In the few rounds after returning from the timeout, Liu Xiu continued to break through and attack, and the Trail Blazers maintained high efficiency in scoring. By the 4:06 mark of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers' score had reached 15 points. In the past two minutes, the Trail Blazers had scored 15 points.

, they scored 8 points.

But the Spurs relied on Bowen to receive a pass from Parker and hit a long two-pointer from the baseline. Parker made a mid-range shot over Duncan and made a tip-in. Ginobili hit a step-back three-pointer in a single and scored 7 points.

point.

The current score is 15 to 11, the Trail Blazers lead by 4 points and have the ball!

By this time Liu Xiu was not so happy, but a little sore.

Copy Parker surprisingly received a hard bonus, so he temporarily adjusted his playing style, combined with his tacit understanding with his teammates, and caught the opponent off guard at the beginning.

However, if Popovich's reaction on the spot is not enough, he will play hard!

Unable to defend, Popovich tried his best to increase the defensive success rate and replaced the better center Muhammad to partner with Duncan as early as possible. It didn't matter if he sacrificed part of the team's offense.

The sacrificed team offense was left to the Troika to make up for it with their personal abilities. Anyway, they didn't have much team offense to speak of... The 7 points the Spurs just scored could be said to be all thanks to the Troika's personal abilities.

This adjustment, to put it nicely, means staying the same to cope with the ever-changing situation.

To put it bluntly - it's hard to eat!

Liu Xiu guessed Popovich's strategy, and Maurice Cheeks also guessed it, but they had no choice but to follow the opponent's strategy and play a hedging game.

Popovich chews on the upside of no change - it's hard to find a worse scenario.

Liu Xiu worked very hard, and his teammates also responded actively, but the personal abilities of the troika were not in vain, and the point difference just couldn't be widened.

The Spurs rely on the individual abilities of the troika to maintain their stability.

It was the Trail Blazers' attack again. Liu Xiu advanced past half-court and did not start accelerating just past the center circle.

When the Spurs saw Liu Xiu moving all the way to the top of the arc, they immediately began to adjust their defense.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu could only suppress his restlessness and lob the ball to Randolph, who was leaning against Duncan in the low post, and started a team offensive play.

He kept pushing hard for the first third of the first quarter. He already felt that his breathing was starting to become disordered. He needed to play slowly and wait until he entered the timeout period to have time to replenish his energy. The best time was naturally the official timeout.

Waste their own timeout.

And we also have to consider the status of our teammates. They cannot become like the Cavaliers or Jazz...

When it came to the team's offensive stage, Liu Xiu quickly understood why the Spurs had to ensure that the defensive end remained stable despite the risk that hard steel might not be enough.

Liu Xiu just made a continuous attack for more than two minutes. He was confident because he tried three rounds at the beginning and got 4 points and 1 assist. The efficiency was extremely high and he caught the opponent off guard.

As for the Spurs' teamwork in the early stages, they didn't just try to fight against the stars, so they couldn't guarantee their form.

But Popovich still chose to adjust like that because the Spurs have developed a better defensive strategy for the Trail Blazers' team offense!

Duncan + Muhammad's twin towers protect the frame. It is not too difficult to defend Randolph from the mid-range and short range facing the frame or behind the frame. They do a good job of cutting off Randolph and passing the ball to the left or to the basket.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Liu Xiu to break away from the defense when the outlaws cut in from the middle, slipping to the baseline or running to the right sideline. Even if they successfully received the pass from Randolph, it would still be a one-on-one situation.

Popovich firmly believes that his defensive strategy will be effective, so he would rather take risks to ensure that there is no chaos on the defensive end!

The troika needed to slow down after several rounds of strong attacks. The Spurs' offensive efficiency suddenly dropped. They only scored 4 points in the next two minutes or so, but they used their rich low-scoring experience to limit the Trail Blazers to two points.

Only 3 points were scored in many minutes.

At 6 minutes and 43 seconds of the first quarter, Duncan's cut-in and layup went out of the baseline. The Warden, one of the two prides of Syracuse, had already given away his cap share. The ball was dead and the official timeout was entered!

…

18 to 15, after working hard for so long, the lead is still only 3 points.

This time the Spurs were no longer affected by the distance duel between Liu Xiu and Kobe Bryant, allowing the Trail Blazers to feel what it means to be the most tormenting team in the league!

Ever since Larry Brown went to the Knicks to torment Marbury, the Spurs have become the stiniest and hardest rock in the league. Just like this half of the game, no matter how Liu Xiu tosses or how amazing he plays, the Spurs are

If you can withstand it, if you want to defeat them, you have to rely on hard power.

Of course, if he can soar and overpower the Spurs, Popovich has no choice but to rely on the sometimes-ineffective demon knife, but no one from the Trail Blazers showed the attitude of crushing the opponent tonight...

After a while, the Trail Blazers have entered the Spurs' rhythm, and they found that there was nothing they could do.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers tried to launch an attack. Liu Xiu, Flying Squirrel, and Raheem, coupled with Kwame Brown and McDyess, tried to attack.

Indeed, the Trail Blazers' offensive efficiency improved a lot, scoring 14 points in 5 and a half minutes.

But the Spurs were too experienced in dealing with purely offensive teams. Parker and Ginobili were at their best, leading the team to 15 points in the first half.

At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers' lead was not expanded but reduced by 1 point, leading the Spurs by two points 32 to 30!

Entering the break, Maurice Cheeks looked at the statistics of Liu Xiu who was playing with Randolph. In the first quarter, he scored 10 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. He shot 4 of 7 from the field, plus 2 of 2.

The free throws are quite efficient.

Faced with the Spurs' stinky and tough offensive and defensive strategy, other coaches wanted to find ways to deal with the Spurs' defense and guard against the Spurs' two stars in the backcourt.

Maurice Cheeks was different. After trying to attack but it didn't work, he chose to give up. After the break, he replaced Payton, Stevenson, Outlaws, Kwame Brown, and Mo

Ning's combination.

Popovich sent out the regular rotation lineup of Parker, Finley, Bowen, Oberto, and Duncan. When he saw the Trail Blazers' lineup coming on the court, he couldn't help but spit out a few curse words.

The opponent's lineup seems to be saying - hurt each other!

After the start of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers started a brainless defensive mode.

With their lineup, they didn't consider how to attack. Payton's high post play was the best offensive option, and it didn't matter if he couldn't make a shot.

For nearly half of the quarter, the Trail Blazers were drawing confrontations, pressing the tempo, hurting each other with the Spurs, and consuming the shooting touch of Parker, Finley, Duncan, Barry, Udrih and others who came on the rotation.

However, although it affected the Spurs' offense, the Trail Blazers themselves were even more affected! The weak lead was quickly lost, and the vice president couldn't help but complain in the ears of Maurice Cheeks, but the latter did not
Chapter completed!