Chapter 269: Why don't you join Team USA?
At 10 minutes and 25 seconds in the fourth quarter, the twins only rested for less than two minutes, and the elder Dunleavy sacrificed his big killer again, and the situation was unfavorable - the twins!
The magician can't wait to laugh at the old Dunleavy's poor donkey skills, but the old Dunleavy's trick is simple but very useful, Ji Guoyan is also a guy who is unwilling to admit defeat, seeing Kobe Bryant score 18 points in a single quarter, how could he not want to return the color?
Ji Guoyi received an assist from his brother after he came on the court, and quickly fired outside the three-point line, this shot was very resolute, this time the dead fox finally stopped playing iron and hit the first three-pointer of the second half.
In the first quarter, Ji Guoyi provoked Kobe Bryant after shooting a three-pointer, and suddenly it was like consuming all his character, and he couldn't hit outside the three-point line in the next game, and now he finally recovered some character value.
"Damn, I'll shoot three points next time, and I'll never be arrogant again."
"I'll take your word for three minutes, no more."
Phil. When Jackson saw that the Clippers were about to fight back, he immediately called a timeout, and did not arrange any tactics, just to replace Kobe Bryant. In addition to substitutions, the Zen master has not arranged any tactics to the players today, and most of the cooperation implemented by the Lakers on the court today is a strategy and tactics arranged and rehearsed before the game. This point is old Dunleavy and Phil. Jackson is a lot like that, they both win by careful pre-game planning, rather than impromptu set-up.
The score was 81:96, and Ji Guoyi hit a three-pointer after coming on the court, but the Clippers benches dug too deep before, and they are now more behind than at the end of the third quarter.
At the end of the timeout, the Clippers brought on Blevin. Knight, Mobley, Garcia, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.
Lakers lineup: Fisher, Kobe, Walton Jr., Radmanovic, Gasol.
After Kobe Bryant came on the court, he immediately attacked with his back on the flank, and continued to hit Mobley with his shoulders backwards. From 15 feet from the basket, he suddenly turned around and shot a picture-back shot to score his 24th point.
Twin brothers last quarter vs. Kobe. Bryant, they couldn't stand it alone, so the two of them formed a war of attrition with Kobe Bryant. The two sides went back and forth, and the score was deadlocked.
The elder Dunleavy sweated in his palms, and the twins were able to form a pair with Kobe Bryant, which made him feel very relieved as a coach, but such a stalemate was extremely detrimental to the Clippers, because they were a full 15 points behind. Now they have to do their best to play a wave of attacks to turn defeat into victory, otherwise time is running out and their chances of victory are getting smaller and smaller like a countdown.
At 9:15, Dunleavy Sr. replaced Billups and Artest together and tried to let the Beast defend Kobe.
Artest proved it in the regular season. Once his lateral steps are against Kobe Bryant, it won't have much effect, unless the referee ignores his series of small movements. But if you think about it, this is the Lakers' home court, and it's good that the referee doesn't blow the body hair and foul it.
Old Dunley quickly regretted letting Artest guard Kobe, and the beast made a malicious foul on the defensive end, knocking Kobe Bryant who broke through the past directly from behind!
Artest committed a bad foul this time and was decisively punished by the referee with a "first-degree malicious foul". This makes the Clippers even more passive.
"Impossible, they weren't so good in the regular season?" Ji Guoyan watched Kobe rub his throat and walked to the free throw line with an angry face. I thought to myself.
"That's because we weren't as good as the first two quarters and we made too many mistakes in the first three quarters." Ji Guoqiu replied in his heart, and by the way, he looked at a fox who was crazy about striking iron in the first three sections.
Bryant hit one of two free throws, and the Lakers continued to have the ball.
The Lakers attacked this time, and Artest once again received a foul on Kobe Bryant, and it could be seen that the beast's love was starting to get out of control. If it goes on like this, it will be a matter of time before he is sent off.
Kobe Bryant stood on the free throw line again, and Peter Pan made a free throw today. It is estimated that it got the negative effect of the frontal bench, and it was two free throws and one hit.
Ji Guoqiu grabbed in front of Gasol. Get the basketball that Kobe Bryant misses on his second free throw.
"Fight back!" Ji Guoqiu shouted and threw the basketball to the front court.
Ji Guozhi rushed to the Lakers halfcourt, Radmanovic didn't check for a while, didn't keep up with the fox brother, the Clippers played their trademark interior raid, Ji Guoyi received the basketball without defense, and a big windmill slam dunk let out a sigh of relief!
The score was 87:100, the difference between the two teams was 13 points, and the Clippers made a sneak attack, but they still fell behind by a huge disparity.
Phil. Jackson called another timeout, this time the Lakers took a second timeout in this quarter, and the Zen master called a timeout basically dissatisfied with the defense, and he said sharply to the Lakers players: "Don't grab the frontcourt rebound, the offense is completed and the defense is quickly retreated, and you can't let them sneak attack again, understand?" ”
When the Lakers players heard the tone of the Zen master, they knew that the Clippers' fast attack made their coach very dissatisfied, and they responded again and again: "Got it...... We'll take note...... I won't let them get away with it again......"
Only Kobe Bryant just nodded slightly, some people say that Kobe is pathologically narcissistic and arrogant, this is not groundless, Phil. Jackson actually hated Kobe Bryant very much, and even wanted to trade Kobe all the time, and in the eyes of the Zen master, Kobe was too difficult to control.
Phil. Jackson was appointed in 1999 to then Lakers general manager Jerry Brown. West proposed to trade Kobe Bryant for Kidd of the Suns; In January 04, Phil. Jackson wants to trade Kobe Bryant again. "Kobe Bryant will never listen to anyone, and I have to fix that," he said. On more than one occasion, the Zen master burst into Mitch's office and told him that he must send Bryant away before the February trade deadline because "this kid won't listen to anyone, I've tried a hundred times, and I'm going to be." ”
However, once a player like Kobe Bryant successfully puts him on the right track, even if he tricks him into the right track, it will be enough for the current Clippers to drink a pot.
After the game restarted, Kobe Bryant ran without the ball and went around a big circle to catch the basketball, and at this moment he formed a triangle with Gasol and Walton Jr., the Lakers' signature triangle offense.
Gasol immediately cut to the basket, and Kobe Bryant jumped to shoot, a picturesque shooting pose, but turned the shot into a pass in the air, sending the basketball into the hands of Gasol on the inside.
Kobe Bryant deceived all the Clippers players this time. Ji Guoyi's previous choice was to wrap Kobe Bryant with his teammates, he felt that Kobe Bryant would definitely insist on singles more after being maliciously fouled by Artest, but the black mamba was like Stephen Chow's movie, Ji Guoyi also felt that he always couldn't guess this No. 24, Kobe actually passed the ball this time......
Brother Panda quickly put aside Bynum and entered the inside defense. But he was a step slower, and Gasol attacked very resolutely this ball, and dunked the basketball with one hand against Ji Guoqiu's block.
"Toot!" The referee blows the whistle to signal that the goal is valid, two plus one.
Phil. Jackson was still expressionless, although this time Kobe Bryant played the offense he really expected in his heart. But he didn't dare to show too many expressions, for fear that Kobe Bryant would get nervous and fight him.
Kobe Bryant on the field laughed and bumped his chest with Gasol, and Gasol also waved his arms and made a fierce roar, with a hint of manly momentum.
Dunleavy Sr. called a timeout. But he didn't have a solution to the problem, and they were good enough to defend Kobe. To be honest, the Clippers' pocket formation against Kobe Bryant has always been effective, they rarely let Kobe go deep into the box to shoot, and Peter Pan's goals are mostly mid-to-long-range jumpers, but he still scored so many points, which can only be attributed to Kobe being too accurate today.
Bryant dominated the game today, as he assisted Gasol in back-to-back quarters in the fourth quarter. Helping the Spaniards score inside forced the Clippers to devote some energy to Gasol, and the pocket lineup, which had no bankruptcy, began to become less solid.
4 minutes and 30 seconds. Bryant successfully broke through twice in a row, widening the gap to 19 points in one go, and completely ending the game.
The score was 93:112, and the elder Dunleavy looked at the time, and four minutes was no longer enough for them to turn the tables, so they had no choice but to replace the main force. Surrender was announced.
Ji Guoyi covered his face with a towel after getting off the court, and he felt that he had played badly in this game. I don't have a face to see people now.
But in reality, commentators and commentators from various countries did not criticize him. Kobe Bryant's table is crazy today, no team can say that they can control it when they meet it, and it is nothing if the Clippers lose away from home, and it will make everyone strange if they win. In this year's playoffs, the teams combined have a staggering 90% win rate at home, a prime example is the Green Shirts, poor Celtic have won all at home, but they have yet to win a single away game, and the Big Three are now almost a joke.
The final score was 99:116, and the Clippers lost badly on the road, they lost to the Lakers by 17 points, and the overall score was 0:1.
Ji Guoqiu 28 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoyi 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Billups 14 points and 4 assists, Artest 14 points and 6 rebounds, Mobley 9 points, James. Posey 8 points, Garcia 5 points.
Kobe Bryant had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, Gasol 18 points and 10 rebounds, Odom 12 points and 8 rebounds, Radmanovic 12 points, Famar 15 points, Wharton Jr. 8 points, Bynum 6 points and 5 rebounds, Fisher 9 points and 5 assists, and Vujacic 7 points.
After Ji Guosha's game ended, he only stretched out a finger and touched Kobe, which was considered a congratulatory gesture, saving him from leaving the game directly, and the league punished him after the game.
In the post-game press conference, Bryant joked to the media, saying that he is feeling great right now: "I smell the championship, and just tonight, we were hungry enough as a team, so we showed a strong offense, and we didn't give the Clippers a chance, and they won't have a chance." Belch...... I'm not talking about this one, because it's over. ”
Peter Pan still felt unpleasant after saying that, adding: "People forget that the NBA is a men's game, and when have you ever heard that the youngest team will win a championship?" ”
Phil. Jackson didn't talk like Kobe, and Zen Master said at the post-game press conference: "The next series will not be easy, winning a home game is like leading a marathon, this is a battle for which of us will not make mistakes, and the side with more mistakes will be eliminated." ”
The reporter smiled in his heart: "Look at what the Zen master said, doesn't this mean that the Clippers will be eliminated?" Even if you don't take into account the difference in coaches between the two teams, the core twin brothers of the Clippers are both rookies, and the old Dunleavy is not as experienced in the playoffs as the Zen master with 11 rings in hand. ”
Dunleavy Sr. said regretfully after the game: "We specially customized a defensive strategy for Kobe Bryant before the game, and when Kobe Bryant attacked, several players must pay attention to what he is going to do next and be ready to pack at any time." Of course, while we pay attention to Kobe, we can't give too many empty opportunities to his players, but we didn't do that, the Lakers are doing well today, and we won't make it so easy for them in the next game. ”
In addition to paying attention to this game after the game, some reporters asked the twins whether they would join the U.S. team at the Beijing Olympics in '08? The reason these reporters are asking this is because these two guys have dual citizenship, and Canada allows dual citizenship, so they are now dual Canadian and American citizens.
Coach K has said a few days ago that he hopes that the inside line of the American team can start to be updated in this Olympic Games, and the twins' table in the playoffs makes Lao K willing to give them enough playing time, and even the next World Championships can completely let them start. No one doubts the two of them in terms of ability now, and even American fans believe that the two brothers are better suited to the international basketball game.
Ji Guo's shameful answer made Kobe almost vomit blood: "You asked me why I didn't join the US national team?" Because I hate Kobe! ”
Well, of course, this is Ji Guoshi's angry words after losing, but the reporters immediately climaxed, they just wanted to hear such exciting news, they didn't care if it was true or not, this fox was really empathetic!
The next day, not to mention Bryant's annoyed Ji Guosha's words after the game, the Los Angeles Times exposed several news related to the Clippers, one of which made the atmosphere in the Clippers team a little strange.
Reach. Bendan wrote: Artest will be a TV and radio commentator on Saturday afternoon to cover the opening game of the new season for the WNBA Sacramento Monarchs.
This news is nothing, isn't it just a commentary on a women's basketball game, although distracted at a critical juncture in the playoffs, running to explain the women's basketball game makes Clippers fans question the professionalism of the beast, but it doesn't affect the Clippers internally.
At the end of the article, however, up to . Bundan added: It is also rumored that the Lakers are interested in chasing Artest this summer, intending to offer the beast a big contract of four years and $40 million; Then, the Los Angeles Times broke the news: it is said that the Nets may use high draft picks, Jefferson, Marcus. Williams and Van Horn's contract trade, Clippers' twins and garbage contracts; The New York Knicks are also interested in twins, with smiling assassin Thomas and his brain-dead boss James also said to be twins. Dolan, ready to trade the entire Knicks for the twins. (To be continued) R580