The loss of a game by the Mavericks on the road is not bad news for the Clippers, after all, the Dallas' home court is already difficult to deal with. But such a defeat still exposed a lot of problems for the Clippers, if you want to really impact the championship and continue to build the Clippers dynasty, it is absolutely not possible to rely on the fox brother to play alone, and the championship needs the strength of the team.

Ji Guoyi has already understood this truth in the last series against Spurs, and in this game, he really wants to use his personal ability to drive his teammates to play together. But the Mavericks weren't willing to let him get his way, and Carlisle clearly knew what to do between letting him score high points or letting the Clippers play as a team.

Anyway, this fox can't win the game with 40 points in the third game, so the next fourth and fifth games ...... Let him get 40+ again.

As the star of the Clippers and the most offensive superstar in the league, it is reasonable for Ji Guoshi to be trapped, but the scene of two or three players circling around the "fox brother" is rare in today's game.

Carlisle arranged Nowitzki, Marion and Gortat to defend Ji Guoyi in a wheel battle, although they couldn't prevent the fox brother, but they didn't deliberately carry out a double bag, but they would choose to make up for it when Ji Guoyi broke through.

In this game, except for the players who defended Ji Guosha, the other players all stared at their own people, trying to limit the opportunities for Clippers players other than the Foxes to shoot easily.

The implementation of such defensive tactics is to make the Clippers form a common "one-man team" situation this season, even if Ji Guosha can score again, it will be difficult to beat the Mavericks' group of twists. Although the Clippers had four players score in double figures in this game, the second-highest score was only 14 points, and they could not form a strong support for the fox brother.

Ji Guoyi scored 45 points and 10 rebounds again in the fourth game. However, at the most critical moment, except for the fox brother, the other players of the Clippers seemed hesitant to shoot. Neither Ray Allen nor Iguodala had the courage to strike the crucial blow.

In fact, Billups should belong to the Clippers' No. 2 key man. In the first three games, he had several key three-point performances, but in the last moments of the game, he was closely watched by the old monster Kidd, and it was difficult to find a chance to make a shot.

Thunder. Allen certainly has a big heart, but in the Western Conference Finals, he only had a better performance in the second game, and although he got the second highest score in the team today, he did not show his previous killer nature at the critical moment in the final quarter. Injuries on the wrist. Maybe it's the reason why Ray Allen plays in general, but whatever the reason, the Clippers can't do without Ray. Allen's output, 14 points, although it is a lot, but to defeat the powerful Mavericks, Ray Allen and Billups, as well as Iguodala have to make a greater contribution and give more fire support to the fox brother.

The game was said to be right by the media. The Clippers were once again in a desperate situation, falling behind 1-3 in the overall score. This is a little better than falling behind 0:3, and the odds of wanting to turn the tables are still less than one percent.

The Dallas media said in a joking tone after the game that if the Clippers can turn things around in a row from 0:3 down and 1:3 behind, it will be similar to buying the Powerball jackpot in two consecutive periods and winning $350 million.

Clippers in the forum. There are still many hard-mouthed fans who say that the current situation is more difficult than the seven-round battle between the Clippers and Spurs in the last round?

Los Angeles Times. Bendan, who responded in his column the next day: I think so, the situation at that time was that Spurs were three games ahead. was beaten by the Clippers in three consecutive cities, and then lost to the Clippers in the final tiebreaker without any suspense. Fans who have watched this magical series know that although the Clippers lost to the Spurs in the first three games, the Clippers have always occupied the initiative on the court at that time, not so much that the Clippers achieved the comeback of the century, but that the Spurs were lucky to win three games that they should have lost.

In the last series, the Clippers took the initiative for at least five games, and regardless of the final victory, fans recognized that the Clippers were superior to their opponents.

But now it's different, the Mavericks have been dominant in the first four games, winning two games by big scores, but the Clippers are in the chaser position most of the time, which shows that the Clippers don't lose the game by being careless, but they really can't play.

Coincidentally, there were similar statements in the New York media. The Bulls' lineup this year is too rebellious, and they all say that the Chicagoans are not as strong as the Nets, but they still have Boozer, an All-Star inside, and Noah, a top blue-collar player, and there are also Asik and Gibson on the inside bench, two interior players who can play the main role in other teams, and the Bulls' interior strength is more than eighty percent of the league's teams.

If the Nets' pandas can play three, then the Bulls also have a superstar who can 1v3 on the outside, and it is likely that there is more than one.

Kobe Bryant and Rose, the two top backcourts in the league, as long as one of them can make the Bulls enter the playoffs, and now they have two of them at once, plus the quasi-All-Star level Luo Er Deng, such an outside lineup is really a bit BUG, even if the Clippers met this Bull last season, they dare not say that they will win, and now the Nets can play 2:2 with the opponent, completely relying on the continuous explosion of the Panda series!

Nets fans themselves know that no matter how good the panda is, he can't get a 30+20 or 30+10+10 performance in every game. Looking at the two games that the Nets lost, Ji Guoqiu's performance was also very good, but in the end, the Nets were still not an opponent.

What does this mean?

This shows that Ji Guoqiu must explode in the game to help the team win the game, and it is no longer enough for the Nets to win the opponent by playing well, 20+10+10 will cause the Nets to lose the game, and he must get 30+10+10 to really fill the gap in the strength of the two teams.

On May 22, the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Nets and the Bulls will be staged today, and it is also the most important battle of the seven series.

The Bulls suffered a heavy defeat at home in their last game, although the outside world said they were stronger and deserved to win the championship. But if they can't win this game, almost all that awaits them is the fate of being eliminated. At that time, public opinion will instantly forget what they said a few days ago, and will instead take the opportunity to stomp on the bull.

Kobe Bryant has seen too many examples of this over the years, and today the Bulls are playing away again, and the Chicagoans dare not slack off in the slightest and go all out from the beginning.

The Bulls' caution was right, and many felt that Ji's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals was a bit abnormal. In the first four games, the Giant Pandas averaged 33 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 blocks, 2 steals and 4 turnovers per game, which is of course a historic performance, so many people are speculating that Ji Guoqiu's next games are likely not to be as crazy as the first four games, and his state should fall.

But who can really say for sure this kind of thing?

Jordan was in the playoffs back then, wasn't he as incomprehensible as Brother Panda? There have also been more than one instance of a gang leader averaging 40+ points per game in a series; O'Neal during the Lakers' three-game winning streak also maintained 30+15 in the playoffs for two full seasons; Ji Guoqiu's average data in this year's playoffs is only 29.6 points, 18.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.6 blocks and 1.8 steals per game, and even he is not as good as O'Nealdo in scoring. Even if this performance continues, it is not surprising.

Less than 3 minutes after the start of the game, Ji Guoqiu hit 4 consecutive shots, three of which were mid-range shots, and one person scored 8 points in a row, and the Nets started the game 10:0.

The Bulls were immediately frightened, and after quickly calling a timeout, they scored for the first time after playing nearly 3 minutes in the first quarter.

In the first quarter of the game, the Nets led by 10 points at one point. However, the shooting percentage has decreased since then, and the Bulls have gradually closed the gap.

Ji Guoqiu scored 12 points in the first quarter. The Nets led the quarter 27-20.

In the second quarter, the Nets extended their advantage to double digits several times, Ji Guoqiu's turnaround shot can be scored no matter how defended today, and his lethality alone is no worse than the Bulls' two super guards, but the Chicagoans are still tenaciously narrowing the gap.

Just before the end of the first half, Rohr Dunkong scored a dunk. Before that, Boozer and Rose also scored one after another, and after the Bulls scored eight points in a row, they only trailed by four points at 47:51 in the first half.

Ji Guoqiu scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks again in the first half, and today he is obviously running for 40+ again.

Section III. The Bulls players had a bad hand, shooting just 6-of-16 from the field, compared to 3-of-10 from Bryant and Rose's combined shots, but they scored 10 points from 12 free throws in the quarter.

Ji Guoqiu is still the unstoppable one on the court, and the Nets once led by double digits in this quarter.

Although the Bulls didn't shoot well today, they continued to use free throws to score, but they still kept a small distance from the Nets, trailing by six points at 71-77 after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant stepped up, and in the middle of the quarter, after Peter Pan hit consecutive three-pointers, the score became 87:85, and the Bulls only trailed by 2 points. After that, the Bulls' offense was overwhelming for a while, and they kept hitting shots, and although the panda brother also kept scoring and coloring, the Bulls still overtook the score in the last three minutes of the game.

In the last few minutes of the game, Ji Guoqiu basically carried the whole team on his shoulders. From the last 3 minutes of the 48-minute game, the Giant Panda started a rare solo performance, and it was Ji Guoqiu who caused Noah to foul when there were 9 seconds left before the end of the game, and the next two free throws helped the Nets equalize the score and successfully dragged the game into overtime.

I have to say that the animal brothers are the pride of the sky, but now, they are one person. If you are human, you will get tired, and these two animals are no exception.

After the start of overtime, Ji Guoqiu, who only rested for three minutes in regular game time today, was there to catch up with the score again, and Kobe Bryant made two shots at the beginning, and Ji Guoqiu returned a three-pointer and a hook; After that, Rose broke through and scored a dunk, and Ji Guoqiu hit the penalty area to catch up with the score.

However, Brother Panda finally got tired, with 1 minute and 10 seconds left in overtime, when Vallejo was sent off for 6 fouls, Ji Guoqiu lost the player who helped him the most on the court, no one to contain Boozer anymore, no one to make up for him to defend Kobe Bryant and Rose's breakthrough, and no one to open up space for him on the offensive end, Ji Guoqiu's offense became difficult, and the Bulls continued their collective offense.

When Bryant's three-pointer hit again, the Nets were on the edge of a cliff.

At this time, Ji Guoqiu controlled the ball in his own hands again, and seeing that the 24-second attack time was about to expire, Brother Panda turned around in the low position and jumped and drifted out!!

"Smack!" Noah's fingers seem to touch the basketball?

That's right, when all the Nets fans rubbed their eyes and watched the replay carefully, the basketball had already been picked up by Rose, what happened in that moment just now?

Brother Panda was really tired, he didn't jump as high as before, and his shooting speed was a beat slower, and he was actually touched by Noah with his finger.

Rose scored two points on a fast break to make it 104-106 and the Nets trailed by two points.

In the end, the Nets lost the game by 2 points at home, and the home team fans were sorry in their hearts, maybe Ji Guoqiu's ball just now would have been hit if it was not interfered with by Noah, and they would have won this crucial game today.

However, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that from the moment the Nets were dragged into overtime, they basically lost.

The reason is not this ball, whether to score or not, but Brother Panda, he is tired.

You can't blame Ji Guoqiu for that shot, even if it's a god, there are times when he misses, not to mention, today's Panda brother is really tired.

Once the Nets don't have a panda brother, if you look at this team again, it seems to be mediocre in an instant. (To be continued.) )