Mo Williams is the most important scoring point on the bench for the Trail Blazers this year. The reason why Terry Stotts suggested that the management sign him has only one purpose, and that is to make him score efficiently.
He has lived up to expectations. During the 9-game winning streak, he was able to provide stable firepower output between rotations. At certain moments, he was even able to perform several difficult superstar balls.
Just now, Ginobili had just entered the Trail Blazers penalty area and hit a layup with a snake-like dance.
Turning his head, Mo Williams stopped the ball one step beyond the three-point line. Under the watch of Spurs backup guard Patrick Mills, he made a long three-pointer, and the basketball went hollow into the net!
After this goal, the score became 21:21.
But the crisis is far from over. There are now 17.7 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. There is still plenty of time for the last attack, and the Spurs control it.
"Patrick, go mark No. 20 on the opposite side and lock him down!" Head coach Terry Stotts shouted on the sidelines to direct the defense.
"Will, you're in charge of the Italian!"
Terry Stotts then pointed at Spurs backup guard Marco Belinelli.
"Oh, is that No. 3 the player that the Trail Blazers traded from Mosaic not long ago?"
On the other side, Sima Weiwei asked the assistant coach next to him.
The assistant coach nodded: "Yes, his name is Patrick Beverley. He served for a period of time last year when Mosaic's main defender Jeremy Lin was injured. The advantage is that he is good at defense."
"It seems that the Trail Blazers are very confident in his defense." Simavici smiled.
He believes in Ginobili more than Beverley. Although the latter always likes to make some incredible choices, he is still very reliable in many cases.
At this time, the referee blew the whistle and Mills controlled the ball and advanced.
As soon as Ginobili passed halftime, he found that he couldn't move. Beverley actually started to adopt a close-pressing defensive strategy against Ginobili without the ball near the midfield line.
Ginobili is known as the "20-minute Jordan", which also reflects his physical shortcomings.
Trying to consume Ginobili's physical energy as much as possible was the result of Beverley's extensive research before playing.
Ginobili didn't expect Beverley to be so active and raise his intensity to the highest level right from the start. What surprised him even more was that after several off-the-ball movement tactics, Beverley could still bite him without mercy.
Behind you.
The 17-second attack time was almost halfway consumed. With 9 seconds left, Ginobili ran from the high post to the top of the key and reached out to Mills for the ball.
There was no time, so he ignored his movement and chose to organize the attack himself.
Mills was at a 45-degree angle on the left wing and was closely pressed by Mo Williams. After seeing Ginobili's movement, Mills quickly released the ball.
"It's now!"
Beverley, who was following Ginobili, suddenly changed direction and rushed into the passing path of Mills and Ginobili.
Seeing the basketball getting closer and closer, Beverly cursed angrily in his heart: It's still close, damn it!
The next moment, Beverley made an astonishing move, jumped up, and flew straight towards the basketball.
"What?"
"oh!"
This scene shocked Simavici and the fans in the stands. No. 3 on the opposite side suddenly threw himself in the air and intercepted the pass accurately like a big black mouse.
"Snapped!"
Beverly stole the ball, and the price was that he fell heavily to the ground.
"Fight back!"
Terry Stotts jumped up from his chair excitedly and shouted excitedly from the players on the court.
Facing the sky, Beverley held the basketball tightly with both hands, listening to his upper body, and heard teammate Will Barton shouting in his ears:
"Brother, here!"
Turning his head to the left, Will Barton waved near the center circle, and Beverley immediately passed the ball.
"let's go!"
"Come on!"
Wang Zelin and other major players also stood up and kept waving towels.
Show time!
Dribbling the ball across the center line, there was no one in front of him, and there were still 5 seconds left in the attack time. Will Patton knew that his moment of performance had come.
Ginobili and Mias went hand in hand and returned to defense at full speed, but from the perspective of the audience, everything was just in vain.
To be selected by an NBA team, Will Barton has nothing but enough athletic ability.
The moment he stepped into the three-point line, he looked up and saw that the basket was getting closer and closer. He sprinted towards the penalty area like the wind and took off...
Upon seeing this, Ginobili and Mills slowly stopped and helplessly watched Will Barton wreak havoc on their own basket.
"boom!"
He split Huashan hard and dunked with one hand.
soon.
The moment the Spurs fired the baseline kick, the last 1.7 seconds ran out and the first quarter ended.
At 23:21, after the first quarter, the Trail Blazers temporarily led by two points.
On his way back to the bench, Ginobili looked back at the Trail Blazers' No. 3 from time to time. By the way, the coach said his name was Patrick Beverley.
The first quarter only played 3 minutes, and Beverley didn't score a point. However, during the Spurs' final attack, he made a key steal that moved everyone, helping the Trail Blazers complete the final lead.
It only took one steal, and all the Spurs home fans remembered the substitute guard wearing No. 3 jersey.
Trail Blazers bench.
Beverly, who had just returned to his seat, was immediately treated like a hero before he could sit down.
"Well done! Rookie! I love your desperate drive!"
As soon as Batum came up, he hugged Beverly's neck and rubbed the latter's hair vigorously with his right hand.
"Hey man, calm down."
Even so, Beverly still felt a little sincerely moved in her heart.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The crowd roared with laughter.
Beverly smiled and thought to himself: It seems that being traded to this team was not a wrong choice.
At least in Houston, he didn't feel such an atmosphere.
Howard and Harden, the team's only two bosses, like to lead the players outside to have fun all day long, which makes Beverley very unhappy.
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Therefore, he always had a kind of disgust from deep in his heart towards the two people's squandering of their talents.
In Portland, except for the two old guys Garnett and Mo Williams, most of them are young people. As the core players of the team, Wang Zelin, Aldridge and Lillard will show their actions in daily training.
, whose level of effort can rank among the top five in the team.
Especially Aldridge, his self-discipline is the best in the team.
If the big guys set an example, the atmosphere of the entire team will naturally improve.
After personally experiencing and feeling all this, Beverley no longer felt as unhappy as when he first arrived at the Portland Trail Blazers a few days ago.
"Bah bang bang!"
Terry Stotts patted the tactical board to attract everyone's attention.
"In the second quarter, we changed to the second set of tactics."
Then, he began to draw on the tactical board.
The second set of tactics is to temporarily put Beverley into the main lineup and play Lillard's position. This lineup has been tested many times in the team's training games these days, and its defensive effect has been unanimous.
Recognition.
The coach is preparing to use the Spurs as a whetstone!
Looking at the league, I'm afraid only the Portland Trail Blazers can
Have such confidence.
Lillard asked: "Coach, the experimental period for the second set of tactics is still short after all. Do we really want to use the Spurs as our first actual opponent?"
To be fair, Lillard does not want his playing time to be reduced, and he is right, after all, their opponent tonight is the Spurs, the top team.
"This tactic will come out sooner or later. Instead of picking some weak opponents, it is better to directly choose the strongest Spurs. Trust me and your teammates."
At this point, Lillard did not do much to dissuade him.
"King, whether the tactics can work or not, it depends on you next."
Terry Stotts and his teammates unanimously set their sights on Wang Zelin.
If Wang Zelin's core role in the first set of tactics is not important enough, Lillard and Aldridge share some of it; then in the second set of tactics, Wang Zelin, who is responsible for supporting, must act as the team's pivot, and the team's offense
Whether it is smooth or not is closely related to him.
Therefore, as the absolute core of the second set of tactics, he needs to consider all factors on the field, and the psychological pressure is less than that of the first set of tactics.
"clear!"
Feeling the heavy burden on his shoulders, Wang Zelin said solemnly.
For him, this is a new major test. If he passes it, it will not only enrich the team's tactical system, but also allow him to further explore his potential strength and accelerate his personal strength.
In the second quarter of the game, the main lineups of both sides came on the field, and the Spurs were the first to attack.
When the Trail Blazers players came on the court, people were surprised to find: "The player who was the point guard became the No. 3 who had had a glimpse of performance before."
Is it possible that in addition to defense, this No. 3 is also good at organization?
The commentators from TNT and the Imperial TV station immediately stopped their commentary and focused their attention on the field.
Parker was in good condition today. He only scored 4 points in the first quarter, which seemed a bit small, but he only took 2 shots, which means he hit 100%.
At the same time, he also sent two assists, one to Duncan and Danny Green.
During the break, Simawei made offensive adjustments and became Tony Parker's assistant in attack and organization, while Duncan switched to the second attacker and high-position support.
Simaweiji proposed a 0.5-second offensive tactic this year, which required players to react within 0.5 seconds whether to pass or shoot.
The introduction of this tactic has greatly improved the Spurs' offensive transition speed. Their ball is moving rapidly on the court, which is quite shocking to the fans' visual senses.
No one dares to compare this Spurs with the Spurs of the early 2000s who emphasized defense first.
The person most gratified by the Spurs' transformation is probably league president David Stern, who has less than three months left in his term.
He has waited for this day for too long!
However, when Tony Parker saw the opponent player changed from Lillard to Beverley, he couldn't help but want to test how deep the latter's water was?
Tony Parker waved to his teammates to pull away.
Although the offensive adjustments on the field were not satisfactory to his own arrangement, Simawei was not dissatisfied, he just smiled.
Having cooperated for so many years, Sima Wei, who is also a teacher and friend of the three GDP people, understands Tony Parker's idea, and if he wants to try it, let him try it.
The teammates stood apart, and Tony Parker started to get serious, constantly dribbling the ball from his hips, changing directions and moving laterally from outside the three-point line, and occasionally taking a test step. Beverley watched the former's performance without moving.
It wasn't until he realized Tony Parker's true intention to step out with his right foot and accelerate towards the penalty area that Beverley took a step sideways and blocked Tony Parker abruptly.
On the sidelines, the young Coach Lee showed a hint of surprise on his face.
"Accurate defensive prediction, that guy was able to block Tony Parker's breakthrough!"
His eyes widened.
Then, Lillard saw another sideways move by Beverley, once again blocking Tony Parker's breakthrough route, and the look of surprise on his face was even greater.
After several consecutive stops, Tony Parker was forced to stop the ball on the spot by an unknown player.
After stopping the ball, Tony Parker did not dare to act rashly and could only pass the ball out and reorganize the attack.
From the outside, when Danny Green received the ball, there was very little attack time left. He didn't even have time to make a move, so he shot directly and missed.
Beverley's personal defense frustrated the Spurs' main point guard's offensive intentions and gave the team one more offensive opportunity in disguise.
What is even more surprising is that as a point guard, Beverley did not go back to control the ball. Instead, small forward Batum was advancing.
What about Beverly?
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"???"
Everyone was confused.
Sima Wei was also confused by the alternative play style of Trail Blazers 3 and decided to observe it for a while.
Arriving in the frontcourt, Wang Zelin pushed past Duncan and came to the right side of the free throw line, where Batum passed the ball.
"Um……"
Subsequently, Simavici saw the other four players of the Trail Blazers starting to move continuously, either cutting inside or pulling out three-pointers.
Wang Zelin raised the ball facing the frame, suddenly leaned against Duncan, collected the ball to his left waist, and passed it to the penalty area.
At the same time, Aldridge cut inside from the left corner, ran over to catch the ball, and succeeded in a backhand layup.
25:21.
"This is……"
Simavici couldn't sit still anymore and stood up. Suddenly, a figure appeared in his mind, slowly overlapping with No. 36 on the field.
"No, look again..."
Then, he shook his head again.
Spurs attack.
Tony Parker, who understood that Beverly was indeed in deep water, did not continue to fight. After calling the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball back to Duncan in two steps just after crossing the free throw line. Duncan quickly passed the ball back and assisted Tony Parker for a layup.
The exchange of passes from one mile to the other is inseparable from a high degree of tacit understanding between the players... However, who makes this team the Spurs?
"Charles, have you noticed that in these two offensive rounds, the core of the tactics of both teams is the same, both are centers!" Smith asked.
"You said it, it's true!" Barkley suddenly realized, and continued: "The reason why the Trail Blazers' main point guard Damian Lillard did not play is because there is a good playmaker on the field at this time.
The player who fulfills the mission is the king!"
In the next round, the Trail Blazers attacked and the ball was handed to Wang Zelin again, and the four teammates began to move around without the ball.
This time, Wang Zelin was in the low post and hit Duncan with his back to advance two steps. Matthews went straight to the basket from the top of the key and passed the free throw line. Wang Zelin seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, raising the ball above his head and passing it behind him.
"boom!"
Matthews caught the ball and dunked.
This was the Trail Blazers' third alley-oop of the game. Nowadays, few people can perform such an alley-oop performance under the Spurs' defense.
Not to mention he did it three times in less than half a game.
"Princeton! Chris Webber..."
Simaweiji slowly sat down, but kept repeating these two words.
The so-called Princeton refers to the Princeton tactics widely circulated in basketball games. This tactical offensive system is mainly positioned at constant passing, blocking people and conscious movement without the ball.
If you want to play Princeton well, you must have a center who has a good overall view, is good at passing, and preferably has offensive ability, because the most important thing in this tactic is to "give the ball to the center!"
The Kings back then were the most successful example of Princeton tactics being implemented in the NBA because they had the talented inside man Chris Webber.
But such talented insiders are so hard to find.
The Mosaic coaching staff at that time tried to recreate the glory of the Kings' Princeton system through Yao Ming, but it naturally failed... The biggest reason is that Yao Ming is not Weber!
The San Antonio Spurs, who believe in team first, play team basketball, and their current offensive tactics are indispensable for their Princeton tactics.
It can be said that Duncan's role to the Spurs is no less than that of Webber to the former Kings.
However, due to Webber's uniqueness, the King's Princeton system cannot be copied. As a master tactician, Simavici chose to take out the part that was most suitable for the Spurs when studying the team's offensive system, and did not replicate all of it.
Now, he sees the shadow of Weber in another inside player.
Unlike Yao Ming and Duncan, Wang Zelin and Sima Wei, who has used various tactical systems this year, instinctively feel that this young man is extremely adaptable to the Princeton system.
Just like the talented Weber back then, it can be said that he was born for the Princeton system.
Don't doubt a master tactician's intuition!
At this time, the only thing that confused Simavici was that Princeton emphasized that all five players on the court should be able to pass the ball, shoot, love organization, and maintain team spirit.
So, what is the reason why Terry Stotts went to Beverly?
The fans in the stands did not think as deeply, as far, and as much as Simavici did...
They saw most intuitively with their own eyes that the offenses of the two teams on the field suddenly became faster, accompanied by a large number of ball possession transitions and players' non-stop movements without the ball.
So smooth!
At the same time, fans also enjoyed watching it very much.
When it came to the official timeout of the second quarter, there were about three minutes left, and the players from both sides went off to rest.
Simavici took over the game statistics sheet from the assistant coach, and could no longer take his eyes off the piece of paper, fixating on Tony Parker's second quarter statistics - 0 points, 1 assist, 0 rebounds, and 0 steals.
After half a quarter, Tony Parker, the Spurs' scoring leader for the past two years, failed to score a single point.
When he looked at Tony Parker dissatisfied, the latter's jersey was already wet with sweat, and his whole body looked like he had just been fished out of the water.
"Tony, you..."
Sima Weiwei asked in shock.
"Sir, that kid No. 3 from the Trail Blazers is so difficult to deal with. He has been following me every step of the way since the second quarter. Whether I have the ball or not, he always makes me feel really uncomfortable... That kid is so disgusting.
!Fake squid!”
At the end of the sentence, the French sent a telegraph tone.
Pair!
Simawei finally understood his opponent's sinister intentions.
But then, he looked at Trail Blazer 3 and thought inexplicably: If we bring that guy over, will he be Bruce again?