Ji Guomeng is in good condition, but it is hard to say whether he can get a triple-double.

Besides, even if you get a triple-double, whether you can win is not the same thing.

Nowitzki said before the game: "Defense is the most important thing, we have to maintain the advantages of this. It is obvious that they have the best scorer in the league, who can score anywhere on the court, so we have to try our best to stop the rest of their team from scoring. We have to know what made us through the most difficult times and what made us get the match point."

The Mavericks have always been single-defense and disagreements, or limited-defense, and are mainly used to defend other Clippers players. Therefore, the complete telepathy can only allow the Fox brother to pass a few more good goals. Whether it can affect the overall situation in the end must be a question mark.

In the first quarter, Ji Guomomoto realized this. He still had very little contact with his teammates. It was not difficult to score himself, but it was difficult to lead his teammates to score together.

In this case, Ji Guomo can only hand over the ball to his teammates and use his threat to help his teammates create better scoring conditions.

But the Mavericks still don't tie anyone up, and even limited assistance must be based on the premise that they will not lose their position.

In this way, Ji Guomeng still has not enough contact with his teammates, and it is difficult for them to help each other. The game has become Ji Guomeng's other players vs. Mavericks, rather than Clippers vs. Mavericks.

This has high requirements for the Clippers' second and third scoring points, but one of them is not good at offense with balls, and the other does not focus on scoring after breaking with the ball. McGrady and Hill did not have the highlight performance of the previous round of the Spurs in this round of the series. The Clippers were facing the problem of insufficient scoring points for a while.

To put it bluntly, this is that the Mavericks score more points than the Clippers and their overall scoring efficiency is higher. So every time they fight to the end, the Mavericks always score more points than the Clippers, so they naturally win the game.

Even if it was Ji Guoqiu at this time, it was actually a result. The two games won by the Clippers were both Ji Guohuo and the team's output ended with the Clippers winning. But the Fox brother could not score 50 in every game, so today's game became the current situation.

Dragic could have come in handy. But Dunleavy, the old man, didn't trust him, and Billups' form has been maintained very well. It's better to use the younger ones than to use the younger ones, so Dragic's playing time this season has declined compared to previous seasons.

Old Dunleavy would rather choose to increase Billups' playing time to make up for the lack of ball-holding points after Ji Guoqiu and Crawford left, rather than use the new players. He felt that even if Dragic was well trained, he was not as good as Billups now, so it is not surprising that he had such a choice.

The Clippers did have more ball holding points last season than this year. Crawford and Avraro were also players who could attack with the ball. In addition to Ji Guoqiu, the Clippers lost three ball holding points at once. The only newly added Iguodala has enough ball holding and offensive ability. Faced with the Mavericks' tactic of not being able to double-team, the Clippers are of course at a loss.

Even if the Clippers now have Crawford to help, the Mavericks dare not always not match Ji Guohuo. This is sure that with the output of the Mavericks' three major offensive points, Ji Guohuo alone can't beat them to death.

Ji Guomeng wanted to motivate his teammates to play together today, but soon he found that it was difficult for him to do this.

A real star needs to drive his teammates to play together. This is easy to say, but it is not just about passing two balls. Otherwise, Jordan often averaged more than six assists in the early stages, but why can't he pass the first round every time the playoffs? It can be seen that sharing basketball is not as simple as passing a few balls.

In the end, there was no way. Bilups and Iguodala were not as efficient as him in the offense. Ji Guomo had to take over the team's offense again. In the end, the Clippers returned to the rhythm of his own ball and working alone. Although he could occasionally pass one or two good balls by telepathy, he could not help the team lead.

The Mavericks' two major inside players and sixth man have been performing stably today. Yao Ming and Nowitzki scored 15 points for the Mavericks in the first quarter, and Terry's two draws, and the Clippers trailed the Mavericks by two points in the first quarter at 24:26.

There is also good news on the Clippers. Ray Allen also hit two three-pointers in the first quarter. If the Clippers want to defeat the Mavericks away, they must increase the aggression of other players. The team needs them to attack the Mavericks more fiercely. The Clippers need to win the game with the joint efforts of Billups, Ray Allen and Iguodala, so that they can support the firepower point to compete with the Mavericks.

However, in today's game, Ray Allen, who knew the shame and then braved, did perform well, but Iguodala did not perform at a normal level. On the contrary, he got three fouls with 9 minutes and 10 seconds left in the second quarter, which forced the Clippers to lose the team's third ball point and front gate.

The showdown between Marion and Iguodala is a major highlight of this round of the series, but compared to Marion, who completely lost three-pointers on the offensive end and focused on bottom-slide, empty cuts and running without the ball, his performance was better than Iguodala. The latter's three-point shooting percentage of less than 30% really made Ji Guomother not want to pass the ball to him, and the Mavericks were too lazy to double-team Iguodala.

In fact, if the Clippers did not have Iguodala on the offensive end, it would be even more threatening. Old Hill's shooting percentage was two levels higher than the former. But without Iguodala, the Clippers would have had big problems on the defensive end, so Old Dunleavy and Zen masters should have complained more than once: Why do these players who are good at defending their defense have not shot well?

After Old Hill played in the second quarter, it was still difficult to perform normally against Marion. The hacker in the Mavericks' third position was the first in the league. Although he is old now, it is still no problem to deal with older Hill and McGrady. Both of them were completely silent in this round of series against Marion.

Marion's offense has always been a bottom, empty cut, running without the ball and going down quickly. He also had an open three-pointer ability at the peak, but after leaving the Suns, he completely deleted this skill. Now only the previous abilities are left, but it is just right to deal with Hill and McGrady. Both of them can't keep up with Marion.

Kidd's ability to take advantage of the situation is no less than any top point guard. Marion once again felt the feeling of playing in the Suns in the Mavericks. As long as he ran out of the open space, the basketball would definitely be in his hands.

This old fairy of the Mavericks is not visible in this round of the series. However, he averaged 11 assists per game and made it difficult for Billups, who started to slow down on the defensive end, to break through. He has made no less contributions to the team than anyone else, but not many people can see his contributions.

Ji Guomo can feel the role of Kidd. Although the Mavericks don’t easily dominate, there are still some assisting defenses. Kidd’s assisting defense makes it difficult for him to find a chance to pass the ball. This old monster has extremely precise control over the timing of assisting defense, which not only makes him feel uncomfortable. It can also ensure that his own defender is not missed. There are so many of this defensive skill in the entire NBA.

Marion cannot do such a defense. He has always lacked the control of assisting defense timing. However, with Kidd on the team, Marion can do this. This is the role of a real superstar. Just like most of the inside players who partner with Duncan, their defense has become better.

Real team stars can indeed drive their teammates to perform, and some players also need such stars to drive them. For example, Marion and Terry need players like Nash and Kidd to fully display their abilities.

In the second quarter, Ji Guomeng strengthened his personal offense. He first caused Gotat to foul in the inside, and then successfully scored four points outside the three-point line, scoring 6 points in a row to help the team overtake the score.

If Kidd and Marion's defense have created a solid perimeter defense for the Mavericks, then Terry's unreasonable three-pointer this year is a treasure on the offensive end of the Mavericks. His shooting is an unreasonable offense against defense, just like Crawford in previous seasons.

In those seasons, once Crawford felt hot, he could make the Clippers win the game alone. Although he might not break out in every game, it was also considered an insurance that the Clippers bought for themselves. Once the two brothers' offenses were not good, he could also become a candidate for the surprises.

Terry is like this now, but he does not explode occasionally, but is breaking out in almost every game. The three-point shooting percentage is almost 50%. Any team with such an offensive output point is probably going to wake up even if they dream.

In the first half, Ji Guomeng scored 22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals. He had a good chance of winning a triple-double again, but the Clippers still trailed the Mavericks by 5 points at 53:58.

On the Mavericks, Yao Ming scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, Nowitzki scored 10 points and 5 assists, Kidd scored 6 points and 6 assists, Terry scored 12 points, and Marion scored 8 points and 5 rebounds.

The Mavericks' scoring is still so average. Nowitzki conducted an interview on behalf of the team during the halftime break. He said: "We don't regard ourselves as the leading side. In fact, we all know a fact that whoever loses this game will be eliminated!" Nowitzki's words received support from all the fans of the court, and the cheers in this stadium have never stopped today.

Carlisle still didn't dare to be careless during the break. He said: "We led by 5 points in the first half, but this advantage has not yet come to be happy and celebrated. I noticed that there was a 31 in the first half, which means that the guy only needs two attacks to overtake the score. We have to wait until the final whistle sounds before we can relax, and we have to be the leading side at that time."

"Why are these three guys so stable?" Ji Guomeng's performance was already good enough, but he still couldn't beat the Mavericks.

Every time he scores, Yao Ming, Nowitzki, and Terry on the other side will definitely stand up. Even Kidd scored two three-pointers in the first half. Is it really God not to give me?

In the third quarter, the Clippers strengthened their defense, and the rare joint defense this season was sacrificed by Old Dunleavy again.

The Mavericks' way to deal with it is very simple. They immediately hand over the basketball to Yao Ming or Nowitzki. Both of them can attract the outside defense, and the Clippers' joint defense must be ignored.

Kidd's three-point shooting has always been bad, but his three-point shooting percentage has risen above the passing line this season, and has been very stable, and his open shooting is very good. This has made many teams' approach of letting go of Kidd last season no longer applicable, because of this release, Kidd's old monster really made a shot.

Therefore, shooting is something that can be practiced. Even if you can't practice Ji Guomeng, you can still do it if you practice above the level of level.

The Clippers played in the third quarter and Kidd made two three-pointers in a single quarter at the top of the arc, causing the Clippers' joint defense to reveal a big hole from the beginning.

Yao Ming then scored two consecutive hook shots at the low post. Under the Clippers' joint defense, the Mavericks instead made a 10:3 attack wave.
Chapter completed!