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Chapter 617 Long Live the King

Timeout, Kings bench.

"What lineup is the Spurs..." Su Yang asked casually.

Assistant coach West immediately replied: "Jonathan Simmons replaced Kawhi Leonard, Patty Mills replaced Tony Parker, Kyle Anderson replaced Pau Gasol, David Lee replaced Aldridge, Ginobili replaced Danny Green..."

"Isn't the defense weak too?"

Su Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, and changed his mind in his mind. He gave up arranging Jason Thompson to play, and instead said: "Covington and Grant come on the field to play forwards, LaVine, Brogdon, Thomas, you three play guards, When encountering the big men of the Spurs, we should use more forwards and double-teams, and the whole team will work together to mainly defend the breakthroughs of Ginobili and Mills..."

The Spurs striker, David Lee who has suffered serious injuries and is about to retire, the still immature space-time lord Kyle Anderson, Jonathan Simmons, who had 4 daughters in his first year of college and was forced to participate and lost, the 39-year-old Manu Ginobili…

Anyway, it was a lineup with a small number of people. Su Yang felt like playing casually, and it didn't matter if the king didn't have a real center.

Brogdon stood up in a little surprise, thinking that he would only be able to appear in garbage time, but he didn't expect to make his debut so soon.

Seeing this, Su Yang patted his shoulders to encourage him: "You go to defend Jonathan Simmons, you have no problem defending him with your height and weight, if there is a chance to score, you must try boldly, these guys will help you adapt as soon as possible, welcome to the NBA... "

Jonathan Simmons

After the words fell, Thomas Jr. and others booed and laughed, Brogdon nodded with a smile, and the whole team cheered.

The whistle for the end of the pause followed.

In the ESPN live broadcast, Van Gundy smiled and said: "Come on! Brogdon made his debut. Su Yang said that he can beat Ben Simmons to get the best rookie player. The summer league performance is really good, averaging 20+ points per game. Now A formal test of strength."

Jackson said: "The king is crazy! Three defenders and two strikers lineup, the highest player is 206 Covington..."

The on-court game starts.

The King kicked off in the backcourt, one inside and four outside.

Thomas dribbled the ball to the right wing, passed it to Covington at the top of the arc, then strode to the right bottom corner to make a screen for LaVine, and LaVine took the opportunity to rush to the right wing and raised his hand to receive the pass , Twist your hips and turn around, relying on your physical advantage to rush to the basket.

In a hurry, Ginobili called the Spurs to shrink and close the siege, but LaVine's explosive breakthrough was too strong, and he took the first step to the basket, ignoring Kyle Anderson's slow-paced defense, and easily kicked off the ground, a simple one Put the basket and get two points.

The king chased to 18 draws.

There was thunderous applause in the arena.

The Spurs counterattacked with a kick-off, Mills led across the center line, David Lee caught the ball and turned to the left, Ginobili stepped forward and passed the hand.

Covington decisively switched defenses to intercept, Ginobili stopped immediately, protected sideways, and waited for a while before passing the left elbow.

David Lee took the ball with his back and faced LaVine in a dislocation.

It is said that the size advantage is huge, but LaVine gave up the bottom line in advance, blocked the top line, and induced David Lee to attack from the bottom line.

David Lee, for some unknown reason, did not force the misplacement. Instead, he moved to the top of the arc and cooperated with Mills who ran over with Ginobili's cover, but LaVine continued to switch defenses on the King's side. , with no speed disadvantage at all.

In a hurry, Mills pocketed the ground pass.

David Lee took the ball and started to rush to the basket, but was blocked by Covington's lateral movement, jumped up in a hurry and threw the ball to the right corner.

Looks like an obvious pass to Kyle Anderson.

It's a pity that the handwork is really bad, so I still jump and pass the ball.

The target is as big as the sun in the sky.

Grant immediately stepped up to grab the ball, usually took the basketball, and threw it to Thomas Jr. in front of him, and the King launched a fast break.

Cheers erupted in the Gold One Center.

The king's three lines go hand in hand.

Thomas Jr. made a long pass from the center line to the left wing of the frontcourt. Brogdon caught the ball and rushed to the basket to attract the defense, and then suddenly passed to the right corner.

LaVine caught the ball and made a shot, pointing to Manu Ginobili, who was eager to block the block, and made three big strides to the basket, jumped up to avoid David Lee's potential block, gliding a short distance in the air, and backhanded The tie rod hit the board, which was almost the same as George's opening shot.

The Spurs rushed to make a fast break.

Ginobili dribbled the ball to the left side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees, and took advantage of the opportunity to break through to the right with the cover of David Lee. Facing Covington, who bypassed the screen and intercepted him, and somewhat underestimated his three-point ability, his temper was a bit difficult to control. It's just an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.

The basketball bounced back with a clatter.

The king got the rebound to counterattack, and it was also a 45-degree position to cover in advance. The speed was too fast, so he had to switch defenses and intercept.

David Lee on Thomas Jr.

Thomas Jr. also continued to change hands under his crotch, and suddenly pulled the ball horizontally with one hand to the right. It looked like he was about to shoot, and he successfully hit David Lee. Take off smoothly and shoot small open three-pointers.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The king played a 7-0 attack wave and overtook the king 23-18. The fans at the scene shouted long live the king in unison.

Su Yang got up and applauded along with him, and even gave a thumbs up to Thomas Jr. in the arena to show his praise. The one-on-one match was great!
The two teams switched offense and defense.

The Spurs shifted their hands from the frontcourt and continued to cover and run. Jonathan Simmons used David Lee to cover, took the ball at the top of the arc and twisted his hips. No chance for a layup.

In a panic, Simmons chose to jump up and pass the ball to the left, trying to assist David Lee who was dismantled and slid down.

David Lee took off the ball and was about to hit the rebound and put in the basket. Grant made a diagonal cut, slammed his palm, and faced the big cap.

The basketball was forced to fly upside down. Covington, who was chasing David Lee, picked up the basketball, turned around and rushed to the frontcourt. The King started a fast break again.

Covington rushed to the basket to attract the Spurs to shrink the defense, stopped and passed the ball at the free throw line, and Brogdon, who followed up on the left wing, caught the ball and took off, ignoring Mills, who was flying to defend, and raised his hand to score a three-pointer. The basketball went into the net hollow, 10 to 0.

Popovich was a little confused.

Why was it 10-0? Manu Ginobili's emergency stop three-pointer was too bad, David Lee's take-off height was too low, David Lee's interior space pass was too poor, and the Spurs didn't have a low post advantage , The offense collapsed, and the defense collapsed.

While thinking about it, Popovich gestured at Mills, who was passing the ball forward, and asked to pass the ball inside.

The Spurs' frontcourt formation changed accordingly, starting with a classic triangle, passing to the right wing at the top of the arc, hanging the right waist, and then opening up the space.

David Lee took the ball with his back and took advantage of the situation to hit Covington, but just after hitting the ball, Thomas Jr., who did not chase Mills, did not hesitate to double-team and forced David Lee to pass the ball to the baseline.Seeing this, David Lee quickly raised his hand and gave the ball to Ginobili.

Ginobili took the ball and made a breakthrough, and Thomas Jr. rushed directly, regardless of the fact that the center of gravity was too high to prevent the breakthrough.

As long as you don't shoot the spot-up three-pointer lightly.

Ginobili took advantage of the situation and went inside, but he didn't expect that the kings immediately surrounded him, blocking all the space for layups.

For a while, there was no other choice.

The basketball was passed to Mills again, but LaVine chased him closely. There was not much room for maneuver, so he had to find another cover.

After some tossing, Mills faced Brogdon, with little time left, he gritted his teeth and lowered his center of gravity, trying to change directions continuously.

That movement obviously wanted to bully Brogdon's slow lateral movement, but Brogdon was tall and had long arms, and there was someone behind him.

Mills really had nothing to do, and finally withdrew to join the ball, resisting Brogdon's interference, and forced a difficult three-pointer.

The basketball bounced back with a clatter.

Covington jumped up to grab the rebound, landed and turned around to make a long pass to the center line. Unfortunately, the position was not so accurate, but Brogdon rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the right side of the frontcourt to pick up the basketball, passed Mills with a feint, and strode Get to the basket and jump against the defense.

Bang!

Defensive dunk David Lee.

The arena burst into cheers.

The Kings played a 12-0 attack wave.

The Spurs requested a timeout.

The DJ played the BGM casually: "Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

In the ESPN live broadcast seat, the host Brin asked how to evaluate Brogdon's debut performance just now.

Van Gundy was silent for a moment, then answered irrelevantly: "Fans, I announce in advance that the Kings have won three consecutive championships..."

(End of this chapter)