overlooking the pitch

Chapter 368 Difficult back to back
Three consecutive victories!Four consecutive victories!Five consecutive victories!The state of the Clippers is as hot as ever. At first they thought that the Spurs might be a hurdle that could stop the Clippers, but in the sixth game, the Spurs still wanted to start from two ball-holding points as they did last time. Killing this team was their last tactic, and they still felt that it would work.

Indeed, after losing to the Clippers last year, Kawhi Leonard deeply felt that his defensive ability was insufficient. His defensive problem was very big. When facing Anson, his defense was indeed the Spurs' loss key reason.

In this offseason, the Spurs did not make any major changes. Tony Parker is still the core of the team's offense, and the GDP trio is one year older. For this Spurs team, maybe even themselves fans feel that it is difficult for the team to reach the heights of last year.

But this time, the Spurs once again proved that "the Spurs are too old" is definitely not so easy to come.The Clippers won 5 consecutive victories in the regular season, and they also won 5 consecutive victories. More importantly, they defeated the Thunder in a strong dialogue with the Thunder.

This game is a great boost to Kawhi Leonard's confidence. Last year's scoring champion Kevin Durant was a little bit defended by him in this game. He scored 17 points on 7 of 21 shots. Before that, Kevin Durant was in death mode. There was no game where his shooting percentage was below 50%, and there was no game where his scoring rate was below 30 points. .

Compared with Ansheng's previous games, Kevin Durant was more dazzling and explosive in the first few games. After all, after the Thunder traded away James Harden this year, their lineup strength has declined. Many bookmakers have raised their odds instead of lowering them, but it can be seen from the facts that James Harden's performance in the Rockets is obviously better than Kevin Martin.

So in the beginning of the Thunder game, Kevin Durant had to perform better than Anson in order to achieve their winning streak at the beginning, but they were ended by the Spurs. Once he did not perform well, Then the Thunder will lose, just like the previous game against the Spurs.

This time, the Clippers VS Spurs, ATT Center, this is their first back-to-back game for the Clippers, they want to avenge last year, the continuous pinching of the ball and quick defense is the Spurs Faced with this Clippers, the operation is very good.

At the beginning, the Clippers were still organized by Chris Paul and Anson, just like the previous victories, but obviously, this effect was not good. Not outstanding, first of all, several consecutive shots were very obviously short.

Even he himself couldn't help shaking his head after a missed shot. Obviously, this was extremely dissatisfied with his state.And Anson also experienced back-to-back, since the last win over the Bobcats, they took a long flight from the east back to the west.

The opposite side is also very serious about An Sheng's defense. Kawhi Leonard's defensive evolution also caught An Sheng by surprise, and he was defended several times in a row.The deterrence of Tim Duncan and Thiago Splitter at the basket is still there, and Anson's several breakthroughs have not had the expected effect.

8:17, the rhythm of the Spurs is very good. For the back-to-back Clippers, especially the last game against the Bobcats, they just won a narrow victory. Yes, in the last game, they encountered an away game Difficult blocking, the winner was not decided until the last moment, Chris Paul and Anson both played for more than 35 minutes.

However, such a difficult back-to-back did not make the Clippers coach Brad Stevens have a very unsightly expression on his face. He is already very calm, if it is Del Negro a year ago At this moment, I am afraid that I am as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Is that guy on the other side confident?" Greg Popovich looked at the young Brad Stevens, "Okay! Since you have confidence, then I will completely destroy your confidence, I I don’t believe it, after falling behind by 20 points, you can still be so confident.”

After the Clippers paused this time, after adjusting the lineup, the Spurs did not change, they still all took out their main lineup, and on the Clippers side, the end of Chris Paul made the Clippers significantly more uncomfortable on the offensive end up.

"An Sheng! You have to hold on in the first quarter, and the second quarter will be the beginning of our counterattack." At this time, An Sheng still firmly remembered what the boss said to himself during the timeout.

The back turn after acceleration, but this move did not have as good an effect as imagined. Kawhi Leonard obviously has a lot of research on An Sheng's offensive options. This back turn from the left is An Sheng The breakout option is one of many times.

Seeing that An Sheng didn't get rid of it, he immediately took a quick step back and took half a step away. Then the golden rooster independently separated the position and then made a backward mid-range shot. In several games this season, An Sheng's mid-range hits reached an exaggerated level. 57%.This has become one of the offensive methods he has used for the longest time. A superstar on the offensive end must not only have his own unique skills, but also be able to quickly change his offense after being seen by the opponent. This is a genius.

At this time, it was Kawhi Leonard who was desperate. He had shown his self-confidence on the defensive end when he just faced Kevin Durant, but it didn’t take long before this self-confidence was immediately lost. An Sheng just tore it off.

He could clearly see that An Sheng's stamina bar hadn't reached the full level now, and the turn around just now seemed to be very unsmooth. Score.

The end of Chris Paul did not let the Clippers collapse directly.An Sheng's success in singles at the mid-range position has always kept the score difference at about 10 points, directly to the end of the first quarter.

At 18:26, the score seemed to be one point smaller than at the beginning. This difficult back-to-back was directly held back by An Sheng's strong personal ability in the first quarter.From Brad Stevens' smile when he was off the court, it could be seen that he was still very satisfied with An Sheng's performance.

(End of this chapter)