You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 768
On June 2014, 6, in the afternoon of Game 12 of the NBA Finals, the 4ers held a meeting in the training hall arranged by the Spurs and conducted the last training session before the game.

The content of the meeting is naturally to study and target the opponent.

The Spurs are a team worth digging into the details.

They formed today's style, not suddenly.

Since Duncan joined the team in the distant 1997, they have actually been implementing the routine of "double inside, one high and one low, low singles, high pick and roll".

Therefore, in Duncan's peak years, the Spurs have always relied on his singles, Ginobili + Parker's pick-and-roll, others such as Bowen's corner three-pointer plus another shooter (Finley, Barry) The threat of firepower, another insider (Admiral, Nesterovic, Oberto, Elson, Bonner) high-post attack.

In 2010, Duncan was obviously old, and the Spurs, or Popovich, began to transform from a top coach who could make the best use of it to a historical all-round coach.

Since then, the Spurs have become what they are today. They picked up the blitzkrieg + three-pointers of their old opponents, maximized Ginobili's organizational skills, and made the team lighter-this really relieved Duncan's plantar fasciitis-thus playing an excellent regular season record.

Then the Spurs got Leonard, signed Diaw and Mills, and reused Green.The offensive system took shape initially, and eventually became what it is today: widening space + Parker off the ball + pick-and-roll + shifting from strong to weak side on the line + multi-point shooters. If they didn't encounter the Thunder's three whistles, maybe they would join forces with the Heat a year in advance.

Until this year, the Spurs have greatly increased the offensive weight of Leonard and Green, and then, a team that has played team basketball to the peak, and the chemical reaction is almost the best after the 96 Bulls, appeared.

The 76ers dealt with the Spurs, just like the Spurs dealt with the Suns back then.

Pinch their shooters and use the athleticism of the wings to influence their transfers.

The tactics couldn't be opened, the shooters misfired, and they were forced to single out.

The shooting percentage dropped, giving the 76ers a lot of defensive rebounds, so the counterattack flourished.

Forced to a desperate situation, they had to single out. At that time, the 76ers played the Wei Xia card, and this card was like a "big king" that could be used all the time. Whoever the Spurs asked to single out, they could use this card to crush them to death.

The big victory in Game3 was entirely due to the 76ers' offensive overwhelming the Spurs.

On the contrary, the Spurs have been considering countermeasures, and there have been three successful counterattacks.In that case, only the Spurs have the ability to fight back against the 76ers. Like the Heat, they have no backhand power at all.

It is precisely because the victory of Game3 stems from the bursting state of all players that Jay Wright asked the players to treat Game4 with a more prudent attitude.

The Spurs weren't crushed, they were just unlucky enough to run into a Sixers like this.

But that state of affairs is absolutely unsustainable.

No team can rely on bursting state to win the championship.

Therefore, lowering your stance and preparing for tonight's game with all your strength is the proper attitude.

The players listened to it, trained hard, waited until sunset, took a shower, had dinner together, and then took the bus to the AT&T Center.

They found that the old men of the Spurs came to the scene to warm up earlier than they did,

This is their home field, are there any other places that need to be familiarized with?
No, they came here earlier just to get more time to practice shooting with the arena hoop.

There are many staff around the venue preparing for tonight's game.

The decoration on the floor has not yet been replaced with the Spurs logo.

The Spurs' cheering T-shirts have not been placed in the auditorium on the sidelines one by one. There are many things that need to be dealt with in advance.

The two sides are living in peace, and each is training in its own field.

Until half an hour before the start of the game, fans began to pour in.

Reporters from all over the world, foreign reporters, and broadcasters were all seated according to their pre-determined positions.

Wei Xia's exclusive interview rights tonight are given to ESPN and domestic CCTV.

Moreover, CCTV's exclusive interview was before ESPN, and the cards were huge.

Wei Xia has a bad impression of the domestic media, because their questions are not spiritual, they only ask some boring questions, and the second is that some people lack professionalism.

It is an unspoken rule in the industry that media people cannot ask for autographs from players when they have the right to interview.

The domestic media treats this as nothing, always acting stupidly like "if I don't know, just pretend he doesn't exist".

However, this kind of thing has never happened to CCTV media personnel.

The pre-match interview process is over, and there are still 15 minutes before the start of the game.

Wei Xia went back to shoot the ball for 10 minutes, and then the players from both sides returned to the field. The coach was about to make the final arrangement, the lights on the field dimmed, and the DJ reported the starting lineup of both sides.

"Go all out and take them down!"

Before the start, Wright shouted at the players.

Cousins ​​took off with all his strength and won the first chance for the 76ers.

Weixia helped Rondo make a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and Tony Parker chose to go around the defense.

This defensive method of going around and giving shooting space to prevent breakthroughs is very suitable for Rondo.

Rondo broke through and passed back to Wei Xia.

Wei Xia's shot fake point flew Leonard and rushed towards the Spurs' penalty area.

Although the Spurs' defensive assistance is strong, having an assistance defense does not mean a successful defense.Wesha drew the defense to his side and passed the ball to Cousins ​​in the paint.

Cousins ​​didn't need to go through too many complicated movements to put the ball in the basket.

2 is better than 0
The Spurs sent out their ace lineup as soon as they came up today.

GDP, Dior, Leonard.

Parker's breakthrough was as fast as lightning, and he sharply split Rondo's defense. He moved fast inside the three-point line, forcing the 76ers to shrink their defense.

On the other side, Manu Ginobili made an opening.

Parker passed the ball and Ginobili hit the iron with a three-pointer.

An interesting scene happened. Although Cousins ​​was in a good position, Duncan seemed to be rooted behind him.No matter how hard he tried, Duncan was there.No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't push Duncan away, so when he took off, Duncan's force from behind made his center of gravity naturally disappear.

Cousins ​​couldn't catch the defensive rebound because he lost his center of gravity, and the ball flew out of bounds along with his weightless body.

It was a rebound that was knocked out of bounds by Cousins.

"It's a pity." Duncan said indifferently, "It's a pity."

Cousins ​​exclaimed unhappily: "What's the pity?"

The Spurs had an extra 24 seconds of attack time, and Duncan was still talking about what a pity.

What a pity, he didn't say, let Cousins ​​guess.Cousins ​​is destined to be someone who can't watch suspense movies. He was eager to get the answer, so he used more strength to fight.

This is a bad sign. Cousins, who has controlled his emotions well in the previous two games, is like an aunt who a woman visits once a month—maybe his uncle is here today.

Duncan wanted to draw a foul.

On their home turf, the chances of doing so are greater.

But the referee didn't give him face. It was obvious that Cousins ​​had already made a body collision that could not be blown, and the whistle didn't sound.Duncan, who failed to do so, forced his shot and hit the iron.

The counterattack that made Spurs fans frightened came.

This time, Rondo did not fight back well.

He wanted to pass the ball, and suddenly found that he could do it too.

He simply went up on his own, and he didn't expect Leonard to rush back to help defend so quickly.

Rondo missed a layup.It was the Spurs' turn to fight back.

The ball passed to Ginobili on the perimeter, and there were Parker and Duncan in the frontcourt.With a long pass from Yaodao, Parker deliberately rushed inside to attract firepower to Duncan, and scored the ball before falling to the ground.

Duncan unexpectedly fought back.

2 is better than 2
"To this day, does TD still have such vitality?"

The TNT trio of Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Marv Albert spoke in amazement.

The Spurs played more confidently, and the 76ers didn't seem to have recalled the last big victory.

They pass the ball randomly.

In the bottom corner, Wei Xia caught the ball and shook Leonard, and tried a three-pointer.

He didn't find the touch in the first place and hit the iron with a three-pointer. Fortunately, the rebound didn't land on the court, but went out of bounds directly to avoid being hit back.

The Spurs are as confident as ever.

The 76ers expect them to be singled out, and generally they will be singled out when the tactics fail.

Suddenly, they took the initiative to play heads-up.

When Parker asked for a pick-and-roll dislocation in the bottom corner to face Cousins, he confidently changed directions from left to right, and his speed prevented Cousins ​​from making a correct response.

He was so dizzy that he didn't know where to start even after losing his position.

Faried wants to help defend, and his athleticism is impeccable, but Parker's floater is aimed at jumpers like him.

"Shh!"

4 is better than 2
Rondo stuck to his game, ignoring Cousins' anger at raising his hand for the ball.

"Give it to me!" Cousins ​​yelled.

"Come out!" Rondo roared, which immediately reduced Cousins' momentum by three points.

The tactics are still on Wei Xia, Cousins' pick-and-roll and screen, Rondo breaks through.

From the perspective of opportunity, Wei Xia got another chance to score, but this shot still failed to go smoothly.

As soon as the ball is shot, you know it's gone.

He reacted quickly, rushing to the possible rebounds ahead of everyone, grabbing an offensive opportunity, and passing the ball to Cousins ​​who rushed to ask for the ball.

Cousins' brain became hot, he gave up shooting, and went in with the ball to kill, but was blocked by Duncan standing up.

The offensive end suffered continuous setbacks, and the 76ers' start tonight was completely different from the previous game.

With the deterioration of the touch and the excellent defensive performance of the Spurs, the situation of the game is favorable to the Spurs, and the rhythm is also controlled by them.

They are no longer like the previous few games, and they gave Duncan a good start.

Instead, let the outside players warm up first, which is obviously correct.

The Spurs' active perimeter players got off to a good start as a result.

Diaw took the ball and passed the ball to Ginobili who ran across the baseline. He also used his body to help the Argentine hang Hayward by the way.

Ginobili made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, "Wow!"

7 is better than 2
In the past three and a half minutes, the 76ers only scored 2 points, and the coaching staff who saw something wrong requested a timeout.

(End of this chapter)