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Chapter 194 and Tim Duncan's First Time

"Phew, it's too cold outside, I don't know if we want to practice today." The old fritter Di Brown yelled as soon as he entered the bus.

Rick Pitino heard it, and responded with a smile: "It's okay if you don't train, but don't play in the game tonight." After saying this, DiBron immediately shrank.Now Di Brown is Johnny's main substitute, and he can play ten minutes in every game. For a veteran like Di Brown, playing ten minutes in each game and seeing the team win is his best Love things now.

If you can't play the game, for Di Brown, it is better to retire.So when Rick Pitino "threats" him, DiBron naturally wilts.

When the bus drove to the hotel, the snow fell more and more, and there was a tendency of a blizzard, but the Celtic players were not so worried after arriving at the destination. They returned to the hotel, put down their luggage, and had lunch. They went to the arena, conducted preparatory training, and then waited for the start of the game in the arena.

The home stadium of the San Antonio Spurs is called AT&T Arena. It is an iconic arena that treats visiting teams very poorly. Not much better, so the Celtics players have long looked down on all this, but Jonny did not choose to stay in the locker room, he chose to go to the court to shoot a few three-pointers.

At this time, there were not many spectators in the AT&T Arena, but the spectators were entering the arena one after another. For these Spurs fans, Jonny didn't take it seriously. He looked around and occasionally shot a three-pointer.

Soon, a big tall man appeared in the arena passageway. When he saw Jonny wearing the visiting team's training uniform and shooting, he was slightly stunned, and then he also found basketball to practice as if he hadn't seen it.

And when he appeared, there were fragmented shouts from the sidelines.

"Tim, sign me up!"

"Tim, come on!"

Jonny also looked there, but when Tim Duncan turned his head, the two looked at each other. They didn't know that they were about to become enemies for life.

Jonny didn't know much about the dumb big man in front of him. After all, Tim Duncan was just a rookie at this time.And Tim Duncan doesn't know much about Jonny. For the same reason, Tim Duncan is just a rookie. He doesn't know too much about the situation in the NBA. For Jonny, all he knows is: Jonny is a very powerful player. scorer.

But if Johnny didn't match up with him, Tim Duncan didn't get to know Johnny.

After the two looked at each other, there was no exchange. Tim Duncan was there to sign autographs for the fans, and Jonny was there to practice.But soon a few Chinese fans came to the sidelines, and Jonny also started to sign autographs for the fans.

Soon, the AT&T Arena was filled with fans who came one after another, and other players from the two teams also came out to warm up one after another.Soon, Rick Pitino arranged the tactics of this game, or play fast break, facing the team with Twin Towers as the core, naturally we must stick to the fast break style of play.The team's starting lineup is still the usual lineup, point guard Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Jonny Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Terry Cummings, center Ben Wallace.

On the Spurs side, the starting point guard is Avery Johnson, shooting guard Jalen Jackson, small forward Sean Elliott, power forward Tim Duncan, and center David Robinson.For this Spurs, Jonny can say that he is not familiar with it. The starting lineup of the Spurs last season was not like this. Only Avery Johnson and Sean Elliott were members of the Spurs lineup last year.

David Robinson was injured for a whole season, Tim Duncan was still at Wake Forest at that time, and Jalen Jackson played last season for the Wizards also called the Washington Bullets.And Jonny's biggest impression of the Spurs is that in the 95-96 season, the Spurs were still the second in the West. In the 96-97 season, the Spurs became the third from the bottom in the league, and this season, the Spurs became the second in the West.The ups and downs of the grades made Jonny a little speechless.

And such a team is precisely very difficult to deal with. The Spurs, which were poor last season, did not have a fixed strategy. Anyway, they can play as they lose.And this season is the second season of Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. It started almost two months ago. Popovich himself is also exploring the team's style of play, let alone other teams. The Spurs' tactics have changed.

Therefore, the Celtics did not make targeted arrangements for the Spurs in this game. Rick Pitino just asked to play the team's own rhythm. A team that relies on the Twin Towers is right, but the Celtics still underestimated Popovich's ability to coach the team.

At the beginning of the game, the Celtics did beat the Spurs with their fast play and fast break. The twin towers moved slowly, and the team had to rely on these two to guard the inside, allowing the Spurs to be scored by the Celtics consecutively. The ball, but the Celtics couldn't defend against the Spurs' offense. Avery Johnson's role was undoubtedly reflected at the beginning of the game. The Spurs bit the score.

And soon, they also began to adapt to the Celtics fast play fast break tactics.

"The Celtics' fast break is coming again. The Spurs are restricted by their twin towers, and their defense speed is very slow." At the beginning, the commentary of this game was a little slow and self-conscious, but after a while, he was surprised yelled: "Oh! No! Tim Duncan! He's fast! He caught up with Chauncey Billups, a chasing cap! Beautiful!"

The stunned Tim Duncan quickly revealed his outstanding talent. During Popovich's adjustments, Tim Duncan began to accelerate on the defensive end, and his guard-like skills began to show off. David Robinson was still the same. Back to defense at such a slow speed at first, but Tim Duncan got up fast, and a Tim Duncan was enough to stop the Celtics' fast break.

Once the Celtics' fast break stagnates, they will naturally appear more often in positional offenses, and the Celtics can only look for fast break opportunities in defense.

The Spurs' perimeter team is old and poor, and the starting shooting guard Jaren Jackson has entered the end of his career. Facing Jonny Lee's aggressive defense, Jaren Jackson is very difficult. Johnson passed the ball to Jalen Jackson, but then Jalen Jackson was squeezed away by Jonny, and the ball was also grabbed by Jonny.

Fast attack!This time, Johnny noticed Tim Duncan. He ran forward frantically, and Tim Duncan, who had been pulled to the high position at the beginning, quickly caught up. The two began their first confrontation in their careers. !
"Jony Lee rushed into the paint, but Tim Duncan followed him closely. Johnny made a layup and was about to block! No! Johnny dodged, Duncan thugs, the ball scored, and Johnny scored 2+1!"

Johnny clenched his fist, and he won the first duel!

(End of this chapter)