Chapter 524: Rebounding Monster
Parker used his flexibility to get rid of Billups and dribble inside.
Jeffries hurriedly made up the defense, and Parker passed the basketball to Jamison.
Ji Guoqiu made up again, and Jamison passed the basketball to Bonner in the bottom corner.
Bonner is not good at corner three-pointers, but this shot is an open shot, and Mr. Spurs' players' union vice president, still hit the open three-point he should have shot!
With a score of 99:99, the Clippers broke 100 and almost guaranteed to win, but they are still one point short of it.
"The team is one point off, I'm one rebound off, it's already 24, and one more rebound will break the record."
Ji Guoqiu looked at the score, and secretly wondered in his heart whether he should get this point and a rebound in this offense.
Billups didn't rush and dribbled the basketball to the frontcourt.
Duncan defended one on the inside, and Billups immediately dropped the basketball into the inside, allowing Ji Guoqiu to play alone.
Ji Guoqiu received the ball and leaned back, while observing the situation on the field, he is now outside the penalty area, not his favorite position, but he wants to squeeze near the penalty area, Duncan does not give an inch to him.
"Lao Tzu threw the pot!"
Ji Guoqiu passed the basketball to Crawford, and then stepped forward to cover.
Crawford, this guy, it's important for you to give him a basketball, no matter when he dares to attack, it's the same at this time, with the help of Ji Guoqiu's cover, Crawford will kill directly under the basket.
Ji Guoqiu went down and waited for the basketball to miss and grab the rebound.
"Huh!"
Ji Guoqiu rushed to the basket, watched the basketball brush into the basket, and scolded in his heart: "This bastard is not allowed when he should be on time, but he threw the ball in when he shouldn't." ”
Crawford scored his 20th point and also gave the Pandas his 10th assist, and Ji Guoqiu had another triple-double.
With 40 seconds left on the clock, both teams have one chance to attack each.
The Spurs called a timeout and used up one last 20-second timeout.
After the timeout, the Spurs also handed the basketball to Duncan on the inside, and Shi Fo also handed the basketball to his teammates, and Jamison was on the other side of the waist, receiving the ball and shooting with his back to score.
Amir. Johnson can't stop Jamison, and the Spurs' power forward has scored 34 points in this game, most of which were scored after Ji Guosha's departure.
"Damn, no rebounds?"
Ji Guoqiu was unconsciously struggling with his rebound count, just one short.
With 25 seconds left in the game, Dunleavy Sr. called a timeout.
The Clippers didn't fight Ji Guoqiu again, and Dunleavy Sr. arranged a breakaway offense for Billups, hoping that Mr. Key could use the cover to score inside.
After the game began, Dunleavy Sr.'s plan was executed very unsmoothly from the beginning, Billups was entangled by Parker and couldn't catch the basketball at all, and finally Crawford received Ji Guoqiu's serve.
Billups took the basketball from Crawford with 20 seconds left.
The Spurs immediately wrapped up Billups, which was Popovich's defensive setup, and Tongguò risked forcing the Clippers to disrupt the Clippers' tactical set-up and prevent the Clippers from playing the last offensive tactic safely.
The Clippers' tactics could not be executed smoothly, nor did they arrange Plan B, relying entirely on the improvisation of the players.
The average player panicked at this time, but Billups didn't panic at all and found that Amir. Johnson had a gap and immediately passed the ball over.
Almi. Johnson received the ball from the three-point line on the wing, and Duncan, who switched defense, was two steps away from him, and he had plenty of room to shoot. But the inexperienced rookie hesitated at this point, he didn't dare to take the responsibility of the last shot at this time, and seeing that there were 12 seconds left on the clock, he passed the basketball to Billups.
"Stupid!"
Billups cursed in his heart, isn't the horizontal pass looking for death at this time?
Sure enough, Parker rushed out and grabbed the basketball, and then didn't rush to attack, dribbling to the front court and stopped.
"It's over!"
Clippers fans couldn't help but shout in their hearts, Billups couldn't cut the ball when he was forced up, so he could only choose to foul.
Spurs fans shouted: "BeatL.A", "BeatL.A......
This phrase was originally used by the league to deal with the Lakers, but now it is used more for the Clippers, for the mud-legged team that God didn't even bother to glance at before October 2007.
But two years later, they have become the defending champions that all teams want to beat, and they have become the strongest team in the league that will be difficult to beat.
Amir. Johnson looked annoyed, and now his mind is full of "why don't I shoot" self-blame, but ordinary players make mistakes, especially in this kind of tournament. A player like Johnson shouldn't have that kind of responsibility, he shouldn't be on the pitch at a time like this.
Parker hit the first free throw, and Popovich finally smiled, chewing gum with a relaxed face, and a good sense of rhythm, which is what Popovich looks like when he is happy.
"Bang!"
Parker missed the second free throw, and Ji Guoqiu, who had been prepared, flew up and took the basketball into his arms, his expression was very happy.
Popovich chewed gum at a sudden speed, which is what he looks like when he is angry.
"Don't give them three points, watch them." An angry Popovich yelled at the Spurs players.
Billups received the basketball, quickly dribbled to the frontcourt, and was about to shoot a three-pointer, but was stopped by Parker early, and the shooting action was not completed.
Popovich applauded and signaled to Parker that he was doing the right thing and that he couldn't give a three-point shot at this time.
The score is 99:102, and if the Clippers hit both free throws, the score gap will only be one point.
"Remember, don't foul panda."
When Duncan made a free throw at Billups, he reminded his teammates in advance that Dead Panda didn't seem to have missed a free throw in the playoffs, and Dead Fox only missed one free throw.
Unaffected, Billups made both free throws before immediately fouling Parker.
"Brother, the time has come to test you."
After Mr. Key fouled, he smiled at Parker, and the Frenchman glanced at Billups and thought to himself, "I've never seen anyone so ugly." ”
Parker's psychogenic hormone is actually far beyond Billups' estimates, and he can grow from Popovich's saliva. Brown had Parker's mental capacity, and he wouldn't have collapsed under Jordan's criticism.
Hit both free throws, and Parker's previous one of two free throws looked like just normal free throws, with no psychological factors in mind.
With nine seconds left in the game and a score of 102-105, the Clippers hit a three-pointer to have a chance.
Popovich instructed the team when Parker made a free throw that he could continue to use early foul tactics if necessary.
However, there should not be such a need, Billups dribbled the ball to the front court, was caught by a double again, and immediately passed to Crawford.
Crawford was one meter away from the three-point line and made a decisive shot, and the basketball bounced high.
"Mine!"
Ji Guoqiu got the rebound, and then passed to the outside again.
At this time, Afflalo had replaced Barnes, who had a bad three-point shot, and immediately shot after receiving the basketball......
When the basketball flew in the air, the game time had reached zero, but the ball did not even touch the basket in the end.
At the end of the game, when the basketball fell directly to the outside of the court, the Spurs players raised their hands in the air, and the fans cheered violently throughout the court, and the Spurs finally defended their second home court.
"It's okay, the chances of a lore are already low, and we'll beat them again when we get back home."
With 26 rebounds and triple-doubles, Ji Guoqiu stretched out his big hand and touched Avlalo's head to encourage this rookie in the same level as himself.
"Well done, you fought until the last minute, the luck is not ours, we will win it back in the next game."
The elder Dunleavy encouraged the players on the sidelines one by one, while gloating as Parker collapsed on the sidelines after the game, leaving his teammates holding his feet with a painful face, and the Frenchman was tired and cramped.
"With your staying power, I'll see how to fight with us in the next game!"
Dunleavy Sr. knew that the playoffs were a much bigger test than the regular season.
In the Spurs playoffs, most of the games have to fight hard with opponents to win, and they have smooth sailing.
Besides, when the next Dead Fox returns, the Clippers' energy will be full again, but how much energy will the Spurs have left?
In this game, Ji Guoqiu scored 25 points, 26 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Billups 24 points and 8 assists, and Crawford 20 points.
Duncan 22 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, Parker 23 points and 5 assists, Jamison 34 points and 10 rebounds, Ginobili 6 points, Roger Anderson. Mason 9 points.
Immediately after the game, the Clippers sold tickets to the finals in Los Angeles in advance, which was a signal to everyone that they were confident that they could definitely destroy the Spurs!
Raheem Sterling agreed to sell tickets in advance, but rejected the Clippers' plan to be eliminated and double the fare, and fired the employee who proposed the plan the next day.
"Just kidding, Lao Tzu's money, you don't feel distressed!" Sterling scolded the idiot who came up with this kind of construction, only a fool would do that.
At the post-game press conference, Ji Guoyan faced reporters' questions and said: "I knew that Manu had a dislocated shoulder, but I didn't know it at the time, I was just a subconscious action to protect the basketball, and I didn't have the idea of hurting him at all." Then, in the face of the team's stunner miss, Ji Guoyi said: "We didn't shoot the last ball, this is the most difficult way to accept." Of course I want to shoot the last shot, I always want to get the ball, I even want to get the ball every time I attack, you know what I mean? That was supposed to be my job. ”
Duncan said after the game: "We were 10 points ahead after the Fox went off, you know, it's frustrating to watch the advantage eroded, but that's what the Clippers did. They are a very explosive team, both the main team and the substitutes, they are very close in terms of quality, so the Fox is not a big impact on them, they can still organize the attack very quickly and complete the attack quickly. ”
Duncan's face was expressionless when he spoke, and he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart, everyone was very interested in knowing, when Ji Guozhi heard these words, would he be annoyed and angry? R1152