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The Clippers relied on their winning rules to get another win in New York, and they will next face off on the 28th against the season's bitter hosts, the San Anthony Spurs, for a fourth time. This time, the Clippers are not ready to reap another loss, they are killed four times in a season, and the playoffs will definitely be affected, and the most important thing is the passivity of the mentality, if the Spurs kill the Clippers four times, they will definitely have the upper hand psychologically. And when two teams with a similar level meet, mentality is also a very important factor in determining the outcome of the game.

However, the bad news for the Clippers is that they are playing away on the 28th, they have lost all two home games, and the remaining fourth game is on the road, and the odds for the Clippers to win before the game are extremely low, and obviously everyone is not optimistic that the Clippers can beat the old Spurs.

The Spurs didn't win the championship last year, and they were given the black eight, such a playoff trip is really unexpected, and the Spurs have been regular visitors to the Western Conference finals in recent years, and it is not difficult to win the championship. However, if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable, this is the consequence of Popovich's complacency in recent years, the Spurs have not brought in powerful foreign aid in recent years, their troika is getting older and older, Duncan and Ginobili are plagued by injuries, even if they are not blacked out by the Clippers, the next round will be sad for the Jazz and Lakers.

The so-called painful learning from change, change is clear, and general is reached. As Popovich said. "The current alliance is not yesterday's world. Once upon a time we could do big things with less. But if you want to win the championship today, you have to spend a lot of money. It can be seen that the Spurs coach has recognized the need for a blood change, and the Spurs management is not blind, they need to gamble again before Duncan River goes down, so there is an unprecedented large-scale recruitment this offseason.

The Spurs traded for Jamison last summer, even if it was Bruce. Bowen.

Speaking of Uncle Bao, the former All-Defensive player has now served as a TNT commentator and has been commentating on Spurs games. Bowen when he was a player, and he can be said to be a fringe player. He averaged only 6 points per game in his career, but the Spurs made the decision to retire Bowen's jersey this season, breaking the glasses of the entire league.

On the evening of March 28 local time, that is, after the game against the Clippers, Bruce. Bowen's No. 12 jersey will be raised and hung forever from the ceiling of the AT&T Center. Robinson, George. Gervin, James. Hellas, Johnny. Moore, Avery. Johnson and Sean. Elliott's jersey for posterity.

Bruce. After Bowen learned the news, he exposed the rehearsal ceremony for the retirement of his jersey on his Twitter in advance, with a heartfelt statement: "What an honor! "It's hard to imagine, Bruce. Bowen before San Antonio became a household name. He was just an undrafted player who had to make a living in the French league and the American minor league. He moved to four teams before joining the Spurs.

Ginobili first met Bowen in the fall of 2002, in the Spurs' training camp. At the time, the Argentine had already achieved glory in Europe and was preparing to prove himself in the NBA; And at that time Bruce. Bowen is 31 years old and has played for the Spurs for his second season. In Ginobili's first intra-team practice match, Bowen was assigned by Popovich to mark Ginobili.

"At the time I thought he was a madman, a nuisance, a demon." At the Ginobili press conference, he recalled the first time he met Bowen: "He was rude defensively, like he was saying to me, 'Boy, welcome to the NBA!'" That training game was the first time Ginobili was injured in the NBA, and Bowen gave Manu a big gift when they met for the first time, making the demon knife realize the difference between the NBA and the European league.

Bruce. Bowen pointed to the spot where the jersey was about to hang on the dome of the arena and told the media, "I think my story tells people how to be a good role player, and that place still has a place for role players, which is an unexpected bonus in my life, and I want to see what happens in the future." ”

Bowen reported to the Spurs for the 2001-02 season after playing in the Second Team of the Year Defensive Team in Miami, but he needed to find a team that really needed him and appreciated him. Joining the Spurs was a match made in heaven. Popovich said: "Bowen set the tone for our team. The Spurs' wise head coach once called Bowen "the team's third soul" — the soul of the fight.

Since joining the Spurs, Bowen has averaged 6.1 points per game, and although he does not score much, since 2004, Bowen has been a member of the league's All-Defensive Team for four consecutive years - he has become the strongest shield for the Spurs forward.

Perhaps the most brilliant moment of Bowen's career was the 2007 Finals, the series that swept the Cavaliers in four games. Bowen will be LeBron. James was limited to just 35 of 101 shots. When asked about Bowen's contribution to the Spurs' three championships, Duncan gave the highest rating ever, "He's irreplaceable." ”

When the Clippers came to San Antonio, Ji Guozhi certainly wouldn't say anything out of place on this occasion, but he came up with a sentence: "Did James only make 35 of 101 shots in 07?" As soon as the dead fox said this, the Cleveland media couldn't wait to go up and slap him twice, this bastard was so badly beaten, it seemed that no one would be comfortable if he didn't go black every day.

Of course, Ji Guoqiu is not so bad, he commented on Bowen, saying: "The main team of the three-time championship team, four defensive first-team, three-time defensive second-team, and one-point king, only taking a salary less than the middle class, and taking the initiative to ask for a salary reduction and re-signing the contract for the team to sign new players, and finally chose to retire early, what else can such a player say?" ”

San Antonio fans suddenly felt that the pandas were pleasing to the eye, and they also felt more and more that Bowen was great, although this is not the case for other teams, except for the Spurs, probably all teams want this old guy to retire soon.

The elder Dunleavy looked at Popovich very unpleasantly, when is it not good to have a retirement ceremony, and he has to pick a game day with the Clippers, isn't this a heart to take them to sacrifice the flag?

The Spurs players were united in this game, and they didn't want to mess up Bowen's retirement ceremony, and although the third uncle was hated by other teams, he was respected by the players and fans at the Spurs, in San Antonio.

Ji Guoqiu was right at the pre-game press conference, there are few players in the league who are really good for the team like the third uncle, Bowen's role in the Spurs is not inferior to that of Big Ben to the Pistons, but his salary is comparable to Ben. Wallace is several times less, and he took the initiative to reduce his salary, where to find such a player? If you look at the anti-bone boy who has been hovering on the edge of the playoffs this year, you will find that Uncle Bao is not at all like a bad element that came out of capitalism.

The old Dunleavy is most worried that the Spurs will beat them to death as soon as they come up, and today the Spurs players are absolutely unprecedentedly impactful for Uncle Bao's retirement ceremony, so the Clippers sent a defensive formation - Billups, Garcia, Barnes, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu. Originally, old Dunleavy was also going to put Deng Tai. Jones replaced, but after thinking about it, he still had to give up on this little face.

Before the start of Ji Guoyi's game, he surprisingly did not go to the technical table to turn his heels, but came to his own inner line, grabbed the basket with a light jump, and did three pull-ups in a row.

Charles. Barkley laughed: "Look at it, the fox brother did a new trick in the pre-game ceremony today, he didn't go somersaults, he actually pulled the frame and did a few pull-ups." ”

Kenny. Smith also laughed: "I think it's good, when he used to do somersaults from the tech table, every time I was worried about whether he would fall headfirst to the ground, now this action is much safer." ”

After the game started, I don't know if Ji Guoyi pulled his basket crookedly, the Spurs' first three shots were all smashed on the basket and popped up, but the Clippers shot 3 of 3, and the Spurs played a 7:0 in the opening game.

Popovich was so angry that he called a timeout to play the commentary on Bruce. In Bowen's schadenfreude, all the Spurs were sprayed in the face by Popovich, and even Duncan was not spared. In this game, Popovich will never allow his well-intentioned "shipwreck day" to be ruined. If Bowen's retirement ceremony can't win, not only will the third uncle's face be gloomy, but his face will be even more unbearable.

After the game restarted, Duncan singled Ji Guoqiu under the basket, and his trademark hook shot scored two points for the Spurs.

The Clippers switched between offense and defense very quickly today, and Dunleavy Sr. felt that they were not the opponents of the Spurs this season when they played a positional battle with the Spurs, as evidenced by the fact that they lost three games in a row. GDP plus Jamison, that is, the GDP J combination is too experienced, and they are both stars with explosive ball quotients, and it is basically impossible to expect the two brothers to take out the Spurs in the positional battle in the second season. Don't forget, Duncan is also a top 10 superstar in the Hall of Fame, and it is uncertain whether the two brothers will be able to surpass him in the future, and it is even more unlikely that they will have the upper hand now.

Ji Guoqiu is in a very correct state of mind today, not seeking to gain an advantage against Duncan, but only seeking to play his own characteristics, such as his strategy, defense and stronger impact.

The Clippers are playing 23 joint defense today, and they rarely shrink their forces to the inside, which is to see if the Spurs are accurate on the outside? And once their joint defense fails, they simply hit and mark people, but they require a faster speed to help defend the bag, and they can cover the inside line when they have the opportunity.

There is no way to compromise the old Dunleavy, the Spurs' tactical execution is too good, the basketball transfer ability is more perverted than last season, the running position is erratic, they play joint defense, and it is easy for the Spurs to transfer the basketball to the hands of the vacant players with three or two passes, and then they can only die. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued......)