Chris Paul also started to miss out of the three-point line, and his only proud three-point goal today also faded the magic aura.
The Clippers'' offense was a mess, and the fourth quarter didn''t get them back on track. In other words, their second half performance is the real normal performance. The attack in the first half was too magical to replicate at all.
Link blocked Paul''s three-point goal and ran forward immediately. Defensive counterattack, has become the Grizzlies'' main scoring method.
Paul didn''t have time to be upset. He caught up with him at the first time, hoping to prevent link from expanding the difference.
Link received a long pass from Gasol. Paul didn''t jump to steal. He didn''t plan to take a risk. Paul is so close to link to the basket, but the height of 1.85 Paul on the impact of link is powerless.
But Paul had a way to deal with it.
Just as link was ready to take off and lay up, Paul threw himself on link''s shoulder, which was the only way he could stop him.
He would rather let link free throw than let link score easily.
But what Paul didn''t think of was that link Leng was under his pull and steadily threw the basketball to the backboard!
Link and Paul both ran out of the baseline and the referee whistled. Meanwhile, the basketball rebounded and fell into the net.
Paul watched the basketball go into the net and was disappointed to put it on the cushion on the backboard!
He couldn''t even hold link with what he pulled!
When a player can''t stop his opponent with a foul, the defender will feel frustrated.
No one in "2 + 1" will be stopped. Although Paul fouls ahead of time, he still can''t change the fact of losing points
In the roar of Herbie brown, link fiercely raised his arms and showed off his biceps. Paul looked at the powerful link, only choose to swallow.
He was completely destroyed throughout the second half.
At this point, the game is only two minutes away, and the Clippers are nine points behind. No, the Clippers are 11 points behind just after link''s goal. If link hits again with a penalty, it''s 12 points.
Two minutes to chase 12 points, for the clippers and Paul, this is almost insurmountable gap.
Paul was sweating and watched link step onto the free throw line. He was so scared that link would suddenly take a free throw with his eyes closed.
Fortunately, link didn''t use that to humiliate Paul. He just took two deep breaths, calmed down and scored the ball.
12 minutes, two minutes, Doug rivers called the game off.
The fans finally had time to free up their attention and take a look at the data of both players on the big screen.
Paul had 31 points, 11 assists and 30 points and double doubles. At first glance, this is a very good performance.
However, of Paul''s 31 points, 26 were scored in the first half. In the second half, Paul was scored only five points by link.
And Paul''s 11 assists include as many as six mistakes! Four of them came from the second half, from link''s defense!
As an efficient point guard with average errors of about 2.5 per game, Paul''s control of the number of errors today is undoubtedly a very failure.
Most of those mistakes were converted to scores by link...
What about link? He came from behind and has scored 35 points, 7 assists and 12 rebounds. Among them, the data of 3 blocks and 4 steals are more eye-catching!
A day ago, when the NBA officially announced that this year''s best defensive player award went to link, everyone was questioning.
Link? His defense is really excellent, but his dominance in the defensive end, can really compare with Noah, Jordan Jr. and Hebrew and other inside players?
And today, link gave everyone the answer.
The dominance of a player on the defensive side is not determined by his height.
"Well done, link. We''re coming back from the dead today." Joel slapped link on the shoulder and, to be honest, he thought it was over when he saw Paul playing so well in the first half.
But link''s defense against Paul in the second half completely overturned everyone''s judgment of the game.
"I hope we don''t have to play so hard in the next game." Link wiped the sweat from his forehead and saw that he didn''t play as easily as he did in the first round.
Although Paul''s second half statistics were hard to see, only link knew how hard he had put in.
In the defense of Paul, link never missed any details, never let go of any possible confrontation opportunities.
In the case of putting 100% energy to defend, but also to ensure the success rate of each counterattack.
Although the score is not anxious now, link does not think the game is easy at all.
"Don''t worry, we won''t be any more difficult than today. Paul can''t play today''s offense, but you can always play the defense you have today, can''t you? "Joel smiles confidently. With link, he''s not afraid of the Clippers!
After two minutes, the Grizzlies still did not withdraw all the main force. This is the Western Conference semi-final, even if it is the last two minutes, we have to be careful.
See grizzly bear is still so serious, but it is the Clippers who first give up resistance.
In the end, the game scored 126-118. The Clippers'' defense was completely destroyed by the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies found their defensive advantage in the second half, and timely curbed the rapid growth of the Clippers'' scoring.
1 to 0, the defending champion saved the home advantage. The Los Angeles Clippers were so close to victory that they forgot that Grizzlies would not give up until the last minute.
After the game, Chris Paul didn''t intend to give link or any of the Grizzlies any high fives or hugs. With his head down, he made his way to the players'' tunnel, like a rat in the street.
The loss of the game for Paul is undoubtedly a huge blow, by a deadly enemy defense so embarrassed, put everyone will be depressed.
"Chris, can you spare a few minutes?" However, the journalists certainly won''t let Paul go.
In the first half of the game, Paul''s performance was so excellent, but in the second half, the power was suddenly cut off. His topic today is undoubtedly the highest in the audience.
Paul stopped and looked up slowly. He also wanted to walk directly past the reporter, but it seemed that he couldn''t afford to lose.
"Can you tell us what happened in the second half?" The reporter saw that Paul stopped and immediately asked.
"Our attack is not so efficient, we didn''t take the opportunity." Paul shook his head, thinking of the second half of the game, he was still very depressed.
"What makes your offense inefficient? At the end of the first half, you said the Grizzlies'' defense didn''t cause you any trouble
"I... Misjudged their defensive ability."
"But link is the best defensive player. Even so, you underestimate his defensive ability?"
"I..."
"is this the toughest half you''ve ever played? In front of link, you seem to have nothing to do, nothing to fight back. How do you evaluate his defense? Do you think little Jordan''s defense is better than link''s? "
Paul was sullen by a wave of questions from reporters. I knew. I just left.
It''s better to be thought that you can''t afford to lose than to be humiliated directly in front of the camera.
The league''s first point guard has never been so embarrassed in front of the camera.
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