In this game, Cousins, the Big Three of the Lakers performed the best. He played for 35 minutes in the game, contributing the team's highest 32 points and 18 rebounds. Westbrook also scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Tang Shuai was the least scored among the three. He only scored 20 points, plus 5 rebounds and 10 assists. However, those who have watched the game know that it was his personal flow at the last moment that took away the game.

On the second day after the Lakers won the Clippers, the Warriors faced the Spurs that reversed the Timberwolves' promotion at home. The outside world generally believed that this would be a close match. Many fans even believed that the Spurs had a 1-3 reversal, and the team's morale and condition were at their best, and they could even eliminate the Warriors.

But the result was shocking. The Warriors opened fire at home and were absolutely suppressed. In the end, they beat the Spurs 20 points and won their first victory.

Coincidentally, the Cavaliers also defeated the Bulls by a huge advantage of 20 points in the first match of the semi-finals.

The Bulls have always given people the impression of being a difficult opponent, the kind of opponent who will let you lose your skin even if you win. However, even if Wade is in charge this time, he still seems powerless to face the Cavaliers.

The teams of the three championship contenders all performed superbly, making the title of this year even more confusing.

The Lakers and Clippers series continues.

In the next second and third games, the Clippers' performance was very similar to the first game, both of which were stalemates in the first three quarters, but in the last quarter, when the three Lakers' Big Three were working together, they were slowly pulled apart and then lost the game.

This is actually a reflection of the strength of both sides. The Clippers' books are not bad, so they can compete with the Lakers for most of the time. However, when the decisive moment of really competing for personal abilities, only Paul can output stably, it is still quite difficult to fight against the Lakers with the Big Three.

This situation continued until the fourth game before changing.

After the Clippers lost two away games and one home game, they were already behind 0-3 in the total score. In the fourth game, they were forced to the edge of the cliff. If they lost this game, they would be swept directly by the Lakers.

In such a situation of fighting against the enemy, Paul and Jordan Jr. played the core teams. Paul contributed 38 points in the first three quarters, while Jordan Jr. grabbed 20 rebounds. With the outstanding performance of the two cores, the Clippers led the Lakers' double-digit score at the end of the third quarter for the first time at the end of the third quarter.

"... Focus, we need more focus, do you understand?" Billups shouted loudly at the players on the bench of the Lakers.

After the tactics were arranged, the players were ready to go on the field. He suddenly changed his attention and temporarily replaced Grant with Shuai Tang.

Before he got on the court, he pulled Tang Shuai and said, "Tang, it's time for you to stand up."

Tang Shuai nodded.

After coming up, the Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai advanced to the frontcourt and did not find opportunities for his teammates like in the first three quarters. After giving the ball to Stephenson, he wanted to stay at the low post, and then signaled to give the ball.

Stephenson signaled the others to open up the attack space and then gave the ball in.

After Tang Shuai received the ball, he looked back at the Clippers' intention of not having double-teamed, and leaned against Booker and chose to play back.

Booker, the former younger brother, was under pressure when facing Tang Shuai himself, and he was at a loss for strength. After being pushed twice, he almost fell to the ground, and suddenly looked like a headless fly.

Tang Shuai seized the opportunity and turned right and took a step back.

With a "swish", the textbook-like move hit a steady hit.

The Clippers' offense, Louis Williams broke through with a beautiful shaking over Stephenson's layup.

This score sent a burst of excited cheers from fans on the sidelines.

During the Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai also made a strong breakthrough at the basket, but what is more thorough than Williams is that after he turned around and passed Booker, he directly dunked with both hands, which instantly suppressed the audience's emotions.

Looking back, Williams wanted to continue to resuming the Clippers, but this time he was seized by Tang Shuai as soon as he started. After a beautiful steal, Tang Shuai rushed to the frontcourt and directly hit a one-handed dunk in the free throw line.

Kassel quickly called for a timeout, and Tang Shuai instantly scored 6 points. He was so familiar with this rhythm.

After the timeout, Kassel put both Paul and Jordan Jr. up in advance, and it seemed that he was preparing to defeat Tang Shuai.

After returning, the Clippers attacked first, Paul held the ball and pressed the rhythm, greeted Jordan Jr. with a pick-and-roll, and a beautiful horizontal jump shot continued to hit.

After the ball entered, Paul's data was scored on the LED screen on the scene, with 16 of 26 shots, 40 points, 8 assists and 2 interruptions, and the score was his new high in the playoffs this year.

At the age of 33, he was able to score 40 points, which is definitely a reverse growth.

However, everyone knows that Paul is really forced into a desperate situation. Otherwise, as a traditional defender who chooses to pass, he rarely takes action as crazy as he is today.

When Tang Shuai took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, Paul changed defense and looked at the familiar figure in front of him, his emotions fluctuated somewhat. After all, he had been a teammate for a year, and Paul was also the defender who had the greatest influence on him.

At this moment, Paul quickly cut off the ball in his hand, and then quickly advanced to the frontcourt to score a layup.

After being cut off, Tang Shuai woke up and looked up at the score above his head. The team was still 12 points behind. His feelings would harm the entire team.

After having this consciousness, he became completely serious.

Although he said he had fought hard before, he still had some strength. Now he is really serious, with his strength, it is still quite terrifying.

After holding the ball back to the frontcourt, he glanced at Paul in front of him and directly chose to break through.

Paul defended his defensive position with his experience and retreated while trying to steal.

At this time, Tang Shuai ignored it and rushed to the inside line. After Paul rushed over, he turned around and threw the ball.

With a "swish", the throwing shot hit steadily, and officially kicked off his rampage.

After looking back, the Clippers still left Paul with the fight. Jordan Jr. took a pick-and-roll and Paul seized the opportunity to take action.

But this time, Tang Shuai walked around behind Jordan in advance, and when he was about to take action, he pressed him up without saying a word.

Paul didn't get his phone out, and he passed the ball to Ingram for a long time, and he followed him to run again.

However, before he could run, he found that after Shuai Tang and Mike Dermott switched defense, he had already broken the ball in Ingram's hand.

The Lakers launched a fast break, and Shuai Tang threw the ball to Westbrook who was about to fall. The latter quickly reached the frontcourt, and a powerful slam dunk like a tiger went down the mountain smashed the ball into the basket.

This is just the beginning. Paul broke through the basket and encountered Cousins' delay. He shook it away and had to lay up. As a result, Tang Shuai ran over from somewhere. After he broke out, he directly slapped his shot away.

The basketball was caught by Yi Jian, and Yi Jian quickly gave Westbrook a quick look. The latter accelerated and reached the basket. After encountering Ingram's defense, Tang Shuai was followed by a rapid follow-up from the earth.

Tang Shuai received the ball from one step inside the free throw line. After jumping, he directly scored a long-distance slam dunk.

The ball dunked very hard. When the dunk pack was fully stimulated, the entire basket swayed, causing the audience on the sidelines to get restless.

With 4 points, 1 steal and 1 block, everyone can tell that Tang Shuai is really serious.

Paul made a pick-and-roll three-pointer to continue the home team's score, and the score was further widened to 9 points.

However, before the score could be digested, Tang Shuai arrived at the frontcourt and deceived Randle with a fake pass from Yi Jianlian to pick-and-roll, and suddenly started a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, the three-pointer took a knife and Tang Shuai responded directly to Paul's three-pointer.

That's not all. When the Clippers' offense was defended by the Lakers, Tang Shuai went to the frontcourt to run outside the right wing three-point line, and received Westbrook's pass and made another three-pointer.

One for two, after two consecutive three-point responses, the Lakers instantly chased the gap to 3 points.

The fans on the scene were in a very complicated mood. This was the home court of the Clippers, but most of the Clippers fans were also Tang Shuai's fans.

Kassel called another timeout. When he left the court, Paul seemed to be dissatisfied with his teammate's defense and directly hit the bench with a punch.

After returning from the timeout, Paul broke through the inside again, almost carrying Cousins ​​to score a layup.

However, when he turned around, Tang Shuishen broke into the basket and also carried Randle to score a layup, which also caused the latter's foul.

Paul's anger made the Clippers' defense much tougher, but he couldn't control this level and the foul followed.

After Tang Shuai made a steady hit and added free throws, he had already helped the Lakers close to 2 points.

Paul was a little anxious. He took a shot directly outside the three-point line, but this time he was a little lucky and jumped out of the basket.

When the Lakers advanced to the frontcourt, Tang Shuai suddenly gave it to Mike Dermott on the outside, who made a three-pointer.

With a "swish", the Lakers surpassed the score calmly.

This three-pointer also completely destroyed the morale of the Clippers. After both sides changed back to the main force, the Lakers directly scored a 9-0 score* and won the final game 122-117, thus sweeping the Clippers to enter the Western Conference Finals with a score of 4-0.

Paul played for 40 minutes in this game. He made 20 of 38 shots, contributing the entire game, and was also a career-high 49 points. He set a new personal scoring record at the age of 33. This is probably an unprecedented feat, but such performance still failed to help the team win a game.

When the final whistle sounded, Paul and his backs of the No. 3 jersey were trance-like, and there was a feeling of overlapping with Iverson. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!