NBA villain

Chapter 289 Grinding

After careful comparison, the Warriors are still too immature.

Yang Di, Davis, and Fisher already have experience in the playoffs. As for Richardson and Dunleavy, before Yang Di came, they hadn't made it to the top ten in the regular season. Someone else hit.

There are also problems with the substitute, but fortunately Fisher is really big-hearted. After making a drift mid-range shot, he helped the Warriors cling to the point difference 29 to 37.

Yang Di played early and had a rest of less than 4 minutes.

After entering the playoffs, Montgomery made it clear that he wanted to increase his playing time. If there is no foul trouble, more than 37 minutes is inevitable.In the same way, the same is true for the absolute main players such as Davis and Richardson. After all, this is a knockout game, and those who lose can only go home and fish.

Popovich didn't replace Duncan.

It was this hesitant replacement, Yang Di immediately seized the opportunity, grabbed the offensive rebound when Richardson missed the sixth ball, and scored two points with Robert Horry.

2+1!

After the extra penalty hit, the Warriors were only 32 points behind 37 to 5.

The Spurs attacked, and Duncan, who came on, caught the ball and hit Yang Di with his back. When he turned around, Foyer, who was active, joined Yang Di to double-team Duncan.

Duncan was surrounded, couldn't see the pass line, and went back to Parker, declaring the failure of this round of tactics.

Nearing 24 seconds, Glenn Robinson forced a jumper to miss.

At the basket, Yang Di and Duncan got stuck, and he got stuck, but the ball bounced low and far. Yang Di stretched out his hand a beat later, and instead of catching the basketball, he was snatched by Duncan behind him.

Duncan grabbed the rebound and it was a throw, and the second offense was completed.

"Hey!"

The head coach Montgomery sighed, it's a pity this ball, Yang Di's rebound protection in the backcourt has always been very good, but sometimes, the game also depends on some luck.

Yang Di received the ball from the outside and made a hand-to-hand pass screen with Richardson.

At this time, Richardson, who made 7 of 1 shots, had some doubts about his state today. Although Bowen was blocked by Yang Di, he became unconfident when facing Duncan.

After a simple crotch cross step to open the distance, Richardson returned the ball to Yang Di who was down.

Yang Di caught the ball and broke through.

In the restricted area, Muhammad looked at Yang Di who was rushing over like a rhinoceros, feeling a little guilty.

"Boom!"

Yang Di stepped on the floor, holding the basketball high with his right hand, and was about to strike a tomahawk snap. There was pain in his wrist, and a big black hand hit it fiercely, and the basketball dropped instantly.

It flew out of the baseline, and the referee blew the Spurs' frontcourt ball!
Yang Di became angry immediately, and yelled at the referee, "Are you blind or deaf? My grandma can hear such loud thugs!"

The referee glared at Yang Di, but ignored Yang Di.

At this time, the NBA has not promulgated the "zero tolerance" rule, and players yell at the referees from time to time. Although the way of venting their emotions is a bit rough, it definitely tests their acting skills.

Yang Di was really fouled, his expressions and movements are very real, and the home whistle can't be blown like this!
But the referee ignored him, and the fans booed him.

The Spurs had already started to advance, Yang Di had no choice but to give up and continue to argue with the white referee, and continued to compete with Duncan after returning to halftime.

Ginobili passed Richardson with Duncan's pick-and-roll.

Ginobili changed his direction and broke through to the left, taking exaggerated steps in. Murphy just touched his body, and he twitched and bounced away as if he had been electrocuted. After a few steps, the basketball still caught It didn't fall off in my hand.

The cunning Argentine glanced at the referee, who blew his whistle.

"Murphy pushed foul."

Murphy committed the third crime and hugged his head in disbelief.

Montgomery had no choice but to wave his hand, and continued to replace Foyer, who had just rested for less than a minute, to replace Murphy, who was in danger of fouling.

"It's like diving on a football field."

Barkley scoffed at Manu Ginobili's actions, and didn't believe that such actions could be brought to the NBA. "Such actions are destroying the beauty of basketball. He must have no way to form a fan base. The league is the real fertile ground for them."

"It's ugly, the game is going to be ugly."

Ugly is ugly, but it is undeniable that such an action is very practical.

Without Murphy in the Warriors, Yang Di will take on more offensive responsibilities in the interior, and without Murphy's control, the Warriors' overall offense will be compromised.

"Keep it simple!"

Yang Di said to Davis.

"The complexity of a team like the Spurs makes it harder to beat them. We can use the simplest high-post pick-and-roll, or else we can single-handedly attack and score suddenly to solve the problem!"

Baron Davis nodded, that's all he could do.

"Warrior fight is easy!"

Davis returned to the way he had just started the game, waved his hands to open the space, and then let Yang Di come out and do a high pick-and-roll with him.

On the side, the Warriors and the Spurs formed a two-on-two situation.

Davis immediately forced Duncan after blocking, and Yang Di crossed Davis, and then Yang Di fell to the low post and got Parker.

Baron Davis didn't rush, and turned around and lobbed the ball to Yang Di.

Yang Di was overjoyed to catch the ball, and immediately bowed and hit it. With a "bang", he leaned against the small French sports car with only 1 meters in height, hitting Parker's chest like a big stone hit him, and he was dazed.

Duncan turned around to double-team, and Yang Di passed the ball to Davis.

The Spurs rotated to defend, Baron Davis gave the ball to Richardson, and Richardson was finally unguarded in the middle, jumping high and shooting.

"Shua!" Hit!
nice shot!

After the eighth ball was hit, Richardson's field goal percentage instantly reached 20.00%. There was a feeling of tears in his eyes.

Game stats can be deceiving.

Sometimes, some players took a lot of shots in the early stage, and their shooting percentage was low. In the second half, they scored several goals in a row, and their shooting percentage could be pulled back in an instant. It seemed to be the same as the average shooting percentage of the season, but in fact , The team wasted many good opportunities throughout the game, and missed many opportunities to start and take the game away.

The key to the Warriors' goal lies in Yang Di.

Duncan also discovered this point. Yang Di's offensive skills are not as bad as the legends say, and his offense at the basket a few times is very threatening, forcing him to help defend against misplaced positions. Play fewer positions, and the threat of open space increases a lot.

Before halftime, the Warriors trailed the Spurs by 48 points 55 to 7, and the point difference recovered a little.

After playing easier, it also reduced the team's overall mistakes. Although the shooting rate is average, at least it will not give the Spurs an easy chance to score. The team slowly stalemates the score, aiming to drag the game to the last moment.

(End of this chapter)