NBA: The God of Basketball Begins with Precise Scoring

Chapter 80: The Clippers tie the score, and Li Xingchen triggers his passive ability!

Even Wiggins, who was at the game, was joking about Li Xingchen, not to mention the fans who love to use memes.

During the timeout, the live stream also displayed the current player statistics for both teams.

Li Xingchen made 6 of 12 shots, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, 3 of 5 two-pointers, and 1 of 1 free throw, maintaining a very good efficiency.

But when they saw that he had already scored sixteen points, the fans panicked.

"That's it, Xingchen has already scored sixteen points today, so there probably won't be a game-winning shot to watch now."

"Waaah, Ah Chen, why did you use up your credit limit so early today!"

"I think the Warriors are in serious trouble. Not only has Lee scored sixteen points, but Wiggins has also scored eighteen..."

"Then we can only rely on Curry. Anyway, Curry has only scored 36 points so far, so there's still a lot of room for improvement. [doge emoji]"

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After the timeout, the Clippers had possession of the ball.

Tyronn Lue made another lineup adjustment, bringing Reggie Jackson back onto the court to ensure the Clippers' offense could develop more smoothly.

Their current lineup on the court is: Reggie Jackson, Beverley, George, Leonard, and Batum.

Coach Lue really gave it his all today. He usually prefers a relaxed approach and leaves everything to the players, but today he was constantly competing with Kerr in terms of lineup adjustment. Although he seems to be under pressure at the moment, his spirit is commendable.

The Warriors fielded their regular starting lineup, while the Clippers fielded two guards as usual, allowing Curry to return to his usual defensive position.

He and Li Xingchen each marked one of the opponent's guards, while Wiggins limited George and Green guarded Kawhi Leonard, still managing to keep the opponent firmly under control.

Rooney's rim protection job was much easier, as none of the opposing team's players were taller than him, and their impact on the rim was generally minimal.

The problem is that he can't always stay under the basket to protect the rim; it depends on the Clippers' positioning and offensive tactics, and whether they need his outfield defense...

Overall, however, the Clippers' ball movement became more comfortable after Reggie Jackson took over the ball and orchestrated the offense.

It's worth noting that the super defensive lineup Coach Lue used before was indeed strong on defense, but its offense was a complete mess.

The core reason is the lack of a high-post ball handler who can orchestrate the offense.

Point guard Beverley didn't have that ability, George mainly played off-ball, and Leonard was also too afraid to handle the ball because of Draymond Green's defense, so the Clippers' offense was really bad during that period, and there were even a few turnovers on offense.

In other words, they did a good job limiting the Warriors on the defensive end, which is why the score didn't widen further.

Because Batum has a high success rate with open three-pointers from the corner, even making two in today's game, Rooney didn't dare to leave him open like he would leave Morris open, and instead was kept in the corner by Batum.

This left the Warriors' paint area wide open, making it difficult for Looney to quickly recover and protect the rim, and making it too easy to miss open three-point opportunities in the corner.

Therefore, this will be a great test for the other Warriors players, who must guard the first line of defense on the driving routes on both sides of the midfield.

Once a shot is missed on the perimeter and the opponent successfully breaks through, there is almost no defense left, and the opponent can drive straight to the basket and score!

Looking at his stats so far in this match, Li Xingchen felt much more at ease, and a smile appeared on his lips.

16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks.

With only two minutes left in the game, there will be no more than four completed offensive and defensive rounds.

Because he chose to add points based on scoring data before the game, he should have been able to get 22 points in this game, leaving him with 6 points remaining.

Moreover, his current defensive stats are zero steals and zero blocks. Considering the elements of steals, blocks, and scoring, he should have at least two more steals or blocks in the remaining possessions.

In this series against the Clippers, Li Xingchen may frequently encounter similar situations.

Because the opponent's offense is driven by two forwards, he doesn't spend most of his time marking the opponent's ball-handling offensive core.

Today, for example, he was mainly guarding Reggie Jackson in the first half, and then spent a lot of time guarding Beverley. The players he was guarding didn't have much offensive screen time, so he naturally didn't have many opportunities to steal or block shots.

Fortunately, the system will intervene.

If Li Xingchen doesn't get a single shot off throughout the game, then the final moments will definitely be his time to shine.

This was actually one of the few mistakes in Kerr's series of brilliant lineup changes today. If he had switched Li Xingchen to defend the explosive Mann earlier in the third and fourth quarters, he might have been able to limit Mann and win the game much earlier.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Kerr finally realized this.

He assigned Curry to guard Reggie, who hadn't had much of an offensive performance today, and Li Xingchen to guard Mann, who had a breakout game in the second half!

Strangely enough, Mann, who had been playing like a fish in water on offense in the second half and was even fearless against Wiggins, suddenly went silent after encountering Li Xingchen.

Mann felt something was strange.

Actually, Li Xingchen's movement speed isn't that fast right now. After all, it's already the final moments of the game, and today's match was very physically demanding. Plus, Li Xingchen's playing time has been almost full, so his speed will definitely be affected by his physical condition and will decline.

So Mann felt that the reason he had never shaken off his opponent was not because of his speed, but because the opponent seemed to be able to predict all of his movements and prepare in advance!

Can human consciousness really be this good?

They could even predict the direction the opponent was running in advance and block them completely!

Mann found it absurd from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time felt a little scared.

Does this mean that from now on, all defensive players will have to take psychology courses so they can predict an opponent's next move and route just by looking at their micro-expressions and micro-movements...?

He didn't create any opportunities, and Reggie Jackson certainly wouldn't specifically look for him, since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were still on the court.

The Clippers' tactics were also quite interesting. First, they had Leonard and George run a cross screen, and Green and Wiggins switched on defense.

George then ran to the other side to create space, and Reggie Jackson took the opportunity to pass the ball to Kawhi Leonard in the elbow area.

Now everyone understood: Leonard still felt he couldn't beat Draymond Green, so he set a cross screen with George in advance and had George pull Draymond Green to the other side.

Although facing Wiggins wasn't easy, Kawhi Leonard felt it was still much more comfortable than facing Draymond Green.

Without any fancy feints or complicated breakthrough techniques, Kawhi Leonard opted for a back-to-the-basket move, using his body to pressure Wiggins and drive into the box.

Then at some point, he suddenly flipped over and shot a fadeaway jumper!

The entire sequence of movements was as precise as a robot's.

Finally, it hit the target without fail.

The score is now 110-110, with the Clippers successfully tying the game.

The fans at Staples Center cheered.

At the same time, Li Xingchen also received a notification from the system.

Keep in mind that he still had six points left to use, and there was only one and a half minutes left in the game.

Looking at the excited and cheering fans at the scene, he secretly clenched his fist.

Make them quiet down right away!

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I have to work overtime until 9 PM tonight, so the next update will have to be later tonight.

It will be available next Monday. Thank you all for your continued support!