In the last three minutes of the first quarter, the offense on both sides finally opened up.

The Clippers switched to the second team, and Griffin played with Livingston and Odom.

Compared with the previous game, the Blazers were much more conservative. Stotts didn't dare to play the main force easily, and Lillard, Batum and others were still on the court.

Only insider Robin Lopez took a break and replaced Mo Williams, playing a major and a minor, hoping to narrow the point difference at the end of the first quarter.

Rivers is obviously more confident, and the rotation is still relatively loose. Li Liang and Paul both get off work on time.

On the Clippers side, Griffin hadn't scored in the first few minutes, and didn't even have a chance to make a phone call.

After going down for a few minutes and reappearing, Griffin came up and completed the pick-and-roll with Livingston, hitting a high mid-range jumper.

On the Trail Blazers side, Batum dribbled outside and was intercepted by Odom.

Odom passed the ball to Livingston, and Livingston made a layup and caused a foul on the defensive player, and an additional penalty!

But the Blazers quickly recovered, and Stotts replaced Matthews with Will Barton.

After Barton came on the field, he immediately cut to the basket and received a pass from the high post Adelaide for a layup.

Then, Crawford himself broke through with the ball and missed a layup. The Blazers counterattacked. Will Bard twisted his body and dribbled the ball to the basket. He made a layup with his left hand and scored two more points.

Stotts' substitution was indeed a coincidence. Matthews lacked the ability to hit the basket, and his defense was not strong against the Clippers' lineup.

Although Barton is thin and weak, he dares to fight and is very impactful.

Relying on Button, the Blazers stabilized the situation and chased two goals in a row.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides battled to 25:27.

Lillard made a layup at the buzzer at the last moment to help the Blazers trail only two points.

After the start of the second quarter, both Lillard and Aldridge took a break.

The main control on the Blazers field became Mo Williams.

Like the last game, Mo Williams first relied on a screen to tie the score between the two sides with a mid-range.

But before the Trail Blazers players had time to savor the feeling of the tie, the Clippers had already launched a counterattack, Griffin took the lead, Odom dribbled the Blazers' defense and gave the ball to Griffin.

Griffin caught the ball and went straight to the basket. Surrounded by Batum and Button, he forced a layup and hit two points.

Griffin is like a train, and it can't be pulled behind it.

The game between the two sides is generally very civilized, and there are not many outside moves.

Although the competition is fierce and the action confrontation is also relatively expensive, they are relatively clean.

Even Paul was not visibly dirty, so the overall game was smooth, and the referee's whistle didn't sound much.

In this case, the Clippers and the Blazers played against each other again.

Although Stotts is reluctant to see such a situation, there is no way, the Blazers have such a style, and he cannot use defense and confrontation to break this style.

In fact, in the entire league, only the Heat can hope to break the style of the Clippers; and only the Spurs can keep up with the style of the Clippers.

Now the Clippers have another accelerator for this style, and that is Odom.

Odom scored 10 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in the last game. It can be said that he performed very well.

Rivers is deliberately increasing his playing time, because with him, the Clippers' offensive speed can continue to shift.

Of course, the problem is that his defense is really bad.

The Blazers also counterattacked, and Matthews went straight to the basket and made a layup.

If Jordan and Li Liang were around, it would be impossible for Matthews to score like this.

However, Odom then misplaced Lopez in a 45-degree tentative step. After dribbling and killing the basket, he hit a small hook with his right hand.

Then, Odom got another backcourt rebound, faced Lopez again in the counterattack, and hit a small throw with his left hand!

Odom has really played in this series.

Several times of offense and defense, whether it was a quick push to counterattack or attack by himself, they all had the same feeling as when they were in the Lakers.

Odom's own talent and quality are very good, but he really doesn't care about his body very much.

Since coming to the Clippers, he has received the baptism and education of the socialist concept of honor and disgrace beside Li Liang, and learned about the eight honors and eight disgraces and scientific development.

For the Blazers, Matthews missed a fadeaway jumper near the free throw line.

Matthews and Harden faced off in a series, and they really regarded themselves as Kobe.

In these two games, he used his one-legged stand-up jumper many times, but there were only a handful of goals.

Think Crawford is so easy to attack against the Clippers?

No matter how bad Crawford's defense is, if you shoot in front of him, he will still reach out to interfere with you.

Then Odom passed Griffin in seconds again in the counterattack. Griffin hit the basket and made a layup with his right hand, which also caused a foul by Mo Williams.

The Blazers still wanted to pass the ball in to Lopez to score, but Lopez had no height, explosive power and finishing ability were really bad, and was blocked by the basket again - Lopez was often blocked by the basket in these two games. Basket cover.

It was the Clippers' counterattack again. Odom dribbled the ball straight to the frontcourt, fully showing his left-handed magician's dribbling skills, dribbled the ball behind the defender, and finally succeeded in a layup with his left hand!

The Staples Center gave Odom the warmest cheers, making Odom feel as if he had returned to 5 years ago, also in Staples, when he was still wearing a purple and gold jersey.

The Blazers paused, and Stotts didn't expect the Clippers to have Odom as a card.

It's good to have more cards in hand, and Stotts feels overwhelmed by playing any card.

The point difference between the two sides is running to another 10 points, but the Blazers still hope that after the main players debut, the Blazers can slowly bite the score, and then look for opportunities to restore the situation.

After all, the status of the Clippers' starters tonight is really not good, and Paul has scored 2 points so far.

Li Liang, who is in the best condition, Stotts thought, could this guy still score 40 points?

Facts have proved that you can't take chances in the game and pin your hope of victory on the opponent's poor performance. Although it is helpless, most of the final results will be unsatisfactory.

The state of other Clippers players is indeed mediocre, such as Paul, the mid-range feel is really poor tonight.

Barnes and Jordan's offense didn't feel very good, and ups and downs are normal.

But Li Liangxin was crowned MVP, and he is in very good condition.

In fact, with the help of various runes, Li Liang rarely has a bad game.

Li Liang scored 10 points in the first quarter. After a timeout in the second quarter, Li Liang reappeared. He replaced Crawford and was present with Griffin and Odom.

This is a three-forward lineup, and Rivers may have listened to Mike Brown's slander and asked Li Liang to play a cameo at the center.

Mike Brown is really ruthless and insists on Li Liang playing in every position.

Anyway, Robin Lopez was also replaced, and Stotts wanted to play in a small lineup and fight on offense.

So the Clippers' lineup of three forwards is not so strange.

Li Liang really stepped up to the center position to defend Adelaide.

To be honest, when Ade's touch is good, Li Liang can't guard against Ade.

But Aldridge didn't have the kind of demeanor he wanted in the first round in these two games.

The goals were relatively scattered. Although they also scored 21 points in the first game, they did not have any influence on the progress and results of the game.

In the middle of the second quarter, Adelaide started to lead the Blazers forward again. Li Liang defended one-on-one. After turning inside, Adelaide took advantage of his strength and wingspan to squeeze the basket and hit a hook.

It cast beautifully.

Then he turned around and was smacked in the face by Li Liang.

Adelaide continued to play low-post singles with the ball. After repeatedly testing his back, he turned outside and made a straight-armed fallback jumper. It was very difficult, but he still made a hit!

It seems that Adelaide's state is picking up.

Looking back at the top of the arc, Li Liang was overwhelmed by a three-pointer...

Ed looks a little pissed off!

The Blazers counterattacked, and after receiving a pass from Lillard in the high position, Aldridge immediately made a mid-range jumper!

As a result, the ball was short and Griffin got a backcourt rebound.

Then, in Li Liang's counterattack, he accelerated and missed Ade, who was rushing up, and after reaching the inside line, he hit a jumper with a 45-degree emergency stop on the left.

The little feeling that Ade had accumulated with great difficulty seemed to be emptied all of a sudden.

Li Liang scored 8 points in a row, and the gap between the two sides was widened again.

Stotts is holding his forehead on the sidelines, what is going on?

Is the strength gap between the two sides that big? Can't make it through half the game?

The Clippers played the Lone Ranger in the first round, and the Lone Ranger could still fight the Clippers in the first half, and even entangled until the fourth quarter.

The Blazers obviously couldn't hold on at halftime, and Li Liang couldn't do it in the middle of the second quarter.

This guy's shooting is really accurate, and it is unreasonable. The person who shoots is frightened and scalp numb.

Li Liang is not some kind of offensive kaleidoscope, he only has two tricks, one is to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, and you make a layup, and I will break through to the inside and make an emergency stop jump shot.

As for how you defend me, it has nothing to do with me.

Li Liang has always insisted on "self-centered" in playing. How I play in offense is my business, and how you defend is your business.

I'm not going to change the way I play for your defensive strategy because I don't play any other way.

It's a pity that the Blazers are not a good defensive team. What's more frightening is that Li Liang likes the pace and style of the Blazers very much. Li Liang is not afraid of anyone who plays against him.

There is no high-attack small forward, no flexible defensive coverage inside, this is the configuration that Li Liang is more afraid of.

As a result, Li Liang was red-eyed in the second quarter.

After Stotts couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout, Li Liang refused to rest on the bench and asked to finish the second quarter.

As a result, in the second quarter, Li Liang made 5 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 6 two-pointers, no free throws, a net score of 25 points!

At halftime, Li Liang scored 35 points!

Of course, this is not due to Li Liang alone. After all, he is not a veteran, so he can't look around at once.

Odom's precise assist, Griffin's solid screen, and Crawford's space pull gave Li Liang the greatest room to play.

He doesn't need to dribble the ball for a long time before leaning back to shoot, but he can get a chance with a pick-and-roll, and he can receive the ball with an air cut.

The Clippers are getting better and better.

As for Paul? He sat on the bench for most of the quarter, let him rest.

In the garbage time in the second half, maybe he can get a little playing time.

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