The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 92 False Thunder Three Whistle

In the CCTV studio, taking advantage of the holiday break, the host Yu Jia raised the topic again:

"Director Zhang, what do you think of the performance of the two sides in the first quarter? Li Ze only took two shots in the first quarter and made two shots. He scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. This is completely different from his previous performance."

"Indeed, I think the Spurs' strategy here is to let you play alone and try not to give you the opportunity to drive other teammates. With this lineup of seniors and juniors, the defensive rotation is very fast."

"The first quarter was all single defense. Even in the penalty area, Duncan's defense was very good, so although Li Ze made a few good passes in the first quarter, his teammates didn't seize the opportunity in the end."

"But I still have to say that the players of the Thunder are too talented. If you let me play singles, I will score all of them for you. In the few minutes that Blair played, he was consecutively defeated by Durant and Westbrook. against."

"Li Ze also contributed on both ends of the offense and defense. Ginobili scored a goal in the first quarter, 4 of 1. The Spurs had a chance to open the score, but in the end the Thunder persisted."

"After the substitute came on in the second quarter, the two sides still have to compete. It depends on the performance of Li Ze and Ginobili. The period of the substitute is very critical for the Thunder."

Although Director Zhang is optimistic about Li Ze's performance, he still believes that the Spurs will win, and the GDP combination is the basic set.

During the break during the festival, Coach Brooks is also giving the players blood, and making tactical arrangements by the way.

"Green, you also go first in the second quarter, pay attention to defense, Ibaka, pay attention to Matt Bonner's outside shooting, Kayce, strengthen your personal offense!"

Coach Brooks took Jeff Green, mainly to open up space for Li Ze to attack. Ethan Thomas was too easy to be targeted in such a game, and fell out of the rotation this time.

"At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder made some adjustments. Li Ze and Sefolosha partnered in the backcourt, Jeff Green and Ibaka formed the front line, and Nick Collison moved to the 5th position. "

"The Spurs have George Hill and Ginobili at the back, Michael Finley and Matt Bonner up front, and Antonio McDyess at center."

The host Yu Jia began to introduce the rotation lineup of the two sides.

"The current lineup of the Spurs can still shoot! Except for the center, everyone has the basket. This game is interesting!"

Director Zhang also saw the characteristics of the Spurs' lineup. He doesn't suffer from height and can shoot from the outside, which is very suitable for Ginobili and George Hill.

On the first attack of the second quarter, Li Ze quickly dribbled across the half court. After seeing the opponent's lineup, he directly signaled Ibaka to put up the pick-and-roll.

Matt Bonner's defensive lateral movement is not good, so Ginobili quickly squeezed through after the pick-and-roll, and kept giving Li Ze a physical confrontation.

Li Ze was leaning on the opponent while paying attention to the Spurs' defense. Seeing that Bonner chose to delay himself, he passed the ball behind the back with his left hand and found Ibaka at the free throw line.

The latter received the ball, without hesitation, and shot a jumper.

"唰" scored in the middle distance.

Ibaka's mid-range is getting more and more accurate. If no one is defending, he has a high degree of certainty. The bonus of the [Attack Core] badge is still useful.

Popovich immediately yelled from the sidelines. It could be seen that the old man was quite dissatisfied with the defense this time.

Although George Hill is only a second-year rookie, his style of play is calm and his tactical execution is also very good. He is deeply loved by Popovich.

Facing Sefolosha's defense, after the pick-and-roll, George Hill directly broke through and entered the penalty area. Facing Nick Collison's defense, he pulled the bar with his right hand and scored the ball.

Without Ibaka in the penalty area, the ability to protect the frame plummeted. When the Spurs players stood outside, the Thunder did not dare to shrink their defense.

"Green, remember to call everyone to defend a zone defense in the next round, and try to make an air cut on offense, we have to play faster."

When serving, Li Ze told Jeff Green that he had to move this lineup, otherwise it would be a waste.

After halftime, Li Zeyun passed it directly to Sefoloza. After the latter received the ball, he immediately played a hand-off pass with Jeff Green, noticing that Li Ze began to position in the low post.

Jeff Green made two dribbles directly to Li Ze, and then began to move laterally outside the three-point line under the cover of Collison.

After Li Ze received the ball with his back, he made a fake one-handed outward pass, which directly tricked Michael Finley, who wanted to double-team him.

Then he hit two quick shots, reached his own shooting hot spot, ignored Ginobili's defense, and directly turned over and shot a jumper!
"Shua" 2-pointer was scored steadily.

[Hot Zone Hunter] + [Difficult Shooting King] badge bonus effect is very good, which ensures Li Ze's hit rate of such difficult shots.

"Hey! Li Ze made one of Jordan's signature moves. After the fake move, he made a back-up jumper. This goal is so beautiful!"

Director Zhang looked at Lehe directly, and entered Li Zechui's mode again.

"Serge, zone defense, pay attention to defensive rotation and rebounds!"

While retreating, Li Ze greeted Ibaka loudly.

With the zone defense on the line, Li Ze and Sefolosha's defensive rotation was very fast, but the Spurs were full of veterans, which directly allowed Bonner to stand near the free throw line.

After passing the ball a few times, George Hill from outside the 3-point line made a jumper directly.

"唰" hollow into the net.

"The Thunder's defense is really good, but George Hill's 3-point shot is also tough. It's a good read of the defense!"

Host Yu Jia also praised the Spurs' offense.

Li Zeyun noticed after halftime that the Spurs' defense paid close attention to his three-pointers, almost always defending him from the three-point line.

Seeing this situation, Li Ze stopped calling a cover. After dribbling the ball in the crotch continuously, he suddenly changed direction, broke through Ginobili's defense, and went straight to the basket.

Antonio McDyess saw this situation and came up to help directly, but then he realized that he had made a mistake. Li Ze made a false pass, and Collison successfully ate the cake when he was under the basket and dunked with one hand.

"Brilliant pass, Bro!"

After scoring the goal, Ginobili caught up with the retreating Li Ze and said with a smile.

"Learning from you, your assists in the first quarter were also very beautiful!"

In terms of business bragging, Li Ze is definitely No.1 in the league!
In the next 3 minutes or so, the Spurs saw Li Ze's indiscriminate singles.

Switching to Michael Finley's defense, Li Ze dribbled the ball behind his back, suddenly made a cross step with his right hand holding the ball, quickly pulled back, turned around with his left hand, got rid of the defense, and drifted a mid-range shot.

"Shua" 2-pointer hollow into the net.

Facing George Hill in the low post, after taking a tentative step, he ignored the opponent's defensive interference and directly made a jumper.

"Shua" scored again in the middle distance.

After Bonner's pick-and-roll, without waiting for a change of defense, Li Ze dribbled the ball with his left hand and passed the opponent directly.

After scoring 3 goals in a row, Popovich quickly asked for a timeout. In fact, the score between the two sides is still tied. The Spurs are also very accurate in offensive and defensive outside shots, but the old man is not satisfied with the team's defense.

Back from the timeout, Li Ze found that the Spurs increased their physical confrontation with him. George Hill, Ginobili and Michael Finley began to pinch him early, let him out of the ball, and kept making small moves.
"Do you treat rookies like this?"

There are naturally opportunities for flanking, and Li Ze's ball speed is also very fast, but the Spurs' defensive rotation rate is also high, and the Thunder's shooting rate has begun to decline, and Li Ze has also hit the iron.

The Spurs didn't give Li Ze a chance to make a shot at all, just to test other players' ability to handle the ball.

Coach Brooks saw the situation and immediately called a timeout. He was about to switch to the main lineup, and let Li Ze take a break by the way.

"Good job, Kayce, take a break, Krstic, protect the rebound, everyone must echo each other on the defensive end!"

Li Ze watched Coach Brooks keep explaining the precautions for inside defense, and he knew that the coach had no idea. After all, Duncan scored 6 of 5 in the first quarter and played too easily.
With 5 minutes and 32 seconds left in the second quarter, the two sides regained the main lineup again. The Thunder tried to speed up and wanted to speed up the offensive rhythm, but haste made waste. Turtle and Durant began to make mistakes.

The old fritters on the Spurs side just play the pick-and-roll leisurely, play the low post, attack the inside, and never shoot unless there is an absolute open outside.
In this way, by the end of the halftime game, 54 to 50, the Spurs led by 4 points.

During the intermission, in the CCTV studio, the host Yu Jia routinely raised a topic:
"Director Zhang, what do you think of this half of the game? The Spurs overtook the score in the second half of the second quarter."

"I think the Thunder played a bit chaotically in the last few minutes, pursuing speed too much. You can't make mistakes against a team like the Spurs. If you make a mistake, the opponent will definitely seize the opportunity."

"In the second half, if the Thunder want to win the game, they have to spend the full time of the main force, make fewer mistakes, try to focus on transition offenses, and drop the position, then they will not be able to beat the Spurs."

Director Zhang is telling the truth that the Thunder's lineup is flawed.

"Thank you Director Zhang for your comment. After the commercial, I'll be right back in the second half!"

Popovich, a bad old man, is naturally aware of the characteristics of the Thunder team's style of play, and he has already discovered that the referee's penalty scale in this game is a bit loose, so the Spurs took the lead in the third quarter!

After Guigui reached the penalty area, he was directly slapped to the floor by Duncan with the ball.

"Squeak" The referee made a gesture, and the ball was thrown out of bounds.

"It's a shooting foul, it's already hit, you should have seen sir!"

Turtle excitedly shouted at the referee, but unfortunately the line referee still signaled the game to continue.

After the second half of the game started, Li Ze found that the Spurs' defense was very aggressive. Whether it was with the ball or without the ball, the referee often didn't blow it at all!
Under this whistleblowing scale, the Thunder's shooting percentage began to decline, while the Spurs were as stable as old dogs and would not be greatly affected.

This pissed off the fans at the Ford Center, and started scolding the referees:
"Referee sucks! Referee sucks! Referee sucks!!"

But this didn't affect the trend of the game at all. It was 25 to 19 in a single quarter. After three quarters, the Spurs led by 10 points.

During the intermission, Durant was so angry:

"The referee's eyes are blind, our breakthrough, we got 4 free throws in this quarter, this is simply a joke!"

Li Ze was drinking tons of water beside him. He knew that he still underestimated the old fritters. He was 5-of-1 in this game.
"It doesn't matter, there is still a lot of time in the fourth quarter, it's only 10 points, and a few three-pointers will come back!"

Li Ze began to encourage his teammates, he didn't want to just admit defeat, and at the same time secretly complained:
"This is really a home game like an away game. The agreed-upon thunder three whistles!! This script is a bit wrong!"

(End of this chapter)