Chapter 818: Defeated

The other group matchup in the Western Semifinals was in full swing. The Blazers became cautious after the Rockets took away a victory in the first round.
The Blazers' talent is quite strong, and the cautious Blazers are still quite difficult to deal with.
In the end, the Spurs struggled to win with a big score of 4:3.
In this series of Duncan matches, Duncan did not fall out in the process of confronting Oden, causing many fans to shout that this is an old monster...
To say who is the first center in the league today, someone may mention Yao Ming's name, but most fans will first think of Oden.
After joining the Trail Blazers, Oden's data was fully released, especially last season, Oden averaged 25.2 points, 13.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks of crazy data. I am afraid that only O'Neill at the peak can play similar data. Come.
Even in this case, the old Duncan did not fall down completely in the process of countering Oden, which really made people feel incredible.
In addition to Duncan's unreasonable power, Jimmy Butler also played an important role in limiting the Blazers' main attack point Granger.
Because of Jimmy Butler's excellent defense, Granger averaged only 18 points in this series.
Although it's a lot, but comparing Granger's true standard, it is naturally a malfunction.
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In the hands of Popovich, Jimmy Butler really exerted amazing energy, and he has gradually become a player who cannot be ignored on the league's front line.
To say that the most powerful small forward players that have emerged in the past two years, it is undoubtedly that Leonard and Jimmy Butler.
The styles of the two are actually similar. They all started with defense, and the offense started to be less prominent...
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Looking forward to it, Richard finally hoped to meet the Spurs in the Western Conference finals.
Really speaking, the Clippers right now are definitely the right place, and they have a big inherent advantage over the Spurs.
The first is that the record is better than the Spurs, the Clippers will have one more home advantage.
Secondly, the Clippers swept their opponents for two consecutive rounds, and the Spurs had just finished a round of seven tiebreakers. The old men in their team were not so easy to rest.
Owing to these two advantages, many fans are optimistic that the Clippers can get tickets for the finals.
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"Li, I didn't expect that we would meet on the stage of the Western Conference finals so quickly. It's unbelievable." Popovich greeted Richard with a smile while warming up.
"Greg, do you believe it by yourself?" Richard laughed.
To say that Popovich did not expect that the two teams would decide against each other, then Richard was not convinced.
Even Popovich couldn’t believe a punctuation mark.
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"Seriously, Lee, do you think this round of the Western Conference, who can win?" Popovich looked serious and asked Richard.
Richard waved his hand, "I naturally hope that our Clippers can win, but I think it's definitely not that easy."
"But if you really want me to tell the truth, I think your Spurs have a better chance."
"There is no reason, it is a feeling." Richard said with a smile.
Popovich laughed and did not continue to ask. In fact, he also felt that their Spurs had a higher winning percentage.
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"Beep beep!" The referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game.
The starters from both sides started to appear.
What made Richard and all the fans totally unexpected was that this evening Popovich came up with a starting lineup that they have never used before.
Duncan, Dior, Middleton, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker, the French small sports car Parker, was even put into the bench lineup like the ghost knife Ginobili.
Richard has some pain, and if Popovich does this, the depth and thickness of the Spurs bench will be a bit scary.
Parker, Ginobili, Wu Sheng, Danny Green, Mills...
Such a bench lineup is a must in the league. I am afraid that the Pirates bench lineup previously coached by Richard can be more luxurious than this.
However, the powerful bench lineup also naturally brought a little problem. The Trident's performance in the backcourt just after the opening spur was not particularly good.
After all, they are all newcomers, plus they haven't made a starter, and now they are suddenly starting directly in the Western Conference. Everyone will be a little nervous.
Especially at the point of Kemba Walker, Popovich did not play the desired effect.
When the first half of the first half of the game, the Clippers temporarily led by five points.
Faced with the five-point difference, Popovich didn't seem to care at all. He called for a timeout and replaced him on the bench.
The appearance of Ginobili and Parker directly activated the Spurs' offense and contained the Spurs' backward trend. When there were two minutes left in the first quarter, the two sides still had a five-point difference.
The Clippers' starting lineup, a few people had already played for ten minutes in the first quarter, and Richard naturally had to make substitutions.
But this change doesn't matter. In just two minutes, the Spurs directly recovered the five-point difference.
In the second quarter, Richard did not dare to carelessly. He could only make the starting lineup as many as possible. There was no way. As long as the Clippers put on the bench, the immediate team has a tendency to crash...
Richard does not mean that there are no reliable substitutes at all, such as Big Ben, Monkey Monkey and Thomas Thomas.
However, Thomas Jr. had just put on the field and immediately became the focus of the Spurs' backcourt attack!
If Big Ben debuts, the effect is not very good. His current state is far inferior to that of Duncan, and his playing is completely abused by Duncan.
As for the Malaysian monkey, it's not bad. Now Richard's only bench player he can rely on is the Malaysian monkey.
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"Buddu!" Richard finally heard the referee blowing the whistle at the end of the game.
This game may be regarded as the most painful game Richard has played since he entered the league. He is always looking forward to the end of the game.
Although the Clippers won the game by three points in the end, Richard was not happy at all, because this game was entirely the physical strength of the overdraft team's main players.
The playing time of several starters all reached more than forty minutes!
It may be fine to play more than forty minutes in two games, but know that this is a seven-game series. If you continue to play like this, there will be injury problems sooner or later.
Although Richard had a reel of injury on hand, the reel of injury could not help. It took 24 hours for the player to recover.
Once the player opened three minutes like Kobe, he was injured~EbookFREE.me~ Then Richard's series was completely over.
Originally, no one was available, and the player was injured. It is strange that Richard won this series against the Spurs.
In the blink of an eye, the second game of the Western Conference finals started. This time, the Clippers will be tortured again. They have played for more than 40 minutes, and the whole person is exhausted.
In this second game, although the Clippers still kept the home, the situation has become quite serious.
In the end, the Clippers' undefeated gold body in the playoffs this year was finally broken at the holy city.
The Spurs beat the tired Clippers by four points at home.
When the fourth game of the Western Conference began, the first half of the game was not over. The Clippers' main point of attack, Klay Thompson, fell under the defense of Real Madrid's Ama Danny Green, and he sprained his ankle.
Because of Thompson's absence, the Clippers were defeated directly in this G4.