Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 86 Defensive Battle
During the intermission, Coach Westphal was laying out tactics in front of everyone. Tyreke glanced at the Spurs bench on the other side of the arena. Gregg Popovich was standing upright. Waving and roaring non-stop, the surrounding Spurs nodded repeatedly, and Tyreke already felt in his heart that the old-fashioned Spurs must have a countermeasure for the situation on the field.
Returning to the game in the second quarter, Tyreke immediately understood the Spurs' strategy. He defended harder and double-teamed Tyreke. Relying on the tacit teamwork of the Spurs, even if he double-teamed Tyreke, Still able to rely on active rotations to guard the other positions of the Kings one by one.

In the face of double-teaming, Tyreke's offensive efficiency began to decline, and the rhythm of the Kings was disrupted again.Once Tyreke was marked, the Kings' offensive ability dropped by at least half. In desperation, the Kings called a timeout again about 2 minutes into the second quarter.

"Jerry, the Spurs are worthy of being the Spurs. They found a countermeasure when they came back from the 2-minute break between the quarters. They immediately suppressed our team's offensive momentum..."

"You are right. After all, the Spurs have been a strong team in the West for ten years. Their team basketball is indeed difficult to deal with. In the first quarter, Tyreke relied on his strong personal ability to beat the Spurs. The team was caught off guard, but apart from the strength of Tyreke, other people's personal offensive ability is not enough to tear the Spurs' defense. David West, who performed well in the last game, played in this game. It is also a bit of a struggle, once Tyreke can't play, the team will inevitably fall into a passive position."

"Well, it depends on how the team adjusts."

The Kings players surrounded Coach Westphal again. Coach Westphal squatted on the ground, gestured with his hands and said, "Don't panic, everyone. The Spurs want to stare at Tyreke. They spend energy on the defensive end. , Physical energy consumption is high, and the efficiency of offense will naturally be compromised, so we will play defense with them! Strengthen personnel rotation and conserve energy!"

The Kings set the tone of the game at the moment, and the defensive strangling battle between the two teams began!

The average age of the Spurs players is too old, and the talent of the rotation players is not very high. They mainly play teamwork.On the other hand, the Kings are full of young and strong new-generation players, and there are many beasts like Kenneth Faried among them. Relying on their physical advantages, they are destined to play a good defense as long as they put their heart into it!
The game was very tangled, and the game was not smooth. Everyone put their main energy into defense. The score rose slowly, and the point difference was basically unable to close. Until the end of the second quarter, the Spurs won 47 points. 46 leads the Kings by one point.
After two quarters, the Spurs have 11 players and the Kings have 10 players.
In the second quarter, Tyreke was substituted shortly after the Spurs placed targeted defense on Tyreke. In the first half, Tyreke played 16 minutes and contributed 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

When the third quarter started, the Spurs still continued the rhythm of the first half, and the team's defense was still consistent. Everyone in the team was a soldier, and everyone performed their duties, like a precise machine running every tactic. instruction.

The Kings replaced the main team again in the third quarter. At this time, the Kings' lineup was relatively average. The Spurs did not dare to continue to double-team Tyreke. Once they were given other positions, the damage to the Spurs was greater than being Tyreke. Mark as an offense.Tyreke and Cousins ​​worked together with both internal and external cores, and finally gained something in the offense. At the same time, David West, who had been silent for two quarters, recovered his form in the third quarter, and his hand feeling improved. Sexual mid-range starts to do damage.

Although the game was played a little smoother than in the second quarter, it was still dominated by positional warfare. Each attack took a long time, and the pace of the game was not fast at all. Look dull.

After three quarters, the Kings overtook the Spurs by 2 points, leading 70-68.

When it came to the final quarter of the game to determine the outcome, the Kings gradually began to regain the initiative of the game. The two outside substitute shooters, Anthony Morrow and Omi Casspi, had excellent hands and scored 3 consecutive three-pointers. , The Kings quickly opened the point difference to double digits.

After taking the lead, the Kings worked even harder. After seeing the hope of winning the game, the Kings showed great enthusiasm for every goal.

As the game progressed, with the momentum of the Kings at the moment, it was difficult for the Spurs to catch up with the score for a while. At the same time, the Spurs did not seem to have a sense of ambition for the second game of the regular season. What kind of targeted tactics are deployed, the desire to chase points is not particularly strong, as if it is a military training.
In the end, the Kings successfully maintained their lead until the end of the game, beating the visiting San Antonio Spurs 98-90 and achieving two consecutive victories.

Although the Kings finally had the last laugh, this does not mean the full strength of the Spurs. After all, this is just an ordinary regular season, and the season has just begun. After falling behind in the last quarter, the Spurs did not fight hard , there are other considerations
Tyreke surrendered 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game. The statistics are not impressive, but the wave of 12 points at the end of the first quarter is very commendable. The trend has changed since the first quarter
Tyreke and the GDP team hugged each other on the court. Duncan hugged Tyreke, rubbed Tyreke's short hair with his big palm, and whispered in his ear: "Come on! Young man! You The future is limitless!"

After the two parted, Tyreke was slapped on the bottom by Duncan laughing.
Tyreke walked to the sidelines and celebrated by high-fiving the team's boss Vivek Ranadive. Vivek watched the game at home for the first time after becoming the team's boss. The team defeated the powerful Spurs. Naturally, he Very happy, Tyreke looked at An Jiali who was beside Vivek, An Jiali also had a look of joy, pretending to be calm and said: "How about it, Tyreke, I said that I will come to the home opener to cheer, this time The jersey is really suitable for my performance, and my good intention of cheering for you is not in vain."

"Well, thanks to you, I have the motivation to play." Tyreke touched his head and smiled.

"Uh cough." Although Vivek didn't reject Tyreke, but seeing Tyreke and his daughter talking happily in front of him, he still felt a little awkward. After all, the two are still just friends now.

"Okay, okay, I'm here to cheer you on, please invite me to your Chinese restaurant for dinner later!" Seeing her father's weird expression, An Jiali changed the subject with a haha, or got away early to avoid embarrassment good.
(End of this chapter)