players who can score inside, except for Artest, there is only Ji Guoqiu. But the Pandas have to face Duncan's one-on-one defense, which is why they scored less inside in the first two games, and the only Panda brother with the ability to play alone on the inside was watched by Shi Fo.
As soon as the coaching staff of the Clippers discussed, it was obviously unrealistic to expect Brother Panda to single Duncan in the low post on the inside in his first season, but they could surround Wei to save Zhao, and since Artest could kill the Spurs on the inside, then simply hand over the inside to the beast, and the two brothers all pulled out to shoot.
Although scoring in the penalty area is more certain than shooting from the middle and long distance, if the mid-range shot is accurate, it may not be impossible to kill the opponent by shooting from the middle distance!
The mid-range of the Panda brother, plus the three-point shooting of the Fox brother and the strong outside shot of Billups, even James. Posey also shot nearly 40 percent from three-point range, and they had four batteries on the perimeter, two of which were mobile ones.
With these four batteries for the Clippers, coupled with Artest's strong offense on the inside, it is impossible for the Spurs to hold them all, and I believe that no team in the entire league can hold such a perverted outside attack group as the Clippers.
The elder Dunleavy is also secretly ruthless after two games, if Popovich can even hold a position like the Clippers, then it is unreasonable not to give this year's championship to the Spurs.
The two days of rest before the third game of the Clippers were basically deducing the tactics of the third game, and they even had to think about some unexpected situations that might occur on the court in advance, and every detail had to be carefully considered.
After the first two games, the elder Dunleavy knew that he was not Popovich's opponent in terms of on-the-spot reaction, and if he wanted to defeat the opponent, he could only rely on more careful deployment before the game. Their overall strength is stronger than that of the Spurs, and the best way for them to win is to take all the things into consideration before the game, to scrutinize all the possible accidents, and to deal with the opponent in the official game.
The Clippers players have been working on their mid-to-long-range shooting for the past two days, and since they have decided to rely on mid-range and long-range shooting to kill the Spurs, they will not be able to shoot accurately when the time comes. It's the most embarrassing situation.
The only exception to this is Artest. Old Dunleavy with Amir. Johnson and Ji Guoqiu to simulate Duncan and Oberto's interior defense. Let Artest find a way to rush to the inside to score under the defense of these two people, and not only score, but he also has to pass the blue ball to the outside when he is under tight defense.
Unbeknownst to Artest, he complained that he was not reused in the first two games, and in the third game, he became a real arrowhead.
The elder Dunleavy didn't forget Billups, and Mr. Key's breakthrough was also a big weapon to pierce the Spurs.
The Clippers have to make the most of everything they can use, and it's no longer a question of who is at the center. It's that everyone has to show their strengths. In the eyes of the elder Dunleavy, the Clippers, although they are already very strong, are far from gathering the energy of five people together, and if they do this, no one will be dissatisfied.
Artest is dissatisfied, which means that he feels that his strengths and his energy are not being brought into play.
The day before the game, Ji Guoyi's future father-in-law and future mother-in-law, plus Taylor. Swift, the family formed a group to ask the little fox for tickets. As early as before the playoffs began, the ulterior relationship between the two of them had been exposed by his future mother-in-law. So now it's no secret.
Taylor. Swift's fame at this time is not small, if you take an example. Taylor. Swift's fame in the United States is equivalent to the fame of Super Girl in China, and Ji Guosha is equivalent to Marbury's fame in China.
Of course, this metaphor sucks, but with such an explanation, it is easy to figure out what the relationship between the two is.
The reaction of the American people to the love affair between these two dogs and men is basically no reaction, one of them is a rising star in the basketball world, the other is a rising star in the music world, both of them are new stars, and the American people know at most a "uh", especially in a place like Los Angeles, they are not big news at all.
Of course, this news is not small news in China, Taylor. Swift has not yet become popular in the United States, but has been on the domestic portal first.
Speaking of portals, Ji Guoyi's "Fox Video Website" and "Fox Player" have preemptively registered domain names and trademarks, in short, the preliminary preparations have been paved, and now the writing of the website and the development of video software are underway, plus some of the most important legal issues. After all, this dead fox is thinking of replacing Kuaibo, so there are many legal issues involved, and their legal counsel Annie is needed. Colfurt set up a special team of lawyers to study the relevant laws and gaps in the country.
On the other hand, Ji Guoqiu's Giant Panda Studio has launched the "Angry Birds" development plan in early April. Originally Emma. Roberts plans to make this game "Angry Panda", and Ji Guo says that it is better to call it Angry Panda than to call it Angry Radish.
Not to mention, their studio, which has less than ten people, actually has an all-ticket for the construction of the female boss.
Ji Guo's hatred said that you are called "cheap" and not Jianyi, of course he will not use Guò to mention this, as the largest shareholder who occupies 80% of the shares, he vetoed this Jianyi very authoritarianly.
However, the members of the Giant Panda Studio are not dead, and with the support of the female boss, they decided to add a giant panda to the information chapter, or simply design the villain as an evil red panda, the kind of dictatorship......
Back to the game, the playoffs were 1:1, the Clippers were in a good situation, and the careers of the two off the court were also progressing smoothly, basically smooth sailing both on and off the court.
However, Ji Guoyi didn't know that the day before the game, the broken advertisement he shot actually ran to the American TV station to broadcast it in a loop.
Taylor. Swift saw the car advertisement shot by the dead fox suddenly appear on TV, and was actually made like 007 by the British, who was half surprised and half proud in front of his parents, and felt that his boyfriend had given him a face, and the advertisement was very handsome......
But the good times didn't last long, Aston Martin's ad was a segmented advertisement, and after Ji Guoyi's ad was broadcast, the content of the next commercial time would be Emma. Watson's part.
Taylor. Swift was cutting fruit when he saw the ad and naturally sliced the knife into his finger.
Ji Guoyi was worried that the third part of this ad would be related to Emma. Watson filmed together and never sued Taylor. Swift, in fact, he forgot about it later. However, I didn't expect that the third part has not yet been filmed, and the editing technology has been used to put Ji Guoyi and Emma. Watson was cut alive as Bond and Bond Girl.
"Didn't this girl shoot Harry Potter?" Ji Guoyi's future father-in-law recognized Emma. Watson.
"They should find Taylor, our daughter is prettier than this girl." Ji Guosha's future mother-in-law is suspected of provoking.
"Damn! My fingers are bleeding! "Taylor. Swift saw that his parents were concentrating on watching the advertisement, and he didn't notice that he had cut his finger at all, and suddenly felt that the little British was even more unpleasant! (To be continued......) R1292