After this training with Leonard, Tang Tian had some appreciation for this young man, not everyone can come out of such an experience.

Although God gave him some talent to play, being able to become a superstar is inseparable from his hard work.

And Tang Tian also knew why his uncle was so important.

After Leonard's father died, it was his uncle who took care of his family, which was actually his second father.

After this night, Leonard also regarded Tang Tian as a true friend and trusted him very much.

The Spurs play the Lakers the following night.

The game was very intense, and Kobe Bryant broke out in this game, scoring 47 points and helping the Lakers narrowly beat the Spurs by 2 points.

Although the Spurs lost, Dior and Leonard continued to shine.

The former continued to show his all-around nature with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, while the latter scored 16 points to set a new career high.

In a way, the emergence of Dior has made Leonard's performance even better than before.

It's also the difference a good passer can bring to his teammates.

After playing the Lakers, the Spurs didn't have much rest, and they had a game against the Clippers the next day.

The two teams almost clashed in the opening game, and the smell of gunpowder was also strong in the next two encounters.

Now that the Clippers are fighting for the third spot in the West with the Lakers, they will definitely go all out for this game.

And as a team in the same city, it will inevitably be compared by fans.

Now the Lakers, whose strength is declining, can win against the Spurs, and if the Clippers of the Big Three can't win, they will definitely be chewed by fans.

So for the Clippers, whether it's their own grievances, or the playoff standings, or fan factors, they have to win this game.

The next night, the entire Staples Center was packed.

The Clippers are now close to the Lakers, and they are on the rise, and they have shown the intention of replacing the Lakers next door, and the ball market is quite hot.

The opening ceremony before the game was overwhelming, and the fans were enthusiastic.

The starters of both teams came on one after another.

The regular lineup on the Spurs' side, Parker and Green on the outside, Tang Tian and Duncan on the front, and Blair at center.

On the Clippers' side, Billups was out for the season in February and confirmed that he couldn't make the playoffs, and Randy Foye replaced him in the starting lineup.

The rest of the position is unchanged from the beginning of the season, and it is still the Big Three of Paul, Griffin and Jordan Jr., plus a veteran Caron Butler.

Jordan Jr. jumped the ball for the home team to take the lead in attacking, which also kicked off the official prelude to the game.

The Clippers played extremely tenacious after the start of the game, and Paul and Griffin were both in hot form.

They opened, and the entire Clippers team also opened, not only the veteran Butler who started, but even Mo Williams, Nick Young and others who came off the bench, all kinds of goals, and there was a sense of completely uncontrollable meaning.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 40-25 and the Clippers had taken a 15-point lead.

The Clippers shot 70 percent from the field in the first quarter.

It seems that the Spurs are a bit of luck and are going to leave with a losing streak in Los Angeles.

Paul and Griffin laughed and laughed off the bench, and they always liked to show that emotion when they were taking the lead.

The opponent was in good form and it was understandable to be a few points behind, but Popovich looked unhappy.

He can allow his team to fall behind, but he absolutely can't stand his team's performance of being bombarded by 40 points in a quarter.

During the intersectional pause, he almost yelled at the nose of the player.

Coming up in the second quarter, Popovich put on a lineup that he had never put on before.

On the outside are Ginobili and Green, on the front line are Tang Tian and Leonard, and center Split.

This is regardless of the starting bench, the three best defensive wings of the ball are all taken up in one go.

The intent is also clear, I can score fewer points, but you are definitely not allowed to score again like you did in the first quarter.

The Clippers have a lineup on the court at this time, with Mo Williams and Bledsoe on the outside, Nick Young and Kenyon Martin on the front, and Reggie Evans at center.

The Spurs attacked first, Ginobili's breakthrough was strictly guarded, and he gave the ball to Leonard, Leonard's one-step action had a bit of Kobe's charm, but the emergency stop after the shot did not hit.

The Spurs' positional offense is indeed relatively weak.

Evans grabbed the defensive rebound and Bledsoe dribbled to the frontcourt.

Nick Young gets around the block and prepares to catch and shoot.

However, he ran out to receive the ball and was completely close to Green who switched defenses, and did not give room at all.

Yang instinctively chose to play singles, and his shot after turning was interfered with and went out of the basket.

Split protected the defensive rebound.

Ginobili took the ball and pushed forward quickly, facing a serpentine break from Bledsoe and angrily returning the ball to Leonard, who received the ball and scored on the board.

The Spurs' lineup positional battle doesn't look good, but the fast break is very good.

The Clippers' offense, Young's running position was blocked by Tang Tian this time and he didn't have a chance to catch the ball, and Mo Williams on the outside was also very uncomfortable with Green's struggle.

The Spurs' three wings are on the floor at the same time, putting a lot of pressure on the off-ball side of the Clippers.

Bledsoe reached out at this time to hail Martin's high pick-and-roll and prepare to go it alone.

The sophomore's style of play is quite Westbrook's, the type of guy who doesn't accept his sleeves and just does it.

Martin's pick-and-roll was in place, and Bradesso accelerated to the switch Leonard.

His first move was very fast, and after starting the acceleration, he really had Westbrook's figure, fast and strong.

He rushed to the free throw line and jumped to dunk violently, playing quite roughly.

"Smack!"

But just as he jumped up quickly and was about to pull the ball and dunk, he suddenly felt a lightness in his hand.

His ball has been cut off by Leonard!

Death Coil!

There was a stirring at the scene.

The ball break just now happened so suddenly that many people didn't see how the ball was broken.

Leonard gave the ball to Ginobili after a steal, and the Spurs quickly countered defensively.

Tang Tian received Ginobili's ball at a 45-degree angle on the right side and shot to chase down the three points.

"Huh!"

Hand up and knife down.

The scene was agitated.

In these two rounds, the Spurs relied on defense to counterattack and beat the Clippers 5-0.

De Nagro shouted from the sidelines, clearly unhappy with the performance of the substitutes.

But he didn't mean to call a timeout or a substitution.

Bledsoe dribbled to the front court and fed the ball to Mo Williams, who motioned for Martin to drop low and gave the ball in.

The Spurs are under a lot of defensive pressure on the flanks right now, but on the inside, Martin has an advantage over Leonard in every way.

They need to score a goal first and calm the situation on the pitch.

Martin plays Leonard with the ball on his back, and he has a big advantage in height, weight, and even experience.

However, Leonard plays smartly and is always looking for opportunities to make a steal from behind or from his side.

Martin was always worried that the ball in his hand would be broken, and he couldn't concentrate on his back at all.

Just when Martin was very uncomfortable, Tang Tian suddenly came from the weak side.

Martin's attention was on Leonard, he couldn't react, and the ball in his hand was snatched away by Tang Tian!

The fans were stunned.

With continuous steals, the Spurs' wing defense put too much pressure on them!

After Tang Tian stealed, he gave it to Ginobili, and Ginobili came by himself this time, and he went to the front court to score past Williams and hit the board.

7 to 0!

The Spurs used their pressing defense to play a wave of highs, closing the margin to single digits.

Drogney hadn't called a timeout yet, but he called Paul up, in preparation for him to come on the court to stabilize the situation.

On the Clippers' offense, Bledsoe gave the ball to Mo Williams, and then took the initiative to make an off-ball block, allowing Williams' defender to change from Green to Ginobili.

After being disrupted by the Spurs' three wings on the offensive end, they avoided those three men to play.

Williams switched to Ginobili and tried to get rid of it in succession.

Because of the talent on the offensive end, the ability of the "Demon Knife" on the defensive end has actually been underestimated.

Defense is not just about the body, his defensive awareness and anticipation, and ability are definitely above the league average.

Williams didn't have a chance, and after signaling his teammates to pull away, he asked Evans to raise the high post to block the pick-and-roll.

Evans was stout and after blocking Ginobili, Williams stepped past Split and accelerated inside.

But at this moment, Leonard came directly from the weak side to help defend, and he was very fast.

Williams didn't opt for a pass, but a stop-and-go pull-out.

"Bang!"

His shot failed to be finally thrown, and Leonard flew the fan out of the field with a side block!

“oh，shit！”

The on-site commentators couldn't help but burst into foul language.

The Spurs made all kinds of steals and blocks, and the Clippers didn't score too much after coming up in the second quarter!

And it's a more depressing situation on the field than no score!

The Spurs are like an airtight wall, and the Clippers have tried their best to get the ball to the basket!

Paul was also a little anxious on the edge of the technical table at this time, but because the game did not go into the dead ball, he could only sit and watch!

He chose to stand up and watch.

The Clippers' frontcourt offense, Williams' offense with the ball was forced by Green to stagger a little.

And at the moment when he burst in, Tang Tian's bag also came from the weak side.

The ball struggled to get into Nick Young's hands.

However, Tang Tian also returned to the defense in place at the first time, and the pressure was very great.

Yang tried several times but didn't have a chance, seeing that 24 seconds were approaching, he was finally forced to turn around and lean back with a high degree of difficulty, and was covered by Tang Tian's fingertips.

Consecutive blocks after consecutive steals!

After the ball was covered, it was obviously short, did not touch the frame, and fell directly into Leonard's hands, and the whistle of a 24-second offensive violation sounded on the sidelines.

Because the ball has been exchanged, there is no stop on the field.

At this time, Leonard saw that Tang Tian had already run forward, and he directly threw a long throw in the backcourt.

Tang Tian dribbled to the right wing at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line to stop the ball, and when he was about to shoot, he found that Bledsoe had flown back from the defense, and he had no chance to shoot.

But just then, he spotted a figure quickly inserting in the middle.

It's Leonard!

Leonard immediately chose to play a fast break after the ball!

There was no defender between the two except Bradso, and Tang Tian made a direct pass to the ground.

Bledsoe went back to help defend at this time, and Leonard received the ball completely ignoring the one-handed slam that had jumped up and went straight to the one-handed slam.

"Bang!"

Bradeso didn't want to pull it, and he also paid a pull foul.

2+1！

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After Leonard buckled, he turned around and gave Tang Tian a high-five!

Silent and silent, this is the first time he has shown excitement on the field!

This move stunned the Spurs bench.

Dior reacted and whistled on the spot.

Duncan raised his eyebrows and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help but look at Crawford standing not far away.

There seemed to be a hint of vinegar on Ginobili's face.

Popovich nodded in satisfaction.

After the Spurs came up in the second quarter, almost all of their offense was made by defensive counterattacks, which is what he wants to see.

The Clippers feel good, he doesn't believe in evil, unless he shoots against people.

Otherwise, what he asks is to play tougher and higher quality defense.

The game went into a dead ball, and Paul finally finished his stake and came on to replace Bledsoe.

Foye also got up quickly from the bench and ran over to replace Williams at the same time.

De Nagro started two outside games early to stabilize the situation.

Leonard hit a free throw, and the Spurs went on a 10-0 run, narrowing the original 15-point deficit to 5 points!

Paul controls the ball from the back to the front.

Seeing Paul holding the ball, the mood of the fans at the scene finally stabilized a little, and only Sao Paulo could make them feel at ease at this time.

Paul holds the ball in the front court and beckons Evans to come out to block.

Ginobili didn't give Evans an easy block this time and grabbed the pressure on Paul.

However, Paul did react quickly, seizing the moment when Ginobili grabbed to the right, and changed direction to the left, breaking through directly from the left.

There was a burst of whistles at the scene, this is what they want to see!

Paul dribbled inside, adjusted his position and prepared to pass Split.

However, he hasn't started yet, and Leonard on the weak side has already come to the defense.

When Paul saw Leonard coming, he didn't wait for him to form a bag, he just threw his hand and sent the ball in the direction of Martin, without even looking at it.

.pass！

It's all about a top passer.

Sao out of the water!

"Smack!"

But the ball didn't really get to Martin!

Tang Tian had already expected Paul to pass the ball the moment Leonard was in the past.

This confident no-man pass gave him a direct chance, and dynamic vision caught Paul's pass for the first time, and then saved the steal!

The whole action is completed smoothly!

The fans at the scene were all stunned, and Paul's pass was also broken!

They are the least worried about the most sure "Grandpa St. Paul", and not either!

After Tang Tian broke the ball, he threw his hand to Ginobili, and Ginobili quickly held the ball and pushed forward.

Paul's ball was cut off so unexpectedly that the Clippers' defense on the court was noticeably slow.

Ginobili hit a low-handed layup in the front court and scored again, and the Spurs went on a 12-0 run!

The Clippers played more than four minutes and still hadn't scored!

The Spurs played a suffocating defense!

De Nagro panicked a little, and the advantage that the team had built up in the first quarter was instantly wiped out.

He hurriedly stretched out his hand and called a timeout.

After the timeout, he replaced Jordan Jr. and Butler early.

Except for Griffin, who was still resting because he played the first quarter, all the Clippers starters came back early!