You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 756

"Is TD really 38 years old?"

After half a quarter, Duncan's energetic performance seemed to return to 1999. Fifteen years can easily take away many players' careers, and he acted tonight as if he hadn't aged at all.

Like he did against the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.

He was the team's leading scorer in that round of the Spurs series, averaging 17 per game. Some people will question that he played the one-legged Ibaka and the recruit Adams.

In the finals, Cousins ​​was also blown away by him.

In the past half quarter, Duncan scored 5 of 4 and scored 8 points.

Duncan and Leonard are the two most eye-catching points of the Spurs in the first quarter.

The biggest similarity between them is that they blast their opponents with a blank face. The difference is that Leonard really doesn't talk much, while Duncan often says a few witty words to annoy Cousins.

7分钟过去了，15比12，76人领先马刺3分。

Just now, Hayward missed another outside shot.

Hayward didn't feel anything tonight.

Perhaps, Danny Green's defense is underestimated.Green was an unknown in the finals last year, and his record number of three-pointers made him a pure shooter.

But then again, if he is really a pure shooter, how can he be a solid starter in the Spurs?

Hayward missed a three-pointer, and Wei Xia fouled Leonard tactically, which prevented the Spurs from fighting back.

The Spurs are not afraid of falling into position.

The 76ers' outstanding defense prevented the Spurs from having time to use the infinite firepower that leveled the assembly line in the West to transfer the ball and all the people.

Now, they continue to want singles.

Outside the paint area on the right side, the Spurs emptied one side, not even leaving a shooter, and blatantly told the 76ers: I will rely on the old Dengtou to force a team of your center, how do you treat it?

The 76ers opened up the space very confidently and let Cousins ​​guard Duncan alone, with a clear attitude: eat him, it is best not to leave us even a bone, it will take too much time to collect the body.

Wei Xia is always ready to go back to double-team.

He was afraid of Duncan passing the ball, but he had already emptied Leonard by two meters.

Wei Xia stepped into the paint with half a foot. As long as Duncan dared to enter the penalty area, he would double-team.

Duncan used his arm to open the way. He did it very covertly, and the referee basically couldn't see from his movements what effect the arm lying in front of Cousins ​​played on the offensive end.However, anyone who has played ball knows that the arm lying there is definitely not to secretly eat your tofu when hitting the back.

Duncan didn't seem to exert much strength, but he could carry Cousins ​​away.

What's more, he holds the right amount of space, every time he advances, he only needs a little space, no matter how much you let him go, he will only go a little bit deeper, and he will never push further.

Single defense is still Cousins' shortcoming, but the 76ers didn't sign Hayes for nothing for two years.

In addition to serving as Cousins' substitute in the team, Hayes also teaches single defense part-time.Cousins ​​is now a single defender above the standard, not to mention that he is now in the context of being blown up by Duncan, and he desperately wants to defend against Duncan's offense.

Suddenly, Duncan turned and stepped into the paint area, and Cousins ​​immediately posted it, with his arms raised high without fouling.

Just as Wei Xia was about to double-team, Duncan exerted light force, jumped up, and with a slight backlash, avoided Cousins' block. The basketball first touched the front of the basket and then rolled into the net.

Not as smooth as the hollow goal, but from the back kick, to the turn, the take-off and the back shot, the goal is very solid.

The big basic skills are the big basic skills, and few insiders know this craft now.

"Ball ball ball ball ball ~~~!"

That's what happens when Cousins ​​gets out of hand.

Rondo gave the ball, expecting him to respond beautifully.

Although he has a big temper, he likes to be lazy when he gets angry. He didn't go inside when he got the ball, but responded with a swingman-style pull.

"boom!"

"Idiot, not even a 40-year-old man!" Rondo scolded.

The Spurs' counterattack suddenly opened.

Wei Xia's recovery speed exceeded their imagination. Parker chased the layup and was slapped out of bounds by Wei Xia.

"Fortunately, there is still Wish! The 76ers must reduce sloppy shot selection."

"Just looking at the first quarter tonight, you can't believe that DeMarcus Cousins ​​is a center."

"Yeah, TD is more of a line center than DeMarcus."

Wei Xia didn't know how to help Cousins ​​defend Duncan. He was really, really stable.

First of all, he will never force his shots, and secondly, he pursues one-on-one duels, and Cousins ​​really has nothing to do with him.Also, his pick-and-roll quality is extremely high, so when he comes to the high pick-and-roll, he can shoot and cut inside. As long as the ball is given to him, he can definitely make a difference.

This time, he chose the pick-and-roll.

His pick-and-roll runs from one side of the set to the other to wall Parker down the line.

He delayed Rondo's run, forced the Sixers to switch, and while he stayed put, Parker suddenly passed back.

Cousins' attention has been distracted, and he thinks that Duncan, who has no ball in his hand, is not worthy of attention.Duncan suddenly took the ball, and casually faked a shot outside the paint, pointing him up.

Cousins ​​jumped into the air, and Duncan bent over and sent the cylinder up, causing a foul before licking the basket and scoring.

"DeMarcus Cousins ​​is no match for Tim Duncan!"

"I fouled?" Cousins ​​yelled at the referee irrationally, "He hit it himself!"

Wei Xia immediately ran to Cousins' side and pulled him away.

Then, Rondo roared: "It's not that you jumped around to let him take advantage of it. Now shut up, Understand?"

Wesha and Rondo controlled Cousins, and Jay Wright chose to make a substitution.

No one expected that the center forward would have no power to fight back in front of Duncan.

Cousins ​​is too arrogant. He thought that the 38-year-old Duncan was no threat, but in fact, the opponent could still seize every flaw in him to crit.

How can the best power forward in history, a historically strong player destined to occupy a place in the pantheon, be tired by age?
Wright replaced Rondo, Cousins ​​and Faried at the same time, and replaced Holiday, Odom and Hollins.

The Spurs replaced Splitter and Green with Diaw and Ginobili.

Seeing Duncan gasping for breath, Wei Xia found that time did not leave marks on him, and his physical strength supported him to play well for 25 minutes at most.

If it takes more than 25 minutes, he is "no matter how strong he is, he is just an old man" in Cousins' mouth.

Sure enough, Duncan missed the extra penalty.

Popovich immediately called Splitter off the bench.

He only rested for half a minute.

The normal rotation is that Dior replaced Duncan. Just now Duncan had to make a free throw, so he was not replaced.

Duncan missed a free throw, and Hollins grabbed a rebound and passed Weixia.

Wei Xia advanced alone, making an emergency stop in the frontcourt and making a mid-range shot.

17 is better than 16
The Spurs played Duncan again. He seemed to be aware that his physical strength could not support a large amount of offensive output. After a few pushes, he passed the ball out, but Wei Xia saw through the route.

Helplessly, Wei Xia's speed was a little slower, but he just broke the ball out of bounds and failed to break it.

The dead ball gave the Spurs a chance to make a substitution.

76人方面，赖特同样换下了打了8分钟，独得9分5篮板2助攻的韦夏。

Duncan, who came off the court with Wei Xia, had 12 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter.

He contracted 16 of the Spurs' 12 points.

It is commendable for the 38-year-old veteran to reach this stage.

"Felix, take a breath, if the situation gets out of control, you may have to return to the game early." Wright said.

Wei Xia said unsatisfactorily: "I don't even think I should end at this time."

"Now that you're down, take a good rest." Wright handed the towel to Wei Xia.

Wei Xia walked down, except for Cousins, every teammate gave him a high five.

Cousins ​​puts a wet towel over his head and no one looks at it.

Wei Xia motioned Hayes, who was next to Cousins, to sit elsewhere. He had something to say to this brat who had just been beaten by the old man.

Hayes took another seat and sat down.

Wei Xia sat directly beside Cousins ​​and said, "If you want to hide yourself, this towel is a little smaller."

"Rajon has said everything you want to say." Cousins ​​raised his eyes and said.

"Did he comfort you?" Wei Xia asked unexpectedly.

"how is this possible?"

"It seems that I still have room to speak." Wei Xia smiled, "Listen, you can't really be compared to a 40-year-old man."

Cousins ​​said angrily: "You see, I can't do anything about that old bastard!"

"You were really beaten by him, because your defense was really bad, and his offense was not as bad as you thought, so that's why this happened." Wei Xia didn't think Cousins ​​was really inferior to the current Duncan at all.

Duncan must have calculated in advance that Cousins ​​was emotionally unstable, so he frequently troubled him, coupled with trash talk, which made him lose control of his emotions.

As someone with a degree in psychology, it's easy to piss off Cousins, who is as innocent as paper.

"So what do I do?" Cousins ​​asked.

Wei Xia asked jokingly: "You are a center forward selected by professionals, which means that you may be the best insider in the world. Don't ask me what to do, you know it yourself."

When Wei Xia gave Cousins ​​psychological counseling, the Spurs' substitutions had achieved immediate results.

Diaw missed the attack with the ball, but Ginobili ran into the basket and grabbed business inside.Naturally, he can't steal rebounds from the hands of the inside, but he can turn his back to Splitter and shoot offensive rebounds to his teammates.

Splitter got the ball and jumped up and dunked it.

The Spurs overtook.

18 is better than 17
Then, Odom made a beautiful back pass.

Hayward made his fourth try from outside.

"boom!"

"Shit, you got one!" Cousins ​​looked anxiously.

Wei Xia got up and held Cousins ​​down, "Don't put pressure on him."

"What's the shot, it's not as good as me!" Cousins ​​complained.

Rondo sarcastically sarcastically said: "Yeah, the guy who was just blown away by a 40-year-old man on both offense and defense really speaks volumes!"

Cousins ​​pointed at Rondo and said angrily, "That's temporary! I'll definitely call back later!"

"Even if you've never been on the streets, you should understand one truth: Don't pretend to be fierce with me until you do what you say, Understand?" Rondo said coldly.

Maybe Rondo has a leadership aura, maybe they are from the same school, and they are all from Kentucky, maybe Cousins ​​​​is inherently bullying and afraid of the hard, Wei Xia can't tell why, Cousins ​​​​is a living example of one thing dropping one thing in front of Rondo.

Every time such a scene occurs, he laments why Rondo didn't come earlier.

The sooner he came, the sooner he would be free.

Although he often feels compassion for Rondo's attitude towards Cousins, but thinking about how this bear boy tortured him a few years ago, he just wants to say to Rondo: Continue, don't stop.

At this time, Ginobili dribbled the ball and suddenly passed Parker behind his back.

The Frenchman made a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

"Shh!"

21 is better than 17
The Spurs led by 4 points, and the 76ers called a timeout.

(End of this chapter)