Popovich wasn't happy with the Spurs' defense on the court, and Ray Allen got an easy shot after a one-way cover.

Ray Allen is the league's best three-point shooter, and giving him space to shoot threes is tantamount to sending points directly, and if he shoots his shot, it will be the worst thing.

One of the biggest characteristics of Popovich as a league coach is that the timeout is very timely, and the Spurs have been accustomed to Popovich not playing according to the routine in the so many years that Popovich has coached.

It's not the first time that a timeout has been called a timeout like this.

After this timeout, the players were refreshed and showed more rigor on the pitch.

The Spurs opened the offensive with Parker's mid-range jumper and scored their first field goal of the game, followed by Duncan assisting Finley for a layup to recover the difference.

Yang Di still has experience in defending Duncan, and the most troublesome thing is his low-post hook and mid-range boarding.

Yang Di and Tyson Chandler will play a wheel-like defense against Duncan, and Tyson Chandler and Yang Di are very good in helping to defend, and the two cooperate with each other to defend well.

Tony Parker cuts in, Elson gives him a screen, Bowen and Finley on the flanks both run, and the Spurs lead the ball to Duncan, who faces Youngdy's defense and makes a mid-range jumper.

missed, the rebound was protected by Tyson Chandler, and the Warriors attacked.

The Warriors adopted a strategy of attacking the elbow zone, and Yang Di, as the tactical core, took the ball in this area and threatened the Spurs' defensive formation.

Ray Allen and Fisher interspersed the running position, and Ray Allen went to the 45-degree position to do the pick-and-roll cover with Jandy.

Receiving the ball, Bowen followed Ray Allen closely.

Ray Allen didn't make a move, the ball continued to shift, and calmly gave the ball to Danny Granger, who came up to pick it up, and Danny faced Michael Finley, who was much shorter than him, and made a dry jumper.

Still missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Parker.

After the timeout, the Spurs played the defense they wanted, and the Warriors didn't score so easily.

In the same way, the Warriors also defended the Spurs very well, and Yang Di even destroyed a Parker split, causing the Spurs to make a mistake.

Popovich held his chin up, the Warriors were strong defensively, and in the playoffs, that seemed to be magnified. Yang Di's defense area is too large, and there is a Yang Di in the Warriors, just like when the Pistons had Big Ben and the Timberwolves had Garnett, it was completely a level of defense.

On the field, after regrouping, Fisher handed the ball to Jandy to attack in the low post.

In the case of a small space, Yang Di chose to single Duncan with his back, and after hitting it twice, he directly turned over and made a jumper, Duncan's long arm stretched out to interfere, and Yang Di shot with a good rhythm and hit directly.

7-4, the Warriors led by 3 points.

The two sides have been playing for more than three minutes, and the score is rising slowly, the Spurs like to slow down the tempo, and the Warriors have not found a fast break opportunity.

Ross Barkley, who was commentator on the sidelines, also realized that it was going to be a defensive battle.

"The Spurs are still looking for small opportunities, Duncan's rebounding protection is very good, the Spurs have made a special arrangement in containing Yang Dee's fast break, the moment Yang Di grabs the backcourt rebound, there will be Spurs players who delay his dribble, and the Warriors have not improved to a rhythm they like."

The Spurs attacked, the basketball was firmly controlled by Parker, and after Duncan played a block with him, Parker suffered a delay from Jandy and hit the ground to Duncan.

Tyson Chandler stepped forward to make up for Yang Di, and Yang Di turned around to make up for Chandler's defense of Elson.

The two rotated and defended each other, and in the gap between the Spurs' passes, the Warriors had completed all the defensive rotations, and Duncan did not choose to attack strongly, but handed it to Finley on the outside.

Finley shifted forward, shook off his defender's Danny Granger and made a jumper.

missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Yang Di.

Yang Di landed and was about to attack quickly, Duncan was the first to block in front of Yang Di, his arms were open to defend, Yang Di moved to the side, and encountered Parker and Duncan's double bag.

The Spurs unexpectedly made a full-court press.

Jandy stalled the dribble and gave the ball to Ray Allen to control, and Ray Allen dribbled past half court, at which point the Warriors had no advantage in the fast break, and the Spurs fell into position.

Yang Di confronted Duncan and went out to the top of the arc to respond.

The NBA's tactics are complicated to block and cover, and the same is true when the Warriors fall into the field, Yang Di's efficiency of receiving the ball after the dismantling is much higher than that of a single, and he can attack the basket more easily under the guidance of his teammates.

Even, the Warriors still have a little advantage on the court.

"How about it, still not adjusted?" There are some problems with the Spurs' starting lineup, the Warriors' inside-out offense, Bruce Bowen's outside defensive gate effect is very small, Spurs chief assistant coach PJ Calesimo has seen this problem, let Bruce Bowen run with Ray Allen throughout the game, and it may not be able to limit Ray Allen, after all, Ray Allen is now more of a run-out catch-and-shoot jumper, and his offensive style has changed a lot in this year.

"No hurry," Popovich turned his head to look at PJ Kalesimo, "The Warriors' offense hasn't played yet, and it would be better to let Manu play later." ”

PJ Kalesimo no longer speaks, Popovich has his own ideas, and he decides things that are generally difficult to change.

When Bruce Bowen received a foul and the Spurs received a second foul on the team, Popovich waved his hand and replaced Bowen with Manu Ginobili.

With Ginobili on the court, the quality of the Spurs' perimeter defense will drop a bit, but with one more passing point on the perimeter, the Spurs' offense will become more elusive.

Ray Allen and Danny Granger switch defenses, with Ray Allen defending Finlay and Danny Granger defending newcomer Ginobili.

The Warriors coaching staff believes that Ginobili is a much greater offensive threat to the Spurs from the outside than Mike Finley.

Bruce Bowen played a little more than 5 minutes on the court, 0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 turnovers, 1 shot and 0 hits, except for rebounds, all of them hung duck eggs.

However, it is not surprising that a role player like him has such stats, as many players usually only focus on scoring for a short period of time in a game, and spend the rest of the time playing iron or doing some other supporting thing.

Danny Granger followed Ginobili closely.

But the effect of the Spurs after replacing Ginobili was still immediate, he and Parker both threatened the Warriors' outside defense at the same time, Parker and Duncan played a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, Ginobili received the ball to complete the breakthrough point, and Finley in the bottom corner played the role of Bowen just now, catching the ball and making a jumper.

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