Chapter 208: It's time to rest
At 7:30 of the first quarter, Popovich called a timeout first, and even though Parker scored four straight points inside, they were still in a bad situation, and the team felt cold after the opening game and needed some adjustments.
The score was 11-6, and the Clippers led by four points.
Ji Guoqiu scored 4 points, Billups 3 points, and Artest 4 points.
Parker had four points and Oberto had two points.
"Be careful of fouls, they have a plan to make your fouls, pay attention to defensive movements, not every ball has to be blocked to be a good defense." After the timeout, the elder Dunleavy first reminded the two brothers to pay attention to the number of fouls, and the two of them now have one foul per person, and anyone who commits another foul will have to go off the court.
Duncan and Parker have been consciously trying to create fouls on the two brothers since the start of the game, and they have not done their best for the time being, but they have also completed part of the plan, and both have a foul and a yellow alert is on.
"! Duncan also fouled once, see who gets who down first? "The little fox hasn't scored yet, he tried to break Duncan twice, and they all failed!
The first time he was almost stealed, and the second time he smashed the ball on the instep of his foot and kicked it off the court, making Spurs fans laugh at it until now.
Old Dunleavy did not criticize Ji Guosha, his approach was right, the task of the fox brother was to consume and kill Duncan as much as possible, as long as this goal was achieved, the task would be completed, and one of the fouls of the stone Buddha was made by Ji Guoyi.
After the timeout, the Clippers made no substitutions, and unlike the regular season, the playoffs were different from the regular season, and they had to play more than 40 minutes as long as they had no problems.
After the Spurs paused, they changed the formation first, and Uncle Bao Sanshu got older. Despite getting into the second defensive line. But he's actually not good at defending a power player like Artest. The Beast doesn't jump at all on the offensive end, his kicks and blackfeet aren't useful, and there is no place for Bowen against the Clippers.
Popovich replaced Ginobili with a plan to see if their demon knife is demonic today?
Ginobili immediately showed his threat when he came up, receiving a pass from Duncan under the basket, and when he went to the basket, he was slapped in the face by Posey, who was chasing behind him, and Posey's foul action was almost catching up with Bowen.
The referee immediately came up and showed a technical foul to Posey, and Ginobili lay on the ground for a moment. I don't know if I'm injured or pretending, anyway, Ji Guoyan thinks he's pretending, and both Argentines and Brazilians are actors.
"Mr. referee, my teammate was unintentional and the technical foul was too heavy." Ji Guoyi harassed the referee on the side, and deliberately said in a voice that the Spurs players could hear: "He's pretending, he's cheating on you, he has a nickname called the Argentine actor, this guy also used a fake drop on the American team in the Olympics, it's him." ”
Ji Guosha's sowing discord made the referee cry and laugh. The Spurs players, especially the pretending Ginobili lying on the ground, wanted to vomit blood angrily, and the dead fox was too immoral.
"Alright. I know. The referee did not warn Ji Guosha, but only waved his hand.
Ji Guozhi immediately left in a hurry, and this virtue made the Spurs players eager to catch him and beat him up!
Ginobili was furious and personally took two free throws, one of two.
The Spurs possessed the ball, Parker dribbled and looked for opportunities on the outside, and Ginobili used the positioning and cover tactics to run out of an open again to receive a pass and hit the basket......
Ji Guoqiu was under the basket, he wanted to make up for the defense but was stopped by Duncan, the old Duncan blocked Ji Guoqiu and created a breakthrough route for his teammates to pass through, and Ginobili caught up with Ji Guoqiu on the other side to make up for the layup.
Dunleavy Sr. saw what tactics the Spurs were playing off the court, they didn't feel good today, and after a timeout, they began to play an air-cut after the off-ball screen.
Parker and Ginobili both have strong breakaway ability, and Duncan plays the role of covering for them to block the twins' defense. Shi Buddha is experienced and can take the first step to seize a favorable position, and one of the two brothers of the card owner makes their interior line too late to defend, this kind of blocking is very disgusting.
Halfway through the first quarter, Dunleavy Sr. replaced Posey with Mobley to strengthen the team's perimeter offense.
Popovich went-for-tat and immediately replaced Bowen again, the third uncle has the most experience in dealing with players like Mobley, and he will kick you to see if you die?
Ji Guoqiu was fouled by Shi Buddha at 4 minutes and 40 seconds in the first quarter when defending Duncan's low-post singles, and the two fouls had to be temporarily rested.
Popovich finally smiled when he saw this, during this time Parker began to be guarded strictly, Ginobili burst to the basket in a row, but I don't know if he was stunned by Posey's slap, his layup actually missed twice under the interference of Ji Guoqiu, and the Spurs were more passive, and they were now scoreless.
Now that Ji Guoqiu has been defeated, the Clippers' internal defense ability has suddenly dropped by one level, and Ji Guoyan alone can't take care of it.
The score was 16:10, and the Clippers still led by 6 points when Ji Guoqiu went down.
Duncan made a free throw, making one of two free throws.
Today, the Spurs didn't even make good free throws, and the little smile that Popovich just showed disappeared, and their free throws have been bad, which is due to Duncan's infection.
Ji Guoqiu is off the court, the Clippers have little impact on the offensive end, and they still have Billups, so it's a big deal to hand over all the organizational tasks to Mr. Key, which is the benefit of having more stars.
The Spurs players thought that Billups was going to start taking over the organizing task of the Clippers, and even the Clippers players themselves thought so, Ji Guoyi and Mobley were running without the ball, Billups suddenly accelerated at the top of the arc to break through, and used the advantage of power to crash Parker and force the inside.
Duncan immediately moved sideways to make up for the defense, and the stone Buddha had a hint of alarm in his heart at this moment!
Billups jumped up at Duncan, collected the ball in the air and made physical contact with Duncan, although the final layup was shot out by Duncan, but the referee's whistle sounded at this time.
"Defensive foul!"
The referee gestured to the Spurs halfcourt and awarded Duncan a foul under the basket.
Shi Fo's eyes were round, his hands were spread, and he looked at the referee expressionlessly.
Although Duncan was expressionless at this time, everyone knew what he meant: "Referee, are you blind?" ”
The little fox immediately came up and picked up Billups. Then he slapped Duncan not far away. Say it loudly: "Well done." The man with facial paralysis was beaten down by you! ”
Ginobili was furious, and came up to Ji Guoyi and shouted, "You should learn to respect your seniors." ”
Ji Guo sneered: "Winning the championship is not about who is older, not to mention that the absence of hair on his head does not mean that he is old, maybe he is aging fast." ”
Ginobili was about to explode, Duncan hurriedly pulled away the Argentine bald man, and took the opportunity to touch Ginobili's head again to calm down the Argentine.
"No hair, no hair, what's the big deal, at least it's cool in the summer." Duncan thought to himself.
Ji Guosha belongs to the kind of people who provoke others. A guy who is in good shape by himself, referred to as a slut! After he succeeded in infuriating Ginobili and leading the Argentine even more inaccurately, the little fox himself immediately got in shape, ran to the outside to catch the ball on the offensive end, and hit a three-pointer with a picturesque posture.
After the goal, Ji Guoyi deliberately opened his hand to Ginobili in celebration, which made the latter even more angry, and his head was about to burst into flames.
The Clippers, led by Billups and Ji Guoyi plus Artest, went off the court in the first quarter after Ji Guoqiu and Duncan both went off the court due to fouls. Unexpectedly pressed the Spurs on the opponent's home court.
The first quarter ended with the score 24-16. The Clippers ended the first quarter with an eight-point lead.
Mark. Jackson was a little incredulous after the first quarter, watching the replay and saying: "The Clippers have a good crosshair today, shooting exactly 50% from the field and 40% from three-point range, the Spurs need to increase the pressure on the defensive end, and the Clippers don't get enough pressure on the offensive end." ”
Popovich did the same after the first quarter, and the Clippers were on fire on the offensive end in the first quarter, so it couldn't go on like this.
In the second quarter, Duncan and Ji Guoqiu were sent by the coaches of the two teams as soon as they started, and both of them committed two fouls in the last five minutes of the first quarter, and neither the old Dunleavy nor Popovich planned to let them rest in the second quarter.
Spurs 2nd quarter lineup: Ginobili, Michael. Finley, Bruce. Bowen, Cork. Thomas, Tim. Duncan.
Clippers 2nd Quarter Lineup: Blavin. Knight, Catino. Mobley, Garcia, Tim. Thomas, Ji Guoqiu.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Spurs veteran Michael . Finley hit back-to-back mid-range shots to close the gap to four points.
On the Clippers' side, Mobley and Thomas began to take turns playing singles on the outside, but the two who had excellent performances in the regular season did not shoot well today under the Spurs' high-intensity defense.
In the playoffs, singles are the most inefficient way to attack, but both of them have adapted to this inefficient way of attacking, and they can't change it for a while. There is no hidden danger in playing like this in the regular season, that is because the defensive intensity is not strong enough, facing the Spurs in the playoffs, it is difficult to use such an offense again, and even Ji Guoyi tried his best to make his shot reasonable today, and did not dare to waste it.
At 9 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, the Clippers only relied on Ji Guoqiu's basket to score two points, and Dunleavy Sr. immediately called a timeout.
With a score of 26:22, the Spurs narrowed the gap with veteran Finley's mid-range shot.
"Catino and Garcia swapped defenders, we played in the low post, we strengthened your off-ball cuts when we didn't have a chance, and we reduced singles on the offensive end."
The elder Dunleavy first asked Mobley, who was frequently hit by Finley in the middle distance on the defensive end, to change the defense of Bowen, the 37-year-old Bowen has no offensive power, and the old cat should be able to defend it. Now the first thing to solve is the offensive end, Mobley and Thomas's single efficiency is too poor, so that Dunleavy Sr. wants to replace both of them.
Before the game, the two of them were the key to the old Dunleavy planning to open up the difference in the substitute period, but they didn't expect to be narrowed by the opponent.
The game restarted, Ji Guoqiu received the basketball in the low post on the left side, and it was Tim who defended him. Duncan.
The panda hero shook on the spot twice, and the latter did not react, this little trick was not on the table in front of the stone Buddha.
Ginobili came up to wrap the trap, and Ji Guoqiu quickly turned around and shot before being trapped......
Ji Guoqiu's shot this time was a little off track under Duncan's defense, but the giant panda was lucky, the basketball hit the rebound, and bounced between the baskets several times, and finally fell into the net!
"Damn! Their luck is always so good today. 'Popovich was very uncomfortable on the sidelines, there were two goals like that today, and Artest had a similar goal before.
Duncan turned his head and wanted to fight Ji Guoqiu, and it was best to beat Brother Panda again.
Ji Guoqiu's defensive end restrained his defensive movements, Duncan's ball suffered little defensive pressure, but the Spurs were not accurate today except for Finley and Parker, and Duncan was no exception, this ball also rebounded between the rebound and the basket several times, but finally fell outside the basket.
"Is it because you've been resting for a long time?" Popovich regretted it a little at this time, feeling that it seemed like a big break for the GDP pair to rest three games in a row before the playoffs......
Brother Panda grabbed the rebound under the basket, and the Spurs' offense didn't work out.
At 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, Dunleavy Sr. replaced Mobley and Thomas, and replaced Artest and Ji Guoyi, and the lineup on the court became: Blaven. Knight, Garcia, Artest, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.
Ji Guoyi said to his teammates after coming on the court: "The coach said that while they can't shoot accurately, let's play joint defense for a while." (To be continued......) R1292