On May 1, the first game of the second round between the Clippers and Spurs will be played at Staples Arena.

The Spurs finished the Hornets in the first round, and the upcoming Western Conference semifinals will see the San Antonios face their big enemy, the Los Angeles Clippers. Ji will be looking to lead his team to a good start to the semifinals at home, while Duncan's Spurs will be looking to give their opponents a blow in the first game as they try to take home advantage.

In the past four years, this is the third time that the Spurs and Clippers have met on the playoff stage. For the Spurs, the two meetings in the first three years are undoubtedly a memory that they can't look back on. Since the 2007-2008 season, the Clippers have eliminated the Spurs in the playoffs without exception, and there was also a painful Black Eight experience.

The confrontation between these two teams can be described as fateful, with two playoff encounters with the Clippers, a spurs with a gray nose, an embarrassing black eight, and a Western Conference finals. The Spurs lost to the Clippers 1-4 and 2-4 on both occasions. All told, 2 playoff encounters, the Spurs have only won 3 games against the Clippers. Ironically, both Clippers won the championship against the Spurs.

I believe Spurs fans have repeated this sentence countless times in the past few days: the pandas are gone, the Clippers are not what they used to be, and we are going to win. But these people in red and white jerseys still beat the Spurs three times in the regular season and became the leader in the West.

"I don't believe in curses, I don't think I'm cursed......," Duncan joked, but judging by his stone-like expression, the Hall of Fame superstar took this game very seriously.

Ji Guozhi is a player of this type. Even when Duncan was at his peak, it was difficult to defend. You can refer to Stoudemire back then. There's nothing Duncan can do with that guy, and now it's even more useless to take the dead fox.

Before another round of contests began, the Spurs pinned their hopes on offense. Parker said coach Popovich wants them to put the past behind them, and the first thing to do in this series is not defense, but offense. Ginobili agrees that the Clippers will remain the same team they used to be: "Their style hasn't changed, it's just a few new members." Nothing big has changed. But for us, we have to be better offensively. We're going to play a different game than we've been before, we're going to change. ”

The Clippers don't dare to be careless, after losing the pandas this year, although the Clippers still look very strong, but in the competition with strong teams, they can still see a lot of gaps between them and last season, at least the old Dunleavy does not have the mood of falling behind by more than a dozen points and being stable on the sidelines.

Dunleavy Sr. believes his Clippers can still score. They are first in the league in points per game and second in three-point shooting percentage. Everyone believes in the Clippers' offensive talent, so the key to deciding the game is to defend well, stop the Spurs, and play to their offensive talent.

The Clippers beat the Spurs three times in the regular season, and the key to winning is the smooth flow of the offense, as long as they can fire on the offensive end, the Spurs have no use any tricks.

On the day of the game, tickets were hard to come by at Staples Arena, and tens of thousands of unticketed fans gathered in the plaza outside the stadium to watch the game in front of the Clippers' makeshift screen.

In recent seasons, the attendance at Staples Arena has not been a concern for the team, owner Ballmer has taken the lead in a cultural shirt and sat on the sidelines, and the stars of Los Angeles have also dressed up in this way, at least the Clippers are much better than Lakers fans in this regard.

Emma. Watson didn't know what the hell he had come up with again, and today he ran to the front row again and Taylor. Swift started a confrontation, and the two happened to be sitting facing each other.

Taylor. As soon as Swift saw Emma on the other side of the court. Watson was so angry in his heart that he choked, but he still straightened up her fake breasts, which probably meant: Little, my aunt and grandmother are bigger than you.

Little Hermione didn't care in her heart, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her acting skills came out at once, needless to say, everyone also knew what she meant, as if to say: Big is big, but that's fake!

"It's not good, it's a dog!" Ji Guoyi saw the ill-intentioned close-up in the live broadcast in the locker room, and sighed secretly in his heart: "Isn't it that I haven't gone to the British girl for three days to pick up the brand, the stinky girls are watching it closely, what can I do, Lao Tzu can't stun her." ”

"We scored first in the league. What we need to do well is defend and we need to pay attention to Ginobili today, you all know how lethal Manu is, he can almost carry the team on his shoulders and beat us, he didn't show his power in the regular season, we can't underestimate him. ”

Dunleavy Sr. emphasized to his players in the locker room that Ginobili, who is not very present this year, is not too worried about Randolph, and Dunleavy Sr. feels that O'Neal should be able to defend the basket, and Randolph's power advantage may not have much effect against the big sharks.

O'Neill also boasted in front of his teammates before the game, saying that he would clean up the little fat man and let him know what a Shaq brand big diesel engine is.

Ji Guoshi secretly slandered in his heart, you can't even use your legs and feet, and you are a big diesel fart.

Even if it were, it was a diesel engine made in India.

Ji Guoyan is not optimistic about O'Neill at all, and although the fat man Lan on the opposite side is not flexible, he is at least more agile than O'Neill. Didn't the baby shark get beaten by Randolph in the first round? Your 39-year-old shark may not be able to please either.

The elder Dunleavy emphasized the precautions for the day at the end of the locker room, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he ordered the team to play.

The personal ceremonies of the stars before the NBA game have always been a favorite part of the fans when watching the live broadcast.

Ji Guo's rookie season likes to perform large backflips, which belong to the best of them. However, later the insurance company said that the dead fox played like this, and once he was injured and did not pay compensation, Ji Guoyi slowly reduced this performance, and weakened it, from the somersault on the technical table to the in-situ somersault.

This is just his excuse, in fact, Ji Guoyan saw Garnett's struggle in old age, so he took it as a warning and consciously protected his knees. He only performed a big flip once this season, and today he didn't even dare to do a small somersault when he saw Little Singer and Little Hermione together. Honestly warm up on the sidelines. is more low-key than Yao Ming.

"Don't let them go to the restricted area!" After the Spurs played. Popovich deliberately approached Ji Guoyi and shouted loudly to the Spurs player, causing the little fox to look over twice.

How could Ji Guozhi not know Popovich's thoughts, he laughed secretly on the court, and said in his heart, with you old men, can you still stop me?

"I can't say, that black fat man is black enough, you better be careful." Ji Guoqiu is far away in New York. Taking advantage of Roberts Jr.'s work on dubbing "Angry Birds", he ran to Christine's apartment to watch the game with the little vampire and the superkiller, and he seemed happy.

However, this is not the case, the giant panda will look at the two girls who are snuggling up to each other, it is really painful, and I regret introducing them to each other, and I can't help shouting in my heart: "It doesn't matter if you grind tofu together, but please take me one!" ”

Ji Guoyan secretly scolded "deserved", he has been jealous of the dead panda for a long time, the little radish shreds and the super killer girl are this kind of loli. Who doesn't want it? But Ji Guozhi just can't figure it out, why do these Loli girls like damn pandas? The only answer is that they are naïve. I was deceived by the black belly of the dead panda, and I didn't see his dark heart.

“gg，yourfuckingnoob！” Before the start of the Ginobili game, he smiled and said in Ji Guoyi's ear, "Virtue is very bad!"

Ji Guoyan's face turned black when he heard this, he didn't change his life a few days ago, although he couldn't find a partner who was willing to form a black room with him, but he still ran to broadcast a live broadcast of LOL alone, and the result was naturally complained about again. At that time, there was a bastard who kept copying "fucknoob" to scold him, which made many enemies who watched his live broadcast laugh, and the Argentine bald man must have also watched the live broadcast.

“Ifckumothersb，gunbackhomedrinkmilk。” Ji Guoyi was a little annoyed and angry, and when this series of Chinese English words came out like a cannon, Ginobili was dumbfounded at the time, and stood there thinking about it for a long time, and finally didn't understand what it meant.

The Clippers' starting five in this game are: Chauncey. Billups, Ray. Aaron, Iguodala, Ji Guoyi, Shaq. O'neill.

Spurs fielded: Tony. Parker, Ginobili, Travis. Outlaw, Zach. Randolph, Tim. Duncan.

This season, the Spurs have obvious flaws in the small forward position, Travis was originally athletic, introverted, and a rare black man in the league without tattoos, and it is said that the monthly spending has remained below $3,000 all year round, which is the most pleasing player for Popovich.

It's a pity that Travis has accumulated injuries in the cursed city of Portland, and after coming to the Spurs, he began to have a seizure, and this season has been full of minor injuries, his athleticism has continued to decline, and his defense and offense have dropped a notch, which makes Popovich secretly cry out.

The Spurs' bench No. 3 is the two-energy peak Linas. Kreza, the Lithuanian star who made a name for himself during his time at Denver, but came to the Spurs with the same problems as Travis, with injuries and only 30 games this season, which also made Popovich cry out.

After the start of the game, the Spurs' interior combination was obviously misplaced on the defensive end, Duncan certainly would not carry O'Neal, Shi Buddha never carried the big shark, and this task could only be taken care of by Randolph, a little fat man.

O'Neill asked for the ball in the low post as soon as he came up, wanting to force Randolph and prove that he was not old.

Billups didn't pass the ball directly to the inside, but first passed the basketball to Ji Guoyi on the wing.

After the little fox got the basketball, he was very satisfied, this is the privilege of the team's big brother. No matter who attacks it, the basketball has to be in his hands again. Although this will be scolded by bullshit experts as a ball bully, Ji Guozhi never cares about this, he doesn't care about being a ball bully at all, he is a ball bully!

O'Neal asked for a long time in the low post, and finally got the basketball from Ji Guoyi.

Spurs players didn't come up to the pack, Billups, Ray. Allen and Ji Guoyi are standing outside the three-point line, and there are really few teams that dare to wrap up the Clippers' interior line, unless they don't die.

The contest between Randolph and O'Neill is purely a wrestling of muscles and strength, if it had been left ten years ago, Randolph, a little fat boy, would never have been able to stop the big shark, but now O'Neill can't use his strength to kill the paint area, and he squeezed back for a long time, waiting for the referee's whistle - O'Neal has his back to the five-second violation.

Charles. Barkley saw this scene in the commentary seat, and immediately leaned back with laughter, this scene he was most willing to watch.

Kenny. Smith said at the right time: "Barkley has the biggest hips in league history, and when he attacks with the ball and his back, there are few defenders who can withstand the continuous attacks of 'Sir Charles' hips. So the 'Buckley Rule' came into being. The official name for this rule is the '5-second rule', which means that players cannot hold the ball for more than 5 seconds. Since then, Barkley has no more time to arch a defender to the basket step by step in 24 seconds and then score easily. ”

Barkley was secretly happy when he saw O'Neal making a fool of himself on the court, and what made him even more happy was Kenny. Those things Smith said earlier. But then again, how could I have seen such an embarrassing shark before. This is the end of not accepting the old, and you can't help but disagree.

The Spurs have distinctive characteristics on the offensive end, the players' runs are all routines, and it is rare to see the scene where the ball carrier pulls over and does it, but Ji Guoyi often does this, no matter what position his teammates are in, he likes to dribble away from the opponent and shoot directly or hit the basket under the basket, which is simple and unreasonable, and the most important thing is to be able to brush the data.

In addition to the decline in Travis's athleticism, there is another point that makes Popovich not very satisfied, this kid's basketball IQ is a little worse, he can't play too deep routines on the court, which is reflected in his relatively simple running routes, and they are all fixed lines, which are easy for opponents to see through the purpose.

Popovich can't force Travis to do anything outside of his ability, which is limited by his ability, so he can only set a few fixed routes for him. In this way, all the tactics initiated from him appear to be stiff and unchanged in execution, but they are better than nothing.

Popovich's favorite thing to watch now is actually the Nets' game, and the spiritual cooperation between Ji Guoqiu and Nash is really pleasing to the eye in his eyes.

The Nets are a strange team right now, they don't have a specific routine at all, and this team is a team that many times has only a tactical purpose and no most important tactical steps. How to execute a tactic depends on the improvisation of the players in many cases, but Popovich believes that this is the highest level of basketball.

Although the Spurs' off-ball running and positioning cover are a little blocked at Travis' point, the remaining four are enough to make the opponent difficult to guard against, and it is a big deal not to launch a strategy from Travis.

In the first quarter of the game, as the Los Angeles Times said, the main way for the Spurs to win was to shoot from position, and most of the shots were created under the intricate cover of the Spurs.

The Los Angeles Times did not mention the defensive flaws of the Clippers, who have been among the best in individual defense this season, but the help defense and joint defense are no longer as unbreakable as before, and the Clippers have become a team that tends to be single-defense, and has been playing man-to-man this year.

The Clippers' starting five are all equipped with kung fu: Jordan Jr. and O'Neal can defend the restricted area with height; Iguodala's confrontation is enough to defend a superstar like James; Not to mention Ji Guoyi, there are no players in the third or fourth position that he can't defend, provided that he wants to do it; Billups and Ray Allen have also been shown to be above the league average defensively, with one being good at defending with skill and the other being tough and rarely losing.

Because the defending champions are so evenly balanced, opponents often don't have much of a chance to break down the team from the start, and they usually resort to pick-and-rolls and off-ball screens to find opportunities, which is what the Spurs do best.

Clippers fans at Staples Arena quickly discovered that they were always a beat slower than the Spurs on the defensive end; The Clippers players on the court found that they were always blocked by the opponent's cover, allowing the opponent to get a split second open shot.

Popovich obviously explained to his players today, as long as the Spurs players use positioning to cover to get rid of the opponent, even if they are far away from the basket, they will immediately shoot the basket, very decisive. (To be continued......)