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Chapter 158 Defense!Defense!

Zhang Zifeng's emergency stop jumper made Popovich frown off the court.

It can be seen that Zhang Zifeng is a little excited today. Popovich has carefully studied the Chinese game.

Once you get this guy going, he's an unstoppable superscorer.

Just like that guy in Curry, he can score any unreasonable three-pointers.

Absolutely can't let this guy feel good. Popovich saw that Green was struggling to defend the opponent. He turned his head and looked at Jonathan Simmons and others sitting on the bench, thinking about how to arrange tactics later.

As the boss of the team, Duncan saw his younger brother slumped in front of Zhang Zifeng, so he naturally wanted to stand up and return one.

In the transition between offense and defense, Duncan ran into the inside card owner Noel, raised his right hand high, and signaled his teammates to pass the ball.

After receiving the ball, Duncan turned to face Noll.

Watching Noel's defense, Duncan suddenly raised the basketball.

Noel hurried forward to block the shot, but Duncan has an outstanding mid-range shot.He doesn't want Duncan to find a shot because of his mistakes.

Seeing Noel stepping forward, Duncan immediately put down the ball, dribbled and cut inside.

Noel quickly followed. As the number one power forward in history, Duncan has excellent inside offensive skills. He dribbled two steps to the inside, turned around suddenly, changed hands and dribbled into the penalty area. He wanted the ball with one hand. Dunk into the basket.

As soon as he jumped up, Zhang Zifeng suddenly attacked from behind, trying to block Duncan's ball with his big hands.

Unfortunately, a second later, Zhang Zifeng hit Duncan's hand.

Duncan was hit with his left hand and dunked the ball.

penalty!

After landing, Duncan stared at Zhang Zifeng.Even the stone Buddha has the posture of glaring at the diamond!

Zhang Zifeng loosened his shoulders and said, "Do you think we will let you dunk easily?"

Duncan stood at the free throw line and made a free throw.

Well, Duncan's inside offense is top-notch, and if there's a downside, it might be his free throws.

Much better than O'Neal, but Duncan's free throw percentage is only about 75% in his career.

So sometimes at the last moment of the game, Popovich will replace him in order to prevent the opponent from using foul tactics in Duncan.

The first free throw was missed, and Duncan made the second free throw after adjustment.

The 76ers served and McConnell took the ball to the frontcourt.Seeing Green's tight defense, McConnell did not pass the ball to Zhang Zifeng.

Noll ran three cents away and made a screen for McConnell. With the help of Noll's cover, McConnell threw off the marked Parker and rushed directly to the inside.

Duncan followed closely. As a point guard, compared to other positions, the most outstanding thing is their ball-handling skills.

McConnell stopped suddenly in front of Duncan, then shook his body continuously, then changed direction, accelerated past Duncan, and rushed directly to the basket for a layup.

Just when McConnell thought he had the ball, he completely underestimated Duncan's strength.

Although he was passed by McConnell, Duncan has been closely behind him.

When McConnell jumped up for a layup, Duncan's big hand appeared above the basketball.

Under McConnell's horrified eyes, Duncan slapped the basketball with his right hand.

Just as the Spurs fans were about to stand up and cheer, Zhang Zifeng suddenly rushed to the penalty area, jumped up and snatched the basketball that was shot off by Duncan.

After landing and moving forward, Zhang Zifeng struggled to jump up in the penalty area.

Duncan is really old. At this time, he wants to stop it, but his knees can't let him take off continuously to block Zhang Zifeng.

Roar!
Zhang Zifeng let out a low growl, and dunked the ball heavily into the basket with one hand.

After landing, Zhang Zifeng angrily hammered his chest at Duncan.It is a demonstration, but also an encouragement.

Tell teammates that the opponent is like this, encourage teammates not to be afraid, and fight bravely with the opponent

Originally thought that he was going to be humiliated, but Zhang Zifeng helped him find the place in an instant.

McConnell excitedly ran over to give Zhang Zifeng a high five and shouted, "Thank you, Jack!"

"It's okay, go back to defend, go back to defense!" Zhang Zifeng shouted to other teammates after high-fiving McConnell.

The dunk galvanized the 76ers, who raced back to half court for a challenge from the Spurs.

Parker received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt.

Green started to run, but Zhang Zifeng would not give him a chance, so he followed closely immediately.

Green ran continuously but couldn't get rid of Zhang Zifeng. He was a little anxious, so he accelerated his running, then suddenly changed direction, and turned back.

Although he was thrown away by Green, Zhang Zifeng slammed on the brakes, and there was a squeaking sound from the basketball rubbing against the floor, and the entire upper was twisted so that it seemed to be broken at any time.

With the help of this friction, Zhang Zifeng twisted his body to keep up with Green.

As soon as Green received a pass from Parker, Zhang Zifeng posted it.

Green's shooting is very accurate, but his offensive ability with the ball is average.

Green lost a valuable opportunity by not shooting the ball as soon as he caught it.

Seeing that there was no chance, Green held the ball and wanted to pass it to Duncan. Noll hurried around to defend, using his physical advantage to consume Duncan.

Green took a look and was busy patrolling other teammates.

Parker was guarded by McConnell, and Anderson was guarded by Grant.None of them have an advantage. Now the power forward position is the weakest position of the 76ers and the strongest point of the Spurs.

Green can only pin his hopes on Aldridge.

When the Rockets and the Trail Blazers met in the playoffs, Aldridge alone completely blew up the Rockets' insiders. He scored 40+ points in two consecutive games. No matter whether it was Asik, Jones or Capela defending him, they couldn't stop him. guy.

The Spurs value his powerful inside offensive skills, and Duncan is about to retire, so they spent a lot of money to recruit him into the team.

But so far this season, Adelaide still has not integrated into the Spurs system.

Adelaide has practiced individual singles skills in the Trail Blazers, but he seems out of place in the Spurs who pay attention to teamwork.

With Adelaide, the Spurs couldn't play the smooth cooperation they once had, whether it was defense or offense.

Adelaide faced Holmes with the ball and habitually wanted to single Holmes, completely forgetting the team's tactics and Popovich's arrangement.

Ade hit Holmes with his back continuously, advancing towards the penalty area step by step.

When Adelaide faced Holmes' non-stop dribbling, Grant already knew that Adelaide was going to play singles by himself.

He immediately ran over to double-team Adelaide.

Grant's double-team, Adelaide could no longer continue to dribble with his back, he hurriedly grabbed the ball, and then passed the ball to Anderson who was open on the outside.

When Anderson catches the ball and jumps up to shoot.

Zhang Zifeng immediately rushed to fill Grant's vacancy. Zhang Zifeng jumped up and flew in the air like an eagle, spreading his wings to cover the sky and the sun.

Zhang Zifeng's blocking gave Anderson a lot of interference.

As expected, the ball hit the inner edge of the basket and bounced out.

Watching the ball pop out, Duncan jumped toward it, but he was caught behind by Noel.

Noel jumped up facing the basketball, caught the basketball with his right hand, and threw the ball vigorously into the frontcourt as soon as it landed.

Seeing that Noel grabbed the rebound, Zhang Zifeng immediately ran forward.

Green hurriedly followed behind.

But if you are one step slower than your opponent, it is tantamount to losing your chance.

Zhang Zifeng received the pass and made an easy layup.

Running back to halftime, Zhang Zifeng clapped his hands and shouted loudly after giving Grant, Noel and others a high-five, "Well done, that's it! Keep going, come on!"

Looking at Zhang Zifeng on the field, many Spurs fans showed envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Seeing Adelaide who still couldn't integrate into the team on the field, many fans sighed in their hearts.

Aldridge, it cannot be said that he does not work hard, nor that he is not strong.But for a team like the Spurs, which is strictly disciplined and pays attention to the overall situation, it is a pity that he has no taste for food and discards it!
Seeing that the team's proud defense is not as good as the bad team 76ers.

Popovich became angry, and he yelled at his team members, "Didn't you eat? Strengthen your defense, or you will all get out of here!"

As the game continued, the Spurs strengthened their defense, especially against Zhang Zifeng, amidst Popovich's roar.

Every time Green approached Zhang Zifeng, it was a fierce competition.

Every ball must be contested, even every position must be contested.

Green was determined not to let Zhang Zifeng catch the ball, and took care of Zhang Zifeng meticulously.

Zhang Zifeng was harassed by Green for a while and couldn't attack.

The 76ers' offense also fell into singles relying on personal ability.

Fortunately, Leonard was absent this time, and the Spurs also lost an important offensive point.

Duncan Parker is not young, and it is impossible to stay on the court for too long. Green is too busy marking Zhang Zifeng to care about other things.

The Spurs can only rely on Adelaide, and then all his teammates pull away to give him space to play singles.

With the 76ers also desperately defending, Adelaide's shooting rate is not high.

40: 42.

When the first half ended, when the 76ers in the away game were only weakly behind by two points, it fell below the eyes of many people.

And Zhang Zifeng was undoubtedly the best performer in the first half, making 6 of 4 shots, including 10 of 4 pointers, scoring [-] points and [-] assists.

(End of this chapter)