NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 131 Key Figures
It is definitely impossible for the Suns to double-team Duncan without the ball, so there will be a time difference.

When the Spurs also played the pick-and-roll, Duncan just seized the time difference of the Suns' defense and scored consecutively.

Duncan's explosive power is not as strong as Stoudemire, but he is tall and long, and it is only one step to dunk from the free throw line. As long as he thinks about it, he can make the Suns' defense too late.

The Suns have defense. It is really Duncan who is switching states and adapting to his unhurried rhythm in the first half. It is a bit difficult for him to suddenly speed up.

And Duncan didn't just speed up. If he was moving and killing inside, Stoudemire would suffer a lot in terms of blocking strength. Sometimes even if he double-teamed, he would be knocked away by Duncan.

This is incredible for ordinary players, but it is not too exaggerated for powerful inside players.

At the peak, O'Neal can be knocked away when surrounded by three people. Duncan just protects the ball from being interfered by the Suns players who come to help defend, and then knocks away the frontal defense. It's just a basic operation.

It's just that this kind of tough play is very exhausting, and Duncan never plays like this all the time.

Now it is for the third quarter to give the Suns a blow to the head, and this kind of courage is shown, which is also the plan of the Spurs.

In order to deal with Duncan, the Suns took the lead in making adjustments and replaced Varejao.

In direct hand-to-hand combat, Varejao is still better than Stoudemire, the key is not to consume Stoudemire's elves in such a place.

The Suns' plan for Duncan at halftime was not a passive defense.

Russell has been looking for opportunities, and finding time to pass the ball to his teammates to kill Duncan is the purpose.

Duncan usually has blue-collar inside protection. It is not so easy to kill him, and he may enter a dead end under his strong defensive ability.

But the Suns forced the opponent to play for one or four hours. Duncan was under a lot of defensive pressure. He had fouled three times in the first half, so the Suns had an idea.

Now no matter how many people the Spurs have inside, the Suns' players with strong physical fitness will turn towards Duncan when they find the right opportunity. As long as Duncan is off the court, the Spurs will not be the Western Conference powerhouse.

Duncan's significance to the Spurs is like Russell's significance to the Suns, the combination of GDP, and the other two are not as important as Duncan.

Duncan didn't panic. One of his fouls in the first half was completely accidental. As long as he concentrates, he has the confidence to control the foul problem and hit the inside of the Suns.

However, no matter how stable Duncan is, he can't control things on the court.

In less than 4 minutes, Russell found an opportunity. The cooperation between him and Stoudemire was a false screen. Mohamed was transferred out and Stoudemire turned around and went down quickly.

Russell's pass was impossible to miss. Stoudemire took the ball and started, rushing towards Duncan's arms, because the Suns cooperated with the Spurs this time and did not expect that Duncan's defense position was a bit forward. , As soon as Stoudemire broke out, Duncan had no time to hide.

He simply stretched out his long arms to cover Stoudemire.

However, the Suns had planned this ball for a long time, and Stoudemire almost got into Duncan's arms to force himself.

This is Stoudemire's physical talent, the explosive speed is too fast, even if Duncan understands Stoudemire's intentions, it is too late to react, and the moment he reaches out becomes the crux of the problem.

The referee's whistle sounded, and Duncan looked innocent, but the fourth foul was still given.

Prior to this, the Spurs had just relied on Duncan's outburst to overtake the score.

Popovich was very angry and complained loudly on the sidelines, but when he saw the referee's face was covered with frost, he ended the pressure in an instant. They are now leading and cannot eat T.

The Spurs can only replace Duncan to rest now, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Keeping Duncan on the court is too risky, even if they have a chance to open the score.

Popovich and Duncan whispered a few words, let him rest for a while, go up and explode again.

He got angry, he didn't expect the sun to be so insidious.

Duncan nodded seriously, and he was also a little angry. He was just about to teach the little Suns a lesson, but he didn't expect to be teased by the other party. You must know that after O'Neal left the West, he can also be said to be a giant inside.

The Spurs changed their offensive lineup and wanted to keep the lead by relying on the outside.

However, without Duncan, Muhammad's inside line is really nothing.

Not only on the defensive end, but also on the offensive end, he can't do anything threatening. The Suns can stare at the opponent's perimeter.

The Suns did not replace Varejao, but let Stoudemire and Varejao continue to play inside, which is a bit like a twin tower. Muhammad's height is really not enough, and the frame protection is not good at all.

Not only them, Marion also went inside to kill.

When Duncan was there, the Suns' inside line was the weak link. When Duncan went down, their inside line was the dominant area.

Overtaking the score and expanding the lead, the Suns made it in one go.

The Spurs want to rely on the outside to maintain the score is just a dream. Their outside danger is entirely because of Duncan inside. The Suns want to pinch Duncan, and now they have a fart threat outside.

Parker and Ginobili go in, the sun is the big hat, Stoudemire, Varejao, and Marion are guarding, and if they come in, they will die.

If they make a three-pointer from the outside, they can't have a chance. At most, Ginobili can make a strong shot with the ball.

Originally, Parker didn't need to stare at this point, just staring at the three outside three-pointers is trivial for the Suns.

After Duncan went down for 3 minutes, the Suns managed to lead by 9 points.

Popovich is crazy, and the sun is really targeting them to the extreme.

How can a group of young people have such strong tactical execution ability? Shouldn't the Spurs be the only ones in the league with such top-level execution ability?

No, even the Spurs can't do it, the coach on the opposite side is so powerful?

Did Europe's rigorous tactics succeed in the Suns?Popovich's thinking was directly biased.

In fact, D'Antoni did not arrange such detailed tactics, this is Russell's command on the court.

Who made him very familiar with the Spurs? After Duncan was beaten, he had been directing his teammates to move, and then used incredible passes to help the team score.

Without Duncan's Spurs, there is absolutely no way to stop them.

Of course, there is also a reason why the Spurs did not react, but it was this time difference.

Finally, the Spurs began to shrink the defense and lower the rhythm, and then let Parker single-play Russell to bet on long-distance two points.

The strategy worked, and they stabilized the situation.

After supporting for 2 minutes, the Spurs replaced Duncan again.

No way, Parker's long two-pointer can't be effective all the time. Without Duncan's help to cover, it would be much more difficult to shoot.

If the Suns lead by double digits, the game will not be played, so the Spurs must play Duncan, and they will have to fight for life or death!
(End of this chapter)