Chapter 814 [Big Fist Hammer Man's Chest]
The Spurs attacked, Parker broke through the bag after blocking and dismantling, and was assigned to Duncan in the middle, Draymond Green chased the defense in time, Duncan didn't shoot after taking the ball, and relied on Draymond to find teammates.
Belinelli ran to catch the ball, couldn't shake off Danny Green, and passed the ball to the Parker team who ran inside for the next opportunity. With 24 seconds to go, Belinelli singled a pull-up jump shot that missed Danny Green's interference.
The Clippers attacked, passed a few times and didn't have a good chance, Griffin attacked the basket and was interfered with by Duncan, Duncan took the rebound, threw it to the front court when he landed, and launched a counterattack with a pass.
Leonard quickly singled out Middleton, brought to the three-point line and made a European step to make a successful pass and score a layup. 8 to 6.
Leonard's stats have improved this year, playing an average of 29 minutes per game, scoring 13 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.7 steals, shooting 52.2% from the field and 38% from three-point range.
Leonard's strength is that he has been improving, and since joining the Spurs, he has begun to learn from the strengths of his teammates, Parker's turns, Duncan's low feet and boards, and Ginobili's European step, and he has been able to take on more tasks this season.
Crucially, he learned Duncan's facial paralysis and aphasia, which must be reused by Popovich. This kind of facial paralysis is not the paralysis of the face, but the perseverance in the heart.
The Clippers attacked, Curry took it to the frontcourt and handed it to Draymond to organize, ran without the ball on his side, got rid of Parker by covering to catch the ball, Duncan defended it, kept a distance and blocked in front of Curry, so that he could not shoot easily.
The 38-year-old Duncan is an experienced player who knows what distance to make opponents uncomfortable and is excellent on both ends of the floor, finishing with 15 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 29.2 minutes played. He's better at blocking and picking than Split.
The Clippers have weaknesses in the starters, with only Curry on the outside as one offensive point with the ball, and the others play without the ball, making it difficult to score when targeted. When Curry couldn't break through and his teammates didn't have any vacancy, he didn't have many options but to give Griffin.
Griffin received the ball and hit Split with his back, leaned on two strokes to the baseline and forced a turn and throw, far away from the basket, and missed under the interference.
Split's defense is admittedly strong, with a proven track record of defending against Nowitzki, Aldridge, Randolph and others. However, he has not been able to practice his offensive range, and can only be a defensive blue-collar, and the Spurs have also taken into account his injury factor in renewing his contract, and his salary is decreasing year by year.
Split gave Griffin a headache, but he was more relaxed against Duncan, because Duncan couldn't jump anymore, and the defense mainly relied on positioning and reach.
The Spurs attacked, Duncan and Parker blocked and dismantled in the middle, Parker burst to the left to attract Draymond's defense, the ball was distributed to the middle, Duncan received the ball and squeezed Middleton away, took three steps to attract Griffin to make up for the defense, and passed the ball lightly to the left baseline.
Split leaped to his feet and scored with both hands on the basketball. 8 to 8.
Gryffindor took a step outside and couldn't turn back to defend Split, Duncan's pass was just right, Draymond was close, but his height was limited, and once the big man started, he couldn't jump.
The Clippers attacked, Curry transported to the frontcourt and then gave it to Draymond, Split kept his distance, and Draymond still played according to tactics and gave Curry who was running by cover.
This time, Curry made a false shot, changed direction and burst Duncan failed, Parker chased the defense in place and Duncan formed a sandwich, Curry distributed the ball to Griffin, who smashed the right side to the basket, attracting Split to defend to Middleton in the bottom right corner.
There was a mistake in the pass this time, the Spurs were man-to-man and not a joint defense, and Middleton did not get rid of the defense, but Draymond was empty in the middle. Leonard cut off the basketball in front of him, jumped off the baseline due to inertia, turned around and passed the ball to Duncan in bounds with one hand.
Duncan received the basket with a long arm and immediately gave the ball to Parker.
Parker went down the fast break alone, singled out Curry, took a step to the left side of the three-point line and pulled the ball, leaned on Curry to turn and pass to the right side, and picked up the basket sideways with a low hand. Curry couldn't get off the jump, and the ball hit the board and fell into the basket. 8 to 10.
The Clippers' offense is a little weak, and the Spurs are very targeted, knowing that the starters are relying on Curry and Griffin to tear apart the defense, marking the characteristics of the two, and there are people in front of the pitchers to interfere.
After a few passes, Draymond got an open position in the middle, shot a three-pointer and missed the basket, Split let him go some distance and made up for the basket at any time, he failed to seize the opportunity, Duncan protected the rebound and held it in his arms.
In the Spurs positional battle, Duncan and Parker played blocking and dismantling in the middle, and when Parker attracted the inside to change the defense and then cut to receive the ball, he didn't wait for Griffin to come up with the defense, and threw and hit the front step. 8 to 12.
Yang Rui took the lead in requesting a timeout, this situation is rare, usually Curry and Griffin have a way to score, today the Spurs defense is very good, while the Clippers' defense is a bit of a problem, the outside is fine, the inside Griffin is not enough to protect the frame.
This season, some fans said that Griffin's single-defense against the Pelicans' thick eyebrows Davis three streets, defensive attitude exploded thick eyebrows two streets, but thick eyebrows averaged 2.8 blocks per game, 1.3 steals, Griffin averaged 0.5 blocks per game or assisted defense, and the opponent shot in the low post, and he couldn't cover the ball when he jumped......
Griffin was also desperate about this, every time someone threw a shot in front of him, he was angry and wanted to hammer the man's chest with a big fist.
Yang Rui directly replaced Griffin and replaced Chandler, and the small-ball tactics failed at the beginning. can also be used inside, Draymond and Griffin's roles overlap a bit, and it doesn't work well together.
Both of their three-point points are unstable, Yang Rui replaced Griffin to let him play an advantage in the second quarter, leaving Draymond, who is active defensively, on the court, which is easier to attract the Spurs to play inside singles, and the defensive guard breaks through, and Draymond does better.
Yang Rui did not make any substitutions on the outside, and was ready to fight with the Spurs in the first quarter, and arranged Curry as the only offensive core on the offensive end, singled out Parker, attracted the ball, and his teammates had to be resolute.
Guy continued to sit on the bench, also to defend.
Belinelli's defense is often criticized, but he not only shoots accurately on the offensive end, but also has good ball control skills and strong breakthrough ability, Yang Rui needs Danny Green to follow him, and Guy is good at interfering with shots.
On the offensive end, Guy's single role is not easy to play, Leonard's single defense is getting better and better, it is better to consume Leonard's physical strength for a while, and Guy will go up again.
Tactically, the Clippers have increased their off-ball running and are no longer standing on one side for an opportunity. Chandler and Draymond went to the side to cover Danny Green and Middleton, helping them get rid of the defense and catch and shoot. Curry holds the ball in the middle and can combine with sudden points and shots.
The game continued, Curry increased his shots, but the shooting rate was average, but fortunately, the Clippers' defensive intensity in the restricted area increased, and the point difference did not widen. Chandler did a better job defending Duncan, and Draymond was not as strong as Split, and could get stuck in position to protect rebounds.
The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and they couldn't play fast attacks, and the rhythm became a little dull.
Griffin was a spectator on the sidelines, and he was on fire and was replaced early without foul trouble, which was too faceless for the All-Star. He's inferior to Curry, he's already uncomfortable being behind in the MVP rankings, and now that Draymond has a fringe man who has more minutes than him, he feels a little ironic.
Griffin's mentality is changing, and like Yang Rui in his previous life, he is gradually getting used to seeing his teammates.
The Clippers trailed by three points at 23-26 in the first quarter.
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