At the end of the first quarter, the score was 27:21. The Clippers led the Spurs by 6 points in the first quarter. The Los Angeles started well.

For the Clippers, Ji Guochou scored 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Ji Guomomi scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Artest scored 5 points, Percy scored 3 points, and Black Parker scored 2 points.

Spurs, Duncan scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, Parker scored 6 points and 3 assists, Finley scored 5 points, Oberto scored 2 points and 2 rebounds, and Ginobili scored 4 points.

In the first quarter, the Spurs' outside shooting collectively failed to find the front star, but their breakthrough still posed a threat to the Clippers. Parker and Ginobili's completely different breakthrough methods often caught the Clippers' joint defense off guard.

The two Spurs guards' breakthrough abilities are all experts in the league. Tony Parker can always pass through the crowd with his skillful ball control ability, and then shoot at an unexpected opportunity without space when he seems to be double-teamed. And the other Ginobili, his "serpentine breakthrough" is even more famous and makes people unable to defend. The Argentine is really like a demon knife, using his weird breakthrough route to break through the seemingly solid defensive net of the Clippers.

The Clippers restricted Duncan in the first quarter, but their high-than-hope mixed defense did not cause a devastating blow to the Spurs like the Raptors. If the Spurs were not physically weak back-to-back and poor outside feel, they might not have been able to gain a lead.

The two teams first played a substitute battle in the second quarter, and the Spurs' substitute lineup still seemed over-aging. Jacques Vaughn, 33, Manu Ginobili, 30, Bruce Bowen, 37, Robert Holly, 38, and Francesco Elson, 32.

The Spurs' lineup is very despised by Clippers fans. None of these five guys is under 30 years old, with an average age of 34 years old, and can be called the old man's legion!

Jeff Van Gundy shook his head: "We also broadcast live in the last game of the Spurs. Their substitutes have been used for many years. It's time for blood exchange."

Magic Johnson gloated again: "Last season, San Antonio won the fourth championship in history, which is a good thing for them. Today we only analyze the negative impact. I think the championship won last season will intensify the decline of veterans in their team. There are 30 team managers in the league. They all know one thing: it is best not to have more than two veterans over 35 years old in the team, and try not to have more than half of players over 30 years old. Once the team ages too old, the team will become dull and lose their overall enterprising ability."

Reggie Miller added: "Young people are energetic and motivated, and these require old players to guide them to the right path. But once there are too many old players, you know. Basketball is no longer his whole life after a player has received enough honors. Just a few paranoids like Kobe who never has much honor. Most players spend a few seasons before retirement, after getting that retirement contract, how much energy will they put on basketball?"

Clippers substitute: Black Parker, Mobri, Garcia, Thomas, Davis.

This lineup is obviously more reasonable than the Spurs' substitute structure. The oldest, Mobley, was 32 years old and Tim Thomas, was 31 years old. Both of them were in good shape, while the other three were under 30 years old. But they were not rookies, and they were not bad in terms of experience or athleticism.

The Spurs relied on Ginobili's strong point to drive the substitute lineup. Today, the Argentinian's outside feel average, and the Clippers chose to shrink their defense against Ginobili's breakthrough, which had a good effect.

Robert Horry also missed two outside three-pointers in the second tier. The Spurs' playoffs' shooting percentage can be described as iron. His performance in the regular season is an absolute rotation player. He can't tell at all that he looks like Mr. Key. Horry's transformation skills are only effective in the playoffs.

At 9 minutes and 10 seconds in the second quarter, Old Dunleavy replaced the twin brothers first. This rotation was about 2 minutes earlier than normal. In order to force the Spurs to replace the main players early and fight them hard, these old guys were exhausted to death.

The score is 33:27, and the score difference between the two teams has not changed.

Argentine Demon Sword scored 6 points for the team while relied on an unpredictable breakthrough during the bench, and single-handedly withstood the Clippers' offensive.

**Vic did not replace Duncan in advance. He replaced Ginobili who had played for ten minutes and replaced Tony Parker. The Spurs' lineup became: Tony Parker, Bruce Bowen, Michael Finley, Matt Bonner, Oberto.

The coach with the most rotation of the NBA is the Spurs' **Vic.

If Duncan doesn't play, Ji Guoqiu will no longer need to be separated from the team's defensive system, and the Clippers will completely become a five-man joint defense.

**Vic watched it off the court for a while and found that the Clippers' joint defense was still not the real joint defense, but the damn mixed defense.

The Clippers' defense will make targeted arrangements based on the characteristics of the opponent's team. For example, in the current lineup against the Spurs, the defense center is obviously on Tony Parker, and the defense of the outside three-pointers has been properly strengthened, while the defense of the inside becomes very empty. If Ginobili was on the court, this defensive arrangement will inevitably be easily penetrated by the Argentinians with his breakthrough.

The problem is that Ginobili is not on the court now, and there is no Duncan who can play hard in the interior. The Spurs only have Parker, who can break through, such as Michael Finley and Bruce Bowen, have long been no players who can break through.

After the two brothers came on the court, they began to show great power on the offensive end. Ji Guohun faced Matt Bonner. Before this season, any inside line who had partnered with Duncan had an increase in defensive efficiency, except for this Bonner. This guy is the only inside line who is by Duncan's side but his defensive ability will not be blessed.

Ji Guomomo took the opportunity to perform well in front of his future father-in-law, with a three-pointer plus a big three-step frontal breakthrough. In the end, the dunk also hit Bonner with a two-plus one, scoring six points in a row in half a minute, quickly helping the team widen the gap to double digits.

The score was 39:29. Less than a minute after the two brothers took the field, the Clippers had widened the gap to 10 points.

Faced with such a scam performance of the team, especially Bonner's poor performance on the court. The angry **Vic even forgot to call for a timeout, and could not help but step into the court with half of his foot toward Matt. Bonner roared loudly, spraying the latter's saliva.

"Boss, do you think **Vic looked like a black bird?"

"What's the solution?"

"I remember that the black bird is larger, heavy in weight, can explode, have strong impact and air waves. It is suitable for attacking concrete buildings."

"Are you sick? Is this related to **Povich?"

"Damn it! It's okay. I was sprayed one meter away from Bonner. This is simply a range attack. Do you think this old man is drooling?"

**Vic is sometimes very stubborn. He knows that as long as Duncan is replaced in advance, he can solve the problems of inside defense and offense. Tony Parker will not be able to support him. But the Spurs coach just doesn't change, he is so willful!

Francesco Elson and Fabricio Oberto served as the team's inside team, so soon it was not just Ji Guomo who broke out on the court, but Pandas also took the opportunity to break out on the offensive end.

At 6 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, **Vic replaced Duncan and Ginobili at the same time, and the GDP combination appeared on the court at the same time.

The score is 45:32, the Spurs are already 13 points behind the Clippers, which is the consequence of willfulness.

The Clippers are leading by 13 points. But they still dare not be careless. When the GDP combination is on the court at the same time, the Spurs have three points on the court that can rely on their personal abilities to threaten the Clippers' mixed defense. Their defense begins to lose sight of the other. It can be seen that if it were not for physical strength, the Spurs in safety would really not be able to beat the Clippers with their current Clippers.

"Let them make three-pointers." Ji Guoqiu made arrangements on the court. Old Dunleavy did not call a timeout off the court. He would not give the Spurs a chance to rest. At this time, Brother Panda's command on the court was of great use. Old Dunleavy just occasionally shouted a few words on the sidelines.

After Ginobili's three-pointer was back on the court, there was still no improvement. It was not just Argentine's Demon Sword, Michael Finley, Bruce Bowen, and Robert Horry, who were usually very efficient three-pointers, collectively today.

In the first half, the Spurs could only rely on the breakthroughs of Tony Parker and Gino Billy, plus Duncan's low-post offense, and other players made limited contributions.

Duncan's low-post offense actually went very smoothly today. It seemed that Ji Guoqiu was defending his body alone, but in fact, once Duncan got the basketball at the low post, the pocket formation composed of four other members of the Clippers would immediately shrink to the low post. The five players combined to swallow Shi Buddha in one bite, even if the outside gap was exposed, the Clippers would do whatever they could. Anyway, the Spurs' outside feel was a mess today. The more they were inaccurate, the more unscrupulous the Clippers would shrink back.

At the end of the first half, the score was 55:43, and the Clippers entered the second half with a 12-point lead.

Ji Guochou was pestering Duncan against Duncan today. He even took the initiative to pull his opponent, and he would deliberately sway Duncan's arm in a fight. He usually didn't use this kind of action. This was what he learned yesterday in Jackie Chan's "Junior Brother Takes Play" movie. He not only played games at the little loli's house, but also watched the movie together. It was this movie that gave him inspiration to deal with Duncan.

In this game, he is Aaron played by Jackie Chan, and Duncan is the golden foot. He has been abused by Duncan for not long. It is completely nonsense to improve to the point of being one-on-one with Duncan in such a short time! If he wants to defeat Shibu, he can only use his ability to pester and fight to death like the protagonist in the movie, and use his better physical strength and body to kill this Hall of Fame superstar.

In the first half, Duncan only scored 8 points and 5 rebounds under Ji Guoqiu's defensive strategy of losing both sides. This is the credit for his persuasion. If he couldn't beat him, he would hold Duncan and die!

Among the Clippers players, Ji Guochou scored 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in the first half, Ji Guomo's 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Artest scored 12 points, Mobley scored 6 points, and Percy scored 6 points.
Chapter completed!