Chapter 439: The Great Gate (I)
Each team that can make the playoffs has its own unique characteristics, and the Clippers' benches are in better shape than the Warriors. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Livingston, the first-ever high school point guard, became the brains of the Clippers' bench with maturity and solidity beyond his years, and at the same time, he was also the core of the future construction of the Clippers, who will build an interior and exterior combination around him and Elton Brand.
Livingston is talented, but now he is too thin and thin.
At 2.01m tall, he has good ball control and is adept at using his back to cover up weaknesses in the middle of the game, making it difficult for Fisher to break his dribble.
The height difference between the two is too obvious, so even if Fisher bullied his shooting space, he could still finish the offense with a high shooting percentage.
Montgomery thought for a moment, but was undecided.
At this point, Monta-Ellis was fouled by Margeti and Margeti went to the free throw line.
Montgomery waved his hand and motioned for veteran Culbert Channey to play.
During the regular season, the veteran Culbert Chaney barely played much, and the opportunities were left to the youngsters, such as Trevor Ariza, who even made the starting lineup. But in the playoffs, even though Culbert Chaney is 35 years old, Montgomery can't help but use him first.
Chaney replaced Monta Ellis, John Salmons moved to the No. 2 spot, and the Warriors returned to their normal height levels.
Fisher defended Kassel, Salmons defended Livingston, Culbert Channy defended Corey Margeti, Foyer took on Rademanovic and the strong Svetney sat inside against Serbian big center Serk Rebshala.
At this point, the Warriors and Clippers were almost tied, and the difference was almost the same.
The bench of the two teams was evenly matched, and before Yang Di came on the court, the Warriors even trailed the Clippers by two points at 35-37.
Yang Di raised his arm high on the inside to ask for the ball, and Fisher hoisted the ball in.
At this time, Elton Brand also played at the same time, and the old Dunleavy thought very clearly, the only one who the Clippers could deal with Yang Di was Brand, and this round of the showdown was a duel between two teams, and a direct dialogue between two people if it was small.
Yang Di turned around after asking for the ball, and the three threats held the ball to face Brand.
Brand raised his left hand in the air, his eyes staring at Yang Di.
Suddenly, Yang Di stood up from the ground, raised his hands to shoot, and Brand covered the interference and did not jump.
Yang Di's dry pull posture was very handsome, but the ball was not thrown, and he was grabbed by Brand, who was stuck in the position of turning around, to grab the rebound.
"It's a pity." Fans on the sidelines hope that Yang Di's every shot can be thrown, but that is impossible, Yang Di's offensive threat outside the paint area is not so big, compared with Nowitzki, Brand, Garnett and others, the range is enough, and the shooting grade is one level lower.
The Clippers offense at halftime.
Livingston and Brand played a block and dismantle, Livingston dribbled high to the left on the outside, Yang Di did not step forward, Livingston did not have a three-point range, he chose to shrink the defense.
Salmons then came around and chased after Livingston, who suddenly stopped and made a straight-arm jumper.
"Bell!"
The arc of the basketball is very flat, and the rebound speed of the front of the smash is particularly fast, Yang Di subconsciously reached out and touched it, but he didn't catch it, changing the way of the ball.
The Warriors had more players shrinking in, and the basketball unexpectedly fell into the arms of Culbert Channey.
Although Chaney is also 2.01 meters tall, he is not good at basketball in his career, and he only grabbed an average of 4.1 rebounds per game in his highest season.
Yang Di immediately turned around and ran, Channey dribbled forward, and soon led the Warriors to blow the horn of counterattack.
Yang Di, who was about to get off the basketball, faced the menacing momentum in front of Brand, who had already rushed up and cut into the oblique plane, didn't know how to defend at all.
Yang Di lowered his hand to dribble, his long arm straight down, almost touching the ground.
The left hand closed the right hand, Yang Di grabbed the ball, stepped on the ground with one foot with his left foot, and the whole person suddenly rose into the air, his right hand was full of strings, he sank his waist and exerted his strength, and the flat frame tomahawk buckled.
"Bang!"
Yang Di simply smashed the dunk neatly, lowered his head, and dodged the rebound.
"What a beautiful dunk, the top 10 balls of the day!" CCTV5, Cai Nan, who was doing the live broadcast, shouted loudly.
Yu Jia nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "Yang Di's ability to dunk under the fast break is too strong, he jumps up and dunks in one step outside the penalty area, if you jump up to defend, the body contact is a foul, if you don't defend, then you can only watch him complete the tomahawk dunk." ”
"Yang Di's dunk action is too domineering, the bouncing and balance are too strong, the head is easy to flatten, and his physical fitness is really good."
The two of them blew violently, because at this time, Yang Di's score had reached double digits, which was the highest in the game.
Brad exhaled heavily, and Yang Di scored on his head again, he had a foul, and at most one more foul in the first half, he didn't want to waste it so easily, not to mention that Yang Di's shooting rate on the free throw line this season was also more than seventy percent, and the foul was not worth it.
Offense and defense transition, Clippers offense.
Livingston gave the ball to Margeti, who dribbled to the top of the arc and played a pick-and-roll with Brand, who was in his pocket. Margeti has three-point ability, but this time the blocking effect was not very good, and Culbert Chaney pestered him to death, forced the side of Brand, and followed Margeti.
Margeti's muscles tensed and broke inside, knocking Culbert Channey away.
At this time, the big and tall Serbian Rebsiala showed the blue-collar mentality he had established with the Pistons, standing near the free throw area and actually completing a second pick-and-roll for Margeti.
"Bang!" Rao is Channey's rich defensive experience, and this block and pick and roll will keep him solid on the ground.
"Fill in the position!" Channy yelled at the top of his lungs.
Fayer immediately followed in Margeti's footsteps, Margeti took three strong steps at this time, ready to rush up from the left side, with the help of his power and impact, three steps to the layup, and knocked away the veteran Foyer.
Margeti was overjoyed, and when he had space, he raised his left hand and threw it with one arm.
At this moment, the sound of the wind suddenly sounded in his ears, blowing from the hunting ground, his back was cold, and the hairs on his body stood up.
"Smack!"
Like an exploding spring thunder, the basketball had just left his fingertips, and a big hand hit the leather surface of the basketball like a table tennis ball, making a huge sound.
The basketball ball fell backwards like a cannonball, and everyone had no time to react, and flew out of the sideline and into the audience.
The audience was in an uproar, Yang Di's cap was as fast as lightning, slashing across his eyes, making people's adrenaline hormones soar instantly, and he couldn't help but shout loudly.