NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 300 The Spurs Counterattack
"We have faced a lot of difficulties. If we all chose to back down, there would be no Spurs today. Was our lead fake before? Anything can happen on the court, we just have to work hard to play well."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was a bit wrong, Spurs coach Popovich was also furious.

Fortunately, a group of Spurs players have rich game experience. When the coach mentioned something, they slowed down.

It's not like they haven't lost before, it's a big deal, no matter how strong the sun is, they have lost before, why can't they lose to them.

The Spurs are drinking chicken soup, and the Suns are indeed doing a solid study of actual tactics.

It's normal for players to have touch problems like in the first quarter of the game, but Solar has a lot of players, so at this time they have to rely on tactics to revitalize the offensive end.

As long as they have no problems on the offensive end, the Spurs will not be able to make waves, because they are truly both offensive and defensive.

In the third quarter, the Spurs were still in the old mode, improving their defensive strength and Duncan went all out.

This time they didn't play the first and fourth juniors so quickly, but used the fierce defense at the fifth position to relieve Duncan's pressure.

Because of the heavy defensive action, Elson went down after two minutes into the game, and then Eto'o came up to continue.

The Spurs' move is a bit like the Suns dealing with Duncan, but they are targeting all the inside offenses of the Suns.

The inside line is resolved with a foul, and the rest of the Spurs can try to prevent it.

It was a good approach, and they were successful, but arguably not so successful.

They succeeded tactically, limiting some of the Suns' offenses, but their free throws for fouling Stoudemire inside were much better than Duncan's.

Stoudemire's free throws are better than Duncan's. Coupled with the hard training last year, he is not a player who can be restricted by fouls.

And if the other Spurs players expand their defense, they will definitely not be able to lock Stoudemire.

To be precise, as long as Duncan doesn't defend it, Stoudemire doesn't care about other people's defense.

So the Spurs' defensive strategy worked, and it didn't work that well.

They just bit the sun in the third quarter, but they didn't recover any points.

Relying on Stoudemire in the third quarter, the Suns easily scored a lot of points.

And when it came to the rotation period, the Spurs couldn't play the trick of fouling inside, because the Suns began to speed up.

This time, the speed of the sun was very successful, and Barbosa also brought up the speed after Russell went down.

The three strong points of the Suns bench are also scoring continuously, which suddenly helped the Suns further expand their lead.

When the Spurs' main force came on the field, they found that the score gap was already in double digits, and they were heading towards 20 points.

In this case, there is no point in using Duncan.

In this situation, the Spurs coach Popovich simply gave up halfway and got a bunch of small players to shoot three-pointers.With the exception of Finley's hit, however, none of them made it.

This is obviously a three-point situation, the Suns should not be too easy to defend.

As a result, the Spurs led the game in the first quarter, but the last few minutes became garbage time, and the Suns won.

The Spurs players were also very depressed. After the game, Duncan also said helplessly: "They are faster than us and more active than us. These all determine the outcome."

Popovich also said: "I always thought that we were the best defensive team in the league, but today, compared with them, we are like beginners."

"The outcome of this kind of competition often depends on who fights harder. Today they won. They can always use five people to work together, but we can't always do it."

For the Suns, Stoudemire, who performed better than in the first game, said proudly: "At the beginning, I made a few jump shots, the purpose is to draw their inside line out, and then I can wreak havoc on the basket. gone."

"Our fighting spirit is obviously stronger than that of our opponents. In the future, we will fight better and better."

D'Antoni also said calmly: "If I were the Spurs coach, I would let Duncan continue to wreak havoc on the inside and play Stoudemire on the offensive end, so we will not allow this to happen. We must perform from beginning to end. Have the belief that you must win, boldly limit the opponent, and boldly attack."

Speaking of Russell, D'Antoni joked easily, "He is already a veteran who has participated in two finals. When he is on the court, the game becomes much easier."

The Suns successfully won two home games, and there will be three days of adjustment time.

It is already the Western Conference finals, and the schedule is not as tense as before. This time is more favorable for the Spurs, and their veterans can recover well.

But for the Suns, it's nothing. They are the stronger side.

With more time to prepare, they will do their own things well so that there will be no surprises in the game.

Returning to the home court in Game [-] of the series, the Spurs also tried their best to get back a game.

They are still the original starters, but Elson has become more instrumental, which is used for consumption and fouls in the first few minutes. At the beginning of this game, the Spurs gave up some fouls and focused more on offense.

The Spurs' offense is definitely not as good as the Suns, but the Suns are also very strong defensively. They found that if they are too persistent in defense, the chance of a comeback is very small. It is better to bet on offense.

The Spurs can't help it. They have realized that it is impossible for the team to win if they can't score.

And the Spurs are also very chickens when they return to the home court, because the Suns have been on guard, and the Spurs have no chance to be ruthless to Russell.

Of course, Horry is also an old teammate now, so I'm sorry to make such a big move on the original teammate.

In the past, the blood of the Spurs and the Suns spilled on the field. Although this series is fierce, it is not too much.

However, the Spurs still have to take advantage of the home court advantage, so as soon as the game started, Duncan found an opportunity to go inside to cause damage and fouled Stoudemire.

Stoudemire felt very good today, and he hit the middle distance when he came up.

As a result, due to the problem of law enforcement standards, the two criminals soon had to go down to rest.

The reason why the Spurs engage Stoudemire is because it is more practical. It is really difficult to engage Russell. Russell was prone to fouls in the first season, but now he is experienced and smart.

And although the Suns have several offensive lineups that are more threatening, Stoudemire has always been the team's second strongest point this season. The Spurs may have a chance to fight this point and compete with the Suns for a smaller lineup.

The Spurs have no choice but to play them less with Stoudemire, especially Duncan.

On the Suns side, Stoudemire did not immediately use a small lineup after he went down, but let Varejao come up to consume, and waited until he found that Duncan made free throws better today, and then changed to a small lineup to speed up.

The current Sun is actually not afraid of losing one or two strong points.

(End of this chapter)