Chapter 829 [The Devil’s Home Field, Well Deserved]

On the 19th, Staples Arena was packed.

Before the game, the regular season mVp award ceremony was held, and president Adam Silva came to the scene to serve as the award guest. When delivering the award, he said: "This is the second active player in the league to win MVP consecutively. Stephen is the best player I have ever seen."

Silva was talking about the best players, without adding "one". The league likes Curry very much, not because of his invincible skills, but because he has the best personality. He has no scandals, no drifting, no physical strength, and he doesn't even go to nightclubs.

Faced with this kind of praise, Curry was at a loss. Sometimes he put his hands in his trouser pockets, sometimes he swayed from side to side, and he was too embarrassed to look directly at the MVP trophy, causing a little embarrassment.

Yang Rui noticed Griffin's expression. His eyes were squinted, his expression was serious, and the word jealousy seemed to be written on his face. Yang Rui feels that it is time to consider trading Griffin in the summer...

Curry won mVp, and the Clippers' home morale was high. Today, the management ordered red commemorative T-shirts for every fan present, corresponding to the Chinese red jerseys the Clippers wore today.

Some NBA regulations have become a thing of the past, and there will no longer be a distinction between light-colored home jerseys and dark-colored away jerseys. The home team can wear any jersey they wish, while the visiting team is required to wear a jersey with a contrasting color to the home team's jersey, at the home team's option.

In this year's playoffs, the Nets like to wear black at home as a lucky jersey. In the regular season, they have two buzzer-beaters in black.

Nearly 20,000 spectators, uniformly wearing red T-shirts, occupied several square seats and chanted the same slogans. This formation will make fans feel excited through the TV screen.

The Clippers' home atmosphere will bring a great sense of oppression to the visiting team. The Devil's home court is well deserved.

Players who play in this environment and want to win away games must not only have the strength, but also have a good mentality.

Clippers: Curry, Danny Green, Middleton, Faried, Griffin.

Spurs: Parker, Fournier, Leonard, Duncan, Splitter.

Both sides adjusted their lineups at the beginning. Yang Rui asked Chandler as a substitute, making it clear that he would fight the Spurs offensively.

This was a decision made by Yang Rui and his assistants after watching the last round of the Spurs vs. Mavericks series. In the seventh game, Duncan took very few shots and he was tired.

Entering the playoffs, Duncan averaged 32.8 minutes per game, scoring 16.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.3 blocks. Most of his energy was focused on the defensive end, playing team basketball and taking very few shots. In the first two rounds, Duncan did not have a high-scoring performance against Miles Plumlee and Nowitzki, so it was not a big problem for Griffin to guard him.

Split can play one-on-one defense at will, and as long as he is not allowed to dunk, he will not score many points. In the last round of 7 games, the Spurs players were at a physical disadvantage, and Faried's speed advantage will also be taken advantage of.

The Spurs let Fournier because the Clippers' swingman is not good at attacking with the ball. He will not be a defensive vulnerability against Green. In the second quarter, Belinelli brought on the bench, and with Mills and Ginobili, he was able to shoot unexpectedly, making him more suitable for chaotic counterattacks.

Split won the jump ball and the game was on.

The Clippers started with a mixed defense, with Green facing Parker in the middle, Curry and Middleton on both sides, and Griffin and Faried on the baseline. The disadvantage of this lineup is that the penalty area interferes with the big man's shooting. The advantage is that it is highly mobile and can rotate quickly in all positions, suppressing teams that focus on outside shooting.

The Clippers have focused on defending the perimeter throughout the season, reducing their opponents' three-point shooting percentage and ranking third in the league in defensive perimeter efficiency.

Parker and Duncan played a pick-and-roll in the middle and went to the left. Griffinka broke through the route. Green retreated in the middle to avoid the cover and put pressure on Parker from the side. It's easier to guard Parker than Curry. Green can do it easily because he doesn't need to guard the three-point line. Parker can't shoot from long range.

Parker failed to rush forward and distributed the ball to the center. Duncan did not shoot when faced with Green. He raised the ball high above his head and supported the frame. After Parker ran away, he gave the ball to Leonard who wanted the ball on the left. Middleton came from behind. Top defense.

Yang Rui asked Middleton to focus on taking care of Leonard.

The other four are in zone defense. Leonard is already an important scoring point for the Spurs and the team's third offensive option. If someone is sent to take care of him, he will not take many shots. However, if it is a complete zone defense and he is on Curry's side, Curry will definitely have a hard time defending.

Leonard is not a person who likes to attack hard. He turned around and passed the ball to Split who was on the baseline. The latter cut in the low post and met Farid.

With a height of 211cm and a height of 2o3cm, Split has an obvious advantage, but Farid's 1o2kg strength is not a big disadvantage. He defends with all his strength from behind, which makes it difficult for him to enter the penalty area.

Split is not afraid of tall centers. He moves fast enough, and most of his points are from the baseline to receive passes from teammates. He has always been very stiff in low-post attacks with the ball, and has not developed his shooting range. He turns around forcefully in the middle. After interference, the half-hook shot missed and Griffin grabbed the rebound.

The Clippers immediately launched a counterattack. As soon as Griffin passed the ball to Curry on the same side, Curry took a step to Faried in the middle. Faried interfered with the shot and looked back in the direction where his eyeball popped up. Then he sprinted in a straight line and took a few steps. Get rid of Split.

Curry passed the ball using his hands to shoot, imagining that the position Faried was about to run to was the basket, and the pass was extremely accurate. This is a skill Nash taught him, and his experience has increased again. Farid took three steps after receiving the ball and dunked the ball with both hands. 2 to o.

Farid rushed too fast and was thrown onto the backboard with his inertial leg. Split followed behind him and there was nothing he could do.

The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball across half court, played a pick-and-roll with Duncan, forced a breakthrough and passed Griffin, and Faried made up the defense to form a pincer attack. Parker passed the ball to Split, who couldn't take a direct mid-range shot from the baseline. He took a step inside. Half a second later, Griffin turned around and interfered under the basket.

Together with the retreating Green, the three Clippers surrounded the penalty area. Split was stuck by Griffin. Turning to the middle, he would hit Green. The rhythm was not good and he gave up the strong shot and passed the ball to Duncan in the middle. Green immediately turned around to guard Duncan again.

As soon as Duncan saw Green's speed, he knew that he could interfere with shooting, so he didn't take a shot and gave it to Parker who was running for secondary play. Parker passed the ball to Fournier on the right, who got the chance to challenge Curry.

Fournier, who is 198cm tall, weighs only 86 kilograms. Curry is 191cm tall and weighs the same as him. Just by looking at his body, you can tell how bad Fournier is in confrontation. He can only rely on his skills and height advantages to defeat Curry. Hard work won't work.

Fournier is an agile shooting guard who can break through with the ball against strong men, but Curry is not bad at preventing breakthroughs and keeps a distance to interfere. He faced the frame and then changed direction, took a step with his left foot, and made an emergency jumper inside the three-point line. The shot was too simple, and it missed due to interference from Curry. Farid grabbed the rebound.

After Faried landed, he passed to Green. Green took a step and passed the ball to Curry, causing a mismatch on the court.

One of the benefits of zone defense is that once the opponent fails to make a shot, it is easy to create mismatch opportunities in fast-break defensive transitions. Curry takes the ball and quickly advances to the frontcourt, changes direction and takes a step to the left, dribbles behind his back and quickly passes it to his right hand, and then steps back, and Fournier opened the distance and took a quick shot from outside the 70-degree three-point line.

Fournier reacted quickly and immediately jumped to block the shot, but his athletic ability was average and he could only block the shot and try his best to interfere.

Curry's rhythm was perfect, and the ball drew a beautiful arc and hit the net hollowly. 5 to o.

The home fans chanted "mVp" together, and the decibels were soaring...

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