Chapter 333 Fierce Battle
At the beginning of the second quarter, Rashid Wallace and Noah formed an interior line, Josh McRoberts, the starting power forward of the Clippers in the second half of last season, had to be on the bench, and the Spurs' interior line was composed of Ratliffe and McDyce, and coincidentally, McDies and Rasheed Wallace were teammates in the Pistons, and the familiarity of the two with each other can be imagined.
Wallace's first shot against McDyce was disrupted, and the basket bounced off the front of the basket.
Argentine demon knife Manu quickly and successfully rushed to grab the defensive rebound, the Spurs' offensive counterattack immediately played, the main defense of Ginobili is JR, last season's injury in the playoffs is undoubtedly one of the main reasons why the Spurs were defeated by the Mavericks in the first round, Ginobili showed his excellent form in the preseason, and at this moment he is firmly in control of the ball in the face of JR's defense.
Suddenly moved, Gu Fei in the audience couldn't help but have a word in his mind-the spirit snake out of the hole.
I saw Ginobili bizarrely break through JR's defense, and then use his signature demon knife layup to defeat the Wallace defense who was supplementing.
Offensive and defensive conversion, Gu Fei was not on the court last season, and the offensive firepower of the second team was more on Jr-Smith and Atay, and in the new season, Mike Dunleavy began to ask for the ball to be handed over to the inside, and then used the inside line to guide the outside line in order to give other teams a feeling that the Clippers' bench lineup play style in the new season will change, so that in the playoffs, when the Clippers suddenly change their playing style or a combination of the two, it will be a good means, and the success rate of using the inside line to guide the outside line is far higher than the success rate of the outside line looking for opportunities to attack.
Behind Noaka, Bonner raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Chalmers didn't hesitate to send the ball in with a high lob.
Since the beginning of the training camp, Noah has been asking O'Neal for experience like a studious student, although O'Neal relied more on his perverted body to play when he was young, but O'Neal's ability on the offensive and defensive ends is far more than what he shows, and Nel Olshu and Mike Dunleavy and Gu Fei have greeted O'Neal and asked him to teach Noah more, for which Gu Fei also paid a big meal, and Noah also worked hard and did a good job in training, which made O'Neal very pleased.
Noah leaned on Bonner's back, and after a tentative moment, he suddenly forced a turn and cut inside with a hook hand.
Seeing Noah's attack, Gu Fei smiled happily, obviously a lot better than last season, "Shaq, this is your credit, I dare to guarantee that Joaquin will thank you for the rest of his life." ”
"What about you? I've cultivated a good helper for you, shouldn't you show it? O'Neill quipped.
The game continued, the Clippers relied more on the inside Wallace and Noah to attack and then the outside looked for opportunities to shoot at any time When Odom came on the court, the Clippers' offense became more fluid, and the Clippers were excited by the continuous excellent passes, while the interior sometimes pulled out to cover Smith and Chalmers to take the opportunity to get to the basket, while the Spurs relied more on Ginobili to drive the team's offense, but it was difficult to beat the four hands with two fists, not to mention that the Clippers' offensive points were far more than four hands, If it weren't for the individual quality of Richard Jefferson, who came on as a substitute, the Spurs wouldn't have trailed by just eight points by the sixth minute of the second quarter.
"If the Spurs don't have a good way to contain the Clippers in the absence of a good bench and starter, they may miss the first game of the new season." Kenny Smith said.
"Yes, the Clippers' second team has done well, especially on the inside, and it has proved that their offseason reinforcements are worth it, but Mike Dunleavy must have had happy troubles, and the team's playing time doesn't seem to be allocated." Rejay Miller's words are indeed a headache for Dunleavy, but fortunately, O'Neal and Wallace did not play much time and were limited to less than 25 minutes by the team doctor, so this kind of playing time can play the best for the two veterans.
'That's not a problem, I think whoever plays well should be on the spot, but Shaq and Rashid are not young anymore and it would be better for them to play 20 minutes consistently, so Lamar's playing time is exactly what Steve Novak and Mike Roberts played last season, so that is the problem." Barkley's statement has a lot of truth and is unanimously agreed.
At this time, the referee's whistle blew, and the players from both sides came on the court again, with O'Neal, Tyson Chandler, Odom, Gu Fei, and Andre Miller on the Clippers' side, and the Spurs replaced Parker, Duncan, Oberto, plus Ginobili and Jefferson to form the lineup.
Andre Miller passed the ball to Gu Fei who was 45 degrees away from the three-point line, Gu Fei stabilized his body and did not rush to attack, facing Ginobili's defense.
Continuous crotch dribbling changed direction, the basketball seemed to be integrated with the body under Gu Fei's control, Ginobili did not dare to relax in the slightest, Gu Fei was far less afraid of Ginobili's defensive end than the offensive end, still dribbling the ball without panic, the ball alternated back and forth between his hands, and suddenly his shoulders shook to the right, and the center of gravity of his body also tilted to the right.
"Break through from the left?" Ginobili quickly moved to his left side according to his own judgment, trying to block the line that Gu Fei broke through, but Gu Fei changed the direction of his breakthrough at this moment, his ankle changed, and the center of gravity of his body shifted instantly, Gu Fei, who had broken through to the right side, turned to the left, everything came so suddenly, so that Ginobili's defense was completely caught off guard.
Shaking off the position, Gu Fei immediately adjusted his speed to the maximum and rushed in front of the inside line.
Duncan watched Gu Fei rush in and greeted him, Gu Fei was not afraid and jumped up towards Duncan.
When he was about to collide with Duncan, Gu Fei twisted his body, put away the ball he raised, and at the same time glided to Duncan's right side, the ball was handed over to his left hand, passed under Duncan's armpit, and with a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew to the basket.
When Gu Fei landed, he heard the crisp sound of wiping the net.
With Gu Fei's beautiful layup, the Clippers stretched the fork to double digits, which was the first time that the Clippers pulled the point difference to double digits.
Offense and defense switched, the ball came to Ginobili's hand, Gu Fei's goal just now stemmed from the failure of his defense, Ginobili's face did not show strong emotions, but he told Gu Fei with practical actions. After facing Gu Fei's two consecutive crotch drops, he shook the left and the right and then tore Gu Fei's defense to the left.
Again nimbly dodged the defender and put the ball into the basket.
Gu Fei smiled when he saw Ginobili score. (To be continued.) )