Chapter 749 Panda + Fox
Western Conference Status Los Angeles Clippers 0:1 Dallas Mavericks.
Eastern Conference Battle Stadium New Jersey Nets 0:1 Chicago Bulls.
The two "cow" creatures of NBA both defeated their opponents in the first round, and the home advantage of the Animal Brothers is gone. This time, not only was the Fox brother hit the head, but the Panda brother did not escape.
The Bulls have strong outside firepower and excellent inside defense, as well as the Mavericks' strong inside firepower and excellent outside offensive group. These two teams, both of which have no shortcomings, are balanced and strong in firepower, and are also excellent in the defensive end.
The result is that even if the Animal Brothers performed well, they failed to help the team win. They no longer have the upper hand in absolute strength like the previous three consecutive championships. Now they are in a situation where they play with less and more.
In fact, before the two games started, the Bulls and Mavericks had already expressed their opinions, and each expressed their focus on defense. What is more interesting is that the defensive focus of these two "bulls" were on the twin brothers. Before the game, Kidd said: "How many points can o score? It's hard to predict. This night, he might score 50 points alone, while other players have no way out. Or he got 201010, but the other players have turned on their firepower, and we only have these two choices."
In this game, Ji Guomeng scored 43 points and had 6 assists, but none of the other players in the team scored more than 20 points. Obviously, as Kidd said, they had no way out!
In contrast, three players in the Mavericks scored more than 20 points, Yao Ming scored 22 points and 10 rebounds, Nowitzki scored 26 points and 7 rebounds, Terry scored 25 points, and the three scorers of the Mavericks contributed 73 points together, which made Ji Guohun's 43 points dim.
No matter how awesome Lu Bu is, he can't beat Liu Bei's three brothers.
The same is true for the Fox brother. He cannot fight the three stars on the other side by one. The defeat in this game has nothing to do with him. This time it was really because other Clippers players failed to help their boss share their worries.
On May 16, the Nets will play against the Bulls again at home. In this game, the Nets will only win but not lose!
"You must stare at him on the court, no matter where he is." Tony Allen, who will take on the role of defending Kobe in this game, said with a serious expression. He described Kobe as one of the best players in the league, who did make the Nets' second-team defender faceless in the last game.
The Nets' giant pandas also made the Bulls feel a headache. Noah said before his death: "He will win with a triple-double, so I have to stop him from scoring, rebounding or a certain number of data from not exceeding single digits." Noah's words were a bit ambitious and meant to destroy his majesty. It also caused dissatisfaction among many Bulls fans, but considering his painful experience of being ravaged by animal brothers countless times, it is better to forgive his mistakes.
Speaking of which, Noah is really pitiful. He was criticized by the American media some time ago because when he interacted with his fans on Twitter, he posted the statement that the three major active insiders in the league were Animal Brothers and Yao Ming. This remark immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many American fans. Noah's Twitter still has many comments "Tracists...
But then again, China's three major insiders do occupy the five major insiders in the NBA. Moreover, the first two were occupied by the Animal Brothers without any suspense. The two of them played the same level as the Peak O'Neal and Duncan, and became the strongest insider in the early 21st century, which made many American fans feel dull.
In today's game, the Bulls took the plan to use Kobe and Ross to take turns to find the opponent's weaknesses, and resolutely used their two outside superstars to force the Nets to recover the defense line, and then passed the ball to the outside line so that teammates could have an opportunity to take an open position.
This tactic should be very effective in theory. Ross and Kobe made a firm breakthrough in the game. At the same time, Boozer, the inside, also attacked resolutely after getting the ball, which would put a lot of defensive pressure on the Nets inside.
However, the Nets' Giant Pandas went crazy all the game today, using their athletic ability and height to dominate the penalty area. Whether it is Ross, Kobe or Boozer, one will die one, and two will die one will die one. The Giant Pandas will send 9 blocks in the game. He and Valejo controlled the rebounds and defense in the penalty area well.
The Bulls' outside shooter did not find a good shooting opportunity after Kobe and Ross broke through, and Paul George played a good effect today. Tony Allen also interfered with Kobe's outside shooting.
The result was that Pan made 5 of 20 shots in the game, with only 1 of 5 three-pointers, only scoring 16 points and 8 assists, but made 8 mistakes; Ross's efficiency was not much better, and he only scored 18 points and also sent 7 mistakes.
Today, the two Bulls stars were lined up to deliver food to the basket. The breakthrough was indeed smooth, but the last shot was either covered or out of the basket.
The Nets are like the S game today. They completely gave up the front point defense and tried their best to defend their back point. They gave the Thunder blow in the final stage of Kobe and Ross' breakthrough. This change achieved miraculous results.
The Bulls' two outside players scored fewer points today, and too many mistakes were the main reason for the loss, but even so, they only lost 4 points, allowing the Nets to seize the opportunity at the last moment of the game.
The final score of the two teams was 82:78, which was a rare low score in this playoffs this year, and both teams focused on defense.
Ji Guoqiu's performance in the fourth quarter surprised everyone. He also decided that the team was in a low scoring situation. It was Panda brother who stepped forward to help the Nets win this key victory.
In the fourth quarter of the Nets, Ji Guoqiu scored 11 points by himself. In this quarter, the Nets only scored 18 points. He is already a veritable fourth quarter gentleman.
Today at the Continental Aviation Center Stadium, the two teams played the most ugly fourth quarter in this year's playoffs. The two teams scored only two points in the first six minutes. But at the critical moment, Ji Guoqiu used two accurate key three-pointers to help the Nets win the first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the "Giant Panda" once again became the Nets' savior.
In this game, Ji Guochou scored 22 points, 28 rebounds, 4 assists and 9 blocks, an alternative quasi-triple double-double, of which 28 rebounds also set a new high in Ji Guochou's career rebound. Today, the two teams missed too many shots, which also fulfilled Ji Guochou's rebounding record.
After the game, Ji Guoqiu appeared on the cover of the US Sports Illustrated for the 10th time. Six of these 10 times were the cover of him and Ji Guomiang, and only four times were he alone, and three of them happened this season.
The media believes that his performance on both offense and defense is impeccable. The 9 blocks are close to the total of the Bulls' blocks. Kobe and Ross only scored 10 points in the penalty area today, but they used 19 shots, which shows the deterrence of Panda brother in the penalty area. In contrast, Ji Guoqiu also broke his single-game rebounding record, and 28 rebounds are also the sum of the Bulls' two inside players.
The Nets, the league's "rebound king", "block king" and "best defensive player" fully demonstrated what defensive dominance is in this game. This season, when Ji Guoqiu won the best defensive player, Howard and James seemed to be "disobedient", but in this game, Panda brother proved with practical actions that his strength on the defensive end was fully matched with DPOY.
The brother won a goal with his dominant defense. The next day, the Clippers would continue to face the Dallas Mavericks at home.
In this game, both teams scored very lowly.
After losing the first game, Los Angeles media criticized the team's substitute. The Clippers' substitute in the last round made great contributions to the team's incredible reversal, but facing the second tier led by the Mavericks, the Clippers' substitutes seemed to have become mediocre.
Dunleavy, the old man said before the game that this problem is not unsolvable. Although there is no one in their substitute who seems like Terry, in terms of the number of people who can play, the Clippers are actually more available.
In this game, the Clippers' tactic is: Winning first is not considered winning, but winning in the end is really winning.
In the first three quarters, the Clippers deliberately retained their strength to polish their opponents, turning the game into a confrontation between muscles and defense.
There are indeed many people who can play in the Clippers. Although there are no particularly strong players on the bench, many people can go up and play in the fourth quarter.
When Ji Guomeng only scored a pitiful 6 points in the first half, the Mavericks once expanded their lead to 15 points away.
However, with the sudden force of the home fans in the second half of the third quarter in the MVP sound like a tsunami of home fans, the Mavericks panicked and watched helplessly as the Clippers used Ji Guomeng, an unstoppable arrow to narrow the gap step by step. Then they walked step by step to the front of themselves.
The Fox Brother staged a big explosion in the fourth quarter, not only beat the little giant to six fouls, but also pushed Nowitzki back to the locker room with one elbow, and finally provoked Cuban on the sidelines, resulting in the Mavericks boss being punished by the referee to leave the field.
After this battle, the Fox brother was really invincible. He killed the three most important people from the Mavericks alone.
Barkley couldn't help but bow to Ji Guomo during the live broadcast. The fox's lethality was really a bit over the top. Not only did he score 16 points in the final quarter, he also killed two of the Mavericks' offensive core and behind the scenes. The Clippers' boss Ballmer almost burst into tears when he laughed on the sidelines!
The final score was 86:80, Ji Guomeng scored 28 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 blocks in the whole game. His performance today was no less than the Giant Pandas in the East. His super double-double and his dominant performance on the defensive end almost killed the Mavericks alone.
Ji Guomo also said in an interview: "His strength in the second half comes from his confidence. Faced with the powerful Mavericks, the Clippers even had a tendency to surrender in the first half. Whether it is offense or defense, they were stomped off by the Mavericks' iron hooves. However, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Clippers' offense gradually opened up, and whether it is his own offense or cooperation with Billups and Ray Allen, the Mavericks were helpless. This situation increased the confidence of the Clippers players, and this confidence inspired the Clippers players to overtake the score in one go. When the Clippers led by 6 points in the last minute, the game was also over."
The Clippers players were heartbroken, and the Fox was bragging there again. It was obviously the team's tactics. In the first half, the Clippers originally took the defensive stance, waiting for the Mavericks to make a concerted effort, then declined, and exhausted three times. Then, in the second half, relying on their strong instant burst ability and home advantage to launch a counterattack.
Ji Guohun's contribution naturally cannot be denied. The Clippers did not expect that they would get a 15-point lead by the Mavericks in the first half, which doubled the difficulty of the counterattack plan in the second half. The Dead Fox did play a decisive role in the counterattack. He used his personal ability to help the team fill the 15-point pit.
But in the mouth of the dead fox, they are now defeated by the Mavericks in the first half, and they are all determined to turn the tide in the second half, so that the team can turn the defeat into victory. This time, not only completely erased the credit of the other people in the team, but also threw the blame to them. It is really hateful!
Chapter completed!