God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 382

At the beginning of the second quarter, Popovich did not send Duncan, but put Robinson on the court, hoping that he could create some rest time for Duncan.I have to say that Robinson is worthy of being one of the four major centers of the year, and he still maintains a good competitive state at the age of nearly [-]. Dalembert, who came off the bench, looked like a rookie who had just learned to play basketball in front of him.

However, Robinson is not obsessed with self-offensive offense. He knows that he is no longer the top center who can score 71 points in a single game and win the scoring title.So after attracting the defense, Robinson began to play for his teammates very selflessly, and both Rose and Daniels enjoyed his assists.This is exactly what Popovich hopes to see. After dismantling the twin towers, the team can maintain the No. [-] tactic throughout the game and continue to put pressure on the opponent.

Popovich's tactics surprised Brown. He knew that his disciple was deeply influenced by his defensive philosophy. Although he had served as an assistant coach next to the offensive maniac Old Nelson, he was generally a defensive player. coach.However, this time he chose to use the No. 76 tactic to play against the [-]ers, and the effect was also very good.

In fact, Popovich himself was also surprised. Since he got Duncan in the draft in 1997, he has always used the twin towers as his regular tactics and never thought of taking them apart. Xintiandi.

But Popovich can’t use it without taking it apart. Robinson has already announced that he will choose to retire after the end of this season, regardless of whether the team wins the championship or not. So from next season, the Spurs can only rely on Duncan on the inside. .Of course, Popovich will still get a big center to partner with Duncan, but it is still very difficult to reach Robinson's level.

The 76ers' bench lineup in this round of the series is quite strong, and Robinson took a lot of effort to bring a bunch of substitutes to support the starters during the rest period.Even so, the Spurs trailed 55-60 when Duncan and the others played, but Robinson has done all he can, and Popovich can't ask him too much.

Fortunately, after Duncan came up, he stabilized the situation with two consecutive mid-range shots, and did not allow the 76ers' substitutes to stretch the score too much.Yes, now Brown has not been sent to start at all, and he is still using the bench to deal with the Spurs.This is suffering for Dalembert, who has to withstand Duncan's continuous post-up singles at the basket.As a rookie, the gap between him and Duncan is still quite large. Let alone defending against Duncan's attack, even if he can cause interference to the opponent, it is commendable.

Seeing that the Spurs had already tied the score, Brown decisively changed into the starting lineup. The previous games have proved that this wonderful starting lineup can be trusted.But when they played, it became a tug-of-war between the two teams, and you came and I scored consecutively.It can be seen from this that both sides feel good today, which invisibly reduces the difficulty for the 76ers to grab rebounds.After all, there are no rebounds to grab, so the Spurs' advantage in rebounds will be compressed to a minimum.

By the end of the first half, the 76ers scored 75 points, but the Spurs also scored 73 points, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for them.Although it was a bit shameful to lose nearly 80 points in the half, the Spurs still came back on the offensive end. Popovich used his own strength to prove that the defensive team can also play a beautiful offense.

Of course, Brown is not dissatisfied with this score. He never thought that this game could rely on this wonderful starter to gain an advantage, but the performance of the players still gave him a big surprise.During the intermission, he praised all the players in the locker room, but at the same time he also said that the team may not have such good luck in the second half. Opportunities can steal a victory, but they will never steal the second game. Everyone has to give 200% effort.

In Brown’s view, the performance of the players in the first half still has a lot of room for improvement. For example, the running can be more active, and the passing does not need to be too complicated. Sometimes it seems that everyone just passes the ball for the sake of passing. , Obviously there has been a vacancy, and they have to change hands again. This will undoubtedly delay the fighter and give the teammates a blame.

As for the defense against Duncan and Robinson, Brown thinks there is nothing to say. After all, with the strength of the Spurs' twin towers, the 76ers' roster has no insiders who can defend them, so they can only watch them continue to score. Send an assist.In fact, this is also the sorrow of the 76ers. Their outside offensive group is very luxurious, but the inside can only dominate the East, and they have not encountered any teams with strong inside in the previous series.Now that the Spurs twin towers are directly hitting their weakness, it seems that Brown should continue to reserve inside players this summer.

After the start of the second half, everyone wanted to widen the point difference, but no one could widen the point difference. The 76ers are mainly limited by rebounds. Although defensive rebounds can be swarmed up to grab them, they can only give up on offense.The reason for the Spurs is that they are not accurate enough for three-pointers from the outside. In fact, their outside player configuration is seriously aging. It is no wonder that they selected Parker in the draft last year, but a rookie is not enough for the Spurs.Seeing several veterans running hard on the field, Chang Wei finally understood why Popovich hurriedly brought Ginobili to the United States in his previous life.

But now that Ginobili is still playing in Italy, he can't save the Spurs' old guard.Fortunately, the Spurs still have the twin towers, and Popovich put Duncan and Robinson on the court at the same time with more than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, trying to let them activate the team's offense together.His strategy obviously succeeded. The high and low passes of Duncan and Robinson gave the Spurs a 6-0 spurt in an instant. When these two big men are standing in the high and low positions, it is difficult to guard them.This small climax also allowed the Spurs to reverse the situation, not only smoothing the point difference, but also overtaking by 2 points by the way, and leaving the 76ers with 10.3 seconds.

After serving the ball from the center line, the 76ers sent the ball to Reed with great difficulty, and Bowen was still standing in front of him.Originally, Reed could use a screen to find a shot space, but there was not much time left for him. In the end, he could only throw the ball under Bowen's defense with difficulty.Although Bowen stretched Shen Chi's hand and did not touch the basketball, it still caused interference to Reed, causing the lore three-pointer to hit the frame under the watchful eyes of the fans.

In the end, the Spurs narrowly won the second game 102-100, and the two sides drew 1-1.

(End of this chapter)