The strongest basket king

Chapter 413 The Clippers' Helplessness

Chapter 413 The Clippers' Helplessness

The back-to-back opponents of the Nuggets are the Clippers. The Clippers are now fourth in the West. They don't like their current position. They hope to replace the Rockets as the third in the West.

Because the fourth opponent in the West is likely to be the Grizzlies, Western teams don't like to meet the Grizzlies in the first round.

The Grizzlies' style of play consumes people, and even if they win the opponent, it may affect the following game.

I have to say that many players in the West are ambitious, and almost the top eight are chanting championship slogans.

In fact, even if they don't covet the championship, they also hope to perform better in the playoffs.

The teams in the Western Conference are not soft persimmons, but there is still a tendency to decide who to play in the first round, based on everyone's lineup and style of play.

The weakest should be the Mavericks, and only the No. [-] in the Western Conference can match up.

Others, well, the record is always better, yes, the rankings at the back of the West are also quite chaotic now, only the Mavericks are confirmed to be eighth, and the others are not sure.

That's right, even with the Nuggets and Warriors, their record has risen after a wave of victories. There are more suspense about the top four in the Western Conference. Maybe it will be a good choice to play against the Trail Blazers.

The Blazers have become more and more ugly in the playoffs, and have fallen from the top four in the Western Conference.

Aldridge's projection-type insider can play good data, but he also has weaknesses at the decisive moment.

The Clippers also have a small problem now, that is, Crawford is in a state of truce.

There will be many accidents in the long regular season. It is normal for players to get injured, as long as it is not a major injury.

As a strong team in the West, everyone is very familiar with their tactics and strengths.

To be honest, the Clippers are a very complete team, but the core players are not particularly strong offensively.

To say that they are playing against the Nuggets, the configuration is promising. Of course, Crawford's absence will cause a lot of trouble.

The starting lineups of both sides have not changed, and everyone is ready.

The first to enter the state is the Clippers. The Clippers did not directly use Griffin to attack, but let Griffin be the bait, and launched an attack from the outside.

Paul, Redick and Barnes all felt good. At the beginning of the game, the Nuggets were a little unresponsive, and the Clippers took the lead.

The Nuggets are serious about three-point defense, but they guessed wrong about the Clippers' attack style.

Griffin really confuses them, this buddy is not just a strong point of attack.

To be honest, he and Paul didn't get along completely. Both of them have organizational attributes, but they are not particularly strong in attack, which makes it impossible for them to have 1+1 greater than 2.

After the Nuggets reacted, the game between the two sides entered the previous rhythm again, that is, Griffin's various strong attacks at the fourth position.

Compared with the previous raids, Griffin's storm seems to be very efficient.

For the Nuggets, Aldridge is the most efficient opponent at the fourth position, but Aldridge's weapons are a bit small, and they have a way to target them at critical moments.

The score gap between the two sides gradually narrowed. Compared with the Clippers, the Nuggets have many players who can play, even if Knight and Fournier are still recovering.

Because of Xiang Chu, a top star who has made the final decision, the Nuggets play many tactics relatively easily.

When it comes to the rotation period, their advantages are even more obvious.

Without Crawford, the Clippers' rotation is really uncompetitive.

The Clippers did not give much time to the bench lineup. Even if it is not the intensity of the playoffs, they will not be too easy. The Nuggets are opponents that must be defeated. It is best for them to win the game today.

The Nuggets are back to back, they are not without opportunities.

As the scores of the two sides got closer and closer, the Clippers' offense was also adjusted.

It's still Griffin, but the team has increased off-ball screens to create shots for Redick.

Redick doesn't have the ability to play directly with the ball, but he is still super fast as a shooter.

In the second quarter, he performed again, and the Clippers started to run the ball. They lost direct assists, but their offense was much more active.

This is why they blocked the Nuggets from catching up and still maintained the lead at halftime.

In fact, it is a team style of play. If the Clippers have strong points and cooperate with a team style of play, it will be difficult to defend.

However, their team style of play is at this level, and they will definitely not be able to reach the Spurs level. Both Paul and Griffin must have the ball in their hands, and they cannot play pure team basketball.

Now it is just to run Redick, the Nuggets actually still have a way to limit it.

It's just that the Nuggets can't do it all over the court, and the same is true for many other teams. Basketball is an offensive game, and even the best defensive team may be able to cover every aspect of the court.

But a short-term strong defense can be done. Under a strong defense, they can freeze 80% of the general routines. At this time, stars need to stand up and break the game forcibly.

That's what happens in the final minutes of a game, and it's a scenario that's often seen in the playoffs.

The playoffs are an upgrade of the regular season. Some tactics cannot be maintained for a long time. The playoffs will last much longer than the regular season. This is the formation of the difference.

Relying on Redick's touch, the Clippers maintained their lead at the end of the first half.

The Nuggets can accept the 2-point advantage, but the defensive targeting must be adjusted.

Without Crawford, it's easier to lock up the Clippers. Just focus on Griffin, Paul, and Redick. If the others can score, let them score.

As for how to mark the three people to death, to be honest, normal marking and auxiliary defense will do.

It is not a joke that the Clippers have a few strong points that are difficult to achieve high scores. It is enough to have Xiang Chu in it to help defend.

Most of the time, Chu switched defenses. Xiang Chu's current defense is a big killer. Generally, it is not used, but there is no team in the league that can kill them with inside shots.

On the Twin Towers, Xiang Chu switched defenses. Now no team in the league can beat them in the paint.

In the third quarter, both Griffin and Redick's efficiency dropped significantly.

Only Paul is relatively difficult to limit. Paul's offensive and passing coordination is still good, but Paul's attack can't kill people. It is impossible for Paul to replicate the explosion of the last playoffs.

The Nuggets' offense is still stable, there is no big explosion or sluggishness, and then they once again gained the upper hand during the rotation period.

There is really no way around this. The Clippers' bench has no offensive power, and defense is really useless.

There is no doubt that the Nuggets overtook the score at the end of the third quarter. There was no exaggerated tactics, but they took the lead steadily and steadily, and then gradually consolidated.

Clippers head coach Rivers is really helpless, should he start playing the main force now? The key is that even if he is willing to let the team show the strength of the playoffs, the game may not necessarily win.

In the final quarter, Clippers veteran Turkoglu broke out a little, but to no avail.

They don't have the luck of the Spurs, and the Nuggets with Xiang Chu are too strong.

(End of this chapter)