Chapter 319: The Road Must Be Walked by Itself

On June 11th, Ji Guosha was still depressed before the game, and yesterday at noon with Emma. Watson secretly ate a meal, but he didn't take advantage of it at all, he didn't make an appointment at all, he didn't even hold his hand, and in the end he paid the bill, and he simply lost home.

The fifth game of the finals will start at 20 o'clock tonight, and judging by the ratings of the previous game, the ratings of tonight's game will only be high and not low.

The Clippers, who have won two games in a row, have taken the initiative, and tonight they only need to defend their last court and win the battle of Tianwang Mountain to get a match point, and then the Clippers will become the third team to win three consecutive championships in a 2-3-2 format.

Recently, rumors about a summer trade have started to increase, and many media outlets have suggested that the Clippers should trade Artest for the SuperSonics' No. 4 pick, and the Clippers can pick OJ Mayo in this position. Mayo, on the other hand, is a star player who is considered likely to have 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

In this summer's draft, there is no doubt that Michael. Beasley and Derek. Rose will occupy the top two spots in the draft, and the Timberwolves, who have a draft pick, have a good relationship with the Clippers and are unlikely to rob the Clippers' draft pick, so the Clippers have a very good chance of getting O.J. Mayo.

The SuperSonics are a young team that already has a rebuilding core and now needs a veteran to complement Durant and help him grow. Artest is a very good candidate, and if the deal can be completed, the supersonic No. 2 and No. 3 positions will be one tall and one strong, which will complement each other perfectly.

There have been a lot of rumors before the Clippers traded for Artest, which is mostly known to everyone. Raheem Sterling will not offer Artest a big contract next season. Then using him to sign first and then exchange is the only option. Otherwise, the All-Star player will be let go for nothing.

Recent trade rumors about Artest, in which version A is to trade Ellis with the Warriors, version B is to trade with the Magic for Turkoglou, version C is to trade with the 76ers for Iguodala, version D is to trade the Pacers for Dunleavy Jr., and now there is a draft pick with the SuperSonics. Unless the elder Dunleavy stands up and declares that Artest is not for sale for the Clippers, the rumors surrounding Artest's trade will continue to be excavated, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Let's not mention the summer deals. In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, which began in the evening, most of the expert media predicted that the Clippers would win against the Celtics.

It has to be said that the temptation of $10 billion reported by the Wall Street Journal in the news is too great, and most people feel that the league must be able to do anything for the broadcast rights in the summer. Don't look at the referee's bias in favor of the Bostonians in the first two games, this is likely to be the next big game, after all, the league does not want a 4:0 or 4:1 situation, and the finals will be played in 7 or 6 games, so the first two games are more like adding suspense to the game, so that the Clippers can win more exciting.

But the results of the night were beyond the expectations of these people. Drunk glasses.

In the fifth game of the Celtics, they completed a miraculous comeback after trailing by 24 points at one point. Beat the Clippers 99-94 on the road to take a 3-2 lead in the Finals.

The Clippers got off to a great start, leading the Celtics by as many as 21 points in the first quarter, which was the largest margin in the first quarter of the NBA Finals in history, with the previous record being a 20-point lead over the Lakers in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals.

However, the Clippers' huge advantage in the first quarter did not result in a victory, which was arguably the Clippers' most humiliating loss.

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the twin brothers played very tough at the beginning, and the two of them combined for 8 shots in the first quarter, and teamed up to score 19 points, and the Clippers took a big lead. The Celtics failed to score for nearly six minutes in the second half of the first quarter, and Billups hit two more shots to give the Clippers a 28-8 lead and a 21-point lead at 35-14 in the first quarter.

The Celtics trailed by 21 points in the first quarter, which set a record for the NBA Finals, and everyone thought that the Celtics were finished today, including Ji Guoyi, the whole Clippers team agreed with the media analysis, and felt that the league would not let them lose the game, the Clippers' first championship was about to arrive, and they would also become the group of people who made history.

After Ji Guoqiu's first quarter, he reminded Dead Fox that the original Heat Triumvirate of time and space was also the magic weapon of the alliance's ratings at that time, but what was the final result?

In the end, the triumvirate celebrated in advance, and under the carelessness of the enemy, they still capsized in the gutter, allowing King Nuo Tianwang to become a god in a battle. So they can't underestimate their own abilities and underestimate the Big Three's desire for a championship now. Those people are right, the league can do anything for the ratings, but a champion's heart can also create a zĂ o miracle.

In the first quarter of the game, the Celtics' "Big Three" table was mediocre, unsatisfactory on offense, and the situation was passive, and halfway through the second quarter, the Clippers led by 24 points at 46-22.

Celtic's first counterattack came in the last five minutes of the first half, when the Big Three launched a reasonable wave of attacks. Allen and Pierce scored back-to-back three-pointers, and after the two led the team to a 12-0 run, the score was tied at 36-48.

This wave of offense woke up the Clippers, and the Panda brother stepped up, made two fouls in a row on the offensive end, and made four free throws to pull the score away, and then Billups hit a half-time whistle shot, and the Clippers entered the second half 60-42.

At halftime, Ji Guoqiu got 14 points and 8 rebounds, Ji Guoqiu got 10 points and 6 rebounds, Billups got 9 points and 3 assists, and Artest got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals; The Celtics' Pierce scored 10 points in the first half, Garnett had 10 points and five rebounds, and Allen had nine points.

In the second half, the twins were plagued by their hands and couldn't get into the groove, but the "Big Three" regained their senses, and the Celtics fought back in the third quarter. Halfway through the quarter, the Clippers still led by 20 points, 73-53. But Pierce led the team on a counterattack with a brilliant breakaway layup. Allen then hit three three-pointers in a row, and Garnett also hit a three-pointer to end the quarter on a 22-4 run.

After three quarters, the Clippers led by just two points, 77-75, and the Celtics finally crawled out of the deep hole dug in the first quarter. The Clippers were stunned by the Big Three's back-to-back combination punches.

The Celtics leveled the score less than two minutes into the fourth quarter. They had a couple of good chances to overtake. But failing to grasp it, the Clippers' Billups and Ji Guoqiu scored points one after another at critical moments, helping the team maintain a slight lead.

Many media think that the twin brother is more reliable than the younger brother, this is not nonsense, the personalities of the two determine that Ji Guoqiu is difficult to be stunned, and he will not underestimate the enemy and lead him to lose. But Ji Guosha made Garnett and Pierce's offensive in the third quarter dizzy, and he couldn't defend these two people today. Whether he played the No. 3 or No. 4 position, he was beaten to the point of blooming.

With 5:48 left in the game, Billups broke through and switched to a layup, and Mr. Key scored a crucial two points with a scoring method he was not good at, and the Clippers led 85-80.

After the Celtics called a timeout, Pierce dodged an open three-pointer and the Celtics began a big last big counterattack. Allen then scored back-to-back shots, and the Celtics went on an 11-4 run to take a 91-89 lead with 2:10 left in the game.

There are 46.8 seconds left in the race. Garnett ** Little Foxes, the Celtics led by five points at 96-91.

Ji Guoqiu broke through in a high position. A two-handed dunk was used to make a two-plus one to close the gap to 2 points.

The Clippers didn't foul in the last few dozen seconds, the two brothers and Artest both had five fouls by this time, and Pierce hit a shot from outside the three-point line with 10 seconds left in the game, a stroke of luck that gave the Celtics a five-point advantage again.

Ji Guoyi's last two three-pointers missed, and the Clippers failed to turn the game around, and had to become the first team in NBA history to lead by 21 points in the first quarter of the Finals and lose.

So, sometimes, there are countless negative teaching materials that tell us not to be careless and not to get carried away, but those who are not stupid still make the same mistakes!

In the fifth game, Ji Guoqiu scored 25 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 20 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups 25 points and 5 assists, and Artest 11 points and 7 rebounds.

Garnett had 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, Pierce had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Allen 22 points, Rajan. Rondo had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Thornton 7 points, Kassel 6 points.

After the game, Pierce, who was named the best player of the match, said sarcastically: "Maybe after this game, the ratings will drop again, did we do something to offend people?" ”

Many reporters choked on this sentence, they seem to underestimate the league's maintenance of their own image, of course, the league's top management wants the Clippers to win, this is no doubt, after all, the NBA is first and foremost a business league, and money is always in the first place. But the shrewd David. Stern knows one thing better, the establishment of "credit" is also not 10 billion dollars can be bought, the NBA is not a hammer deal, his efforts for more than 20 years, finally let the NBA get rid of the infamy of the drug alliance, so that the NBA at least a certain amount of fairness and justice, how can he let so many years of hard work let 10 billion buy all?

Credit is priceless, so in the fifth game, the referee made few controversial decisions.

Since there is no problem at the whistle, you can only rely on yourself to lose!

The Clippers thought the league would put them on the altar?

I'm sorry, the road has been given to you, and in the end you have to walk on your own, LeBron. James is a good example!

Ji Guoqiu said calmly after the game: "Where did we lose? Losing is underestimating the heart of a championship, even if I put the iron elbow in front of Garnett's eyes, he will rush fearlessly for a mere two points, even if it costs an injury. I think that's why we lost, we didn't want to win as much as they did, we were beaten by the madness of the Celtics, we weren't brave enough! ”

The Fox brother said something similar to his brother after the game: "They fully deserve this victory, and I will go back and ask myself if I have the determination to win the championship and answer you in the next game." (To be continued......)

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