Kawhi Leonard da Paul George sun kusanci tsakiyar fili gabanin ranar Lahadi da za a fara a filin wasa na Crypto.com, daya stwart, ɗayan yana shirin yin magana. An bukaci taurarin Clippers su yi jawabi kafin wasan farko na kungiyar, kuma George ya dan yi takaitaccen bayani lokacin da Leonard ya kada kai.
Kamar yadda aka gani a ko'ina cikin Lahadi, Clippers sun yi ƙoƙari su ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Phoenix a cikin asarar 112-95, kuma a cikin Game 2, Clippers sun amsa 'yan tambayoyi kafin yin mafarki na gasar zakara.
Kodayake Reggie Jackson ya fara wasansa na uku a jere, John Wall ya bude kwata na uku tare da fara farawa kuma Wall ya kusan daidaita Jackson a cikin mintuna.
Paul George ya kammala da maki 40 ba tare da Kawhi Leonard da John Wall ba, kuma Clippers sun jinkirta ƙarshen ƙarshen nasara a kan Sarakunan Sacramento.
Ta yaya Clippers suke daidaitawa ta amfani da cibiyar farko ta Ivica Zubac tare da yawan maye gurbinsa da ƙarami? Yin amfani da manyan pucks na gargajiya a duk lokacin wasan, Phoenix ya shake Clippers don dawo da rabin-farko don ɗaukar jagorar maki 20, tare da ɗan wasan su Deandre Ayton sau ɗaya ya sami nasarar kwace ƙwallon daga Jackson.
Wataƙila mafi mahimmanci, shin wannan misali ne na gajiya da sauri, ko kuwa Clippers ba sa bin umarnin da koci Tyrone Liu ya bayar a lokacin kakar wasa cewa duk da hazakansu, ba za su ba da mafi kyawun su ba idan ba su ba da komai ba?
"Ba za ku iya fara wasan kamar haka ba, musamman idan kuna son farawa da tunanin tsaro," in ji Liu. “Babu wani uzuri a gare mu mu yi wasa da baya. Kowa yana wasa da baya. Dole ne mu zama mafi kyau.
John Wall ya ce yana jin dadi a jiki kuma yana wasa da kyau, "sai dai bugun da Shaq ya yi."
Clippers sun yi rashin nasara a farkon rabin rashin nasara, kuma Phoenix cikin sauri ya yi watsi da duk ƙoƙarin dawowa a rabi na biyu, tare da Devin Booker ya jagoranci da maki 35 da damar 16.
Hakazalika, George ya soki tsaro - ya ce tsaro tare da kwallon yana tsotsa, kuma tsaro ba tare da kwallon ba.
Leonard ya buga wasansa na biyu a kakar wasa ta bana, inda ya buga minti 21 kuma ya samu maki 11 da bugun fanareti 6 da taimakawa 2, maki 7 kusa da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Dare daya bayan George ya zura kwallaye 40 a cikin mintuna 39 don doke Sacramento, ya buga mintuna 34 kuma ya ci maki 16.
Jackson bai zura kwallo a raga ba, ya rasa sau biyar a cikin mintuna 24 kuma ya taimaka biyu. Wall ya fara ɗumamawa akan tushe a farkon rabin na biyu, tare da Wall ya karɓi matsayin mai kula da ƙwallon ƙwallon lamba ɗaya tare da George da Leonard. Wani dare, babban gudunmawar bango a lokacin Sacramento Armistice shine mai ba da shawara na gefe da ya ba Norman Powell lokacin da farkon kwata ya kasance 3-for-18 a farkon kakar wasa, in ji Liu kafin a tashi.
"Norm bai ji daɗin kansa ba, amma [Wall] yana magana da Norm kuma yana cewa, 'Ku ci gaba da wasa, ku ci gaba da wasa'," in ji Liu kafin a fara wasan.
“Idan kuka harba daidai kuma da tashin hankali, komai yana da kyau. Ba za ku rasa kowane harbi ba."
"Ka sani, Michael Jordan da ni ba ma yin kowane harbi, ka sani?" Lou Powell ya ce. "Kuma mu ne mafi kyau biyu a duniya, don haka dole ku ci gaba, kun sani?"
Powell ya tafi 4 na 9, yana bin shawarar Liu don kasancewa mai tsauri, wanda wani lokaci yayi aiki - kwanciya da ɓacewar sauƙi na Leonard a cikin kwata na uku - wani lokacin ba - ƙoƙarin fitar da ƙwallon. An miƙa wa Zubak don shaƙewa.
Lou bai kamata ya gaya wa bango ya ci gaba da turawa ba. Clippers sun yi kasa da 11-0 kuma ba su zura kwallo a cikin mintuna uku na farko na wasan ba, kuma lokacin da Wall ya shiga kotu a cikin mintuna takwas na farko, Booker ya doke Clippers da ci 14-10, wanda hakan ya kara tura Suns din. .
Zurfin Clippers yana ba su damar ɗaukar Kawhi Leonard daga benci kuma su buga wasan da yawa na haɗin layi yayin da suke mai da hankali kan gina masu fafutuka.
Bangon ya ba da layin da ya ɓace. Faswarsa ta farko ita ce cikakkiyar izinin zuwa George don dunk. Hutunsa na farko shine rugujewar kotu, bango yana ƙoƙarin kai ƙwallon ƙafarsa kuma, duk da koma baya, ya kasance mai ƙarfin hali. Wall bai cika ba, ya yi 1 cikin 5 kyauta, amma yana da maki 17 akan 7 na 12.
Leonard ya buga minti 7 a cikin kwata na uku, ya ci gaba da tsarin wasansa na farko a kan benci, inda ya yi sauye-sauye a cikin sassa uku na kusan mintuna 7 kowanne - rabin zuwa karshen rabin farko, sannan na uku. rabi. Rufe mintuna.
Sadaukarwa ga Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Sakandare na SoCal, Prep Rally yana kawo maki maki, labarai, da kallon bayan fage kan abin da ke sa wasannin share fage suka shahara sosai.
Andrew Grave marubuci ne na Clippers wanda ya doke marubuci na Los Angeles Times. Ya shiga The New York Times bayan ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka da tsere da filin a Jami'ar Oregon. Ya kammala karatun digiri na Jami'ar Oregon kuma ya girma a bakin tekun Oregon.
Lokacin aikawa: Oktoba-25-2022