Chapter 759 [Bold Substitutions, Catching Up with the Score]
As expected by Clippers fans, Yang Rui began to use killer features in the last quarter, one big and four small.
Chandler and Paul are all rested, and the five on the court are Curry, Danny Green, Gay, Parsons, and Griffin.
This lineup can both break fast and drop positions, with the outside line able to hold the ball and play alone, with four stable three-pointers, and Griffin can attack in the low post. Yao Ming will be rested, and Griffin will not be abused on the defensive end.
The Nets fielded Nash, Bogans, Joe Johnson, Reggie Evans, and Blatche, also with a balanced lineup.
Evans came out to protect the rebounds and allow Brache to focus more on the offensive end. This substitution is a mistake by Stevens, don't look at Evans's height is only 203CM, but he weighs 111 kg, standard inside play, not moving fast, defense relies on fierce confrontation and small movements, and likes to resist people near the penalty area.
Evans was responsible for defending and grabbing rebounds, and Blatche had to go out and defend pick-and-rolls, but the latter was also a slower man who played center better than power forward. Because of the disadvantage on the defensive end, Blatche is in an awkward position, even if he has a strong attack, he only plays an average of 18 minutes per game.
Parsons, who played as the No. 4 cameo, broke out, hitting a three-pointer from the middle, assisting Curry to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer, scoring on an empty cut, scoring on two breakaways, scoring on a layup, and assisting Griffin on a dunk.
The Nets only had Joe Johnson score 3-pointers, and after a 12-3 offensive wave, the Clippers caught up with the score.
Stevens hurriedly replaced Evans and replaced Favors, and the Nets' attack increased, but they still couldn't prevent it. The Nets also have flaws on the inside, with good offensive power, but Favors is the only one who is good at blocking and pick-and-roll.
6 minutes later, the Nets replaced Yao Ming, ready to make a last fight, as long as there is no overtime, Yao Ming played 31 minutes, within the control range, and still has physical strength.
The Clippers five are Chandler, Griffin, Battier, Tony Allen, and Paul.
Yang Rui's plan is to ensure defensive intensity, play star tactics on the offensive end, and Paul and Griffin block and go heads-up.
Stevens has exactly the same idea as him, abandoning the offensive formation of Delon and Nash's double guards, and letting Delon be a single back, with Joe Johnson and Butler on the outside, and Favors and Yao Ming on the inside.
The Nets are on the premise of solid defense, the players are waiting for opportunities, and Delong and Yao Ming play the middle to block and attack.
As a result, the Nets went on an 11-2 run to stretch the score to 11 points.
Jiang is still old and spicy, Yao Ming no longer cuts in the air, waits for opportunities in the middle to shoot outside the block, hits a three-pointer, and attracts the bag to assist Butler to score in the air.
Healthy Delon is an all-round fighter, facing Paul to shoot a dry three-pointer, after blocking and dismantling, he strode around and broke through, forced a layup and made a foul on Chandler, completing 2+1.
The Clippers' offense was blocked, Paul and Griffin failed to score consecutive singles, and only Chandler grabbed the rebound in the front court and scored two points on the rebound.
With 3 minutes left in the game, Yang Rui asked for a timeout, replaced Paul, Griffin, and Tony Allen, and replaced Parsons, Curry, and Danny Green, and the tactics became playmaking forwards.
At the critical moment, the core sits on the bench, which will hurt Paul's self-esteem, but at this time, Yang Rui can't care about this set, there is still hope to win if he replaces, and if he doesn't change, he will lose today.
Paul struggled to defend the Nets, breaking through the ball, only Battier had a stable three-point point on the court, and the other three had average shooting ability, and Griffin was targeted to death by Favors.
Yang Rui asked Paul to shoot more, misplaced Yao Ming, Favors or pull-up jump shots, but Paul made one shot in the past three minutes and missed the basket.
In a game with high defensive intensity, it is extremely difficult for small players to find space to shoot, which is really not something that can be played with enough shots, and Paul is not unwilling to attack by himself, but has a weak heart.
At this time, sending Curry will make the big man of the Nets very uncomfortable, because Curry's shot position is far from the basket, and he is often thrown one meter away from the three-point line, and the opponent's interior line must be guarded out, and if the position is too far away, it is easy to be passed by Curry.
Looking at the Clippers' lineup, Zhang Li sighed: "Yang Rui is so bold, he replaced the two MVPs in the team, I don't think there will be any coach in the world who dares to do this except him." ”
In the last three minutes, if Paul and Griffin don't play well, it's their responsibility to lose, but if they replace the star and end up losing, the fans of the star are likely to throw the pot on the head coach, so no NBA coach usually does this.
Yang Rui is not worried about not being able to hold down the players, he is the biggest name of the Clippers.
The Clippers attacked, Curry slowly dribbled to the frontcourt, Chandler pulled out to cover, Curry took a step sideways with the ball, attracting Favors to change defenses, and the ball was given to Parsons at 70 degrees on the right side, and there was a misalignment on the court.
There is no orthodox power forward on the Clippers court, Parsons' three-point ability has been improving, and his shots are very resolute, in Yang Rui's previous life, Parsons made 10 three-pointers in the half of the game against the Grizzlies, which is the record for the most three-pointers in a half in the NBA, and he shot 39.3% this season.
Yao Ming was near the restricted area, more than two steps away, and before he could jump to prevent three points, Parsons threw the ball to the basket, and played as soon as he got on the court, shooting cleanly, 102-110.
The Nets attacked, the Clippers mixed defense, Yao Ming and Delon played blocking and pick-and-roll, and Parsons switched defenses to keep a distance to block the breakthrough route. Yao Mingkong cut to the right side of the low post to ask for the ball, and Chandler defended it.
Chandler only played 20 minutes, very full of physical strength, against the tired Yao Ming, can withstand the interference to shoot, Yao Ming squeezed twice to the middle turned around and couldn't get rid of, too far away from the basket, passed to Favors, Parsons followed his own people, interference in front of him.
After a few passes and almost 24 seconds left, Delon made a strong three-pointer and missed under Curry's interference, and Chandler grabbed the rebound.
The Nets were quick to defend, and Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, exactly the same routine as just now, and passed to Parsons at 70 degrees. This time, Favors defended more outside, Parsons took the ball to the middle, and opened the space frame outside the three-point line, which can break through and pass the ball.
Curry stood in the bottom left corner and ran back to the line, and Chandler blocked Delon
Parsons passed, Yao Ming could only defend it, Curry shook a little, changed direction to break through, and easily passed Yao Ming by speed, no one made up for the defense, and Curry scored an easy layup in three steps. 104 to 110.
If others had this kind of opportunity, they would have dunked, and Curry chose the more secure way, he was afraid of being blocked by the basket.
The Nets attacked, DeLong controlled the ball and delayed time outside the three-point line, his style of play was unpretentious, and he thought about how to play this round when he passed the half. In the last 6 seconds, he started to play blocking and dismantling with Yao Ming, attracting Parsons to switch defenses and distributing the ball to the middle, Yao Ming received the ball and shot a three-point shot against Curry.
Curry didn't jump, jumping is useless, this kind of ball can only pray not to go in, the big man pulls out and shoots the most powerful is the strong anti-interference ability, Yao Ming has scored three three-pointers today, the luck is running out, the strength is a little bigger, and the ball pops out of the frame.
Guy grabbed the rebound, landed and found Curry, who was about to go down, and misplaced.
Curry ran to the right side, and after receiving the ball, he took a step outside the three-point line and suddenly grabbed a three-point shot. Yao Ming retreated at full speed, the distance was far away, and then he pounced to prevent three points and was a step slower, and Delong chased the block and jumped in front of Curry, which was quite scary, and the actual ball had been thrown.
No one grabbed the rebound, Curry still shot very confidently, as long as there was a chance to shoot, he dared to throw, Yang Rui allowed him to do so. That's the biggest difference between him and Paul, the shot selection looks a lot worse, and even then, he's more accurate than Paul.
The ball hollowed into the net, 107-110, with 1 minute and 44 seconds left, and the Clippers caught up!