In the next game, Artest can still receive passes from Billups, but as long as Ji Guoqiu can pass to the little fox, the basketball will never fly to Artest in the end.

Artest gradually began to be dissatisfied, today's team's strategy is to focus on him, and the twins are responsible for containment, but now he is slowly becoming a support, which makes the dissatisfaction that the beast has accumulated for half a season begin to explode!

* Vicky and Dunleavy Sr. both noticed that something was not quite right, Artest received the basketball, and when he didn't have the chance, he would force a shot instead of passing the ball again.

At 3:55 in the second quarter, the score was 48:38, and the Spurs called a timeout.

"I don't know what's going on, but you guys try to wrap Artest and leave the others alone!" * Vicky is not the head coach of the Clippers, but he found an anomaly at the same time as Dunleavy Sr., and it can only be said that the Spurs coach is still a step ahead.

Dunleavy Sr., as the head coach of the team, also knew that something was not right, and he was not sure what was going to happen, but his instinct told him that Artest's situation was wrong, and his offensive options were very debatable.

"Artest is stuck in a solo fight on the field, should you replace him at this time?"

Dunleavy Sr. hesitated, glanced at the scores of both teams, and decided to replace the beast that had made the wrong offensive choices in a row. Although I don't know what's going on with Artest, the old Dunleavy knows that this game is the top priority, and now that the shape is dominant, no accident can happen on the field, no matter who is not good on the field, they must be replaced to calm down.

The game restarted, and the Clippers brought on: Billups, James. Posey, Garcia, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.

* Vicky was slightly embarrassed to see this, the old Dunleavy was fast enough to set up today, and his timeout was in vain. Instead, the opposite side took the opportunity to replace the abnormal player, and the deal was lost.

Artest has scored 14 points, and the table can't be said to be bad, and now the Clippers are facing the same problem as the Lakers at the beginning, one basketball is not enough points!

No one in this world will feel like they are not the protagonists. Artest now has the strength of averaging 20+ per game, but the number of shots per game is far lower than his expectations, if it weren't for the contract year, plus the mental maturity over the years, he wouldn't have swallowed his anger all the time!

Artest was not on the court, and Ji Guoyi got enough shots. Billups doesn't pay much attention to this aspect of the number jù, his specialty is distributing the ball, and the Clippers are back to normal.

At halftime, the score was 55-44, and the Clippers entered the second half with an 11-point advantage. This result made the elder Dunleavy very satisfied.

Ji Guoqiu had 8 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, Billups had 12 points and 4 assists, and Artest had 14 points.

Duncan had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Ginobili 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Parker 4 points and 4 assists, Finley 4 points and Bowen 3 points.

The Clippers shot 60% from the field in the first half, while the Spurs only 50%, and if it weren't for Duncan's god-like play on the inside, the Spurs would have been beaten by more than 15 points.

Charles. Barkley commented at halftime: "The Clippers didn't play this game any different from the last one, I watched them last game, albeit with twice the fast forward. I think the reason why they're ahead today. The first is that they feel good, and the second is that they pay attention to the number of fouls they have. ”

Kenny. Smith also said: "The Clippers were extremely pressing and intense against Duncan's defense in one game. Many of the Twins' defensive moves are brutal, and they want to use them to limit the Spurs' tactical core. This kind of defense does make Duncan play average, and Duncan's hand feeling in the first game is extremely poor, which has a lot to do with the defensive intensity of the Clippers. However, there are pros and cons, and their overly large defensive moves also get too many fouls, and finally the crucial decisive stage. The two brothers were fouled together, causing the Clippers to lose Game 1. ”

Charles. Barkley laughed, "The twins were very good at foul control today. They both fouled twice, but it made Duncan's hands feel hot! ”

Kenny. Smith said helplessly: "This is something that can't be helped. We have to make countless choices in every game, and just like in your life, every decision you make comes at a cost. ”

In the Spurs' locker room, Vicky was expressionless, but he was quickly thinking of ways to turn the tide in his heart.

It's a conundrum, the Clippers have so many cards to play, they shouldn't be eighth, and Vicky feels that if he gives himself such a card, he has at least a hundred tricks to get the other team home to fish.

In fact, the old Dunleavy's arrangement today made him helpless, no matter how powerful Duncan is, but Shi Foguang has been invincible to the twins with two fists and four hands, Ginobili played normally in the first half, and the last game was an explosion, just like today's Duncan, not everything can happen.

Thinking about it in the end, *Vic knew that if they wanted to turn the tables, they had to have someone else stand up in the second half except Duncan play, and it was obviously delusional to expect the bench to complete this task, and I can only hope that Tony. Parker has a slap. If Ginobili played normally today, then the French sports car couldn't even play normally today, and if he played normally, the Spurs would at least be able to match the Clippers.

"Tony, in the second half, you just had a crooked nose and a leg injury?" This kind of thing can only be said by *Vicky, and Parker will not do it immediately.

Parker could only reply with a red face in the face of *vic's well-intentioned sarcasm: "My nose is not crooked, and my leg is not hurt." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the Spurs locker room, Duncan stepped forward and touched Parker's head, Ginobili quickly flashed to the side when he saw this, Duncan usually doesn't touch only one head, there are only a few hairs on his head, boss, you should touch someone else!

In the Clippers locker room, Dunleavy Sr. was busy encouraging his players and praising the team's first-half performance.

Artest sat in the corner of the dressing room, he was the team's second-highest scorer in the first half, but he kept his head down and didn't look very interested.

Seeing that the glass of Gatorade in his hand had been drunk, Billups brought another glass and handed it to Artest, saying, "Ron, I know your nickname is 'The Beast'. But I didn't expect you to be so lethal in the low post, and in the first half your table was very good, like a real beast. ”

Artest barely showed a smile: "Your passing is comfortable, my last table is not good, and I was replaced by the coach." ”

The Spurs' visiting locker room isn't broken, though. But the area is not large, and the old Dunleavy naturally heard the conversation between the two, and carefully pondered what Artest had to say, even if he didn't know the other party's true thoughts, he could also hear that Artest was dissatisfied with being replaced.

The bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused.

Dunleavy Sr. could see it at the All-Star Game. When Ji Guoyi and Durant are together, they will compete with each other for the ball, but when they come to their own team, they can't imagine that Artest has the same problem, if it weren't for the All-Star exchange for Billups, which made Artest's number rise again, maybe the latter's accumulated dissatisfaction would have erupted long ago.

The second half of the game begins. There were no changes to the starting line-ups on both sides.

Old Dunleavy didn't say that he couldn't see the reason for Artest's dissatisfaction, and even if he could see it, he couldn't solve it, so he still had to put the beast on the field.

Artest restrained his dissatisfaction in the second half, he is no longer the stunned young man who beat the fans during the palace of Auburn Hills, he now knows how to regulate his emotions and knows how to restrain himself.

But sometimes, Ji Guosha's unique comparison is really infuriating!

In the first attack of the second half, Ji Guoyi did not have a suitable shot. But the basketball didn't come out again when it reached him, and the fox brother directly shot a three-point shot on the outside, and hit a shot angrily!

Ji Guoqiu and Artest rushed to the basket. Artest wrapped Duncan's hand, affecting Shi Fo's jump, Ji Guoqiu took advantage of his bounce, grabbed the rebound between Oberto and Duncan, and then forced again to cause a foul on the Argentine interior player.

* Vicky yelled at the referee, who had just whistled for a foul on Artest. This made the Spurs coach vent his frustration on the referees.

The referee was sprayed with a spat star in the face by *vic, and he wanted to show him a technical foul. But a glance at the big screen, the slow-motion replay allowed everyone to see the foul action on Artest's hand. The referee hesitated for a moment and did not make a technical foul on *vic.

Ji Guoqiu hit two free throws in the deafening boos of the fans, and the score was 57:44.

The Spurs weren't flustered by the ball, it's their team temperament, and the Texas team is very resilient and the least likely to be defeated in the league.

Duncan moved to the upper line, Finley ran off the ball on the wing, Parker and Duncan blocked and didn't pass the ball, and jumped straight to the free-throw line......

Ji Guoqiu changed to defend Parker, and the panda brother blocked the ball in time, and a big yellow hand covered Parker's entire face.

However, Parker, who only scored 4 points in the first half, still managed to hit it under Ji Guoqiu's perfect defense.

The old Dunleavy immediately made a joint defensive gesture off the court, and the Spurs wanted to counterattack at the beginning of the second half, they had to choke this wave of offense, as long as they blocked the Spurs' counterattack, they should have no drama, and the Clippers' victory was basically in their pockets.

The Clippers' joint defense is very intense, almost suffocating defense, with a distance of less than one meter from the defenders, and the joint defense formation has also expanded, leaving two twins on the inside, which is a strengthened two-three defense.

Parker and Duncan blocked the pick-and-roll, and he could only burst to 15 feet, and was immediately surrounded by the Clippers, and the French sports car opted for a quick split.

Finley received the basketball outside the three-point line, and the Spurs veteran wanted to pass the basketball to Duncan, at this time, it became Ji Guosha to defend Duncan, and the little fox had already put it on the line, and cut off the Spurs' passing line in the middle of Duncan.

The Clippers players followed the ball, and Finley was slow to get the ball, and Artest and Billups immediately surrounded him.

Parker was left unguarded, but the basketball could not be passed to the French, and the passing route was cut off by the Clippers players.

Finley was about to make a mistake, Parker rushed over to respond, after the former handed the basketball player to the French, the Spurs' offensive time was running out, Parker could only shoot three points two steps away from the three-point line, and the result was of course outrageous!

* Vicky immediately warmed up Ginobili, Finley is no longer suitable to play as a starter, he is obviously not in the form of last season in this series, there is less Ginobili on the court, the Clippers' joint defense will completely lock up the Spurs, Parker and Duncan alone can't break the Clippers' joint defense, and the GDP combination must stay on the court longer at the same time to withstand the Clippers' offensive.

After Ginobili came on the court, the Clippers' joint defense began to take care of it, and the Spurs could dribble through too many points at this time, and a net could not cover it, so the old Dunleavy hurriedly canceled the joint defense and continued to play and mark.

"If you want to stagger the playing time of the GDP and keep the offensive firepower off the bench, I just won't let you succeed!" Dunleavy Sr.'s move is the real killer move today, as long as the GDP is not present at the same time, they immediately use joint defense, forcing the GDP combination to stay on the court at the same time.

The reason why the old Dunleavy did this is very simple, the Spurs bench is in bad shape, this is a well-known thing, the average age of their benches is 35 years old, they are all old men who are about to retire, once there is no Ginobili output in the bench period, when the two teams play on the bench, the Clippers will put the twins or Artest, Mobley and others on the court, you can take the opportunity to open up the difference. (To be continued) R655