Chapter 252: 3:0
The fans in the stadium saw that after Ji Guoqiu bullied Oku, he quickly dribbled the ball and quickly turned in the opposite direction of the Turk, although Brother Panda is a 7-foot center, but his basic skills are solid, and the training of the two lives is enough for him to turn around and break through the slow-paced Oku in this situation.
Ji Guoqiu used his explosive power, turned around and took two steps to the basket, jumped quickly before Kirilenko made up the defense, and dunked the basketball into the basket with both hands!
The whole set of movements of the giant panda is so smooth that it is difficult to imagine that a 7-foot man can make such a move on the court. Ji Guoqiu's turn and breakthrough was so fast that the Jazz players didn't have time to make up for it, and the giant panda had already dunked the basketball into the basket, even if the referee still wanted to trouble the Clippers, he was helpless for this kind of goal.
With a score of 103:100, Ji Guoqiu scored four points in a row at the most critical moment of the game, turning his personal score into 18 points, and also pushed the Jazz to a desperate situation.
After Ji Guoqiu fell from the basket, the huge cheers have resounded throughout the Staples Center, and the Clippers fans frantically raised their arms and shouted, letting out a tsunami cry, and 20,000 fans shouted "panda" at the same time!
Christine held her Starbucks coffee cup high above her head and shouted Ji Guoqiu's name with 20,000 Clippers fans, and Twilight was proud of her boyfriend; The stadium is moving like her at the moment, and Emma. Roberts, although she is a little smaller in the court, it is difficult for everyone to notice her when they stand up.
However, I don't know if it's a coincidence, these two girls were shouting loudly, and they both inadvertently found their rivals sitting opposite them......
That's right! This erotic panda didn't expect the two tickets to be right on the opposite side. Kristen and Emma. Roberts looked at each other. Both of them were stunned when they saw each other. Then, as if he hadn't seen anything, he looked away again.
"Could it be that this slut's ticket was given by panda/panda?" The two girls thought at the same time in their hearts, and they also used the same adjective in the name they gave each other.
Ji Guoqiu's expression finally showed some excitement at this time, in fact, his current psychology is far from being as calm as it seems, this is a sullen guy, don't try to guess his love from his expression, this is really similar to Duncan.
The Clippers players came up one after another to pat Ji Guoqiu's shoulder and chest, and Brother Panda's ball was too crucial. The morale of the Clippers players was high for a while, and they were more motivated and reacted faster when defending.
Delon, who has scored 35 points in this game. Williams, receiving the basketball that fell from the blue frame, thought of his team's situation, and couldn't help but smash it against the basketball hoop!
Staples Arena became even more boiling in an instant, and Clippers fans shouted "Technical foul!" ”
"He fell the ball...... Referee, do you see ...... He fell the ball......"
"Black Whistle...... Not judging a technical foul is a black whistle ......"
Taylor. Swift didn't look like a lady at all, and shouted at the referee: "You idiot, why didn't you judge this time?"
The referee was really embarrassed at this time, Delong. Williams's action is even worse than Ji Guoyi's action movie just now. It stands to reason that since he gave his fox brother a technical foul, he should punish Delon. A technical foul by Williams is fair. But at this time, if the Jazz were given a technical foul, it would be equivalent to completely deciding the fate of the Jazz.
After hesitating for a long time, the referee finally did not blow Delong. Williams was fouled technically, not even a single normal foul, and he felt that the Jazz simply could not afford such a blow. After the game, the referee will definitely regret his decision this time, because the league has no excuse to excuse him now, and the Clippers' post-game complaint is just like what Ji Guozhi said before, so that this guy who did not grasp the scale paid a strict price!
Staples Arena is full of people, and the deafening scolding and boos are almost overturned, if it weren't for the solid construction of the roof, it is estimated that it should have been overturned by the scolding of Clippers fans at this time!
With 30 seconds left on the clock, Coach Sloan called a long timeout, which was their last long timeout, and there was only a twenty-second timeout left after that.
Coach Sloan used those sixty seconds to lay out an offensive tactic, they had to grab an attack as quickly as possible, and if they had a good time, they might have another offensive time.
At this time, there are pros and cons to rushing to attack, and the probability of success will naturally not be high if you make a quick attack, and once you fail, it is useless to give them another chance to attack. However, at this time, the Jazz can't afford to gamble, they can't make a choice, they are now the lagging side, and if they want to turn defeat into victory, they can only rely on increasing the stakes to try to turn the tables, although it is more likely to lose more.
When the game restarted, the Clippers used the suffocating defense they excelled at, with everyone squeezing on their opposing players like magnets, and instead of a combo defense, they used this mad dog-like single defense against the Jazz.
The Jazz now don't have players who can attack on the inside, and the most critical offense, they still have to rely on Delon, who played well in this game. Williams to execute.
Billups' experience played a role, he followed the little fat man closely, not being fooled by the other party's feints.
He couldn't stop DeLong all over the field. Williams, but guard next time, Billups is confident to do it.
The Jazz have to play fast this offense, Delon. Seeing that he couldn't shake off his opponent with a feint, Williams immediately chose a simpler and more brutal method, using his speed to force a break to the mid-range position, and then forced a sharp stop again to shoot......
"Bang!"
Delong. Williams barely missed the shot this time, and Oku wanted to repeat the key frontcourt rebound against the Rockets series, but his opponent today was not the 4x-year-old Mutombo, Ji Guoqiu judged the basketball in advance, stood in the best scramble position, and did not give the Turks a chance.
Seeing that he couldn't grab the rebound, Oku pushed his panda brother to the ground next to him, and he imagined in his heart that maybe the referees would continue to favor them today?
"Toot!"
This time, the referee resolutely made a push action. In fact, this referee has done his best. The Jazz can't rely on referees for everything.
Oku scrambles for a rebound and is fouled. This is the fifth foul for the Jazz, and the Clippers have reached the number of free throws, which is when they execute the foul tactics in time.
Coach Sloan shook his head off the court, even if they want to execute foul tactics, their target will definitely not be Ji Guoqiu, who has a free throw shooting rate of more than 90%, such a foul is meaningless, and they have little hope of turning the tables now.
The 20,000 Clippers fans in Staples Arena had already started celebrating the victory early, knowing that Brother Panda wouldn't let them down. With 22 seconds left in the game, they won't give the Jazz another chance.
Ji Guoqiu hit both free throws, the score was 105:100, and the Jazz players, whether they were five on the court or substitutes on the bench, looked lifeless at this time.
The Jazz now want to turn defeat into victory, and can only hope for a repeat of the "Miller moment."
But there is only one "Miller moment" in the entire NBA, and a score of 3:0 is inevitable, and once 0:3 is down, no team in NBA history can turn the tables around.
"Are we really going to be swept by the Clippers?" Jazz players are thinking like that at the moment, and no one wants to be swept in the playoffs. At this time, they feel terrible, and even being eliminated in the first round is better than being swept in the second round.
Sloan still used up his last twenty-second timeout. But even he didn't think the Jazz still had a chance.
Charles. Barkley said at the moment: "Have you ever seen a big man who is seven feet tall and can score, can play, can defend and can block? I don't know if I'll ever see a big guy like Brother Panda in the future, but his game is really enjoyable to watch. When you think about his numbers, but also his efficiency on the court, including his extremely high shots from the free-throw line as a seven-foot big man inside, you'll find him unmatched. I know that some people have criticized him for not being bloody enough in the game, that he doesn't have the passion of his brother and that he plays too civilly, but you only have to see his extraordinary performance in key moments and his long-term and steady contribution to the team, and you will understand that he is a real core. ”
After the game restarted, the Jazz had ten seconds to make a shot. Korver threw a long-range three-pointer from a meter outside the three-point line......
"Bang!"
This kind of shooting is obviously not what the three-point shooter is good at, at least he is just an average positional shooter, an average shooter and Reggie. Miller and Ray. There are a lot of big differences between an all-time top scorer like Allen.
Jazz still hasn't given up, it's not their will, it's their dignity that's at work. The Jazz's ego couldn't afford to give up with 10 seconds left in the game, so they fouled Billups again.
Billups hit both free throws to make the score 107-100, and at this time the Jazz players could finally convince themselves that they could give up. Miller's replacement didn't work.
The final score was 107:100, and after the Sloane game, he simply shook hands with Dunleavy Sr., said congratulations in a mosquito-like voice, and fled Staples Field with his disciples.
There was almost no jersey swapping between the players on both sides, and the atmosphere on both sides of the series was not friendly, and the Jazz, as the side that always suffers, had their players hating the Clippers to death! At this time, even the necessary politeness can be dispensed with, most of these are only in their twenties, at best, athletes in their early thirties are not as hypocritical as politicians, hate is hate!
Ji Guoqiu got 20 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 28 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Billups 11 points and 5 assists, Mobley 15 points, Artest 14 points, James. Posey 8 points.
Delong. Williams 35 points and 5 assists, Boozer 10 points and 5 rebounds, Oku 16 points and 3 rebounds, Kyle Brown. Korver had 11 points, Kirilenko 12 and Millsap 10.
At the post-game press conference, Jazz point guard Delon Brown. Williams was very quiet when talking about him and Boozer, saying, "I don't think I have a good game in this series, and I think Boozer feels the same way, and we have to put our energy together as a team to win." I know it's too late to say that, we're in a real desperate situation and we're not going to think about turning defeat into victory, but we have to fight with dignity and as long as they don't win the fourth game, we won't give up. ”
Turk Oku said: "Brother Panda is a very good player, he has a lot of ability in the low post and he has a lot of playmaking, it's very difficult to defend him, I haven't done that well, I think he's harder to defend than Duncan, he's faster and more flexible. “
"There's no reason for us to let our opponents score more than 100 points in a playoff game, it's the responsibility of the coach, it's the responsibility of the players, we didn't play tenaciously enough, like a team that has lost its defense," Sloan said in his post-game press conference. If we want to come back in the next game, if we don't want to be swept away, then we have to change defensively. ”
Carlos. Boozer also dragged a broken leg to the post-game press conference after the game, but was questioned and criticized by the media on his own side as soon as he came up, and the Salt Lake City media changed direction and asked him why this season's series was far worse than last season.
"That's right, it's all my fault, it's my fault that the team can't score, it's my fault that I lost three games in a row, blame me! It was my fault that I didn't equalize, it was my fault that the opponent got a light layup, it was my fault that we didn't execute tactics well on the offensive end, and it was my fault that the audience ordered Heineken and got Budweiser! ”
Boozer was obviously a little overwhelmed by the tremendous pressure, and saying these words in public made the media in the audience excited, and everyone had a topic to talk about tomorrow. (To be continued......) R1292