NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 250
In fact, as far as the Spurs themselves are concerned, there is still a slight change, that is, they pay more attention to offense in terms of tactical thinking.

When the strong western teams meet, both sides are more attentive. This is a good opportunity to spy on the military situation.

How has the opponent changed from last season, and whether there will be any weaknesses, there is nothing better than a direct confrontation.

Although both sides have replaced the starters at the fifth position, they are actually very familiar with each other.

The game will soon start in a mutual explosion.That's right, it's a mutual explosion, and it's an insider mutual explosion.

Not Duncan, but Oberto.

Ottobo is actually very average, and even Stoudemire, who is still adjusting, can't guard against it.

But Stoudemire's current situation, the defense is really poor, even Oberto can beat him.

Russell was also a little speechless. Stoudemire's determination was more on the offensive end.

Maybe there is no way, Russell helps him on the offensive end, but the defensive end really depends on hard skills.

But on the outside, Russell and Joe Johnson still have an advantage.

Their backcourt combination is now comparable to no team in the entire league.

They are talking about double guns, the two of them can support a team that is not weak, not to mention there are two All-Stars in Marion and Stoudemire, and the Suns have a few quasi-All-Stars, really Super strong.

So even if the Spurs do a good job of catching Stoudemire's problem of still adapting, they have to accept that they are already behind, and they may fall behind even more in the future.

How to do it?In fact, the Spurs don't have much to do, Russell knows what they are going to do next.

Two tactics, Parker and Duncan pick and roll to launch an offense, or Ginobili holds the ball.

Playing back and forth is GDP. The Spurs just enriched the simple star tactics. In essence, they are not much different from the tactics of the triangle offense that create conditions for stars to go monotonous.

It's just that Popovich's tactics are more concealed, and it looks like it has changed a lot.

The Spurs first let Ginobili bring the bench belt, but the effect was not very good.

And Finley is really unable to beat the young people on the Suns bench now.

Horry also played, but he is really old now and useless. He was just a mascot for the Suns last season. Now he is really not good at showing his power in the regular season.

But then Parker and Duncan exploded, especially Duncan.

Duncan actually felt that his offensive power dropped a bit last season, but it has recovered this season.

Duncan is undoubtedly still at the peak, but he is not too young now.

This season, the Spurs have paid more attention to some offenses, and they still need Duncan to explode.

The other two points can sometimes break out, but it is difficult for them to break out without Duncan.

When Duncan broke out, he grabbed the offense and defense, and led the Spurs to narrow the gap.

Currently, there are no more than one superstar in the league who can pose a threat to the Suns. Among them, Duncan is always the biggest threat. If the Spurs were not weaker in other points, Russell would not be so confident.

It cannot be said that Duncan is the strongest among those superstars, it is only due to restraint.

This season, the Suns' inside line can no longer be regarded as weak, but it certainly cannot be regarded as strong.

So an insider like Duncan can still threaten the Suns. Fortunately, there is only one Duncan left in the league.

Other inside players are relatively good, but they are still a bit short of threatening the Suns.

At halftime, the scores of the two sides became almost the same again, and the winner had not yet been decided.

This time is really a bit of a playoff feeling, and this time Stoudemire at least did not hold back on the offensive end, but the offensive efficiency was very high in the short playing time.

His offensive ability, even if his defensive awareness is poor, the maximum salary is worth it.

Of course, after he fully recovers, the defensive team will also have requirements.

Even if Stoudemire can't become a defensive master by then, the average level will definitely be fine.

Players with good physical fitness, in fact, as long as they think about it, they will not be too bad.

Russell's current defense has also been improving. With the help of the team's defense, he has rarely become a loophole. It is not so easy for other teams to target him.

"I used to think that the Spurs were more difficult to deal with, but now that we have played more games, I understand that everything can be solved by flanking Duncan." Russell laughed in the locker room.

The others also laughed. Without a big change in the Spurs lineup, they could be said to be sure of the other side with this move. There would be at most one accident in ten pincer attacks. Under normal circumstances, there might not be a single accident.

Of course, this trick is not available to all teams.

Pinching Duncan will definitely give other Spurs players a chance, and if the defense is not good, the team will be beaten into a sieve.

A good defensive team must also have enough offensive power, otherwise the score will not be able to fill up the scores of other Spurs because of the open opportunities, and the loss outweighs the gain.

Therefore, other teams are more willing to use the meat shield and then play normally, because it is difficult to grasp.

However, for a strong team like the Suns, if they grasp the essence, they will have the upper hand.

In the third quarter, the Suns attacked Duncan with all their strength.

In this case, Parker has some opportunities, and Oberto.

But it doesn't matter, when Duncan is locked up, the rest of the Spurs' offense is the same.

And Russell's singles against Parker can't be stopped by the opponent at all. Popovich is still not flanking him from outside the three-point line, so there is no way.

Parker, who doesn't have long hands, can't defend Russell even if he keeps up with his feet.

After the Suns gained the lead again, the Spurs were also a little anxious.

Parker was still useless, so Ginobili became the ball-handler.

Although Ginobili feels average today, he can make Duncan easier with the ball.

He plays with the ball, Duncan can find opportunities, and doesn't need to cover so many empty spaces to consume energy.

The physical strength Duncan saves can explode in double-teams and come hard.

It really succeeded a few times for him. Duncan, who has not yet lost weight, has this strength.

It's just that after the confrontation intensity increased, Duncan's free throws were not as good as in the first half. This is also the most frustrating part of the inside players. They can't score if they can squeeze in, and defensive players can foul.

Maybe the person who invented basketball didn't think that fouls just make the game go on better. As a result, it has become more and more a part of tactics, and it is also tiring.

Coach Popovich was really tired. He thought it was the Spurs who disgusted other people. Now that he meets the Suns, it seems that they are always the ones who suffer, and he is very upset.

But there is no way to be unhappy, the sun can do that.

The Spurs are also relatively bachelors, and they can't think of any tricks anyway, so let's just fight for stars.

As a result, the game continued with resignation, and what the Suns had to do was to maintain their advantage.

(End of this chapter)