Curry doesn't care about being off the bench, and Yang Rui has told him that Paul will leave at the end of the season.

He conceded the ball in the playoffs this time, and he will be happy to be on the top again next season. Of course, Curry can see this. Moreover, the tactics arranged by Yang Rui are more in line with his appetite, and the second quarter is a run-and-bomb chaotic battle.

Paul is a guy who always looks for cover, runs tactics, looks for misalignment, and he plays very reasonably. Curry isn't a point guard who plays properly, he's more of a shooting guard at heart.

Paul is the same team in possession, looking for opportunities to pass the ball to his teammates after blocking and dismantling. The Spurs began to cut off Paul's passing lanes, kept their distance, put Paul in the middle of the shot, and let Parker chase after him.

The other positions are all single defense, the Clippers have the most fierce three-point firepower in the league, and Popovich emphasized that he would rather let the Clippers play two points than let them shoot three-pointers.

The Clippers' defensive strategy is the opposite, keeping Parker from breaking through and relying on rotation on the perimeter.

Both sides are star-stricken-based, the offensive rhythm is slow, the scene is not very good-looking, the offensive efficiency is not high, and the score difference is close. The difference is that Yang Rui's expression on the sidelines is relaxed and everything is under control, while Popovich's expression is very serious.

He has played with Yang Rui several times in the playoffs, and Popovich knows very well that the Spurs win by starting the game, the bench is flawed, and the Clippers' hole cards have not been played.

The key is that Rudy Guy didn't start today, in the regular season, Leonard's defense against Guy was relatively successful, and now looking at the situation, Yang Rui is ready to wait for Leonard to rest before sending Guy to stagger their playing time.

If you send someone else to defend Guy alone, you may not be able to prevent it. If Leonard's playing time is increased, the Spurs will definitely suffer in terms of physical strength in the final quarter. The Clippers are relying on the depth of the lineup to bully people, and Popovich has no way to crack it, so he can only fight hard.

The Spurs insisted on running tactics, played seriously in every round, tried to create good shooting opportunities, and were fully focused on defense, and the Clippers fell behind 19-22 after the first quarter.

The Clippers who can defend by less than 20 points, the Spurs defense is something to be proud of, and Maddy is responsible for defending Korver, which is an easy task and does not become a defensive hole. Maddie also hit a two-pointer for a decent performance.

Griffin and Chandler, who scored the most points on the Clippers, scored 8 and 6 points respectively, and the two hit the basket, one is that Dio is not tall enough, and the other is that he wants to make Duncan foul.

In order to defend the penalty area, Popovich sent Split in the second half, and the two towers were on the one, making it even more difficult to score points on the offensive end.

In the second quarter, the Clippers' super bench bandit lineup came out. Curry, Battier, Gay, Parsons, Farid.

Spurs five: Gary Neil, Ginobili, Fournier, Leonard, Matt Bonner.

Popovich gave Leonard a four-minute break in the first quarter, and now he is on again. Swingmen have to be sent to fight the ball, and if the big man is in the No. 4 position, the main defense Guy or Leonard is out of place.

The forward position is fully prepared, but the Spurs also have weaknesses on the outside, and Yang Rui's tactics are to grab the rebound and counterattack, no matter who attracts Leonard's defense, pass the ball to the forward to single out Fournier or Curry to single out Neil.

The positional battle was the same, Farid attracted the defense in the low post, ready to grab the rebound, the other three pulled away, and Curry went straight to the middle to go heads-up.

WITH A HEIGHT OF 193CM AND A WEIGHT OF 95 KG, NEAL IS VERY STRONG AND NOT AFRAID OF CONFRONTATION, BUT LACKS THE SPEED OF THE GUARD AND CAN EASILY BE PASSED. And he just happened to be a guard who came out of the Clippers, and Yang Rui is well aware of his weaknesses.

Curry got past Neal in the first round, burst inside, drew Bonner to the defense, and passed the ball to Farid, who scored on an easy layup. 21 to 22.

The Spurs attacked, handed over to Ginobili to attack with the ball, and Bonner gave Neal a side cover.

This is how many years Yang Rui has played, and he is very familiar with it, Battier entangled Ginobili, and the flanks guaranteed to change defenses, so that Neil could not catch the ball and shoot directly.

Against the Spurs' second team, the main thing is to defend the outside shot, and the swingman can guard the restricted area, because Bonner will not easily cut to the basket.

DON'T LOOK AT BONNER'S 208CM HEIGHT, WEIGHT 109 KG, AND STANDARD INTERIOR BUILD, BUT HE PLAYS LIKE A GUARD, ALWAYS USED TO FLOATING ON THE OUTSIDE, SHOOTING THREE-POINTERS IN A TREBUCHET-LIKE POSTURE, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST THREE-POINT SHOOTERS IN THE LEAGUE.

Unless Bonner is empty inside, he will never attack, nor will he play small man to cheat foul free throws, and the number of free throws he throws in his life is only the number of Harden in a season.

Ginobili is also uncomfortable when he meets Battier, Battier predicts accurately, rarely has been overcome, and will always be in front of the opponent to seal his eyes to interfere with the shooting, it just so happens that Ginobili has a terrible shooting touch this year, and the shooting rate of breakthrough layups is less than 40%.

Fournier has skills, but he can't play it, and his rookie season is too poor to play. When you catch the ball, you pass it out, just to play the role of a passing ball.

Leonard has been improving on the defensive end, and on the offensive end he is still a blue-collar catcher, and he also practices ball-handling offense on the team, but it's definitely not a good idea to let him use the ball against Guy, who is similar in size.

After passing a few times and running out of 24 seconds, Neil missed Curry's forced shot, and Farid grabbed the rebound and immediately launched a counterattack.

Curry distributed the ball to Guy, who attracted Leonard's defensive pass to Parsons, who faced Fournier, who had a height and weight advantage, and missed the opponent's forced layup, but made a foul.

Parsons hit both free throws to make it 23-22.

The Spurs attacked, and there was still no way to shrink in the face of the Clippers, Ginobili burst in and was pinched, separated from the perimeter, Fournier made an empty three-point shot, missed the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Farid.

The Clippers counterattacked, Curry received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, and the left side made a sharp stop and stepped back to meet Neil. Neil retreated too far back to jump, only reaching out to interfere, and the ball hollowed into the net. 26 to 22.

The Spurs attacked, Neil got rid of Curry by covering, attracted Farid to defend and distributed the ball to Bonner, Bonner relied on his height advantage to make a 70-degree jumper on the right side, missed under Curry's hard interference, Gay retreated and did not take the rebound, jumped up and flicked it out with one hand, and Parsons picked up the rebound.

The Clippers counterattacked again, Parsons passed to Curry, Curry took the ball and dribbled it outside the three-point line on the right side, dribbled the ball behind his left hand, and probed his left shoulder lightly, attracting Neal to move sideways, dribbling the ball under the crotch to the right hand, and stepping back to shoot a three-point shot.

Neil shook and didn't jump up the block, and the ball hollowed into the net. 29 to 22.

The Clippers played the Spurs 10-0 in the opening game, and Popovich was forced to call a timeout, he had to suppress the Clippers' fast-break momentum, otherwise a wave could take the game. In the regular season, this kind of thing happened.

Unfortunately, the Spurs are short of No. 1 positions, and if Gary Neil doesn't make a cameo, he has to go to the fringe Corey Joseph.

Joseph, who is 191cm tall and weighs 88 kg, has an active defense and a very bad offense, and is a rookie who is Popovich's eyes.

This season, he averaged 4.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 13.9 minutes per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and just 28.6 percent from three-point range. As long as he is on the court, the Clippers can use the joint defense, shrinking the formation to the vicinity of the restricted area and limiting the Spurs' offense with less effort.

After some consideration, Popovich replaced Fournier and replaced Parker and Neil to play double guard together, which not only added a ball-handling penetrator, but also ensured a stable three-point point on the court.

However, as a result, Ginobili took on the small forward position again, which was more reluctant for him, and he and Neal had to go to the main defense Parsons, which was misplaced.

The Spurs can only play like this, and if they send blue-collar workers to strengthen the defense, they can't break through the Clippers' defense. After Scola left, the Spurs didn't have a great interior scorer other than Duncan, which is why Duncan's stats are beautiful.