Chapter 759 [Bold Substitutions to Catch up with the Score]

As Clippers fans expected, Yang Rui began to use his trump card in the last quarter, leading the big team and the four small players.

Chandler and Paul have both rested, and the five people on the court are Curry, Danny Green, Gay, Parsons, and Griffin.

This lineup can both fast break and stay in position, can hold the ball in singles from the outside, and has four stable three-pointers. Griffin can attack in the low post. Yao Ming takes a rest, and Griffin will not be abused on the defensive end.

The Nets sent Nash, Bogans, Joe Johnson, Reggie Evans, and Blatche, which is also a balanced lineup.

Evans came out to protect the rebounds, allowing Blatche to focus more on the offensive end. This substitution was a mistake by Stevens. Although Evans is only 203cm tall and weighs 111 kilograms, he has a standard inside style of play and does not move very fast. His defense relies on fierce confrontation and small movements. He likes to fight against people near the penalty area.

Evans is responsible for rebounding, and Blatche has to defend the pick-and-roll, but the latter is also a person who moves slowly and is better at center than power forward. Precisely because of his disadvantage on the defensive end, Blatche is in an awkward position. Even though he has strong offensive power, he only averages 18 minutes per game.

Parsons, who came as a guest at the 4th position, broke out. He hit a three-pointer from the middle, assisted Curry to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer, scored a layup on an air cut, made two breakthroughs, scored a layup once, and assisted Griffin once. Dunk.

Only Joe Johnson scored 3 points for the Nets. After a wave of 12-3 attacks, the Clippers caught up with the score.

Stevens quickly replaced Evans and replaced Favors. The Nets' offensive power improved, but they still couldn't defend. The Nets also have flaws inside and their offensive power is good, but Favors is the only one who is good at defending pick-and-rolls.

Six minutes later, the Nets replaced Yao Ming, preparing for a last-ditch effort. As long as overtime was not played, Yao Ming played 31 minutes, which was within control and still had physical strength.

The five Clippers are Chandler, Griffin, Battier, Tony Allen, and Paul.

Yang Rui's plan is to ensure defensive intensity and use star tactics on the offensive end. Paul and Griffin will play one-on-one after pick-and-roll.

Stevens had exactly the same idea as him, abandoning the offensive formation of Deron and Nash as a double-back, and using Deron as a single defender, with Joe Johnson and Butler on the outside, and Favors and Yao Ming on the inside.

On the premise of solid defense, the Nets players opened up and waited for opportunities. Deron and Yao Ming played a pick-and-roll attack in the middle.

As a result, the Nets went on an 11-2 run and extended the score to 11 points.

Jiang is still old and hot, Yao Ming no longer cuts through the air, he waits for opportunities to shoot in the middle outside the pick-and-roll, hits a three-pointer, and attracts double-teams to assist Butler to score through the air-cutting.

A healthy Deron is an all-around fighter. Facing Paul, he hit a pull-up three-pointer. After the pick-and-roll, he took a long stride and turned around to break through. He forced a layup and made Chandler foul, completing 2+1.

The Clippers' offense was hampered. Paul and Griffin failed to score in consecutive singles. Only Chandler grabbed the offensive rebound and scored two points on a tip-in.

The game ended with 3 minutes left. Yang Rui requested a timeout and replaced Paul, Griffin, and Tony Allen with Parsons, Curry, and Danny Green. The tactics became a point forward.

Having the core on the bench at a critical moment will hurt Paul's self-esteem, but Yang Rui can't care about this anymore. There is still hope of winning if he makes a substitution. If he doesn't change, he will lose today.

Paul struggled against the Nets' zone defense, breaking through and scoring. Only Battier had a stable three-pointer on the court. The other three had average shooting abilities. Griffin was being stared at by Favors.

Yang Rui asked Paul to take more shots, misplaced Yao Ming, Favors or a pull-up jump shot. As a result, Paul took one shot in the past three minutes and it missed the basket.

In a game with high defensive intensity, it is extremely difficult for small players to find space to shoot. This is really not something that can be achieved by giving enough shots. It is not that Paul does not want to attack on his own, but that he is powerless.

Sending Curry at this time will make the Nets' big man very uncomfortable, because Curry's shooting position is far away from the basket, and he often throws it one meter away from the three-point line. The opponent's inside line must be defended, and his position is too outside. It's easy to get passed by Curry.

Take a look at the Clippers lineup,

Zhang Liyi sighed: "Yang Rui is so bold. He replaced two MVPs in the team. I think other than him, no other coach in the world would dare to do this."

In the last three minutes, if Paul and Griffin don't play well on the court, they are responsible for losing. But if the star is replaced and the game ends up losing, the star's fans are likely to blame the coach, so generally there is no NBA Coaches do this.

Yang Rui is not worried about being unable to suppress the players, he is the biggest player in the Clippers.

The Clippers attack, Curry slowly dribbles to the frontcourt, Chandler pulls out to cover, Curry takes the ball and takes a step laterally, attracting Favors to switch defense, and passes the ball to Parsons, who is 70 degrees on the right, and the court There was a misalignment.

There is no longer an orthodox power forward on the Clippers. Parsons' three-point ability has been improving and he is very determined in his shots. In Yang Rui's previous life, Parsons made 10 three-pointers in the half against the Grizzlies. This is the record for the most three-pointers made in a half in the NBA. This season, he shot 39.3%.

Yao Ming was near the penalty area, more than two steps away, and before he could take off to defend a three-pointer, Parsons threw the ball towards the basket. He showed his play as soon as he came on the court and made a clean shot, 102 to 110.

The Nets attack, the Clippers mix defense, Yao Ming and Deron play pick-and-roll, Parsons switches defense, keeping distance to block the breakthrough route. Yao Ming cut to the right low post to ask for the ball, and Chandler defended.

Chandler only played 20 minutes and was very energetic. He faced the tired Yao Ming and was able to withstand interference in shooting. Yao Ming squeezed twice and turned around in the middle but could not get rid of it. He was too far away from the basket and passed to Fei. Voss, Parsons followed his own men, interference in front.

After passing the ball several times, 24 seconds almost ran out. Deron made a strong three-pointer, but it missed due to Curry's interference. Chandler grabbed the rebound.

The Nets returned to defense very quickly. Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, exactly the same as before, and passed it to Parsons at 70 degrees. Favors defended more outside this time, and Parsons dribbled the ball toward the center, opening up space outside the three-point line to face the frame, allowing him to break through and pass the ball.

Curry stopped in the left corner and ran back up the line. Chandler blocked Deron.

Parsons passed the ball, and Yao Ming could only defend it. Curry feinted, changed directions and broke through, easily passing Yao Ming with his speed. No one was on guard, and Curry took three steps to score an easy layup. 104 to 110.

If other people encountered this kind of opportunity, they would definitely dunk. Curry chose a safer method because he was afraid of being blocked by the basket.

When the Nets attacked, Deron controlled the ball and delayed time outside the three-point line. His style of play was simple and unpretentious, and he had already figured out how to play this round by the time he passed halftime. In the last 6 seconds, he started a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming, which attracted Parsons to change defense and distributed the ball to the middle. Yao Ming received the ball and faced Curry for a three-pointer.

Curry didn't jump, and it was useless to jump. You can only pray that this kind of ball will not go in. The best thing about a big man when he pulls out to shoot is his ability to resist interference. Yao Ming has already scored three three-pointers today, and he has run out of luck. With a little more strength, the ball bounced out of the frame.

Gay grabbed the rebound, and when he landed, he looked for Curry, who was about to leave, and was misplaced.

Curry ran to the right, caught the ball, and suddenly shot a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line. Yao Ming retreated at full speed, the distance was far away, and he was a step too late to defend the three-pointer. Deron chased and blocked the shot and jumped in front of Curry. It was quite scary, but the ball had actually been thrown.

No one grabbed the rebound, but Curry still shot confidently. He dared to throw as long as he had a chance to shoot, and Yang Rui allowed him to do so. This is the biggest difference between him and Paul. His shot selection looks much worse. Even so, he is more accurate than Paul.

The ball went hollow into the net, 107 to 110, with 1 minute and 44 seconds left, and the Clippers caught up!