readytorunbook Chapter 170 The seventh team in Los Angeles, the finals start!
Chapter 170 The seventh team in Los Angeles, the finals start!
Chapter 170 The seventh team in Los Angeles, the finals start!
"I'm not American, and when I came to college in Los Angeles, I heard there were only six professional teams in the city.
Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Galaxy, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers.
When I was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the No. [-] pick, I was surprised. Is there such a team in Los Angeles?
Am I not the champion?Am I dreaming?
After I came here, I realized that only the Los Angeles Clippers have no championship.
That's why we don't deserve to be compared with those six championship teams.
Well, now we are the champions of the Western Conference too!
We have become champions through our own efforts.
Of course, this is not enough, far from enough!
Next we have to make our voices heard across America and let the world know about the Los Angeles Clippers! "
The championship celebration is usually held after winning the finals. The Clippers won the Western Conference championship, which is far from the time to celebrate.
However, the Clippers ancestors were too poor and never won a Western Conference championship.
Now that Lu Yi leads the Clippers to win the Western Conference championship, for a historically weak team like the Clippers, it is really something to be proud of and worth celebrating.
It is for this reason that the Clippers specially held a championship reception.
At the reception, Lu Yi joked about his ambition to help the Clippers win their first championship.
If Lu Yi can really do this, then the Los Angeles Clippers will truly be eligible to be compared with the other six championship-level teams in Los Angeles.
Of course, in the same NBA, even if the Clippers win a championship, it is difficult to hold up to the Lakers.
The Lakers are a well-deserved giant in the league. Even if the Clippers win this year's championship, they are just a rising star.
However, under the leadership of Lu Yi, the No. [-] pick, the Clippers are undoubtedly a rising star.
There is no evergreen tree in the league. Even the Celtics were silent for more than 08 years before winning the championship again in 20.
After the Lakers missed the chance to win three consecutive championships this season, it may be difficult to compete for the championship until Kobe retires.
After Kobe retired, it would take a lot of time for the Lakers to rebuild and train rookies.
Also in Los Angeles, the Clippers definitely have the opportunity to overwhelm the Lakers in the limelight during the next period of time.
And this is also the charm of the NBA. No team can dominate the league forever.
No team can win championships all the time.
A team with a weak history can obtain talented players through the draft, and then slowly build a lineup based on this foundation, hit the playoffs, reach the finals, and win the championship.
Once the Clippers can win the championship this year, it will undoubtedly inject a strong boost to those small teams that had no hope.
But then again, the finals haven't started yet, so everything is hard to say.
The situation in the east is actually relatively clear.
The Big Three beat up Rose, who had just started to win the No. [-] pick. These years, Rose has not been the MVP of the regular season because he was robbed of the limelight by Lu Yi.
In this way, Rose's situation is even worse.
Judging from the quality of the star, at most he is a little better than Bosh.
Not to mention, the Heat's team is not only good off the bench, James and Wade are at least the top five players in the league.
Rose can't beat any of them, not to mention the rest of the Bulls, in a high-end game like the Eastern Conference Finals, it is difficult to help.
It can only be said that this is not a battle between the Three Heroes and Lu Bu, but a battle between the Three Heroes and Hua Xiong. Those who don't talk about martial arts don't give people a chance at all.
Rose is really difficult to play. In Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals, even if he returns to Chicago, he will play at home.
But because they hit G5, they were exhausted and desperate. In the end, they made 29 of 9 shots and scored 25 points inefficiently. The team lost to the Heat by 3 points.
For Bulls fans, the Bulls have been in the lead for the first three quarters.
At the critical moment, Rose played too much, played too hard, and lost the game.
If Rose is a little more efficient, maybe this game can be won.
However, there is a reason for Rose to fight like this.
If the rest of the Bulls can stand up to help Rose share the pressure, Rose naturally doesn't have to fight like this.
Of course, the head coach also has problems.
At the critical moment, I believe that the head star can do it.
But the head star obviously can't play anymore, and he has to arrange tactics for the head star.
I want to rely on the stars to achieve self-breakthrough to achieve the team's breakthrough.
This is obviously a no-brainer, throwing the pot away.
The coach puts all his bets on one person, and if the head star stretches his hips a little, it will be the result of losing everything.
Well, the Eastern Conference finals have come to an end, and the results of the Eastern Conference Championship have also been freshly released.
The Heat are similar to the Clippers. With a big score of 4 to 1, the gentlemen swept their opponents with ease.
Next, is the finals between the Clippers and the Heat.
The Clippers rested for a while, and the Heat needed to re-enter the exciting finals three days later.
On May 5, the Clippers arrived in Miami early and closed management in a local hotel.
After more than a day of preparation and warm-up, G1 of this year's NBA Finals will soon start at the American Airlines Arena on the evening of May 5.
It is worth mentioning that the last time the Clippers won the championship was at the Mavericks' American Airlines Center.
The Heat's home court is also sponsored by American Airlines, which is also the American Airlines Arena, which may be a good thing for the Clippers.
According to Feng Shui, the Clippers, who are good at riding the wind and waves, can also take off on American Airlines.
Closer to home, today the starting lineups of both teams are relatively conventional.
The Clippers are Iverson, Lu Yi, Ariza, Boozer, and Jordan.
The Heat are Bibby, Wade, James, Bosh, Joel Anthony.
After the game started, Jordan took advantage of his height to help the Clippers defeat Joel Anthony and get the ball first.
Iverson finally returned to the starting lineup and returned to the stage of the finals. He is also more excited today.
Get the ball and advance quickly. I want to use Lu Yi to attract the outside defense, quickly kill the basket and score, and help the Clippers open the situation.
But it was the seasoned Bibby who defended Iverson.
Bibby is older, but at least younger than Iverson!
Bibby was also the No. [-] pick back then, and even if his physical talent is not as good as Iverson's, at his age, the difference is not far behind.
Besides, Bibby's defense is already good. Although his physical fitness has declined, his defensive experience will not be lost over time.
Iverson took the old butterfly step, trying to pass Bibby at once, but it was not as easy as imagined.
Bibby defended very seriously, did not lose his position at all, and gave enough physical confrontation, not a little aggressive.
Before anyone else could react, Iverson chose to hand the ball to his teammates.
Normally, Iverson's first choice for passing is Lu Yi.
However, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is also shrewd.
Instead of using Wade to defend Lu Yi, he chose to use James, who has an advantage over Lu Yi in height and weight, to defend.
After all, Lu Yi's outside singles ability is one of the best in the league, and Wade's height is too short for Lu Yi.
Judging from the matchup situation in the regular season, Wade defended Lu Yi basically for nothing.
Even if someone helps to defend, the effect may not be as effective as James' direct defense.
Only five players can play on a team, and the Clippers have relatively strong offensive firepower from outside.
If the Heat want to defeat the Clippers, any defensive resources are very important and cannot be easily wasted.
That being the case, it is better to try the effect of single defense in G1 first.
If James can guard Lu Yi, then the heavy responsibility on the offensive end can be carried by Wade and Bosh.
Of course, no one knows whether James is willing to do this.
But now the game has just started, James did not show his careful thinking.
Before Lu Yi got the ball, James stuck to Lu Yi very tightly.
Iverson saw that Lu Yi had no intention of coming over to catch the ball hand-in-hand, so he passed the ball to Ariza.
Ariza is a small forward, and he still has a dislocation advantage against a guard who is not tall like Wade.
Of course, if Ariza wants to grasp this dislocation advantage, he must shoot directly.
On the contrary, the effect of the breakthrough is not great. In terms of speed and footwork, Wade does not suffer at all in defense.
In theory, Ariza does have the advantage, but Wade has gained weight this season in order to strengthen his defense, not to mention that the training intensity is not low, and his confrontation ability has improved very quickly.
Wade, who already has a lot of core strength.
Maybe it will be very difficult for a heavy small forward like Artest.
But defending against a small forward of average weight like Ariza is still no problem.
Indeed, because of Ariza's style of play, he chose to break through at the first time, and wanted to use his strength to drive away Wade, but it didn't have any good effect.
On the contrary, Lu Yi ran to the left corner without the ball, creating a pass for Ariza.
James was not slow to follow the defense, but Lu Yi ran out first.
Ariza didn't play the effect himself, so he passed the ball immediately without hesitation.
When James saw Lu Yi catch the ball, he felt bad, and immediately jumped up to block the shot, not giving Lu Yi an easy shot.
Lu Yi is also amazing, and actually passed the ball back to Ariza at this time.
Fortunately, Ariza had an insight into Lu Yi's thoughts. After Lu Yi passed the ball and ran away from James, he decisively passed the ball back to Lu Yi.
After receiving the ball, Lu Yi jumped up and shot.
James had just landed, and seeing Lu Yi get the ball again, he quickly took off for the second time and blocked the block again.
Seeing that the ball could not be blocked, he directly pressed Lu Yi with his arm.
But Lu Yi shot too fast, and the ball flew to the basket first.
Later, James hit Lu Yi, and Lu Yi also stroked the ground by unloading his force, but he was not injured.
beep-
At the same time as the whistle sounded, the basketball swiped and fell into the net.
"Won't it be a three plus one when you come up?"
"LeBron has defended like this, but Lu Yi still made the ball."
"Lui is so smart that he fouled LeBron as soon as he came up."
"The four-pointer basically didn't run. Lu Yi made nearly 90% of his free throws in the playoffs. Lu Yi is a big-time player."
Next, Lu Yi stood on the free throw line, and the extra penalty was indeed hit. It was a four-pointer that most fans could predict.
When Lu Yi made a free throw, the Clippers players on both sides of the three-second zone didn't have any thoughts of fighting for a rebound. Instead, after Lu Yi made a shot, he ran back without any nostalgia.
What followed was indeed as the Clippers expected. After Lu Yi made a free throw, Bosh went directly out of the baseline to serve Wade.
Wade gets the ball and immediately plays a fast break, and at the same time there is James who is running fast.
The Heat's two-line fast break, and James Way's connection is a more conventional scoring method.
James took the lead and rushed towards the basket, which can effectively attract the Clippers' defense.
On the other hand, Wade, as the ball holder, is also a shooting guard who is good at breakthroughs, so it is normal to attract defense.
As long as the Clippers expose a little problem on the defensive end, it may be broken by the weak point of the two of James and Wei.
However, through the baptism of the Western Conference Finals, Lu Yi has become more and more good at using defense to put pressure on his teammates.
Before playing this round of finals, Dunleavy and other Clippers assistants had already analyzed to Lu Yi how to beat the Heat.
Originally, Lu Yi felt that the key to defeating the Heat was to make James an undercover agent.
The desperate double-teaming of James in the first two games made it impossible for James to score. In the next few games, James was useless, and he would not score if he was given the ball.
Anyway, it is impossible for James to be Pippen's second.
However, Dunleavy and others told Lu Yi that there is an easier way to win.
That is to lock Wade.
Bibby is not the real ball-handling point for the Heat, but a dribbling guard similar to Lakers Fisher.
The Heat play positional warfare, the ball is more in the hands of James, and James initiates the offense to connect the teams.
In the process of playing fast break, the ball is more in Wade's hands.
Wade will use speed and efficient finishing at the basket to create threats, creating easier scoring opportunities for James, who is more physically gifted.
Janeway connected. To put it bluntly, Wade kept feeding James.
Wade can at least feed James three or four cakes in a game. James' scoring difficulty is much easier than Wade's.
Just like Curry and Durant teaming up, opponents will definitely try to limit Curry, not Durant.
On the one hand, Wade is the boss of the Heat, and limiting the opponent's scoring can effectively affect the morale of the team.
Wade, on the other hand, would have been an easier player to defend as a guard.
On the contrary, it is not a wise move to restrict James, who is tall and tall and has one of the best physical fitness.
Having said that, in this round, the Heat want to take advantage of the fast break of the Clippers.
The ball was in Wade's hands, and Lu Yi stopped in front of Wade without saying a word.
Wade, who rushed up, had a chance to pass Lu Yi in one step, but the rest of the Clippers had retreated to the three-point line.
There are many people in the penalty area, and there is not much room for Wade to move around.
Lu Yi can effectively predict Wade's whereabouts, so this defense did not immediately lose his position.
Moreover, Lu Yi took the initiative to use his body to test, if Wade wanted to find a confrontation, Lu Yi was not ambiguous.
Naturally, Wade will not take the initiative to confront Lu Yi. There are people behind Lu Yi. His slowing down now will not benefit this attack at all.
However, Wade tried to use the European step to throw off Lu Yi, and Lu Yi still followed the first step with his physical talent.
Wade's European stride is very large and fast. Lu Yi can only follow the first step, and Wade throws away the second step with the help of fake moves and a change of direction.
However, there is Ariza behind Lu Yi.
When Ariza's defense was in place and Lu Yiyou followed up, Wade, who was double-teamed, could only choose to challenge Ariza, make a hasty shot, or jump up and pass the ball.
"Oh, Dwyane was looking for LeBron, but unfortunately the ball went wrong!"
Wade jumped up to pass the ball, because someone blocked in front of him, and someone around James was defending, so the pass was a bit high.
James pops up to catch the ball, but it's not a place where you can score straight lobs.
And James himself has the inertia to rush to the basket. Although he touched the ball after taking off, the ball is still slippery.
Of course, for this kind of mistake, the fault did not lie with James, the receiver.
This wave of mistakes can only be blamed on Wade for passing too hastily and not passing well enough.
(End of this chapter)