Chapter 546 Sad Wolf King
"Who can defeat the Clippers?"
On June 5, the first game of the finals ended, and the media used such a simple title to report on the game.
Ji Guochou scored 26 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomo's scored 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 14 points and 6 assists, and Crawford scored 14 points.
Garnett scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Pierce scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Ray Allen scored 12 points, Rondo scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and Glen Davis scored 10 points.
Yesterday's finals seemed to be back ten years ago.
At that time, the Western Conference team was far stronger than the Eastern Conference. Which team in the Western Conference broke through the siege and entered the finals was equivalent to booking the championship that year.
This year seems to be the same. It seems a bit far-fetched to describe the Clippers' victory as a surprise. The Clippers did not encounter any shock at all. The Celtics never led the Clippers in the whole game and only tied the score in the second quarter.
If this is also "shocking" to the Clippers, I don't know if it is complimenting the strength of the Clippers in disguise, or taking the opportunity to ironic the Celtics' powerlessness.
The Clippers were already 25 points ahead in the fourth quarter, but they still let the main players come back and continue playing for 5 minutes, completely losing the suspense of the game, and then the game entered garbage time.
With such a cautious Clippers, they didn't even leave the last chance to the Celtics, which made Celtic fans very desperate.
In the finals, the Celtics faced the powerful Clippers, and they were not as good as last year's match and even had a slight advantage. Even ordinary fans can tell at a glance that the strength gap between the two teams is almost impossible to fight back.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics once had an overwhelming advantage against the Cavaliers. If it weren't for the referee issue, the Cavaliers would have been swept out.
However, this time they became the overwhelming side, and those wonderful positioning covers, interspersed running and mixed defense all disappeared.
The Clippers used high-intensity double-team defense to confine the activity space of Celtic players. The ever-changing double-team joint defense made it difficult for the Big Three to get comfortable space, and the weaknesses of their own point guards and centers were infinitely magnified by the Clippers. There was no suspense in this game.
Even Boston media admitted after the game that perhaps a loss in a game doesn't mean anything, it's nothing, after all, there are still 6 games in the future. However, if a team as powerful as the Clippers doesn't want to come up with a coping strategy, they will make you unable to breathe, and the Celtics may soon say goodbye to the finals stage.
As for when will you reach the finals?
The Boston media itself doesn't know the answer to this question.
The Big Three will get older, and this combination is really the last chance this year. Otherwise, let alone winning the championship, whether it can reach the finals again next year will probably have several questions.
In the first finals, in this starry Staples Arena, the Celtics were completely lost, and their loss was doomed to be a crushing defeat. Maybe, they were too nervous. Maybe, they were too excited. Maybe, they were not in the state. Maybe, they were going to be swept...
The reason for the failure of the Celtics is not one or two, but it can be attributed to their strength being inferior to their opponents.
Garnett can be defended by Panda brother alone, Pierce is uncomfortable when he meets Barnes and Garcia. Deng Tai Jones defends Ray Allen very well, and Rondo can't make it no matter how hard he shoots...
With so many questions that can make the Celtics lose, it seems unreasonable that the Clippers don’t sweep, but Clippers fans think so anyway.
The Clippers players were not very energetic at the post-match press conference. I don’t know if they won too easily. Even Ji Guohuo didn’t say anything that made the media excited. The reporters were very disappointed. There was nothing to hype after the game. You can’t stare at Taylor Swift’s chest every day, right?
They are sports media, not street tabloids, and they are somewhat conservative. The report will be almost done in more than a week. The readers are not tired of it, they are all tired of it.
The players did not squirt, the coach did not squirt, and except for Garnett's mistress, the media could only report on what was in the game.
The difference between the Celtics and the Spurs is that the latter five starters have no fatal flaws, which almost fought with the Clippers until the seventh game, and finally lost in terms of physical strength. The Celtics are strong and have better substitute lineups, Glen Davis has made significant progress this season, Sorton is the third player in the best sixth man selection, and Tony Allen has the ability to start, which makes their substitute lineup better than the Spurs and the Clippers.
However, in the playoffs, the substitute lineup actually does not play a decisive role. The Clippers can completely put the Animal Brothers on the court and play for more than 40 minutes. The disadvantage of the substitute lineup of just three or five minutes is difficult to have a fatal impact on the Clippers.
So the media immediately realized that the Celtics were not afraid of the Celtics, but instead restrained the Celtics. The Celtics did not have the advantage in the regular season because the old Dunleavy controlled the playing time of the two brothers, which allowed the Celtics to take advantage. The Celtics' flaws in the playoffs were revealed, and the Celtics' two consecutive championships were already unstoppable.
Ji Guomo held a financial magazine the next day, and there were naturally a playboy inside. While the dead fox looked at his chest silently, he saw the media running around to flatter the Clippers, and said in disdain: "So big... no, these guys are so unconventional, I blush for them. I want to know now, if we deliberately lose the next game, how will they change direction and flatter the Celtics?"
Taylor Swift held a fashion magazine and said, "You guys deliberately lost the last game, aren't you afraid of going away and being won two consecutive games?"
"You're right, I just hope the league can think of this. In the last game, we had only 8 free throws in the whole game, which is the number of free throws I used to be alone. I was worried that these damn media would mislead the league and give us a knife in the next game. That would be a loss that even these media's anus cannot compensate."
"Isn't the president your godfather? Will they be looking at you?"
Ji Guomo smiled after hearing this: "You just think of your godfather as simple as that old turtle will not let the game end in four games, and the team with similar strength will not be able to use any tricks in it. This is the cleverness. He knows when to use tricks."
Taylor Swift asked again: "Why did the Cavaliers be swept in 2007? How did the referee look at the Celtics yesterday?"
"I didn't help the Cavaliers in 2007 because his godson was too short of opponents and it was useless to help. Of course he wouldn't interfere at this time, otherwise wouldn't it be too obvious? But this time it's different. Now we have the advantage, so I'm worried that the old guy will deliberately favor the Celtics to show that he has not favored his godson."
"Haha, that doesn't that mean your godfather trusts you. You know that even if you add difficulty, you won't lose."
Ji Guomeng sighed softly and said, "So the next game will not be so easy. The first game is used by the league to refer to it. See how much difficulty should be adjusted to make the game stay exciting and the result will not be changed. In fact, I want to retain some strength in the first game."
Taylor Swift shook his head: "You guys are so complicated to play basketball?"
The Clippers won the first game easily, and the second game will be held on June 7th. There is only a short day off in the middle. I want to find a way to deal with the Clippers within one day. I am afraid that it can only be achieved in movies or novels.
The Celtics have spent four days looking for a way to deal with the Clippers after the Eastern Conference Finals. Judging from the process of the first game, they certainly haven't found the right way.
On June 6, the Celtics conducted a recovery training in the training hall in the afternoon. Coach Rivers knew that the rest time of the day was not even enough to restore their physical strength. If you talk about the players who just lost the ball, you won’t have to play in the next game.
Rivers did not even conduct shooting training on this day, but he witfully performed an hour of free throw training.
The Celtics have no time to make any changes at home. These need to be done later after returning to the home court, but practicing free throws is very necessary.
After the free throw training, Rivers gave the players a pre-war mobilization class. Of course, there is no need for motivation and encouragement, and by the way, it is a little more exciting. Anyway, it is all positive energy. As an excellent coach, all that can be done at this moment is. At most, I will summarize the shortcomings of the team's performance in the previous game.
Unfortunately, the players didn't have time to think about it when they woke up. After waking up, they found that tonight was the second game of the finals, and time passed so fucking fast!
The media and experts from various fields have more outstripped views on the second game than in the first game.
Before the finals began, the media conducted a survey of ten experts, and nine out of ten experts believed that the Clippers would win the championship.
But now there are not nine. After the first game between the two teams, the only expert who is optimistic about the Celtics also quietly changed the flag and instead supported the Clippers to win the championship.
The fans' investigation is still continuing. As expected, after the first game, the fans who supported the Clippers' championship have reached 70%. Their reason is very simple. A mere day off is not enough for the Celtics, neither enough for them to recover their physical strength nor enough for them to come up with a countermeasure to defeat the Clippers.
At the pre-match press conference, I wonder if what Old Dunleavy said is true or not. He said: "Although we won the first game and the players' performance is remarkable, we still have many shortcomings on the court. These are the places where the Celtics may be targeted in the second game. If we don't want to be targeted, we have to improve these exposed problems in the second game. This is something that a champion team must do."
This bastard is getting more and more beautiful in his words. The team's record gives him the confidence to say beautiful words. Just like you are handsome, of course you can look up at the starry sky at 45 degrees, and others will not say anything about you. But if you are not good at it, you will definitely be regarded as a fool if you do this.
Ji Guoxiong did not make offensive remarks before the game, which certainly did not conform to his character of beating, mainly because he was really about to get beaten now.
In the first game, Ji Guomom said he wanted to give Garnett's mistress tickets. This was spread to the ears of fans in front of the TV through live broadcast. So after the game, Garnett was teased by countless fans, and this matter naturally became more and more popular.
Garnett's scattering matter was known to his wife, but she turned a blind eye, just like Kobe's wife Vanessa.
But now that the dead fox is exposed in public, Garnett's wife can't bear it anymore, otherwise how can she raise her head in front of her friends in the future?
Chapter completed!