The invincible kryptonite of basketball

But this is the first start of his career, and Popovich watched from the sidelines, and his performance may affect his chances in the second half of the season.

So he had no choice but to go to Williams for surgery.

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Duncan jumped to give the Spurs the first chance to attack. Parker took the ball to the frontcourt and directly signaled Duncan to ask for the ball in the low post.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup has a good offense, but has a big defensive problem. Ridnour, Love and Pekovic are all well-known defensive colanders.

After Duncan received the ball in the low post, he directly backed Love.

Love is heavy but slow. Duncan turned to the basket and then turned to the baseline. After throwing Love away, he hit the rebound and shot.

The Spurs took the lead.

The Timberwolves' offense, Rubio's outside organization, Love's high pick-and-roll, Ridnour and Williams' back and forth running without the ball.

Adelman is the best coach in the league who is good at using "Princeton Tactics". The Kings team he created in the early 20th century has a gorgeous style of play and once swept the league.

Although the strength of this Timberwolves team cannot be compared with that of the Kings, the style of play is very similar, people move, the ball moves, and they are coordinated.

The Spurs' defense was in place, but Rubio suddenly hit the ground with a long swing, and the ball passed through the crowd and went directly to Pekovic at the basket.

Pekovic catches the ball and hooks directly against Blair.

Blair's weight reached 120 kg, a solid muscle stick.

But the same is true for Pekovic on the opposite side. He has a large tank and is 10 cm taller than him. It is difficult for him to interfere with this shot.

"Shh!"

The ball crashed into the net, and Pekovic responded with a goal.

There was a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

Pekovic ended the round beautifully just now, but Rubio's pass was even more beautiful. This is the team's hope.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan continued to hit the basket, and this time Pekovic came to help when he turned around.

But he moved slower than Love. When he was in position, Duncan had already completed his shot, and the ball fell into the net bag again after hitting the board.

Although the "Stone Buddha" is old, it is still accurate.

The Spurs have this matchup advantage, and they don't even need to waste effort to run tactics.

Looking back, the Timberwolves continued to play Princeton tactics, this time Love held the ball in the high post.

When Ridnor and Williams were interspersed with running positions, he made an inside pass and gave the ball to Pekovic.

After receiving the ball, Pekovic turned around and couldn't make a hook after hitting the ball, but he immediately grabbed an offensive rebound and succeeded in the second attack.

Both teams scored points in the first two rounds, and the opening score was 4-4.

Popovich stood up from the sideline at this time and loudly reminded Blair to push Pekovic out of the penalty area.

The Spurs' offense, Duncan continued to receive the ball in the low post, this time Pekovic double-teamed ahead of time.

Duncan gave the ball to Blair under the basket.

After taking the ball, Blair dunked with both hands and scored, and finally vented his anger for himself.

The advantages and disadvantages of Pekovic are quite obvious. On the offensive end, he is strong, has excellent strength, is very good at confrontation, and has a very soft touch around the basket.

But his shortcomings are slow movement speed, slow assist defense, and basically can't go back after he comes out.

The Timberwolves' offense, this time Pekovic sank directly to the bottom to catch the ball. As soon as Love was about to hang the ball, Duncan consciously recovered it from the basket.

After Tang Tian saw it, he immediately helped defend Le Fu. As far as Le Fu is concerned, his shots from the mid-range position are very stable.

Love was about to make a shot, but when he saw that Tang Tian had already defended in place, he threw his hands away to Williams who was cutting in.

Williams caught the ball and made a layup before Duncan could help.

The Timberwolves continued to increase their points, and the two teams played against each other after the opening.

This has also become the epitome of the first half of the first quarter of the game between the two sides.

Although the Timberwolves' poor defense allowed the Spurs to score frequently, Blair's weakness in matchups made Duncan have to help defense from time to time.

And Tang Tian had to help defend Love, Williams and Ridnor had opportunities one after another, and the Timberwolves continued to attack.

After about 7 minutes in the first quarter, the score was tied at 18. Who could defend the other.

In the Spurs locker room, Jefferson laughed out loud at this moment.

Sure enough, it was exactly as he had imagined. Tang Tian's effect as a starter was completely different from that of a substitute.

After playing for so long, all his statistics are only one steal, and even the number of shots is 0!

And what's worse, Williams, who was facing Tang Tian, ​​had already scored 4 points!

There is no chance on the offensive end, and the opponent's players score consecutively on the defensive end. This performance is simply terrible.

Parker's breakthrough caused Pekovic's thugs.

"beep!"

At this time, he heard a short whistle from the live broadcast, which meant that a substitution was about to be made.

And at this point in time, it was an early substitution.

The camera didn't show it, but he had probably guessed that Popovich was going to replace Tang Tian.

But when the camera turned, his smile suddenly froze.

It was true that the Spurs made substitutions on the sidelines, but Splitter and Ginobili replaced Duncan and Green, and Tang Tian was still on the court!

He gritted his teeth.

Popovich is eccentric!

Before playing against the Celtics, he scored 4 points and was replaced, but this time he did not replace Tang Tian!

Parker's two free throw opportunities.

He made one of two free throws and the Spurs took the lead again.

However, compared to offense, what the Spurs need to improve now is defense.

Love received the ball from a high position and continued to hang Pekovic. Pekovic turned around and shot after relying on it, but this time his shot was obviously sideways.

Split stretched out his hand at this time. His height was no shorter than Pekovic's. Although he was a little weaker in confrontation, the interference in his sight was in place.

The Spurs' offense.

After Duncan left the field, the Spurs' matchup advantage was not as obvious as before, and Parker signaled to play AI hammer tactics.

Parker's breakthrough after the left tactic attracted the defense at the basket, and he flicked the ball in the air to the right corner.

Tang Tian has already appeared in the bottom corner with Split's pick-and-roll.

An open three-point chance.

Catch the ball, shoot.

Although he hasn't gotten a chance to make a move since the beginning of the game, his sense of rhythm is still very good.

"Shh!"

The three-pointer fell into the pocket, and Tang Tian hit the first goal of the game!

This goal also helped the Spurs extend the score advantage to 4 points.

In the Timberwolves' offense, Love fell to the low post to catch the ball and hit Blair with his back, then turned around and hit the board with a hook.

He weighed more than Blair, and this turn around was completely white bear turning over, and Blair couldn't interfere.

The ball wiped the backboard and shot into the net pocket, and Love helped the Timberwolves continue to score, with a 2-point difference.

Ginobili held the ball in the frontcourt, but he didn't attack immediately, but while dribbling, he signaled Tang Tian and Blair to play an off-ball pick-and-roll.

Blair is big enough to block Williams at once.

Tang Tiandou had a three-point chance to catch the ball, and Ginobili threw the ball at the first time.

Tang Tian caught the ball and made a shot. Pekovic's speed was too late to switch defenses, so he could only reach out symbolically.

"Shh!"

Tang Tian made his second three-pointer and scored!

Popovich sat on the sidelines and laughed.

The team got off to a bad start, and he knew it was a problem with the defense.

Tang Tian seemed to miss someone, but there was no problem with the choice of defense.

This was also the reason why he kept Tang Tian on the court. He didn't need Tang Tian's scoring, but his defense.

It's just that Tang Tian didn't miss these two three-point opportunities, which gave him a big surprise!

Jefferson's face was a little ugly, and Tang Tian's climbing performance made him particularly unhappy.

Fortunately, Williams received Love's pass and hit a large two-pointer from the outside at this time, which made him a little more comfortable.

Tang Tian had guarded against many people before, but Williams was one size bigger than him and had excellent physical fitness, so it was difficult for him to guard against.

In other words, although Tang Tian's offense is open, it does not mean that the defense is in place.

Now Williams scored 6 points in one quarter. If he was on the court, it would definitely not be the result.

There were substitutions on the sidelines at this time, Beasley and Wesley Johnson came on to replace Pekovic and Rubio, and Mills came on to replace Parker.

Tang Tian's three-pointer just now forced him to replace Pekovic.

The Spurs attacked in the frontcourt, Ginobili received the ball, Tang Tian's running position didn't have a chance, he directly held the ball and broke through to the basket.

Ridnour has poor confrontation and slow speed, and he can't keep up with Ginobili.

Ginobili made a snake-shaped breakthrough to the basket and directly hit the rebound to score.

The Spurs still maintain a 5-point lead.

This is the role of Ginobili in the Spurs, he is playing with his brain.

Pekovic was slow, so he let Tang Tian run without the ball for a three-pointer. If Pekovic went down, the Timberwolves' defense at the basket was empty, and he could score against Ridnour alone.

For the Timberwolves' offense, Love had a bad chance of playing Splitter in the low post. He returned the ball to Ridnour and ran to the high post to continue playing Princeton.

The ball passed to Williams, and Williams accelerated to throw off Tang Tian's layup.

"Snapped!"

But before he picked up the ball, he felt a lightness in his hand, and his ball was directly broken by Tang Tian!

Looking back, dig!

Tang Tianxia was fast and accurate, and immediately passed the ball to Ginobili after the steal.

Manu Ginobili backcourt long throw to Mills layup.

The Spurs opened the point difference to 7 points!

Jefferson's face darkened.

In fact, what Jefferson thought was completely wrong!

Because those ideas of his are only accurate for the average rookie.

In fact, a player like Tang Tian doesn't need the right to shoot at all.

The reason why he will stay on the court now is that he has a strong enough defense.

The reason why Williams scored more in the front is to help defend Love, which Popovich knows very well.

Therefore, whether it is the role on the field or the consideration of the coaching staff, Tang Tian has done a good job, which cannot be reflected in the data.

Now there is no need to help defend Love, Tang Tian defending Williams one-on-one is not a problem at all.

Williams wanted to use his speed to get away, but his speed was much slower than Tang Tian's, not to mention that Tang Tian's dynamic vision had already caught his intention.

The reality is a backhand steal.