Chapter 628: What is the release of water!
Jordan Jr. still only has two tricks on the offensive end: dunking and picking up leaks under the basket, and occasionally has a wonderful aerial relay, but that's all. Defensively, Jordan Jr.'s defensive skills and awareness have improved significantly during his two seasons with the two brothers. This is his strength, and it is also what old Dunleavy likes, if he is replaced by a weak team, Jordan Jr. also has the strength to play fake starters.
Haddadi was unceremoniously taken by Jordan Jr. after he came on the court, and the Iranian center's physique is indeed in the top ranks in Asia, but it can only be regarded as average in the NBA, plus his skills and awareness are not very good, so he can only play a role like an ordinary black tall player, in the years when his physique is at its peak, that is, guarding the team's water cooler.
Ji Guoyi defended a few rounds in the opening game, and then focused on attacking.
After coming on the court in the second quarter, Ji Guoyi continued to use the method of running without the ball to seek a shot, but found that it was not so easy to shoot, Jordan Jr. could not attract defense for him on the inside, and the Grizzlies were able to draw two players who followed him without the ball. And when he catches the ball, a third player will immediately come up to him and surround him, and the Grizzlies actually use three people to cover him?
In this case, even Jordan has no choice but to pass the ball. Ji Guoyi is naturally no exception, although he has an advantage in height and can be forcibly pulled, but the shooting rate is definitely not high, at this time he decisively chose to jump up and divide the ball, and the target was Xiao Jordan who was empty inside.
Jordan Jr. received the basketball, and the Grizzlies' defense was immediately penetrated, and it was Brooks who rushed over to help defend. Little Jordan naturally didn't even look at it. Direct jump dunk. Stuff your basketball into the hoop with ease!
Brooks raised his hand and gestured, he couldn't defend this ball.
"Damn, Lao Tzu's assists are going to rise next season."
Ji Guozhi doesn't know what kind of achievements he will achieve without the giant panda, but the increase in assists is certain, as long as the opponent covers him, he will have many opportunities to assist his teammates.
Fans who watched the game quickly discovered that Ji Guoyi's assist ability was not bad. The first half of the second quarter. He was beaten by three men and delivered three assists to help the Clippers continue to lead the Grizzlies by 26 points at 58-32.
When the two teams made substitutions, Ji Guoyi had already scored 32 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, and the number of assists rose all of a sudden.
The fox brother was blocked in the second quarter, and he turned into a giant panda in terms of strategy and defense, if you don't look at the jersey number, you really can't see that there is much difference between the two, Ji Guoyi can also play the role of the panda brother on a certain Cheng dΓΉ, but you can't see it in the case of a giant panda.
"Boss. In the future, we must watch each other's matches, live on GuΓ² TV. We had a map in the top left corner, which was better than if we were all on the field. β
Ji Guoyi previously used the giant panda's sight off the field to have an unobstructed view of the entire court, and where his teammates had space was all in his mind.
"But did you ever think that our games could overlap?"
"Rest assured, there is a three-hour time difference between Los Angeles and New York, so there will certainly be no overlap in the game time. Especially in the playoffs, the odds are so small that even if there is an occasional exception of one or two games, it can be completely ignored. Also, Los Angeles and New York are the NBA's biggest markets, so if you think about it, how can the league make our games overlap with the two teams that get the most fan attention, the two teams that pull the most viewership? Even if the league will, the TV station won't, so our schedule will definitely be staggered. β
Ji Guoqiu smiled: "Why are you suddenly smart?" β
Ji Guo choked him with shame: "I've always been very smart, but I just gave you the opportunity to watch XiΓ n." β
The elder Dunleavy replaced his brother with his younger brother at 5 minutes and 40 seconds in the second quarter, allowing the little foxes to rest for a few minutes before playing, and the Clippers' on-court lineup became: Billups, Crawford, Barnes, Joel. Anthony, Ji Guoqiu.
After the game restarted, fans quickly discovered an interesting situation, Ji Guoqiu continued to hold the ball in the high post to break through Gasol Jr., dunk and score after a breakthrough, and caused a foul on Griffin, who assisted the defense, to score two plus one, scoring five points in a row to show his ability to take the initiative to score.
Although Ji Guoqiu can't break through from outside the three-point line like his fox brother, it's no problem to break through with the ball in the high post, and Ji Guoqiu is at ease at the technical level, although his explosiveness and speed are not as good as the No. 3 players, but they still exceed most of the No. 4 positions, not to mention the center. So in the face of the defense of the interior players, he has enough speed advantage to play the ability to break through the high post that is not inferior to Stoudemire.
Gasol Jr. was originally a slow-paced insider, and in the face of Ji Guoqiu's rapid breakthrough, he had no power to fight back, and he was extremely wolf.
Fans saw Ji Guoqiu's clean and neat breakthrough in the high position, and finally knew why the two brothers broke up, they really sacrificed too much for each other. Ji Guoqiu's breakthrough is definitely one of the best among the inside players, but he rarely has the opportunity to show it, because there is a fox brother, and he doesn't need to break through at all. Just like with him, the little fox doesn't need to deal with it, and the division of labor between the two of them is very clear.
In 3 minutes and 30 seconds of the second quarter, Ji Guoqiu suddenly went crazy and scored 7 points in just two minutes, widening the score gap to 30 points, Griffin and Gasol Jr. also committed three fouls on their backs and had to return to the court to sit, the Grizzlies were really miserable today.
Ji Guoyi and Hill Sr. returned to the court after the dead ball, and the Clippers returned to their regular style of play, and the two brothers performed their respective duties and continued to destroy the Grizzlies, who had little fighting spirit.
The two brothers were on the floor at the same time, and the Grizzlies' three-man package was self-defeating, and even Jordan Jr. scored 4 points in the first half of the game, if it weren't for two free throws, this guy who averaged less than five points per game would have exceeded his average score, which shows how big the consequences are for the little foxes.
At the end of the half, Ji Guoyi turned on the scoring mode again in the last three minutes, and successively got the second pass of Brother Panda to shoot.
Despite scoring less than a few points in the first half of the quarter, Ji Guoyi still plans to challenge his record for the highest score in the playoffs. Although it doesn't have to be more than 70 points, it's such an exaggeration. But surpassing Jordan's 63 points is the goal he has set for himself.
The score is 76:40. The Grizzlies lost by 8 points again in the quarter, and the margin has reached 34 points, plus Griffin and Gasol both committed three fouls in the first half, and this game is really no suspense at all.
Ji Guoqiu got 10 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks in the first half, and Ji Guoqiu had 40 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.
Charles. Barkley took the number watch and said with a smile: "Brother Fox broke his personal record in the first half, he changed his record for the highest score in the half from the original 36 points to 40 points, and the single-quarter scoring record also increased from 28 points to 30 points. Neither of these things have I ever done, and this kid is really good. β
Kenny. Smith also said: "In the first half, Fox made seven three-pointers, and his single-game three-point shooting record was 12, which is a record that several players in the league have done, and if the second half hadn't gone into garbage time, he would have had a chance to break that record." β
"Congratulations, Fox!"
"Well done, fox!"
"Incredible, you have a chance to score 60 points today!"
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Intermission. Ji Guosha became the center of discussion for the Clippers, and the big guys came up to congratulate him.
"Where, where. 60+ is not that easy, but with your help, I am confident that I can complete this task. β
Even if Ji Guosha said this, even if he was quite modest, the old Dunleavy was also very knowledgeable, and at halftime, he began to arrange the tactics of the second half around Ji Guozhi as the core, and those routines in the usual training should be used on the Grizzlies in the second half.
In the third quarter, the Clippers players began to release water on the defensive end, which is considered a trade, and if the Grizzlies are interested, then don't make defensive arrangements against Ji Guosha. What the Clippers want now, fools understand, of course, to help the fox brother brush up points. If the Grizzlies don't save face, the Clippers players will try to continue to pull the score up and cause a massacre.
So now it's clear what the situation is, either let Ji Guosha score, or be slaughtered by the whole Clippers team, and the Grizzlies can only choose one of the two, and there is no third choice. That sounds like a bully, but who told you not to do anything about it?
If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this is an eternal truth.
The Grizzlies are actually not so weak, but due to the accumulation of various factors, they have no ability to fight back today, so they can only make a humiliating choice, and it would be good not to let you sign a treaty.
Hollins hesitated, but still chose to let Ji Guosha score, even if he was scored 60 or even 70 points by that fox today, he might not be fired. But if the team loses by fifty or sixty points, then he's definitely out of class, and the Grizzlies will always have a disgraceful record. On the contrary, even if Ji Guosha scores 70 points, everyone will mention this in the future, and it doesn't seem to be as hurtful to the Grizzlies as the former.
Both teams played one defense in the second half, and the point difference did not continue to widen, but narrowed a little. But Ji Guosha's score is constantly growing. At the same time, the giant panda's assist is also quietly moving towards his personal record, and this guy is quietly shooting in the back, which is extremely obscene.
After three quarters, the score gap was narrowed to 28 points, but in terms of individual scoring, the Grizzlies have allowed Ji Guoyi to turn his personal score into 55 points, only 3 points away from his 58-point single-game playoff scoring record, and only 8 points short of Jordan's single-game record of 63 points.
This time it was Taylor's turn. Swift put up her scissor hand, and the little fox's face made her face in front of the little radish shreds next to her, saving the latter from always muttering in her ear that the giant panda was "how powerful" and "how sharp" it was......
Ji Guoqiu had 12 points, 16 rebounds, 14 assists and 5 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu had 55 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.
Clippers fans saw the number of players on the big screen, only to find that Ji Guoqiu was silent, and actually broke his single-game assist record in the playoffs, his previous playoff single-game assist record was 13, and now it has become 14, and if he continues to play in the final quarter, this record will definitely continue to expand.
The NBA playoff single-game assist record is held by Magic Johnson and Stockton, both of whom have an astonishing 24 assists per game. In the playoffs, such a record is difficult to beat, especially Ji Guoqiu is still an interior center, and it is too difficult to break the record of two Hall of Fame superstar point guards.
In the final quarter, Hollins showed his cunning and directly put on a full bench lineup, announcing his surrender and abandoning the game.
The Grizzlies' move made Ji Guosha and Clippers fans very unhappy, in the NBA, when this happens, no one will generally go up to score again, unless it is only one or two points away from a certain record, Ji Guosha obviously does not belong to this ranks.
In any game, as long as one side surrenders, the winner will no longer be unforgiving, otherwise it is not a relationship between victory and defeat, but a relationship with personal morality.
"Damn, I'm shameless."
Although Ji Guoshi shouted so in his heart, he hesitated for a long time, but still did not ask to play again. How can he say that he is also a superstar in the league now, this little bit of face is always needed, and he can't act arbitrarily like when he was an ordinary player, otherwise his fans will not have face, right?
The Clippers also made a substitution lineup in the fourth quarter: Beverley, Garcia, Barnes, Jeffries, McDyce.
"Fox, I know what to do."
Before Barnes came on the court, he lowered his head and whispered in front of Ji Guoyi, and then McDyce and Jeffries also patted the little fox on the shoulder, and the two veterans knew very well what to do now.
Ji Guoshi was dumbfounded, what are these guys going to do?
The game restarted, and Ji Guoyi's doubts were quickly answered, and several veterans of the Clippers let the Grizzlies bench know what a real "release of water" is.
Barnes first broke through to the basket and was directly covered by the basket, and he also fell into the street, and then everyone looked at his steps and stumbled, as if he had drunk too much. Then came McDyce's performance, a textbook drop, Beverley tried his best not to receive McDyce's pass, and his fingers touched the basketball to knock it out of bounds, which was Beverley's mistake.
"Damn, I can't see that McDyce can do this, what a TM master, I have to write it down quickly."
Seeing this, Ji Guo's heart blossomed, he should fight like this, his 60+ has hope now.
Of course, it's not enough to just be unfavorable on offense, and the defense also needs to release water, didn't Barnes just fall? It just so happened that his pace was ridiculously slow when defending, and Weaver broke through to the inside line and scored four points in a row, and the difference instantly became 24 points. (To be continued......)