Ngaphambi kokuthi baphume egunjini lokushintshela elise-Paycom Center ngoLwesine ebusuku, ukucwazimula kobango lwabo lwangaphambi kwesizini kwasibekela okwesikhashana ukuqala ngo 2-3 ngesikhathi abakwaClippers beqiniseka ukuthi isonto lonke isizini bebanele ukuthi baqale ukutatazela. .
Konke lokhu nokunye kuyabhekisiswa kulandela ukuhlulwa ngo-118-110 kuThunder, ithimba elinemilenze emibili okulindeleke ukuthi lihole ilotho esalungiswa ehlobo elizayo.
Akujwayelekile ukuthi umvikeli weClippers uNorman Powell aqale kancane isizini, kodwa iqembu linethemba lokuthi angakwazi ukuguqula izinto ngokushesha ngaphandle kuka-Kawhi Leonard.
I-Clippers nomakadebona bayo bazamile ukubheka kude ngesikhathi behlulwa imidlalo emithathu ilandelana futhi bavumile ukuthi uKawhi Leonard akaziwa ukuthi umi kuphi futhi uMarcus Morris Sr usekude neqembu, ezilela ngokulahlekelwa yisithandwa sakhe.
"Kumele sikukhiphe ngokushesha lokhu," kusho unogada uReggie Jackson. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuhle bethu ngokukhula nokudlala amasizini amaningi ukuthi siyazi ukuthi sinesikhathi esiningi esisele, ngakho-ke asikho isidingo sokwethuka, kodwa sidinga ukuzinikela ngakho konke esinakho.”
UGeorge uthe ubesembhedeni isikhathi esiningi kulezi zinsuku ezine ezedlule ngaphandle kokuzijwayeza ukudubula ekuseni futhi usenamaphuzu ayi-10, ama-rebound angu-7 kanye nabasizi abangu-3 emizuzwini engu-31. Uthemba ukuthi igalelo lakhe elihlala njalo lizoqhamuka ekukhulumeni ngemuva kweqiniso futhi ezwakalise nozakwabo okumkhathazayo mayelana nokungakwazi ukuzilolonga nokugxila kweqembu.
“Impela yinto ehamba phambili njengamanje,” kusho uGeorge. “Lokhu akusona isimo esiphuthumayo, kodwa isidingo sokuthuthukisa imikhuba efanele. Ngeke sibe abaphelele, kuhlale kukhona izinto esingazenza kangcono njalo ebusuku, kodwa mayelana nalokho okudingeka sikuqale. Ngeke wenze amaphutha afanayo ubusuku nemini, kufanele siqale sakhe iqembu esifuna ukuba kulo bese siqala ukwakha lelo qembu manje.”
Uqhube wathi ama-Clippers "aphindaphinda" futhi enza amaphutha afanayo, avumela ama-rebounds amaningi ahlaselayo (13, 21 for the Thunder), abasizi abaningi (20, 31) kanye nezithiyo eziningi zokuxhumana. “Nakanjani uPi usinikeze umyalezo,” kusho uJackson, othole amaphuzu angu-18 futhi ebukeka engcono kakhulu kule sizini. “Kumele siqhubeke nokuba nemikhuba emihle. Uyazi ukuthi i-marathon, kodwa ngeke silinde isikhathi eside ukuze lo mkhumbi ubuyele endleleni.”
AmaClippers abesele emuva ngamaphuzu angu-18 esiwombeni sokuqala, kodwa njengoba uJackson, uJohn Wall noTerensman behamba phambili, ikota yesibili iphinde yaqala, yavala igebe futhi yakha amaphuzu ayi-7 kwesesithathu. Ngokokuqala ngqa kule sizini, bonke onogada basebenze ndawonye njengoba u-Norman Powell eqale kabi, eshaya u-Kenrich Williams, othole amaphuzu angu-21 ekudubuleni okungu-9-of-15.
U-Luke Kennard uthole amaphuzu angu-10 esuka ebhentshini. UMann ubenamaphuzu angu-6, ngaphezu kwakhe, kanti uWall ubenangu-17. I-Clippers ihole iThunder ngamaphuzu angu-17 emizuzwini engu-11 kaWall esiwombeni sokuqala. Ama-dunks ka-Wall esiwombeni sesibili abenonya kangangokuthi inhloli ye-NBA ebukele umdlalo yathi kubukeka sengathi “I-Old John Wall eWashington.”
Ngemuva kwalokho, njengesiqalo sabo esithembisayo sesizini ngo 2-0, konke kwahlakazeka kungakapheli imizuzu emibili, ochungechungeni lwempahla elandelanayo ngokudlalisa kabi, umsizi, iphutha lesibili elibi, elinye ukudlula, iphutha lesithathu, ukuqedwa kwepasi. . .
Ukujula kwama-Clippers kubavumela ukuthi basuse u-Kawhi Leonard ebhentshini futhi badlale inqwaba yezinhlanganisela zohlu kuyilapho begxile ekwakheni abagangi besihloko.
“Kufanele sidlale ngokukhalipha,” kusho isikhungo u-Ivica Zubac, onama-rebounds angu-18 namaphuzu angu-12. "Kufanele sinciphise ukulahlekelwa, kufanele sithuthukise ama-rebounds, upende, ukujikeleza kokuzivikela.
“Asikho isizathu esingenza singezi lapha sizowina le midlalo noma ngabe ngubani okhishiwe emdlalweni. Kubukeka sengathi sisekude kakhulu nalokho esikufunayo, kodwa lona kusewumdlalo wesihlanu, isikhathi esiningi.
UWall ube nomuzwa wokuthi iqembu likhombise lokho elingaba yikho ekuzilolongeni futhi wagcizelela lokho akubiza ngokuxhumana ngokuzivikela. Kodwa emdlalweni ayaphela amagama uma ekhonjwa ngomunwe.
"Kusesekuseni kakhulu, amahora angu-2-3 ngaphezulu, kodwa sidinga ukuzizwa siphuthuma… ngeke sidliwe," kusho u-Wall. “Noma ngabe ngubani esimfaka enkundleni kumele sihlale sinethuba lokuwina, ngiyakholelwa kukho futhi angicabangi ukuthi sikwenzile.”
Obani amaClippers ngemuva kwemidlalo emihlanu? "Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngakho konke okwenzekayo, kunzima ukuqonda okuthile," kusho umqeqeshi uTyronne Liu. “Kunzima ukukuqonda manje.”
Izinikele ku-SoCal High School Athletic Experience, i-Prep Rally ikulethela amaphuzu, izindaba, kanye nokubuka okungemuva kwesigcawu ukuthi yini eyenza i-prep athletics idume kangaka.
U-Andrew Grave ungumbhali we-Clippers we-Los Angeles Times. Ujoyine i-New York Times ngemuva kokuhlanganisa ibhola laseMelika kanye nethrekhi nenkundla e-University of Oregon. Uthweswe iziqu e-University of Oregon futhi wakhulela ogwini lwase-Oregon.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-01-2022