2 minutes and 47 seconds before the end of the Clippers and Grizzlies, Wei Shao held the ball with his back, twisted his waist and cut into the basket, facing Bane's defense not only scored but also made a foul, completed a 2+1, Wei Shao roared, and the depression of five consecutive losses was vented at this moment.
The wait was finally over, and Wilson scored his first victory for the team in Game 6 of his Clippers career, and in a rather dramatic way.
Before the game entered the fourth quarter, the Clippers were almost drowned out by taunts because they played terribly badly, especially defensively.
For example, with 3 minutes and 48 seconds left in the second quarter, Leonard made a dribble error, the Grizzlies served quickly, and Kennard took the ball unguarded and easily scored a three-pointer.
Kennard, who shot 43 percent from three-point range in his NBA career and 45 percent this season, is tantamount to suicide when the Clippers give him such an open spot in retirement.
This kind of "suicide" type defense, the Clippers have appeared many times in this game, and look at this ball, are the Clippers players in outer space?
Before the start of this game, the call for the first victory of the Clippers' career was high, the Grizzlies lacked Morant, Brooks, Clark and Adams, and there was a lack of human resources inside and outside, and the Clippers had the advantage of home court.
When the Clippers established an 11-point lead, victory seemed like a hand-held, but the dawn of a win almost came and went. The Grizzlies went straight to 51-30 in the third quarter, pushing the Clippers into a corner.
After all, the coach of the 1-3 reversal of the finals, he directly counterattacked in the fourth quarter with a small lineup, "Ka Pepper" plus Wei Shao worked together, the Grizzlies' 16-point lead was gone, and the Clippers stood on the edge of the cliff of a six-game losing streak and kicked the Grizzlies down.
Winning is of course a good thing, and if you continue to lose, the Clippers may collapse internally, but the Clippers' problems have not been substantially resolved. George had 42 points and 11 rebounds and Leonard 34 points and 10 rebounds, scoring 25 points in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers take an extreme approach, purely fighting the opponent to attack, "you die or I die", there is no defense to win.
It's not that the Clippers are not good at defense, but their overall defense is not on the line, they are 26th in the league in defensive efficiency in their previous five games, and they were once poor defensively before the fourth quarter.
The Clippers' defensive attention is like "cloud nine", otherwise how to explain the two people chasing defense, and let Bane throw all the three points with a sharp brake, what are Morris and Mann thinking at this moment?
Why should the Clippers be less powerful, because they don't have a point guard, the Clippers are 25th in the league in assists per game this season, they are a team that relies on shooters to pull space, use star strong points to bombard, this style of play if the hand is smooth, can be invincible, but if the hand is not good, you have to rely on defense to drag the opponent, but the Clippers' defense is still in a state of derailment.
In fact, the Clippers' defense has not always been very poor, their defensive efficiency before the trade deadline is still in the top ten in the league, after a series of player operations, the Clippers' rotation lineup has changed, they need to re-establish defensive echoes and tacit understanding, which takes time and also costs some, and the previous losing streak is the price during the chemical development period.
Either way, winning would allow Wilson and the Clippers to temporarily step out of the "boardroom" and take a breather, but the alarm wasn't lifted, and they weren't a championship team until they rebuilt a solid defense.
After all, you can't expect the "Kachi" to cut 70+20 on the field, nor can you expect the other party to be a remnant formation.