Chapter 565: Will defend

Popovich was furious at halftime.
Popovich felt unreasonable that Leonard didn't listen to the command on the court and went his own way.
What makes Popovich even more angry is that Leonard does not justify his performance.
He sat in the locker room and sat down against Popovich's anger, which doubled Popovich's anger.
If it weren't for Duncan and other coaches to stop, Popovich would almost scold Leonard.
The sudden crisis on the team made other Spurs unprepared.
Many people know that Popovich's ability to deal with spikes is really bad.
When you meet a capable player with a strong personality, the end result is often to sweep people out.
After all, he is a soldier, and his internal requirements are unity, obedience, and team first.
In contrast, Phil Jackson, a hippie, is very different, and each has its own advantages.
What many people don't know is that Leonard's temper is so hard.
Especially the Spurs players thought he was quiet and quiet.
But in such an important game, he can defy the coaching order and don't feel that he has done something wrong.
The atmosphere in the dressing room was very awkward for a while, and it was full of restlessness.
Li Liang's tap odor did work, but that was only a catalyst.
Leonard did have his own ideas.
After 15 minutes of intermission, the Spurs' locker room was spent in chaos and quarrels.
This is a fatal blow to the team's morale.
Because Leonard's role in the Spurs is very important, especially his defense.
Without his defense, the Spurs will be much harder to deal with Li Liang.
In the second and third games, Leonard cut off the connection between Li Liang and the Clippers players, which is the key to the Spurs' victory.
Of course, the price is that Leonard is inconspicuous in the data, especially compared with Li Liang.
This Popovich wants him to do the same.
But someone is not happy.
When the intermission breaks, the third quarter begins.
The Clippers started the second half with a 69:57, 12-point lead.
Although the advantage is obvious, but the Clippers play carefully.
Paul drove the Clippers' first attack on the perimeter.
Through repeated screens and running positions, Li Liang successfully cut into the basket and succeeded in catching the layup. The fastest update computer::/
In this series, Li Liang seldom steals points, so he has a lot of defensive pressure.
As a result, two points were stolen from the beginning of the second half, and Popovich could not get angry.
Looking back, Leonard catches a mid-range jumper and scores two points.
When I first entered the league, Leonard's evaluation was very good physical quality, but the technology is stiff, especially shooting and dribbling.
Now his shooting looks still a bit blunt, but after persistent hard training, the shooting rate is already very guaranteed.
As a non-top talented shooter, hard work can really raise people to a very high level.
However, the top talents may work harder.
After Leonard scored, the Clippers immediately launched a quick counterattack.
Li Liang received the ball from the corner and passed it to Griffin. Duncan stepped forward to cover Griffin.
Griffin returned the ball to Li Liang. Li Liang received the ball and made a three-pointer in the left corner.
Leonard has tried his best to interfere, and Li Liang still hit a three-pointer!
The situation that began in the third quarter was very bad for the Spurs.
Backward scores are secondary, and the key is that the rhythm of the game is completely tilted towards the Clippers.
Both sides started to attack quickly.
The Spurs' offense is also very sharp, but their sharp attack is the position.
Once they start to play fast, their tacit cooperation and exquisite passing in the position offensive is not so significant.
However, the impact and explosive power of the Clippers are unobstructed.
The Clippers succeeded in speeding up in the third quarter, and the Spurs players could not see the rhythm down, so they had to play against the Clippers.
Both sides are scoring, but the lead is the Clippers, so it will only become more and more disadvantageous for the Spurs.
In the middle of the third quarter, the score reached 83:70, the Clippers still maintained a 13-point lead.
According to the current offensive momentum of the Clippers, it is not impossible to score 100 points in the third quarter.
Popovich was very angry inside, but he remained calm and called a timeout.
Then Popovich decided to put Leonard on the bench and not let him play.
Popovich put on Dior and wanted to use the height to fight the Clippers.
At the same time, when Dior is on the court, the coordination of the Spurs' offense will be more smooth and will play a magical effect.
Sure enough, as soon as Dior debuted, he passed the high-handed pass to Green who cut to the layup. Green evaded Little Jordan's block and made a layup.
But Dior couldn't keep up on the defensive end.
Facing Li Liang one-on-one, Li Liang flanked him by a tentative step... It's not easy to be dribble by Li Liang.
Then Li Liang scored inside, Duncan came to assist defense, Li Liang made a high throw pass, gave Jordan, and Jordan received the ball with a one-handed dunk.
Dior couldn't prevent Li Liang, and the task of countering Li Liang was in the hands of Danny Green.
But in this way, Parker is going to defend Paul.
Without Leonard, the Spurs' defensive alignment is chaotic.
But for the overall rhythm and strategy, Popovich still insisted on putting Leonard on the bench.
After Danny Green hit a far-reaching three-pointer, the Spurs chased the difference to only 9 points.
Rivers called for a timeout, and the Spurs are indeed a team with strong vitality.
Although Leonard is crucial in this team, if Duncan does not fall, the tree will not fall.
The Spurs' offense and defense are slowly recovering their feelings.
So Rivers' suspension was timely.
"Defense! Our defense needs to catch up again and put some pressure on them. We are leading now, but we can't relax on defense!" Update the fastest mobile phone::
Rivers re-emphasized the team's defense, and then replaced Griffin with Crawford...
That's how you strengthen your defense?
But Rivers couldn't help it anymore. The Clippers are now unavailable.
Livingston and Collison proved in the previous game that the defensive effect is average, but the offensive gap is not small.
It's not as good as Crawford to strengthen the firepower. As for the defense, let Li Liang, who mentioned the fourth position, worry about it.
Li Liang really had to worry about it again, wiping his buttocks in the backcourt.
After the suspension can end the game and restart, Crawford and Paul have no colander on the defensive end.
The Clippers missed an attack, Ginobili held the ball fast, Crawford actually broke Ginobili's ball in the pursuit!
Ginobili opened his hand to the referee, meaning Crawford fouled.
But the referee didn't blow it, meaning that it was Crawford's small weak body, and it still hit you?
Followed by, the Clippers attack still did not hit, the emergency stop jumper after Li Liang broke through the road was interrupted by Duncan, did not shoot.
The Spurs tried again to counterattack, Dior made a beautiful long pass to the frontcourt, Tony Parker received the ball and layup, but Paul was covered from behind!
You were blocked by Paul!
Paul actually blocked!
So far in his career, Paul has covered more than 50 caps in nine regular season seasons.
So far in the playoffs, not counting this one, a total of 3 caps...
The fourth big hat, dedicated to Tony Parker.
Li Liang really looked at it and wanted to cry. Crawford would return to steal and Paul would return to block.
They are all grown up, so I don’t need my help to wipe my buttocks.
These two defenses are critical to the Clippers' morale.
After blocking Parker's layup, UU read www.uukanshu. Comm Paul counterattacked the ball and passed to Odom in the middle.
Odom gave the wing Li Liang a score, and the front was completely empty.
In the case of vacancies, Li Liang will not disappoint, he directly shot three points and hit!
After the goal, Li Liang made a three-point gesture.
The key offensive and defensive, if the two counterattacks allow the Spurs to score, the game situation will be different, the Spurs will certainly catch up, and the fourth quarter will be full of suspense.
Now, Li Liang stopped the Spurs again with a 3-pointer.
Popovich looked at Leonard sitting on the bench, only to make him re-enter the game.
And Leonard remained expressionless, just stood up from the bench.
The whole Spurs were in a strange atmosphere, a feeling of collapse, it seems to have arrived early.
The reason is only because Li Liang came to "put a fart."