You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 761 I Stopped Myself

On June 2014, 6, Game 4 of the finals continued at the Wells Fargo Center Bank Arena in Philadelphia.

With Game 1, the Spurs have a preliminary understanding of the opponents they are facing.

They will not advance and retreat, and honestly come and go with the 76ers.It is foreseeable that their coaching staff will definitely arrange different people to deal with Wei Xia and Cousins, and will continue to switch between "suppress Wei Xia" and "let Wei Xia suppress others", and will release some new pick-and-roll methods.

They know how to lose the first game.

Let Weixia score 40+ in his first show in the final after six years, which shows that Leonard alone cannot restrain Weixia at all.

However, if the measurement is not well grasped, it is easy to cause accidents.

The Spurs are fully aware of how ugly their last loss was.

The misfire of the outside shooter is the key to the situation getting out of control.

They were forced to play heads-up with the 76ers.

But compared to heads-up, that is knowledge that even the peak Heat dare not greet the 76ers.Wei Xia has been the strongest offensive player in the league since 2012.

Playing heads-up with the 76ers is a way to die.

At the same time, the 76ers' striker surprised the Spurs. Their restrictions on passing the ball outside made it difficult for the Spurs to find opportunities in the first game.

So in the second game, before the Spurs passed the ball today, the dribblers all dribbled a step or two horizontally or made a pass, opened the gap and then filled the gap.

It can be seen that it is Tim Duncan who is responsible for opening the situation for the Spurs.

The Spurs know that when Duncan is physically strong, he can still beat any big man in the league.

This is such a nonsense era. The 38-year-old Duncan played the destructive power of the penalty area that he couldn't even do at the age of 28. Ten years ago, there were countless senior players in the league, and the Sharks could still show their prowess. Duncan was strong in his all-round influence on the Spurs system. Today, 10 years later, the rules are like shackles that restrict the performance of the elders, so these old and capable generals began to show a trend of reverse growth.

Duncan faced Cousins, shot 100% in a single quarter, made all free throws, and scored 8 points alone.

The difference between today and the day before yesterday is that Cousins ​​​​did not be killed.

He responded adequately to Duncan's offense.

Duncan scored 8 points in a single quarter, Cousins ​​made 5 of 4 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, and scored 9 points, 1 point more than Duncan.

What made the 76ers feel tricky was Manu Ginobili who came off the bench.

Originally, the 76ers relied on Wei Xia and Cousins ​​to work together internally and externally, and scoring 20 points would establish the advantage in the first quarter.

In the transition period, Wei Xia and Cousins ​​went off to rest together, but Ginobili came out from the field.He played 5 minutes in the first quarter, but scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. This comprehensive and staggering data reflects the fact that every second of his appearance is valuable.

The Spurs have thus reversed the situation of being dominated by the 76ers' internal and external dual cores.

32 is better than 26
They entered the second quarter with a 6-point lead.

"I think the Spurs game should be made into an NBA promotional video, which is much more useful than a slam dunk."

"Even untalented people can appreciate the beauty of basketball in their game."

Wright calmly let Weixia and Cousins ​​rest.

If it is another head coach, when the Spurs' substitutes explode, they will definitely send one of the core players to consolidate the situation.But he chose to believe in this team that created 71 wins.

Judging from the final result, Wright was overconfident.

But he can't be blamed for this. Since the beginning of the season, the 76ers have come here like this.

Jay Wright wants to build a system to get rid of the 76ers' absolute dependence on Wesha.With Wesha deliberately delegating power, Cousins ​​has grown into a center, Hayward was selected as an All-Star for the first time, the 76ers have won 71 games, and they have won all the playoffs so far-these victories make Wright believe that even if Wesha and Cousins ​​are temporarily absent, the 76ers are still a team that can compete with the Spurs.

The cunning Popovich has spotted this.

One of the biggest problems during Wright's rotation is that he likes to let the two cores of Wei Xia and Cousins ​​​​go off the court together.

Because the 76ers also have the third core Hayward.

But when Hayward hasn't reached the point of being alone, he can't suddenly take on the burden in the finals.

The defending champion Heat, who was personally sent out by the 76ers in the playoffs, their coaching staff would never allow James and Wade to rest together.

They've always had James or Wade paired with Bosh leading the second unit.

Popovich saw this clearly, so the Spurs in the second quarter put up such a lineup: Parker, Leonard, Ginobili, Splitter, Diaw.

If Splitter is replaced by Duncan, this lineup is the ace lineup for the Spurs to fight their opponents to the death.

Moreover, their approach of letting Leonard defend Hayward alone is a wonderful move.

Although Leonard was beaten by Wei Xia, he came to defend Hayward and covered every point accurately.

At the same time, Nash faced consecutive confrontations, and Holiday's breakthrough line was guessed.

The bewitching Ginobili continued to tease the uncontrollable Holiday with a coquettish rhythm—several times of true and false passes, and even made fake moves to shake the young man away, even going in and dunking the basket.

He is 37 years old!

When the second team was overwhelmed by the Spurs and the point difference was stretched to 14 points, Wright couldn't sit still.

He called Rondo, Wesha and Faried, let Cousins ​​continue to rest, and used a small lineup and speed to overwhelm the Spurs.

Wright, who had always acted like a super coach at the peak of his debut, showed timidity in front of Popovich.

Yes, his plan was guessed.

The most targeted arrangement for the Spurs tonight was knowing that when the 76ers were behind by double digits, they would go to a small lineup and beat themselves with running and bombing, so they decisively gave up the strategy of "I don't want the frontcourt rebounds, the most important thing is to hold the base camp" in the first game.

Is this strategy wrong?That's right.That's what the Celtics used to do.

However, the Spurs quickly recognized the facts.

No matter how hard they try to back off, the Sixers are faster than them.

As a result, Popovich changed his strategy and asked the team to adopt an aggressive rebounding strategy.

What a small lineup is most afraid of is losing rebounds. Only by grabbing the rebounds can they ensure a counterattack and push up. The Spurs have an absolute height advantage. They don’t retreat suddenly and fight with you for rebounds. Such an aggressive routine.But the Spurs grabbed 19 offensive rebounds, and even Green got 4.

When you lose 19 offensive rebounds in a game, how many counterattacks can you make?

Fortunately, Wei Xia took over the game in time and scored 12 consecutive points to chase the point difference to 9 points. The 76ers did not let the Spurs kill them in a wave.

The first half of the game has come to an end.

The 76ers trailed the Spurs by 9 points, allowing the opponent to turn away on their own home court.

Jay Wright was a little anxious. When interviewed by reporters in the midfield, he even said: "We will have a whirlwind in the second half!"

This means, is to continue to push the rhythm.

The 76ers, who were obsessed with using speed to kill the Spurs, fell into the opponent's trap.

The more you pay attention to speed, the easier it is to lose the strength of the defensive end, because everyone wants to finish the defense quickly and then play quickly.

Wright will start the second half with a standard 41 lineup: Rondo, Holiday, Wecha, Hayward and Cousins.

Since the 76ers launched the 41 system, this lineup has been invincible.

But today, they were overwhelmed by the Spurs' fluent ball transfer and tsunami-like rain of three-pointers.

In the second half, the Spurs had four key players, Leonard, Ginobili, Green, and Diaw.

The Spurs' coaching staff asked Ginobili and Parker to connect in series. As a result, the two took 12 shots and 14 assists in half a game, while Leonard took 17 shots.

The Spurs' transfer of the ball today is very enchanting. The main reason is the large number of cross transfers mentioned earlier.

The 76ers' defense was one-sided, and Weixia wandered a lot, giving Leonard many opportunities. This expressionless facial paralyzed guy scored several three-pointers, all of which received the ball and made shots.

There were also Parker and Ginobili crossing the bottom line several times, getting through the weak side and then falling.The risk is high, but the reward is high: the Spurs have a great time making three-pointers from the outside and rebounding from the inside.

Diaw's unparalleled ball intelligence made the Spurs' offense smooth and gorgeous like a beautiful movement.

They once led the 76ers by 19 points.

In the fourth quarter, Wei Xia and Cousins ​​fought back together.

Their crazy counterattack prevented the game from entering garbage time, but they fell too far behind, and the Spurs' outside line was already in an unstoppable explosive state.

The 76ers who pursued with all their strength did not give up until the last moment.

And the outcome may have already been predetermined.

113 is better than 102
With a gap of 11 points, the Spurs stole home court advantage from the 76ers and interrupted the opponent's winning streak in the playoffs.

So far, the finals have been tied 1-1.

The 76ers' undefeated golden body so far in the playoffs this season was broken by the Spurs.

韦夏空砍38分8篮板4助攻，考辛斯的32分9篮板也无济于事。

The two core players of the 76ers have played well enough.

The winning side did not get carried away.

Tim Duncan said humbly, or humbly: "Our offensive and defensive coordination is very good, but obviously, we know what kind of team the 76ers are. We know they didn't play at their best level tonight. They let us shoot a lot of chances. We confirmed that Game [-] will be very different...For us, this is not just that we ended their undefeated record in the playoffs so far, but more importantly, we have to realize that they stopped themselves."

(End of this chapter)