The Clippers had no way out of this battle, and Lu's guidance was completely out.
Zubac was "named" by Doncic in the opening three consecutive legs, Lu directly showed Batum as the No. 5 small ball team, Zubac's playing time in this campaign was reduced to 11 minutes, the past two games were 19 minutes and 22 minutes, the Clippers in this game a large number of small balls and lone rangers grind round system single challenge.
The Clippers trailed the Lone Rangers by 19 points in the first quarter, and Lue could only increase the playing time of Kawaii and George, after all, this battle is the "last chance" for the Clippers to really fight for this series. During Doncic's break, Kacho led a mixed lineup to chase the Lone Rangers in a second-team chase, constantly narrowing the point gap, which also became a key turning point in the game. Kawaii played 42 minutes and 19 seconds, George 41 minutes and 11 seconds, and with the Opening Game obscured by the Lone Ranger, the Clippers could only increase core playing time to maintain on-court intensity.
Beverly only played 5 minutes and 38 seconds on the floor, he was strategically released by the Lone Ranger on the field, and threw an empty three-pointer, And Lue had to abandon it, reusing Mann and Rondo to fill Beverley's rotation time. In this campaign, Rondo played 26 minutes to contribute 6 points, 8 assists and 4 boards, 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus or minus of +22 of the game, Lu guided the choice to hand the ball to Rondo, the final quarter of the control of the field was orderly, the Clippers successfully resisted the Lone Ranger counterattack.
The Clippers have been configuring a space-based shooter lineup for Cacho's singles throughout the game to maximize the comfortable singles space for Cacho. Kawaii 13-of-17, George 18-of-11, Kacho scored 65 points; the Clippers scored 13 three-pointers, single-handed and shooter groups, Kacho led the team to withstand the extremely passive pressure of the start, and the Clippers team worked together to play a relatively comfortable game.
The Clippers opened with a 1-5 cover for an infinite change of defense, and Zubac pounced on the three-point line to change the defense against Doncic. Lu guidance is also no way, the lone ranger double tower Kleber 2m 08, platinum 2m 21, the Clippers in order to protect the basket and rebounds do not dare to directly light five small, otherwise the overall height is extremely inferior; Doncic this season's mid-range shooting accounted for 21%, mid-range shooting rate of 44.5%, playoff three-point shooting rate of 41.7%, once Zubac contracted every block, Doncic borrowed a single block cover after the long-range shooting is equal to empty practice; the Clippers do not dare to hit Doncic in the block, Hardaway Jr.'s Dallas Shooters' Group Series has a three-point shooting rate of up to 50%, and the Lone Ranger's starting five have three-point ranges - the Clippers' defensive Doncic's high blocking will give Doncic and the shooters a relaxed opportunity to score, and the infinite change of defense to test Doncic's singles success rate is the Clippers' only best choice in this series.
What the Clippers defend, the Lone Ranger takes. Doncic and Zubac's counterpart Kleber/Platinum blocker launched, using the Clippers to change defenses, "named" Zubac one-on-one outside the three-point line: breaking through the emergency stop and back-up shot, consecutive Harden's signature withdrawal of three points, textbook small hits, three-legged singles Zubac scored 8 points. Coach Lu was forced to replace Zubac with Batum, the Clippers swung a small ball to fight backwater, Doncic drew a gourd, using the block to replace the defense to "name" Batum and Reggie Jackson single-handedly, once the Clippers clamped, platinum and Little Hardaway led the group of shooters arched to defend Doncic, punishing the Clippers for Doncic's pinch strategy, the Lone Ranger's "one star and four shots" mode once established a 19-point lead.
The Mavericks also adopted a 1-5 unlimited change strategy on the defensive end, encouraging Kawaii and George to make one-on-one strong shots outside the three-second zone, and once inside the three-second zone, the contraction tested the clippers' group of open long-range shooting efficiency. Carlisle's defensive strategy is clear at a glance: acquiescing to Carcho's singles and long-range bets outside the three-second zone, and entering the three-second zone, pinching, and gathering the strength of the whole team to force Cacho to stay away from the basket to end the attack.
The Clippers had no choice in times of crisis, George, Reggie, and Batum took turns holding the ball to "carry the explosive pack" to kill and stop the bleeding; extending the presence of Kawaii and George, the main lineup did not rest, chasing the Lone Ranger rotation lineup, Kawaii and George used the Lone Ranger's unlimited change of defense to find Kleber/Cowley-Stein single-handedly, and Kacho scored 9 points each in the first quarter to stop the decline.
Kawaii felt hot, Carlisle began to receive the ball directly in the second quarter, strategically emptying Beverly outside the three-point line, the Clippers could only use George as the host ballman to single out Smith/Richardson sudden score creation, 13 points and 2 assists in the single quarter to lead the Clippers' counterattack wave.
The Lone Ranger was unmoved, and when Doncic was on the floor, there was no difference in misplaced heads-ups, Zubac, Mann, Kawaii, and George all ate; when Doncic rested, Platinum misplaced back-to-back singles were used as shafts to attract pinch shots, and the outside Brunson empty three-pointer punishment Clippers' pinch strategy.
The Lone Ranger could not limit Kacho's efficient singles, And Kacho slashed 40 points in halftime; the Clippers could not limit Doncic's singles to lead the shooters, and Doncic was in a long tug-of-war with 26 points and 4 assists in the half.
Under Lu's guidance, the half was broken, Batum replaced Zubac to start, the Clippers directly lit the "death five small", and the defensive end was delayed by Doncic's blocking and dismantling, forcing Doncic to stop the ball outside the three-point line, testing the efficiency of the lone ranger's others. The Clippers' defensive changes led to Doncic's inability to comfortably use the switch defense in the second half to directly single out, Doncic only scored 12 points from the third quarter to the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter, and only soared into two withdrawal three-pointers after trailing by 13 points in the last 2 minutes, the Clippers almost limited Doncic in the second half with a blocking delay, and the five small lineups gave the Clippers a huge maneuverability advantage in rotational defense.
The Lone Ranger has been swinging Kleber + Platinum Twin Tower lineup on the floor, Cacho took turns to use the blocking point list to pick, once in the three-second zone to attract the pinch, the double-core singles burst points, the perimeter of a battle to go, Reggie Jackson and Little Morris vacant three-point ambush benefit, single-handed lead shooters to harvest the game, Rondo control has been pressing the rhythm to consume the Lone Ranger.
The most critical problem for the Lone Rangers is that after Doncic went off, Platinum's thin, thin, thin, and low-post confrontation ability was obviously insufficient, and he could only play singles on his back in the high position, and even could not face Reggie's change of defense to give and take, and could not punish the Clippers' five small lineups at the low position. Platinum this campaign 10 of 3, 7 shots concentrated outside the three-second zone, the whole reasonable collision zone only 1 shot, floating in the perimeter of the high turret play has not been tough enough, the lone ranger named European doubles, in fact, too dependent on Doncic singles to create a shooting group, a 22 years and 3 months of young man silently carried everything about the team.
Both sides have an unsolvable magic weapon in this series, the Clippers are Kacho's double-forward single-handed shooter group, Kacho has been famous for a long time, especially Kawaii is an FMVP-level super single-picker, but both of them are not as good as Doncic's field of vision, the Clippers need Rondo to do one more midship in addition to Kacho to drive the shooter group; the Lone Ranger is Doncic's solo shooter group, the 2m 01 organizational forward is misplaced as a point guard, strong and even offensive and defensive opponents Morris Jr., Kawaii, George do not suffer losses, set, pass, A super-cutting commander in one.
Both teams have top heads-ups and high-quality shooter groups, and this round of the series really competes in the efficiency of the ace heads-up and the final efficiency of the shooter group after pinching out the empty position. After all, the Clippers have the first three-point shooting rate in the regular season league, and the Lone Ranger loses this one after the three-point shooting rate is still as high as a terrifying 50.5% playoff league first, and the two teams want to win depending on the faces of the opposing shooters, which is really a series of "who is right to win"!
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