Healing Basketball

Chapter 652
“托尼-帕克，23岁（1982年5月17日生），188公分，84公斤，PG，能力评价87……场均19分3.3板5.6助攻1抢断0.1盖帽……投篮命中率55%，三分命中率28%，罚球命中率72%……”

The first two matches were not deep enough. In the second half of the season, when they played against the Spurs again, after the first round, Liu Xiu had that feeling——the troika really came!
Although Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili had gathered together in 02, their roles in the 02-03 and 03-04 seasons were just the same. To do better, neither of these two was at the first-class level in those two years.

It wasn't until last season that Ginobili became one of the first-class stars that the troika could look a little better.

Now, Parker has also entered the room!

In the ball just now, Parker showed something that Liu Xiu was envious of—explosive acceleration!
His warden can also use Buff, talent, and skills to do similar things, but specific conditions are required, while Parker, the acceleration after the pick-and-roll is just a simple display of physical fitness, and does not need so many tricks, bypassing Kwame Brown The second stage of acceleration and short-distance explosive lateral movement... are all the use of physical fitness, and these are beyond the reach of his warden.

The most important thing is that Parker's pick-and-roll ability with the ball has just been developed, but Duncan has the top five pick-and-roll ability in the league at the power forward position, and his basic skills are comprehensive and solid.

However, Duncan's hard power is declining year by year, and he relies more and more on his teammates. It just so happens that both partners have begun to enter their peak period... Relying on each other and helping each other, the troika has really come!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Blazers attack.

The Spurs did a good job of retreating. Bowen retreated to the top arc early to defend. He looked at Liu Xiu who was quickly advancing after receiving the serve. That twisted urge, he focused on defense.

Liu Xiu once again started to speed up in the middle circle and continued to break through!

Bowen continued to move forward to defend, seeking stability and not messing around.

Liu Xiu changed direction at the top arc and went to the left. Duncan and Nesterovic launched a double-tower defense. After Liu Xiu passed Duncan on the left side of the free throw line, Nesterovic expanded his defense one step ahead. Liu Xiu grabbed the ball and used the European step to avoid Nesterovic's extended top defense.

Duncan expected that Liu Xiu would actually fight the European step, and after being passed, he moved predictively to block Liu Xiu's last landing point of the European step attack frame, but!

Liu Xiu jumped straight after taking a step and threw the ball in front of the basket.

The ball hit the backboard and bounced towards the hoop, hit the front edge of the hoop for a bit, and fell into the hoop!

The French gentleman sprayed dirty words on the spot, is the warden so unrestrained tonight?
Whether the goal is scored or not is two different things. It is not in rhythm, angle combined with distance, and it is extremely unfriendly to outside players...

He doesn't think it's strange for Ginobili to shoot such a shot, and he also thinks it's normal for Kobe to shoot when he played against the Lakers.

But in Parker's cognition, the warden is a representative of a "stable" player. Except for critical moments and catch shots, his shot selection at other moments is very stable.

In the first two offenses tonight, Liu Xiu played unrestrained and aggressive.

After scoring the goal, Liu Xiu was also very excited. On the way to retreat, he bumped into Randolph to celebrate. It was obvious that he himself felt lucky.

When it came time for the Spurs to attack, Parker continued to cooperate with Duncan to launch a pick-and-roll attack.

Kwame Brown didn't extend out to defend, and when he followed Duncan out, he stayed at the free throw line.

The disassembled Duncan saw this and cut inward along a 45-degree angle. Parker did not rush, but controlled the rhythm, and lobbed the ball at the top arc to Duncan who was squeezing Liu Xiu to cut in.

Duncan came to close range to receive the ball. Although Liu Xiu did not withstand Duncan, he still limited the speed of Duncan's cut. Kwame Brown made up in time.

Duncan passed back to the direction of the free throw line, and Parker stepped on the free throw line to receive the ball and quickly took off and made a quick shot...hit!
Although the goal was scored, Parker was still taken aback.

Kwame Brown, who came out again, almost got the cap!

But the farther distance is beyond Parker's shooting range.

The Spurs' offense in these two rounds is their regular style of play, so the Trail Blazers can rely on Kwame Brown's ability to improve and progress on the defensive end. Only in the second round, they have an obvious defensive effect.

But when it comes to the Spurs' defense, it's a different story.

Liu Xiu continues to fight in singles!

Neither the top arc nor the mid-range could stop Liu Xiu. Coupled with Liu Xiu's magic shot in the last round, the Spurs had to strengthen their defense against Liu Xiu.

The two first-defense masters in the top arc and mid-range are not messed up, and Parker in the left corner is blocked.

Liu Xiu scored the ball from the left corner, and Duncan made it up immediately, but it was still too late. Ray Allen caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!

After scoring three consecutive goals in the opening game, the Blazers players were extremely excited and actively retreated, trying to defend the opponent with all their strength in the next round, and play a real advantage... The whistle sounded, and Popovich called a timeout!
...

The Spurs called a timeout after only 1 minute and 19 seconds into the game, and the live TV station was a headache.

Normally, a pause means that you can place advertisements and earn income, but the advertisements start less than 2 minutes after the game starts... Anyway, wait for the 5 minutes of trial time to pass!

And this is the Spurs game, even if the opponent is a popular team, the ratings are not high, Popovich is such a toss...

As the opponent, the coaching staff of the Trail Blazers is also very painful. Fortunately, they have been honed in the 7 games of the Western Conference Finals last season. Just started.

Just about to start the momentum was interrupted by the opponent's timeout, no matter what, the momentum must be affected to a certain extent.

Maurice Cheeks first accepted this matter, didn't worry about it, and focused on another characteristic of Popovich-the reason why Popovich used timeouts to disrupt the opponent's rhythm was because He lacks on-the-spot adaptability!

Liu Xiu chose an unreasonable and aggressive attack method tonight, which was effective and caught the Spurs by surprise.

His offensive choice is not only unexpected for the Spurs, but also for the Trail Blazers.

But it's a good start!

With Maurice Cheeks' two years of experience playing against the Spurs, Popovich will be very conservative in the face of situations that exceed expectations. If this is the case, then seize this point and continue to play!

Back from the timeout, the Trail Blazers did not make any substitutions. The Spurs replaced Nesterovic with Muhammad, and the other four remained unchanged.

The Spurs' lineup adjustments are quite satisfactory, and the defensive end adjustments are also based on stability. In response to Liu Xiu's breakthrough, the Spurs' defensive adjustments stop at accelerating the speed of contraction and expansion.

Popovich's goal is to survive Liu Xiu's opening singles stage!

(End of this chapter)