Chapter 143 Popovich's Stratagem(2/2)
Looking back, Ellis broke through for a layup, avoiding Deng's dull interference and scoring the ball.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, they didn't panic. They attacked in a precise manner and the pace was quite slow.
Parker dribbled to the basket. Seeing that there was no chance, he came around and passed the ball to Duncan again.
This time Sun Yi came quickly to double-team him.
Upon seeing this, Deng Daidai immediately passed the ball back to Parker.
Seeing that the attack time was running out, the French sports car quickly made a change of direction in front of the body, stepped back to the right, and took off to shoot.
Curry was not shaken away and immediately rushed to interfere.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Randolph tried his best to stay in position and create opportunities for his teammates to rebound.
Seeing how desperate this young man was, Duncan could only turn around and leave quickly.
It's important to preserve your physical strength, it's not worthwhile to compete with young people.
Sun Yi rushed back to the basket, grabbed the backcourt rebound, and quickly dribbled forward.
Curry and Ellis each looked for opportunities outside the three-point line.
Maggette and Randolph cut into the penalty area.
The Spurs' defensive strategy is very clear. They follow the man but not the ball. They follow the Warriors players tightly and do not give them a chance to easily catch the ball.
Sun Yi dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and frowned slightly when he saw that his teammates had no chance to connect with the ball.
On the Spurs bench, head coach Popovich saw the scene on the court and showed his trademark sinister smile.
"Oriental Magician? You have cut off the connection with your teammates. Let's see how you can lead them."
The Spurs' defensive strategy in this game was simple.
Cut off the connection between Warriors players, forcing them to play isolations.
There are only a handful of teams or players who want to kill the Spurs using isolation tactics, but the Warriors are not among them.
It can be said that the Spurs will be invincible.
Returning to the court, Sun Yi saw that his teammates had no chance and planned to end the attack by himself.
Immediately, he quickly made a forward change of direction to shake McDyess away, broke through to the free throw line, directly pulled up and threw the basketball in his hand.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
6:4!
The Warriors took the lead for the first time.
The Spurs players did not panic and responded quickly.
Duncan ran out of the penalty area and set up a pick-and-roll for Parker.
The French sports car bypassed the screen and rushed to the right side of the penalty area, and hit the ball with a throw.
In the next few rounds, the Spurs' defensive tactics were very successful, forcing the Warriors to play isolations.
Since the game had just begun and the players were still very energetic, the Warriors hit a pretty good percentage in singles and took the lead alternately.
On the Spurs bench, Popovich saw that the score was not open and did not feel angry.
"It's just a trapped beast still fighting!"
Then he waved his hand and made substitutions to speed up the consumption of the Warriors players' physical strength.
The Spurs replaced McDyess and Hill and replaced DeJuan Blair and Ginobili.
Nelson saw that the Spurs had made substitution adjustments, and immediately replaced Maggette and replaced him with Reggie Williams.
After the substitution adjustment, the Spurs had an immediate effect.
Duncan turned around and broke through into the penalty area. He was double-teamed by Sun Yi and Randolph and immediately gave the ball away.
Ginobili, who just came on the field, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.
The Warriors served quickly. After receiving the ball, Ellis rushed into the penalty area and hit a layup, recovering 2 points.
Popovich was very dissatisfied when he saw this situation.
After all, the Spurs are a team known for their defense. They are losing face when the Warriors score consecutive fast break points.
So, Popovich walked to the sidelines and yelled at the players on the court.
The Spurs players nodded their heads to show their understanding.
After scoring in this round, the Spurs players quickly retreated to prevent the Warriors from counterattacking.
Falling into a positional battle, the Warriors were forced into one-on-one action again.
With the help of Sun Yi's cover, Ellis broke through to the edge of the penalty area and made a throw.
Duncan quickly caught up and stretched his arms to interfere with the shot.
The basketball bounced on the rim and rolled out.
Under the basket, Randolph jumped up hard and put the ball into the basket.
On the sidelines, Popovich was even more unhappy and shouted at the court with louder volume and body language.
It can be seen that the Spurs' poor defense made this old man very angry.
On the court, the Spurs players cheered up, knowing that their head coach was in a state of rage and could not make another mistake.
To be on the safe side, Parker played a pick-and-roll with Duncan, then passed Randolph, who was changing defense, and rushed into the penalty area for a layup.
At this moment, Sun Yi rushed back to the basket, jumped into the air, stretched out his arms to hit the rising basketball.
Snap!
The basketball was slapped on the backboard and bounced hard.
At the same time, Duncan rushed into the penalty area and grabbed the rebounding basketball, making a simple throw.
After the goal, Shi Fo breathed a sigh of relief. He finally made no mistakes and stabilized the old man, then turned around and quickly returned to defense.
In this round, the Spurs increased their defensive intensity.
Curry bypassed the screen, jumped directly, twisted his body in the air and threw the ball.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Duncan grabbed the defensive rebound, found Parker immediately, and passed the ball over.
Parker received the pass and saw that his teammates had no chance to run away. He dribbled forward slowly and waited for Duncan to run to the inside position.
Duncan slowly ran to the right low post and leaned against Randolph, reaching for the ball.
When Parker passed the ball to Duncan, Sun Yi also ran over to double-team, and swung his hand upwards.
Duncan, who had just received the pass, didn't have time to lift the ball, but Sun Yi, the sixth man, scooped it away.
After fighting hard to get the basketball, Sun Yi passed the ball out immediately.
Curry, who was on a fast break, received the pass and rushed towards the frontcourt. He came to the basket and used the change of rhythm to fly to the chasing Parker and hit an easy layup.
The ball is transferred and the Spurs attack.
At the critical moment, we have to watch Deng Jishi. This time he came to the high post area on the right, received the ball and beat Randolph in a single. After taking a tentative step, he quickly released the ball and started. He rushed to the mid-range area on the right and hit an emergency stop jumper, which stabilized the situation.
The situation on the field.
In the next game, the Spurs once again increased their defensive intensity and played cautiously, not giving the Warriors a chance to counterattack, and gradually turned the situation around.
Facing the Spurs' tight defense, the Warriors' singles shooting percentage began to decline and they failed to close the score.
Chapter completed!