59 Dig a pit

After the timeout, the players of both teams returned to the field, and both teams were still in the starting lineup, and Popovich, although he was not satisfied with the team's performance, did not make any immediate personnel changes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be seen that the old man's anger played a certain role, and after the timeout came back, the Spurs' defensive intensity was significantly improved by a notch.

This made the Clippers very uncomfortable, and there were a series of mistakes, but on the offensive end, the Spurs' shooting touch was really not good overall, and despite many shots, the shooting percentage was really miserable.

For this situation, Popovich outside the touchline is helpless, after all, everything else can be corrected immediately, but sometimes the feeling of this thing is really inadvertible.

On the Clippers' side, Chris Paul's offensive desire in this game seems to be strong, and he is particularly tough in the confrontation with Parker, and the French "old sports car" can barely keep up with his rhythm.

Under Paul's organization, the Clippers gradually hit some shots, and the first quarter was almost eight minutes into the game, and the Clippers led the Spurs 26-15.

Popovich asked for a timeout again, he can't continue to play like this, unless he doesn't care about the outcome of this game, obviously, the old man cares, the Spurs want to compete for the championship, and the Clippers will be one of the potential competitors!

"What's going on? You've lost all your shooting skills? This is not the way you should be."

During the timeout, Popovich questioned the starting five.

Falling behind in the score and feeling poorly, this is the biggest problem that Spurs are currently experiencing in this game, and many people can see this!

"It can be seen that the Spurs' starters on the Spurs side didn't shoot very well in the opening game today, they got some shooting opportunities, but they all wasted them."

"The Clippers' defensive intensity is also very high, and Tony Parker is too limited in the confrontation with Chris Paul, which makes the Spurs' engine almost paralyzed, and it is difficult for the Spurs to win if this continues."

Listening to the comments made by the commentators not far away, Jin Feng frowned, the team was behind, and Jin Feng's mood was also very heavy at the moment.

"Partey replaces Tony, Manu replaces Jonathan, we have to change something in attack, otherwise we don't have a chance to win this game..."

Popovich made a personnel change, bringing on Mills and Ginobili.

In this way, the offensive ability of the Spurs' current on-court lineup has definitely been greatly improved, and in terms of the Spurs' current lineup, this is definitely the strongest offensive lineup that the Spurs can send.

Popovich's purpose in sending such a lineup is simple, that is, he must score quickly and fight with the Clippers to attack.

To be honest, this is a big risk, Danny Green's absence has lowered the Spurs' outside defense by a notch, and now Ginobili and Mills, one old and one young, have two offensive nerve knives, and their defensive ability is not very good, and if the offense is blocked, they will be completely blown up by the opponent.

Jin Feng expected that Popovich would make personnel adjustments after the pause, but he didn't expect Popovich to let him go, he was ready to play, but unfortunately, he could only continue to sit on the bench.

Jin Feng couldn't understand why Popovich didn't let himself play, after all, the previous games have proven that he is already capable of standing up when the team needs to score on the offensive end, and Popovich has also given himself a chance in the previous games.

Of course, although he couldn't figure it out, Jin Feng was not in a hurry, after all, Popovich must have his plan to do this.

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"Popovich sent a very offensive lineup, it looks like he wants to fight with the Clippers to attack, however, giving up defense and fighting offense, this is a big risk for the Spurs, their shooting percentage is difficult to guarantee, now it's up to Manu and Mills to play..."O'Neal commented!

"The Spurs in the opening stage gave me a very strange feeling, in fact, whether it was on the defensive end or the offensive end, it seemed that the Spurs were not in the state" Barkley frowned, and it was different from what he expected, his impression of the Spurs would not be like this!

After the timeout, Clippers head coach Rivers also made personnel changes, Speights replaced Jordan Jr., and Pierce replaced Bamot.

The game continued, and on the Clippers' side, Paul continued to control the ball and advance to the frontcourt.

The Spurs, for their part, changed their previous defensive strategy and switched to Leonard defending Paul.

Facing Leonard, outside the three-point line, Paul first came to a crotch dribble, and then shot directly against Leonard's defense!

"Huh"

3 Hit!

Paul's shooting touch is really good, facing Leonard, he directly hit a 3-pointer!

At 29:15, the Clippers already led the Spurs by 14 points.

Paul, who scored 3 points, looked excited and yelled at the audience, he had a strong desire to attack in this game, vowing to win the Spurs at home, even in the face of the two-time Defensive Player of the Year, he did not hesitate to shoot.

After being hit by Paul for a 3-pointer, Leonard, as the leader of the team, quickly responded in the following round, and after receiving a pass from Patty Mills, he hit a 2-point shot from mid-range!

However, on the Clippers' side, the next offense hit another shot, and another three-pointer.

Marksman Redick received a pass from Paul in the bottom left corner and hit an open 3-pointer!

At 32:17, the margin has widened to 15 points.

While fighting again, Mills and Ginobili, who came off the bench, also shot one after another, but the two of them also had a bad hand, while the Clippers continued to have a good shooting touch.

At the end of the first quarter, at 33:18, the Clippers led the Spurs by 15 points, and it turned out that the offensive lineup sent by Popovich did not have the effect it should have.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams fielded substitute lineups, and the main players were replaced to rest.

Jin Feng still didn't get Popovich's summons.

The contest between the bench lineups of the two teams, both sides played averagely, and the overall shooting rate was not high, and on the Spurs' side, David Lee felt good, and he scored on the inside one after another, contributing to the Spurs not being continued to expand the score by the Clippers.

40:28!

Before the official timeout in the second quarter, it was the score situation between the two teams, with the Spurs trailing by 12 points.

After the official timeout, the main forces of the two sides returned to the court, and the Spurs starters who had rested for a period of time did not pick up after re-entering the court, but the Clippers continued to continue the hot hand of the first quarter of the game, if it weren't for Leonard's continuous impact on the interior and struggling with free throws, the Spurs might have been completely spent, even so, when there were 3 minutes left in the second quarter, the Spurs were already behind by 19 points.

Popovich, who had a bad shooting hand with the main lineup and couldn't bear it, finally broke out!

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