Ji Guoyi's state is indeed very good, but whether he can get three doubles is uncertain.

Besides, even if you get a triple-double, whether you can get a win or not is not the same thing.

Nowitzki said before the game: "Defending is the most important thing and we have to keep that good. Obviously, they have the best scorer in the league and he can score anywhere on the court, so we're going to try to stop the rest of their team from scoring. We have to know what got us through the most difficult period and what got us the match point. ”

The Mavericks have always been single-defense and non-co-defense, or limited co-defense, and the main defense is the other players of the Clippers, so the complete version of telepathy is just to allow the fox brother to pass a few more good balls, and whether it can affect the overall situation in the end, this must be a question mark.

In the first quarter of the game, Ji Guoyi noticed this, he still has very little contact with his teammates, it is not difficult for him to score, but it is difficult to drive his teammates to score together.

In this case, Ji Guoyi can only hand over the ball to his teammates and use his threat to help his teammates create better scoring conditions.

But the Mavericks still don't contain anyone, and even the limited help defense must be based on the premise that they won't lose their position.

As a result, Ji Guosha and his teammates still don't have enough contact, it is difficult for them to help each other, and the game has become Ji Guosha + other Clippers players VS Mavericks, not Clippers VS Mavericks.

This is a high demand for the Clippers' second and third scoring points, but it is Ray. Allen and Iguodala are not good at attacking with the ball, and the other is not focused on scoring after breaking through with the ball. Maddie and Hill also didn't have the highlights of the previous round against the Spurs in this series. The Clippers faced the problem of insufficient scoring points for a while.

Plainly. This is that the Mavericks score more points than the Clippers and score more efficiently overall, so every time they fight to the end, the Mavericks always score more points than the Clippers, and naturally win the game.

At this time, even if it is replaced by Ji Guoqiu, it is actually a result, the two games won by the Clippers were all shameful to Ji Guo, and the team's output ended with the Clippers winning. But Brother Fox can't always cut 50+ in every game. So today's game is what it is now.

Dragic could have come in handy, but the elder Dunleavy didn't trust him, and Billups has been in good shape, and it is better to use the younger ones than the old ones, so Dragic's playing time this season has declined compared to previous seasons.

The elder Dunleavy would rather choose to increase Billups' playing time to make up for the lack of offensive points with the ball after the departure of Ji Guoqiu and Crawford, rather than use the newcomer, and he feels that even if Dragic is trained well, he is not as good as the current Billups, so it is not surprising that there is such an option.

The Clippers did have more ball-handling points this season than they did this year, and the departed Crawford and Afflalo are also players who can attack with the ball. With the addition of Ji Guoqiu, the Clippers have three fewer offensive points with the ball at once. The new additions are only Iguodala who has enough offensive ability with the ball, and the Clippers are certainly at a loss in the face of the Mavericks' life-and-death tactics.

Even if the Clippers now have a Crawford to help, the Mavericks don't dare to always cover Ji Guosha, this is determined that with the output of the Mavericks' current three major offensive points, Ji Guosha alone can't kill them.

Ji Guoyi wanted to lead his teammates to play together today, but he soon found that it was difficult for him to do so.

It's easy to say that a real star wants to lead his teammates to play together, but it's not just about passing two balls, otherwise Jordan often averaged more than six assists per game in the early days, but why can't he pass the first round in the playoffs? It can be seen that sharing basketball is not as simple as passing a few balls.

In the end, there was no way, Billups and Iguodala were as efficient as him in attacking with the ball, Ji Guoyi could only take over the team's offensive banner again, and finally the Clippers returned to the rhythm of him holding the ball alone, although he could occasionally pass one or two good shots by telepathy, but he couldn't help the team lead.

Yao Ming and Nowitzki scored 15 points for the Mavericks in the first quarter, plus Terry's two convulsions and three-pointers, the Clippers trailed the Mavericks by two points at 24:26 in the first quarter.

There's good news here for the Clippers as well, Ray. Allen also hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, and if the Clippers want to win away against the Mavericks, they will have to increase the aggression of other players, and the team needs them to attack the Mavericks more ferociously. The Clippers will rely on the combined efforts of Billups, Ray Allen and Iguodala to build up the firepower to compete with the Mavericks.

But in today's game, the shameful and courageous Ray Allen did play well, but Iguodala did not play at his normal level, instead he got three fouls with 9:10 left in the second quarter, which forced the Clippers to lose the team's third ball point and the forward gate.

The matchup between Marion and Iguodala is a highlight of this series, but compared to Marion, who completely lost his three-point offense on the offensive end and focused on slipping, cutting and running without the ball, his performance was better than Iguodala, whose three-point shooting rate of less than 30% really made Ji Guoshi not want to pass the ball to him, and the Mavericks didn't bother to wrap up Iguodala.

In fact, the Clippers would be more dangerous on the offensive end without Iguodala, and Hill Sr. is shooting two levels higher than the former. But without Iguodala, the Clippers will have big problems on the defensive end, so the elder Dunleavy and the Zen master should have complained more than once: Why are these defensive players not shooting well?

After the old Hill came on the court in the second quarter, it was still difficult to play normally in the face of Marion, the hacker on the Mavericks' No. 3 position, who had been the first SF in the league, was now old, but it was still okay to deal with the older Hill and Maddie, and these two people were completely dumb against Marion in this round of the series.

Marion's offense has always been slipping, cutting, running off the ball and going fast, and at his peak he had an open three-point ability, but he completely removed that skill after leaving the Suns. Now only the first few abilities remain. But it was just right for Hill and Maddie. Neither of them could keep up with Marion.

Kidd's ability to see the seams is not inferior to that of any top point guard, and Marion feels once again what it was like to play in the Suns with the Mavericks, and as long as he runs out of the open spot, the basketball will definitely be in his hands.

The Mavericks' veteran goblin, who has been a no-brainer in this series, but is averaging 11 assists per game and making it difficult for Billups, who is starting to drop on the defensive end, to break through with the ball, and he has contributed no less to the team than anyone else. It's just that not many people can see his contribution.

Ji Guoyi can feel the role played by Kidd, don't look at the Mavericks easy not to wrap up, but there is still a defense, Kidd's defense makes it difficult for him to find a chance to pass, this old monster is extremely accurate in the timing of the defense, not only can make him feel uncomfortable, but also ensure that he does not miss his defender, this defensive skill can not be found in the entire NBA.

Marion can't do that kind of defense, and he's always lacked the timing of his help, but Kidd has Kidd on the team. Marion can do that, and that's where a real superstar comes in. Like most of the interior players who partnered Duncan, their defense got better.

A true team star can drive the performance of his teammates, and some players need that kind of star to do, such as Marion and Terry, who need players like Nash and Kidd to get the most out of them.

In the second quarter, Ji Guoyi stepped up his personal offense, first causing Gortat to foul on the inside, and then hitting four points outside the three-point line, scoring six points in a row to help the team overtake the score.

If Kidd and Marion's defense forged a solid perimeter defense for the Mavericks, then Terry's unreasonable three-pointer this year is a big weapon for the Mavericks on the offensive end, and his shooting is an unreasonable offense against the defense, just like Crawford in previous seasons.

Crawford in those seasons, once his hand was hot, he could let the Clippers win the game alone. Although he doesn't break out in every game, it's an insurance policy that the Clippers have bought for themselves, and if the two brothers don't feel good offensively, he can also be a backup for the Wonders.

That's the case with Terry now, but he doesn't break out occasionally, but in almost every game, and his three-point shooting rate is almost 50%, and any team with such an offensive output point is afraid that the head coach and fans will even wake up laughing from a dream.

In the first half, Ji Guoyi scored 22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals, and he had a good chance to get another triple-double, but the Clippers still trailed the Mavericks by 53:58 by 5 points.

For the Mavericks, Yao Ming had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Nowitzki had 10 points and 5 assists, Kidd had 6 points and 6 assists, Terry had 12 points, and Marion had 8 points and 5 rebounds.

The Mavericks' scoring is still so average, and Nowitzki, who spoke for the team at halftime, said: "We don't see ourselves as the leader, in fact, we all know the fact that whoever loses this game will be eliminated!" Nowitzki's words were met with the support of the fans, and the cheers in the arena never stopped today.

Carlisle was still unreckless at half-time, saying: "We were five points ahead in the first half, but that advantage wasn't time to be happy and celebrate, I noticed that Fox had a 3+1 in the first half, which meant that guy only needed two attacks to take the lead, we had to wait until the final whistle to relax, and we had to be the lead at that time." ”

"Why are these three guys so stable?" Ji Guoyi's performance is good enough, but he still can't kill the Mavericks.

Every time he scores, Yao Ming, Nowitzki, and Terry on the other side will definitely have someone step up, and even Kidd hit two three-pointers in the first half.

In the third quarter, the Clippers strengthened their defense, and the joint defense, which has been rare this season, was sacrificed by Dunleavy Sr.

The Mavericks' response was simple, immediately handing the basketball to Yao Ming or Nowitzki, both of whom could attract outside defense on their own, and the Clippers' combined defense would have to be ignored.

Kidd's three-point shooting has always been bad, but his three-point shooting percentage has risen above the passing line this season, and he has been consistent, and his open shots are very good. This makes the practice of many teams letting go of Kidd last season no longer applies, because this release, Kidd's old monster really threw in.

Therefore, shooting is something that can be practiced, even if you can't practice Ji Guoyi's level, but you can still practice it above the level line.

The Clippers played a joint defense in the third quarter, and Kidd hit two three-pointers in a single quarter at the top of the arc, making the Clippers' joint defense show a big hole from the start.

Yao Ming then scored two consecutive hook shots in the low post, and the Mavericks played a 10-3 attack wave under the combined defense of the Clippers.

Ji Guozhi was a little weak in the third quarter, missing three consecutive shots, although he assisted Ray Allen to shoot a three-pointer, but the Clippers were still pulled to double digits by the Mavericks. (To be continued.) )