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The Spurs' timeouts are often immediate, unlike some teams that call a timeout just to let the players rest.

If one does not have enough rest, call another one.

Because the Spurs are a team with very strong execution, and the players are very familiar with Popovich's tactical routines.

In addition, Popovich never hesitates to scold players. If you don't play according to his ideas and ideas, you will definitely be taken to the sidelines to scold you.

Even Duncan's thighs can avoid being scolded, and Tony Parker is almost grown up by being scolded by Popovich all the way.

Even a smart and talented player like Ginobili still has to be punished by Popovich's hair dryer.

In view of the signs of Li Liang's offensive explosion, Popovich asked Leonard to devote more energy on the defensive end.

Basically, Leonard was asked to give up his offense and devote all his energy to dealing with Li Liang.

Leonard's two offenses in the first quarter still feel very good, but once he invests more in the offense, the defense will inevitably be a little rough.

Especially when attacking, you can't keep an eye on the opponent's counterattack all the time.

Once Li Liang starts to run and counterattack, Leonard may not be able to keep up.

The Clippers are desperately trying to bring the rhythm again this time, and play the fast offense again.

Therefore, Popovich arranged for Leonard to reduce the proportion of offense. Even when he was on offense, he would stare at Li Liang like he was on defense to curb the Clippers' offensive and defensive transition.

But Leonard suddenly had his own thoughts, "If I attack Bruce Lee by force, can he focus more on defense, and his offense will also be affected."

Leonard usually doesn't talk much, which is very similar to Duncan, which makes people feel that it fits the Spurs' temperament.

But in fact Leonard's inner thoughts are still very rich, but he is not good at expressing them.

I don't know why tonight, after smelling that stench, Leonard felt his thinking became active.

And Popovich glared at Leonard and said, "Defense, put your energy on defense."

Popovich's voice was obviously displeased. Looking at Leonard's expressionless face, he felt inexplicably bored.

This kid has always been stern and expressionless, even dunking, but he seems to have a lot of thoughts.

In this regard, Leonard and Duncan are really different.

Duncan looked dumb, but in fact he was really dumb.

There has been some dissent between players and coaches over the arrangement of tactical assignments.

But the timeout was up, and Duncan stood up to smooth things over and applauded vigorously for everyone to come on.

Although Duncan doesn't talk much, he is an excellent leader. With him, the Spurs will always have strong competitiveness.

But even Duncan couldn't predict that a small, black seed was planted in the Spurs and began to take root.

And this seed, Popovich and Leonard thought it was a fart by Li Liang.

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Li Liang didn't pin all his hopes on a tap stench.

He knew that the Spurs on the opposite side also liked to play dirty tricks, but the premise of playing dirty tricks is that you also have absolute strength.

Otherwise, if you play dirty tricks and lose the game in the end, then you will really lose your wife and lose your army.

After the timeout, the first quarter continued.

The score between the two sides was 17:15, and the Clippers trailed the Spurs by 2 points.

With the help of Duncan's pick-and-roll, Tony Parker made another mid-range shot near the free throw line, and it still hit!

Parker played very well in the first quarter tonight.

His state this season has declined compared to last season, but facing Paul in this series, Parker's state is very good.

He often dominated the Spurs' offense in the first half, and his mid-range shooting percentage was even more comparable to Paul's.

For the Clippers, Barnes slid to the bottom line, found an open space in the left corner with the help of Li Liang's cover, received a pass from Paul, and hit a three-pointer!

At 19:18, the Clippers fell behind by 1 point.

And Barnes hit his second 3-pointer of the first quarter.

Barnes is still in deep family crisis, but he has put his energy on the basketball court.

After entering the playoffs, Barnes' three-point shooting percentage was higher than in the regular season. The two three-pointers in the first quarter reminded the Spurs not to think that the Clippers had Li Liang's three-pointer.

Subsequently, the two sides did not score for four consecutive rounds, and the defensive intensity of both sides became stronger and stronger.

The Spurs replaced Gary Neal here, trying to rely on Neal's impact and random shots to open up the situation.

In response, the Clippers also replaced Crawford.

As a result, the two guys shot at the birds indiscriminately, none of them were hit.

Li Liang couldn't stand it any longer. After Crawford missed an indiscriminate shot, he struggled to grab an offensive rebound.

Then activate the skill [Bill Wharton's back pass]!

A clever pass without looking at the back was given to Barnes, and Barnes made a layup easily.

After the playoffs, sometimes what we watched was the performance of the Raiders.

One or two unexpected players stand up and can always bring great changes to the situation of the battle.

Barnes scored 8 points in the first quarter and relied on this layup to help the Clippers successfully overtake the score.

Seeing Barnes's vigorous performance, I don't know if his wife still wants to divorce him.

Barnes' show isn't over yet.

Then Duncan held the ball in the low post, Li Liang confronted Duncan one-on-one, Paul came to double-team, Duncan almost made a mistake.

When passing the ball back, the strength was not well grasped, and the ball almost flew across the half court.

Belinelli barely got the ball back. Seeing that there was no time, he could only shoot a long three-pointer.

Missed, but the Spurs grabbed an offensive rebound and reorganized the offense.

The ball was given to Ginobili who came off the bench.

As a result, Barnes successfully blocked Ginobili's ball!

In order to prevent the Clippers from playing a quick counterattack, Ginobili had to foul.

With three minutes left before the end of the first quarter, the situation was reversing.

On the sideline kick, Paul quickly crossed the half court with the ball, and cooperated with Li Liang in a high pick-and-roll.

As a result, Leonard, who was defending Li Liang, lost Li Liang and went to talk to Paul, wanting to hit the ball.

Is Paul's ball so easy to break?

Paul protected the ball, then jumped up and passed it back to Li Liang, who was in the high position. Li Liang made a three-pointer with an open shot, and made a hit!

At 19:23, the Clippers regained their momentum.

And Popovich yelled angrily at the ball on the sidelines, scolding Leonard, why did he let go of Li Liang and go after Paul?

Leonard didn't show any expression, nor did he respond.

His response was simple, to deliver results on offense.

After receiving a pass from Parker, Leonard punched Odom face to the basket.

He used his first step to get to the front of the paint, then grabbed the ball with a big hand, pushed Odom with an arm, and scored two points with a right-handed floater.

21:23, this is a very critical two points.

Because the Spurs have not scored for three minutes.

But Popovich obviously won't praise Leonard, he is still annoyed by his defensive mistakes just now.

As for the offense, I told him during the timeout. The offensive end will reduce its own offense and go all out to defend!

Popovich immediately called a timeout. He didn't want any behavior against his will to appear on the court.

During the 20-second short timeout, Popovich didn't say anything, didn't make any arrangements, the only thing he did was to replace Leonard and put him on the bench.

Leonard also didn't speak, just stared blankly at the court.

Li Liang is still on the field.

Now Li Liang will play the first quarter before leaving.

No way, Rivers needs him too much.

Comparing the two, Li Liang is the top player in the Clippers, and he can say what he says. After the game, he can say "the team lost but I didn't lose".

And what about Leonard? This year's third grade, the 15th pick, has a faint tendency to become a star.

But any progress made will probably be attributed to the Spurs team and to Popovich's training.

As for what his thoughts are, no one seems to care, because everyone always sees his expressionless face, and thinks he is a person who has no thoughts.

In fact, he had an idea. When he saw Li Liang, he couldn't help but think, "So it can be done like this."

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, after replacing Leonard, the Spurs had a loophole on the defensive end.

Li Liang seized the loophole and passed two beautiful passes to Jordan and Odom at the top of the high arc, assisting them to dunk easily.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs and the Clippers battled to 23:28, with the Clippers leading by 5 points.

Li Liang's homemade stench really did work.

It's just how big this effect is, and the final impact is really beyond Li Liang's own imagination.