Chapter 048
With little time left in the third quarter, both sides replaced their own benches to buy plenty of rest for their main players and prepare them for the decisive moment of the final quarter.
Clippers backup Rivers Jr., in the second half of the third quarter, replaced Chris Paul to play point guard.
As the coach’s own son, little Rivers will naturally receive the attention of his father.
So Austin Rivers has always been strictly required by the old Rivers, in fact, Rivers Jr. has always had good strength, as a substitute, he plays very confidently.
At the same time, the Clippers’ most difficult backup player also came on, Jamal Crawford!
As a bench player, Crawford averaged points per game behind J.J. Redick and No. 4 on the team with the Clippers.
He has won the best sixth man twice, and this year’s super high scoring efficiency is also going for this award.
With Lance Stephenson, who joined the Clippers at the beginning of the season, it’s hard to think like this is their bench with a lineup like the Clippers.
Clippers 82-84 Lakers
The timeout came back and just started, and the score between the two teams was just below Paul’s steady output, and the difference between the two sides was only 2 points.
“Defend this ball well!!”
Rivers Sr. shouted to the Clippers players on the sidelines, and with less than two minutes left in the third quarter, Rivers hoped that the bench players would recover the score and complete the comeback.
It was when his voice just fell, Louis Williams, who came off the bench for the Lakers, faced Crawford’s defense and scored a drifting three-pointer in an extremely exaggerated posture.
This ball can’t even be described as difficult, it can be called a fairy ball.
Clippers 82-87 Lakers!
As soon as he came on the field, he stretched the point difference to 5 points, so that the starters who were resting on the bench stood up and applauded Luwe.
“You have your gram 6, I have our Luffy.”
“This one stimulated, Luffy to Crawford!!”
Last season’s best sixth man was snatched away by Lewy, and Crawford has been holding this breath in his heart.
Now on this game, the two men meet again, and in the early games of this season, the difference in points per game between the two players is not large, they are quite close.
But Crawford’s shooting percentage is still much higher than Lowe’s.
After all, the height of the two people is there, 196 and 188, the difference is close to 10 cm in height, and the advantages and disadvantages can be seen at a glance.
In the face of Lewes’s defense, Crawford returned with a three-pointer.
The height gap and Crawford’s rainbow-like arc make Lewis really difficult to defend, super high arc, basketball accurately falls into the basket.
“answersball!!!”
The on-site commentator called out excitedly, and Crawford was not only unconvinced, but also very powerful, withstood the pressure, and immediately returned a three-pointer.
Clippers home fans were excited and screaming.
In this way, around these two men, in the remaining time, the substitutes on both sides engaged in fierce battles.
It’s just that in the presence of Lowe, the Clippers’ players only chased the score of the two sides to the same at most, and did not complete the comeback.
Clippers 91-91 Lakers!
The most frightening thing is that in this 1 minute, the Lakers scored a total of 7 points, all of which were obtained by Lu Williams.
“Such a powerful player, perhaps, should come to our team!!”
The Clippers manager, who was sitting on the sidelines, after watching Luwe’s performance, his eyes lit up instantly, although Crawford is powerful, but he is also an age, obviously as the sixth man, Luwei’s future is more promising.
“Louis, great job! Maybe the team has some key moments, you should be on the field!! ”
Wang Bo hugged Lu Wei, who came over, the height difference between the two was too big, so it looked a bit like a college student greeting an elementary school student.
“It still depends on you, after all, I played their bench, although the bench is strong, but the Clippers’ starters are not on the same level as their bench.”
Lowe shook his head and said, if it was Chris Paul who defended himself, Luwe felt that his 7 points might be cut in half.
“There is only the last quarter left, you must maintain the score in the first half, Chris, organize the team well!”
Rivers said to Chris Paul.
From Rivers’ tone, Paul can clearly feel that this game, the manager really wants to win, let him entrust a whole team, this sentence, is equivalent to giving all the ball to Paul himself to control.
Rivers still believes in Paul’s big picture and puts him in charge of the game.
“The Clippers played the Lakers, they all played so interestingly.”
“I said it earlier, why Paul can’t touch the floor of the Western Final, the luck of the entire Clippers is not very good.”
“Yes, the Clippers were fierce at the beginning of the season, and when they arrived…”
Many fans have said that the Clippers are not as strong as the detailed one.
And Paul is also an overrated player, and the inability to touch the floor of the Western Conference is a good proof.
Coupled with these big three, in fact, there is not a lot of time to really play together, plus injuries between players, the Clippers have actually been playing very chicken ribs in recent years.
The individual ability of the players has always been fine, but when combined, Paul did not lead such a strong teammate to victory, which is a point that everyone criticizes.
To say that he has strength is not, to say that he has no strength, and he is one of the top point guards in the league.
Back in the fourth quarter, both sides were well prepared.
“Chris, Chris, Chris!!”
Fans on the sidelines kept chanting Paul’s voice, hoping that the team’s leader would bring the Clippers a victory in the final quarter.
Paul’s assists are already double-doubles, and the focus of this game, Clippers fans are mostly on Paul.
“The Clippers Big 3 is estimated to be full in the final quarter!”
“In order to win this game, the Clippers are also fighting hard.”
“Jordan Jr. has played the most minutes of any player in the game right now.”
In addition to the break between the end of the single quarter, Jordan Jr. only took a short half of the quarter, which is even more playing time than Wang Bo.
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