basketball pope

Chapter 776 [I can see it, a wave of flow]

Curry doesn't care about being a backup, and Yang Rui has told him that Paul will leave after this season.

He gave up the ball in the playoffs this time, and he will be in the top position next season. Everyone is happy.Of course Curry can see that.Moreover, the tactics arranged by Yang Rui were more to his taste, and the second quarter was a run-and-gun chaotic battle.

Paul is a guy who's always on screens, running plays, looking for dislocations, and he plays very reasonably.Curry isn't a reasonable point guard, he's more of a shooting guard at heart.

Paul's ball-handling organization is still the same way, looking for opportunities to pass the ball to his teammates after the pick-and-roll.The Spurs began to cut off Paul's passing route, kept his distance, put Paul in a mid-range shot, and asked Parker to chase.

The other positions are single defense. The Clippers have the strongest three-point firepower in the league. Popovich emphasized that he would rather let the Clippers score two points than let them shoot three-pointers.

The Clippers' defensive strategy is the opposite, strictly preventing Parker from breaking through, and relying on rotation on the periphery.

Both sides are mainly star singles, the offensive rhythm is slow, the scene is not very good, the offensive efficiency is not high, and the score difference is close.The difference is that Yang Rui's expression is relaxed on the sidelines, everything is under control, while Popovich's expression is very serious.

Having played with Yang Rui several times in the playoffs, Popovich is very clear that the Spurs win by starting, and the bench is flawed, and the Clippers have yet to play their cards.

The key is that Rudy Gay didn't start today. During the regular season, Leonard's defense against Gay was relatively successful. Now, looking at the situation, Yang Rui is going to wait for Leonard to play Gay when he rests, and stagger them. playing time.

If you send someone else to defend Guy alone, they may not be able to defend.If Leonard's playing time is increased, the Spurs will definitely suffer a lot in terms of physical strength.The Clippers rely on the depth of the lineup to bully people, and Popovich has no way to break it, he can only fight hard.

The Spurs insisted on running tactics, played very seriously in each round, tried their best to create good shooting opportunities, and concentrated on defense. After the first quarter, the Clippers trailed 19-22.

The Clippers who can defend are less than 20 points, and the Spurs defense line is proud. McGrady is responsible for defending Korver, the task is easy, and it has not become a defensive loophole.McGrady also hit a two-pointer, the performance is quite satisfactory.

Griffin and Chandler, the Clippers who scored the most, scored 8 and 6 points respectively. The two hit the basket. One was that Diao was not tall enough, and the other was that they wanted to make Duncan foul.

In order to defend the penalty area, Popovich sent Split in the second half, and once the twin towers went up, it was even more difficult to score on the offensive end.

In the second quarter, the Clippers super bench bandit lineup appeared.Curry, Shane, Gay, Parsons, Faried.

Five Spurs: Gary Neal, Manu Ginobili, Fournier, Leonard, Matt Bonner.

Popovich gave Leonard a four-minute break in the first quarter, and now he's replaced.Swingers must be deployed to fight small balls. If the big man is on the 4th, the main defense of Gay or Leonard is dislocated.

The forward position is well-prepared, but the Spurs also have weaknesses on the outside. Yang Rui's tactic is to grab a rebound and then counterattack. No matter who attracts Leonard's defense, pass the ball to the forward to single out Fournier or Curry. Neil.

As in the positional battle, Faried attracted defenses from a low position and was ready to grab a rebound. The other three pulled away, and Curry directly singled out in the middle.

Neil is 193cm tall and weighs 95kg. He is very strong and is not afraid of confrontation, but he lacks the speed of defense and defense and is easy to pass.And he happened to be a guard who came out of the Clippers, Yang Rui is very aware of his weaknesses.

Curry passed Neil in the first round, broke into the inside, attracted Bonner to fill the defense and passed the ball to Faried, who scored an easy layup. 21 to 22.

The Spurs attacked and gave Ginobili the ball to attack, and Bonner gave Neil a side cover.

This is the routine that Yang Rui has been playing for many years, and it is all too familiar.

Against the Spurs' second lineup, the main thing is to prevent outside shots, and the swingman can guard the penalty area, because Bonner can't easily cut to the basket and play hard.

Don't look at Bonner's height of 208cm, weight of 109kg, and a standard inside figure, but he plays like a guard. He is always used to floating on the outside and shoots three-pointers with a trebuchet-like posture. He is one of the best three-point shooters in the league. one.

Unless Bonner is empty inside, he will never attack, and he will never play a small man to cheat free throws. The number of free throws in his life is the same as Harden's one season.

Ginobili was also uncomfortable when he encountered Battier. Both shot less than 40 percent from the basket.

Fournier has skills, but he can't play it. The quality of his mind is too poor in his rookie season, and he doesn't dare to play.When you catch the ball, pass it out, just play the role of passing the ball.

Leonard has been improving on the defensive end, and the offensive end is still a blue-collar who catches and shoots the ball. He also practices ball-handling in the team, but it is definitely not a good idea to let him hold the ball and attack Gay, who is similar in size.

After several passes, 24 seconds were quickly used up. Neil forced a shot against Curry and missed. Faried grabbed the rebound and immediately launched a counterattack.

Curry gave Gay the ball, and Gay attracted Leonard to defend and pass Parsons. The latter faced Fournier, who had an advantage in height and weight. He carried the opponent and forced a layup to miss, but made a foul.

Parsons made two free throws, 23-22.

The Spurs attacked, facing the Clippers’ shrinking, they still had no choice. Ginobili rushed in and was pinched and separated from the periphery. Fournier made an open three-pointer and missed the basket. The rebound was grabbed by Faried.

The Clippers counterattacked, Curry caught the ball and transported it to the frontcourt, made an emergency stop on the left and stepped back to face Neil and shot.Neil retreated too far back and didn't have time to take off. He just stretched out his hand to interfere, and the ball went into the net hollow. 26 to 22.

The Spurs attacked, Neil got rid of Curry by covering, attracted Faried to defend and gave the ball to Bonner. Bonner relied on his height advantage to make a 70-degree jumper on the right. Rebounding, jumping up and dialing out with one hand, Parsons picked up the rebound.

The Clippers fought back again, Parsons passed it to Curry, Curry took the ball and dribbled it outside the three-point line on the right, dribbled the ball to his left hand from behind, probed his left shoulder, and after attracting Neil to move laterally, he dribbled the ball under his hip He gave his right hand, took a step back and made a three-point shot.

Neil stumbled, but he didn't jump to block, and the ball went into the net hollow. 29 to 22.

The Clippers beat the Spurs 10-0 at the beginning, and Popovich was forced to call a timeout. He had to suppress the Clippers' fast-break momentum, otherwise a wave may take away the game.In the regular season, this kind of thing happened.

The bad thing is that the Spurs are missing No. 1. If Gary Neal doesn't make a cameo, he has to play the fringe Corey Joseph.

Joseph, who is 191cm tall and weighs 88kg, has a more active defense and a very bad offense. He is a rookie that Popovich overlooks.

This season he averaged 13.9 minutes, 4.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists, while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and only 28.6 percent from three-point range.As long as he is on the court, the Clippers can use the zone defense, and the formation shrinks to the vicinity of the penalty area to limit the Spurs' offense with less effort.

After some consideration, Popovich replaced Fournier and replaced Parker and Neil to play double guards together, which not only added a ball-handling player, but also ensured a stable three-pointer on the field.

However, in this way, Manu Ginobili moved to the small forward position again, which was relatively reluctant for him. One of him and Neil had to defend Parsons, which was a dislocation.

The Spurs can only play like this. If they send blue collars to strengthen their defense, they can't break the Clippers' defense.After Scola left, in addition to Duncan, the Spurs did not have a good inside scorer, which is why Duncan's data is beautiful.

(End of this chapter)