Chapter 209
Chapter 209
At the beginning, both teams had high hit rates.
Parker happily high-fived Ginobili.
The tacit understanding and small-scale cooperation between the Spurs players were indeed pleasing to the eye.
Ginobili is worthy of being the brain of the Spurs. The choices he made while on the move were meticulous.
With him, the Spurs' offense can be revitalized.
It seems that the Spurs don't rely on anyone except Duncan, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that no one is indispensable. This is the charm of the entire Spurs team.
Both of them are treasures that the Spurs picked up at low picks in the draft. Now they have grown into the backbone of the team.
The Spurs' keen eye for talent is their strongest point.
When Parker passed by the Spurs rest area, Popovich gestured to him.
He had another task, which was to verify Lagabel's hit rate today.
He had to find some flaws in the Nets, otherwise the game would become more and more difficult to play.
In the first few minutes, Popovich had noticed that the Nets had evolved to be more and more difficult.
It was time to continue looking for the opponent's landing point.
Otherwise, the two teams would be caught in an extremely fierce melee.
After Parker scored, Roy served the ball from the baseline to Carter.
After halftime,
Carter wanted to break through and found Tim Duncan who was ready to move behind Bowen who was defending him.
Knowing that it was impossible, he was still stubborn. This was no longer Carter's label.
Now he was clear-headed, unusually calm and steady. After trying several times, he found that it was true.
He decisively gave the ball to Kidd.
Kidd dribbled at a 45-degree angle. His eyes had already seen the entanglement between Roy and Duncan in the interior.
Roy still didn't get the position right. Kidd waited patiently.
After Roy resolved Duncan's long arms and stuck him behind him, he stretched out his hand to signal Kidd.
Kidd's lob pass reached Roy.
It takes a lot of courage for most people to play against Duncan with their backs.
Duncan's defensive ability in the low post is definitely among the best in the league.
Roy began to push Duncan under the Spurs' basket with effort, step by step.
Duncan's rhythm is very good, and he can always remove part of the force on Roy's back through rhythm techniques.
This made Roy work twice as hard for half the result, and it was extremely uncomfortable to play singles.
Fortunately, the distance under the basket was very close, and Roy's position to get the ball was deep enough. After a few dribbles, he was already very close to the basket.
Roy turned over and jumped on one foot and raised the other foot high, standing on one leg!
This move has been used by Roy for many times and has never failed. Roy has great confidence in anyone.
As long as he does a series of shooting actions, the basketball will be as accurate as missile positioning.
One trick is enough to make it work everywhere. Roy, who has tasted the sweetness, will practice this move almost every day after the training game.
Every achievement on the stage is earned through hard work.
Just when Roy thought he could easily take Duncan, a hand reached out from Roy's side as he turned his back.
Tony Parker noticed that Roy was going to turn around, so he was ready to help defend.
When helping defend the inside line, the easiest moment to defend is when you turn around and prepare to shoot.
Fortunately, although the basketball fell after being touched by Parker, Roy still got it back in the first time with his long arms.
Parker was surprised at Roy's reaction speed.
Although the ball was retrieved, Roy lost his position.
Two Spurs players took advantage of the situation to double-team Roy.
The two combined to double-team. Seeing that the ball was about to be lost, Roy protected the ball in his chest and showed his elbow to force the two back.
The two did not dare to get too close. Taking advantage of this moment of gap, the sharp-eyed Roy had already discovered Lagabell who was ambushing in the bottom corner.
After making a fake move, he deceived Duncan's long arms and passed the ball to Lagabell.
Three points in the bottom corner in the open space!
Parker wanted to save the situation, but his defense speed could not be faster than the passing speed!
Knowing that it was too late, he still turned and rushed towards Lagabel.
It was too late, the ball had already been shot.
As a 3D player, Lagabel has always been very confident in the bottom corner.
Popovich stared at the court intently.
"Shua"
Another high-end shooter, Popovich covered his forehead and watched Lagabel celebrating wantonly.
His tentative defensive strategy against the Nets was ruined.
The next option was to face the front hard.
He stretched out his hand to signal Ginobili again, and the Spurs resumed normal defense.
The almost undetectable episode on the court concealed the Nets coach Frank.
In the corner that he did not notice, the team's role players performed well and scored on their own.This hidden danger was removed for him.
If everyone can score, then there is no weakness.
Even the champion coach Popovich did not have a good solution at the beginning.
He could only let the game proceed normally and take one step at a time.
He thought the game was evenly matched, but it completely deviated from his imagination.
In the first quarter, Roy and Kidd noticed the three-point shooting rate of McGinnis and Lagabel.
They took special care of them. They scored two three-pointers respectively.
Relying on the four three-pointers scored by the two,
the Nets led by as many as 8 points in the first quarter, 36 to 28.
Popovich of the Spurs paced back and forth on the sidelines.
He could only repeatedly emphasize defense.
Hori, who defended McGinnis, and Parker, who defended Lagabel, needed to be more vigilant. One-on-one defense was fine, but they should try not to double-team their teammates.
Because Roy, Carter and Kidd all had the ability to pass the ball to deal with double-teams.
When the opponent's touch was not good, they could play like this. When the opponent's touch was good, double-teaming like this was tantamount to suicide.
Now he could only hope that the Nets' hit rate would drop as soon as possible.
No matter how reluctant they were, the game had to continue. After the Spurs fell behind by a large margin in the first quarter,
At the beginning of the second quarter, Ginobili had to strengthen his offense and no longer pass the half court slowly.
Bowen gritted his teeth and tried to use running to wear down Kidd's physical strength.
But he didn't think about it. He was also a man in his thirties. The crazy running was consuming Kidd's physical strength at the same time.
Kidd saw through Bowen's idea at once, but this was an open plot, so he had to follow.
Besides, if Bowen ran like this, he would have no energy to defend Carter. From another perspective, this was a disguised way to create opportunities for the Nets' offense.
Carter lowered his center of gravity and stared at Ginobili holding the ball.
He could clearly feel that during the rest period, the Spurs definitely let Ginobili strengthen his offense.
Otherwise, Ginobili would usually be observing the positions of his teammates around him at this time.
At this time, he obviously only had the basket in his eyes.
Ginobili had to focus on both offense and defense, and the pressure on him was also great.
But he didn't want to make excuses. After seeing the opportunity, he took the ball and started to break through.
Carter defended tightly, and the seemingly opportunity was actually not that simple.
After several attempts, Ginobili gave up the plan of a hard breakthrough.
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