The world of basketball

Chapter 37 The Power of the Great Emperor
The Spurs requested a timeout on the first ball. Popovich looked at the Spurs generals and said: "Walker feels very bad and needs to be checked now. But we need to win this game."

Mu Xiaobei also nodded.

"Next, Belinelli, you go to the second position. We lack a breakthrough point, so we need to play more three-point tactics and play some breakthrough points." Popovich arranged.

Soon, the timeout is over.

The Spurs made a free throw. Due to Walker's injury, Belinelli, who came off the bench, made a free throw instead of Walker.

Belinelli made two free throws to open the situation for the Spurs first.

The 76ers made a free throw, and Simmons held the ball as a point forward. Simmons held the ball for halftime, and Embiid mentioned the high position to make a pick-and-roll for Simmons.

"These two people are really like the combination of James in the early years and Duncan in the early years." Su Qun said.

"It's really similar to what you said. Let's see when this James can develop his shooting ability." Wang Meng said.

Simmons returned the ball to Embiid, and Saric used Covington's screen to go around the 45-degree three-point line.

The ball is passed to the emperor when the person reaches the emperor. In fact, the emperor is more of an end point, and his high-level support is ignored by everyone.

Saric made a three-pointer, Aldridge was a little slower, but Saric missed an open three-pointer, and the rebound was taken by Kuzma.

Mu Xiaobei fell in a low position, and challenged Embiid with his back, but failed to push up twice.

With a pull, he switched the ball from his right hand to his left. Now Mu Xiaobei is playing with his left hand on the left side of the basket.

This kind of awkward post-up made Embiid's defense a little uncomfortable, and Mu Xiaobei made a fake turn to the left.

Embiid moved his center of gravity to the left, and Mu Xiaobei was overjoyed when he saw it, and then turned around immediately, but he didn't expect Embiid to follow him back immediately.

Mu Xiaobei couldn't get off the tiger, and missed a layup against Embiid, and Embiid got the rebound.

At many times like this, Mu Xiaobei would feel a sense of frustration, especially the ball just now, Mu Xiaobei had already swung past it, but the emperor was able to catch up with his physical fitness and running and jumping ability.

This kind of helplessness is often not experienced by people with extraordinary talents, and Mu Xiaobei also couldn't experience it in the past, because his talent was already very strong, but when he met Embiid who was stronger, he realized it.

Simmons pushed the counterattack very quickly, and Embiid's speed was also top-notch. After receiving a ground pass from Simmons, he scored against Mu Xiaobei for a layup.

"Be more supportive, Mu, open up space to fight." Seeing that Mu Xiaobei was a little anxious, the eldest brother Aldridge patted Mu Xiaobei's head and said to Mu Xiaobei.

Mu Xiaobei's two offensive and defensive rounds were a bit uncomfortable by Embiid, but Adelaide was a strong point against Saric. This time Adelaide received the ball at a low position at a 45-degree angle.

Adelaide's strength is not too strong. His advantage on the offensive end is more of his height, wingspan and footwork. After Adelaide turned around, he directly faced the frame and hit Saric with a throw.

"Strike Adelaide, when Mu Xiaobei was guarded by Embiid, Adelaide's position and space are crucial to the Spurs' offense." Wang Meng said.

Simmons of the 76ers handed the ball to Fultz. Fultz dribbled continuously and failed to get rid of Mudiay's defense. Mudiay's defense was not good before.

But it seems that many people have changed a lot when they arrived at the Spurs, such as Mudiay and Kuzma's defense.

As the No. [-] pick, Fultz's offensive ability is absolutely needless to say, but his defense is indeed only average in the first position, and he likes difficult layups and direct shots against people. That is to say, the offensive choice is a bit irrational.

Sure enough, this time Fultz missed a three-pointer against Mudiay, and Mu Xiaobei took the rebound and handed it to Mudiay.

Mudiay has been trained by Popovich in the Spurs. His organizational skills are being developed step by step, and he is already a qualified organizer.

And his weight and strength can help him break through with his body, and his height can expand his passing vision.

Belinelli ran continuously and finally ran out of the gap. Mudiay passed the ball but was still a bit slow, and Belinelli passed the ball back to Mu Xiaobei.

Mu Xiaobei still faced Embiid, this time he did not work in the low post again, but turned around and saw Kuzma who came in an air cut, and Kuzma gave the ball to Belinelli.

Covington was drawn because of Kuzma's cut, and Belinelli already had an opening.

Belinelli shot directly from outside the three-point line. Belinelli always saved the team from fire and water with the 76ers last season. He has a high grasp of three-pointers.

shhhhh--

Belinelli scored a three-pointer.

"This offense plays very smoothly. The Spurs have a kind of magic in their good shape. Their players are always selfless and willing to share the ball." Wang Meng said.

"Yes, when Mu Xiaobei and Ade on the inside don't feel good, their off-ball running is also a very sharp offensive weapon." Su Qun explained.

The Spurs will always be like this, focused, stable, low-key, selfless.

These are the most powerful weapons for the Spurs, both offensively and defensively.

Embiid hit Mu Xiaobei a few times on the offensive end. His physical fitness really made Mu Xiaobei very uncomfortable. Afterwards, Mu Xiaobei no longer exhausted his physical strength, and it was indeed much more effective than before.

But the price was that Mu Xiaobei paid two fouls. Just 4 minutes into the first quarter, Mu Xiaobei received two fouls and was substituted.

"Hey wood, you can't play like this, you don't want to stop him every ball, it's impossible." Popovich said.

"You just have to make it difficult for him to catch the ball and make it uncomfortable to shoot. You can't prevent every ball from him, no one can."

"You need to save your strength, and LaMarcus will help you defend, but you need to be tougher on the offensive end, trust your teammates, and support more in the high position." Popovich arranged for Mu Xiaobei's next work.

Gasol also failed to guard Embiid, but the pincer attack of Adelaide and Gasol made Embiid's shooting rate drop a lot, and Gasol opened up space at the free throw line to observe the passing of his teammates after running. The ball revitalized the Spurs' offense.

Mu Xiaobei's thoughts came out from the frustration. With different emotions and thoughts from watching the game video, he watched how Gasol handled the defense and how he coordinated and opened up space on the offensive end.

Although Gasol's strength and jumping speed are not as good as when he was young, his experience and judgment have brought great diversity to the team's offense.

Mu Xiaobei didn't play in the first quarter, and the Spurs were relatively weak inside, but Belinelli, Kuzma and Bullock's three-pointers were very good, and the Spurs bit the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs trailed the 30ers by five points at 35:76 and entered the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)