Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 6 6 [Hits and shots]

Many people think that Aldridge is not suitable for the Spurs at all, or that after Tim Duncan retired, Aldridge's situation in the Spurs is a bit embarrassing.

Because his style is not suitable for staying in the penalty area at all, he should appear in the paint area and constantly use mid-range shots to hit opponents. This is what he can do.

But having said that, Popovich cannot be entirely blamed for this. When no one is available inside, he can only sacrifice Aldridge. From his point of view, the combination of Leonard + Aldridge inside and outside is enough Support the team's offense and defense.

In the offseason that just ended, when Popovich and Aldridge had a heart-to-heart conversation, Popovich felt that everything would be fine after all, and Aldridge would not let him down.

And as long as it can persist until Leonard pays, the team will definitely usher in a bottoming out. As for Aldridge's weakness on the defensive end, Popovich feels that the team's defensive system can make up for it.

Just like now, when Mario Chalmers once again took the ball to the basket and tried to do the same, Dejounte Murray's active defense made his offense die directly.

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"Obviously, the team's main scorer was off tonight, LaMarcus was 5 for 1, Rudy was 4 for 1, and the team was even 3 for 6 from 0. That's not a good sign. "

Matt Bonner is a little worried. Tonight's game should have a chance to end the losing streak, but the game lasted more than a quarter, and the overall performance of the Spurs was not very good, especially on the offensive end. Cold, as of now, the Memphis Grizzlies in the away game have achieved a 9-point lead. If the momentum of the game continues to develop like this, then the Memphis people will end the losing streak, not the San Antonio Spurs.

Gregg Popovich crossed his arms, pacing back and forth on the sidelines. As a head coach, most of the time what he fears the most is not the problem of the players' tactical coordination on the field, but the cold feeling of the players.

Because the hand feeling is very strange, and it is not human-controllable in many cases. Just like the current situation, the players have executed the offensive tactics thoroughly for several consecutive rounds, but the basketball just can't get into the basket. Like falling under a spell.

"Maybe…"

Popovich glanced at the bench, he felt it was time to make a bold attempt, after all, that guy's shooting percentage yesterday was really a bit scary.

At the dead ball moment after 1 minute, Popovich made personnel adjustments, Rudy Gay was replaced, and Rudy Gay was replaced by a strange face.

A yellow face?
Whether it was the Spurs fans in the arena or the fans watching the live broadcast around the world at this time, they were a little stunned.

When paying attention to the squad and the bench before the game, everyone knew that a Chinese player named Jiang Hao entered the squad for tonight's game.

And based on everyone's understanding of Popovich's coaching style over the years, everyone has more or less guessed that this Chinese player may play tonight.

But to be honest, no one would have thought that Popovich decided to play Jiang Hao when the team was in a very unfavorable situation.

Even in the eyes of Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, this is definitely an unexpected substitution.

"Greg's substitutions are always unexpected. Maybe he thinks that China Jiang can really help the team." Although Bonner was skeptical, as a commentator, that's all he could say at this time.

One minute ago, Jiang Hao had already received the news from the assistant coach Messina that he was about to play, so he was very calm when he walked to the court at this time.

As for his mission, Messina has told him just now, and that is to shoot three-pointers.

That's right, he just needs to stand on the outside, wait for his teammates to pass the ball, and then try to make as many shots as possible.

"Jiang, come on"

Rudy Gay is a great guy, he patted Jiang Hao on the shoulder and said.

Jiang Hao nodded. After all, he has played for many years and he still knows what to do on the court.

It was the Spurs' offense as soon as he played. After Murray advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, he encountered a strong defense from Mike Conley. You must know that as a guard, Conley is definitely a rare player in the league with both offense and defense.

The sophomore Murray was already very rough in handling the ball. At this time, he was so forced by Conley that he was about to lose the ball. Fortunately, Pau Gasol pulled the outside line and set a screen for Murray. This allowed Murray to continue handling the ball.

After Marc Gasol took a rest, the Grizzlies' internal defensive strength was actually not high. Therefore, when Paul Gasol just pulled to the outside and took away the Grizzlies player Wright, Murray instantly made up his mind to make the shot. He wants to break through.

Because he is a big guard, Murray's breakthrough speed is not very fast. When he came to the free throw line, a Grizzlies player had already reacted from the direction of the basket.

Therefore, Murray's breakthrough this time seemed a bit aggressive. As expected, when he came to the basket, he was instantly cornered by the Grizzlies.

In the confusion, Murray glanced at the bottom corner on the right, and he found Jiang Hao's figure appearing there.

"For Jiang, let him complete the 3-point shot." Murray still has in his mind the image of Jiang Hao hitting consecutive [-]-pointers in front of him yesterday morning, so he intends to trust Jiang Hao for this shot.

In the bottom corner on the right, Jiang Hao was ready to catch the ball, so when Murray threw the ball to him, he almost didn't hesitate at all, and just opened his hand to complete the shot.

brush!
The basketball went steadily into the basket.

"The three-pointer from China Jiang, he hit the team's first three-pointer tonight, which may be good news"

Matt Bonner laughed, this Chinese Jiang’s three-pointer looks pretty good, but it’s not the same as what he saw on the data before. I remember that the data shows that Jiang Hao’s three-pointer is very average.

For the Grizzlies, Li Hao was facing off against Mario Chalmers, who performed very well in the first half.

When he saw a yellow-skinned player in front of him, Mario Chalmers smiled inside. It's not like he didn't match up with yellow-skinned players. Jeremy Lin was one of them, but he didn't seem to have any pressure.

Even if this guy just hit a three-pointer, so what?This guy doesn't seem to have the qualifications to watch the water cooler in the Spurs, that's just shit luck.

So, in the next second, he opened his hand and asked for the ball from Mike Conley, who was holding the ball. With this ball, he planned to single the yellow-skinned player.

(End of this chapter)