Chapter 879: I'm Crazy and I'm Scared of Myself
Anderson's ultra-slow pace change has made many people very uncomfortable.
Especially as a rookie, it was still the first time to play, and there were no more games to refer to before.
Therefore, the Warriors can't do anything about him for the time being, this kind of slow-paced offense makes the Warriors very passive when defending, and no one's defensive rhythm can just keep up with Anderson.
Especially when watching him play, the Warriors, regardless of Rush or Thompson, always feel that time has been slowed down, and the basketball habits they have developed over the years are too awkward in front of Anderson.
And Jokic, another rookie of the Spurs, followed Uncle Duncan to run around on the inside, constantly learning the NBA super interior play.
No, an inside attack, Duncan gave Jokic inside and gave him a chance to play alone!
Defending Jokic is Speight, who is also a big man with a height of 208 centimeters, and Speights is also a fat man.
Although Jokic has lost weight now, his weight is still excessive in Popovich's eyes, and his weight of 120 kilograms makes Jokic not flexible enough, but with Spetsby, Jokic is still flexible.
Shaking his shoulders from side to side, Jokic looked like a turnaround and step-back jumper, which made Speights' center of gravity unstable.
Opportunity!
Sensing the change in Spets' movements behind him, Jokic knew that the opportunity had come, and although his offensive skills were not particularly good, Jokic showed his passing talent when he came up.
A pass that doesn't look at people behind it, Jokic made a good pass to Big Brother Duncan!
The ball was passed, and the Warriors' interior Aizeli didn't see what was going on, and the ball had already come to Duncan.
Duncan easily put the ball in under the basket, because Azeli was still paying attention to Jokic, and Duncan was empty!
"Don't worry too much about those two rookies, they're just rookies!"
Thompson quickly calmed the team's mood, and they focused so much on Anderson and Jokic that the situation of not being able to prevent the two rookies for the time being affected the team's morale a little.
"Give me the ball."
Thompson took the initiative to ask for the ball, and in the current lineup of the Warriors, Thompson is the only star, and now he has to step up and score, or he has to step up and lead the team.
There is no way to do this, after all, the Warriors are not the universe team that came later, there are not so many stars, Thompson is the absolute core of this bench lineup, and when his teammates can't play, Thompson must carry the whole team's offense by himself.
However, for Thompson, who has average offensive ability with the ball, how to lead the team's offense is a problem.
Taking advantage of a chance to serve, Thompson discussed with Livingston, and it seemed that Livingston would need to cooperate more with him next.
The Spurs don't care about it, you have the ability to shoot three-pointers all the time, and you are good at shooting us to death.
They still follow the regular rhythm of the game, with Duncan and Jokic as the core, and mobilize the whole team's offense.
In fact, the Spurs had a lot of opportunities, but after all, in the first game of the new season, many people didn't feel open, so the difference did not continue to widen.
Thompson started to run, and now his running skills are really good, and although Green who defends him is also working hard, he can't keep up.
Livingston is tall, and his height is a bug in point guards, and Mills is completely pressed by him.
A ground-hitting pass, the basketball passed through the blockade of the Spurs and went smoothly to Thompson!
Thompson took a step back, the whole person went out of the three-point line, and then pulled up a three-pointer!
Green was too slow to pounce and could only watch as Thompson made a successful three-pointer.
"Stick! Stick! ”
Popovich roared from the sidelines, and at the same time he beckoned Qin Yan to warm up.
In the Spurs' offensive round, Duncan was pinched and could only pass to Jokic, but Jokic's current finishing ability is not good, and he can't turn around and hook his hand.
Speights took the rebound, and then gave it to Livingston, Livingston was really tall, with long legs and one step, two steps on the top of Mills, and a quick break to the Spurs half!
Mills was in hot pursuit, denying Livingston an easy shot.
But Livingston is accurate in the middle range, and he will not shoot easily from the three-point line, directly using his height to pass the ball from Mills's head to Thompson!
Damn, this is naked bullying!
Mills struggled to jump up and wanted to break the ball, but the height difference was too much, and he couldn't even jump when he was pressed.
After Thompson received the ball at the top of the three-point arc, he didn't make any adjustments, and jumped up and shot!
What a quick shot! Green's block was a little late, but whenever Thompson stopped and steadied just now, Green could have blocked the ball.
But Thompson is so confident now, he shoots the ball and doesn't care who is in front of him!
"Uhhh
Three points again!
"Back to the defense! Back to defense! ”
Thompson now feels like a leader, and after scoring the goal, he directs everyone to retreat quickly.
In this round of attack, Mills may have been angered by Livingston's overhead pass just now, so this time he directly singled Livingston!
After all, he was not so flexible after a major injury, and Livingston was shaken away by Mills! (Although it is a little strange to say that the point guard is shaking the point guard, Livingston is too tall)
After shaking Livingston away, Mills hit a mid-range shot, all for revenge.
However, after Thompson hit two three-pointers in a row, he may have gone crazy.
In the next round, Thompson dribbled through half the court by himself, and then without waiting for the Spurs defender to come, he shot directly beyond the three-point shot!
"Uhhh
Depend on! A three-point shot that was super far away, and it was scored so smoothly!
"Roar!"
Three three-pointers in a row! Thompson looked up to the sky and roared, as if he had become the master of the audience at this moment!
Qin Yan had already walked to the technical table, and he could see that Thompson's current state was too good, so he was also ready to go up and suppress it.
Just in time for the next offense, Mills on the Spurs' side made a mistake in passing, and the ball went out of bounds, Qin Yan came on the court, replaced Mills, and temporarily acted as a point guard.
Of course, when defending, he is still defending Thompson, and Green has no problem defending Livingston.
In the Warriors' offensive round, Thompson was topped by Qin Yan just over halftime this time, and there was almost no room to catch the ball.
But Thompson, who had already scored three in a row, now faced Qin Yan's defensive run, forcibly shook off Qin Yan and received a pass!
But Qin Yan's speed was very fast, and as soon as Thompson received the ball, Qin Yan had already chased it back!
But Thompson, who was crazy about throwing, didn't care if Qin Yan came or not, he only had one action after receiving the ball, and that was to shoot three points!
Qin Yan also straightened his arm and jumped up, he wanted to block Thompson head-on and kill his sharp energy!
However, Thompson shot too fast this time! So much so that as soon as Qin Yan jumped away, the arms of the two collided together!
"Tick!"
"Bang-boom-"
The referee blew the whistle for a foul, and at the same time, Thompson forced a three-point shot! Hit the board!
It's horrible! Hit a three-point shot! And it's also "3+1"!
"Roar!"
Thompson shook his fist hard into the sky, the feeling just now was so refreshing, not only did he shoot a three-pointer, but also made a foul by Qin Yan!
4 three-pointers in a single quarter! And one of them is "3+1", Thompson in this section is absolutely super-god!