Kawhi Leonard na Paul George begereye hagati mbere yicyumweru cyo gutangira ku kibuga cya Crypto.com, umwe ukomeye, undi ugiye kuvuga. Abakinnyi ba Clippers basabwe kuvugana nabantu mbere yumukino wambere wikipe, kandi George yari mugufi igihe Leonard yunamye.
Nkuko bigaragara ku cyumweru, Clippers yaharaniye gukomeza Phoenix gutsindwa 112-95, naho kumukino wa 2, Clippers yagombaga gusubiza ibibazo bike mbere yo kurota shampiyona.
Nubwo Reggie Jackson yatangiye umukino we wa gatatu yikurikiranya, John Wall yafunguye igihembwe cya gatatu aho yatangiriye kandi Wall hafi kunganya Jackson muminota mike.
Paul George yarangije afite amanota 40 adafite Kawhi Leonard na John Wall, maze Clippers itinda kurangiza igihe cyayo itsinze abami ba Sakramento.
Nigute Clippers iringaniza ikoresheje ikigo cyatangiriye Ivica Zubac ninshuro yo kumusimbuza ikipe nto? Yifashishije amapine manini gakondo mumikino yose, Phoenix yanize Clippers mugice cya mbere yagaruye kugirango atware amanota 20, aho batangiye Deandre Ayton yigeze kunyaga umupira Jackson.
Birashoboka cyane cyane cyane, uru ni urugero rwo kunanirwa vuba, cyangwa Clippers ntabwo yumvira amabwiriza yumutoza Tyrone Liu hanze yigihembwe ko nubwo bafite impano zose, batazatanga ibyiza nibatabiha byose?
Liu ati: "Ntushobora gutangira umukino nkuriya, cyane cyane niba ushaka gutangirana imitekerereze yo kwirwanaho." Ati: "Nta rwitwazo rwo gukinisha inyuma. Umuntu wese arakina inyuma. Tugomba kuba beza.
John Wall avuga ko yumva ameze neza ku mubiri kandi ko akina neza, “usibye ku busa bwa Shaq.”
Clippers yatsinzwe mu gice cya mbere gikennye, maze Phoenix ihita yanga kugerageza kugaruka mu gice cya kabiri, Devin Booker iyoboye amanota 35 n'amahirwe 16.
Muri ubwo buryo, George yanenze izamu - yavuze ko kwirwanaho n'umupira byonsa, kandi izamu ridafite umupira.
Leonard yakinnye umukino we wa kabiri wa shampiyona, aho yakinnye iminota 21 kandi afite amanota 11, reba 6 na assist 2, amanota 7 yegereye umurongo wubusa. Ijoro rimwe nyuma yuko George atsinze 40 muminota 39 gutsinda Sacramento, yakinnye iminota 34 atsinda amanota 16.
Jackson ntabwo yatsinze igitego, yabuze inshuro eshanu muminota 24 kandi afite assist ebyiri. Urukuta rwatangiye gushyuha ku murongo wa mbere mu gice cya kabiri, Wall ifata nk'umukinnyi wa mbere w’umupira hamwe na George na Leonard. Ijoro rimwe, uruhare runini rwa Wall mu gihe cy’amasasu ya Sacramento yari umujyanama w’uruhande yahaye Norman Powell igihe kimwe cya kane cyatangiraga cyari 3-kuri-18 mu ntangiriro za shampiyona, Liu yavuze mbere yo gutangira.
Liu mbere yuko umukino utangira yagize ati: "Norm ntiyari yishimye wenyine, ariko [Wall] yavuganaga na Norm akavuga ati:" Komeza ukine, komeza ukine. "
Ati: "Niba urasa neza kandi ukabije, ibintu byose ni byiza. Ntabwo uzabura ishoti ryose. ”
Ati: "Urabizi, Michael Jordan ntabwo dukora amafuti yose, urabizi?" Lou Powell ati. Ati: "Kandi turi babiri beza ku isi, ugomba rero gukomeza, urabizi?"
Powell yagiye 4 kuri 9, yumvira inama za Liu zo gukomeza gukaza umurego, rimwe na rimwe zakoraga - kuryama no kubura inzibacyuho ya Leonard mu gihembwe cya gatatu - rimwe na rimwe ntabwo - agerageza gukuramo umupira. Yashyikirijwe Zubak kuniga.
Lou ntiyagombaga kubwira Wall ngo akomeze gusunika. Clippers yamanutse 11-0 ntiyatsindira igitego mu minota itatu ibanza yumukino, maze Wall yinjira mu rukiko mu minota umunani yambere, Booker yatsinze Clippers 14-10, bituma izuba rirenga cyane. .
Ubujyakuzimu bwa Clippers butuma bakuramo Kawhi Leonard ku ntebe bagakina imirongo myinshi ihuza umurongo mu gihe bibanda ku kubaka abahatanira umwanya.
Urukuta rwatanze umurongo wabuze. Urupapuro rwe rwa mbere yari pass nziza kuri George kuri dunk. Ikiruhuko cye cya mbere ni ukwihuta mu rukiko, Wall yagerageje kugeza umupira mu rukenyerero, nubwo yasubiye inyuma, yari intwari. Urukuta ntirwari rutunganye, yakoze 1 kuri 5 yubusa, ariko yagize amanota 17 kuri 7 kuri 12.
Leonard yakinnye iminota 7 mu gihembwe cya gatatu, akomeza uburyo bw'umukino we wa mbere ku ntebe, aho yasimbuye mu bice bitatu by'iminota 7 buri umwe - igice kugeza igice cya mbere kirangiye, hanyuma icya gatatu. kimwe cya kabiri. Funga iminota.
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Andrew Grave ni Clippers yatsinze umwanditsi w'ikinyamakuru Los Angeles Times. Yinjiye muri New York Times nyuma yo gutangaza umupira w'amaguru muri Amerika muri kaminuza ya Oregon. Yize muri kaminuza ya Oregon kandi yakuriye ku nkombe za Oregon.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ukwakira-25-2022