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Chapter 91 Personally Expelling Them! The Final Moment! [Please Subscribe!]

Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue reluctantly called a timeout.

Just one possession after Curry scored five points in a row, the Clippers were then thwarted on their own offensive possession by Li Xingchen, who stole the ball and launched a fast break, resulting in a three-point play, and it was a powerful and explosive dunk.

It feels like the Clippers' morale has hit rock bottom, and they need to call a timeout to slow things down and also to break the Warriors' momentum.

Unfortunately, both Curry and Li Xingchen are extremely consistent free throw shooters. Li Xingchen, in particular, hasn't missed a single free throw throughout the entire playoffs, so a timeout has no impact on him whatsoever.

Back on the court, he easily made the free throw, and the Warriors went on an 8-0 run in two possessions, taking a 33-28 lead.

In the final moments of the first quarter, the Warriors maintained their momentum.

The main reason for this is probably that Tyronn Lue is still determined to keep Beverley on the court.

Most of the Warriors players were indignant whenever they saw Beverley still on the court, and their fighting spirit doubled when they faced him.

It's like triggering some kind of buff.

In just one minute, Wiggins, who is known for his laid-back basketball style and prefers to lay up rather than dunk, also delivered a brutal dunk over Beverley, but unfortunately did not get the free throw.

After dunking on Beverley with both hands, Wiggins also looked down and unleashed a furious tirade against Beverley, who was more than ten centimeters shorter than him, venting his dissatisfaction.

Ultimately, in the final two minutes of the first quarter, thanks to a flagrant foul by Beverley, the Warriors seemed to unleash a scoring barrage, racking up fourteen points.

On the defensive end, they put in a lot of effort, limiting the Clippers to no field goals, with only Leonard scoring two points from free throws.

A 14-2 run gave the Warriors a commanding 39-30 lead at the end of the first quarter, heading into the second.

If the Warriors could maintain that intensity on both ends of the court, like the last two minutes of the first quarter, the score would have been 336-48.

In the second quarter, Tyronn Lue finally dared not continue using Beverley.

The Warriors also entered a transitional phase with Curry out, so the point difference between the two sides did not continue to widen, but instead decreased.

The Clippers are still a very strong team, and their two core forwards, Leonard and Paul George, are difficult to contain.

Although Draymond Green was very effective at defending Kawhi Leonard, he also had to take on help defense and rim protection when playing small lineups, so he couldn't focus all his attention on Leonard.

In addition, the Clippers' role players all shot very well from three-point range today. Morris, who was benched in the last game because of his poor three-point shooting, has made three of five three-point attempts today, and has basically made every open shot.

Players like Batum, Mann, Reggie Jackson, and of course Paul George, all contributed varying numbers of three-pointers.

Therefore, the Clippers never let the Warriors pull away, but instead slowly chipped away at the deficit, and by the middle of the third quarter, they had almost tied the game.

During his rotation time, Tyronn Lue tried picking up Beverley again.

As a result, as soon as he stepped onto the court, he was relentlessly targeted and scored against by the entire Warriors team.

He probably felt guilty, and after being outmaneuvered by Curry, Li Xingchen, and Wiggins in the first quarter, his mental defenses were undermined. Now, he was neither willing to make defensive moves nor respond on offense, appearing timid and hesitant.

After the Warriors scored on two consecutive possessions with targeted attacks, Coach Lue, who was almost in tears, quickly substituted Beverley back into the game.

After that, Beverley never played again in that game.

In other words, although he was not ejected by the referee, he was completely unable to play due to the Warriors' targeted offense!

In a way, it can be considered a form of expulsion.

However, he wasn't ejected by the referee, but by his opponent himself.

This amused the fans.

"The Warriors are amazing. Beverley attacked him relentlessly as soon as he came on, and he couldn't even play."

"This team is really united. I haven't seen anyone in the NBA stand up for their teammates like this much."

"It's mainly because Anderson is a popular guy. He's on a minimum salary, often does the dirty work on the court, and is very active on defense and hustle. His teammates definitely like him. If it were Jordan Poole getting beaten up, do you see how many people would speak up for him?"

"The Clippers really messed up today. They should have been in the lead, but they ended up chasing points for almost the entire game."

The fans' analysis was actually not wrong.

The first game of the series, with both sides highly motivated and eager to win, went to a decisive final moment, which is enough to prove that the two teams are not far apart in strength, with the Warriors having only a slight advantage at most.

Given that the Clippers were still playing at home in the second game, had some home-court advantage, and the Warriors' desire to win was relatively weakened, the Clippers should have had the victory in the bag.

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As a result, a malicious foul by Beverley completely changed the course of the game.

On the one hand, it helped the Warriors raise their morale to an unprecedented level, and on the other hand, it made the referees much more cautious in their calls throughout the second half, including the second quarter, and they were no longer too biased towards the Clippers.

Therefore, the Warriors maintained a lead for the vast majority of the game.

Unfortunately, the Clippers had a breakout performance from everyone except Beverley today. Leonard scored 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting, George scored 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting, Morris scored 14 points, and Mann, Batum and Reggie Jackson each scored 10 points.

With six players scoring in double figures, it's indeed difficult to lose a game like this.

In addition, the Warriors played a bit too aggressively against Beverley midway through the game, and their players showed signs of fatigue towards the end.

With one and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Clippers launched a crucial offensive attack.

Paul George caught Rooney off the ball, received it, and confidently and stylishly launched a mid-range shot that went in smoothly.

Rooney lost his balance and collided with George after he made the move.

George fell to the ground and successfully earned an additional free throw.

After he made that mid-range jumper, the Clippers' deficit for most of the game finally came to an end, and they successfully overtook the Warriors by one point.

118: 117.

He took a breath and walked to the free-throw line, feeling as if he had been held underwater for a long time and was finally able to lift his head to the surface and breathe in some fresh air.

"MVP! MVP! MVP!!"

At Staples Center, the Clippers fans cheered for him.

Amid cheers, he made the extra penalty with flying colors.

The Warriors trail by two points, 119-117.

At this moment, Li Xingchen's score has reached sixteen points, and it is unlikely that he will be able to make another game-winning shot.

However, the assist-based strategy he chose before this match seems to have finally come in handy.

According to the system's description, he should get four assists in this game, but he only has two so far.

Kerr called a timeout.

With just over a minute left, Li Xingchen himself was incredibly eager to see how the remaining two assists would be delivered!

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