The Spurs have at least one characteristic that is far better than the Clippers, that is, the players' ability to adjust themselves on the court. Most of the Clippers have never experienced failures, especially Curry and Sauton, who started their career smoothly. Ye Feng, Love, McGee and others also hate losing. Once the score falls behind, they feel a little uncomfortable. It is very rare for the Clippers to fall behind in the game.

The Clippers attack, Spurs Duncan is in the inside, Blair goes out to defend Love, Blair is not tall enough, and it is difficult to block the shot if he is in the inside, and if the Clippers are willing, they have many ways to make a misaligned attack.

After the pick-and-roll, Ye Feng received the ball at the low post, and Duncan topped the defense from the back. As soon as Ye Feng moved a little, Ginobili stepped forward to assist in the defense and emptyed Tony Allen. Duncan had a height advantage in defending the ball at low posts, and his prediction was also very accurate. Ye Feng could not easily enter the basket with a turn and scored. As soon as Ginobili defended, he blocked his moving space.

If the Clippers send Tony Allen, they will have this weakness. Ye Feng passed the ball out, Allen made a jump shot, but the ball went wrong, and Duncan got the rebound again.

Allen was not regarded as an offensive point last season, and his shooting confidence was not as good as before. This is no wonder. There are not many players in the league who have both offense and defense.

The Spurs counterattacked, and Allen kept entangling Ginobili. The latter relied on Blair to get rid of it, received Parker's pass and broke through to the inside. Love failed to keep up, and Ginobili easily scored a basketball goal. 2-8.

The Clippers' defense is not impeccable, Thibodeau shouted to the field: "Inside defense changes!"

Love has some difficulty in defending Ginobili. At this time, McGee needs to go out to defend against pick-and-roll, so that Love can resist Duncan at a low post.

Kidd organized the offense to the frontcourt. Ye Feng pulled to the high position and prepared to play singles. He was double-teamed at the low position. He then got the ball at the high position. At this time, the Spurs' defense became 122 joint defense again.

The Spurs' strategy is very smart. At this time, if Ye Feng breaks through the middle, he will plunge into the crowd, and no matter how awesome it is, it will be difficult to score a goal. If he breaks to both sides with cover, the Spurs can double-team to force him to pass the ball.

What if it is transmitted directly?

Ye Feng passed the ball to Tony Allen and Ginobili immediately defended from the penalty area line, one step away from it, preventing breakouts but not shooting. The Spurs kept two or three people protecting the penalty area. Allen passed the ball to anyone who passed it to, and the person closest would make up for it, but there was still no chance of opening.

Unless McGee and Tony Allen can also pull out and shoot three-pointers, this kind of joint defense formation is not easy to break. Only two people in the league can receive this defensive treatment of "who would rather let others shoot than stare at him". One is Ye Feng and the other is LeBron James.

After several backhands, the ball was passed back to Ye Feng's hand, and he took the ball at the top of the arc. The attack time was only 5 seconds left. He stepped down and dribbled on the right, stopped and jumped in the three-point line, and the ball was off again.

His feel was not very good either, and the Clippers' offense was in trouble.

**Vicy applauded the players on the sidelines. The Spurs played very well at the beginning. In the next round, Duncan played singles at Love, turned around and missed the jump shot. The Clippers finally defended the Spurs' attack.

On the defensive end, the Clippers dare not use 122 joint defense. The five players on the Spurs are good at shooting, and Blair can also make stable mid-range shots.

After that, the shooting percentage of both sides began to decline. After playing for 6 minutes, the score was 10-16, and the Clippers were 6 points behind. The Spurs' defense did work. As soon as Ye Feng received the ball, he immediately joined the double team. Kidd and Tony Allen were all the targets of relaxing defense. Allen failed to score a goal, and Kidd only hit a mid-range shot.

After Kidd won the championship, his energy was relaxed. His condition declined severely this season, and he could no longer provide much help to the team on the offensive end. Curry was in good momentum, but he sat off the court. Thibodeau hoped that Kidd could use his experience and defense to help the team in this game, so he allowed him to continue. The result was disappointing. Not only did Kidd not do well in offense, but he also struggled to defend Parker.

McGee had a height advantage against Blair at low post, and the Clippers also passed the ball and let him play two. But Blair was very good at fighting his opponent outside the penalty area. McGee didn't enter the penalty area, and his hooks on both sides of the low post were not accurate enough, and both shots were missed.

Thibodeau was forced to replace Kidd, Tony Allen, replace Curry and Wright, intending to strengthen the attack. The Spurs also replaced Blair and replaced veteran Mike Dyce.

**Vic replaced Blair in order to give him the strength to fight O'Neal in the second quarter. It would definitely not work to count on McDace to fight O'Neal.

In order to make the second team stronger, Thibodeau did not send Thorton to replace Wright instead of Barnes, which is a foolproof move. It is not possible to let Wright defend Ginobili.

After the game started again, Ginobili immediately broke through and scored twice, causing Wright to foul the second time, which made it 21, and the score was widened. Among the many NBA actors, except for Valejo, the most powerful one was Ginobili. His breakthrough movement was irregular, and the lower set was unstable. He would fall down as soon as he touched it, and the referee would definitely call a foul. But he could often throw the ball into the basket in a strange posture before, and Ye Feng even doubted whether he had also practiced shooting with a trampoline.

Ye Feng took the initiative to switch positions with Wright to defend Ginobili, but the Spurs kept pick-and-roll screening, and Ginobili always had a way to bypass him.

The Clippers were 12 points behind 24 to 36 in the first quarter. Ginobili scored 13 points in a single quarter and was in good shape. Ye Feng was double-teamed, and other Clippers players were not good at it. Except for Curry who scored 7 points and hit a three-pointer, almost no one else scored.

In the second quarter, the Clippers sent O'Neal, Gott, Smith, Thorton and Kidd to the field. The Spurs replaced Bonner, Blair, Alonzo Gee, Gary Neal, and George Hill.

The Clippers, which usually have the advantage in the substitute, failed to recover the score this time. Blair is very strong and resists O'Neal at the low post and constantly interferes. O'Neal cannot get into the basket, and has no sight shots in the shooting, and fails to make three consecutive shots. In addition, Bonner and Blair can also withdraw the inside and give Neal and Hill more opportunities to break through.

Gott had to defend against Bonner, his three-point shooting percentage was 46%, so he could never be shorted. Blair had to cover the screen at a high position, and O'Neal had to defend against pick-and-roll, which was a bit unbearable for his current physical condition. The Spurs guards broke through continuously and layups, Smith made a backup defense, and there were gaps on the outside. Neal made two three-pointers.

After playing in the second quarter for 5 minutes, the score difference widened to 21 points. This was something no one expected before the game, and the Spurs played crazy at home.

Siberdu requested a pause.

Barkley said: "The Clippers always lead their opponents in the first quarter, and the substitutes came on the cake in the second quarter. Today, they fell behind in the first quarter, and the substitutes performed poorly. Actually, I think we should play Smith and Thorton's pick-and-roll cooperation at this time, rather than leaving O'Neal to let him go to the low post. The Spurs are very powerful. Smith has an advantage against Alonzo.

Kenny Smith said: "The Spurs can lead now, mainly because they are successful in defending Ye Feng. They are closely interfering with each other. After receiving the ball, he doubled the team. Ye Feng didn't make many moves in the first quarter, and only scored 6 points. If the Clippers' character player cannot stand up, this game is a bit bad."

Thibodeau was very dissatisfied with the performance of the role players. He yelled at the players last time and forgot when he had forgotten. Kidd's performance in this game was too bad, and he failed to make open jump shots many times. In the second quarter, Thibodeau wanted him to play with a substitute and organize the offense well, but he still did not play and made a mistake in passing to make Hill steal successfully.

21 points is not a small difference, and you need to think of some solutions to catch it back. The Clippers changed their lineup and asked Barnes to play to defend Ginobili, but Kidd continued to stay on the court. This was Thibodeau's mistake. The Spurs' overall speed was not too fast, but the back line was all very fast players. Kidd was also exhausted against the young Hill. Neal scored 10 points in a single quarter, helping the Spurs lead 69 to 51 in the first half. Ye Feng felt even more depressed, it would be great if the Clippers added such a person.

During the halftime break, Thibodeau said in the locker room: "What's going on with you today? They are all listless. Don't you want to win? This is the third away game. I know you are a little tired, but we are the defending champions. The Spurs were easily eliminated by the Lakers last season. They are nothing great!"

The record is there, how can we say that the Spurs are nothing great? The players didn't respond.

Ye Feng stood up and said, "Coach, let's fight for offense in the second half. If there are no pitchers on the court, the Spurs can double-team me. As long as they can't double-team, I will open it and the outside will be able to shoot."

Thibodeau will no longer get into the dead end of defense. He thought for a while and said: "In the second half, Stephen (Curry) looked for opportunities to shoot on the outside, Ye took the No. 2 position, defending Ginobili, Dorrell (Wright) played No. 3 position, stared at Jefferson, don't let him shoot three-pointers. Josh (Smith) took the 4th position, pay attention to interspersing the running position and looking for opportunities. Kevin (Love) pulled the inside away and pulled the pick-and-roll and shot on the outside. In the second half, we must recover!"

The team members still didn't say anything, and were in a state of dying life. Ye Feng shouted: "Come on your spirits! Don't be in a state of dying life! We will chase you back in the second half and shout to me - you will win!"

"I will win!" Ye Feng shouted, and everyone spoke. Even if they were a little tired inside, they had to give their boss some face. They also wanted to continue the winning streak. The Spurs were really good this season, but not to the point where they could not defeat them.

When commenting on the midfield, Barkley and Smith both believed that the Clippers themselves had problems. Barkley also said that Thibodeau made many mistakes in the arrangement of troops. He was not prepared for the Spurs before, and the players on the field were restrained everywhere. If the Spurs got on Parker, he shouldn't have sent Kidd to the field. Curry had to use speed to hit the game.

The second half is about to begin.
Chapter completed!