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Chapter 225
Yang Ke ran to the front field slowly, looked at JR who was crossed in front of him, and frowned slightly.If he really went crazy today, it would be very difficult to deal with.

The Spurs' offensive round was still handled by Ginobili for the time being. Facing Felton's defense, he directly took the ball and took a serpentine step.One step changed direction and passed the defense, quickly rushed to the inside, threw the ball with his right arm, and scored a three-step layup.

Then, it was the Nuggets' turn to attack. JR received a pass from Felton on the three-point line, and without a doubt, he directly faced Yang Ke and forced a shot.

This time Yang Ke made a prediction in advance, and even paid a foul because of the thug.But it still failed to defend, and instead let JR play a 3+1.

Seeing JR hit consecutive three-pointers, Popovich's face sank. Although it was only two three-pointers, it was not enough to threaten the team's lead.But he felt JR's hot touch, so he called a timeout.

After the players returned to their seats, Popovich pondered for a moment and said, "Young, Leonard, switch defenses later and let Leonard mark JR."

Geek!

Hearing Popovich's voice, Yang Ke, who was drinking Gatorade, felt tense. It seemed that the coach was not satisfied with his defensive performance just now.

Seemingly seeing Yang Ke's nervousness and loss, Popovich said directly: "Under normal circumstances, Yang can completely guard against JR, but today that guy is not in a normal state. Leonard's wingspan is very long , Try to see if you can limit him in this regard."

Thinking of the game two years ago, Ginobili shook his head with a bit of a headache, and then said: "If JR really goes crazy, it's not so easy to deal with."

"I'll find out later, you guys should take a good rest first."

Smiling and shrugging, Popovich didn't really care.After all, JR doesn't always maintain that kind of crazy state, but it just explodes from time to time, which is still within the acceptable range.

Yang Ke nodded thoughtfully, and after Popovich's explanation, he was relieved.I also remembered that JR made 11 three-pointers when facing the Spurs two years ago, breaking the three-pointer record at the time.

When the timeout ended and the game continued, Leonard finally faced JR head-on.But after two rounds, it was found that the effect was not satisfactory. His death coil was not perfect, and it did not interfere with JR, who was catching and shooting.

Seeing this situation, Popovich began to change players frequently in the next 5 minutes, lining up all the outside players in the team and defending JR one by one.

Even that fatty Dior defended against JR for one round, but JR seemed to have a sight on his hand tonight, aiming at every head.Even if it was stuck to the face or hit the wrist, he could make all of them, and he made 7 three-pointers in just a few minutes.

This caused the Spurs, who originally had the lead, to be tied instantly.Even at the end of halftime, the Nuggets directly overtook the Spurs by 15 points.The fans, commentators and even the media at the scene were surprised.

Just as the players on both sides retreated into the locker room, ESPN's on-site commentary began to worry about the Spurs. He turned his head to his partner and said, "It's reasonable. If JR's point is not resolved, the Spurs will go far in this game."

Another commentator smiled and said: "The interesting thing is that the reason why JR is called the nerve knife is precisely because he is so unpredictable that no one can clearly know when he will break out and when he will return. normal."

Sighing, the commentator said again: "Now we can only expect that Popovich will come up with some targeted strategies during the intermission."

"By the way, why are you so biased towards the Spurs? I hope the Nuggets can win, which can be regarded as a way of consoling Lawson."

"........."

On the other side of the home team's locker room, the faces of the Spurs who came back here were full of depression.They have achieved the ultimate in JR's defense, but they just can't defend, and JR is not like Kobe, which will affect their emotions to some extent.

Walking to the center of the room, Popovich quickly scanned the faces of the crowd, and then took out the tactical drawing board, and said while drawing: "JR's luck tonight, no, it should be that the hand feels really explosive. So I Decided to change the strategy in the second half and implement a slashing tactic against him!"

Killing tactics?!

Looking up slightly, Yang Ke's eyes lit up.As the name suggests, the slashing tactic is to foul a specific player off the ball and send him to the free throw line. The shark slashing tactic is a famous representative of it.

Although JR's free throws are good, even if all of them are hit, they are only two points, which is one point less than three points.And for a shooter, it is necessary to keep his hands hot, and sending him to the free throw line frequently will likely disrupt his offensive rhythm, thereby forcing a lower shooting percentage.

All the Spurs players have good golf quotients, so they quickly understood the meaning of it, and knew that this is undoubtedly a very targeted strategy, and it may also produce unexpected good results, so their mood improved instantly.

Nodding, Popovich continued with a smile: "In the second half, Manu Ginobili stepped off and Mills stepped on. Let Mills make JR's off-ball foul first, remember not to make too many moves, I don't want to see What an accident."

"understand!"

Mills replied affirmatively that although he did not intentionally create off-ball fouls, he knew that JR would definitely be irritated by this tactic, so he had to ensure the proportion of his actions.

It didn't take long for the second half of the game to begin. Except for Ginobili being replaced by Mills, there were no other changes in the starting lineups of the two teams.

The first offensive round belonged to the Spurs. Due to Ginobili's end, Yang Ke once again took control of the ball and brought the ball to the frontcourt.Looking at the rung in front of Felton, he raised his arm and gestured towards Dio.

After a while, Yang Ke made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Dior on the three-point line, attracting the defensive attention of the two players.A hit ball passed the ball to Diaw, who cut in, and the latter finished the offense with a dunk.

The offense and defense switched instantly, and just as Nene handed the ball to Felton and was about to run to the frontcourt, the referee's whistle sounded at this time.

Countless people in the arena turned their heads to look, only to see that Mills was raising his right hand in the picture, calmly signaling that he had fouled, and beside him stood JR, who was full of displeasure.

Immediately, many people reacted in an instant, and the expressions on their faces became extremely strange. It seemed that the Spurs were implementing a slashing tactic against JR, which made them a little puzzled.

(End of this chapter)