Guoshu basketball

Chapter 251 Warriors vs. Spurs

When mentioning Ginobili's Demon Sword, the first thing many people think of is his snake-shaped breakthrough as if his waist can be twisted at will, making it difficult for people to guess his next move.But Li Du felt that the most enchanting aspect of Ginobili was not in his breakthroughs, nor in his scoring methods, but in his unconstrained thinking that could find loopholes in the opponent's defense!

Many of Manu Ginobili's passes are between the best and mistakes, but he can accurately grasp this speed, not to mention minimizing the turnover rate, and can penetrate the opponent's defensive formation in one go.He is also the only one who can make Popovich tolerate him and let him attack independently.

So the outside world has been rumored that Popovich's most proud student is Duncan, and his favorite student is Ginobili.

The Spurs' troika, Duncan, Ginobili and Parker, in Li Du's heart, Duncan is the core, but Ginobili is the brain!Although Ginobili's athletic ability and competitive state are not as good as before after several serious injuries, and he is no longer the man who can lead Argentina to defeat the American Dream Team, but the older he gets, the more demonic he gets. The more people can't guess his mind.

Li Du has entered the NBA for the fourth year. With his ability to observe the opponent's muscles, strength and other physical details, he can judge in advance how the opponent will move. For four years, he has firmly occupied the place of the defensive first team. Even Kobe , James and others' actions, Li Du could also predict them.In the entire NBA, only Li Du could not predict what Ginobili would do next.

So in Li Du's thinking, to defend the Spurs, Ginobili must be defended first!

When the Warriors held a meeting in the afternoon, Li Du expressed his thoughts and asked old Nelson whether this idea was right and what to do.Old Nelson didn't answer Li Du immediately, but asked other people what they thought.

No one else had any opinions, only Yao Ming pondered for a while, and put forward another opinion: "I have watched the video of our previous two games against the Spurs. In fact, our outside defense is already very good. The key is that the inside is controlled by Duncan. This season, the Spurs Many inside players have been traded away, and they have rarely used twin tower tactics, but against us, they still insist on using twin towers, which means that they have an advantage in the interior. I think we should still think more about the interior.”

Nelson didn't mention Li Du and Yao Ming's thoughts, but explained: "The Spurs have Duncan on the inside, Ginobili and Parker on the outside. It can be said that the inside and outside are balanced, and it is not enough to only defend them. But inside and outside At the same time, there is little hope of defending. So what we have to do is to cut off the internal and external connections. Only in this way can they fall into individual combat and break their offensive and defensive rhythm!"

In the end, the old Nelson set up tactics. The Warriors still focus on fast offensive and defensive transitions today, with fast breaks as the first offensive option. If they can’t get up fast, in the positional battle, Li Du and Yao Ming are the center, and the others distribute three-pointers Outside the line, ready to shoot a three-pointer at any time.

These are the normal tactics of the Warriors. The only thing Nelson emphasized is that facing the overall defense of the Spurs, everyone in the Warriors except Yao Ming must strengthen their running positions and increase off-ball screens in order to get open shots.

At 8 o'clock in the evening that day, the key game to determine No.3 in the West began.

Today's Spurs starting lineup is: Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, McDyess and Richard - Jefferson.It can be seen that the entire Spurs attach great importance to this game, and sent all the GDP combinations up from the beginning.They added McDyess in the starting lineup, and it is obvious that they still have to use the Warriors' lack of personnel inside to attack the Warriors inside.

The Warriors still have a regular lineup, Li Du, Yao Ming, Curry, Crawford, plus Lagabel who just transferred from the Bobcats this season, a typical lineup of one big and four small.

Yao Ming and Duncan stand in the middle circle to jump the ball. Although Duncan is much shorter than Yao Ming, his wingspan is very long. According to the effective height, he is not much shorter than Yao Ming!
The referee threw the basketball into the air. Yao Ming and Duncan jumped up at the same time. Duncan had long hands and moved the basketball to the Spurs' half court first.After receiving the ball, Parker took it easy and slowly advanced to the frontcourt.

Curry was defending Parker, while Li-Du was concentrating on defending Ginobili. Inside, Yao Ming was entangled with Duncan, and Lagabell was desperately blocking McDyess.Parker saw all this, and he beckoned slightly to let Duncan come out to pick and roll for him.

This is a tactic often used by the Spurs, with Parker and Duncan's high pick-and-roll as the starting point of the tactic, and then the whole team operates.Duncan blocked Curry, and Parker wanted to rush inside after throwing off Curry. It was impossible for Yao Ming to keep up with him.

Yao Ming had already expected this, so he took two steps back on purpose, let Parker hit the shot, to prevent his breakthrough, and never followed him.Yao Ming knew very well that once he followed the outside line, the Warriors' inside line would basically be empty. He had to sit at the basket!

Seeing that Yao Ming couldn't come out, Parker didn't have to go inside to kill. After dodging Curry who came around from behind Duncan, Parker raised his hand and made a mid-range shot.

Seeing this situation, Li Du could only sigh helplessly in his heart. Yao Ming's approach was correct, and Curry was also very active in defense, but the Warriors' lack of inside manpower inevitably caused this situation. Everyone in the Spurs was watching the other side. A master of tactical loopholes, Parker is even a master of mid-range shots. Seeing Yao Ming let him make a mid-range shot, he made a mid-range shot, and he was able to make it!

This is where the Spurs are strong. I will score whatever you put in, and I will attack your loopholes, and I can always make a shot!It seems that it is very difficult for the Warriors to defend the Spurs!

"Since it's hard to defend, let's go on the offensive!" Li Du waved to Curry, and the Warriors flooded into the Spurs' half.

The Spurs have returned to defense, and the Warriors can only play positional warfare.Curry handed the ball to Li Du. Li Du looked at Manu Ginobili who was defending in front of him, and then at Yao Ming who was trying to push Duncan in the paint. He decided to let Yao Ming play the first ball. .

So just after Yao Ming got into position, Li Du gave him the ball in a high-profile manner, and then Li Du took Ginobili to pull away in another direction.

Yao Ming saw Li Du's actions and knew that Li Du wanted him to score the first goal and let the Spurs know that the current Warriors are no longer weak inside, but strong!So this ball must be scored!

Leaning on Duncan with his upper body, Yao Ming suddenly punched Duncan with his back.

Speaking of which, Yao Ming and Duncan can be regarded as old rivals. In the past, Yao Ming was physically strong, and Duncan was weaker than him in terms of strength. Yao Ming had a good touch and could always score.Now that Yao Ming has lost weight, his body shape is almost the same as Duncan's, but his strength doesn't seem to have weakened much!
Yao Ming held down Duncan and took two steps inside, then turned over and made a fadeaway jumper and scored the ball.

(End of this chapter)