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Chapter 1503 Chapter 1502. Super Coach Popovich (seeking monthly ticket)

Although leading by two points and entering the intermission, the Spurs were not very excited. The players were full of ambitions and wanted to beat the Hawks in the second half. Duncan's three-pointer at the buzzer boosted morale, mainly Popovich. In the second half of the second quarter, Popovich could only rearrange the star singles tactics.

First, the Spurs system is immature, and the Eagles have gradually adapted to the defense of the Spurs' running offense.

Although he stumbled at the beginning, relying on the characteristic of "rejecting horses", Liu Mang gradually supported Battier, Duncan, and Brent Barry who came off the bench to distribute the ball, and became more and more proficient in preparing for the defense and commanding his teammates to run before the system prompted.

There seems to be a natural tacit understanding with the Koga Yaoao foursome of the Lakers. In addition, there are usually at least three players on the court, and there are only two different role players; the Spurs usually have two stars on the court, and there are three role players. The complexity of tactics is even more complex than the triangle offense.

This hindered the Spurs team's offense to a certain extent.

The second is that the Eagles' offense is too stable!Liu Mang, McGrady, Jason Terry, Jermaine O'Neal and even Scola all have solid mid-range singles.

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Jason Terry, Jr.'s singles are all right. When the Hawks sent these four and Scola's lineup, the Spurs mainly defended the other four, but even Scola's mid-range shots were very accurate, not like a rookie at all!
Scola, who has been playing Spanish basketball in Europe since the age of 16, has been playing professional basketball for more than ten years. Although he entered the NBA for the first time, he found that the entire NBA is a formidable opponent, but Scola has no stage fright, and he can throw whatever he needs. After all, he is a 27-year-old "veteran".

The opponent has found a way to defend against their system offense, and the efficiency of their system offense has declined in the first half of the second quarter. At this time, Popovich's choice has to be changed back to star play.

It has to be said that when the team was not completely at a disadvantage, Popovich had extremely keen judgment and made a very correct choice.

Jermaine O'Neal's defense is barely good. After all, he used to be one of the best inside defenses in the Eastern Conference, but Scola is an absolute defensive black hole. The Spurs' star tactics don't give up the system, but they don't have to play so much trouble. Just help Duncan find the opportunity to match Scola inside. The other inside of the Spurs is replaced by a mid-range shooter with a pick-and-roll.

Relying on their personal abilities, the troika overtook the score before halftime.

邓肯前面一节多比赛只拿到4分，但第二节后半段拿到11分，半场拿到15分7板4助攻1盖帽2抢断。

Ginobili was the key for the Spurs to sustain the situation when the team's offensive performance was not good in the first half of the second quarter, scoring 7 points in the half quarter.

Parker had 3 points and 4 assists in the first half. His offensive performance was so-so today. Rondo and Liu Mang took turns defending, which greatly suppressed his personal offense.

But Parker and Duncan scored 8 assists in the first half, and the Spurs only led by 2 points. It took Duncan's 11 points in the second half of the second quarter and a three-pointer at the buzzer to lead by two points!

9投4中，其中三分球3中1，罚球4中4，刘莽半场拿到13分5助攻3篮板2盖帽，麦迪7中4，只有中投命中，罚球5中3，半场11分。

Jason - Terry and Luis Scola both scored 7 points, Jermaine O'Neal scored 5 points.

Playing the Spurs, the Eagles have prepared a group of mid-range masters from the beginning!

In the second half of the second quarter, Duncan was so fierce that the Eagles still maintained the lead because of the super mid-range lineup of Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Scola, and Jermaine O'Neal!It's just that Duncan finally overtook with a three-pointer at the buzzer like a ghost.

In the Spurs locker room, Popovich sat next to the small blackboard, thinking of the Eagles' past games this season and today's game, and gradually analyzed the Eagles' play this season.

"Team offense based on different inside combinations?"

With that in mind, Popovich wrote something on the tactical board.

If Liu Mang were here, he would probably be scared to pee!

The board read: "Jermaine O'Neal, Luis Scola - Spurs; Kwame Brown, Marion - Cavaliers; Brad Miller, Marion - Mavericks..."

Popovich wrote, erased, kept shaking his head, and kept changing...

Slowly, Popovich left a few inside combination methods that he thought were reliable on the small blackboard!

Just as Liu Mang gradually found a way to deal with the not-so-mature Spurs system and forced the Spurs to increase their star roles, Popovich also analyzed Liu Mang's basic strategy!

It's just that both of them have the same problem, which is an unsolvable problem.

The analysis came out, and it was completely suppressed... Neither of them had a good solution.

Liu Mang can find some ways to deal with the Spurs system, but the Spurs system coupled with the troika's peak singles is quite unsolvable; Popovich's views on the current tactical thinking of the Eagles are very straightforward, but there is no solution!
Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Tracy McGrady, Scola, Jermaine O'Neal... Faced with this lineup, Popovich thinks it's not too difficult to find a way to start from the offensive end. It must be guarded... unless all five of them play iron today.

And Scola!
Originally, Popovich thought that the goal of the Eagles' trade with Battier was Brad Miller, but he didn't expect it to be Scola!

Brad Miller has always been beaten by Duncan. Popovich has prepared to attack and defend against Brad Miller. As a result, Brad Miller played for a few minutes when Duncan rested today. Duncan went up, and the power forwards sent by the Eagles were all mid-range shooters!

Popovich wanted to scratch his head, but thought of the opposing coach's hairstyle, Popovich held back.

However, today's game also gave Popovich some hints that the strength of the three major players is still at its peak, so it is not a bad thing to make fine-tuning to the system so that the three have more roles. For Popovich, the current situation is still very favorable. Duncan's 11 points in the second half of the second quarter gave Popovich a lot of confidence.

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Back from the intermission, the expressions of the players of the two teams were very different.

The Spurs came back with the high morale feeling of overtaking the lead at halftime.

As for the Eagles, it seemed that they were frightened. TNT commentator Charles Barkley was teasing the Eagles again, saying that they were frightened by Duncan's three-pointer.

Only the Eagles know why they look terrified...

Gortat set foot on the court with a difficult mission, as if he was going to die with the terrorists.

The Hawks sent Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Michael Finley, O'Neal, and Gortat.

When Popovich saw this lineup, although it was strange that the Eagles had no communication and came back from the intermission, Popovich was very sure of this lineup.

Gortat also has a mid-range shot. Although he looks a little stage frightened, he has good ability. The other four players are all veterans with a mid-range shot. The youngest Liu Mang is also in his seventh year of career.

Now that Jason Terry and Finley are on the court, Popovich is ready to increase Ginobili's role, sending Parker, Ginobili, Battier, Duncan, and Francisco Elson's lineup.

The game started in the second half, and the Eagles took the lead.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Jason Terry. Jason Terry played a mid-range single. After attracting a pincer, he passed the ball to Finley. Finley made a mid-range jumper from the baseline...

hit!

The Spurs are trying to let go of Finley, the veteran with the worst stability. This is a matter of defensive strategy, and there are necessary defensive options. Finley can't help them.

61 flats!
Both teams have maintained a fairly efficient scoring efficiency.

The Hawks entered, and Popovich couldn't do anything about it. This was expected. The opponent's four mid-range veterans were on the court. Gortat squatted under the basket, and Elson also had to guard. Except for O'Neal, the other three Eagles have averaged at least 5 assists in a season in their careers.

Popovich was not impatient, and was going to start with the offensive end first. There was still half of the game, and he slowly analyzed the opponent and took his time.

But... After the Spurs started to attack, they found that the opponent seemed to be in a hurry, and the defense was quite rough!

When Duncan accepted Elson's pick-and-roll in the paint and went out to pick-and-roll Parker with Gortat's defense, Gortat seemed to be anxious about the pick-and-roll and pushed Duncan!
The referee whistled, and the Eagles defended and pushed!
The Spurs' offensive clock went back to 24 seconds.

Young players tend to be impatient. The fans did not blame Gortat for fouling and gave applause.

Duncan also patted Gortat on the back, saying that he didn't care.

Gortat felt tormented in his heart... The other person is really nice!

But the boss's arrangement is bigger than the sky!

Gortat could only say sorry silently in his heart...

The Spurs re-attacked. The Spurs had an offensive combination of inside and outside. Ginobili was the sharp knife on the outside, but Duncan, the most stable point, must come first in the opening game.

The Eagles defended against Duncan with Jermaine O'Neal. Duncan can play hard singles, but the consumption will be relatively high. The core of the Spurs system is to allow players to score in the easiest way.

Duncan continued to play off-the-ball pick-and-roll with Elson and forced the Eagles to switch inside, and then came out to help Parker, who was holding the ball, to block Liu Mang.

When Duncan turned around and cut in, he felt that Gortat was quite smart, and he was not as overly excited as he was defending last time. After all, Parker has no long-range shooting ability.

When Duncan ran Liu Mang into the basket, Gortat also retracted, but Duncan had already reached the arc of the reasonable collision zone!

When Duncan receives the ball in this position, there is no solution!And Parker's pass was timely and in place!The tacit understanding between the two over the past seven years is no less than the tacit understanding between Liu Mang and Jason Terry!
Duncan received the ball, switched the ball to his left hand, and threw it high!

Duncan's high-altitude hits without jumping, using his wingspan and changing hands, under normal circumstances, such a shot from this position is basically unstoppable.

but……

Duncan just switched to the left hand and stretched out. Gortat gave Duncan a bear hug and pressed Duncan's two arms together...

Duncan uses both left and right hands very well under the basket. Gortat couldn't predict Duncan's choice of hands when he shot, so he hugged both arms together!
"beep"

The referee whistles, and Gortat fouls Duncan on shooting!
Duncan got two free throws!

Duncan looked at Gortat with a confused expression, and suddenly thought of a terrible thing!

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Sorry for the lateness, I was too tired during the day, I drank porridge after get off work and prepared to take a nap before writing. When I closed and opened my eyes, it was 12 o'clock, so I quickly got up and wrote a chapter.

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