You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 758 An Unstoppable Offensive

Before the game, everyone said that Wei Xia was an unavoidable countermeasure for the Spurs' defensive end.

In the first half, Wei Xia personally proved that they were right.

The Spurs used Leonard, the strongest point on their wing line, to match up all the way, and Duncan on the inside could make up for it at any time as long as he saw Weixia break through.

In the case of facing the strongest defender of the Spurs inside and outside, Weixia scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, and his shooting percentage exceeded 70%.

In the first half of the second quarter, Jay Wright boldly used a small lineup to speed up, which really surprised the Spurs, who had a lineup of GDP + Leonard + Diaw at that time.

The age of GDP is there, and if they start to speed up, they will suffer.

Dior is a fat man, what will happen to the fat man when he faces his opponent?

Although Leonard is young, he is a heavy forward. Positional warfare is his strength. Running with the small lineup of the 76ers is not easy.

In just 2 minutes, the 76ers beat the Spurs to the ground, 40 to 29.

The 76ers once led by 11 points.

Popovich found that the situation was wrong, called a timeout to remove Diaw and Duncan, who was exhausted by the blitzkrieg of the 76ers, went to Green to enhance the defensive strength and outside range, and then went to Split to increase the heads-up point of the positional battle.

They have to fight the 76ers in a positional battle and hold down the rhythm.

The 76ers replaced Nash and Hayes in exchange for Rondo and Cousins.

The Spurs want to play a positional battle, so they have to play a good positional battle with them.

Duncan was suddenly missing on the opposite side, and Cousins' anger could only be spilled on Splitter.

In those few minutes, Cousins ​​made sudden shots, made Splitter two fouls, and scored 11 points.

Fortunately, the Spurs have strong firepower from the outside. Whenever the 76ers score points, someone from the outside can stand up and make a three-pointer.

Patty Mills was the surprise soldier who saved the situation. His three three-pointers prevented Cousins' explosion from having the maximum effect.

However, the Spurs' crisis has already formed.

The main insider Split received his fourth foul in Cousins' offensive half. Although he did not foul again before the end of the first half, there was still a second half.

Split, who has committed four offenses, will be cautious about his defense in the second half.

Although Splitter's physical condition is not as outrageous as Wang Zhelin's, it is also in the poor category in the NBA.

His advantage is that he has a good low-post offensive ability, high-post support can be excessive, the inside can cooperate with Duncan to make internal passes, high basketball IQ, and his defensive ability, also known as the so-called standing defense, is no less than Duncan.

Such a versatile insider got into foul trouble in the first half, which will bring a great test to the Spurs' employment in the second half.

After the first half, the 76ers 58 to 49, leading the Spurs by 9 points.

Their performance is better than the Spurs. Except for Wei Xia's unsolvable personal performance, the young players and veterans in the team are all remarkable.

Although it was the first time to play the finals, there was no power outage or unfamiliarity.

"This is the moment we have been waiting for for a long time." Wei Xia told reporters, "The finals are also part of the playoffs, we just play the finals as a playoffs."

In the halftime lounge, Jay Wright focused on the strategy of attacking the inside.

"TD's defense is very strong, but his physical strength can't support the whole game. The Brazilian has committed four fouls. If we can beat him down, we will easily win Game1!"

At the beginning of the second half, Danny Green's three-pointer blew the Spurs' determination to narrow the gap.

52 is better than 58
At the same time, facing Duncan again, Cousins ​​insisted on the ball.

Rondo passes the ball with doubt.

The answer given by Cousins ​​​​was completely different from the first half. The confidence from the Brazilian was fed back to Duncan.

He arched his back with all his strength, turned around and faced the basket for a strong kill. Although he missed, Duncan fouled.

Made two free throws at the free throw line.

60 is better than 52
If Duncan treats Cousins ​​as the little kid he played with in the first quarter, he will definitely suffer a big loss.

He is a center forward this season!
Then came Duncan's response.

Parker suddenly missed a three-pointer and Duncan made an offensive rebound.

The ball returned to Parker's hands, and he broke into the lane with the extra offensive opportunity out of thin air.Cousins' help defense left Duncan open and Parker split the ball.

Duncan slammed high, drew Cousins' third foul, and scored.

When Duncan walked to the free throw line with a serious face, Cousins ​​knew that the opponent regarded him as an opponent of the same level.But what he wants to get is not this kind of recognition. He is a center forward, and he deserves to play a level higher than Duncan.

Duncan 2+0, 54 to 60.

Then he used a circle to deal with Cousins. Cousins, who wanted to get the ball in the low post, had no good chance. Rondo could only pass the ball to Wei Xia first.

Leonard hopes to use his wingspan to wrap Wei Xia.

Instead, his long arm became Wei Xia's porcelain prop, and Wei Xia relied on Leonard's arm to take off with all his strength.

Obviously with confrontation, his jump was 100 centimeters away, which made Leonard sigh.

On one side, the referee whistled, and on the other side, Wei Xia was out of focus, had no sense of balance, and couldn't exert force on his feet. The only thing that allowed him to aim at the basket was his touch.

Larry Bird's touch certainly helped in that moment.

Wei Xia's ball was pulled out of his hand, and it was wonderful in the blink of an eye, which made people ecstatic.

"Shh!"

Miller said excitedly: "When Wish made a shot in weightlessness, I knew he would make it!"

Cole said in disbelief, "Me too!"

Seeing their reaction, Albert, who has been a commentator all his life, also said: "Yes, when a superstar dominates the game, the first to conquer is us sitting on the sidelines! We believe that he can make every shot, no matter how difficult it is!"

The Spurs counterattacked with the most violent offensive.

Then, Wei Xia teamed up with Cousins ​​to withstand it.

If they can't withstand the offensive in the past few minutes, the Spurs will even out the point difference, and then it will be a [-]-[-] stalemate again.

The veteran's power period is always those few minutes, and they know when the most critical time.

On another possession, the Spurs gave Duncan the ball.

This time, Cousins ​​bowed down humbly and lowered his center of gravity.

He wants to use himself as a basket leader to defend Duncan.

So Duncan could no longer push him away, even with an elbow.

Duncan pushed twice, couldn't advance, and tried sikma steps to create space, only to find that Cousins ​​counted all his steps.He couldn't get stuck there, so he took a turnaround fadeaway that he seldom made even in his prime.

He can't jump high anymore. In this case, he made a fadeaway jumper, and his opponent could keep up. Duncan's ball was completely blocked by Cousins.

His fadeaway shot didn't even touch the rim!
That's a signal!
Obvious signal!
The veterans of the Spurs are starting to get tired.

Their power period is over!

Rondo grabbed the defensive rebound and pushed back on the spot.

They don't pursue success rate, they pursue speed.

Rondo rushed to the frontcourt in a hurry, deliberately hitting the rebound to the backboard.

Hayward followed up and dunked himself.

65 is better than 54
The point difference returned to 11 points, and the Spurs were forced out of a timeout.

Back from the timeout, the Spurs traded Danny Green for Ginobili.

They figured out that shooters alone weren't enough to create the best offense, only true creators could save a shaky situation.

No one in the Spurs is better at creating life in this situation than Ginobili.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the choice of substitutions.

It's just that Green's three-pointers and defense are also what Ginobili cannot provide.

Leonard ran with all his strength, he worked very hard, but, with his level of effort, he still couldn't shake Wei Xia away.If you can't get rid of Wei Xia, you can't get a chance to score.

Wei Xia not only followed him, but also tried to give the Spurs the illusion that Leonard had a chance to catch the ball.

The off-the-ball defense made Leonard look like a success.

Ginobili made a one-handed cross, which is his specialty.

However, Wei Xia, who was left behind by Leonard, suddenly accelerated and rushed to the front, destroying the ball that should have been received by Leonard.

Cousins ​​picked up the ball on the ground, and the Spurs' offense was once again ruined by the suffocating defense in Wecha.

"Too strong, Wish!"

"Did Kawhi Leonard not work hard enough? Did Manu make any mistakes? No, they all did their best! But the opportunities they saw were just illusions given by Wish!"

Miller and Cole continued to praise Weixia's defense, and they couldn't imagine why this kind of thing happened.

Why did it happen?When John Havlicek's energy on the defensive end is intertwined with Wechat's dream of reality, the countless game experience gained, coupled with Skywalker's physical fitness, has created such a defense.When you have these conditions, this kind of terrible thing can happen.

And it's not a flash in the pan, it happens again and again!
The 76ers counterattacked, 67 to 54, and the difference between the two sides has reached 13 points.

The man who broke the game for them was Ginobili.

Duncan rarely had a bad pick-and-roll.

Ginobili was in a deep siege, and Weixia's double-team blocked the passing route.Ginobili couldn't see Duncan's situation clearly, so he didn't dare to pass the ball rashly, but the flank had already formed, if he didn't pass the ball, if he continued to delay, he would only make mistakes.

Ginobili chose to shoot himself.

He shoots first in the air, retracts the lever, and shoots.

This is a Maravich-style forced shot. Ginobili has a Maravich-like creativity, and he makes the ball under difficult circumstances.

This ball made the Spurs barely breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that the good times don't last long.

The 76ers were in full swing, Cousins ​​covered for Hayward on the outside, and ran to the top of the arc to screen for Rondo.

Immediately, he turned and cut in, and Rondo's ball hit the ground and hit Cousins' arms.

Cousins ​​didn't rush forward with the ball, attracted everyone's defense, and passed the ball to the outside rationally.

Outside the right-wing three-point line, Hayward, who played as dismal as Cousins ​​in the first quarter, caught the ball and shot.

The Spurs let him go, but this ball will never make the Spurs feel at ease like in the first quarter.

"Shh!"

"The Spurs are completely unable to stop the 76ers' offense!" Albert said loudly.

(End of this chapter)