Chapter 955: Substitution is king
Aldridge "Lokomotiv" and Tucker "Heavy Tank" of the Spurs were on the bar, and in general the two almost canceled each other out.
Although Aldridge can use his height to score some mid-range shots, his efficiency is not particularly high, and the key is that this kind of intermittent mid-range shots can't kill people!
On Tucker's side, although his main scoring method is a fixed-point three-point shot in the bottom corner, which needs the support of his teammates to play perfectly, Tucker is very good in rebounding, stealing, blocking and other defensive methods, especially he often jams the opposite two people by himself, so that Whiteside has more easy rebounding space.
It can be said that Tucker has unknowingly become the best person among the Spurs' bench players!
The Spurs' main players are in average condition today, because Parker went down early, and Qin Yan was put in the point guard position by Popovich.
To be honest, playing point guard is not Qin Yan's strong point, although his vision is good, but Qin Yan has not specially practiced ball control, if one or two games are simply bursting, he can assist in doubles, but this does not mean that Qin Yan is a master of passing.
In addition, Lillard is very fierce today, although his body was crushed by Qin Yan, but Lillard was very unwilling to admit defeat, and all kinds of harassment made it impossible for Qin Yan to shoot well.
And Leonard seems to be in a bad state today, except for dunks, he hit all three shots from the outside, and can only swim in the middle range to try to find opportunities.
And Duncan has already gone down to sit with Parker, and only Whiteside is the starter today.
When the starters don't perform well, the Spurs' bench players have to step up.
The Trail Blazers dribbled out of bounds, giving both sides a chance to die.
Popovich waved his hand and made substitutions, except for Tucker, the rest of the people came down to rest.
The Trailblazers also made a substitution, and their main force has been playing for a long time today.
The current lineup on the Spurs' side is pure bench, with Jokic at center, Tucker at the center, Green at the small, Ginobili at point guard, and Mills at point guard.
On the Trail Blazers' side, Lillard went down, CJ McCollum came up to lead the team, and at the same time, they had two big men on the inside, Carman and Lopez Jr. in a "twin tower" formation, and then small forward and shooting guard were Avlaro and Alonzo Key.
Well...... I have to say that there are not many people on the bench of the Trail Blazers, and the wave of people who came up here is basically a number.
On the Spurs' side, Ginobili controlled the ball, and Mills was mainly preparing to play a three-pointer with CJ.
Ginobili faced Alonzo Key's defense, very unceremoniously broke through directly, Alonzo Ji has speed but the defense really can't keep up with Ginobili's rhythm change, after throwing away with a flexible European step, Ginobili separated the Carman who came over to make up for the defense with his right hand, and hit a layup with his left hand!
In the round of the Trail Blazers, CJ McCollum dribbled the ball, and he was the boss of the team in this lineup, and the ball was his.
Mills has practiced a lot of defense with Green and others this year, and now the cute "Rice God" has a section of defensive secrets, one by two, squeezing and three cuts, and getting started when he is passed.
"Bang!"
He and McCollum collided hard, Mills suffered from height loss but okay weight, this collision McCollum failed to push him away, but was stuck by him!
"I'm squeezing!"
After sticking to McCollum, Mills raised his hands and pressed him with his body, forcing him to deviate from his intended course.
But McCollum, the guy who could later become a Trail Blazers backcourt two-gun guy with Lillard, how could he be guarded like this?
With the power of Mills's posting, McCollum slammed his crotch and turned around, and then wiped Mills by the way!
How could Mills have made it so easy for him to get past himself? Turning around, this guy directly stretched out two big hands and hugged McCollum by the waist.
Just won't let you in, even if it's a foul! Anyway, the number of times hasn't come yet, so no free throws.
The Trail Blazers served on the sideline and gave it to Afflalo, who still found McCollum, passed the ball hand-to-hand, and made a pick-and-roll at the same time.
The Spurs changed the defense here, Green faced McCollum, and when the game was small, McCollum would throw a three-pointer when he got up!
Green defended it well, and when McCollum pulled it up, Green also jumped up, stretched out his long arm, and almost blocked it!
But McCollum faced this defensive shot, and there was no stage fright at all, although his shots were a little deformed.
"Uhhh
Three points are still scored, this is a fairy ball.
"One more!"
Jokic quickly sent the baseline ball, the Spurs all switched, and a group of people ran to the front court at once, and the ball was passed twice to Tucker who ran in the front, and Tucker scored an easy layup!
The Spurs' bench offense relied on the group, and the Trail Blazers' bench basically relied on CJ McCollum's one-man offense.
However, McCollum has to be blown here. This guy woke up earlier than he was in history, and his scoring ability is really amazing, leading the race for the best sixth man this season, scoring 40 points off the bench, and if it weren't for the fact that he hasn't formed a tacit understanding with Lillard for the time being, he would have been in the starting lineup.
However, McCollum is also very good to play on the bench, their tactics are the same as the 76ers that year, one person attacks and the rest of the people assist in defense, the efficiency is leveraged, McCollum holds the ball after his teammates come up to do blocking, and the Spurs change every time they block and dismantle, and they are often misplaced by McCollum.
Especially the center Jokic kid, he is still a fat man, and speed is his disadvantage.
was beaten by McCollum in a misplaced position, Jokic had no choice but to suffer a dumb loss, and the two big men on the Trail Blazers interior were taller than him, which made Jokic unable to say that he had no way to play his level on the offensive end.
But fortunately, Jokic's passing skills are still there, so he uses his passing to support the team's offensive system, and his passing can be said to completely play Lopez Jr. and Carman. The grumpy little Lopez also moved bigger and bigger, and then almost planned to give Jokic a hug and fall directly.
Green and Tucker were the biggest beneficiaries, with Ginobili and Jokic getting a lot of three-point shots, with Tucker going 2-of-2 from the corner and Green 1-of-2 from the outside, both of whom allowed the Spurs to extend their lead to more than five points.
At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers lost to the Spurs by 8 points at 26:34, and McCollum performed well and contributed 13 points, which can be said to have helped the team stabilize the situation by himself.
On the Spurs side, their bench is very powerful, and in terms of performance, they are not lost to their main force at all, and even surpass it.
If you are a die-hard Spurs fan, you will definitely say this truth at this time:
Just kidding, here at Spurs, the bench is king, okay......
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