Today's NBA 2018-19 season playoffs east and west semifinals have ushered in the final seven-game battle, the West is the Blazers away to the Home Game of denver Nuggets, the East is the Toronto Raptors home against the Philadelphia 76 team that came from afar and was personally led by the Emperor Embiid, the result of the game: the West won by the Blazers, and they will also challenge the defending champion Golden State Warriors next; the East is led by the new King of the North Leonard, the Raptors in the final moment, a goal set, Kill the Philadelphia 76ers in regular time! Not to mention the competition between the two eastern conferences, just the western blazers against the Denver Nuggets.
In this game, Lee coach may have been affected by the devil's away altitude sickness, the whole game played sluggishly, 17 shots only 3, in the 45 minutes of playing time, only got 13 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists of the report card, although the data is close to a triple-double, but as the Blazers' top scorer and team boss, Lee coaching This scoring contribution is slightly embarrassing, if you just look at the scoring efficiency of Lee Coach, let it guess the results of the game, most people will definitely think that the Blazers will stop this round of games, However, in the scorching moment of the game, the man who was also one of the Blazers' two-gun guns in the backcourt - C.J. McClem stepped forward!
In this game, the Blazers fell behind in the big score, and then came up and staged a perfect performance on the next gram! And McClum is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the victory of this game in Tear City, the whole game c.j. McClem played a total of 45 minutes, 17 of 29 shots, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, got 37 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block data, and in this game that determines the life and death of the team, c.j. McClem did not have a single mistake performance!
In the final quarter of the game, the score of the two sides was scorching, C.J. McClem was not afraid of pressure, repeatedly hit key balls, so that the Blazers have always held a slight lead, which also undoubtedly reflects c.J. McClem's strong desire to win! One of them, especially the backcourt chase, is even more amazing to everyone, and can't help but remind people of LeBron. James. Without C.J. McClem's flawless performance in the final moments, there is no doubt that another team will qualify tonight. It is worth mentioning that this is also the Blazers' second time in 19 years to reach the Western Conference Finals!
Lillard, the coach of Leigh after the game, also said in an interview: "Mikelum is a very good player, when people talk about our team, it is more about my performance and achievements, and Mikelum has not received enough praise, in fact, his performance has been excellent. ”
Yes, Lillard is right, McClum hasn't received enough praise or attention, not only McClem himself, as one of the best backcourt combinations today, he and Lillard are often forgotten, and even the Blazers team is always easy to be underestimated. Since entering the playoffs, the Blazers have not been optimistic, first of all, Nurkic's injury causes, so that in the first round of the game against the Thunder, how many people think that the Thunder are stable, but the Blazers won the Thunder team led by Westbrook and George with an absolute advantage of 4-1! This is indispensable to McClum's steady score, since entering the playoffs, MikeLem's score increased from 21 points in the regular season to 25.6 points, rebounds also increased from 4 to 5.8, as we all know, the intensity of the playoffs is not comparable to the regular season, can not go down, it is already good, and McClem is still the object of the other side's attention, and here to explain, Mikelum's shooting rate in the playoffs has not declined, his scoring improvement is not based on the wave shot, on the contrary, its three-point shooting rate has improved!
McClem has played for the Trail Blazers since joining the league in 2013 and has not received any awards other than the player who improved the most in 2015-16. Not even an All-Star has ever been selected, and McClum is undoubtedly worthy of an All-Star, and there are too many strong and popular defenders in the West, which makes McClem a jewel of the All-Star Game. Doug, the current Head Coach of the Clippers. Rivers once said: "C.J. McClem can score, the point guard is not his original position, but he can play that position." He'll be a good player in the league for a long time. ”
McClem himself knows that his starting point is not high, the Blazers once had a trade rumor about him, but he replied: "This is the selection of me, give me the opportunity to enter the NBA team, my foot has been broken twice, my career start is not good, but the team has always trusted me, I am grateful to them for giving me the opportunity, I am willing to end up Blazers." 」 I'll see where I can improve, and I'll be as loyal as possible, but I also understand that business is business. This is the truest portrayal of McClem, he knows how to be grateful, but also has been working silently, in the NBA strong as Lin, he did his best to play everything he could, I believe that one day, people will choose him to be an All-Star, just like his teammate Lillard, and all his efforts, now is the time to return! I wish the Blazers more and more courageous in the next battle against the Golden State Warriors, and provide a wonderful game for the fans who support them!