shooting guard era

Chapter 97 118. Weakness
Tactical layout is one thing, is it really possible to play out tactics so easily?

The fact is that it's not that simple. With so many good coaches in the league, no one has discovered the weakness of the Spurs?
Of course it is impossible. Bickerstaff is good at cultivating young people, but his coaching level can only be regarded as the middle of the league. The weaknesses he can find can be found by many teams.

For example, the Mavericks, their current assistant is the star of the Spurs at the time, and the current Spurs star Avery Johnson, and is the real master of the Mavericks coaching staff. The current tactics of the Mavericks are similar to those of the Spurs. The stars take turns to play singles, and because the Mavericks have too many stars, they can even send a lineup of five singles.

Moreover, the mobility of the Mavericks is better than that of the Spurs, they can play a beautiful defensive counterattack, and the fans are much more than the Spurs.

The Mavericks have Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley, who are very accurate in mid-range shots. Stackhouse and Jason Terry are also good jumpers, but the Mavericks just can’t beat the Spurs. They have been beaten twice this year. Spurs beat.

Therefore, although Bickerstaff's tactical arrangement was very good, and his response to the Spurs' defense was also very good, Ye Han couldn't catch the ball at mid-range.The Spurs' strategy was very clear, let Ye Han catch the ball at the three-point line and inside, and use their strong defense to lock him up.

After the first quarter, the Bobcats only scored 9 points in a single quarter!The lowest in team history!
The difference is too big!
It is said that the Spurs like to fight to the death when they are playing against weak teams and accumulate victories. Judging from this game, this is indeed the case.

Ginobili went crazy in the first quarter, and it was Duncan's turn in the second quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, Duncan slapped Okafor for a layup. Ye Han grabbed an offensive rebound and was slapped off. Brent Barry, who came off the bench, grabbed a defensive rebound.

The Spurs' strong defense in the restricted area made the Bobcats feel that there was a pot covered inside.

Knocking the opponent's center away for a dunk, this is O'Neal's standard posture, not many people noticed, Duncan also played like this!
Although he is not as invincible as O'Neal, in fact Duncan's power is in the entire league. It is estimated that only O'Neal and Ben Wallace are better than him.

The Spurs attacked, Parker advanced to the frontcourt, Duncan asked for the ball in the low post, and Parker passed it.

Okafor was pressed by Duncan for a quarter, and this time he tried his best to defend the opponent.

But does it work?Duncan told Okafor what is called the best power forward in history.

Duncan's simple fake action showed perfect basic skills, shaking Okafor's center of gravity away, and then directly hit him to knock the latter back. Okafor felt the same as when he met O'Neal.

After knocking Okafor away, Duncan dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

The picture gives people the feeling that Duncan is playing ball with elementary school students, completely suppressed!

29 to 9, the Spurs have already led by 20 points at the beginning of the second quarter!
The scene was extremely quiet, and the fans saw countless hopes this season, but the team was still far behind such a truly strong team.

Ye Han clearly felt the disappointment of the fans, he gritted his teeth, he didn't care about the tactics, and directly received the ball from the backcourt.

Parker hesitated for a moment, but still ran up to press.

Ye Han used his speed and advantage to directly push Parker away without giving the opponent a chance to interfere.

However, the Spurs didn't give Ye Han too many opportunities to be arrogant, and Bowen's defense immediately caught up.

Bowen can also be regarded as a member of the 96 golden generation, although he was waived after only playing one game in the 96-97 season.

Speaking of which, before Bowen came to the Spurs, he had been wandering around the teams, holding a basic salary contract, and occasionally showed only fixed-point three-pointers.Popovich has a discerning eye and brought back Bowen, who became a free agent at the end of the Heat's contract, back to the Spurs. Soon Bowen became the unshakable starter of the Spurs, and became the gate of the Spurs' perimeter defense. He was selected to the best defensive team that year In the second round, the Heat couldn't find a place to cry.

In the past season, Bowen and Duncan were selected to the first team of the league's best defensive team together, and they have become the best defensive small forward in the league.

Bowen's defense was tight, and he was more worried about Ye Han's shooting than Ye Han's lame breakthrough.

Ye Han took a deep breath and calmed down. Looking at Bowen's constantly reaching out to interfere with the defense, he suddenly thought of something.

This guy Bowen seems to have very poor physical fitness. Ye Han knew that it would be difficult for him to impress the opponent with his skills.

As soon as he thought about it, Ye Han pretended to make a breakthrough, then suddenly took a big step back, stepped up from outside the three-point line, and made a shot.

Just as Ye Han thought, Bowen came to his senses, but his body couldn't keep up, so he could only watch him shoot.

With a silky smooth touch, the ball flew out of Ye Han's fingertips and landed straight into the basket.

"Swish"

Ye Han hit the first open goal of the game.

Duncan was startled when he saw Ye Han's unreasonable shooting. He seemed to see that unruly guy in Los Angeles.

If the Spurs have anything to fear, it's Kobe's unreasonable shots, and they can't defend at all.

Duncan's expression remained unchanged, and his emotions could not be seen.

The Spurs attack, and when there are players like Duncan, their offense is really difficult to defend.Bo Povic's tactics are very simple, singles, double-teams and split the ball.

After Duncan held the ball and forced the Bobcats to shrink, Barry from outside received the ball and hit an open three-pointer, which offset Ye Han's previous three-pointer. The Spurs still led the Bobcats by 32 points 12-20.

Seeing the helplessness of his teammates, Ye Han simply ignored them and took the ball to do it himself.

It was another unreasonable three-point shot, and Ye Han made a three-pointer against Bo Wen's defense.

It's a pity that it was all in vain. Ye Han found a way to deal with Bo Wen, who was aging at the age of 34, but no one else could take advantage of him except Bobcats.

So Ye Han started the one-on-five mode, which was very similar to the lonely Kobe this season, but his strength was far behind Kobe.

The fans at the scene could only see Ye Han taking shots again and again from the outside, but he was powerless to restore the team's decline.

In the end, the Spurs beat the Bobcats 102 to 77.

Beginning in the second half of the third quarter, Bickerstaff replaced all the Bobcats' main players, because the Bobcats had fallen behind by more than 30 points.

Ye Han made 22 of 7 shots, all of which were three-pointers. He made 14 of 7 three-pointers and scored 26 points and 6 rebounds. The mid-range shooting tactics arranged before the game completely failed.

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After the game, the Spurs didn't have many interviewers. The reporters' attention was on Ye Han. Ye Han was clearly not in the mood for an interview. After answering a few questions perfunctorily, he walked towards the player tunnel and left.

"Tim what are you looking at?" Popovich asked.

Duncan looked back at the other tunnel before stepping into the tunnel.

When Ye Han walked into the player tunnel on the other side, Duncan walked in and asked Popovich, "Greg, does that Chinese boy on the other side look familiar to you?"

"Are you talking about those incredible shots? It's really like Kobe." Popovich seemed to be the Zen master Phil Jackson in this game, because the opponent couldn't give any pressure.

"He will become our formidable enemy in the future..." Duncan said with confidence.

"Really? Hope he doesn't come west..."

(End of this chapter)