Chapter 882 [1 Shoulder, Iron 3 Corners]

Experts predict that in the first round, they unanimously believe that the Clippers will sweep the Thunder and advance. The strength gap between the two sides is too big. Online fans also thought the Thunder would lose, but many celebrities gave Westbrook high praise.

Barkley said when participating in the show: "I have been in this industry for more than 30 years, and I have never seen a player who can put in his best efforts to play like Westbrook every night. You know, I am with The greatest players came here."

The host asked: "Not even Jordan?"

"Even Jordan didn't play as hard as Westbrook." Barkley replied: "Jordan is still the greatest player in history, but this guy (Westbrook) gives his best effort every night and every possession. You have to respect playing hard."

Kobe was also impressed by Westbrook's magical performance. In 2015, he said: "Westbrook is 100% like me."

In addition, Kobe has also supported Westbrook on social platforms many times. When someone suspected that he was brushing up data, Kobe said bluntly: "Westbrook averaged a triple-double per game. He is the second person in NBA history to do this." It’s so stupid for an accomplished player to ask such a question!”

The biggest encouragement for Wei Shao comes from Michael Jordan.

He said in an interview: "That was me 30 years ago. That kind of attitude, working hard to prove myself, showing so much passion for basketball, you can see in his performance that he loves the game, he is full of energy Playing with talent.”

Faced with Jordan's comments, Westbrook said: "This is crazy, I really don't know what to say, to have the best player in history comment on you like this, it will always make me work hard to perform better. "

After some encouragement, Wei Shao's confidence greatly increased. Even if he was at a disadvantage, he vowed to do his best to create a miracle.

In fact, these retired stars are not optimistic about the Thunder's upset promotion. They just think that Wei Shao's triple-double data per game is incredible. Even if a person without strength can help the whole team, he will never be able to achieve such data.

In the away game against the Nuggets on April 10, Wei Shao scored 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. In the last 2.9 seconds of the offense, he completed a super long three-pointer to win the game. !

This is his 42nd triple-double this season, successfully surpassing the number of triple-doubles achieved by Oscar Robertson in 1962, and setting a new record for triple-doubles in a single season!

Wei Shao believes that celebrities praise him because his style of play in the regular season is correct and dominant. He plans to shoulder all the burdens in the playoffs and use his personal ability to solve problems.

In fact, the Thunder want to defeat the Clippers in this way, unless the song "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Brave and Invincible, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Overcoming All Troubles..." is played on a loop throughout the series.

In this way, Wei Shao can win with truth - "No one can beat me in my BGM."

After two days of rest, the Clippers decided on their playoff lineup. Zhou Qi and Norman Powell were not included in the 13-man roster.

Powell is extremely depressed. He has not had the chance to play in the playoffs for two consecutive years. He has been training very hard, but his three-point ability still cannot be compared with other outsiders.

The characteristic of being able to only play shooting guard has doomed Powell's tragedy. The Clippers are not short of the second position at all. Unless he can develop into a 3D player, Yang Rui will not reuse him. The genuine Tony Allen has been squeezed out of the Clippers. , what is the use of Allen as the template?

Powell is the 30th pick in the first round and signed a four-year contract with the Clippers. If Yang Rui doesn't let him go, he won't be able to leave. His situation is exactly the same as Crabbe's back then. The only good news is that he has a championship ring.

On April 16, the first battle between the two sides started at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The reporter interviewed Yang Rui before the game and asked him to predict the first round.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "Westbrook's statistics are gorgeous, but the Clippers must advance. Winning does not depend on personal performance."

The reporter asked: "Who do you think is performing better this season, Westbrook or Curry?"

"Is this even necessary? Of course it's Curry.

He'll prove it soon. "

After the warm-up, the starting players from both sides came out.

Clippers five: Curry, Danny Green, Antetokounmpo, Draymond Green, Nikola Jokic.

Thunder Five: Westbrook, Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Taj Gibson, Steven Adams.

Adams won the jump ball and the game was on.

The two sides are old rivals. Yang Rui knew the Thunder's shortcomings and arranged a zone defense. Danny Green was in the middle, Antetokounmpo and Curry were on both sides, and Draymond and Jokic controlled the bottom line.

In the middle, Wei Shao and Adams played a pick-and-roll and broke to the left side. Draymond switched defenses and kept one and a half steps away from Wei Shao. He focused on preventing breakthroughs and could also step forward to interfere with shooting at any time.

Wei Shao dribbled the ball to 45 degrees, Adams cut through the air, Draymond and Jokic shrank into the penalty area together, blocking the air cutting route, Danny Green chased Wei Shao from the center, Curry also stared at Wei Shao, forming a A local pincer attack.

Wei Shao passed the ball to Oladipo in the left corner, but this was not a good mismatch, because the person in charge of this side was Draymond, who had a strong defensive awareness and immediately jumped out to defend the three-pointer from the bottom corner. After successfully interfering with the ball, Antetokounmpo grabbed the backcourt rebound. Adams and Gibson rushed back to defend without success.

In the Clippers position battle, Draymond moved to the middle to receive the ball, Jokic went to the right three-point line, Danny Green stood in the left corner to attract the defense, and Curry stood on the right baseline and headed towards Running at 70 degrees, Jokic stepped forward in time to cover without the ball, blocking Wei Shao.

The Thunder can't use zone defense. The four Clippers can shoot three-pointers. Antetokounmpo, the tallest player, mainly plays two-pointers. He is also a small forward and can easily create mismatch opportunities.

Draymond passed the ball to Curry, and Gibson switched defense in time. Curry passed the ball to Jokic at 50 degrees on the right side. The latter held the ball and faced the frame. Wei Shao did not dare to chase Curry and interfered with the misplacement.

Wei Shao was 191cm tall when he first entered the league. Later he grew a little taller, almost as tall as Harden, about 195cm, and could interfere with inside shots.

Jokic rarely made a strong shot, so he hit it high and passed the ball from Wei Shao's head to Antetokounmpo who ran to the low post on the right side.

Antetokounmpo caught the ball with his back, leaned against Robertson, turned towards the baseline and hooked the ball, avoiding the block and scoring. 2 to 0.

In the playoffs last season, the Thunder were afraid of the Clippers playing like this. Antetokounmpo was only coming off the bench at that time and didn't have many opportunities to perform, but he seemed to be out of position when playing against anyone, and it was difficult to defend one-on-one.

When the Thunder attacked, Wei Shao quickly advanced to the frontcourt, walked to the left side of Curry's position, took the ball and changed direction to force a breakthrough. He made a sudden stop and shot to avoid the block, but missed due to interference. He couldn't get past Curry, it was too easy.

Jokic stuck Adams, preventing him from starting, and Antetokounmpo retreated to grab the backcourt rebound.

The Clippers are super strong in rebounding this year, ranking first in the league. Draymond dares to go out and actively defend against pick-and-rolls, because Antetokounmpo is a wing with excellent rebounding. No matter which side the opponent goes, both of them can jump out, and the other one retreats to protect the rebound.

In the Clippers' position battle, the tactics just now were played again. Jokic passed the ball to Antetokounmpo. This time he leaned twice and turned to the center, forced a shot against Robertson, and made a jumper. 4 to 0.

Thunder head coach Billy Donovan shook his head slightly on the sidelines. When the Clippers played like this in the regular season, Antetokounmpo always easily scored 20+. He was very confident in one-on-ones, attracting double-teams and sending out to the outside to create opportunities. .

The Clippers focus on the triangle offense today, and the routine is very simple. Antetokounmpo playing Robertson alone is really a rare thing.

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