naaapseattle Chapter 164 The first win in the Western Conference finals, the best lineup
Chapter 164 The first win in the Western Conference finals, the best lineup
Chapter 164 The first win in the Western Conference finals, the best lineup
When the point difference is widened, there are only two strategies that the head coach can adopt.
One is to fight for offense. As long as I score more points than you, the point difference will naturally narrow.
The other is to fight for defense. Defense determines the lower limit of the team, and defense wins the championship.
Limit the opponent's scoring, control more rebounds, and patiently use a more sure way to slowly recover the point difference.
There is no problem with the two ways of narrowing the gap. The problem is how to choose one of them according to the current situation.
The playoffs are undoubtedly the stage for superstars. As early as last season, Lu Yi proved that he is a league superstar born for the playoffs.
It is true that the Mavericks are a good offensive team, but compared with previous years, the Mavericks can re-enter the Western Conference Finals this year, thanks to their extraordinary defense.
The Mavericks and the Clippers are still confident in their defense.
Ever since, Stevenson and Marion were put back on the field.
Both of them are top players in single defense. If they double-team a superstar outside player, the effect will naturally be better.
In fact, the game has reached this level, and there is no way for the Mavericks to adopt this strategy.
The Mavericks are betting on whether Lu Yi still has enough physical strength.
If Lu Yi's physical strength is full, continue to press Kidd on the defensive end, so that Kidd can't organize the team coherently and help the team reduce the offensive pressure.
And on the offensive end, facing the defense of two outside gates, he made many three-pointers.
Then, there is no doubt that the Mavericks will be beaten by Lu Yi, and they will lose everything.
If Mavericks made the right bet, Lu Yi had already exhausted most of his strength.
Next, we can only rely on reasonable physical management and play some roles in offense and defense, then the Mavericks have the hope of reversing the situation of the game and winning the next game.
The Mavericks gambled with the Clippers, and the effect was indeed immediate, but they lost the bet.
Lu Yi's remaining physical strength really couldn't balance offense and defense.
Therefore, Lu Yi chose conservatively and chose defense instead of offense.
Lu Yi wants to win, not win statistics.
The Clippers took a big lead, and the Mavericks were forced to replace them with two outside defensive gates. Lu Yi is not a fool, and he can tell at a glance that he will continue to face double-teams.
Therefore, Lu Yi eased the difficulty of playing for himself.
Reducing attacks with the ball and getting more of the ball is to create opportunities for teammates and distribute the ball to opponents in a timely manner.
In this way, Lu Yi still has a sense of participation on the offensive end, but it will not directly translate into scoring.
Lu Yi became the setter, or the space point.
With the remaining physical strength, Lu Yi continued to devote himself to the defensive end.
Lu Yi knows how the team should win.
The Mavericks are behind, as long as the Mavericks continue to maintain their current scoring level.
Even if the Clippers' scoring ability declines, the Clippers are very likely to be the last laugher.
Therefore, locking Kidd is still very important.
Lui can not score, but the Mavericks must be restricted from scoring.
As the Clippers methodically put pressure on the defensive end, Lu Yi's influence on the court is more devoted to the defensive end.
Although the sense of participation on the offensive end has declined, the Clippers' scoring level has not fallen off a cliff.
Although Dunleavy is only a middle-aged man, the Clippers team configuration is still very good.
Lu Yi's offensive end is restricted, so replace Iverson and Gordon one after another to relieve Lu Yi of holding the ball.
Kidd's matchup defensive ability is quite good, but because of Lu Yi's outside threat, the Clippers and small forward are mostly open.
Iverson and Gordon don't need to blow up Kidd on the offensive end, they just need to pass the ball to the right person at the right time.
Moreover, the Clippers' offense is not only on the outside, but also on the inside.
Boozer was suppressed miserably by Nowitzki in this game.
As the man with the highest salary on the team, simply letting him play a blue-collar role is not enough.
Boozer himself wants to get the ball back, and the team also needs him to score inside to help share the offensive pressure.
In fact, after Lu Yi was strictly guarded, the Clippers consciously strengthened their inside offense.
Using Boozer's offense to consume Nowitzki's physical strength is also a strategy to win the game steadily.
Facts have proved that the two sides adopted almost the same strategy, but in the end it was the Clippers who were superior, taking the lead step by step.
The Clippers grasped the lifeblood of the Mavericks early. In the starting lineup, only Kidd and Nowitzki have the ability to attack independently.
Others need Kidd to organize in series in order to play an offensive ability that is not very stable.
Although there are two defenders with good scoring ability as a substitute, the substitute is a substitute after all.
It would be ridiculous to win the playoffs by scoring off the bench.
The Mavericks met other opponents, and the two scoring points with the ball on the bench are very good help for the team.
However, when encountering the Clippers, they happen to have defensive resources that can deal with it, so it is not easy to use.
The Mavericks' defensive resources can't limit Lu Yi, which leads to Iverson, Gordon, Korver, and Ariza not being very defensive.
The Clippers' internal defensive resources were not strong enough, but relying on their outside influence and supplementary defense on the flanks, they gradually offset the game influence brought by Nowitzki's offensive strength.
"The Clippers played very tough in this game, and Lu Yi took the lead in defense, which injected an iron-blooded temperament into the team."
"The Mavs have a strong bench and Peja Stojakovic was refreshing tonight.
But scoring from the bench can't make up for the lack of starters,
The Clippers fight for the starting lineup and rely on the strategy of starting to win is worthy of recognition. "
"Lu Yi's offensive and defensive performance is extremely dominant in the guard.
Perhaps in this game, Lu Yi did not score as many points as we thought.
Not like the last round of the Lakers against the Mavericks, Kobe Bryant got more points.
But in terms of contribution to winning, it is obvious that Lu Yi brought more to the Clippers. "
"The Clippers swept the Thunder and Grizzlies successively. In fact, the Clippers are more like the experienced defending champion team that can solve all opponents in the playoffs."
93 to 86, the Clippers beat the Mavericks by 7 points in an away game and won their first victory in the Western Conference Finals.
全场比赛下来，诺维茨基16投9中，三分4投2中，罚球5投4中，高效砍下24分7篮板2助攻数据。
But unable to lead the Mavericks to win.
反观快船这一边，卢易18投11中，三分9投6中，罚球4投4中，砍下32分4篮板3助攻2抢断的全面数据。
In fact, Lu Yi scored 30+ high points, mainly from the first half.
After being double-teamed, Lu Yi didn't score too many points, only about 10 points.
Nowitzki scored 20+ efficiently in the case of double-teaming, which is very good.
But Nowitzki is the end point, except for offense, there is no way to bring more influence to the team.
Luigi is not only a good finisher, but also an excellent defender.
Lu Yi made 6 of 1 shots from Kidd's defense. Relying on 4 of 3 free throws, only 5 points were scored in the game, which shows Lu Yi's defensive contribution.
Although Kidd has always enjoyed the "good reputation" of not attacking, but in the playoffs, there is a ball-holding point that cannot be attacked, which is definitely not acceptable.
Under the chain reaction of Lu Yi locking up Kidd, Stephenson and Marion in this game shot 6 of 2 shots and 11 of 4 shots one after another.
The two scored 17 points together, which seems okay on the surface.
But counting Kidd's 5 points, the Mavericks started the outside three-pointer and only scored 22 points. This is undoubtedly a drag.
You must know that Nowitzki scored 24 points alone.
The five starting players of the Mavericks can add up to 50 points.
Even the substitutes Terry and Peja played well and filled the scoring gap of 24 points.
However, Barea was limited by his size and mostly played at the same time as Kidd, so he couldn't play the ball-holding effect he should have.
In the end, the Mavericks could not rely on a large number of points off the bench to reverse the game.
The Clippers played steadily, relying on controlling the rhythm of the game, and won the crucial G1 of the Western Conference Finals.
After all, it was the Clippers who figured out the strategy to deal with the Mavericks at the beginning.
As soon as Lu Yi came up, he exerted a huge influence of single defense against the ball holder.
The Mavericks seem like Kidd, the ball-handler, doesn't have too much offensive ability, but don't forget that when Kidd was in the Nets, he led the team to the finals twice.
Kidd's contribution to the Mavericks is indispensable for the Mavericks to reach the Western Conference Finals this season.
However, when he happened to meet Lu Yi, all his achievements were directly crushed and obliterated by his talent.
I have to say that this is the cruelty of the playoffs.
The night passed quickly, and the fans were still actively discussing the performance of the Clippers and the Mavericks in G1 in the Western Conference Finals last night, but the league suddenly released a thunderbolt.
It turns out that the best team of the year has been announced.
Unsurprisingly, Lu Yi is the best player of the year.
After all, as early as a week ago, when the regular season MVP was announced, Lu Yi had become the youngest regular season MVP in history.
Since Russell has won the MVP many times, but has not been selected to the best team.
The league gradually improved the voting rules, and handed over the right to select the regular season MVP and the best team to media reporters and basketball commentators.
Now the regular season MVP and the best team are selected by the same group of people, but there is a chronological order between the regular season MVP and the best team.
It is precisely because of this that there will never be an embarrassing situation where the MVP of the regular season is not the first team of the best team.
Of course, the current best defensive player and the best defensive team are selected by the media and the league head coach respectively.
Therefore, there will still be Gasol Jr.'s DPOY status in the future, but it is a special situation for the league's second defense.
Closer to home, the best teams this year are Lui, Kobe, James, Durant and Howard.
The second team is Rose, Wade, Nowitzki, Gasol, Stoudemire.
The three teams are Westbrook, Ginobili, Randolph, Horford, and Aldridge.
In addition to winning the best first team, Lu Yi was also selected to the best defensive team.
It's just like last year, only won a second team.
After the awards were announced, many fans complained for Lu Yi.
The main reason for the Grizzlies being swept was Lu Yi's defense.
The Mavericks were beaten by the Clippers in the Western Conference Finals G1, and the key was Lu Yi's inestimable defensive value.
Lu Yi's defensive level in the playoffs is not hopeless if he wants to compete with DPOY.
But in the final selection, there was only one second defense, which underestimated Lu Yi too much.
Indeed, after watching the last few games of the Mavericks, many head coaches in the league who have already voted have reflected on themselves.
Lu Yi's defensive strength really caught them off guard.
Among the defenders, Lu Yi's defense is definitely one of the best.
Even though Lu Yi didn't use defense to help his teammates and the team like most outside players who are good at assisting defense, his defense was even better.
To put it bluntly, what really tests a defender's defensive ability is the top defense, single defense, the most absolute and real defense of the first line of defense.
Because of their positions, inside players are more suitable as the help defenders in the team.
And outside players do a good job of defense, which is to fundamentally prevent the ball holder from launching an offense and making a successful shot.
In this regard, Lu Yi has done quite well.Even the best perimeter gate in the league!
It's a pity that, with Jordan, Kobe and other jewels in front, it's hard for the old men in the league to recognize Lu Yi as a superstar who combines offense and defense.
Lu Yi is too young, they need more time to observe and make an evaluation.
It's just that Lu Yi is too dazzling at the moment.
Even the old guys in the league have to give the fans and the media a little face, and use some insignificant votes to consider Lu Yi's value on the defensive end.
Finally, the current situation appeared.
Of course, relying on Lu Yi's status as a guard this year, it's not bad to have a second defense. After all, Kobe is only a second defense.
This year's first defense is Paul, Tony Allen, James, Ibaka, and Howard.
The second defense is Lu Yi, Kobe, Luol Deng, Garnett, and Tyson Chandler.
Lu Yi can belong to the second defense with Kobe, Garnett, and Tyson Chandler, so naturally he did not insult Lu Yi's own defensive ability.
It's just that the ones who got slapped in the face were the stereotyped old men in the alliance.
The selection of the best team came to an end, and Lu Yi took another step forward in accumulating honors in his career.
But these honors are the honors of the regular season, and what is more worthy of Lu Yi's attention is that they are honors that can be won in the playoffs.
The Western Conference champion is also a champion. For the Clippers, the banner of the Western Conference Championship is definitely eligible to be scraped over the Staples Center.
Although compared with the Lakers in the same city, this honor is a bit chilling.
But the gap between the poor and the wealthy cannot be caught up in a year or two.
Besides, don't use bean buns as dry food.
Leading the team to the finals in his rookie season is also a proud career resume.
Regardless of whether the Clippers can win the final honor-the championship this season.
The Clippers must first be in the Western Conference Finals, killing the only remaining competitor in the Western Conference-the Dallas Mavericks.
On May 5, the situation rose again.
The Clippers continued their away game against the Mavericks.
If this game can be won again, the Clippers, who will return to home next, will have an infinite advantage.
It is even expected to achieve the feat of sweeping the Western Conference.
When the time comes to reach the finals, I am afraid that the Clippers can create a historical record.
Of course, even if this game is lost, the Clippers will still have a good chance of winning the series when they return to the home court.
The Western Conference Finals started earlier than the Eastern Conference Finals. If the series can be ended early, the Clippers will have more time to study their opponents in the Eastern Conference.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and it goes back to the original question.
That is - win tonight's game and make everything traceable.
(End of this chapter)