Among Jesus' disciples was a man named St. Paul, who was seen as a representative of wisdom and conviction who the Portuguese saw themselves as the embodiment of St. Paul when they sailed away, preaching to the people of the Far East. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

São Paulo was the spiritual pillar of these people during the long voyage.

So in the hearts of Catholics, St. Paul has a very high status, only under Jesus, as a god among men.

And the Clippers also have a spiritual pillar, and this person is the new captain of the Clippers - Chris Paul!

Of course, at some point, we can also call him - St. Paul!

And now on the field, it's time for St. Paul's to show up!

Because of the outbreak of Super Sixth Man Ginobili, the Spurs began to play in the third quarter, and the Clippers' ace sixth man Crawford was not Ginobili's opponent at all, and the defense that he was not good at was simply a sieve under Ginobili's "serpentine breakthrough".

And Jordan Jr. and Griffin, the air combat, air defense and basket protection capabilities are enough, but in the face of Ginobili's rampant European steps, they are not enough.

The Clippers' restricted area is like their own back garden in the eyes of Ginobili, who has played his strength, and it is really a leisurely stroll to score points.

In just 10 minutes of the third quarter, Ginobili made 8 of 8 shots. Among them, 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus a foul on Jordan Jr. and Griffin, played two "2 + 1", Ginobili alone slashed 20 points, I knew that he only scored 4 points in the entire first half, and now it took less than 10 minutes to cut down 5 times the score (20 points) he scored in the first half, "20 minutes of Jordan" is really not easy to mess with!

And the Spurs, under the leadership of Ginobili, scored 35 points in just 10 minutes! This kind of efficient scoring makes one wonder if this is the Spurs or the Suns who were the "Kombat Whirlwind" under D'Antoni back then.

Of course, the performance of the Clippers is also at a very high level, after all, the current Clippers are also a strong team, but the wave of offense led by Ginobili is too powerful, and the Clippers are very good in the face of this wave of offense.

So what did the Clippers do in those 10 minutes?

They made a total of 7 three-pointers! 7-of-13 from beyond the three-point line, shooting over 50%! It looks pretty good, and there are two mid-range shots, which add up to a total of 25 points!

However, of these 7 three-pointers, 4 were scored by Redick, 2 by Billups, and only one by Crawford!

And, of the six three-pointers the Clippers missed, five were conceded by Crawford!

It can be said that the reason why the Clippers are behind is because Crawford lost in the confrontation with Ginobili, not only could not prevent Ginobili's offense, but also wasted a lot of opportunities to shoot on the offensive end, he repeatedly faced Ginobili and forced his shots, not even doing a basic feint! It's all unreasonable three-pointers that shoot directly!

You know, although Ginobili is not the top in physical fitness and is not known for his defense from time to time, but first of all, he has experienced the finals and faced a dominant defense, so he is a lot better in terms of experience.

Secondly, Ginobili played for the Spurs, and the Spurs' defense has always been the top in the league, and there is no one on the team who can't defend! Ginobili's defense is also above the league average, okay.

In the end, if Crawford really turned on the real rampage mode, then maybe these unreasonable three-pointers would have gone in.

But it's a pity that Crawford can't control this real rampage mode, and it's not something that can be opened if you want to. Crawford clearly didn't have that form today, but maybe he wanted to win against Ginobili so he kept trying to find that feeling, and it turned out to be a lot of wasted chances.

So, the reason why the Clippers are lagging behind is because of Crawford's problems.

Of course, there's also the problem of Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro, who trusted Crawford too much in the third quarter and didn't bring in Paul sooner. Although his original plan was to give Paul more rest (the first half was almost full), he had plenty of energy in the fourth quarter of the decisive game.

But Billups is old after all, Crawford is out of shape, and Ginobili on the opposite side broke out today, the Clippers are already ten points behind, and if they don't replace Paul, I'm afraid that they won't be able to catch up with the 10-point hole in the fourth quarter.

Paul was already in a hurry, how to play in the fourth quarter if he continued like this, he hurriedly applied to the coach for a timeout, ready to go up to put out the fire, of course, Paul at this time had already turned on the St. Paul mode.

In desperation, Coach Del Negro could only call a timeout and replace Paul, of course, the other main forces were withdrawn, after all, they had to fight hard in the fourth quarter.

The Spurs also took advantage of this break to change the host to rest, and Ginobili successfully completed the task and took a break.

After the timeout, the Spurs' Parker came up with four substitutes, Mills, Grindio, and Bonner, to mix up the minutes.

On the Clippers' side, Paul also played with four benches.

Parker vs. Paul, the battle between two excellent guards, except that the current Paul is not an ordinary version of Paul, but a strengthened version of St. Paul!

In the last two minutes of the third quarter, how much the Clippers can recover depends on the play of St. Paul.

The Clippers attacked, Paul controlled the ball, and Parker, both of whom were small and fast, but Paul was shorter and a little stronger.

Without time to entangle Parker, St. Paul directly changed direction in front of the body with extremely fast speed and great amplitude, and the angle between Paul and the ground was already smaller than 30 degrees!

"I'll go, fight so hard, don't your feet hurt!" Parker was taken aback, he used such a desperate action! Parker hurriedly moved his body to make up for it!

But at this time, Paul was like he had no pain, and before he finished his change of direction, he followed a worship in the opposite direction! Just shook off Parker!

"Hell! It's so hard! Parker is also very powerful, he can brake sharply when the center of gravity is unstable, and he will rush towards Paul with his left foot!

But it was too late, Paul took advantage of that momentary gap and raised his hand to directly make a three-point shot!

And Parker's block, which came just 0.5 seconds later, was just a little bit close to blocking the ball!

Three points scored! Sao Paulo pulled the score back to single digits as soon as they came up.

The Spurs attacked, Mills signaled for Parker to go to the front court first, and then the cute Mishen dribbled through the half court himself, wanting to look for offensive opportunities.

However, the Clippers' defense is good at this time, and it is not so easy to find a gap, and Mills can only pass the ball back to Parker.

However, it may be because the team is still leading more, and Mills passes the ball a little casually and a little slowly.

It would have been fine if it had been in normal times, but now it's St. Paul who defends Parker, a real man who can burst into full force for the team!

With a lightning steal, Paul almost crashed into Parker's arms, but his prolific steals and ball handling skills still allowed him to break the ball and push forward at high speed!

Parker naturally accelerated with all his might, constantly interfering with Paul with his body, but Paul's body was already stronger than him, and this interference had no effect.

I saw that the two of them were almost in unison, trying to run towards the back court of the Spurs like two sharp arrows!

Mills, who made a mistake in passing, followed closely behind the two.

Seeing that he had come to the restricted area, Paul suddenly braked suddenly, his legs were aggrieved, and he was about to raise the ball to the basket with both hands!

Parker was caught off guard by this sudden emergency stop, and did not brake the car for a while! Staggered a few steps forward!

Opportunity! Paul can go to the basket!

"It's not that easy!" Mills, who caught up from behind, jumped high, and if Paul made a layup at this time, then the ball would probably be covered by Mills!

Just when Mills was getting ready for a big hat! The hand holding the ball in front of him suddenly disappeared!

"What!" Mills was shocked, how could it be! Turning back in the air in a panic, Mills saw a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Comrade Chris St. Paul quickly withdrew the ball with both hands and allowed himself to pass by him.

Then he uses his left foot as the axis and makes a quick 360-degree back turn! Then after landing with his right foot, he didn't stop at all, he jumped directly on the ground, and the air lever was reversed with one hand!

And when Paul scored, Mills jumped too far and hit Parker, who was about to return after braking suddenly, and the two fell off the bottom line together, looking embarrassed.

At this moment, the 183-centimeter Paul shook off the 188-centimeter Parker and the 183-centimeter Mills, which is quite a rare occasion!

It's really worthy of St. Paul, who came up with a three-pointer, a steal and a layup, directly narrowed the difference by half, and by the way, beat the morale of the Spurs brought up by Ginobili before! And he only took thirty seconds to complete these things!

For the next minute and a half, St Paul's continued to exert his power, attacking and defending shoulder-to-shoulder. not only attacked by himself, but also used a long pass throughout the court to make Billups, an old flounder, complete a fast-break dunk, and passed the addiction of dunking.

Fortunately, the Spurs still have Parker, who has won the FMVP.

Although Parker didn't have a good way to face Paul, who turned on the "St" mode, at least Parker could provide the team with stable firepower, and two good small throws helped the team stabilize their position at the last moment and hold on to the slight lead without being overtaken.

With the last minute St. Paul's own basket ultra-long pressure whistle three points missed, the Spurs finally led by 2 points into the fourth quarter, the fourth quarter, is the moment to decide the outcome of the game!

In the lounge, Qin Yan recovered, the whole person turned over, looked at Paul's figure on the TV screen in the lounge, and secretly made up his mind:

St. Paul! See you in the fourth quarter!