Two blocks in a row, two three-pointers in a row.

A wave of 6-0 narrowed the gap to 1 point.

Spurs are out of form as a team? Yes。

Tang Tian alone can't turn the situation around? No！

When the offense can't play the state, the real problem is defense!

Strong, even overwhelming defense!

Bledsoe's offense in the front court was interfered with by Dio, and Dio spotted Tang Tian as soon as he got the defensive rebound.

A long pass that ran through the whole court, Tang Tian jumped up after receiving the ball and scored directly with both hands!

37 to 36!

The Spurs overtook the score!

Tang Tian personally launched a wave of 8-0 attacks!

It smells so good!

It's really fragrant!

De Nagro hurriedly reached out and called a timeout.

When Tang Tian came on the stage, he was greeted by the overwhelming cheers of the audience.

Many of them remembered something.

Tang Tian's words, at the beginning of this season, once scored 20+ points in ten consecutive games!

He's not just defending!

It's not that he can't score!

Although there are not many offensive means, it can also be terrifying!

Popovich felt the enthusiasm of the fans, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Now it seems that the previous attempt to make fans focus on Tang Tian's defense, thereby reducing Tang Tian's market value, has come to naught.

What Holt asked him to do, he couldn't do at all.

Tang Tian proved his importance with his strength.

He doesn't bother to do it now, and since Holt doesn't want to pay the luxury tax, let's throw this headache to Holt and Foster to deal with!

Anyway, it's really a trick to play Lai Pi, he's just the head coach of the team now, isn't it!

The Spurs' defense was not weak, and under the leadership and infection of Tang Tian, the whole team played a suffocating defense in the second quarter.

Crawford scored seven straight points at the start of the second quarter, but in the latter part of the quarter, they scored a total of seven points!

The Spurs beat the Clippers 40-14 in a single quarter!

Lead by 23 points at halftime!

The fans on the hotline fryed.

"This is so fake! A section collapsed? ”

"Haha, one's defense is really limited, but you all forgot that defense is the thing that can best drive the state of your teammates!"

"But the Spurs really come up every time they play the Clippers!"

"What a joy!"

"This Clippers team is really toxic, obviously not bad, but it just can't fight hard, it can only play downwind."

"Paul is limited by his height and it is difficult to play explosive scoring, Griffin's style of play is more suitable for exhibition games, and the two cores can't be tough, how do you make this team hard?"

"It seems to make sense......"

"Reasonable NBA point guard leads the team, and there are very few successes, because when it comes to life and death, it is a matter of who can score more."

"The one with the highest score wins the game, even in the finals of the year when the Pistons and Spurs were in the finals, it was the steady output of Duncan and Ginobili that helped the Spurs win the championship."

……

There was a lot of talk from the fans on the hotline, but they didn't get to the point.

The current Clippers, the fundamental reason why they can't play against the wind is still their defense.

When the offense is open, they are in a position to cover up defensive problems.

But once the offense was blocked, their defensive problems were completely exposed.

Coming back in the third quarter, the Spurs beat the Clippers 30-9 in a single quarter.

The Clippers made 10 turnovers in this quarter!

Their mentality is clearly wrong, and their habits have collapsed.

At the end of the third quarter, the score on the court was 96-52.

With a huge difference of 44 points, this time Popovich gave face and replaced the full bench one after another.

De Nagro made Paul and Griffin on the court at the start of the fourth quarter, and he clearly didn't want the team to lose too ugly.

But with a huge point difference, Paul and Griffin obviously didn't want to play, and they were forced to stay on the court in extremely poor condition.

Paul was able to be cut off by Joseph, and Griffin was beaten by Aaron Baines for two consecutive big hats.

And looking at Baines's sturdy body, Li Fen didn't dare to say anything.

After playing for more than five minutes, the difference not only did not narrow, but passed 50 minutes.

De Nagro was like an ostrich at this time, reaching out to hold his head and burying it in his chest, already a little desperate.

The margin has been fluctuating around 50 points, and when he was close to halftime, De Colo found his touch and hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside, bringing the difference to 58 points.

On the Clippers' last offense, Paul adjusted his mood and shook off Joseph to score an inside layup.

The Spurs missed the last attack, and the score on the court was finally fixed at 126-70.

“Fxck！ As a Clippers fan, I can't complain! ”

"The Spurs really have a grudge against the Clippers, and they can score such an exaggerated score every time......"

"The last time it was the playoffs, this regular season is like this."

"I really don't blame the Spurs this time, didn't you watch Popovich go to the bench in the fourth quarter? It's the Clippers themselves who don't fight for it! ”

"De Nagro also had Paul and Griffin play a full quarter in the fourth quarter, and he's a complete piece of shit! Fuck off! ”

"But in fact, De Nagro is okay, and Paul's 2 points in the final moments are crucial."

"Yes, garbage time dares to fight and successfully avoid 58."

"Cannon Warning!"

"You guys are really poisonous! As Paul Honey, I'm really powerless right now, and hopefully he can prove himself in the playoffs. ”

"You still hope they have a better or worse regular season record, or they will meet the Spurs......"

……

Tang Tian still only played 25 minutes in this game, but the obvious difference from the previous games was that it was 25 minutes in the third quarter, and he didn't go to 30 because the last quarter was already pure garbage time.

And his performance has been the most effective in recent games.

8-of-10 shooting, 6-of-7 three-pointers, 22 points, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

A big win over the Clippers to end a three-game losing streak was the best news since the Spurs All-Star break.

And that's just the beginning.

Two days later, the Spurs host the 76ers, who beat them at home just last week.

In this game, Tang Tian played 30 minutes for the first time in nearly half a month, and he scored 16 points, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks to help the Spurs win 103-91.

They followed them another home back-to-back against the Celtics and Trail Blazers.

Tang Tian played 30 minutes in both games, and played 38 minutes against Celtics because of the fierce game.

23 points, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks in a game, 15 points, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in a game.

The Spurs also ended up winning both games.

Popovich's adjustment was immediate, and after Tang Tian's playing time was released, the Spurs ended their three-game losing streak and directly ushered in a wave of four consecutive wins!

And after this wave of four consecutive wins, they also reopened the gap with the Thunder and came to the first place in the West again!