Jordan pulled away after the ball, Tianzun and Ruben Patterson both followed suit, and Li Ao cut in the middle of the empty space, and put the ball into the basket easily with Bunch Wells high and high.

Even if he is 38 years old, even if he doesn't play well in the first quarter, Jordan's deterrent power is still there!

When it came to the Trail Blazers' offense, Derrick Anderson launched an attack, he knew a little bit of any technique, but he was not proficient in every technique, and in the face of Big Q's single defense and Li Ao's assisted defense, he failed to play the tactics out.

In the end, the ball came to Rasheed Wallace.

Facing Odom's defense, Tianzun took a step back, turned, grabbed a bit of gap, and made a straight-arm jumper...... Hit!

Both are goals, but Li Ao and Rashid Wallace are two goals with completely different difficulty.

The next few rounds also showed this very well.

The Clippers defended the top arc with a focused big Q, Li Ao connected the inside and outside defense, Jeron Collins protected the frame, and Jordan and Odom were responsible for hand-to-hand combat attrition and wing blocking.

The Clippers' lineup is actually running for defense, otherwise the bottom corner shooter will be replaced by Piakowski and the center will be replaced by Sean Lukes, and the offensive firepower will be more fierce.

With Flying Squirrel and Pippen resting, the Trail Blazers encountered this lineup, and the team's offense couldn't be opened at all, and in the end the ball could only fall into the hands of Stick and Tianzun, and they ended the offense singlely, and the efficiency was not good.

When the Clippers are on offense, the Trail Blazers have a hard time on the defensive end.

The best defensive player on the court for the Trail Blazers is Ruben Patterson, and Paul Allen does not hesitate to risk more violent conflicts within the team.

But Pippen can limit Jordan, but Ruben Patterson can't, and Ruben Patterson can't compare with Pippen at all because of his game experience and understanding of Jordan.

The Trail Blazers have the second-best defense on the court...... It's Stick Wells.

It's not that the stick defense is so good, his defense can only be said to be not holding back, motivated and active enough, he can be ranked second, but the other players on the Trail Blazers defense is too poor.

Kemp relies on his weight to defend the center under the basket, and the current center of the Clippers is Jeron Collins, which means that Kemp has basically zero role on the defensive end, and he is not even active in defensive rebounding positions.

Derrick Anderson, who was also a physical first-round pick 13th pick, was a shooting guard with a rookie year and blocked Bradley in his rookie year.

But two major injuries destroyed his athleticism, and on the offensive end, he relied on hard training to become a little technical flow who can play in the 1-3 position, but defend, dragging his feet.

Tianzun is a magical player, when he was not responsible for singles in the first quarter, his defensive performance was excellent, and he led the team to limit the Clippers to only 14 points in a single quarter, but after becoming the main point of attack in the second quarter, the defense was about to become a black hole, and the defense was very timely, but there was no return, as long as he went to make up for the defense, his own defender was absolutely leaky, and it was not the same person at all in the first quarter.

In these few minutes, the Clippers have the advantage! At 4:22 in the second quarter, the stick hit the iron from a distance.

Seeing that Odom grabbed the defensive rebound by Jordan's card position, Li Ao quickly got down, received the ball when he rushed to the three-point line, and rushed all the way to the right side of the basket against Derrick Anderson, who was retreating, and hit the hook!

4 of 7 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, Li Ao scored a double-double to 11 points!

Derrick Anderson ripped off the collar of his jersey and shook his head repeatedly.

This Spider-Man is too cautious!

He thought that Spider-Man would dunk him like Pippen, and he was ready to cut the ball, but the opponent actually used an old-fashioned running hook...... Wait, this sophomore-grade spider thinks he doesn't deserve it?

Derek Anderson o(╥_╥)

Back then, he was also a hot first-round 13-pick scoring point guard......

Just as he was nervously preparing to advance with his serve, the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

The current score is 24-20, the Clippers overtook the Trail Blazers by 4 points, and played a wave of 10-5 after the start of the second quarter!

Morris Cheeks misjudged that his brother Gentry would strengthen the offense in the second quarter, but he didn't expect the opponent to continue to stumble on defense and raise the defensive intensity again.

It wasn't too late to make amends, and after returning from the timeout, Maurice Cheeks brought on both Pippen and Olovo Kandi.

Play defensively, the Trail Blazers players don't have to be afraid!

Especially now that the intensity of confrontation has reached this point, experience plays a higher role than the integrity of the system!

In the middle and late second quarter, the Trail Blazers' defense once again gained the upper hand.

Gentry didn't panic and based on the core lineup on the offensive end, the defensive lineup was matched.

Jordan was replaced after a 10-5 run, and Gentry replaced the core combination of Bibby + Odom, with Li Ao, Matt Harprin, and O'Neal Jr. three points of contact and defensive pillars.

In the last 3 minutes of the first half, the outside singles combination of Bibby + Li Ao + Jordan came on the court, and the inside sent O'Neal Jr. and Jeron Collins to protect the frame twin towers.

The Clippers' defense is not as good as the opponent's, but on the offensive end, they relied on Gentry's excellent micro-manipulation, made good use of the independent offensive ability of the three cores, and Li Ao's receiving and shooting ability, and maintained good offensive firepower!

At halftime, the score was 34-31, and the Clippers continued to maintain a three-point lead!

…

Entering the halftime and on the way back to the locker room, Gentry found Li Ao, asked about Li Ao's physical condition, and asked if he could hold on, Li Ao jumped a few times, saying that as long as he was not allowed to prevent the flying squirrel, it would be no problem.

Gentry was speechless, at the beginning of the game, he arranged Spider-Man to prevent the flying squirrel was not helpless, at that time he needed to try to see if he could suppress the flying squirrel.

But when the flying squirrel came up again in the second quarter, he didn't arrange to change the guard again.

Their Clippers have completed the hand-to-hand consumption of Bunch Wells, Ruben Patterson, Pippen, Rick Bronson and other wing pitchers, as long as the flying squirrel bursts, they can directly shrink the defense, after such a confrontation, the Trail Blazers wing pitchers can still score, they admit it.

Back in the locker room, while the players were resting, Gentry took the time to watch the live stream.

As he expected, although their Clippers played a 20-16 one-quarter score and took the initiative, the commentators of Time Warner and Fox were more optimistic about the opposite Trail Blazers.

Reason – The Trail Blazers are more of a team.

In the narrator's mouth, 'team' always seems to be something more advanced.

No, their analysis is still valid - the Trail Blazers relied on team defense to stabilize the situation after being beaten 10-5 at the beginning of the second quarter, and pressed back against the Clippers 11-10.

In fact, Gentry also feels that the 'team' is more stable, but he will not blindly pursue 'stability', he looks back on the first half, and feels that the advantage is already obvious!

(End of chapter)