NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

"At the end of the first quarter, the state of the two teams is obviously very good!"

"Whether it is on the defensive end or the offensive end, the Lakers' performance is better than the last game!"

"And the performance of the Spurs has been very stable!"

"So this game may be played to the end again."

After the first quarter, O'Neal also said in the commentary.

Ginobili on the other side also said.

"The Lakers have obviously found their form in this game!"

"Whether it's a starter or a role player, they're all in good shape!"

"So in this game, although the Spurs have the home court advantage, they must not relax, or they will definitely pay the price."

Ginobili's words are also to wake up the Spurs players.

After all, there is still a strength gap between the Spurs and the Lakers.

Chen Tian only lost a few points against the entire Spurs team.

What's more, the Lakers are in good shape now.

So if the Spurs want to win the game, they must be vigilant every minute.

But after the start of the second quarter of the two teams, Popovich did not bring Leonard up.

This made Ginobili in the commentary seat a little puzzled.

You must know how critical this game is to the Spurs.

Why can't Leonard play?

The Spurs' lineup in the second quarter included Fox, Belinelli, Anderson, Zhou Qi and Gasol.

This lineup is obviously very slow.

As for the Lakers, Matthew, Jr, Chen Tian, ​​Isaiah and Zhou Qi.

After the start of the second quarter of the two teams.

It can be clearly found that the speed of the Spurs has slowed down a lot.

When Gasol played center, the Spurs focused on positional warfare.

Gasol has played too few games with the Spurs this season.

After all, his competitive state is declining very fast now.

But Popovich is still very confident about the veteran.

Even in the first and second games of the Western Conference Finals, the veteran was sent to play.

If it weren't for the third and fourth games of the two teams, the speed began to improve.

Maybe the veteran will still play.

So in this Tianwangshan matchup, Popovich once again took out the veteran.

Jean Ginobili was also wondering what his mentor was going to do.

But 3 minutes into the game, Ginobili made it clear.

Immediately, Ginobili also laughed in the commentary booth.

And O'Neill naturally understood it, and directly smiled wryly.

"Popovich, this old fox, is really cunning."

Because of Gasol on the field, the speed of the Spurs is very slow.

This makes it hard for the Lakers to think about it.

This way Leonard and Gay can get a good rest period.

Not to mention anything else, a 5-minute break is perfectly fine.

Although this side of the field fell into a positional battle, the Lakers still maintained the lead.

And during this attack, Chen Tian gave the ball to Isaiah on the outside, and Isaiah scored a three-pointer.

This allowed the Lakers to instantly widen the gap to five points.

Popovich also called a timeout here.

During the timeout, he replaced Gasol and replaced Gay and White.

On the Lakers side, Monty also took jr down and replaced him with Caruso.

Caruso's defense is much better than jr.

After returning from the timeout, Popovich still did not bring Leonard back.

But after Gay and White came back, the Spurs also had a good offensive point.

Gay held the ball here, turned around and scored the ball with his back.

The Spurs have replaced this lineup, and the speed must be much improved.

So in turn, Chen Tian faced Anderson's defense and made a time difference.

You must know the time difference, but Anderson is good at it.

But now Chen Tian beat him into a time gap.

So Chen Tian scored this goal, and Anderson was a bit unbelievable.

When Chen Tian returned to defense, he also smiled at Anderson.

"For a layup with a time lag, Chen Tian used Anderson's method and hit Anderson one."

O'Neill couldn't stop laughing in the commentary booth.

Afterwards, Chen Tian scored two consecutive mid-range shots.

This widened the gap between the two teams even more. Fortunately, White hit a three-pointer at this time.

Stopped the decline of the Spurs.

Popovich also made Leonard ready to play at this time.

And Zhou Qi also caused Yi Jianlian's foul in the paint.

Taking advantage of this time, Leonard also returned to the court.

The Lakers also brought back Jokic and Anthony.

Zhou Qi made both free throws.

In the following time, Leonard and Chen Tian also started to attack with the ball.

Now the Spurs are a full six points behind, which is already very big for the Spurs.

So Leonard also hopes that at the end of the halftime game, he will try his best to catch up with the score and even complete the overtake.

And Chen Tian also had the same idea, that is to maintain this difference.

So the two had the same idea, and they took over the team's offensive power.

Leonard hit Chen Tian with his back, turned around and used the cover to make an elegant mid-range shot and scored.

On the other hand, facing Leonard's defense, Chen Tian swayed and hit the basket.

The Spurs also knew that Leonard alone couldn't guard against Chen Tian.

So they also quickly shrunk their defense, but Chen Tian still scored the ball with a double pull-up layup in the air.

Afterwards, both Chen Tian and Leonard made mid-range shots.

And the rest of the two teams also stood up.

Jokic received a pass from Chen Tian and easily scored the ball inside.

Gay received a ground pass from White, flew up and dunked the ball with one hand.

In the second half of the second quarter, the two teams completely confronted each other.

However, the Spurs scored consecutively and did not recover the score.

As for Chen Tian, ​​the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and his hand feeling became better and better.

Following Chen Tian's step-back mid-range shot, he scored.

Popovich couldn't sit still and called a timeout again.

The team's offense is playing well, but there is obviously something wrong with the defense.

All their focus is on offense, and that's not okay.

After all, what the Lakers are least afraid of is your offense.

Without defense, if you want to beat the Lakers, it's just a joke.

So this suspension of Popovich also reminds everyone to pay attention to defense and not to throw away defense.

So after returning from the timeout, the Spurs' defense has also strengthened a lot.

This allowed both teams to make several mistakes.

But at the end of the final half, the Lakers still led the Spurs by six points.

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