Chapter 521: I can't be missing
Ji Guoyi was sent off the field, and the team staff followed him left and right, ready to send him back to the locker room.
Under normal circumstances, it stands to reason that one staff member is enough, but the Spurs fans all over the stadium are scolding Ji Guosha at this time, and countless threats involving racial discrimination and personal safety are shouted from the mouths of Spurs fans.
At the same time, the security guards at the Spurs' home stadium also escorted Ji Guoyi back to the locker room one after another, also worried about conflicts between the away team players and home fans.
Popovich's face was ugly, he didn't know what he was muttering, and he chewed gum very quickly.
The two teams seem to be losing one on each side, which seems fair, and Ji is more important to the Clippers than Ginobili is to the Spurs.
However, their Ginobili is a dislocated shoulder, and this injury is unlikely to be recovered in a short period of time, in other words, Ginobili is unlikely to come back in this series, and the Spurs have obviously lost a lot.
Unless the league will suspend Ji Guoyi in the next game, but the possibility of this incident happening, Popovich knows with his ass that it is basically impossible.
David. Who is Stern's favorite right now?
It's not a gorilla, it's not a little black snake, it's the dead fox, and the ratings are not as good as last year, so it's impossible for the league to suspend Ji Guosha.
As for why the president spoiled the fox so much, no one can say. Maybe David. Stern was an old glass man who fell in love with the two brothers' chrysanthemums......
In the second half of the game, Ji Guoyi was sent off. Ginobili retired from injury, and the big screen and live TV were replaying the previous actions of the two men repeatedly.
If you look at it from slow motion, Ji Guosha really didn't mean it, he just had a hot head and wanted to throw Ginobili in and throw it out.
And Ginobili, again, has no malice, just trying to turn the Clippers' frontcourt rebounds into scrums. It was a glaring accident.
The game restarted with one less important player on both sides.
The Spurs have less strength off the bench after Ginobili. There is no one at all, and the absence of Ji Guosha is even more detrimental to the Clippers in this game.
After Parker made free throws, Duncan sent the basketball to Jamison, and Parker handed over the basketball. Immediately protrude inward.
Billups was blocked by Jamison, Ji Guoqiu was on the inside, and Parker jumped up and sent the basketball to the basket.
Duncan immediately received the basketball with a two-handed slam dunk, and the Clippers' lack of Ji Guosha's hidden danger immediately became apparent, and the interior defense dropped a notch.
The elder Dunleavy called a timeout and ordered the team to play a contraction joint defense, use the height of Ji Guoqiu and Jeffries to shrink the inside, release the outside line appropriately, and see if the Spurs' outside shooting is accurate.
After the restart of the game. The Spurs' answer is: they're accurate!
Jamison and Finley each hit a three-pointer, which made many Clippers fans question Dunleavy Sr.'s joint defense and wonder why he let go of his outside defense. The Spurs have three three-point shooters on the court - Jamison, Finley, Mason, two of the three three-point shooting rate is above 40%, how can this be released?
The elder Dunleavy can't help it, if he strengthens the outside defense, Parker's breakthrough just now has been proven. It didn't end well.
"If you can't defend it, then attack!"
Dunleavy Sr. quickly knew what to do. At this time, the coach had to make the choice as quickly as possible, and today his head reacted relatively quickly, and he quickly replaced Jeffries with Almi. Johnson and Ji Guoqiu partnered.
Almi. Johnson's height, athleticism, and strength in a typical No. 4 position have also developed a less stable three-point shot this season, and there are no obvious shortcomings in mid-range shooting.
If it is in another team, such a player must be a good seedling that needs to be cultivated, but in the Clippers, neither the fans nor the coaching staff have any interest in cultivating the interior.
They have animal brothers, even if they don't change Duncan and Garnett at the peak, no matter how strong the inside combination is, even if the strength of the single body is not inferior to the twins, but the tacit understanding is not as good as the innate tacit understanding of the twin brothers.
These two animals, taken out alone, may be Duncan and Garnett, who can shoot three-pointers, but together, the two are the best interior combination in NBA history.
Ji Guoqiu wanted to prove in the second half that without a dead fox, he could also lead the team to victory.
"Bragging, I'll see if you win one."
Ji Guoshi has no heart and lungs, he thinks very simply, if the Clippers are less, if he can still win, how can he show his importance?
The Spurs defended the defensive end with Ji Guoqiu, and the Panda brother magically passed the basketball to the outside in the crowd. Johnson hits a three-point shot.
"it!"
Ji Guoyi and the Spurs players couldn't help but shout, this Nima is too painful.
The more painful thing is still to come, the next time the Clippers attack, Ji Guoqiu passed the basketball to the outside player in the bag again, and Crawford got up and down and threw in a three-pointer again.
"Shit, shit luck!" Ji Guo smashed his mouth with shame, and he was very unhappy.
The score was 53:60, and the Clippers hit two three-pointers from the outside, and the score was chased to 7 points.
"Can you still wrap it now?"
The Spurs players are a little overwhelmed, feeling that this is not scientific, Ji Guoshi has gone down, how can this be?
NBA games are like this, sometimes, you do everything possible to target a star player, and finally beat him, but you are embarrassed to find that the new role player is actually playing better than the previous main team?
This situation is still because the competitive level of the NBA league is too high, and the gap between players naturally exists, but it is not as big as imagined.
If nothing else, let's just talk about Crawford and Almi. Johnson, the former is definitely the scoring champion when he gets the CBA, and he can casually hit 50+, or even 60+ numbers. The latter gets the CBA, at least he can become the CBA's No. 1 forward, and the number of 30+10 is no problem.
But these two are in the NBA, one is the sixth man, the other is an interior bench, and it is similar to other playoff teams.
Coupled with the Spurs' defensive set-up today, it's entirely for the two brothers. Johnson wasn't in their minds beforehand, so the guy became a surprise team.
With 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the third quarter, the score was 58:63, and the Clippers trailed by 5 points.
The margin returned to five points, and Popovich immediately called a timeout.
"On the offensive end, we're going to target their number four and see if he can replace the fox defensively."
Popovich was cunning and quickly made arrangements.
The offensive score may be lucky, but on the defense, there is not so much luck.
Almi. Johnson may be able to surprise the Spurs on the offensive end and cause some problems, but on the defensive end, Jamison is still very easy to play, and his defensive ability is not at all the same level as Ji Guosha.
Ji Guoyi was in the locker room and saw Jamison attacking Amir in a row. Johnson got his hands on it and suddenly laughed.
"Sure enough, you can't miss me, the dead panda is too useless, come back, you can't lose this game."
This guy is hoping that the Clippers will win now, Almi. Johnson's cousin had proved his indispensable, and his mind immediately changed.
“…… I don't care about you! ”
Ji Guoqiu helped Amir on the inside. Johnson made a fill-in, but was fouled and was extremely unhappy.
It's like he guarded Avenue A alone and killed three bandits, but Dead Fox, Yao Ming and Space Yi Shou Point B were broken.
The Clippers attacked, Ji Guoqiu received the basketball in the low post, and the Spurs outside players immediately covered it.
Ji Guoqiu turned around and threw the basketball to the outside, and Billups feint to shake Parker and burst to the inside to score the ball.
The Clippers players remembered at this time, they are also the Big Three, and Billups.
"That's right, the combination of Billups and Anthony can make it to the Western Conference Finals, and I can't make no sense of it."
When Ji Guoqiu saw Billups score a goal, he secretly thought in his heart, he was not without help.
NBA teams, a combination of inside and outside is enough to win, not to mention that the Clippers still have Crawford, a convulsive, and it may not be impossible to play without a dead fox.
Billups is going to play longer today, plus Ji Guoqiu and Crawford, the three played the third quarter, and the Clippers slowly adapted to how to play games without Ji Guosha.
Crawford is the fastest adapting player of the Clippers, and at this time he doesn't have to hesitate to get the basketball at all, just take Ji Guosha's shot for a few generations and it's over, and Crawford himself is happy to do so.
Billups strengthened the breakthrough with the ball, and he wanted to make up for Ji Guoyi's breakthrough, and Mr. Key was fully competent.
In the end, Ji Guoqiu remained, he didn't need to fill anything, he just needed to work harder at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 68:70.
The whole Spurs team was very embarrassed, and the opponent was less Ji Guosha, and they were narrowed down by the Clippers.
"Shall I compliment you on your appearance? Because you're still two points ahead so far, well done! ”
Popovich's face was not good, and he did not open the score gap in the third quarter, which was like shit in the eyes of the old coach.
Further, if they can't win this game today, the Spurs will definitely be eliminated without Ginobili next!
"That rookie is dying, we continue to break in his direction on the offensive end, and let him shoot on the outside end appropriately on the defensive end, we have to make him understand that heroes are not so easy to be!"
Spurs have their eye on Amir. Johnson, relatively speaking, is indeed their best bet.
If the Spurs are Amir. Johnson threw to death, and then Popovich admitted it, and he could only say that God didn't let them win, and there was nothing to say. (To be continued) R580