At halftime, the score came to 69-64 and the Warriors led by five points.

Judging from this section, the Clippers played well, gritted their teeth and held on, and were not opened up by the Warriors.

This is still thanks to Thompson, who in the final stage of the second quarter, he hit two three-pointers in a row to narrow the gap to 5 points.

In the live broadcast room of Huaxia Sports Channel, Zhang Gui, Yu Jia and Yang Yi commented on the game.

Old fans know that as long as there is Paul, Yang Yi is like being beaten with chicken blood, and he is very excited.

But the Clippers don't seem to be in contention, and today's game is a bit difficult, basically being pressed by the Warriors.

"Teacher Yang Yi, please analyze the first half of this Christmas war!" Yu Jia said with a smile.

Yu Jia is a bit wilted, he has a good relationship with Yang Yi in private, but during the live broadcast, he often digs pits for Yang Yi and lets Yang Yi jump.

Fortunately, Yang Yi is also thick-skinned, even if he is slapped in the face, he doesn't care.

"Paul played well in the first half, but the Clippers were in average shape, but in the second half, the Clippers will definitely turn the tables!"

Yang Yi explained very firmly.

Director Zhang asked with a smile, "But the Clippers had a high shooting percentage in the first half, but it was Paul, who seemed to have more mistakes."

Yang Yi coughed, pretending to be calm and said, "Well...... In fact...... You can't use mistakes to see a player's performance, the historical superstars, the mistakes are high because the team needs him to handle the ball."

Yu Jia nodded very cooperatively and said, "Makes sense! It's true, Magic Johnson's turnovers are high, and James's is high."

Before he could finish speaking, Director Zhang interrupted Yu Jia's words: "But Zhou Yang's mistake is very low!"

Yu Jia scratched his head, not knowing what to say, Yang Yi continued to argue: "Zhou Yang is not a big core player with the ball, his mistakes must be low."

"Then why didn't Zhou Yang hold the ball properly?" Director Zhang was aggressive and continued to ask.

"He doesn't have that ability, the ball-holding core requires skilled movement and control ability, passing vision, and tacit understanding with teammates......" Yang Yi began to speak out again.

Director Zhang sneered and replied: "There is a statistic, Zhou Yang's success rate of attacking with the ball is 15 percentage points higher than Paul's, and the success rate of the ball-holding organization is 3 percentage points higher than Paul's, why do you say that Zhou Yang is incapable?"

The air in the live broadcast room seemed to be about to condense, which was a little embarrassing.

Yang Yi was speechless by Director Zhang, and Yu Jia didn't know how to round the field.

After about 20 seconds, Yang Yicai muttered, "Paul is at a disadvantage in height, there is no way, if he is the same height as Zhou Yang, then he will definitely be stronger!"

Yu Jia gave Director Zhang a look and asked him to give Yang Yi some face and stop scolding him.

After all, Director Zhang is an older person, although he is not used to Yang Yi, he is also very personable and does not speak again.

The second half began.

Maybe because Paul made more mistakes in the first half, the Clippers in the second half reduced Paul's ball handling and let Griffin play the main game.

Griffin's ball handling has improved a lot, but he is a power forward after all, with a high center of gravity, and it is okay to hold the ball for three or five seconds, so if he holds the ball too much, his weaknesses are exposed.

Zhou Yang and Tekoglu, once again, joined hands and began to flank Griffin.

Griffin has not yet evolved to the level of Gasol, and his ability to deal with the bag is far from good.

So Griffin also started to make frequent mistakes after attacking one with the ball.

The Warriors took advantage of Griffin's scrambling and played fast break after break.

Paul was so angry that he felt guilty about the increase in mistakes in the first half, so he had no objection to the coach's arrangement.

But Griffin is too hard-headed, and after a mistake, it should be handed over to Paul, and the two of them will fight instead.

But Paul kept reaching for the ball, but Griffin pretended not to see it, and instead made many mistakes.

The third quarter hits

With four minutes to go, the Warriors had a 15-point lead, and Paul called a timeout.

Players can call a timeout, but they will only take the initiative to call a timeout when they are locked by the opponent.

And Paul's timeout is obviously a timeout called for the coach.

Coach Pooh knew Paul was angry, so he took the initiative to come over, put his arm around Paul's shoulder, and explained, "Chris, that's right, we need another point of possession to relieve your pressure......

Paul nodded patiently and said, "I understand, but Griffin shouldn't hold the ball too much, Zhou Yang has already understood his offensive routine."

"Yes, yes, you have a point."

Pooh called Griffin over again and criticized him.

Griffin blamed himself very much, he still had a lot of respect for Paul, but his temper was a little hot, just now Zhou Yang kept provoking Griffin and made Griffin go up.

"It's my fault, I made a couple of mistakes just now, and the Warriors played a fast break, and I'll reduce my ball-handling." Griffin was doing self-examination.

Pooh is very relieved, as a coach, it is his blessing to have big-name players under him, but whether he can make good use of these big-name players also requires ability.

Many fans in the forum look down on Zen master Phil Jackson, thinking that he only won the championship by relying on Jordan, Kobe, and O'Neal.

In fact, it is the hardest thing to train big-name players.

Because the NBA is a business league, stars are their greatest asset.

In a team, if there is a conflict between the star and the coach, there is a high probability that the coach will be kicked out.

Because fans buy tickets to see the stars, not the coaches.

Therefore, many coaches with a relatively high level have been dismissed from class or inactive because they have not handled the relationship with the stars, which has become an ornament.

There are so many of them.

And a coach like Phil Jackson is able to make big-name stars obedient and integrated with the team.

Especially when he was coaching the Bulls, he was able to make Jordan hand over most of the ball, and even shots, so that his teammates could play an increased role, such as Pippen as the organizer.

That's the rise of the Bulls dynasty and Jordan!

As a manager, Viney has the ability, but he is very average in dealing with star relationships.

If it weren't for Paul's broad-mindedness and trying to press things as hard as possible, the Clippers would probably be messed up.

After the timeout, the Clippers resumed their normal style of play, with Paul holding the ball and continuing to play pick-and-roll.

However, Paul also took care of Griffin's face, and occasionally let him fight one of his own.

Paul's ability to correct mistakes was strong, and the Clippers regained that powerful galactic battleship, firing at multiple offensive points.

Barnes, Thompson, and Crawford, the sixth man, all started to storm the onslaught.

The point gap is slowly narrowing.