After the timeout, the Clippers did not make substitutions and continued to press the Spurs to play. The positional battle was okay, Bonner was misplaced in the counterattack and struggled to defend the guard, and after Curry and Parsons missed the shot, Farid could still rush to grab the rebound in the frontcourt.

Six minutes later, the Clippers let Curry continue to play, and Battier and Farid rested and replaced them with Danny Green and Griffin. Spurs are the "GDP combination" and Leonard, Neil.

Curry only needs to defend Neil, who is not strong in offensive ability with the ball, mainly relying on shooting, Curry will not become a defensive hole, and Green will not have much problem defending Farid.

At halftime, the Clippers led 51-42 with a better offense.

In the second half, Yang Rui began to strengthen his defense again and sent the opening starters, Paul and Chandler rested for a whole quarter, recovered their strength, and led their teammates to run tactics.

Paul controlled the tempo, lowered the number of rounds, and slowly grinded ground with the Spurs. The Spurs are not big men, Duncan alone can't defend the restricted area, and the Clippers' offensive mode is like the Hornets back then, and Griffin is better than David West.

The Spurs strengthened their defense, and their own offense was weaker, and at the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led 76-64 slightly, but they were firmly in control.

In the final quarter, when the Clippers accelerated again to run and run, the Spurs couldn't defend it. Duncan had to play on both ends of the floor, and it was easy to play against Chandler, but he couldn't defend against Griffin last season.

The tactic arranged by Yang Rui was to try to pass the ball to Griffin when he rushed up, and not let Griffin hit Duncan with his back, so that Duncan would not be able to do what he was best at. Griffin attacks with a frame, and Duncan has to defend himself from breaking through, like facing a big swingman.

On the offensive end, the Spurs were also completely dumb on the outside, missing three points several times, and were beaten by the Clippers into a counterattack, and the difference quickly widened to more than 20 points.

After a few more minutes, Popovich replaced all the main players and gave up the game early. At 102-81 in the final game, the Clippers won easily and got off to a good start.

In this game, all the people who supported the Spurs felt very uncomfortable, the difference in the first three quarters was not too big, and it seemed that there was still something to play, but the Spurs had been falling into the rhythm of the Clippers, playing lifeless, and the cooperation was gone, and the stars took turns to shoot iron.

Jeff Van Gundy commented: "Jerry didn't play any outside guard Tony Allen, and he limited the Spurs with his overall defense, and that kind of win would be a demoralizing blow to the opponent. ”

"The Clippers swept the Spurs in the playoffs last year, and the DP group is old, and to win, other people have to step up, especially a couple of new guys, and they have to do more," McBrin said. ”

In the second game, the Clippers did not change their tactics, first defended strictly, and then ran and bombed, but the Spurs still couldn't prevent it.

The coaching staff led by Popovich couldn't think of any way to break the run, and a "half-orc" like Farid, whether it was Bonner or Split, couldn't keep up with his speed, and he couldn't grab rebounds.

A functional player like Farid is of average effect if he plays more than 30 minutes, because his offense is bad, the team is not good at playing positional tactics, and he is also a little short and has poor frame protection ability. But if he only plays 15-20 minutes, does not need to conserve his physical strength, and allows him to run, scramble, and play with all his strength, Farid is a superman, and his efficiency is terrifying.

The Clippers led by 20 points at halftime, and in the second half, the Spurs were completely dumb from the outside, and the score stretched to more than 30 points and went into garbage time.

123-87, the Clippers won two big games, and everyone began to predict that this round of the series was swept again.

Sure enough, the Spurs who returned to their home court also failed to win, and in the cheers of the home fans, the Spurs tried their best, defended very much, broke through, and shot very resolutely, and they still lost after three and a half quarters, because this Curry was hanging.

Curry played 40 minutes and scored 44 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists on 18-of-35 shooting, 6-of-14 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws. He set a new personal playoff record for the number of shots he took from the field.

Paul also played 32 minutes, shooting 8-of-15, 0-of-2 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line to finish with 19 points and six assists.

The two-guard strategy increased the speed to the fastest, and the Clippers won the offense, leading 129-117, 3-0.

Because Curry has been teammates with Gary Neal, he knows the roots, shoots when he meets them, and hits two shots more than a meter outside the three-point line.

In the fourth game, the Spurs' morale had collapsed, all methods had been tried, and the offensive and defensive ends were inferior to the Clippers. This Spurs offense was almost heads-up, with a lot of action on defense, a lot of fouls, and two big inside free throws from the Clippers, which didn't work.

Chandler shot 5-of-8 and Griffin shot 7-of-10, which wasn't accurate, but it was enough.

On the Spurs' side, they shot 33-of-93 from the field, shooting 35.5%, 7-of-27 from three-point range, shooting 25.9%, and even made 14-of-25 free throws, with a 56% shooting rate.

With such an overall shooting percentage, the Spurs only lost 87-107, and the Clippers have already given them face.

Curry shot 7-of-15, 5-of-10 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line to finish with 22 points and four assists.

Even more efficient was Danny Green, who finished with 21 points, two rebounds and two assists on 8-of-11 shooting and 5-of-6 three-pointers.

Parsons also had 19 points, six rebounds and five assists.

The outstanding performance of these three made up for the gap of Paul, Griffin, and Chandler's sleepwalking.

On the Spurs' side, it was the aging GDP combination that scored more, with Duncan scoring 19 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists, but this was not enough to win.

He had 18.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks throughout the playoffs, and was still the core of the Spurs. It's incredible, and it's a little sad. If Spurs rely on a 37-year-old veteran, how can they win the championship?

Duncan's movement speed after losing weight is not bad, and he can top three quarters, and the last quarter against the guard is basically a casual pass. Fans say he's the No. 21 rookie, but he's not really going to get younger.

Many people say that the experience of veterans in the playoffs is important, but few teams led by veterans can win. Even the Mavericks in 2011 are veterans and young people. Now the Spurs are completely relying on veterans, and the starters and substitutes are all around.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Leonard, who won a Finals MVP and entered the Finals twice, and Leonard, who averaged 25.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game at his peak, was touted by some fans as the top three superstars in the league, and even the first person in the NBA in the 16-17 season, I really don't know what these people think.

Obviously, Leonard's offensive data can no longer be ordinary, and the defensive end is often pressed to the ground by James, Durant and others, even if he takes FMVP for 14 years, James James Finals data 28.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 57.1% hit, 51.9% three-point shot, some people actually say that Leonard single-handedly defended James, which planet's defense is this?

This is clearly James' best Finals since he entered the league, Leonard only played well on the offensive end, and the overall data of the Spurs players was too poor, so he gave him FMVP.

Now, the Spurs are missing Danny Green, Leonard is boasted by fans that the invincible help defense can't play, whoever he defends, the Clippers will attack from the other side, if Leonard helps defend Paul, Curry, Griffin breakthrough, the ball is a three-point. If he doesn't help defense, the Clippers will have a way to create misplaced offensive opportunities, and defense is simply not something that one person can do well.

Leonard's fortunes have also changed, and his defense has not yet been recognized, and this season Jimmy Butler was named to the All-Defensive Second Team because of the Nets' outstanding record, and Leonard is still only a role player.

Compared with popularity, Leonard is much worse than Parsons in the same year, and he is evaluated as a blue-collar worker.

If the Spurs can't improve their overall defense in the future, and there is no record to back it up, Leonard is choked enough to win the best defensive player twice, and he still joined the Spurs, but his fate has changed.