Spurs substitutions!

Maybe he couldn't stand Dior's abuse by Aldridge on the inside, and Popovich made a decisive substitution.

It was none other than Spurs center Whiteside who was summoned from the bench.

Whiteside undoubtedly has an important place in the Spurs' future system, and as Duncan ages, he must step up and take over the Spurs' future interior control.

Of course, of the three young men that the Spurs focus on, Whiteside is probably the most inconspicuous.

In terms of talent, he can't compare to Qin Yan and Leonard, judging from his resume, he is only a second-round show, and he was "picked up" by Qin Yan. From an offensive point of view, although his average points per game is only a little lower than Leonard, he still relies more on the passing of Parker and others, and he is very happy to eat cake in the Spurs.

It's only when he's defending or grabbing rebounds that Whiteside has a moment to shine.

But speaking of which, his defense was not less scolded by the head coach last season, because he likes blocks so much that sometimes he can lose position for a block.

But he does have a talent for it, so Popovich loves and hates him.

But now, after Mutombo's tutelage this summer, Whiteside has finally begun to stabilize, his defensive talent is already high, as long as someone teaches him, it is not difficult to get rid of those bad problems.

This season, Whiteside has really reassured Popovich, although the average blocks per game are not as good as last season, but he is now on the court, and he can already bring pressure to the opponent!

Although he is not an offensive and defensive superstar like "General" Robinson and Duncan, as long as he continues to work hard, it is not a problem to become the next Mutombo, and Uncle Mu at his peak is definitely a first-class center!

It's okay for the Spurs to have such a center, because in Popovich's future plan, the Spurs' offensive core already has it, Qin Yan and Leonard on the outside, both of whom can attack, not to mention that Qin Yan is still the kind with particularly ferocious firepower.

In fact, if you take a closer look at the future troika of the Spurs, it is clearly an enlarged version of the bull iron triangle!

Qin Yan is Jordan's character, Leonard is Pippen, and Whiteside is an enlarged version of Rodman!

Of course, there is still a big gap between these three and the three predecessors, but when one day all three of them reach their peak, how terrible will the Spurs be at that time?

It's chilling to think about.

Dio went down, Whiteside came up, and Aldridge couldn't help frowning.

This guy he'd heard of, he was tough defensively, and he looked at his size, he was the kind of player he hated the most.

Aldridge hates that kind of muscular man the most, which may have something to do with his dislike of confrontation, and when he encounters an opponent with tonnage and muscles, Aldridge is very uncomfortable.

If it was last season, Whiteside and Aldridge were about the same, both tall and thin.

But after hard training this summer, Whiteside now weighs 118 kilograms, and it is all muscles, not only has the speed not decreased, but the core strength has soared, and now in the whole team, in terms of pure strength, Whiteside is now second only to Qin Yan's pervert.

After Whiteside came up, the Spurs' offense was easy to play, he was first-class in blocking, and with a light block, Maddie had space to pull out three points directly!

Of course, the ball may not have been in the right wind, and after a circle in the hoop, it finally flew out.

The rebounds were the Trail Blazers, because the Spurs thought Maddy was going to score this ball, so no one was grabbing rebounds in the frontcourt.

The Trail Blazers took the opportunity to fight back, and Aldridge was also on the inside this time, and of course, Whiteside was already behind him.

"Tsk......" Aldridge had been uncomfortable since he came up from Whiteside, and now that he was behind him, Aldridge felt like he was leaning against a wall.

The Trail Blazers still gave the ball to Aldridge, and the two big men began to go one-on-one.

Aldridge didn't have to be tempted to know that the other party's power was above him.

He can't force the ball this time.

With continuous shoulder shaking, Aldridge began to feint, slammed to the right half-turn, and then regardless of what Whiteside did, Aldridge turned directly back to his body and broke through from his left side!

This single is really powerful, even if Whiteside quickly became his own defense in the summer, it can't be fully judged.

In fact, if Whiteside hadn't followed up with Aldridge at the time of his first feint, Aldridge would have gone straight to the basket.

Breaking through along the baseline, Aldridge also raised his hand slightly to block Whiteside's pressure on himself, it is true that this place is a bit narrow, if he is not careful, Aldridge may go out of bounds.

Whiteside didn't press too much, and now at that level it's easy to get fouled.

Aldridge goes around the baseline and then makes a backhand to dunk!

"You don't exist when I do?"

Whiteside laughed a little angrily, it's good to let you break through the baseline, and you plan to dunk on your backhand?

As soon as the big hand was stretched out, Whiteside kept the big hand pressed directly on the basketball!

Aldridge's strength was not as good as Whiteside's, and the power of the backhand dunk was even smaller, but this time he was pressed by Whiteside head-on, and the basketball in his hand flew out directly!

Nice cap!

After Whiteside blocked, he glared at Aldridge very domineeringly, just kidding, will you block? Was it fun to build my big brother Manu just now?

However, because the ball is out of bounds, the ball is still possessed by the Trailblazers, and of course there is not much time left.

Lillard received the throw-in and forced a shot, but the shot was too quick to go in, hitting the basket and flying high on the neck.

"Rebound!"

Maddie shouted at the inside, the two big men on the inside of the Trail Blazers have already entered, if this rebound can't be saved, maybe people will directly attack twice!

"Don't worry, mine!"

Whiteside roared, jumped high, surrounded by the Pioneer Twin Towers, stretched out a big hand, the palm of the hand seemed to turn into a big pincer, firmly clamped the ball in the air, and then fished it out!

Aldridge and Leonard are depressed but can't help it, it's a shame that two people can't grab rebounds and can't grab one.

That's the role of the inside line, having a strong inside player in charge, a team can be different in an instant.

After Aldridge was restrained by Whiteside, the Spurs regained the initiative on the court, and Lillard really couldn't beat the four outside masters opposite.

A wave of 15:5 attack, the Spurs pulled the score to double digits at the end of the first half!

Whiteside contributed a lot to this, he took 8 rebounds in such a short period of time, 4 of which were offensive rebounds!

It's really an insider, and it's the world!