basketball hero

Chapter 587
The Spurs' defensive philosophy is to limit the opponent's speed layer by layer with collar defense and outward expansion, firmly refuse to give in the middle, let the opponent go to the side after being blocked, and allow the opponent to break through after reaching the bottom corner and not pass the ball easily.

Therefore, players who have a mid-range distance against the Spurs will be relatively comfortable, and they are indeed very afraid of ball-holding mid-range shooters, such as Kobe, Nash, and Nuo Tianwang; they also don’t like teams that make more breakthroughs, such as the Mavericks back then , The Seattle Supersonics of the year.But they are good at handling teams with many spot shooters, such as D'Antoni's Suns back then; they are also good at handling breakthrough madmen who lack mid-range, such as James in 07.

In fact, in terms of style of play, the Spurs are actually more restrained by the Heat.The Heat's signature is the offensive end dual-core breakthrough points + the defensive end pinches the ball holder.The characteristic of the Spurs is that the defensive end controls the 3-pointer and the inside line, forcing the opponent to pass the ball in the middle distance or in a wide range; their fast and accurate passing and sharing of the ball on the offensive end is a great threat to the Heat's pincer ball holder. .James and Wei are both the league's top scorers, but their mid-range and long-range shots are not their strong points. Even though James has already practiced mid-range shots, his strongest weapon is still to get to the basket to score points.

The Raptors are different, they are not a team that relies on fixed-point 3-pointers, they also rely on breakthroughs, but it is not a single-point breakthrough by Ying Xiong, but a team that makes multiple breakthroughs with Jeremy Lin, DeRozan and others .Ying Xiong, DeRozan, Jeremy Lin, and Gay are all good at mid-range. Except for Ying Xiong, the 3-pointers of the others are not stable.As a result, the Spurs' strongest weapon didn't work as well against this Raptors team as expected.

No, after Jeremy Lin used the pick-and-roll to break through to the right wing close to the bottom line, seeing Duncan's position was relatively inside, he immediately stopped and shot a jumper and easily scored 2 points!
"Jeremy's mind turned quickly, knowing that when he broke into the inside lane and made a layup, Tim would be waiting there!" Van Gundy laughed.

"Harvard graduates, their brains turn faster!" Cole was also happy.

Even though Popovich was prepared before the game, he was still a little embarrassed by the Raptors.Whether it is Ying Xiong, Jeremy Lin, or DeRozan, they all have excellent breakthrough and ball-holding shooting ability for 3 points.The Spurs know that they have mid-range abilities, but they are still afraid of their breakthroughs, so they focus on controlling the basket first.

Ying Xiong didn't take too many shots in the first quarter, and he was happy to see teammates other than himself stand up.Jeremy Lin and DeRozan played well, and he is very happy to see this happen.

Popovich was very dissatisfied with the team's defensive performance and immediately requested a timeout!

The fans at the scene were anxious from the start of the two teams, and now the team took the lead lightly. They were extremely excited and filled the entire arena with cheers and screams.

Back from the timeout, the Spurs still did not make substitutions.Mr. Bobo has a characteristic. He will not easily break his rotation because of the rapidly changing situation on the field, unless he thinks it is necessary to change.At this time, the game was only halfway through the first quarter, and he didn't want to change to Yaodao. After all, Yaodao is a veteran in his 30s, and Danny Green is playing well.

"Greg knows that Toronto's perimeter players have the mid-range ability, but it's not easy for them to change their defensive habits for so many years!" Van Gundy said.

Cole agrees with this statement.Each team has its own defensive habits and defensive methods. For example, Boston likes local three-and-two, Miami likes to pinch the ball holder, and some other teams like to play defense.

The game continued, the score at this time was 14:8, and the Raptors led by 6 points. At this time, there were 6 minutes and 03 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

Parker dribbled over and gave it to Danny Green who came out.

Danny Green found that DeRozan was pressing very hard and had no chance to make a shot. He played hand-to-hand with Parker, and the ball returned to Parker's hand again.Parker lobs to Duncan on the left waist.

Although Duncan is old, he is still the Spurs' first choice for halftime singles when the offense is in trouble.

Duncan singled Amir Johnson with his back, and the latter firmly resisted his lower plate, preventing him from easily squeezing in.

Duncan played back with the ball, and the Raptors didn't attack, so they let him play Amir Johnson. Anyway, the score was still ahead, and he was so old.

Duncan squeezed with his back a few times, but he didn't take much advantage. He turned his back and held the ball in his right hand. He suddenly turned halfway and then broke through. He took three big steps and shot with one hand...

Where does Amir Johnson interfere.His height and wingspan are far inferior to Duncan's. He can only hold his hands high and try his best to limit the opponent's fight.

Duncan no longer has the explosive power and speed of his peak period, but his touch is still excellent. The ball successfully hit the board head-on and into the frame!

"Tim is such an old goblin! Hahaha..." Cole said with a smile.

"I suddenly remembered what he said to LeBron after the finals six years ago!" Van Gundy couldn't help laughing, using his hands as a cover.

Jeremy Lin dribbles over, uses Bargnani to pick and roll, and goes right.He keenly discovered that the opponent deliberately restricted his mid-range shots after returning from a timeout. The most notable change was that the big man inside was positioned a little further outside, and he could come out to block him when he was about to jump.

Jeremy Lin passed on Ying Xiong, who was interested in the bottom corner. Ying Xiong held the ball to face Leonard, and crossed the bottom line to break through.

Leonard tried to jam the bottom line, but he was a step too late. He was also smart and didn't insist on getting stuck, which also avoided a defensive foul.

Ying Xiong was observing the opponent's defensive position. He also found that the Spurs' inside line did not hang around the edge of the penalty area as it did in the beginning, ready to enter the 3-second zone to protect the frame at any time, but expanded a little.

Ying Xiong speeded up and walked towards the basket in an instant. With a very concealed pass, the hit was given to DeRozan who was cutting inside. The latter hit Splitter behind him. basket score.

"Beautiful pass!" Cole couldn't help but praise.

"The ability to read the game is too strong, he is really not just a scorer!" Van Gundy sighed.

"Should be trained as a 3D player that year, he was the starting point and the end point of the team's offense last season. Two consecutive scoring champions made people forget his organizational ability!" Cole said.

Popovich is a little worried. The Raptors are no longer a team that only needs to strangle Yingxiong last season.Of course, as long as Yingxiong can be strangled to death, there is a high probability of defeating this team, but the question is: who can strangle him to death?

Jeremy Lin's appearance shared Ying Xiong's organizational tasks, allowing him to focus more on offense and defense.In the finals, his presence prevented the opponents from attacking Ying Xiong easily.

(End of this chapter)