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Chapter 594 We Are Really Strong
NO.17 in a blink of an eye, the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Kings and Spurs officially started at the Golden One Center in Saskatchewan.

ESPN broadcast the game live, and the live camera scanned the auditorium in the east, west, north and south. More than 8000 fans waved their flags and shouted. They also wore blue and white T-shirts, like waves of waves, jumping excitedly towards the O'Brien trophy.

In the live broadcast, the guest Van Gundy spoke along the topic of the host Mike Brin: "You want me to ask who I am more optimistic about, of course it is the King, aside from the highest offensive efficiency in history, his No. 234 can change defenses infinitely, it is my dream The perfect lineup in…”

Mark Jackson answered: "I admit that the Kings performed very well in the first two rounds, but the opponents and core players they encountered all had injuries. In the first round, Marc Gasol and the Grizzlies did not have a qualified defensive system. Griffin is out..."

Between words, Van Gundy stared at Jackson with a smile.

That appearance seems to say: I see how you can pretend.

Jackson paused suddenly, and smiled after a while: "Okay, I've got a showdown! I also think the King is stronger, the director don't make me read the script anymore, our audiences are not fools, the two commentators each support the routine of one team, It's out of date..."

"OK, okay..." The host Brin took the lead in laughing, Van Gundy grinned lightly, and the live broadcast room was full of cheerful atmosphere.

King's bench.

Cousins ​​stopped watching the trio of Van Gundy playing tricks in the live broadcast, turned to George who was shaking his right leg, and said, "Fortunately, in this round of the Western Conference Finals, no Spurs were injured. There is no excuse for us to win, but are we really that strong?" ?”

"Forehead…"

George's legs were shaking, "It should be."

During the conversation, the long whistle sounded.

The game is about to start, Su Yang gathered the whole team around and said: "Remember, don't think too much about playing the Spurs, just do it!"

Several people in Curry nodded in agreement, and the whole team raised their right hands high, fisted shoulder to shoulder, and shouted in unison 123 King Come on.

The short whistle sounded, and the two teams started to enter the field.

The Spurs, Parker, Green, Leonard, Alder, Duncan.

On the King's side, Curry, George, Covington, Antetokounmpo, Cousins.

Cheers erupted from the audience, the jump ball was first performed, and the Spurs deliberately let Parker stand in the backcourt, following George.

With that arrangement, in addition to routinely taking the ball, there is obviously a need to switch defenses, because Green has already stood next to Curry in advance.

Snapped!
The basketball flew upside down for the Kings half court.

Brother Antetokounmpo jumped high to catch the basketball, turned around to avoid Green's sneak attack when he landed, Su Yang saw this and shouted: Give the frontcourt...

The words flew out, Antetokounmpo raised his hand and threw the ball to the left wing, and George just arrived in a running position, catching the ball and facing Parker.

The other Spurs players haven't arrived yet, and it's another misplaced matchup.

George made three strides to the basket, jumped up against Parker with a roar, and forced the basket despite Duncan's interference.

The basketball slammed into the net.

The cheers erupted, and the Kings got off to a good start. The pace was super fast, and they punished the Spurs' defense very well.

The two teams switched offense and defense.

The Spurs' RAM screened for the start, and when Parker shifted from right to left, Duncan ran up the wall again to screen.

In a hurry, Parker looked to the right and pulled the basketball to the left. However, a feint shot failed, and Curry flicked the ball away.

The basketball is forced to roll towards the center line.

Curry took advantage of the situation and stepped to grab it.

At that time, Duncan rushed to the ground to fight for it.

Su Yang gasped on the spot, this is 39-year-old Duncan, he worked too hard to win, salute!

Before the chaotic scramble, Duncan lay on the floor and passed the ball to Parker, while the Kings were already ready to attack.

Defensive formation chaos.

Leonard received the ball from a short corner, took a big step forward, kicked off the ground and dunked with both hands, and the basketball slammed into the net.

All the members of the Spurs bench gave a standing ovation and gave Duncan a thumbs up as a compliment, their eyes full of enthusiasm.

Offensive and defensive transitions on the field.

The king's five-out formation starts.

Curry took the center line, the basketball shifted from right to left, Cousins ​​received the ball from the top of the arc, and then passed it to George on the left wing.

Curry cut into the paint, circled to the left with the help of a screen, received a pass back and then looked for a screen. Seeing that Duncan chose to stay in the paint, he immediately took off with the ball and shot a three-pointer. Unfortunately, the basketball slammed into iron, and Duncan got the rebound. , The Spurs launched a counterattack.

Parker rushed to catch the ball, reached the right wing of the frontcourt in three seconds, faced Curry to intercept, crossed and changed direction to take off, and pulled the bar for a counter-basket.

Basketball is bang bang.

Antetokounmpo, who was chasing at full speed, picked up the basketball, turned around and made a long pass to Curry on the left center line. The king launched a counterattack and the audience cheered.

According to Su Yang's pre-match guidance, Curry didn't call a screen, and went directly to the paint area of ​​the frontcourt against Green, attracting Duncan to intercept, and then passed to Cousins ​​who followed up simultaneously.Unexpectedly, Cousins ​​didn't attack Duncan and Green in the double-team, and chose to pass the ball back.

Curry took the ball from the right corner, made a three-point shot and flew to Green, then dribbled the ball to the basket. Seeing that Aldridge closed the double-team, he decisively raised his hand and threw the ball to the left wing, and Antetokounmpo received the ball , bowed and knelt to aim at the basket, and steadily shot a wide-open three-pointer.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

Cheers erupted in the arena, and the corners of Antetokounmpo's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to say something harsh, but he immediately turned back to defend.

Seeing this, Su Yang clapped his hands and encouraged: "Good job! Keep it up, and let the Spurs pay a heavy price for letting you go short!"

Deliberately shouting loudly is to create pressure on the Spurs and the coaching staff, and the second is to boost Antetokounmpo's confidence.

Easy side Spurs attack.

The starting hand is routinely shifted from right to left, the baseline screen is carried out simultaneously, and the basketball is finally handed over to Adelaide who came to the left waist.

Cousins ​​followed closely, and according to Su Yang's arrangement, directly cut off the space on the line, and slapped the basketball in Ade's hand.

Ade picked it up and played again. Seeing that Cousins ​​was still intercepting the line, he decisively pulled the ball and turned to face the bottom line. The golden rooster was independent.

Basketball clangs like iron.

Antetokounmpo grabbed a rebound and the Kings launched a counterattack.

Amid the cheers of the audience, George used the cover to make a sudden failure, the basketball was passed to Curry again, and Antetokounmpo gave the cover at the same time.

Perhaps because he is younger and has better mobility, Adelaide did not hesitate to switch defenses and let go of Antetokounmpo.

Seeing this, Curry immediately turned around and passed the ball. Antetokounmpo received the ball with a large gap at the top of the arc, and took advantage of the opportunity to hold it high and prepare to shoot another three-pointer.

It may be that the previous three-point hit brought a deterrent, Adelaide hurriedly flew back to the defense, but Antetokounmpo stopped his action, gave up the shot and changed to a cross breakthrough, kicked two big strides to kill Duncan who was defending, and made an emergency stop Turn around and hit a layup to the right.

That action successfully flew Duncan away, and also tricked Cousins ​​into jumping, thinking that Antetokounmpo was going to pass an alley-oop dunk.

The basketball slammed into the net.

Cheers erupted in the arena.

"I buy it!"

In the live broadcast, Van Gundy exclaimed: "Is this Durant with a weaker ball and stronger body?"

"Difficult moves!" Jackson shook his head again and again, "Being able to attack with the ball and hit three-pointers, Giannis is invincible!"

Between the words, the Spurs attacked.

Directly handed over to Duncan on the right waist for post-up singles.

Parker passed the ball very accurately, Duncan received the ball very calmly, and did not suffer from the confrontation, but it was useless to let Antetokounmpo go around.

But Duncan is old after all.

Bang Bang Bang chiseled three times, Brother Antetokounmpo did not retreat half a step.

Duncan himself lost his balance, turned hastily and shot.

The basketball slammed like iron, and Antetokounmpo also flew to grab rebounds.

In the live broadcast, Van Gundy and Jackson were silent.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich looked slightly sad.

Duncan really couldn't move.

George counterattacked with the ball, took the center line and directly screened in advance, two consecutive times, the rhythm was super fast, and he was misplaced to face Duncan.

However, Duncan was quite calm.

George rushed hopelessly, walked the bottom line to take the ball away from the crowd, then played a hand-to-hand pass with Brother Antetokounmpo, and then hit Duncan.

Between the moves, I saw and followed to the right wing.

The Spurs didn't have a big man under the basket, Cousins ​​hurriedly raised his hands to signal a pass, and Green on the left quickly shrank to make up for it.

In the blink of an eye, George raised his hands high and made a strong long pass. The basketball flew straight to the left 45 degrees, and Covington caught the ball and rushed to shoot.

bass!
The basketball flew to the basket against Green's back defense and went into the net hollow.

The referee's whistle blew at the same time, the Spurs requested a timeout, the Kings started the game with a 10-2 lead, and cheers resounded in the arena.

Cousins ​​walked to the bench with a smile, raised his hands and shouted loudly: "We are really strong!"

"Fools are so happy..."

Seeing this, Su Yang chuckled, and turned to explain the potential changes of the Spurs to the king and generals, which would probably be defense.

(End of this chapter)