Chapter 181

"Dear audience friends, hello audience sitting in front of the TV, welcome everyone to watch the Lakers vs. Clippers live broadcast by xx sports. Before that, the Clippers led the Lakers 2:1. In the last game, the Lakers defended their home court and successfully revenged the Clippers. In this game, let's see whether the Clippers continue to be invincible, or they are evenly matched with the Lakers."

"In general, it's too difficult." Su Qun said, "Unless the Lakers can show the shooting percentage of the previous game in every game, they have a shooting percentage of 70.00% in the second half, and their three-point shooting percentage has reached 60.00%. This kind of data will win any game. But you expect this group of people to all explode? This is too difficult. They are facing the best team in the league."

"I agree with what Teacher Su said. The Clippers' lineup is really great. They have two first-team players, one second-team player, and all three are All-Stars. Such a lineup is really an insurmountable mountain for the Lakers."

"But each of us expects this Lakers team to win another game and put more pressure on the Clippers. Well, let's focus on the game first."

This time Rivers is determined to win this game, because the Lakers have already won a game at this time. If he doesn't cut the mess quickly, then his Rivers curse will appear.

He can't hold such a lineup, and he will be overturned 3:1, right?
So the Clippers' starting lineup is as follows: Qin Ming, Paul George, Mann, Leonard, Morris.

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed: Caruso, Danny Green, LeBron James, Kuzma, Anthony Davis.

The Lakers' lineup can touch the Clippers' five minors. They are also one big and four juniors, and their speed is actually similar to that of the Clippers.

But the starting lineup of the Clippers is actually the most terrifying starting lineup in the league.

First of all, they have two defensive first-team players. These two are Paul George and Leonard. Morris, who played as the main attacker for the Knicks last season, has dropped a lot in defense, but he still has a foundation. He is also a proficient defensive player.

In addition to Qin Ming this season, Mann, who has also sprung up suddenly, is also a defensive champion. He perfectly replaced Leonard's defensive role in the regular season and performed very well.

This is also his first start in the playoffs.

"In this game, Rivers is playing what we said before the game, the five juniors who are proficient in defense. In fact, after Qin Ming plays, Lu Wei doesn't need to cover the back line. Letting Mann is a better choice. And the defensive strength of this lineup is terrifying. On the offensive end, there are four players who can attack. I really can't find anything wrong with this lineup."

After setting up this lineup, the Clippers also directly gave up the jump ball and gave the ball directly to Anthony Davis.

LeBron James gets the ball and runs the offense in the backcourt.

But as soon as the Clippers came up, the intensity of defense was very high. The Lakers' tactics couldn't run at all, and they couldn't find any good openings.

LeBron James can only find Qin Ming with the help of Hardaway's pick-and-roll, and is ready to single the opponent.

But Qin Ming made a quick attack, he directly blocked LeBron James' dribbling route, he could be broken through, but he couldn't be shot.

LeBron James broke in with the ball, and the Clippers' rotation was very fast. Paul George and Qin Ming quickly double-teamed LeBron James.

LeBron James passed to Seth Curry who was open on the perimeter, but the ball caused a 24-second violation.

"Ah, this is what we said. The defense of this lineup is really terrifying. In the first round, the Clippers defended with all their strength, and the defense directly became a 24 seconds."

Qin Ming organized the offense and passed directly to Leonard, who made a two-pointer after dribbling the ball under his crotch.

For the next 5 minutes, all audiences and narrators saw a scene.

That is, as long as LeBron James picks and rolls, he goes up to double-team. After the double-team, LeBron James has to play the ball, and the Clippers quickly rotate, and the Lakers will not be able to find open shots for a while.

And the Clippers always like to double-team the intensity in the last ten seconds of the offense, and this immediately stunned the Lakers.

Generally speaking, they like to play like this in the last quarter, but the Lakers have been unable to force them to the last quarter.

As for the Clippers' offense, they all play easy basketball, which is a very simple pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll is over, they look for misplacements and missed defenses to shoot and singles.

Among them, Leonard and Paul George are responsible for the main offense. Under this simple basketball concept, these two people have the best physical fitness and comprehensive skills.

The Lakers couldn't find players who could limit these two.

And tonight, Leonard's touch was overwhelming. He made 13 of [-] shots in the first quarter and scored [-] points.

Finally, at 7 minutes into the first quarter of the game, Carlisle called a timeout.

"This... we can all see the embarrassment of the Lakers. There is really nothing to do. Defense, the Clippers' impact is too strong. Their two stars beat the Lakers' defense like a colander. Attack, you can only find Qin Ming, but Qin Ming will not participate in the offense tonight. I have enough energy to fight you, and the Clippers rotate very quickly and double-team very quickly. Unless you shoot decisively and have a full hit rate."

Carlisle's adjusted lineup is similar. The Lakers' lineup this season is not strong at all. They rely on LeBron James to turn the situation around.

But now the Clippers' defensive strategy is very simple, which is to lock you LeBron James and force your other players to play singles.

But with this lineup of the Clippers, if you want to play singles with the ball, you are really courting death.

Unless you come to fight Qin Ming one by one.

Then you have to ask for a player who can play the ball quickly and has enough vision, otherwise the Clippers will double-team and the player who will engage in it will not be able to find North.

The Lakers have only two players who meet this condition.

One is LeBron James, and the other is Rajon Rondo sitting on the bench.

So after the timeout, Rajon Rondo came up.

He kept looking for Qin Ming to play singles, but in fact Rajon Rondo's physical fitness was not much higher than Qin Ming's.

He is just a bit stronger, not particularly tall, and Qin Ming's jumping can make up for it.

So the Clippers will not double-team.

If you can beat Qin Ming many times, then go for it.

A few of my stars will call back later.

(End of this chapter)

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