Chapter 207: Artest's New Hairstyle

At exactly 19 o'clock in the evening US time, the San Antonio Spurs host the Los Angeles Clippers, and the players of both sides have already entered, and the game is about to begin.

Clippers starting lineup: Chauncey. Billups, James. Posey, Ron. Artest, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.

Spurs starting lineup: Toney. Parker, Bruce. Bowen, Michael. Finley, Tim. Duncan, Oberto.

The players on both sides greeted each other before the game, and the acquaintances chatted with each other, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

The Clippers and the Spurs have no grudges, although the Spurs fans have been booing the fox brother, but there has not been too much scolding, there is not much racist abuse, the playoffs are not bad if they don't greet their families, and the atmosphere at the home of the Utah Jazz is ten times worse than here.

Artest got a new hairstyle today, shaved not just the team logo or English words that everyone was familiar with in the past, but two traditional Chinese characters: "champion", and a clippers logo.

Clippers fans couldn't imagine that he would shave a "champion" on the left side of his head, and the Clippers logo on the right, the word "champion" is still in Chinese, and the head is smaller and really doesn't have so much space to write so many things.

As a veteran of nearly 10 years of NBA football, Artest has used this trick to capture the hearts of his new club and local fans in addition to playing for the Chicago Bulls in the early days, whether it is in the Indiana Pacers or the Sacramento Kings. This time, although Artest is suspected of "new wine in bottles", it is indeed "pretending" some new ideas.

Ji Guozhi slandered in his heart, this guy did this trick and immediately stole a lot of limelight from him. Outrageous! But with such an ugly hairstyle, Ji Guoshi himself would not go back to get it anyway.

"It's going to be a fist-to-fist, tug-of-war series," Dunleavy Sr. said in an interview before the fight, "We're going to beat them up." We've got to beat them, we're going to give them a solid blow! ”

Prior to this game, Dunleavy Sr. had already accused Bruce in front of the media. Bowen's defense is the dirtiest in the league as a way to put pressure on the referees.

*Vicky is not good at stubble, he targets his little fox brother, and comes up with evidence that the little fox is not young. But he's dirtier than Bowen!

That's right, people * Vicky has evidence, Ji Guozhi has a total of 8 technical fouls this season, and 3 malicious fouls, just because of these technical fouls and malicious fouls. Ji Guosha was suspended for as many as three games, and *Vicky almost shouted with a loudspeaker: Come and see how bad this fox is......

Ji Guoyi was interviewed before the game and quibbled: "I'm just trying my best to make myself more efficient, it's not dirty, it's aggressive, it's understandable, Spurs are dirty, they are slandering me." ”

Billups, who has championship experience on the Clippers, said before the game: "Bowen's elbow was actually a provocation. Many of their actions send a message about how aggressive they are and how tough they are! Therefore. You have reason to continue to hate them, after all, the scars are still on our bodies. Of course, if we play against the Lakers, we will do the same, because the competition is higher than one. ”

In fact, the toughest physical confrontation between the Clippers and Spurs is most likely to come in the low post. There, the fox brother and the panda are waiting for Tim. Duncan.

Dunleavy Sr. said. Brother Panda will be the first line of defense against Duncan, as Little Fox says he should be the one who eventually topples the Stone Tower.

"I don't have to defend him in the first place. Wait until I finish him out," Ji Guoyi said in a very arrogant tone, and then he added in the same arrogant tone: "Of course, not only that, but my brother will also let Mr. Duncan put some effort on the defensive end, he can't just take care of the offensive end, Duncan must defend." And on the defensive end, whether he plays against me or my brother, it's not an easy task. Coaches often tell us that if an opponent always wants you to get into foul trouble, then you have to deal with him the same way. ”

The game is almost underway, the substitutes are starting to leave, and the players of both teams are standing in their respective halves ready to jump the ball.

At the moment in China, the CCAV is also conducting a live broadcast of this game, because the game between the Rockets and the Clippers is deliberately staggered by the league, so CCTV can broadcast the playoffs of the two teams throughout the whole process, without having to choose between the two teams.

The real bodies of Master Reason and Master Sun were still in Salt Lake City yesterday, and today they will move to San Antonio, and these two elders are also quite hard.

The domestic audience saw that Master Reason couldn't put it down, holding a pair of "Panda Generation Apocalypse" and a pair of "Fox Generation Red Edition", and they couldn't wait to lick a few bites.

The twins are two pairs of sneakers that CCTV is preparing to give today, Master Reason obviously wants it very much, Director Zhang is now a fan of the twin brothers, except for Yao Ming and Black Mamba, his favorite is the giant panda brother Little Fox.

"Today is the first time the two brothers have played in the playoffs, and being able to lead the team to the playoffs in their first season is an important training for the two brothers, and how much impact the two of them can do to Duncan today will determine the outcome of the game."

Master Reason was saying that Ji Guoqiu had already defeated the 32-year-old Duncan on the jump ball, and the Clippers attacked first.

The Spurs home fans immediately made a deafening noise at the Clippers players, and the arena was full of people and there seemed to be a heat wave coming from them, and the atmosphere was really very different from the regular season. However, the two brothers were born with big hearts and were not affected much, especially the giant panda, who looked expressionless and seemed to be cosplaying Duncan opposite.

Old Dunleavy let go of a trace of worry in his heart, he had long guessed that these two little guys would not be affected by the atmosphere of the playoffs, and now it is true, these two guys are steady, but they are immune to boos.

Billups dribbled forward, and the Clippers were considered to be evenly matched with the Spurs because they had two starters with championship experience, one was Billups and the other was James. Posey; Artest at the No. 3 spot has just as much playoff experience, and the Beast nearly killed the Spurs with the Kings last season. This is one of the more desirable aspects of the Clippers, who are really strong, have great players at all positions, and are equally strong off the bench.

The elder Dunleavy instructed the team to play more blocking and pick-and-roll on the offensive end today, and the Spurs only had one Duncan who was excellent in blocking and pick-and-roll on the inside. The other two, both Thomas Sr. and Oberto, seem to be a little slower, especially Thomas Sr., which is the focus of the Clippers.

Ji Guoqiu fell to the top of the arc and played a block with Billups, who did not hand over the basketball to the panda hero, but suddenly passed the basketball to the ribs.

Artest received the ball, and the beast took a step towards the penalty area, stepping on the line of the penalty area and forcing the board under Bowen's defense to score two points.

Bowen wants to be capped. But Artest's body was too wide, and the beast used his broad shoulders to separate the opponent's block, and Duncan was led outside the restricted area by Ji Guoqiu, and he couldn't come back to help defend, and Artest took the lead for the Clippers.

The Spurs players didn't react. What kind of leader the team has, the overall temperament of this team will be infinitely close, Parker receives the ball and advances, and the speed is also neither fast nor slow.

Parker dribbled the basketball to the frontcourt, Finley started to run, Duncan raised, and the Spurs' overall tactics were obviously smoother than the Clippers', which is an advantage that the team coached by Vicky will inevitably embody.

Spurs don't have amazing athleticism. It's their efficient execution and tacit teamwork, and of course, the impregnable defense, but they have holes in defense this season. So Spurs are no longer invincible.

Finley ran out of the void, and Parker burst halfway to split the basketball into the former's hands.

The Clippers' change of defense and supplemental defense are not bad, and Ji Guoqiu made up for it.

Finley passed again, Duncan received the basketball ten feet from the basket, and immediately shot the basket, hitting a shot angrily!

Ji Guosha protected the rebound. Billups leaned over to catch the ball, and the Clippers defended the Spurs' first offense.

"Our coach said you were shooting accurately. I think I'm far worse than me, do you want me to shoot better than you? Ji Guoyi and Duncan ran forward together. While running and launching the mouth cannon skill, Ji Guoyi felt that the feeling of talking trash to Duncan was too cool, just like elbowing Kobe Bryant before.

Duncan glanced at him, too lazy to pay attention to this little kid in his eyes, who was still in elementary school when he won the championship......

Spurs fans also don't think it's a big deal to miss this offense, it's normal to miss a shot in the game, Spurs are a slow team, this offensive opportunity has come out, it's bad luck to miss the shot, and they will definitely score next time.

It's good that San Antonio fans have faith in their team, but this "next time" came too slowly, and the Spurs only scored the first point at 8:45 of the first quarter, and the game passed three minutes, which was really slow.

The score was 5-2, and the Clippers led by three points.

The Clippers opened with a normal shooting percentage, shooting 2-of-5.

The Spurs opened with 0-of-4 shooting, and Duncan, Parker, and Finley all ended in iron shots, and it wasn't until Parker's fifth layup that he scored two points on a layup under the basket.

Billups handed the basketball to Ji Guoyi on the offensive end this time, and let the fox brother play Duncan alone, which was one of their customized battle plans before the game, to play Duncan as much as possible on the offensive end and consume his body.

In addition to Duncan, there is no excellent interior player in the Spurs this season, and Shi Fo has no qualified partner, which is the weakest moment for the Spurs in recent years, as long as Duncan is plagued by a physical crisis or a foul crisis, their chances of winning will undoubtedly increase greatly, and it is necessary to try to beat Duncan a few times.

Ji Guoyi received the ball with his back on the right wing and leaned back with his shoulder, but naturally he couldn't squeeze Duncan, who was much heavier than him. The little fox leaned back twice and saw that there was no play, and suddenly turned around to break through, but he didn't expect to be directly stabbed out by Duncan, who was in an excellent position, and Shi Buddha gave him a personal ball.

"it!"

Ji Guozhi screamed in his heart, and hurriedly turned around to grab the ball, fortunately, Posey was close, and his explosiveness was much stronger than the 37-year-old Bowen, and he grabbed the basketball and passed it directly to Billups at the top of the arc.

Billups received the ball and immediately threw the basketball to the low position on the weak side, and Ji Guoqiu received the basketball on the other side and attacked Oberto to hit the board successfully.

Van Gundy laughed: "Billups did a great job of finding unattended teammates, he made the whole team work in harmony, like having a second pair of eyes. ”

Mark. Jackson added: "Billups doesn't have a lethal pass like his panda brother, he's more often the ball in the right place, so he doesn't have as many assists, but he can unleash his teammates' abilities and free up the ball. ”

Reggie. Miller had a brainstorm: "In this case, Billups is obviously more suitable for the Lakers, and the Clippers have a panda brother, and they don't need Billups' organization so much." ”

*Vicky frowned off the court, Billups is too much of a threat in a game like the playoffs, this guy doesn't care about his numbers at all, which is exactly what he's always asked Parker to do, but now Parker is still a lot worse than Billups in this regard.

Parker didn't know that he was being underestimated by his own coach, and the team didn't feel good at the beginning, and the French sports car began to strengthen its breakout, and this time he and Duncan rushed inside after a high block.

Ji Guoqiu changed his defense to Parker, but was deceived by the latter's realistic feints between breakthroughs, and although he was fast enough to follow, he couldn't judge the timing of the block.

Parker's breakthrough speed was extremely fast, full of feints, and in the blink of an eye between high-speed driving, he picked a time and angle that made Ji Guoqiu the most uncomfortable, and put the basketball into the basket in front of the giant panda's eyes.

Spurs fans immediately erupted in thunderous cheers, with Parker shooting over 60 percent in the paint area perennially and finishing in the area beating all guards except the Gang Leader. The Frenchman's two scuds, coupled with his fast, stealthy basketball, can find all kinds of angles in the restricted area, dodge blocks and get the ball up, and his European step, small throw, jump layup, and trademark spinning layup are nightmares for interior defenders.

The Pandas knew Parker's power in the regular season, and once again experienced the feeling of defending Parker under the basket in the playoffs, as long as he was burst into by this Frenchman, most of the time he couldn't see where Parker's basketball was, and it was difficult to judge the timing of the block in a fleeting moment, Parker's hand ball protection kung fu was rarely compared, and this guy's ball sense was no worse than Kobe.

"You're going to block him outside, and it's too late for him to come in." Ji Guoqiu said to his teammates that defending Parker can only start to limit before he breaks through, and once he breaks through, it will be difficult to stop him without fouling. (To be continued) R655