NBA: Talent exploded at the start

“Damn it!”

Looking at Lin Lei’s relaxed look, Paul was so angry that he slapped the bench next to him, and the anger in his heart had nowhere to vent.

What’s more, the Clippers were unable to play tactics due to the lack of him, a key player, to conduct the ball, and trailed by 12 points in less than 5 minutes into the second quarter.

Seeing the team’s point gap getting bigger and bigger, the Clippers head coach was forced to call a timeout and start discussing new tactics.

Glancing at the players on the field, the coach shook his head, it was clear that without Paul, it seemed that no one could dominate the ball anymore.

On the other hand, the Lakers on the opposite side, taking advantage of the last serve, had already replaced the core Kobe, and Lin Lei completed the dominance of the entire team, the effect was good, and the play was also sound.

Seeing his own low morale, the Clippers head coach had to make a very bold decision:

“Griffin, you are responsible for containing Jordan Jr. inside, and the ball is carried through Griffin’s hands.

If you have the opportunity, help other teammates complete the score, if there is no chance, teammates open up space and let Griffin complete the score with his personal ability!

You have only one goal, to keep the score as it is until the end of the second quarter, and never to be stretched again! ”

Hearing the coach’s orders, the Clippers had to temporarily adjust their condition and follow his plan.

Griffin, as the champion in the league, can beat Durant and others, and it can be seen that his strength is still very good.

But as the dominant player of the team, it seems that it is still a little unfamiliar, and thanks to Paul’s teaching these days, there is also a certain breakthrough in dribbling and team vision.

Lin Lei saw that the Clippers suddenly changed their formation, and actually let Griffin hold the ball, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he had already understood the intention of the opposing head coach.

“You guys dream of getting Griffin to hold the ball!”

A plan was also born in Lin Lei’s heart…

In the ensuing offense, Griffin stood near the center line and passed the ball to the team’s defenders, then went inside, received a pass in the air, and attempted to score a dunk with a jump.

But at this moment, the Lakers also killed a figure from near the bottom line on this side, and actually rushed over to meet Griffin’s jump.

After the two met in the air, Griffin’s hand did not smash into the basket, and the basketball was actually sturdy and filmed!

Both players were shocked by the two standing in the air, and after the basketball landed, they even forgot to scramble, and it was no one else who completed this block, it was Lin Lei, the core of the Lakers on the court.

Who would have thought that Lin Lei, in the first attack after a pause, would completely block Griffin with his own strength.

Odom reacted at this time, quickly snatched the ball down, and led the Lakers to complete a fast attack.

“This, how is this possible!”

Seeing this picture, the audience was stunned, and even the explanation expressed disbelief.

“Griffin jumped so high, and the movements have already been done, with his physical fitness, how much force does it take to buckle with all his strength?”

That’s right, Lin Lei seems to jump a little higher than Griffin, and the heads of the two have exceeded the basket.

It was such a dunk, and it was actually pressed down by Lin Lei, and it was simply selected into the top 50 blocks of all the NBA! ”

As this cap ended, Griffin’s whole body was stunned.

The momentum of the Clippers was completely disrupted, and the rest of the second quarter completely became a solo show for the Lakers.

By the end of the first half, the score had come to 48:31.

Throughout the second quarter, the Clippers’ Paul scored only 10 points as a team since he was forced off the court because of a foul.

The city of empty connections is once again mute, as if it is back to last season’s fishbelly form.

As the core of the team, Griffin, except for the completion of the dunk on Gasol, never had a chance to dunk, and only scored 10 points and 5 rebounds in the first half.

On the other hand, for the Lakers, Lin Lei personally scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and completed three steals against Griffin in the second quarter.

In particular, the video of him facing Griffin’s violent buckle and completing the cap cap was also played on a loop at halftime, attracting the attention of the audience.

Recalling Griffin’s constant bold words before the game, it is also embarrassing to be punched in the face now.

In the third quarter, Lin Lei simply did not appear, but Kobe Bryant led a group of players to play back and forth with Paul and others.

After previous adjustments, the Lakers’ interior linemen Gasol and Bynum have also been able to adapt to Griffin’s style of play, and although they were blocked in the middle, the overall defensive effect was very good.

Although Griffin is physically strong, mid-range shooting and other skills still need to be honed, which are Gasol’s strengths.

By the end of the third quarter, the score had reached 73:57, and the Lakers had a huge lead of 16 points.

If nothing else, verse 4 is basically reduced to garbage time.

Therefore, at the beginning of the 4th quarter, Phil Jackson did not arrange for Lin Lei and Kobe to appear, but let Artest and Odom and others play as soon as possible to find their form.

After these days of adjustment, although Odom’s condition has recovered a lot, it is far from reaching his peak level last year.

There will be a lot of powerful people in the future, and they must also hurry up and recover to the top.

Phil Jackson’s operation can be described as very bold and risky.

According to common sense, even if the lead is more than a dozen points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the head coach of the team will arrange for the main player to appear.

Until there are less than 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, if there is still a huge advantage of more than a dozen points, the main players will be replaced in turn, which is the safest.

But Phil Jackson also knows that if that happens, the players will also be very lax on the field, and only in the first half will they give them full attention.

It turned out that Phil Jackson’s judgment was also extremely correct, and Odom and others played fairly well at the beginning, and the score also came to 85:71.

With less than eight minutes left, it’s usually close to garbage time, and the Clippers should give up resistance.

However, at this time, Paul went straight to the head coach of the Clippers and did not know what to say to him.

The head coach thought for a moment, but finally nodded, called a timeout, and then sent Paul and Griffin’s men to the field.

Now everyone understood that Paul decided to fight back at the last minute, which is why he never gave up his respect.

As soon as Paul came on the court, he broke through the Lakers’ defensive player with an acceleration, came directly to the three-point line, and used the three-point shooting method he was not good at to complete the team’s first offense, blowing the horn for the team’s counterattack.

He then made a successful steal from Odom and assisted Griffin to complete the dunk.

All this came too quickly, who would have thought that the Clippers chased 5 points in half a minute, and the Lakers’ score advantage was already only 9 points…

But even so, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson still sat firmly on the fishing platform, and there was no nervousness in his expression.

The reason is also very simple, he also has Lin Lei and Kobe, the two trump cards, which are not used.

“Even if you tie up, I’m not afraid…”

Phil Jackson said silently in his heart.

As soon as his words fell, Paul actually completed another steal, hit the basket, faced Artai’s defense, and jumped hard.

“Huh…”

In the midst of an exclamation, Chris Paul, who is in his early 1.8 meters, actually completed a dunk!