Thought that the Clippers' overall strength had fully evolved after the 7-game battle with the Mavericks, but faced with the Utah Jazz, they lost consecutive games on the road. The big score has come to 2:0, and there is no way for the Clippers to go back. They must defend their home court in the next game. The next thing the Clippers have to do is to strengthen their defense. In these two games, the Jazz hit nearly 40 three-pointers, completely crushing the Clippers' perimeter defense. In such a fast-paced small-ball league, three-pointers are The biggest killer in attack.
The two guards of the Jazz have strong offensive firepower, in addition to Mitchell , Clarkson is also one of them. He scored 18 points and 23 points respectively in these two games. With Mitchell resting, he carried the team's offensive banner and perfectly suppressed the Clippers with the second team. Speaking of Clarkson, I believe that many Lakers fans will not be unfamiliar. He was one of the many young players of the Lakers at the beginning, and was later sent to the Cavaliers as a bargaining chip.
In the 18 playoffs , James single-core led the Cavaliers to the finals, and Clarkson also ushered in the experience of the first finals. However, in that series, Clarkson's performance was terrible, with almost no good achievements on the offensive end, and the defensive end was easy to become the colander of the team. So the question is, why did Clarkson play so badly when he was with the Cavaliers, but he has improved qualitatively when he arrived at the Jazz.
On the one hand, three decades in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, it takes a period of time for young players to grow, and Clarkson has continuously improved his ability through continuous accumulation of experience. He's been a favorite for the league's best 6th man for the past two seasons.On the other hand, the intensity of the two is completely different. The Cavaliers were right at the beginning, but the Golden State Warriors, with their five-star giants, have a much stronger defense than this series. In addition, Clarkson at that time, playing the finals for the first time, was inevitably a little nervous and unfamiliar, so he did not play his real self.
