549: Ah Pao is really strict
Since Link started defending Jamal Crawford, Crawford has been silent.
Coupled with this, the weakening of the offensive firepower of the entire Clippers.
In the first quarter, Crawford used his breakthrough to cause great trouble to the Grizzlies' defense line. Link's oppression of Crawford completely solved this problem.
The skill that Crawford relies on to survive in the league is to shoot when he shakes out the space and avoids physical contact with his opponent.
However, facing Link, Crawford had to fight him again and again.
Link didn't eat it at all, and even if he swayed, he would return to his position quickly. Therefore, Crawford's biggest advantage could not be used.
After Crawford was silent, Griffin tried hard to score, but he always had no choice but to fight four hands with one punch. Without Crawford to attract firepower, Griffin would always be blocked by the black and white bears whenever he broke through to the basket.
Chris Paul also knew that he had to stand up. However, Paul's touch was not very good from the beginning of today's game, and the bad touch continued into the second quarter.
Not to mention the shots in interference, Paul lost several open shots in the second quarter.
After repeated failures, Crawford also lost his sharpness at the beginning. From Harden last season to Crawford this season, Link seemed to be the sixth-man killer.
Any sixth person who faces Link will be in trouble.
After the second quarter, the Clippers were 9 points behind the Grizzlies! If it weren't for the substitute Paul Paul's performance in the face of Vasquis, the Clippers might have been lagging behind double digits.
It’s not that Vasquis didn’t work hard, but like Iguodala, he faced an opponent who happened to restrain himself.
But a Bledsoe who averaged 8.5 points per game in the regular season is not enough to make the Grizzlies fall.
In the second half, the foul trouble turned into the Clippers. When Gasol pulled Jordan Jr. to the middle distance, the Clippers only had Blake Griffin guarded the penalty area.
Although Griffin can run and jump, it is not a defensive gate. Originally, defense is not proportional to athletic ability. Stodmeier's athletic ability is also explosive, and his blocking is also very explosive. However, no one will recognize Stodmeier as an inside player with excellent defense.
The same goes for Griffin.
Link sat and played with Griffin at a low post, and the fight was very disadvantaged. But when he rushed, the one who suffered the loss was Griffin.
Link repeatedly hit Griffin's basket guarded by the basket, which led to Griffin's quick accumulation of fouls.
You know, Link is not the only one who hits Griffin's basket.
In this way, Griffin began to be troubled by fouls. Finally, in the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, he graduated with six fouls with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists!
After Griffin left the game, the Clippers could only use Orlando to replace him. Although they were still playing in Los Angeles, Odom no longer had the motivation he had when he was a Lakers. Not to mention playing now, he was completely lost in his life.
With Paul feeling cold, Griffin had to leave, and Crawford was locked up by Link again, the Clippers lost all hope.
They may be able to make a miracle turnaround when they are behind the Nuggets 0-2, but even so, they may not be able to leave alive under the Grizzlies!
The Grizzlies defeated the Nuggets last year, and compared with the current Grizzlies, there is no comparison.
105 to 91, in the end, the Grizzlies won the Clippers with 14 points at home.
Link scored 27 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, Gasol scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. All the Grizzlies scored in double digits, and the Clippers suffered a crushing defeat!
In comparison, although Paul scored 16 points today, he only made 4 of 12 shots. Crawford was the Clippers' most shots today, and he shot 15 times in total. But his number of shots was only one more goal than Paul.
Jordan Jr. must have been very frustrated today. He scored only one goal in the game, which was the alley relay at the beginning. He played 3 points, 8 rebounds and 4 mistakes in 32 minutes, and was completely defeated by Gasol from data to performance.
After the game, Charles Barkley said bluntly, "Mark Gasol may be really a parallel product, but it is definitely not the turn of DeAndrew Jordan to judge. He is not qualified. Of course, in my heart, I highly recognize Gasol's award."
After a brief resistance in the first quarter, the Clippers realized the terrible strength of a 70-win team.
After losing the game, Paul stood there and did not escape. He looked at the scores on the big screen on the scene, as if the numbers were bloody red.
115 to 91, he felt that the Clippers seemed to have improved. However, there seemed to be no difference between the Clippers and the regular season.
Didn't you lose so badly?
When the Clippers counterattacked the Nuggets 0-2 to win, they all thought they could go further.
However, when encountering a real top-level team in the league, the Clippers know what the gap is.
In the distance, Link was being interviewed by reporters. Paul stared at the Grizzly Bear No. 0 and was unwilling to look away.
From the start of the game, the extremely provocative three-pointer, to the lockdown of Crawford in the second quarter, and to the second half, Griffin was troubled by fouls in the second half.
Link exists at every turning point in the game.
Paul must admit that Link did everything he should do as a star. Link's performance could not find any fault.
What about myself? Paul shook his head and walked off the court.
He doesn't want to continue to stay in this happy ocean unless the next game can turn this into a happy ocean of Clippers!
A flame in Paul's heart is burning!
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The Clippers were turned away as soon as they started the Western Conference semi-finals, which undoubtedly made the players' will somewhat depressed.
The Clippers are not without a chance today, and sometimes they even have the upper hand.
But the more this happens, the more powerful it can reflect the grizzly's strength. It is far from enough to defeat the grizzly bears and occasionally gain the upper hand.
Chris Paul and head coach De Nagro were the last two people to walk into the locker room, they just went to the press conference.
Paul had a gloomy face. Seeing Big Brother like this, no one in the Clippers dared to speak loudly.
Everyone knows Paul's temper, Paul is an extremely competitive person. Paul must be unhappy if he loses so badly today.
Want not to be injured by the explosive barrel? Then don't light it.
But no one expected that the explosive barrel would explode on its own today.
"Fuck, who has surrendered now!?"
Paul suddenly yelled, then smashed the towel in his hand to the floor.
Suddenly, the locker room was not just quiet, but everyone was stationed like a stone statue!
"I won't surrender. Today I've performed very badly and I can apologize to everyone. But I hope you can cheer up too. We still have a chance to have the next game and we still have a chance to play next game. Before the Grizzlies win 4 games, we always have a chance! But look at you, a pair of losers' expressions! Now it's just like we are behind in the first quarter. What's the depression!"
Paul continued to yell, but no one dared to refute, including the head coach Denagro.
Paul has always been a serious person. He takes the game very seriously, so serious that he is even a little bit slick.
Paul hates losing more than he likes to win. He requires his teammates to have the same determination and determination as himself, and sometimes his attitude is so harsh that he looks like an officer.
"We didn't give up, Chris. Our goal is to win a victory at the Federal Express Arena." At this time, only Matt Barnes dared to speak. After all, not everyone dared to face other people's anger.
After hearing this, Paul nodded silently, and his emotions calmed down.
But everyone in the Clippers knows that once the game starts, Paul will become irritable again!
Chapter completed!