NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 377

"Charles, which team do you think has a higher winning percentage in this game?"

While the players were warming up, the guest commentators of major TV stations started the ever-changing topic of prediction.

Smith knew that Barkley would think the Clippers could win, but he asked as always.

"Of course the Clippers."

Sure enough, Barkley didn't hesitate at all.

"However, they lost the last game, and they lost by more than ten points. It may not be easy to take away a victory at the Spurs' home court."

Smith said.

"I haven't seen the Clippers lose in a row this season. The loss in the last game just shows that this game must win."

Barkley has said countless times why he is optimistic about the Clippers, and the audience is tired of it.Therefore, he simply came up with a set of metaphysical theories.

Because the Clippers have never lost in a row, this game must win.

Such nonsense logic, there are still many fans who think it makes sense.

While they were chatting, the game had already begun.

The Clippers were still the starting lineup of the last game, Cassel, He Xinghui, Maggette, Gasol, Perkins.

The Spurs are Parker, Mike Finley, Bowen, Fabricio, Duncan.

Duncan won with a jump ball and the Spurs went first.

After halftime, Parker passed the ball to Duncan.

Duncan turned around Perkins and made a layup, and Perkins slapped him directly.

Before the game, Dunleavy asked them to be tougher, and they should not lose their defensive strength because they were afraid of being called fouls, which would make the Spurs players play very comfortably.

A slap hit Duncan's palm, and Duncan missed the shot, but the whistle sounded, and Duncan walked to the free throw line.

With two free throws and one free throw, Duncan's free throws can only be considered qualified, which is around 70% all the year round, and this season it has dropped to 63%, which is only better than O'Neal.

One point for one foul is not a particularly bad loss.

More importantly, Perkins' toughness will affect Duncan's next choice.

Perhaps, Duncan's next shot will not be as decisive as the previous game.

The Clippers counterattacked, and Cassel was entangled with Parker. Both of them had moves in their hands, but the referee didn't blow.

That seems fair, but it's actually still in favor of the Spurs.

Because the Clippers hope that the referee will be stricter, so that He Xinghui's safety will be more guaranteed.The Spurs naturally hope to play looser, so that they can better defend He Xinghui.

Cassell was afraid of losing the ball, so he passed the ball to Maggette first.

Maggette didn't rush, but waited a while.

He Xinghui ran away from Finley without the ball, received a pass from Maggette, and took off directly.

This kind of opportunity is not even considered a mobile phone opportunity for other players, but for He Xinghui, it is enough.

Three-point shot, the ball scored.

In this round, the Clippers won by 2 points.

At the transition of offense and defense, Parker broke through Cassel, He Xinghui stepped forward to help defend, and Parker immediately scored the ball.

The ball was in Finley's hands, and He Xinghui turned back to defend again.

Relying on his speed advantage, he didn't let Finley have an open shot.

Facing He Xinghui, Finley hesitated and passed the ball back to Parker.

At this point Cassell was already close to Parker, preventing him from starting.

The Spurs' offense has stagnated, which is a bad state.

After Parker scored the ball again, the offensive time was running out.

Fabrizio can only force the shot, and Gasol squeezes him, preventing Fabrizio from jumping.

Finally, Fabrizio came up with a hook and threw the ball.

This is not the way he is good at attacking, and the luck is not good. The ball bounced twice on the basket and almost went in.

Perkins protected the backboard and the Clippers counterattacked.

He Xinghui broke through to the basket and took off to dunk. Fabrizio remembered Popovich's explanation and must be tough.

So, he rushed over to stop it.

Originally, He Xinghui planned an ordinary dunk to score and it was over. Unexpectedly, a lump of meat appeared in front of him, and there was someone who was not afraid of death to stop him.

He Xinghui couldn't bear it anymore, so he directly used a dunk prop, and his strength doubled immediately.

The two collided in the air, and Fabrizio was directly knocked into the air and fell backwards.

He Xinghui was still falling forward and dunked the ball into the basket.

Fabrizio, who fell on the ground, hit the basketball hoop with a dull expression, and those who didn't know thought he was being played stupid.

In fact, he was just a little confused, unable to figure out why he was knocked into the air.

According to the official data, he is more than 30 catties heavier than He Xinghui.

"cool."

The fans in front of the TV let out an exclamation.

He Xinghui's buckle was too violent, and it was extremely rare to directly knock his opponent into the air.

What's more, what he hit was an insider.

"It's a pity that it wasn't Duncan who made up the defense, otherwise it would be more exciting."

A small number of star fans sighed, and they would like to see the picture of He Xinghui dunking or dunking Duncan.

Of course, it's not bad now.

This dunk directly kicked off the Clippers' momentum.

They will not be afraid of any away games.

Fabrizio lay on the ground for a while before standing up, and then continued to return to the field to play.

He Xinghui couldn't help but said with concern: "Why don't you go down and have an examination, some injuries can't be seen on the surface."

"Fake squid, I will make you unable to stand up later."

Parker on the side frowned first, he couldn't stand He Xinghui's frightened look.

"Come on, you must do what you say, otherwise you will be useless."

He Xinghui shouted.

He is not afraid that others will do evil to him, he is just afraid that he will not know that others will do evil to him.

If he could know in advance, he could use a prop to defend against it, allowing Parker to experience Bowen's pain.

The referee ran over after hearing the words, and gave Parker and He Xinghui each a warning, telling them to focus on playing.

The two quarreled, but He Xinghui felt comfortable after the quarrel, while Parker was half-dead from anger.

The game continued, Parker controlled the ball and advanced, He Xinghui chose to switch defenses with Cassel.

He Xinghui personally harassed Parker's dribble. In comparison, He Xinghui's defense was much more oppressive, and Parker felt the pressure as he advanced.

However, at this time, he can't admit to passing the ball.

Parker still wants to continue to break through. He Xinghui has already used a death coil, and there is a 50.00% chance of it appearing. He Xinghui steals the ball.

Later, He Xinghui dribbled the ball for a fast break alone, and Parker hurriedly pushed He Xinghui.

He Xinghui dropped the ball very exaggeratedly, lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

Perkins rushed over and pushed Parker violently, and the two teams almost broke out in conflict again.

Fortunately, the Spurs basically focus on sneak attacks, and there are very few examples of direct confrontation.

Yin people are very good at it, but they try to avoid fighting.

Parker was pushed down, Finley, Bowen and the others just stood in front of Perkins and cursed symbolically, but none of them did anything.

The rest of the Clippers didn't want to do anything, so there was no way to expand this conflict.

In the end, the referee gave Parker and Perkins a first-level flagrant foul each.

In the eyes of Spurs fans, the Clippers took advantage.Because Parker is the core of the Spurs, Perkins is just a substitute for the Clippers.

But in the eyes of Starship fans, it was the Spurs who took advantage.Because it was Parker who started it first, and also prevented a fast break from the Clippers.

"The smell of gunpowder in this game is very strong."

Smith sighed.

"No way, this game is too critical, both sides want to win."

Buckley said.

"I hope both sides calm down. If we really want to fight and get banned, we won't be able to win the championship even if we get to the finals."

Smith said.

The players of both teams are aware of his reasoning.

Otherwise, just started fighting.

The game continued, and the Clippers still had the ball.

Perkins served, and Gasol overwhelmed Fabrizio under the basket and scored the ball.

1 to 7, the Spurs trailed by 6 points.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker was obviously a little impatient, and wanted to score a point by himself.

However, He Xinghui defended him without losing his position.

In the end, when Parker made a shot, He Xinghui also took off quickly and blocked him once.

Finley grabbed the basketball and protected possession.

However, the Spurs still didn't find a good opportunity, and Finley came up against Cassell himself, but missed.

Offensive and defensive transition, the morale of the Clippers once again defeated the Spurs' defense, unattended Maggette easily scored two points.

1 to 9, the Clippers have led by 8 points, which is a complete start. Popovich called a timeout, and he was about to curse.

Popovich's temper has never been very good, and even Parker is often scolded, and he may be scolded when he performs well.

And now that they're doing badly, they're even more inescapable.

Everyone gathered around Popovich, Popovich only cursed a few words, and then started to talk about business.

No way, a short pause is only 20 seconds.

"Stay focused and play this as the last game. Speed ​​up the rotation, share the ball more on the offensive end, and play the opponent's weaknesses"

Popovich.

The timeout ended and the two sides returned to the court again.

The Spurs hit one immediately afterward, and it looked like Popovich's timeout had paid off.

However, in the subsequent counterattack of the Clippers, He Xinghui scored a 3-pointer, and the point difference came to 9 points.

Popovich was off the court with his hips akimbo, helpless.

The Spurs missed a counterattack, and the hearts of Spurs fans were broken.

The start collapsed like this, how can you chase after it.

Immediately afterwards, they also saw He Xinghui catch the ball and take off.

Some thorn honeys with weak psychological endurance directly closed their eyes, not wanting to see the scene of fans being massacred.

However, this time He Xinghui missed, and missed a good opportunity to widen the gap.

No problem, the game continues.

Subsequently, the Spurs' offense entered a normal state, but it was useless, and the Clippers' offense did not lose power.

The firepower of the two teams was about the same at this time. After playing a few rounds, they were tied, and the point difference was still 9 points.

Nine minutes into the first quarter, the score was 9-19.

He Xinghui rested and Mobley played.

This is the Spurs' opportunity to chase points, but unfortunately they are not sure.

Or in other words, Mobrichon played once today.

He played very badly in the previous three games, averaging less than 12 points per game and shooting only 38% from the field.

But now, as soon as he came up, he scored three goals in a row and scored 7 points.

Spurs fans can only sigh at this.

After the first quarter, the score was 25 to 35, and the Clippers led by 10 points.

In the second quarter, Dunleavy saw that Mobley was in good condition, so he let him play for 2 more minutes.

Subsequently, He Xinghui played point guard, and Mobley continued to play.

The Clippers' lineup became He Xinghui, Mobley, Craig, Singleton, and Norman.

The Spurs are Ginobili, Brent Barry, Finley, Horry, Elson.

As soon as He Xinghui came on the field, the Spurs double-teamed immediately, and Ginobili and Barry both played together.

Usually doing this is of course a relatively good choice, but today Mobley feels good.

Barry went to defend He Xinghui, and his chances increased.

Subsequently, Mobley scored two goals in a row.

In desperation, the Spurs had to let Finley make up.

Craig got more chances, and then he also made 4 shots in a row. Although the efficiency was not as good as Mobley, he was 4 of 2 and completely passed.

36 to 50, the Clippers led by 14 points.

Seeing that the situation was dangerous, Popovich immediately replaced Parker Duncan.

And the Clippers are not to be outdone, Gasol, Maggette, Perkins on.

All the main players faced off, and the Clippers did not panic at all.

He Xinghui got the ball and was double-teamed, and it was assigned to Mobley who came to meet him.

He Xinghui found that his ball-handling skills seemed to be useless. The opponent double-teamed him too hard, and he couldn't play with the ball at all.

There is no way, he can only play without the ball honestly.

When running, the smart skill took effect, and He Xinghui ran a chance.

Then, Mobley's pass arrived.

He Xinghui took off the ball and made a hit.

36 to 53, the Clippers lead by 17 points, and the game has a tendency to be overwhelmed.

The Spurs counterattacked, Duncan scored two points strongly, and stopped the trend of collapse.

What made Tingmi even more excited was that He Xinghui missed a shot in the next round, which gave them a chance to narrow the point difference.

However, the Spurs did not grasp.

Parker then made a pull-up jumper and the ball missed.

His scoring is mainly concentrated in the restricted area, and the Clippers have two big men, Gasol and Perkins, under the basket, and it is difficult for Parker to get in.

At this time, the Spurs actually need more outside shots to force Gasol to defend.

However, when falling behind, Popovich didn't dare to bet on his hand, and hoped that players would go inside to score points and cause damage.

At present, the Spurs still have a chance to win, and that is that the Clippers have more main fouls.

If they can increase their fouling efforts and beat Perkins, Gasol and Maggette down, the Spurs can still have some opportunities.

The game continued, Popovich still did not adjust his tactics, and continued to let the players hit the penalty area.

The Clippers players are also welcome. As long as they can prevent the opponent from scoring, they will accept fouls. They want to take advantage as much as possible in the first half.

The two teams played another seven or eight rounds, and the first half of the game ended.

With a score of 44 to 65, the Clippers led by 21 points.

Fortunately, it's halftime. If it's the third quarter, it's basically garbage time.

Now, the Spurs still have plenty of time to catch up.

They have an advantage, the number of fouls by the Clippers' main force is relatively high.

Gasol 3 times, Perkins 4 times, Maggette 4 times, Kassel 3 times, He Xinghui 2 times.

(End of this chapter)