The game continued, and at the end of the first quarter, a three-pointer from Manu and another three-pointer from Anxi directly helped the Spurs overtake the score. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led by one point at 33:32 and entered the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Anxi continued to play, the point guard position was replaced by Patrick Mills, the power forward position was replaced by Thiago Split, plus Anxi and Manu, and the Spurs came off the bench.

The Clippers also fielded a bench lineup with point guard Eric Bledsoe, shooting guard Jamal Crawford, small forward Matt Barnes, power forward Lamar Odom and center Ryan Hollins.

The Clippers' bench is also a relatively strong one in the league, the backup point guard Bledsoe has the strength to start, plus the super six Crawford, the outside defensive titan Matt Barnes, the former best sixth man Odom and the meat shield center Hollins, in addition, the bench also sits on the injured Chauncey Billups, the injured Grant Hill, if the two major injuries come back, then the Clippers' bench depth will chase the Spurs.

As soon as the second quarter came up, it was the Clippers' offensive round, Bledsoe's breakthrough after a block, rushing into the interior, Eric Bledsoe has a nickname called James Jr., his perimeter shooting is not good, but the breakthrough is very strong, and the body is also very strong in the point guard, and the style of play is similar to James.

The first shot was a similar breakthrough to James, but the Spurs did not have a package, so Bledsoe chose to force a layup, and the basketball grazed the edge of the net and got into the basket.

"Two-points! Eric Bledsoe—!" shouted the Staples Arena DJ as the Clippers took a one-point lead.

Spurs' offense, Manu and Split came to a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation on the outside, Manu cut into the inside, and then hit the basketball to the ground, and Patrick Mills on the outside made a three-pointer, but unfortunately did not score.

The Clippers attacked, Bledsoe's breakaway shot, Crawford received the ball from the outside, and hit a two-point shot, and the Clippers extended their lead.

Then, Manu held the ball firmly across the halfcourt, Aaron Baines walked to the top of the arc and made a block for Manu, who quickly drove inside with the ball.

Manu's entry into the interior did not mean the end of the Spurs' offense, An Xi knew that he still had a chance to receive the ball, so he started with his legs and ran out of the bottom corner.

Crawford followed Anxi closely, and Anxi also opened his legs, ran wildly, and went around to the top of the arc.

Before Aaron Baines left the position, Anxi glanced at Crawford, who was rushing from behind, and ran back, rushing from the other side of Aaron Baines to the penalty area.

Crawford hurriedly changed direction, forced a twist, and rushed to the penalty area, but Anxi made another sharp turn and rushed directly to the bottom corner!

In the bottom corner of the weak side, there was no one here, and the closest thing was Ryan Hollins, who was preparing to help defend Manu, so Manu Ginobili passed the ball to Anxi without hesitation......

After changing direction several times without the ball, Anxi got this opportunity!

There is no one in front of him, Anxi's golden opportunity!

"Empty three-point jumper! Anxi-!" Yu Jia shouted, and then when the basketball fell into the basket, he shouted again: "It's in! No one has a chance to defend it! Anxi never misses!"

Popovich clapped his palms, and so far, he is satisfied with Anxi's performance.

After turning into a substitute, Anxi has a lot less pressure on the defensive end, although his opponent in this game is still a super sixth man like Jamal Crawford, but after all, he is not a superstar like Kevin Durant, Anxi can always put most of his energy on the offensive end.

With 7 points in 2 minutes in the first quarter and another 3-pointer in the second quarter, An Xi was satisfied with his performance.

Then, after defending the next wave of the Clippers' offense, it was time for the Spurs to attack again.

Anxi pulled to the high position, directly received the ball and hit the back single, Anxi's back has risen to 70, which is considered the league's starter-level back, in the face of Jamal Crawford's defense, Anxi sat and hit once, and then turned around and jumped!

The basketball flew to the highest air, and then there was a rapid fall, and it got into the hoop all at once!

With a crisp sound of wiping the net, Anxi scored another 2 points!

Then, Bledsoe's layup gave the Clippers another equalizer.

And the Spurs' attack, Manu and Anxi came to a cross cover at the top of the arc, and after Manu attracted the defense, he directly distributed the ball to Anxi not far away.

Anxi made a quick shot, and with a bang, he scored another three points!

In this way, Anxi and Manu combined in two, leading the Spurs to play wave after wave of offensive high-tide in the second quarter, and the point difference was not only equalized by the Spurs, but in the second half of the second quarter, Manu and Anxi teamed up to overtake and expand the lead.

In the end, the Spurs went into halftime with a 10-point lead at 66:56 at halftime.

Anxi, who scored 7 points in two minutes in the first quarter, continued to explode in the second quarter, scoring 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, and after two quarters, Anxi scored 18 points in the half.

Manu, who played with Anxi, also scored 11 points and 5 assists in the half, and the combination of Anxi and Manu began to appear.

"How's it going, Mike, what do you think of the effect of hitting the off bench?" At halftime, Popovich didn't rush to set up, but chatted with Mike Budenholzer outside the locker room.

"It's good, Ann's style of play seems to be more suitable for the bench than Danny is off the bench, he has a lot more offensive skills than last season, he can catch the ball and shoot, he can also cut in with the ball himself, and he can also use his back-to-back skills......" Mike Budenholzer paused and continued. In the starter, Anxi's playing style and type overlapped with Kehuai, so Anxi could only shoot three points, and he couldn't play in the middle and back, because those two positions belonged to Kehuai. ”

Now, he appears in the bench lineup, Manu controls the ball, shoots in the middle, breaks through, Anxi catches the ball and throws, and occasionally comes to two back-to-back singles, it should be said that the substitute is alive. ”

Popovich nodded: "That's right, the bench is alive, and now this substitute, at least the outside line is above the level of other teams' starters, maybe with this group of substitutes alone, we can beat many downstream teams." ”

"It's a good development, but it remains to be seen if there will be problems with the starters. ”

The two discussed some arrangements for the starting substitutes, and in this way, the matter of Anxi's substitutes was basically determined.

"Do you want to talk to Ann?" Mike Budenholzer was afraid that Ann Xi would suddenly become a substitute and would have an idea in his heart, so he asked Popovich.

Popovich shook his head: "No, maybe, let him go to the bench, it's too late for him to be happy." (To be continued.) )