Five Hundred and Forty-Nine: A Gun Is Really Strict

Since Link started guarding Jamal Crawford, Crawford has been on fire.

Associated with it is the weakening of the entire Clippers offensive firepower.

In the first quarter, Crawford caused a lot of trouble for the Grizzlies' defense with his drive. Link's oppression of Crawford completely solved this trouble.

One of Crawford's skills for survival in the league is getting out of space and making shots without making contact with opponents.

However, facing Link, Crawford had to confront him again and again.

Link didn't shake at all, and even if he did, he would quickly return to his place. As a result, Crawford's greatest strengths cannot be brought into play.

After Crawford's misfire, Griffin worked hard to score, but he was always invincible with four hands. Without Crawford to attract firepower to him, Griffin would always be blocked by the black and white bears every time he made a breakthrough to the basket.

Chris Paul also knew that he had to stand up. However, Paul didn't feel very good from the beginning of today's play, and this bad feeling continued into the second quarter of the game.

Don't say it's a shot in the interference, Paul even missed several open shots in the second quarter

Crawford also lost his vigour at the beginning after a failed attack. From Harden last season to Crawford this season, Link seems to be a sixth man killer.

Any sixth man would be out of luck against Link.

After the second quarter, the Clippers trailed the Grizzlies by 9 points! If it wasn't for Bledsoe, who came off the bench for Paul's bravery against Vasquez, the Clippers might have fallen behind by double digits.

It's not that Vasquez didn't work hard, but like Iguodala, he faced an opponent who just restrained himself.

But Bledsoe, who averaged 8.5 points per game in the regular season, was not enough to bring down the Grizzlies.

In the second half, foul trouble turned to the Clippers. When Gasol pulled Jordan to the middle distance, only Blake Griffin guarded the Clippers penalty area.

Although Griffin can run and jump, it is not a defensive barrier. Well, defense isn't directly proportional to athletic ability. Stoudemire's athleticism has also exploded, and his blocks are also very good. However, no one would recognize Stoudemire as a defensively good big man.

Griffin is the same.

Link sat and played with Griffin in the low post, and he suffered a lot. But rushing up, it's Griffin who suffers.

Link repeatedly hit the basket guarded by Griffin, which caused Griffin to quickly accumulate fouls.

You know, Link is not the only one who hit Griffin's basket.

In this way, Griffin also began to be troubled by fouls. Finally, in the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, with an "excellent score" of 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, he graduated with six fouls!

After Griffin went off the court, the Clippers could only replace Orlando. Although still playing in Los Angeles, Odom has long lost the energy of his Lakers days. Now let alone play, he has completely lost his life.

With Paul feeling cold, Griffin having to go, and Crawford being locked up by Link again, the Clippers lost all hope.

They may be able to miraculously come back from a 2-0 deficit to the Nuggets, but even so, they may not be able to leave alive under the Grizzlies!

The Grizzlies beat the Nuggets last year. Comparing the current Grizzlies with the Nuggets is not comparable.

, In the end, the Grizzlies won the Clippers by 14 points at home.

Link had 27 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, while Gasol had 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. The Grizzlies' starting five tigers all scored in double figures, and the Clippers suffered a fiasco!

As a comparison, although Paul scored 16 points today, he was only 4 of 12 shots. Crawford is the Clippers shot the most today, he shot a total of 15 times. But the number of hits is only one more than Paul.

Small Jordan must be very aggrieved today. He scored a goal in a sports battle in the whole game, which was the alley-oop at the beginning.

In 32 minutes of playing, he scored 3 points, 8 rebounds and 4 turnovers. Gasol was completely blown away from data to performance.

After the game, Charles Barkley said bluntly, "Marc Gasol may really be a parallel importer, but it is definitely not DeAndre Jordan's turn to judge, he is not qualified. Of course, in my heart, I very much agree with Gasol. Sol got the award."

After a brief first-quarter resistance, the Clippers recognized the terrifying strength of a 70-win team.

Paul stood in place after losing the game, and did not flee. He looked at the score on the big screen at the scene, as if those numbers were bloody red.

, he feels that the Clippers seem to have improved. However, there seems to be no difference between the Clippers and the regular season.

Don't lose so badly.

When the Clippers won 0-2 against the Nuggets, they all thought they could go further.

However, when it comes to the real top teams in the league, the Clippers know what a gap is.

In the distance, Link is being interviewed by reporters. Paul stared at the Grizzly 0, reluctant to look away.

From the very provocative long-range three-pointer before the start of the game, to locking Crawford in the second quarter, and then to Griffin's foul trouble in the second half...

At every turning point in the game, Link was there.

Paul has to admit that Link has done what a star should do. Link's performance can't be faulted.

What about yourself? Paul shook his head and walked off the court.

He doesn't want to stay in this sea of ​​joy, unless the next game can turn it into a sea of ​​joy for the Clippers!

A certain fire in Paul's heart is burning!

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The Clippers' Western Conference semifinals were closed as soon as they came up, which undoubtedly made the players' will somewhat depressed.

The Clippers are not without opportunities today, and in some cases, they even have the upper hand.

But the more it does, the more it can reflect the strength of the Grizzlies. To crush the Grizzlies, it's not enough to have the upper hand occasionally.

Chris Paul and head coach Denagro were the last two people to walk into the locker room, they just went to the press conference.

Paul's face was gloomy, seeing Big Brother like this, the rest of the Clippers didn't dare to speak loudly.

Everyone knows Paul's temper, and Paul is an extremely competitive man. Paul must be unhappy after losing so badly today.

Don't want to get hurt by an explosive barrel? Then don't set it on fire.

But no one could have imagined that the dynamite keg exploded by itself today.

"Fuck, who has surrendered now!?"

Paul suddenly shouted, and then smashed the towel in his hand to the floor.

Suddenly, the locker room was not only quiet, but everyone was frozen like a stone statue!

"I'm not going to surrender, I played really bad today and I can apologize to everyone. But I hope you guys can cheer up as well, we've got the next game, we've got the next game. Before the Grizzlies won 4 games, we always had a chance! But look at you guys, you look like a loser! Now it's like we're behind in the first quarter, what a depression!"

Paul continued to yell, but no one dared to refute, including the head coach Denagro.

Paul has always been a serious person, he takes the game very seriously, even a little bit slick.

Paul hates losing more than he likes winning. He demands the same determination and determination from his teammates, sometimes as harsh as an officer.

"We didn't give up, Chris. Our goal is still to win a victory at FedEx Arena." At this time, only Matt Barnes dared to speak. After all, not everyone dares to face the anger of others.

After listening to this sentence, Paul nodded silently, and his emotions eased.

But everyone in the Clippers knows that once the game starts, Paul will get cranky again!

Chris Paul in the next game could be extremely dangerous.

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