Chapter 221: The Battle of Rotation
It's not all smooth sailing for the Spurs, and they have a lot of hidden dangers.
Duncan's offense and defense in the first half are both hands-on, and defending Ji Guosha is by no means an easy task, just imagine, a tall interior line that is faster and more flexible than Nowitzki is running around the court, Duncan is defending such a guy in the first half, the body consumption is much greater than usual, whether he will encounter a physical crisis in the fourth quarter, * Vicky himself has no score.
At the beginning of the second half, Artest received a ball from Billups in the low post, and the beast attacked in the low post for the sixth time!
Bruce. Bowen didn't fight hard with Artest, putting him in and defending with his teammates.
Artest chiseled into the restricted area and threw a basketball with one hand......
"Bang ......"
The basketball bounced several times on the basket, attracting everyone's attention, and then fell headlong into the basket!
Artest finally exhaled, if this goal is not scored again, the psychological pressure he is under will be too great, and he will be lost in the low position in this game. But now that basketball has scored, it's different, and Artest has now regained his confidence to play in the low post, and last season's wonderful performance is still in front of him!
At 41:45, Artest scored a goal with a little luck, and the difference came to within five points.
The Clippers turned to defense, and Dunleavy Sr. made gestures off the court, telling the team to play a joint defense for a while to see the effect.
Duncan received the ball in the low post, and was immediately caught by the Clippers players, Shi Buddha didn't look at it, turned around and threw the basketball down the far corner, and Bruce, who had already been ambushed. Bowen receives the basketball.
Artest desperately rushed back, but it was too late. The Spurs' corner killer was unaffected by the ability to shoot a basketball......
"Huh", Uncle Bao hit the second bottom corner three points of the day.
Bruce. Bowen only shot twice today, and his record is two shots and two hits, so looking at it, Uncle Bao's efficiency is much stronger than Artest's 8 shots and 3 shots.
Duncan assists Bowen. When he returned to defense, he deliberately clapped his palms in front of Ji Guoqiu, this was the provocation of the stone Buddha!
It's a pity that Duncan picked the wrong person, if he provokes Brother Fox like this, it may be of some use, Brother Panda will not be affected by this kind of provocation, just like he himself will not be.
Charles. Barkley laughed: "Well done, Vicky obviously has a response to the Clippers' defense. Duncan jumped up and passed straight to the bottom corner, as if he knew that Bowen would be there, which must have been the Spurs' tactic against the Clippers' defense. ”
Kenny. "I'm sure they're not going to have to do it just one way, they're going to have a lot of them," Smith said. There is only one move that is easy to be countered by the opponent. ”
The big ass smiled: "This is why the playoffs are good-looking, it is likely that you are still effectively arranged today, and the next game will be cracked by the other party, the coach's adaptability and coaching ability will be fully demonstrated in the playoffs, and those guys who have nothing in their stomachs will soon be beaten to the fullest." ”
Of course, old Dunleavy knew that his tactics were targeted, and scolded in his heart: "It's not just you who have done your homework, see if you can break our No. 3 low-post attack." ”
All right...... This so-called "No. 3 low attack". In fact, it was Artest who played in a low position, and this trick seemed to be smashed at the beginning, and he cracked a fart......
Artest turned his head. Continuing to chisel in the low post, this time he changed direction and came to the left.
The Clippers players opened up space, and the four of them watched the beast bully Uncle Bao outside, and so on...... The Spurs' defense of Artest this time was replaced by Thomas Sr., and Bowen switched to defend Ji Guoyi on the outside.
Quite a few people are amazed. *Vicky's trick is really ruthless!
Thomas Sr. was able to withstand even O'Neill, of course, and that meant when he was young. But now that I'm older, I can't get O'Neill. It's still no problem to top Artest, the beast can't hit the crazy eye of the old man in the low position, and the latter doesn't move at all.
"Break head-on!" Ji Guoqiu shouted at Artest!
Artest reacted, you are stable, don't believe that you can still move faster than me?
Thomas Sr. faced Artest's breakthrough and strode sideways, and he moved a little faster than the previous two lateral moves today, which was useful at this time, slightly delaying Artest's breakthrough in the face frame and giving his teammates time to make up for the defense.
Duncan immediately returned to the basket and interfered with the beast's layup.
Artest gritted his teeth and stood up, facing Duncan's defense and preparing to make a two-handed heavy buckle, the two collided in the air, Artest's 260-pound weight knocked Duncan away and fell down together!
"Poof!"
Artest and Duncan fell to the floor together, and the referee blew the whistle and blew Duncan for a defensive foul!
Today is the home of the Clippers, and this confrontation with Artest undoubtedly takes advantage.
*Vicky can't laugh now, it's not okay to play like this, it's not worth it for Duncan to fight this guy, in case they lose both, they can go back fishing.
Old Dunleavy smiled, Artest did a good job this time, resolutely using his physical advantage to attack the inside, the Spurs have no one to defend him now, and Artest can break through with the inside defense; With Bowen he can be hard chiseled; Artest should have been a weapon in the playoffs, but now it's a bit of a beast!
The Clippers' defensive joint defense failed again, the five players on the Spurs court all have mid-range shooting ability, Parker, Duncan, and Ginobili all have extraordinary shooting ability, and it is unrealistic to use "joint defense" to defend the opponent when the Spurs are prepared.
Ji Guoyi felt that he had a pair of scuds and could sweep back and forth up and down, left and right, but no matter how fast he was, he was not as fast as basketball, the Spurs were extremely fast, and the Clippers' joint defense couldn't block the Spurs' basketball passing speed.
Clippers fans smashed their mouths, and saw the Spurs crack the Clippers' joint defense with a fast and smooth transfer ball, and their hearts were mixed.
Artest received the basketball again on the offensive end, this time the beast ran to the right wing, and he was about to dribble to force Bowen, and the Spurs immediately used a two-man wrap defense.
Billups received the ball, Ji Guoyi ran out of the gap under the positioning cover of the Panda Hero, received a pass from Mr. Key, and scored two points again with an 18-foot jumper.
In the third quarter, both teams began to score the way they had envisioned before the game.
The Spurs used the overall combination to break down the Clippers' defense by constantly passing, covering and interspersing.
The Clippers don't have as much discipline defensively as the Spurs, but they rely on their youth and strength to be more aggressive on the defensive end, and the Clippers' better athleticism gives them that trait, and they will be better defensively against teams that are also physically gifted. Unfortunately, they ran into the Spurs, who were able to break down their defense with their mechanical precision and far more experience than the Clippers' players.
This season, the Clippers have been trying to play a similar combination to the Spurs and Celtics on the offensive end, but due to the experience of the twins and the tactical literacy of some coaches, their execution ability is much inferior to that of the Spurs, and the tactical success rate is lower than that of the Spurs.
But with more athleticism than the Spurs and the advantage of the lineup, even if the tactical execution often fails, the Clippers players can rely on their excellent athleticism to give the Spurs a hard attack.
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 67:68, and the Clippers chased the score to only one point in the third quarter, almost overtaking into the final quarter.
Ji Guoqiu had 9 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks, Billups had 13 points and 4 assists, and Artest had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Duncan 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Parker 16 points and 4 assists, Ginobili 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Finley 5 points, Bowen 6 points, Coat. Thomas had 8 points and 3 rebounds, and Oberto had 6 points and 3 rebounds.
Artest became the Clippers' best player in the third quarter, and Dunleavy Sr. replaced the twins three minutes early, leaving the Beast and Billups on the court for the full third quarter.
In the last few minutes of the third quarter, when Duncan had to go down to rest and recharge his energy to prepare for the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, Artest had no Buddha light restraint on the inside, and finally the beast began to kill!
The beasts of the Clippers team crushed old Bowen with their bodies in the restricted area one after another, forcing Uncle Bao to even use his black feet, but Artest's strong attack did not win with speed, only with brute strength, so Uncle Bao's small actions were difficult to have an effect, and he was accidentally stepped on by Artest and almost injured his ankle by the beast.
Artest bullied Uncle Bao so much, I don't know if it counts as countering violence with violence, anyway, except for the Spurs, most of the other fans applaud!
The Spurs didn't have Duncan's defense in the last few minutes of the third quarter, and they could no longer withstand the onslaught of this beast, and the old Dunleavy's pre-game expectations were achieved.
"Well done, our plan was off track, but our goal was achieved. In the final quarter, the twin brothers came on the court, and the old guys were almost exhausted, and the first half of the fourth quarter was a crucial time for us to win, and the GDP combination could not be on the court at the same time, using this time to break them. ”
Parker played a full quarter, and if he didn't rest in the fourth quarter, he would have suffered a physical crisis in the final half. But if you rest for a few minutes, only Ginobili may not be able to withstand the impact of the twins, and the elder Dunleavy relied on the thickness of the lineup to disassemble the twins and Billups + Artest, making the Spurs' rotation very passive.
The Spurs only have a GDP combination, and in the fourth quarter, they began to be overwhelmed, and in the eyes of Dunleavy Sr., the Spurs' rotation will inevitably create a fault in a certain period of time, if they force the GDP combination to be on the court at the same time, and by the last few minutes of the game, the body will be exhausted, and it will collapse on its own; But if you don't hold on, you may die faster!
This is to dominate people, as long as they take advantage of their lineup, there is no way for Vicky to fly, he can't let the GDP combination have the ability to play 40 minutes per game out of thin air. (To be continued) R655