Phambi kokuba bashiye igumbi lokutshixa eligudileyo kwiZiko lePaycom ngoLwesine ebusuku, ukubengezela komnqweno wabo wesihloko sangaphambi kwesizini kwagqunywa okwethutyana sisiqalo se-2-3 xa iiClippers zaqinisekiswa ukuba iveki kwisizini azanelanga ukuba ziqale ukothuka. .
Konke oku kunye nokunye kuhlolisiswa emva kokulahlekelwa kwe-118-110 kwi-Thunder, iqela elinemilenze emibini ekulindeleke ukuba likhokele idrafti yelotho ehlobo elizayo.
Ayiqhelekanga into yokuba umkhuseli weClippers uNorman Powell abe nesiqalo esicothayo kwisizini, kodwa iqela linethemba lokuba angazijika izinto ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kukaKawhi Leonard.
I-Clippers kunye namagqala abo baye bazama ukujonga kude kumgama ngexesha labo lokuphulukana kwemidlalo emithathu kwaye bavumile ukuba isimo sikaKawhi Leonard asikaziwa kwaye uMarcus Morris Sr usekude neqela, elilela ukulahlekelwa ngumntu othandekayo.
“Kufuneka siyikhuphe ngokukhawuleza le nto,” utshilo unogada uReggie Jackson. "Ndicinga ukuba ubuhle bethu ngokukhula kwaye sidlale iisizini ezininzi kukuba siyazi ukuba sinexesha elininzi eliseleyo, ngoko asothuki, kodwa kufuneka sinikezele ngako konke okusemandleni ethu."
UGeorge uthe ebelele ebhedini kangangeentsuku ezine ezidlulileyo engakhange aziqhelanise nokudubula ekuseni kwaye usenamanqaku ali-10, aphinde abuyele esi-7 kunye nabayi-3 abancedisayo kwimizuzu engama-31. Unethemba lokuba elona galelo lakhe lihlala lihleli liza kuvela ekuthetheni emva kwenyani kwaye athethe nabadlali beqela lakhe inkxalabo yakhe malunga nokunqongophala koqeqesho kunye nokugxila kweqela.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo yeyona nto iphambili ngoku,” watsho uGeorge. “Oku akungxamisekanga, kodwa sisidingo sokuphuhlisa imikhwa elungileyo. Asizukufezeka, kuhlala kukho izinto esinokuzenza ngcono ubusuku ngabunye, kodwa ngokwezinto ekufuneka siziqale. Awunakwenza iimpazamo ezifanayo ubusuku nemini, kufuneka siqale ukwakha iqela esifuna ukuba kulo kwaye siqale ukwakha elo qela ngoku.”
Waqhubeka wathi iiClippers "ziphindaphinda" kwaye zenza iimpazamo ezifanayo, zivumela i-rebounds ekhubekisayo (13, 21 ye-Thunder), ininzi yokuncedisa (20, 31) kunye nemiqobo yokunxibelelana. “Ngokuqinisekileyo uPi usinike umyalezo,” utshilo uJackson, ofumene amanqaku ali-18 kwaye ebejongeka emagqabini kule sizini. “Kufuneka siqhubeke sihlakulela imikhwa elungileyo. Uyazi ukuba lugqatso lomgama omde, kodwa asinakulinda ixesha elide ukuze sibuyisele le nqanawa endleleni.”
I-Clippers yayingamanqaku angama-18 emva kwesiqingatha sokuqala, kodwa kunye noJackson, uJohn Wall kunye noTerensman behamba phambili, ikota yesibini yaqala kwakhona, ivala i-gap kunye nokwakha i-7-point lead kwisithathu. Okwesihlandlo sokuqala kule sizini, bonke abakhuseli basebenze kunye njengoko uNorman Powell waqala kakubi, u-Kenrich Williams, owafumana amanqaku angama-21 ngokudubula kwe-9-of-15.
ULuke Kennard ufumene amanqaku e-10 ukusuka ebhentshini. UMann wayenamanqaku ama-6, ngaphezu kwakhe, kwaye iWall yayine-17. I-Clippers iholele iThunder ngamanqaku angama-17 kwi-Wall's 11 imizuzu kwisiqingatha sokuqala. Iindunduma zenguqu zesiqingatha sesibini zikaWall zazinoburhalarhume kangangokuba intlola ye-NBA ebukele umdlalo yathi ikhangeleka ngathi “iNdala kaJohn Wall eWashington.”
Emva koko, njengokuthembisa kwabo i-2-0 ukuqala kwesizini, yonke yawa phakathi kwemizuzu emibini, kuthotho lwezinto ezilandelelanayo kunye nentlonti ekhubekisayo, uncedo, intlonti yesibini ekhubekisayo, enye ipasi, intlonti yesithathu, kunye ukugqitywa kokupasa. . .
Ubunzulu beClippers bubavumela ukuba basuse uKawhi Leonard ebhentshini kwaye badlale indibaniselwano yoluhlu ngelixa begxile ekwakheni abakhuphisi bewonga.
“Kufuneka sidlale ngobukrelekrele,” utshilo u-Ivica Zubac, onemijikelo elishumi elinesibhozo namanqaku ali-12. "Kufuneka sinciphise ilahleko, kufuneka siphucule i-rebounds, ipeyinti, ukujikeleza okukhuselekileyo.
“Akukho sizathu sibangela ukuba singezi apha siphumelele le midlalo, nokuba ngubani okhutshiweyo emdlalweni. Kum kubonakala ngathi sisekude le nto siyifunayo, kodwa isengumdlalo wesihlanu lo, ixesha elininzi.
UWall uvakale ngathi iqela libonise into elinokuba yiyo emsebenzini kwaye wagxininisa into ayibiza ngokuba lunxibelelwano olukhuselayo. Kodwa emdlalweni, amagama ayaphela xa umnwe ukhonjwe kuwo.
“Kusengaphambili kakhulu, iiyure ezi-2-3 ngaphezulu, kodwa kufuneka sizive singxamisekile… asinakuze soyiswe,” utshilo uWall. “Nabanina esimfaka ebaleni, kufuneka sihlale sinalo ithuba lokuphumelela, ndiyakholelwa kuyo kwaye andiqondi ukuba siyenzile.”
Ngoobani iClippers emva kwemidlalo emihlanu? “Ndithetha ukuthi, ngayo yonke into eyenzekayo, kunzima ukuqonda into,” utshilo umqeqeshi uTyronne Liu. “Kunzima ukuqonda ngoku.”
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Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-01-2022