卡维莱纳德，保罗乔治打破沉默第五场对阵卢卡唐契奇，小牛

洛杉矶-如果你在年初告诉别人洛杉矶快船队在季后赛第一轮就要被淘汰，很多人都不会相信你。然而，在卢卡·唐契奇和达拉斯小牛队以105-100的比分从卡瓦希·伦纳德、保罗·乔治和公司手中抢下第五场比赛后，他们的立场就是这样。

22岁的唐契奇最终又得到42分、8个篮板和14次助攻。他投了37个球，但这仅仅是帮助达拉斯赢得他们本系列赛的第三场比赛，所有的道路上。保罗乔治得到全队最高的23分，10个篮板，6次助攻，3次盖帽。然而，正是卡希·伦纳德（Kawhi Leonard）以一种伟大的方式回到了现实中，他得到了20分，并送出了5次助攻，但他在19投7中做到了这一点，还将球翻了5次。

尽管41%的投篮命中率和9次下半场失误让人震惊，但快船队仍然有机会赢得比赛。就像本系列的第二场比赛一样，他们根本无法渡过难关。

第五场比赛的“驼峰”是第四节落后16分，快船队在第三节以16:0结束了比赛。一个接一个的失误，洛杉矶的一个接一个的失误，还有那个卢卡·唐契奇的家伙的一个接一个的失误，结果他表现得相当不错。几分钟内，快船72-67领先，斯台普斯中锋摇摆，第三节还剩4:49，变成了小牛89-75领先，球迷们困惑、愤怒、无语。

“PG犯下了他的第四次犯规，然后，你知道，当他从比赛中出来的时候，我们必须要求卡希做很多，”主教练蒂龙卢赛后说我觉得卡希有点累了，PG在第三节的时候有四次犯规真的伤害了我们。所以我们有一些失误，使得那些人很容易得分，然后我们就不能像我们需要的那样得分。”

快船一路奋力反击，在还剩不到40秒的时间里将比分扳回一分，甚至有机会在特兰斯-曼恩的过渡攻势中重新取得领先。曼恩刚刚在防守端抢断了一个大球，他冲到篮筐前，把一个看似空挡的上篮机会给了巴图姆，让巴图姆在车流中做了一个难度更大的飘球。球从篮筐盖上弹下来，小牛队控制住了球。

不管怎样，这都是一次尴尬的尝试。这个游戏绝对不会出现在T-Mann.pic.twitter.com/JzYeY20n61上

-托默阿扎利2021年6月3日

小蒂姆·哈达威在还剩8.8分的情况下两次罚球意味着快船需要一个三分球。卡希·伦纳德在角球时传球，转身，投了一个非常不平衡的三分球。

“我转过身，感觉到他就在我身后，”卡希·伦纳德解释道试着打假球，然后就失去平衡了。我靠在后面，最后开枪了。必须做得更好。”

卡希·伦纳德失去平衡，打成平局。pic.twitter.com/z4x3ndoyc

-托默阿扎利2021年6月3日

空气球。游戏结束了。小牛拿下第五场。

现在，注意力转向第六场，快船将再次赢得客场比赛，以保持本赛季的希望。

“我们很有信心，”保罗·乔治赛后肯定地说你知道，我们有信心我们可以延长系列，把这个带回家。我们必须去达拉斯，这将是另一个艰苦的环境，另一个艰苦的环境，我们要进入。这就是我们要做的。这是摆在我们面前的工作，我们必须解决它。”

本系列赛的主队战绩为0比5，这是自1995年以来第一支客场球队在季后赛的前五场比赛中获胜。保罗·乔治相信达拉斯球迷的喧嚣，现在已经有17000名球迷，可以在周五晚上再次赢得快船的青睐。

“我认为这确实有帮助。在这样的环境里很有趣，无论是在家里球迷为我们尖叫，还是我们在路上球迷为我们尖叫。我有点调子和采取同样的方式。我还是会出去，努力表现出侵略性。试着演戏。我认为在客场比赛中我会更积极一些，更积极一些只是为了传达一个信息，让我的队友在比赛和安排上感觉舒服。”

在系列赛的前四场比赛中，场均33分、命中率62.7%的卡维莱昂纳德将会从他最糟糕的一场比赛中恢复过来。如果快船要在周日晚上进行第七场比赛的话，他将不得不这样做。

“我的意思是，仅仅从进攻来看，我们对输球肯定很失望。但他说，我们对自己有信心，你知道的，走出去再赢一场。所以就像我说的，专注于下一个，看看我们能做得更好。

“我们现在只能一场接一场。试着赢得第六场比赛，这就是心态。看看我们能从这场比赛中做得更好，出来准备战斗吧。”

在小牛队赢得的三场比赛中，都是客场作战，卢卡·唐契奇在第四节20投3中仅得7分。这不仅仅是一个游戏样本。唐契克显然在前三个季度消耗了太多的精力，以至于他在最后一个季度就已经精疲力尽了。他在第五场比赛的四分之一得分是第一节19分，第二节8分，第三节13分，第四节高达2分。

虽然小牛队由于执教带来了不少挑战，但快船队的比赛计划从来没有像现在这样清晰：防守上，让唐契奇得分，整场比赛都让他疲惫不堪。进攻上，继续攻击内线，给联盟中防守篮圈最差的球队施加压力，让你的内线进攻从那里开始。

如果他们不这样做，卡希·伦纳德和保罗·乔治的第二个赛季可能会在周五的第六场比赛中以令人失望的结局结束。

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Kawhi Leonard, Paul George break silence on to Game 5 collapse vs. Luka Doncic, Mavs

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LOS ANGELES – If you would’ve told someone at the beginning of the year that the LA Clippers were facing elimination in the first round of the playoffs, many wouldn’t have believed you. That, however, is where they stand after Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks ripped Game 5 from Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and company, 105-100.

The 22-year old Doncic finished with another 42 points, eight rebounds, and 14 assists. He took 37 shots to get there, but it was just enough to help Dallas win their third game in this series, all on the road. Paul George finished with a team-high 23 points to go along with 10 rebounds, six assists, and three blocked shots. It was Kawhi Leonard, however, who shot back down to earth in a big way, scoring 20 points and dishing out five assists but he did so on 7-of-19 shooting and also turned the ball over five times.

Despite the horrific 41 percent shooting from the field and the nine second half turnovers, the Clippers still had their opportunities to win the game. Just like Game 2 of this series, however, they simply could not get over the hump.

Game 5’s ‘hump’ was a 16-point fourth quarter deficit after the Clippers allowed a 16-0 run to close out the third quarter. Turnover after turnover, missed shot after missed shot for LA and bucket after bucket for that Luka Doncic guy, who turned out to be pretty good. Within minutes, a 72-67 Clippers lead with Staples Center rocking and 4:49 remaining in the third quarter turned into an 89-75 Mavericks lead with fans left confused, angry, and speechless.

“PG committed his fourth foul and then, you know, when he came out of the game, we got to ask Kawhi to do a lot,” said head coach Tyronn Lue after the game. “I think Kawhi got a little tired and PG having four fouls early on in the third quarter really hurt us. And so we had some turnovers that led to easy baskets for those guys, and then we couldn’t score the ball like we needed to.”

The Clippers fought all the way back to make it a one point game with just under 40 seconds remaining, and even had a chance to re-take the lead on a Terance Mann transition drive to the hoop全北现代预测. Mann, who just came up with a big steal on the defensive end, drove to the basket and passed up what appeared to be an open layup attempt to a diving Nicolas Batum for a much more difficult floater in traffic. The shot bounced off the lid of the rim and the Mavericks controlled it.

It would've been an awkward attempt anyways. This game is in no way on T-Mann.pic.twitter.com/JzYeY20n61

— Tomer Azarly June 3, 2021

Two Tim Hardaway Jr. free throws with 8.8 remaining meant the Clippers needed a three-pointer. Kawhi Leonard caught a pass in the corner, turned, and threw up a very off-balance three-pointer.

“I turned, I felt him right behind me,” Kawhi Leonard explained. “Tried to pump fake, then was just off-balance, pretty much. I was leaning back, end up shooting it. Gotta do a better job.”

Kawhi Leonard on his off-balance, game-tying miss. pic.twitter.com/Z4x3NDOiYc

— Tomer Azarly June 3, 2021

Air ball. Game over. Mavs take Game 5.

Now, the attention turns to Game 6, where the Clippers will once again have to win a road game in order to keep their season’s hopes alive.

“We’re confident,” Paul George affirmed after the game. “You know, we’re confident we can extend the series and bring this back home. We’ve got to go to Dallas, it’s going to be another hard environment, another tough environment for us to go into. It’s what we got to do. It’s the job that we’ve got in front of us and we’ve got to tackle it.”

The home team in this series is 0-5. It’s the first time since 1995 that a road team won the first five games of a playoff series. Paul George believes the raucous Dallas crowd, which now has a 17,000-fan capacity, could play into the Clippers favor once again on Friday night.

“I think it actually helps. It’s fun being in those environments, whether it’s at home and fans are screaming for us or we are on the road and fans are screaming against us. I kind of tune that and take that in the same way. I still go out and try to be aggressive. Try to make plays. I think more so on the road, I try to be aggressive early, more aggressive early just to send a message and just have my teammates feel comfortable making plays and setups.”

Kawhi Leonard, who averaged 33 points on 62.7 percent shooting in the first four games of the series, will look to bounce back from his worst game of the series. He’ll have to if the Clippers are to force a Game 7 on Sunday night.

“I mean, just from the offense, we’re definitely disappointed in the loss. But he we have confidence in ourselves, and you know, to go out and get another win. So like I said, just focus on the next one and going to see what we can do better.

“We just got to take it one game at a time right now. Try to win Game 6, and that’s the mindset. See what we can do better from this game and just come out be ready to fight.”

In the three games the Mavs have won, all on the road, Luka Doncic is a combined 3-of-20 shooting in the fourth quarters for just seven points. This isn’t just a one game sample. Doncic clearly expends so much energy through the first three quarters that he’s left gassed in the final quarter. His scoring by quarter in Game 5 was 19 points in the first quarter, eight points in the second, 13 in the third quarter, and a whopping two points in the fourth .

While the Mavericks present a number of challenges due to their coaching, the Clippers’ game-plan has never been more clear than it now: Defensively, make Doncic score and wear him out throughout the game. Offensively, keep attacking the paint, putting pressure on tone of the worst rim protecting teams in the league, and letting your inside-out offense flow from there.

If they don’t, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George’s second season together could come to a very disappointing end in Friday’s Game 6.