Legend Raiders

Chapter 383
What is the old man playing with?
Everyone is guessing what Popovich's intentions are.

Make sense.

Although the Spurs' lineup is very reasonable and the thickness is very good, but it's a bit too much to play like this from the beginning?

You must know that the Rockets are the main force in a serious manner. Could it be that they are so ignored by them?

But Popovich's intentions are definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Since he has such an arrangement, he naturally has his own ideas.

Play.

No matter how crazy other people think, only the final result of the game can explain the problem.

Come to the middle circle.

The bald referee Crawford informed both sides of some precautions.

Asked their opinions, and then signaled to the technical desk.

jump ball.

In front of DeJuan Blair, Asik was finally able to stand up once, and he got the ball, and he was quite proud of it.

But before he was happy, Blair had already run away, as if he didn't care at all.

With a curl of his lips, Asik ran to the frontcourt with a groan.

Simultaneously.

McHale was already standing on the sidelines and yelling at the court, indicating that he will focus on the inside next.

Such an arrangement is also expected, after all, Blair and Asik are not in the same class.

card position.

Although Asik's inside skills are very traditional and more defensive, he still has a lot of confidence in bullying guys who are not as tall as him.

Jeremy Lin cut in very cleverly. Just as Asik took his position, the basketball was passed to him.

catch the ball.

Asik used his big body to directly start the inside offense.

As a traditional center, his back is not as good as a powerful center, but if you underestimate him, you really have to drink a pot.

It can be seen from Blair's expression that he is obviously struggling to defend.

In this way, Asik is comfortable, and he is in the attacking position with just two backs.

Hook sideways.

The basketball easily entered the net without any obstruction at all.

But under the excited cheers of the fans, the Spurs players were very calm and did not react to the ball.

Easy to fight again.

Parker held the ball and advanced the frontcourt, and Duncan and the others immediately started to settle.

With Blair as a short insider, the twin-tower tactics have been abolished invisibly.

But the twin towers are not just the cooperation of the two insiders, they can also make one of them play what they want.

However, the Spurs chose to rotate positions, and a wrong body between Blair and Duncan prompted Asik to hit the old insider.

Bang!
Duncan is also a wonderful person, without any wordiness, as simple as always, he launched an attack directly.

Because Asik couldn't respond in time, he directly let Duncan lean into the penalty area.

At this position, let alone a player at the same level as Duncan, I am afraid that the DOP will come in person, and that will not be able to stop it.

Deng's footsteps started, and with a wave of his long arm, the basketball easily entered the net.

When it was over, Duncan just buried his head and ran away, as if he had done something bad.

But when the Rockets launched an attack, Qin Tao, who was sitting off the court, frowned slightly.

Honestly.

The current Spurs are really strange. They seem to be doing things step by step, and they don't seem to be playing any strange moves, and they don't feel unexpected at all.

However, as an inside player, Qin Tao always felt that there was a ghost here. As for asking him to say something, he couldn't say one, two, three.

uncomfortable.

Qin Tao frowned even deeper, he couldn't figure it out and could only watch quietly.

that's it.

As the game gradually deepened, the two sides have always been playing inside the game, and the outside players have completely become accompanying runners.

It wasn't until the official timeout of the first quarter that the two teams returned to the field.

Such a dull game not only puzzled Qin Tao, but even O'Neill and the others in the commentary position couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Popovich was selling in his gourd.

"Could it be that Greg wants to hit the inside success rate?"

O'Neill said strangely.

Van Gundy, a former NBA coach, shook his head and said, "Although the Spurs have the upper hand in the inside confrontation between the two teams, the point difference is still around four points, and there is nothing outstanding at all."

"What's more, such a flat game without too many tactics is not Greg's style at all. I guess there must be a longer-term plan in it."

longer term?
Others looked at him one after another, and everyone fell into deep thought.

at the same time.

When the game was about to start, Popovich made another personnel adjustment.

This time he substituted Duncan for Boris Diaw and Matt Bonner for Blair.

Ginobili was not replaced on the outside, but Patty Mills and Gary Neal were replaced.

Such an astonishing move by Popovich really scared countless people.

Is this the rhythm of giving up the game?

He actually put on all the substitutes to play!

But when Harden and the others still played with all their main force and were about to change their tactics to focus on Harden, they seemed to have encountered a lot of trouble.

With the height of the lineup dropped a lot and the lineup obviously more flexible, the Spurs actually played a set of tactics that didn't match their style at all.

They gave up the twin towers and played a tactic similar to small ball.

Thus.

Popovich's change of formation instantly stunned the five people in the commentary.

Especially Van Gundy, who is also an academic, he stood up in surprise.

my God!

Van Gundy looked at the court in disbelief. The Spurs played this tactic so smoothly, and they also had a terrible pressure on the defensive end, which instantly plunged the Rockets into a quagmire.

This is definitely not an exaggeration.

The Rockets seem to be unaccustomed to the environment and cannot adjust in a short time.

Arguably.

The Rockets are the team that likes the fast pace the most, but the Spurs' eight-second-based tactic and the man-eating defense make them feel like they are trapped in the arms of an octopus, unable to use it at all.

a time.

In the 9th minute of the first quarter, the Spurs relied on Popovich's surprise change to get a nine-point advantage over the Rockets.

Back off the field.

McHale looked at the very frustrated Harden and the others, wishing he could slap himself hard.

When the Spurs played such a strong tactic, since he was afraid of wolves and tigers, because he was worried about Popovich's conspiracy, he didn't replace Qin Tao to take the lead.

it's good now.

Not to mention that the Spurs have led so much, the main players on the human side have not played yet.

Hey!
For the first time, McHale hated his own strain and mentality.

If he could replace Qin Tao early, or make personnel adjustments and tactical changes, maybe the Spurs would not lead so much.

Don't blame him for being like this, it's all because once the Spurs take the lead and want to take it out of their mouths, then I really don't know what price to pay.

What's more, with the stability of the Spurs, how many mistakes do you expect them to make.

(End of this chapter)