NBA: At the beginning of the full-level power, Curry was stunned by me

At halftime, the score came to 69:64, and the Warriors led by 5 points.

Judging from this quarter, the Clippers played well, gritted their teeth and held on, and were not opened up by the Warriors.

This is still thanks to Thompson. At the end of the second quarter, he blasted wildly and made two consecutive three-pointers, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.

In the live broadcast room of China Sports Channel, Director Zhang, Yu Jia and Yang Yi explained the game.

All the old fans know that as long as there is Paul, Yang Yi will be very excited as if he has been injected with chicken blood.

But the Clippers didn't seem to live up to it. Today's game was a bit difficult, basically being beaten by the Warriors.

"Teacher Yang Yi, please analyze the first half of this Christmas battle!" Yu Jia said with a smile.

Yu Jia is a bit of a bad guy. He has a good relationship with Yang Yi in private, but during the live broadcast, he often digs holes for Yang Yi to let Yang Yi dance.

Fortunately, Yang Yi is also thick-skinned, even if he gets slapped in the face, he doesn't care.

"Paul played well in the first half, but the Clippers team was in a mediocre state, but in the second half, the Clippers will definitely come back!"

Yang Yi explained very firmly.

Director Zhang asked with a smile: "But the Clippers had a high shooting percentage in the first half, but Paul, on the other hand, seemed to make a lot of mistakes."

Yang Yi coughed and said calmly, "Well...Actually... You can't judge a player's performance by making mistakes. A historical superstar has a lot of mistakes, because the team needs him to handle the ball."

Yu Jia nodded cooperatively and said, "That makes sense! Indeed, Magic Johnson's turnovers are also very high, and James' turnovers are also very high."

Before he finished speaking, Director Zhang interrupted Yu Jia: "But Zhou Yang's mistakes are very low!"

Yu Jia scratched his head and didn't know what to say. Yang Yi continued to force his words: "Zhou Yang is not a big-core player with the ball. His turnovers must be low."

"Then why didn't Zhou Yang become a big core with the ball?" Director Zhang continued to ask aggressively.

"He doesn't have that ability. The big core of holding the ball requires proficient control ability, passing vision, and tacit understanding with teammates..." Yang Yi began to speak nonsense again.

Director Zhang sneered, and replied: "There is a statistic, the success rate of Zhou Yang's offense with the ball is 15% higher than Paul's, and the success rate of organization with the ball is 3% higher than Paul's. Why do you say Zhou Yang Incapable?"

The air in the live broadcast room seemed to be condensed, a little awkward.

Yang Yi was speechless by Director Zhang, and Yu Jia didn't know how to smooth things over.

About 20 seconds later, Yang Yicai murmured: "Paul is at a disadvantage in height, there is no way, if he is the same height as Zhou Yang, then he will definitely be stronger!"

Yu Jia winked at Director Zhang, telling him to show Yang Yi some face and stop teasing him.

After all, Director Zhang is an older person. Although he doesn't like Yang Yi, he is very gracious and didn't say anything.

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The second half of the game began.

It may be because Paul made more mistakes in the first half, so the Clippers in the second half reduced Paul's possession of the ball and let Griffin play the main role.

Griffin's ball handling has improved a lot, but he is a power forward after all, with a high center of gravity, and he can hold the ball for three to five seconds. If he holds the ball too much, his weaknesses will be exposed.

Zhou Yang and Turkoglu joined hands again and began to flank Griffin.

Griffin has not yet evolved to Gasol's level, and his ability to deal with double-teams is far worse.

So after Griffin made an attack with the ball, he also started to make frequent mistakes.

The Warriors played fast breaks again and again while Griffin was in a hurry.

Paul was so angry that he made more mistakes in the first half and felt guilty, so he had no objection to the coach's arrangement.

But Griffin is too tough. After making a mistake, it should be handed over to Paul, and the two will switch.

But Paul kept reaching for the ball, but Griffin pretended not to see it, and instead made many mistakes.

Four minutes into the third quarter, the Warriors had already led by 4 points, and Paul called a timeout.

Players can call a timeout, but they usually only call a timeout when they are locked by the opponent.

And Paul's timeout this time is obviously a timeout called for the coach.

Coach Pooh knew that Paul was angry, so he took the initiative to walk over, put his arms around Paul's shoulders, and explained: "Chris, it's like this, we need another ball-holding point to relieve your pressure..."

Paul nodded patiently and said, "I understand, but Griffin shouldn't hold the ball too much. Zhou Yang has already understood his offensive routine."

"Yes, you are right."

Pooh called Griffin over again and criticized him a few words.

Griffin blamed himself. He respected Paul, but his temper was a bit hot. Just now Zhou Yang kept provoking Griffin and let Griffin take over.

"It's my fault. I made several mistakes just now, which caused the Warriors to play a fast break. I will reduce my possession of the ball." Griffin was doing self-reflection.

Pooh is very pleased. As a coach, it is his blessing to have big-name players under his command, but whether he can make good use of these big-name players also requires skill.

Many fans look down on Zen master Phil Jackson in the forum, thinking that he only won the championship by relying on Jordan, Kobe, and O'Neal.

In fact, training big-name players is the most difficult.

Because the NBA is a business league, stars are their greatest assets.

In a team, if there is a conflict between the head star and the coach, there is a high probability that the coach will be kicked out.

Because fans buy tickets to watch the stars, not the coaches.

Therefore, many high-level coaches, because of poor handling of the relationship with the stars, led to their dismissal from get out of class, or their mediocrity, and became decorations.

There are many such cases, countless.

And a coach like Phil Jackson can make big-name stars obedient and integrate with the team.

Especially when he was coaching the Bulls, he was able to make Jordan hand over most of the ball, even the right to shoot, which increased the role of his teammates, such as Pippen as the organization.

This is the rise of the Bull Dynasty and Jordan!

As the head coach, Pooh is capable, but he is very average in dealing with star relationships.

If it weren't for Paul's broad-mindedness and trying to suppress things, the Clippers would probably be in chaos.

After the timeout, the Clippers resumed their normal style of play, with Paul holding the ball and continuing to play pick-and-rolls.

But Paul also took care of Griffin's face, and occasionally let him play one himself.

Paul's ability to correct mistakes is very strong, and the Clippers regained that powerful galaxy battleship, and multiple offensive points opened fire.

Barnes, Thompson, and the sixth man, Crawford, all began to attack.

The difference is slowly shrinking.