Chapter 1008: Veteran Oils and Recruits (Part II)
The Spurs opened the second quarter with a somewhat awkward lineup.
The three old men led the two young men, and the height of the inner line was not enough, and the combat effectiveness of this drunk man was worrying.
As for the Cavaliers on the opposite side, James started with Love and Monroe at the beginning.
"Tyronn Lue, this guy is only going to use James, right?"
A group of people on the Spurs bench kept shaking their heads, to be honest, when encountering this kind of person who only uses one move from beginning to end, what tactics and strategies are all in vain, because it has no effect at all.
"Play, Manu is playing big this time, Hassan, you and I are going to warm up." Duncan called out to Whiteside, apparently ready to help.
"Tim, don't worry, let Manu judge for himself."
How could Popovich not see that Ginobili was going to develop a newcomer, and the reason why he didn't object was that this was the first game of the finals, and the two sides were still evenly matched at the moment, so it was a good thing for young people to experience it at this time.
After all, the two newcomers Popovich himself are also very bullish.
But he didn't expect the Cavaliers to follow the routine and actually play most of the main lineup, is this going to directly establish a lead at the beginning of the second quarter?
If that's Tyronn Lue's tactic, then Popovich will have to take a fresh look at this idiot-looking guy as well.
This guy, is it really pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, in fact, he has already guessed that the Spurs will definitely not use the main force at the beginning of the second quarter, so on purpose?
Well, IMHO, Tyronn Lue's brain shouldn't be so good.
The reason why James came up was completely his own request, and it was originally Lefu and Monroe who came up with substitutes on the Cavaliers' side.
"Hehe, you guessed LeBron, they really didn't go to the main force." As soon as Lefu saw the Spurs' lineup, he was immediately happy, and he could go to abuse people inside.
"Well, don't be careless, start acting according to the plan."
James motioned for his team to serve, and then began to organize the first attack.
The third point guard of the Cavaliers is Andre Miller, an absolute practical veteran point guard, with no outstanding characteristics, that is, stability, in the floor flow point guard, Miller Sr. is also a representative of the evergreen tree.
Parker really doesn't have a lot of interest in Miller, Miller is older than Parker, and Parker can be considered a young man in front of him.
But Miller has the advantage of not sticking to the ball, hanging the ball directly from Parker's head to Love.
Lefou, hit Anderson with his back!
"Hmm......"
Lefu hadn't exerted his strength yet, and the bear-like figure alone had already made "Sledgehammer" feel very stressed, and he struggled to stick to it, trying to stop Lefou.
Lefu's position on his back this time is not particularly good, maybe he hasn't used this trick on the inside for too long, which makes Lefu a little handy, so the initial position is not particularly good.
However, after receiving the ball, Lefu quickly adjusted his state, and the whole person hit him hard behind him, directly hitting Anderson with a stumble.
Lefu swore that he didn't use much effort just now, but Anderson was so weak in scoring behind him that there was really no way to stop Lefu like a bear.
Hit it again, Anderson flew out directly, and Lefu turned around and was ready to break through the dunk!
"Bang!"
"Tick-"
But what Lefu didn't expect was that as soon as he turned around, he suddenly hit an obstacle, and then he heard the referee blow the whistle.
“? What the? Offensive fouls? ”
Lefu couldn't believe that he was blown for an offensive foul at his home court?
But this is a fact, just now, at the moment when Anderson was knocked out, Barnes had unknowingly stood up and reasonably rushed out of the area, and Lefou's collision was naturally an offensive foul.
"Recruits, sometimes you have to use your brains." When Anderson pulled Barnes up, Barnes slapped him on the back.
Anderson nodded and said that he had learned, and sure enough, the old soldier's oil is oil, and he can still play like this.
The Spurs attacked, Parker controlled the ball, Ginobili began to run, Parker passed to Barnes first, and then Barnes gave Jokic, Jokic shook the door with his feet under the basket, and then prepared to make a layup!
"Go down!"
"Smack!"
But Jokic obviously forgot that the current Cavaliers have James, and James will rush out to block anytime and anywhere.
No, this time Jokic suffered a loss, and was severely covered by James!
But this ball James used a little too hard, the basketball bounced back on the rebound, and it just fell into Parker's hands, after Parker got the ball, in the face of James, who had turned around and pounced, he didn't retreat, a low-handed layup feint, and then slammed the ball, his body retreated, and threw the ball with one hand, and the basketball flew high! Over the outstretched arm of James, who was also flying high!
Throw!
Parker played a toss in the face of James!
"Bang-boom-"
Score! Small fights big! And it's a throw!
"When attacking, pay more attention to the situation around you, and then change the way of attacking, you have a lot of offensive means, don't be so rigid, be tactful, understand?"
Parker stepped back and said something to Jokic.
Jokic also keeps nodding his head, and the advice from the old-timers is invaluable.
"See, Manu, they're just teaching these two guys how to play in the finals."
"That's good, did they teach you in the first place?"
"No, I don't have to teach hahaha"
“……”
Qin Yan discussed with Leonard off the court, and indeed now the three veterans on the court are playing the finals with two recruits, and on the Cavaliers' side, after the opening two offenses failed, the Knights began to stabilize the formation, and then played steadily.
After all, the Spurs two newcomers dragged their feet, and the three old guys also suffered physically, so they slowly began to fall behind.
However, they are not far behind, after all, the knights are not particularly good now.
"Hassan, get up and get ready to work."
Popovich watched from the sidelines and felt that the time was almost up, so he gestured to Duncan with his eyes, and Duncan understood, got up with Whiteside, and went to the technical table while taking off his coat.
It's really hard for Ginobili to bring newcomers, but now the two children on the inside line are still too tender, so let them tell them how to play the inside line.
At this time, it happened that the Cavaliers James broke the ball successfully, and Anderson's current slow-paced dribbling was not very effective for James, and he was cut off this time.
Anderson was a little panicked, how could the ball be broken, oh my God, the coach will scold, what should I do?
But then a whistle pulled Anderson back from his distraction, and when he looked up, he saw that Ginobili was holding James firmly and preventing him from making a quick break.
"Remember, sometimes, some fouls don't seem to make sense, but they're very useful, other than slashing tactics." Ginobili didn't have to make free throws because he didn't have the number of fouls this time, he just exchanged the ball, and at the same time, he could make substitutions by the way, and the most important thing was that he didn't let the Cavaliers play a fast break.
The three veterans, in the limited cooperation time, taught the two recruits a good lesson, and I believe that after this scene, the two recruits will also grow up quickly.
A team full of "veterans", this is the most terrifying thing about the future Spurs, all of them have experience and maturity that do not match their age, such Spurs, who will be their opponent?