"What are you doing, what are you doing? Blinded by a rookie? Seeing this, Rivers quickly called a timeout and shouted.

"Coach, me!" Barnes looked at Rivers ashamedly, and he wanted to stop talking, he felt that the second quarter was so far, and the Suns were able to lead the Clippers 48-42, and he had to bear a lot of responsibility.

To be reasonable, Matt Barnes has done well in this game, although the lateral speed on the defensive end is limited to physical fitness and age, although it is difficult for him to defend Li Mojie, but he still has sufficient defensive experience, small movements are frequent, plus he spares no physical strength, on the offensive end, he can run laps with Li Mojie as a 3D player, anyway, now Li Mojie does not like to let him defend. Moreover, Barnes' annual salary this year is only $3.25 million, accounting for only 4.36% of the Clippers' salary.

But apparently Clippers fans and on-court coaches don't think so, and even Barnes' on-court teammates think that Barnes is old and that the defensive stalwart he once used to be no longer there.

At least Lee Mojie had seen Paul complain about Barnes several times in the first half.

It's no surprise that Chris Paul is known for his toughness and demands in the league, but he said in interviews that he's just competitive, not the bad teammates people think of.

However, Paul had a strained relationship with David West, Tyson Chandler and others when he was on the Hornets, and after Paul left the Hornets, Chandler personally admitted that he never contacted Paul again. And what about when he switched to the Clippers? There has been a strained relationship between Paul and teammate DeAndre Jordan, which almost led Jordan to switch to the Mavericks, and it was later persuaded by Rivers and others that "Uncle Liu" changed his mind.

Another thing can also be seen, in Li Mojie's previous life, in the 2016-2017 season playoffs between the Clippers and the Jazz in the battle of King Mountain, Pierce got a lot of playing time, but the Jazz instead attacked him for his old age and gave the Jazz consecutive points. Paul, who called a timeout on the TV, had a very impulsive expression, he raised his hands and shouted at Pierce, saying that you can not defend, how to defend and use his body movements to teach Pierce how to defend, and at this time Pierce never said a word, or a word.

But Pierce's dodging did not bring peace, in exchange for Paul's more unscrupulous scruples, so that Paul and Pierce had physical contact, constantly rubbing against Pierce, the more he talked, the more impulsive he became, and he could see that Crawford, who was in the camera, was also a kind of rabbit and fox sad expression! (Crawford also clashed with Paul in the 2017-2018 playoffs) At first, Pierce was calm, but the more Paul talked, the more excited he became, Pierce pushed Paul away and walked back to the bench, looking very unhappy. Then Pierce also excitedly repaid a few words of Paul, obviously dissatisfied with Paul's behavior, and the result was obvious, the scattered Clippers lost to the united Jazz, and the tour was another round.

"Barnes, you come down, Glenn Davis, you go play power forward, Griffin, you defend Li Mojie, you're taller than him, and you're not slow." Rivers made an adjustment and used Griffin to defend Li Mojie? Of course, this is possible, but it is obviously not the best choice, because in the 13-14 season, Griffin was really average defensively, and his speed advantage on the inside was also a little lacking in Li Mojie, and perhaps only a little advantage in strength.

But Rivers can't do much, and the Clippers' reserves at the forward position are:

Danny Granger, a 203cm small forward who was reduced to a role player after a major injury

This year's No. 25 rookie, 23-year-old Reggie Baroque, 201cm tall, swingman at the front, made 23 appearances off the bench this season, averaging 2.7 points + 0.3 assists + 1.3 rebounds per game

29-year-old Jared Dudley, 201cm tall, swing forward, was a Suns player last few seasons, and transferred to the Clippers this season, averaging 6.9 points + 1.4 assists + 2.2 rebounds per game

In addition, there are 208cm slow moving speed 35-year-old forward Turkoglou who is about to retire, and 38-year-old 203cm small forward Antoine Jamison, who is about to retire after this season, the latter has not even made the playoff squad.

What, after reading the data, you said let Jalaid Dudley defend Li Mojie? You don't know what ESPN has to say about him: Jarred Dudley is a well-rounded striker who can liven up the atmosphere in the dressing room; is an efficient scorer, a dangerous three-point shooter, and can play the No. 4 position; He has a good sense of position, but his physicality limits his defensive ability. Let him defend Li Mojie, so that Li Mojie will laugh happily, faster than him, taller than him, stronger than him, Li Mojie occupies all three, you are embarrassing him Dudley!

The game started again, with the Suns bringing on Barbossa, Gerard Green, Gobert, and Markieff, Sessions, and Channingfrye.

The Suns attacked again, Barbosa dribbled to the halfcourt, Paul was ready to defend Barbossa's route to Li Mojie at this time, but he didn't expect the former Brazilian Lightning, the old Ba next door to Nash's family didn't care about anything, and directly accelerated to the inside of the Clippers team, and the rotten ship still had three pounds of nails, not to mention the best sixth man, who was less than 32 years old, he played an average of 18.4 minutes per game this season and averaged 7.5 points + 1.6 assists + 1.9 rebounds per game. Definitely a sharp knife on the Suns' bench!

"Is this guy still so fast?" If you're slower on the court, Paul reacted a little late, and Barbossa burst in and hit a layup with Gobert's cover.

"What the am I doing, what the!" Paul was the kind of person who was very strict with others and strict with himself, and he himself felt unforgivable for making such a mistake!

"Mine!" Paul said as he raised his hand to his teammates.

Then Paul immediately stabilized his mentality and relaunched the offense, the same old thing, Paul and Griffin once again played and dismantled, and Paul also passed the ball to Griffin again, but this time, Griffin received the pass in the middle distance, and then completed the shot against the defense of Gerard Green, who switched to defense.

In the past two seasons, Griffin's mid-range shooting has improved a lot compared to before.

"These two guys are really hard to solve!" Hornacek on the sidelines frowned and said, just as the Clippers are having a headache for Rio Jacques, Hornacek is also a headache for Paul and Griffin, a pair of good blockers, who in his opinion are second only to the Suns' Smalls and Nash's offensive threat.

"If only Bledsoe hadn't been hurt!" Horner smiled bitterly, Bledsoe's Paul is the same height, the athleticism is the same, and the two have also been teammates for two seasons, and Bledsoe is the best defensive person on the Clippers, it's a pity!

"There's no way, I can only let Middleton defend Paul, Middleton has the height, can limit Paul's shooting, can help defend and make up for defense!" Hornacek immediately arranged.

"The playoffs are not just a confrontation between players, but also a confrontation between the coaching staff on both sides, and it looks like Rivers is going to be ahead of Hornacek, who just took over this year, but is that really the case?" Van Gundy's words from the ESPN commentary desk piqued the audience's interest.

"Well, although Jeff is becoming a head coach for the first time this year, he also has a great NBA career before, and he was a shooting coach and assistant coach with the Jazz for six years after retiring, so I think Jeff is well prepared before he becomes a head coach!" Nash preached.

"Of course, otherwise Jeff wouldn't be the best coach of the season!" Brin nodded and concluded.

(In the original 2013-14 season, when the outside world was not favored, the Suns with Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe as the core, with the outside line blooming everywhere, played a new version of the Kombat Whirlwind, scored 48-34, ranked ninth in the West and missed the playoffs.) In the same year, Dragic was named the most improved player of the season, and Hornacek was ranked second in the Coach of the Year award. But now that Li Mojie has appeared, the Suns have ranked sixth in the West this season from the bottom of last season in the West, and Hornacek has naturally changed the fate of his previous life and won this award! Reading a book and finding the latest chapter by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!