overlooking the pitch

Chapter 222

Chapter 222

The difference from last year's playoffs is that this year it is the Clippers who have the home court advantage. The Clippers are the team that performed better in the regular season. His state has also become the darling of fans in Los Angeles, even if the Lakers have a Kobe Bryant who will enter the top ten in history, he is still in the team.

"Revenge! Revenge!" On the first day of the playoffs, the game between the Clippers and the Mavericks was on the first day. In the Staples Center, Clippers fans' slogans and roars could be seen everywhere. If the boat is the team that Mavericks fans least want to meet, then the Mavericks are the team that Clippers fans most want to meet.

The reason is simple. They were eliminated by the Mavericks last year. This year they want revenge. Among the teams in the lower half, they have enough confidence no matter who they play against. So, why not choose the Mavericks who eliminated them last year? What about playing?

The owner of the Mavericks, Mark Cuban, flew to Los Angeles with the Mavericks' plane, but tonight he was a little worried. He knew that his decision this summer had hurt the team. He did not choose to listen to Dirk Noah. Wizki's words broke up this championship team. You must know that although the Mavericks won their first championship last year, Mark Cuban, as the most enthusiastic owner in the NBA, did not One, a championship trophy is far from satisfying his greed.

He is still looking forward to this year's Mavericks still being able to achieve the same myth as last year.

However, this year's second place in the Western Conference is the Clippers, and there is also Chris Paul, who is experienced in the playoffs. The attack at the beginning was extremely violent. Chris Paul, the core of the Clippers, was just as most people expected. Chris Paul suppressed Jason Terry at the beginning of the game. .

This season, the Mavericks gave up not only Tyson Chandler alone, but they also wanted to make a major transformation on the guard line. They gave up Jason Kidd and originally wanted to get Deron Williams as a supplement. Now the next best thing, they just got Vince Carter, this old teammate of Jason Kidd, and the aging Jason Terry was forced to top the starting position. After the torment of the Devil's schedule, his exhaust reserves were insufficient.

Chris Paul let Blake Griffin come up to pick and roll, Jason Terry has no energy to squeeze through the pick and roll to continue to defend, and the switch is easy to form a dislocation.

Blake Griffin's post-up inside is not his strong point, but it also depends on who he is facing. Jason Terry's defensive ability wants to withstand Blake Griffin who rushed inside , It's tantamount to a fool's dream.

Consecutive dislocations scored two goals, which made Rick Carlisle very depressed off the field. Trading Tyson Chandler was not what he wanted, and when Mark Cuban asked him, he also made it very clear The proposal was rejected, but Mark Cuban seemed to be dazzled by the halo of a big-name star.

Now it seems that losing Tyson Chandler hurts more than what I just prepared for in the beginning.

Losing Tyson Chandler's penalty area means that once the defensive weakness is found by the opponent, they can only watch the opponent blow up this point.

Jason Terry became that point at the beginning, even after he managed to squeeze through the pick-and-roll, the next Chris Paul's breakthrough still made him very helpless.

The speed is very fast, once upon a time, Jason Terry's speed was also the same, but now all he can do is to dig out behind the opponent to prove that he has tried hard to defend.

If you ask Mavericks fans who is the Clippers player they are most worried about, as long as they have watched the playoffs last year, I believe 100% will not say that it is the long-established superstar Chris Paul, the second-year Sheng Ansheng will be their answer.

But in the first few minutes of the game, Anson did not perform well except for a steal, and he was not given the task of defending Dirk Nowitzki. On the offensive end, he hit an open mid-range shot. None sent an assist.

Hey, you have to pay attention. The core player of this Clippers team is An Sheng. When An Sheng didn't make any effort, the Mavericks, the defending champion, were beaten a little in the first quarter. It can be seen how powerful this Clippers are now.

"I can't imagine, although in the last meeting of TNT, I strongly supported the Clippers to win this round of the game, but I didn't expect such a situation to happen in this game." Reggie Miller spread his hands, saying that he didn't know what to say.

Kenny Smith said with a smile: "My friend, sometimes it is like this. This is the Staples Center. This is the home of the Clippers. Winning a victory at home is what the Clippers should do. But perhaps during this process, Ann’s appearance is not very necessary.”

In the opening 16:6, Chris Paul's 4 assists and Blake Griffin's 7 points caught the Mavericks a little off guard.

And the reason why Blake Griffin can play so well is the same reason. The Mavericks who lost the inside barrier are not very good at defense. Last season, they were able to limit Blake Griffin. How well Dirk Nowitzki defended, but the overall defense of the Mavericks and Blake Griffin, who was only able to create opportunities with his physical talent at the time.

Even if this Clippers team does not have Chris Paul, they are far from being comparable to last year's Clippers team. Blake Griffin may not have as good statistics as last season, but his ability is even better. It has risen, and it can be seen from the middle distance that he passed directly through the net just now that his offensive methods have become more diversified this season.

The excellent offense allowed the Clippers to easily find opportunities and score this goal in the weak Mavericks. At the beginning, the shooting rate was as high as 72%. Now there is no need for others to remind them. The Mavericks need A timeout was called, and now, right now, it is impossible for them to continue to let the Clippers continue to attack like this, otherwise they can directly prepare for the next game.

(End of this chapter)