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Chapter 516 An Unforgettable Night (Third Update!)
"Bang!"
The feeling can be contagious, and Crawford failed to enter the crazy mode!
Rivers reached out and supported his forehead, he now had a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Swish!"
The Pelicans' offensive momentum didn't diminish, Davis received a pass from Tang Tian and cut in for another 2 points.
24 to 4!
A 20-point difference!
This game, it's really over in one quarter!
The Pelicans' nearly 100% shooting percentage is really like playing a game with cheats on!
At the critical moment, it was still Paul who stood up, his buzzer-beating three-pointer pulled the Clippers back from the edge of the cliff.
But in return, Davis's strong attack brushed the basket and went in again.
Still a 19-point difference!
Paul stood up again, and his mid-range pull-up after the pick-and-roll went in again.
Paul's move to the Clippers was actually a role transition. He was Griffin's second-in-command when he first came in, but as he played, he became the boss.
This kind of clutch performance is very stable.
Relying on Paul's breakout, the Clippers barely avoided being crushed in the first quarter.
But after the first quarter, they were still trailing the Pelicans by 18 points, 23 to 41.
At the start of the second quarter, both sides' main players were resting on the sidelines.
After Rivers sat down, he looked up at the score, thinking he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But at the beginning of the second quarter, Gordon hit a difficult three-pointer from the outside, widening the point difference back to more than 20 points.
Crawford's response three-pointer missed, and in the Pelicans' fast break, Aminu's shot caused Granger's foul, earning two free throw opportunities.
Rivers hadn't warmed his seat yet, and he walked to the sidelines again.
Aminu made the first free throw, Rivers turned around and called Paul, Redick, and Jordan to get up.
The Pelicans' state tonight was too terrifying, and if it was allowed to develop like this, Game 7 would really become a half-time practice for the Pelicans.
Aminu's second free throw also went in, it was really just like how it came.
Paul came up and continued to score a mid-range shot to help the Clippers quench their thirst.
But Gordon's breakthrough layup continued to go in, the Pelicans have transformed tonight, there's really no holding them back!
Williams was happier than ever on the sidelines.
When Benson said that the penalty scale would be normal tonight, he was happy, because that way the Pelicans could have a good game with the Clippers.
With Tang Tian's performance at critical moments, the Pelicans were still very hopeful of winning on the road.
But he never expected that the game would be decided at the beginning, and the Clippers would be completely crushed!
He had become a coach who won lying down!
After nearly five minutes into this quarter, the Clippers, led by Paul, had only narrowed the score to 20 points.
53 to 33, Williams looked at the rotation time and calmly replaced Tang Tian, Davis, and Morrow onto the court.
This rotation time was even later than in the regular season.
On the Clippers' offense, Redick finally made a three-pointer from the outside after receiving the ball.
This three-pointer also helped the Clippers narrow the point difference to 17 points again.
Returning to defense, Davis's strong attack caused Griffin's foul.
One of two free throws, Jordan boxed out Whiteside to protect the defensive rebound.
Back on offense, it was Redick again, receiving the ball and shaking Morrow open, another three-pointer.
With consecutive three-pointers, the Clippers narrowed the point difference to 15 points.
After scoring, Redick roared at the audience on the sidelines, then turned his head to look at Tang Tian.
That kind of look was obviously displeasure.
He just said a word that many white people would say, and in his opinion, "chink" was just a label for Asians.
Now Tang Tian was using his popularity to force him to apologize so formally, which made him very unhappy.
And what he said wasn't wrong, although the Pelicans were in explosive form tonight, Tang Tian had only scored 8 points in total.
A chink just can't become a superstar.
Even if the Pelicans have an explosive start, there are four quarters in the game, and the 15-point difference can still be reversed for them.
Don't forget they are playing at home!
Even if you force me to apologize in the end, I can still win against you!
When Tang Tian saw Redick's look, he could guess what he was thinking without words.
He was unwilling to be forced to apologize, right?
The Pelicans attacked to the frontcourt, Tang Tian reached out to take the ball, signaled his teammates to spread out, and then directly called Morrow over for a pick-and-roll.
Morrow's first pick-and-roll wasn't successful, and at Tang Tian's signal, he blocked a second time.
The Clippers didn't switch on the pick-and-roll and didn't double-team. Morrow had already thrown in 4 three-pointers tonight, and they didn't dare to let him go at all.
At this time, Tang Tian got the opportunity to single out Redick with a mismatch.
With a crossover step, he directly broke through on the left, Redick blocked, and was directly knocked open.
His physical confrontation was not at the same level as Tang Tian's after the weight gain.
Tang Tian easily made a pull-up jumper after knocking Redick away.
He had only scored 8 points, but his shooting percentage was 5 out of 4!
The reason why he scored less was because the other players on the Pelicans were in good form, and he didn't need to take that many shots.
His touch was actually very good too!
On the Clippers' offense, Paul's step-back jumper missed.
After undergoing meniscus surgery during his Hornets days, his scoring explosiveness had actually declined.
This was also the reason why his team's ceiling was not high afterwards.
A superstar without scoring explosiveness is difficult to lead the team far. There was Stockton before, and now there is Paul after the injury.
Whiteside protected the defensive rebound.
In the frontcourt, Tang Tian continued to call Morrow to pick-and-roll to attack Redick.
Since Redick was so unwilling, then he would cry him out.
Anyway, the Pelicans were in good form as a whole now, and the Clippers didn't dare to double-team at all. It was a win to take on anyone one-on-one.
It was less effort and more fun to take on the weakest defender who also deserved to be beaten.
At this time, Redick shortened the distance with Tang Tian, not giving Tang Tian acceleration space, and his confrontation disadvantage would be smaller.
After Tang Tian saw it, he stepped closer directly, and then drastically changed direction to the left.
His center of gravity was very low, but he dribbled very steadily.
Redick was not short, with 1.93 meters. In order to defend Tang Tian's ball, he lowered his center of gravity and swayed with it.
But Tang Tian predicted his action and drastically pulled the ball to the right with a crossover in front of his body.
This dribble had the feeling of Iverson's crossover.
Tang Tian was getting a feel for it!
After lowering his center of gravity, Redick's body couldn't keep up a bit. He tried to follow, but his two feet were not on the same frequency and he fell directly to the ground!
Tang Tian, shook Redick to the ground.
The fans at the scene instantly exploded, and whistles were endless.
Redick's insult to China angered not only Chinese fans, but also New Orleans fans.
You know, Tang Tian is the boss of the Pelicans, their new city symbol!
After Tang Tian shook Redick to the ground, he didn't shoot immediately, but looked down at Redick.
Wait until Redick stood up and pounced on him, then he jumped up and took a pull-up shot.
"Swish!"
Tang Tian's pull-up shot was steady!
Shaking you down is not enough, I have to give you a facial!
Before the start of Game 7, Paul was looking forward to personally taking down his former team, making tonight an unforgettable night.
But now, Paul doesn't know if it will be unforgettable, but for Redick, this night will really be unforgettable!