Chapter 578: The Hunt Begins!
"Substitution."
Popovich did not call a timeout in the second quarter, but waited until the game was halfway through to enter the official timeout.
"How does it feel?" Bobo asked his disciples why he didn't call a timeout, because the Nuggets' home court really needs to let the players move and adapt, and the Spurs have always been a slow-burning team, not allowing them to move on the court and not be in shape.
"It's okay, it's almost open." Ginobili chose not to play today, so the substitute lineup is Maddie with others to play, although Maddie is in good shape now, but after all, he is not a young man, and there will definitely be some problems with "old" players when he plays.
"What about you?" Popovich asked the main players who had already rested for half a quarter, and the main players of course said that they had no problem.
"Okay, let's go up next, Qin, you for Danny, Hassan, you for Thiago."
Popovich replaced Qin Yan and Whiteside, this is also to allow the offensive firepower to continue, so that Qin Yan will go off the Spurs for a while, and Duncan and Leonard will press the lineup.
Qin Yan came on the court, and Chandler of the Nuggets on the opposite side naturally came up, although the effect of Chandler's defense of Qin Yan today was not particularly obvious (Qin Yan's shooting rate in the first quarter was 50%), but it was also very good, especially when Qin Yan faced him, he often had to use more getting rid of the action.
But after Chandler came up this time, he found that Qin Yan felt different from the first quarter.
If Qin Yan was like a tiger that didn't wake up in the first quarter, squinting his eyes and playing with his opponent, then now, Qin Yan is already a tiger in a hunting state, and the smell of danger emanating from his body makes Chandler feel a chill in his back.
The Nuggets offense, their backcourt now is Brooks and Potato Robinson, Chandler is the small front, then the big front Hickson, and the center Anthony Randolph.
This is a big four small lineup, especially the two people in the backcourt, it is simply one of the shortest backcourts in the league!
One is 175 cm, the other is 183 cm, and the two backcourts on the Spurs' side are Maddie and Qin Yan, both of whom are more than two meters old!
If this Nima fights in the backcourt, the Spurs are simply the kind of adults beating children.
However, the backcourt combination of the Nuggets veteran Mr. George is not a stupid trick, these two are bench bandits and point-grabbing maniacs! Unreasonable three-point? A sharp breakthrough? Both men said it was nothing.
Usually, as soon as these two people play, that's when the Nuggets are crazy about scoring points! Both of them are noisy and fast types, and ordinary people can't keep up with them when they advance!
And when these two people are on, the remaining three of the Nuggets are basically a professional defense, and the remaining two are rebounding, and the cooperation is still very good, as long as George does not make the three people who can grab points (that is, only score in their eyes, and basically don't pass the ball) to play together, otherwise the Nuggets' own ball problem will not be solved.
No, in the half quarter just now, these two little ones rushed left and right quite powerfully, and the three-point shot was very cool, and it was indeed a little troublesome to give the Spurs a three-point blow or two.
Brooks controls the ball, and it is Maddie who defends him, and the meeting between the two is really emotional.
Especially Brooks, he remembered that when he first entered the league, in the Rockets, Maddie was one of his bosses.
At that time, I was looking up to him, hoping that this man who had created miracles could take him further.
But what I didn't expect was that the man who had performed miracles was already scarred at that time, basically injured for a year, and Brooks didn't really have much time to fight side by side with Maddie.
Even later, when Yao Mai and the two bosses were not there, Brooks had to carry the Rockets on his shoulders alone and lead the team forward with difficulty (Xiao Bu did improve a lot in the Rockets at that time, and it was a bit like the boss).
It was during that period that Brooks played his worth, although not as perverted as Maddie, but much better than his rookie period.
But after all, Brooks is not Iverson, his style of play has obvious shortcomings, and after being targeted, Brooks quickly changed from the main player to a substitute, and even almost had no ball to play.
No, Maddie defended him with a move, stretched out his arm to block the breakthrough route, and Brooks had to pass the ball, for no other reason, he couldn't break through a defense like Maddie!
"Nate!" Brooks is his good brother Robinson, both of whom are short, and both are convulsive talents, and they are partners in the Nuggets, so the relationship is really iron.
To what extent is the iron?
It's like, now, Brooks doesn't have to deliberately look at where Robinson is, his casual pass, just fly directly to Robinson!
"It's good, but Aaron, sometimes just because you can pass the ball well doesn't mean you can pass the ball well."
Maddie didn't react much to Brooks' pass, because you don't have to look at it to know that if the ball was passed to Nate Robinson, then it must not be passed.
How can a tiger ready to hunt easily let go of its prey?
Nate Robinson just borrowed Anthony Randolph's block to run outside the three-point line, he can't do it without a block, the Chinese who defended him was too tall and too fast, and now Robinson in front of him is really shrouded in shadows!
Although Robinson has been competing with people taller than himself for so many years, basically no one can put so much pressure on himself like this Chinese! Robinson even had a feeling that once he was entangled by that guy after receiving the ball, he might be torn to pieces by him!
Therefore, he just borrowed his teammate's block and quickly ran out, and after receiving the ball for a while, he just shot directly, and he must not be caught up by that guy!
Brooks' pass was already coming, and Robinson reached out his hand and shot as soon as he received the ball!
But will he be able to catch the ball?
A big yellow-skinned hand suddenly appeared from behind him, quickly stretched out, and then directly grabbed the basketball that was flying over in the air!
"How is that possible!" Robinson's eyes widened all at once!
Shouldn't this man be stopped by Randolph? How could it be so fast!
"Don't get distracted!"
Nate Robinson only felt a gust of wind passing by him, and then he could only watch a yellow-skinned figure get farther and farther away from his sight!
It was Chandler who made that roar, this guy was directly opposite Qin Yan on the defensive end, but Robinson was stealed so quickly that Chandler didn't have time to defend at all! Although he tried hard to catch up, he still couldn't catch up!
Qin Yan stepped on the free throw line with a heavy foot, and then took off into the air, and the whole person turned in the air! Then change hands under the crotch and split the buckle with one hand!
"Boom!"
Qin Yan pulled the basket hard with one hand, and then landed on the ground and roared to the sky!
Hunting, begin!