Chapter 776: [Press the hammer on the ground]

After the timeout, the Clippers did not make substitutions and continued to press the Spurs. The positional battle was okay. After countering Bonner's misplaced defense against the defender. After Curry and Parsons missed shots, Farid was able to rush to the offensive rebound.
After 6 minutes, the Clippers let Curry continue to fight, Battier, Farid rest, replaced Danny Green, Griffin. The Spurs are the "GDP combination" and Leonard and Neal.
Curry only needs to defend Neil. The latter is not capable of attacking the ball, mainly by shooting. Curry will not be a defensive loophole, and Green will not have a problem with Farid.
At the end of the half, the Clippers led 51 to 42 with a better offense.
In the second half, Yang Rui started to strengthen the defense and sent the opening starter. Paul and Chandler rested for a whole period, recovered their physical strength, and ran tactics with their teammates.
Paul controls the rhythm, reduces the number of rounds, and slowly grinds the position with the Spurs. The Spurs aren't big, and Duncan alone can't hold the penalty area. The Clippers' offense pattern is like the Hornets. Griffin is stronger than David West.
The Spurs strengthened their defense, and their own offense was weaker. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers did not lead much than 64, but they steadily controlled the situation.
At the end of the quarter, when the Clippers speeded up and ran away again, the Spurs couldn't resist. Duncan had to play at both ends of the offense and defense, and it was easy to deal with Chandler. He couldn't resist Griffin last season.
The tactics arranged by Yang Rui are to try to pass Griffin when he rushes to prevent Griffin from playing Duncan on his back, so Duncan cannot do what he does best. Griffin face offense, Duncan had to defend against breakthroughs, like facing a big swingman.
On the offensive end, the Spurs were completely misfired. They missed three points on several occasions and were counterattacked by the Clippers. The point difference quickly widened to more than 20 points.
After playing for a few more minutes, Popovich replaced all the main force and gave up the game in advance. In the final 102 to 81, the Clippers won easily and made a good start.
In this game, everyone who supports the Spurs feels very uncomfortable. The difference in the first three quarters is not too big. It seems that they still have to fight, but the Spurs have always fallen into the rhythm of the Clippers. The fight is dead and the cooperation is gone. Stars flow out of the hands to hit the iron.
Jeff Van Gundy commented: "Jerry didn't arrange outside defense guard Tony Allen to play. He used the overall defense to limit the Spurs. This victory will greatly dampen the opponent's morale."
McBrin said: "Last year, the Clippers swept the Spurs. The DP team is old. To win, other people have to stand up, especially a few newcomers. They have to do more."
In the second game, the Clippers didn't change tactics. They guarded first, then ran away, and the Spurs couldn't resist.
The coaching staff led by Popovich couldn't think of any way to break through. The "half-orcs" like Farid, neither Bonner nor Split, could keep up with his speed, grabbing rebounds and grabbing But he.
Farid is a functional player. If he plays for more than 30 minutes, the role is normal, because he is bad at attacking, the team is not good at playing tactics, and his size is a little short, and the ability to protect the frame is poor. But if he only plays 15-20 minutes, does not need to save his physical strength, so that he can run, fight, and play with all his strength, Farid is a superman and has a terrible efficiency.
The Clippers led by 20 points in the half, and the Spurs were completely misfired in the second half. The score increased to more than 30 points and entered the garbage time.
123 to 87, the Clippers won two games, everyone began to predict that this round of the series was swept again.
Sure enough, the Spurs did not win back at home. In the cheering of the home fans, the Spurs did their best, the defensive moves were great, the breakthroughs, the shots were very determined, and they sustained the three and a half quarters because they lost. Field Curry opened.
Curry played 40 minutes, 18 of 35 shots, 6 of 14 3-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 44 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists. His shots set a new record for his personal playoffs.
Paul also played 32 minutes, 8 of 15 shots, 2 of 3 3-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and 19 points and 6 assists.
The double guard tactics mentioned the fastest speed. The Clippers won this attack, leading 129 to 117 and 3 to 0.
Because Curry and Garnier had been teammates, they knew what they were going to know, so they shot. They scored two goals more than a meter away from the three-point line.
In the fourth battle, the Spurs morale has collapsed, all methods have been tried, and the offense and defense are not as good as the Clippers. Almost all of the Spurs' offenses were heads-up. They made a lot of moves while defending. They ate a lot of fouls and sent the Clippers two free throws inside.
Chandler made 5 of 8 shots and Griffin made 7 of 10 shots. Not accurate, but it was enough.
On the Spurs side, they shot 33 of 93 shots with a 35.5% shooting rate, 7 of 27 three-pointers, and 25.9% shooting. Even the free throws were only 25 of 14 and 56%.
With this overall shooting percentage, the Spurs only lost 87 to 107, and the Clippers have already given them face.
Curry made 7 of 15 shots, 5 of 10 3-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws and scored 22 points and 4 assists.
More efficient is Danny Green, 8 of 11 shots, 5 of 6 3-pointers, 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Parsons also had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
The outstanding performance of these three men made up for the vacancies of Paul, Griffin and Chandler.
On the Spurs side, the old GDP combination was the most scoring. Duncan scored 19 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists, but this was not enough to win.
He played 18.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.6 blocks throughout the playoffs, still the core of the Spurs. This is incredible and sad. If the Spurs depend on a 37-year-old veteran, how can they win the championship?
Duncan's movement speed after weight loss is not bad, can top three quarters, the last quarter against the guard is basically let people pass casually. Fans say he is the No. 21 rookie, but he will not really become young.
Many people say that veteran experience in the playoffs is important, but veteran-owned teams rarely win. Even the 2011 Mavericks are also veterans with young people~EbookFREE.me~ Now the Spurs are completely veteran, and the starting substitutes are all.
In Yang Rui’s previous life, he got a finals MVP, Leonard made two finals, and averaged 25.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Leonard was blown by some fans into the top three in the league, even 16- The first man in the NBA in the 17th season, I really don't know what these people think.
Obviously Leonard's offensive data can't be ordinary. The defensive end is often hit on the ground by James, Durant and others. Even in the 14 years of FMVP, James James Finals data 28.2 points 7.8 rebounds 4 assists 2 steals. 57.1% hit, 51.9% three-pointers, some people said that Leonard defended James alone, which planet's defense?
This is clearly the best finals James has played since entering the league. Leonard only played on the offensive end. The overall data of the Spurs players is too bad, so he gave him FMVP.
Now, the Spurs are missing a Danny Green, Leonard is boasted by fans that the invincible assist can not be played, who is his main defense, the Clippers will attack from the other side, if Leonard assists Paul, Ku Griffin broke through and the ball was a three-pointer. If he doesn't help defense, the Clippers have a way to create misplaced offense opportunities, defense is simply not a person can do well.
Leonard's fate has also changed, and his defense has not yet been affirmed. This season, Jimmy Butler was selected as the best defensive lineup for the second team because of the outstanding record of the Nets. Leonard is still a role player.
Compared with popularity, Leonard is much worse than Parsons in the same year. He is evaluated as a blue collar.
If the Spurs cannot improve the overall defense in the future, and there is no record support, Leonard can choke enough to win two best defensive players, he still joined the Spurs, but his fate has changed.