This is Your Best Defensive Player

Twenty-six points in a half—even for scorers like Durant and Anthony, that was an absolutely staggering number.

What was more, those numbers had come from Paul, a player who had always prioritized passing. Paul's first-half performance had undoubtedly been revolutionary.

Clippers fans were cheering wildly at home. They had the invincible Grizzlies pinned down so hard they could barely breathe; it felt as though the championship was already in the bag.

In the face of victory, Defensive Player of the Year meant absolutely nothing! So what if Link had snatched the Defensive Player of the Year award? What the Clippers could snatch away was victory!

Inside the Clippers' locker room, the players were all fired up. Their offense had been so beautiful in the first half, and Paul had undoubtedly injected everyone with adrenaline. The effect was even more pronounced than Doug Rivers' motivational speeches.

"Keep it up in the second half—don't let up! Those bastards think they've already won. They think sweeping those ancient Mavericks means they're something special. Well, we'll show them what real playoff basketball looks like!"

Paul roared in the locker room, and everyone else chimed in. His emotions had spread to every Clippers player.

Rivers nodded in satisfaction. It seemed halftime would not cool down the Clippers' offensive firepower.

When the second half began, the Grizzlies would face the same ferocious onslaught!

Rivers was genuinely grateful that the Clippers had a player like Chris Paul. If all he had were DeAndre Jordan and Griffin in this game, they might have lost long ago. But when you had Paul, anything was possible.

Rivers could not help wondering what the Grizzlies' locker room looked like right now. Those arrogant bastards had never been beaten up like this before. They had to be completely at a loss, on