The world of basketball

Chapter 18 Battle Spurs ([-])
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs had the offensive ball.

In fact, the Spurs' overall basketball is very good. Even if the lineup is incomplete and the team's All-Star DeRozan just came to the Spurs this summer, the Spurs' overall basketball is still very good.

It's just that compared to the whole we know, the Spurs do have more singles, especially the singles of DeRozan and Adelaide.

For the Lakers, coach Walton is a very thoughtful player. His requirement for young players is to run more tactics and play more tactics.

Mu Xiaobei is still in the bottom corner. In fact, Mu Xiaobei's five low-post singles in the second quarter have caused Wharton's dissatisfaction. He feels that Mu Xiaobei's singles will affect the overall fluency of the team.

Although Mu Xiaobei's five singles had three misplaced and hit four goals.

Wharton chose Mu Xiaobei at the beginning because of Mu Xiaobei's ability to protect the frame on the defensive end and single defense ability, as well as his ability to make three-pointers on the offensive end. These are all Mu Xiaobei needs to do.

Mu Xiaobei didn't complain that the coach made him unable to use his low-level skills, but was grateful.

If not Walton, any other head coach should not give a No. 25 rookie an average of nearly 25 minutes per game.

Mu Xiaobei was like this when he was on the court, he was tepid, and he was doing his own job - assisting defense and frame protection on the defensive end, pick-and-roll and three-point shots on the offensive end.

Moreover, when he hits a shot, when he picks up a rebound, when the team wins, and so on, these will bring great satisfaction to Mu Xiaobei.

He is a person who loves basketball very much.

Popovich put Aldridge on the fifth position. Aldridge's offensive skills are not just the mid-range shooting in our impression.

Aldridge sent the ball crookedly, but it was a little crooked, and Kuzma received the rebound.

Rondo dribbled the ball directly to the basket, and in the double-teaming of two people, he accurately passed the ball to Mu Xiaobei.

"Rondo is really a very imaginative and creative player. His passing is really elusive." Barkley sighed, seeming to regret not being able to cooperate with Rondo.

"Woodbell, a rookie, is also gradually changing my view of him." O'Neill also praised, completely without the aggressiveness of a few days ago.

The pick-and-roll between Mills and Aldridge is a very common method for the Spurs. This pick-and-roll basically follows the pick-and-roll of Parker and Duncan. Mu Xiaobei can only retreat and does not switch defenses with Rondo.

Different from Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll, the former is more in the hands of Aldridge for Aldridge to finish, and the latter Parker's finishing ability is much better than Mills, so Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll play is even more diverse.

Sure enough, Mills chose to pass back to Ade, and Mu Xiaobei followed Ade with small steps, and blocked Ade's eyes with his big hand before Ade made a move.

A pitcher, no matter what kind of pitcher, rhythm is always very important.

With such an interruption, Adelaide's rhythm was destroyed, and the ball hit the front when he shot.

Mu Xiaobei got the rebound and threw it to Rondo again, but this time the Spurs returned to defense much faster. Rondo called Kuzma to come over and play a pick-and-roll.

In a local corner, Mu Xiaobei and Stephenson played a cross screen, Mu Xiaobei suddenly took a step back, and the ball was passed just as he retreated beyond the three-point line.

Mu Xiaobei stood up and threw the ball—there was a three-pointer.

"The tacit understanding between Woodbell and Rondo is really high. Obviously, this is the first time these two players have cooperated." Barkley saw the tacit cooperation between Mu Xiaobei and Rondo, and felt that they had been doing it for many years teammate.

However, Mu Xiaobei and Rondo are actually people who often go to the team's video room, and the two have a lot of exchanges in private, so in fact, the two have exchanged many times on many styles of play and often train together.

Turning around, Bertans also hit a mid-range shot in front of Mu Xiaobei.

The two sides come and go, the battle is tense, the Lakers can only keep the point difference at about five points, the Lakers can't open the point difference, and the Spurs can't recover the point difference.

The two sides are not the same type of team. The Lakers can only open the point difference by relying on the counterattack of defensive conversion, while the Spurs can only open the point difference by relying on defense to make the Lakers fight back. Stablize.

But the current situation is that the Spurs are targeting the Lakers' counterattack, but the Spurs' shooting rate is not high, so the two sides can only rely on the offensive position to increase points piecemeal.

Both sides began to replace the main players at this stage. After Mu Xiaobei received a pass from Rondo and caused a foul by Bertans, the Lakers replaced Kuzma and took McGee.

The double-center lineup that had barely played against the Rockets was sent out by Wharton again. As a result, Mu Xiaobei was pushed to the fourth position to defend Adelaide.

Mu Xiaobei made two free throws and made two free throws. At this time, the score came to 75:68, with the last 4 minutes left.

DeRozan missed a jumper in singles. Rondo picked up the rebound and transported it steadily to the frontcourt. He made a gesture of two with his right hand, signaling the Lakers to play bullhorn tactics.

After the double pick-and-roll, Mu Xiaobei cuts outward, McGee goes down, and Stephenson's Ingram in the bottom corner looks for an opportunity to cut or pick-and-roll or just wait for a three-pointer without moving.

The thinking is very clear.

Mu Xiaobei received the ball and did not shoot in front of Adelaide, but looked at his teammates and found that Rondo was put two steps away.

Really, do you think Rondo is still Rondo back then?

Mu Xiaobei flicked the ball to Rondo, and Rondo was not polite, and shot a three-pointer, and the ball went into the net.

"Rajon Rondo - [-]-pointer!" DJ's voice brought a dash of excitement to what was a relatively dull game.

"Rondo is more mature than before, and his offensive ability, especially his shooting ability, is much better than before." O'Neill said with emotion. He understands Rondo very well. Both of them used to have poor shooting ability.

Rondo needs to transform and practice three-pointers, but he doesn't need to practice his shooting ability, he just needs to fight in the low post.

But it would be better if the free throws were better.

It is indeed a great move for Wharton to bring McGee up, because in this way, Mu Xiaobei will defend Adelaide. After all, Kuzma's height is still a bit disadvantageous.

After playing for 2 minutes, Mu Xiaobei was taken off the court. Unexpectedly, the coach let him play for 10 minutes in the third quarter. It seems that today's playing time may break through 10 minutes.

Mu Xiaobei thought so in his heart.

After the third quarter, the two sides battled to 88:82, and the Lakers led by six points and entered the fourth quarter.

(End of this chapter)