HCB Chapter 210 Backward
Chapter 210 Backward
Chapter 210 Backward
The atmosphere in the locker room of the visiting team was very solemn. The Gasol brothers sat in front of their seats, buried their heads and refused to speak.The team has always had a leading advantage, but because the two of them lost the chain at the last minute, the great situation fell short.
The other players were also not in the mood. This game showed that they felt that they had performed at a very good level, but the ending was not good.
Meeting such a Lakers, such Yao Ming and Kobe, made these players with little experience in the playoffs feel very helpless.
This is the shortcoming of players who have not been baptized in the playoffs, and their emotions are easy to fluctuate.
Li Chongxiao didn't take it seriously, the strength of the two teams was actually about the same, and now it was the Lakers' home court, it was normal to lose or win, there was nothing to be frustrated about.
He made a speech in the locker room, which somewhat dispelled some of everyone's concerns and boosted morale, but the loss of the third game made the other players of the Grizzlies start to feel a little unconfident.
After all, not everyone has a big heart, and they can perform very well in the Western Conference Finals for the first time.
Li Chongxiao also knew that it was useless to talk about this kind of thing, so he could only rely on his teammates to get out of it.He thought it would be fine to find it on the court, so he took it lightly.
He soon paid the price for his attitude.
In the fourth game, the Grizzlies continued the style of the third game without any adjustments.It stands to reason that at least the first half should still be able to maintain a balanced situation with the Lakers.
But the crash came too fast.
It was okay at the beginning, the two sides took the lead alternately, and the Grizzlies players were still stable.But when Kobe and Yao Ming teamed up to play a wave of attacks and slightly opened the score, Li Chongxiao's teammates couldn't sit still.
Just 5 points behind, they all played with an eager mood, eager to score and equalize.The messy offensive choices led to the fragmented offensive rhythm, and the tacit understanding that was finally cultivated was lost.
Carlisle didn't call timeouts in the second half of the first quarter and at the beginning of the second quarter. Gasol was blocked in the paint twice and didn't know how to pass the ball. Conley started shooting three against Fisher. separated.
Li Chongxiao couldn't bear it anymore, he wanted to pass the ball and play singles, but the Gasol brothers who came to pick and roll him were able to bump into each other.
This game was unplayable, Li Chongxiao could only make crazy shots, trying to pull back the 15-point difference by himself.
But Phil Jackson is also an old and cunning guy. Seeing the Grizzlies messing up, he chased after him. On the offensive end, he seized the pain points of the Grizzlies inside and let Yao Ming continue to attack inside, even if he didn't score. To draw a foul.
Li Chongxiao was strangled in the defense, and even the point guard was not needed, and three players were sent to chase and intercept.
Faced with Kobe, Ariza and Shannon Brown's stalking, Li Chongxiao's offensive efficiency was compromised, and it was very difficult to score every goal.
By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had led by 26 points. What made the Grizzlies even more desperate was that Gasol's impulsive defense led to his fifth personal foul.
The game couldn't go on anymore. With 41 points, Li Chongxiao sat on the sidelines and watched the fourth quarter, watching the team lose by 31 points.
Today's locker room is more silent than yesterday's, with teammates' heads lowered.
Li Chongxiao didn't want to say anything to comfort him. He had put his life on the court, but his teammates kept holding him back. He was not a fool, so he couldn't get angry.
Not talking is already his biggest concession.
Carlisle also just explained briefly, without saying anything more.The next game is at home, and the Grizzlies still have a chance to breathe.
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The fifth game was played at the home court of the Grizzlies. I thought the team's situation would be better, but the attitude of the Grizzlies players towards the ball today was completely opposite to that of the previous game.
At the beginning of the fourth game, everyone rushed to ask for a shot, eager to score.But now the ball has become a hot potato, and no one wants to get it.
Conley didn't dare to control the ball anymore, and he passed it to Li Chongxiao as soon as he saw it, regardless of whether he would be intercepted.
Gasol was completely beaten without confidence, and Turiaf couldn't move, he made a hasty push and hurriedly shot.When facing Yao Ming's defense, he either didn't dare to take a shot and passed the ball in a hurry, or retreated to the three-point line before shooting a limp basket.
When defending, he didn't dare to make a move. Sometimes he stretched out his hand as if stung by a wasp, and then retracted it.
Carlisle was speechless watching off the court. At most, he predicted that the players would not be as tough as the Pistons or Pacers he had led before, but he did not expect to be so soft.
At first, he was surprised that such a powerful player like Gasol could not make the All-Star in the West, but now judging from the performance of these games, it is not surprising at all.
No wonder Barkley would catch Gasol and call him a "soft guy", which seems to make a little sense now.
Playing at home, the Grizzlies trailed their opponents by 10 points in the first half of the game.Seeing the performance of his teammates, Li Chongxiao was really annoyed.
"I still rely on my teammates, I'll do it myself!" He didn't have any other thoughts at all, he just picked up the ball and did it.
Li Chongxiao received the pot thrown by Conley. Facing Ariza's defense, he dribbled the ball and took a step inside. Before Kobe came to double-team, he threw the ball with a dry pull.
In the next round, he received the ball from the backcourt without waiting for his teammates. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt by himself and made a layup against the defense of two people.
These two goals opened the prelude to Li Chongxiao's personal attack. For the rest of the quarter, he didn't pass a single pass. As long as the ball was in his hands, he wouldn't even try to make a move, even if he was double-teamed by three people. He will also choose to attack himself.
Li Chongxiao played the full 12 minutes in the first quarter. He made 10 of 6 shots and scored 16 points. The Grizzlies were still 7 points behind.
For the offense of the Lakers, the Grizzlies have never had any good solutions. Whether it is Kobe or Yao Ming, this round of the series has been very stable.
Defense is hopeless. Li Chongxiao and Battier defending Kobe can only reduce his offensive efficiency, but cannot completely contain it.
As for Yao Ming on the offensive end, he is simply a killer in human form. The combination of Gasol and Gasol Jr. can't stand it together, and their scores alone far exceed the sum of the two.
As for the offense, the Grizzlies are even more speechless.Except for Li Chongxiao in this round of playoffs, only one other player scored in double figures. Gasol averaged 15.5 points per game.
And Conley and Gasol, one with 9.3 and one with 8.7 points, led the Grizzlies to score more than 120 points in the regular season. In this round of playoffs, they averaged only 99.4 points. After Li Chongxiao averaged more than 40 points, there was not much left. up.
(End of this chapter)