You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 770 Unlimited Person (1163)

The two chasing counterattacks were a small climax for the Spurs in the middle of the first quarter.

They stubbornly declared their opponents, letting the 76ers know San Antonio's determination to defend their home court.

Despite falling behind, Jay Wright didn't change his rotation.

He kept Weixia, and then let Cousins ​​and Hayward off the court to rest.

On the Spurs side, Duncan and Parker are also two core veterans on the bench.

Perhaps no one would have imagined that Ginobili would bring the second team to fight Weixia.

The two sent a large long pass with great hands and feet, and the role players followed suit.At this moment, the Spurs won. Although Leonard couldn't defend Wei Xia, the Spurs' role players were more competitive.

That is, in this paragraph, the Spurs have a problem. They fall into a positional battle. Apart from Duncan, they have no other means of scoring efficiently.

Both Ginobili and Parker's kills came from defense and offense.Both Leonard and Green went out.Moreover, in the second half of the first quarter, the 76ers discovered a way to play.

Regardless of whether Ginobili is following Holiday or Robertson, he uses double screens to create cutting opportunities.Ginobili defends against the ball, and can rely on biting steps and flopping to stick you, but is he a 37-year-old half-bald man, and his bones still don't hurt when he double-covers the meat wall?
Ginobili's physical strength began to decline, and Holiday was in his place.This is thanks to Belinelli, a surprise soldier on the Spurs bench, who made a rescue and scored two consecutive three-pointers, which made the 76ers lose momentum and allowed the Spurs to keep their 6-point lead.

The game progressed to the last minute of the first quarter, and the 1ers replaced Wei Xia.

Both parties are well aware of their respective details.

The Spurs started tonight, except Duncan, and everyone else was not in the best form. Parker and Splitter hesitated, mostly relying on the European gang in the second team—that is, Ginobili + Dior + Belinelli.

The situation of the 76ers is a little more serious than that of the Spurs.

They failed to speed up. Except for Weixia, Cousins ​​and Hayward did not play very well, and Rondo's mentality was messed up by the opponent's short-selling strategy.

Although the lineup is not in good condition, the 76ers hold the king bomb.

As long as Wei Xia can maintain this state, even if Cousins ​​and Hayward have been in poor form, the game will still be played.

Moreover, the Spurs' strategy tonight can be regarded as laid out.

The positional battle mainly looks for Duncan/Split, and then relies on the tacit understanding of the defensive end to try to make the 76ers miss shots and push counterattacks-they will use the 76ers to deal with them to counter the 76ers.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the 76ers put up a second team: Nash, Holiday, Robertson, Odom, Cousins.

The Spurs correspond to Mills, Ginobili, Danny Green, Diaw, and Splitter.

Obviously, the 76ers' second team is far stronger than the Spurs.

It's just that Cousins' state is worrying, but Nash's experience is reassuring.

He calmly promoted the offense of the 76ers. He did not hurry up, and he saw every move. The place where the two sides launched the attack was mainly on the outside.

Three and a half minutes later, Nash only scored 3 points, but sent 4 assists.

The scoreboard reflected his contribution: 35 to 35.

Both sides tie!

Then another half a minute later, Nash seemed to be ten years younger, and asked for a pick-and-roll, Cousins ​​hung it firmly-the Spurs' defense was only a little bad, and he was crossed by the Son of the Wind with light steps, rushed into the paint, and used his signature low-handed fancy pick.

"Shh!"

37 is better than 35
This ball caused the Spurs to call a timeout.

Four minutes later, the Spurs' second team was overwhelmed by the 4ers.

Popovich returned all the main players, just like the 76ers.

Nash, who performed well, was replaced, and Wei Xia, Hayward, Rondo and others took over.

Wei Xia switched to Parker in the first round on the field.

Everyone in the Spurs was not worried when they saw Parker facing Weixia, so what about DPOY?Wei Xia, who has experienced a torn ACL, is the least good at dealing with this kind of lightning-fast small guard.

However, Parker is no longer the core guard who led the team to the finals last year. Injuries are the natural enemy of all Lightning guards.

What's more, after Wei Xia came back from ACL, he no longer relied on lateral speed to match such players.

The method provided to him by Larry Bird is to predict.

How to predict?Wei Xia doesn't expect to have Bird's admirable golf quotient. His prediction of Parker comes from a lot of research on Spurs game videos.

Parker always controlled the ball with his right hand, and kept making feints that made Wei Xia mistakenly think that he was going to change direction and go left.

In fact, his goal is always Wei Xia's right side.

As Wei Xia saw, he didn't think about the left side at all.

So when Parker self-righteously turned to an emergency stop with one hand, Wei Xia's block made him return to reality from his imagination.

Parker's ball was touched by Wesha's fingertips -- then, the ball still hit the rim, but missed.

"Counterattack!"

Cousins ​​grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to Wei Xia.

Wei Xia took the ball in the middle, facing the chasing Leonard, they maintained the momentum of stalemate all the way, and entered the paint at the same time.

It's just an instant effort.Leonard stopped his body in front of him, and the confusing nature of dribbling behind his back made it impossible for him to judge how he wanted to end the offense.

In fact, taking one step at a time is the best way to deal with Wei Xia.

He is now like Monroe in the 70s. Even he himself doesn't know what the next move is, and all offenses revolve around the opponent's defense.Leonard followed up, and he stuck to it, and after receiving a Monroe's turn, he turned to let the opponent's defense stay behind forever, grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it to the basket above his head.

bang!

39 is better than 35
"It's really interesting to play against you." Wei Xia felt that he would never get tired of beating Leonard.

The 76ers' defense still focuses on locking the opponent first.

Tough perimeter defense inevitably fouls.

Hayward's tough confrontation was seized by Ginobili, and the veteran performance artist from Argentina got down on the ground and let the former take the whistle.

Then there was Ginobili, the Spurs' wide-range transfer of the ball was blocked by Wei Xia's exaggerated defense switching ability to assist the opponent.

Wei Xia and Rondo, their judgment on tactical dynamics is at the same level as Ginobili.What makes them great is not the speed of their defenses, but that they know where the next ball is going when they see the Spurs pass, so they can deal with it in advance.

The basketball returned to Manu Ginobili's hands in a thrilling way, and the Argentine knew that if he passed it on, he could only end up being defended until 24 seconds and reluctantly shot.

Then we must attack decisively!

His passing action swayed Rondo, who switched defenses in front of him, and dribbled to the basket, causing a foul by Cousins.

"Where is this foul?" Cousins ​​said in his mouth, very unconvinced.

This is the final, he knows what is more important.

So it was just a thought, and I didn't really protest to the referee.

Ginobili made two free throws, he adjusted his pace and retreated, and the 76ers advanced normally.

Rondo gave the ball to Hayward on the left. Hayward wanted to pass the ball to Odom to hit back. His brain seemed to be broken, and he didn't notice that Ginobili near Odom had a chance to steal the ball.

As soon as the ball was passed, it was intercepted by Ginobili.

The scene became noisy, and the Spurs' strategy tonight was to catch the 76ers' mistakes and fight back.

This was originally the 76ers' strategy against them.

Ginobili held the ball and threw a single-handed ball in the backcourt, which shocked the audience with a super-long-distance ground bombardment ball.

His ball hit Leonard, who was abused by Wei Xia from the beginning to the present.

Leonard gave back with a frontcourt dunk.

39 is better than 39
The Spurs recovered the score.

Wei Xia restrained the defense alone, and the 76ers urgently needed others to stand up and score.

The main lineup is so difficult to start, in fact, the main reason is that there is no safe scoring point except for Wei Xia.

Although the second team filled the hole and played an advantage, if the main players can't get back to their form, the game will still be difficult to play.

Cousins ​​took the ball in a low position, and there was nothing abnormal in the back play process, and it was fine before the shot, but the feel was too bad.

Duncan's role on the defensive end is really scary. He is 38 years old and can still effectively limit a center's singles.

Cousins ​​​​missed in singles, and Rondo's tactical foul prevented the Spurs from counterattacking.

Playing positional warfare, the Spurs are still not afraid.

The tactical starting point that no one thought of-Duncan dribbled outside the three-point line.When Ginobili pulls out in the right corner, Leonard pulls out in the left corner, and Parker calls a pick-and-roll pass to a standing Stone Buddha on the perimeter, he has the opportunity to do so.

Odom, who was in place to help defend, was passed by Duncan.

Cousins ​​wanted to guard Duncan, but the opponent played an in-hand pass.

Dior hit the board with the ball and scored easily.

41 is better than 39
"Boge, come out and do me a favor." Wei Xia shouted.

Cousins ​​ran out obediently, and according to Wei Xia's finger, came to the left-wing three-point line and provided an off-ball screen for Hayward.

Wei Xia suddenly ran to the top of the arc and Rondo passed the ball.

Wei Xia deceived Leonard by grabbing the ball with one hand and throwing a pass inside, and suddenly turned sideways and threw the ball from behind to the left corner.

That's where Hayward is, and the Spurs' defensive vacuum.

Wei Xia's Magic Move made the teammates off the field stand up one after another. Hayward caught the ball and shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner, making a hollow hit, sweeping away the unsatisfactory start.

42 is better than 41
It's time for the game to show off.

Duncan ran to the free throw line and hit a jumper.

43 is better than 42
Cousins ​​​​cut inside the pick-and-roll, also received the flying cake from Rondo, and ate it comfortably.

44 is better than 43
Parker strengthened Tulongduo and recreated the 76ers' inside foul.

Odom made three fouls and was replaced by Hollins.

However, Parker made one of two free throws and missed the second free throw. The 76ers grabbed the defensive rebound and fought back.

Wei Xia rushed to the forefront. Leonard wanted to defend close to the body, but he took an elbow at the basket.

Leonard's foul made Wei Xia's counterattack calm.

For the backhand layup, he just didn't find a simple hitting board, but picked the basket hollow.

When the ball went in, Leonard got his third personal foul.

At the beginning of the second quarter, he was called for three fouls, and all the fouls were committed by Wei Xia.With so many rules, what is the defensive effect?

Wei Xia currently has 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Spurs dare not make substitutions. Leonard is their only wing who can face Wei Xia. No matter who else comes, they will just give food.

The Spurs' coaching staff has every reason to believe that without Leonard, Wecha can easily score 50 points against them.

This is a super offensive player who cannot be restricted from any angle, any game, and any venue.

Many molds claim to be professional, claiming that Wei Xia is better than James only in offense, and the latter's all-around influence far exceeds the former's offensive overflow value.However, there is no team that does not worry about how to defend Wei Xia when they meet the 76ers.

He has no dead ends, no shortcomings, as long as he is willing, he can easily score 30 or 40 points with breakthrough/shooting/low post/basket attack/jump shot/outside three-pointers.

In the Finals against the Spurs, he is currently averaging 40 points per game.

The Spurs believe that they have done a good job with Weixia's defense.

At least, they didn't let Wexia average 45 points per game.

But if Leonard is not here, averaging 45 points per game is just a bottom line.

Therefore, even with three fouls, the Spurs still keep Leonard.

(End of this chapter)