Chapter 193: Battle of the Spurs (Part II)
The start was terrible for the Warriors, with a 5-0 draw that almost sent Montgomery to call a timeout. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Fortunately, Yang Di's timely block pulled back the morale of the team that fell below zero point, and Murphy turned around to strike while the iron was hot, and scored two points with a low throw, finally breaking the scoring drought.
"It's tough." Yang Di deeply felt the terrible defense of the Spurs, and scoring a goal was the same as a difficult birth.
But the more this happened, the more he was aroused, and the defense was extremely focused, staring at the Spurs' ever-changing formation and defending the basket.
"He's the Warriors' last line of defense, and if he misses, the Warriors won't recover," head coach Montgomery later praised Young's defense in an interview with reporters.
The Holy City has seen the vitality of 20 years old, and the paint area of No. 8 is full of shadows.
"Smack!"
Yang Di flew the rebound, jumped up and grabbed it again, and protected the rebound in his arms.
The game entered a mandatory timeout in the first quarter, and the Warriors trailed the Spurs by two points 9-11.
Yang Di took a sip of water, gasping for breath, and was thinking about how to go up later, Montgomery said to him, "Yang, you go down and rest first." ”
“what?” Yang Di spread his hands, a little incomprehensible, it was only six minutes at this time, and Yang Di felt that he still had a lot of physical strength to use without playing.
"You got a foul on you, and it's your protection." Montgomery explained, then moved on to the other players to ask them on the field.
Yang Di nodded helplessly, if there were two fouls in the first quarter, the whole game might fall into a foul crisis, just now the Spurs were so crazy to hit the inside, there must be a meaning to knock him down twice, but I didn't expect that luck was not good, Yang Di has been on the edge of fouls and failed to let the Spurs succeed.
Sitting on the bench, Yang Di watched the rest of the Warriors' first quarter.
The Spurs are 23-17, leading the Warriors by six points.
The two sides rotated their lineups, with the Spurs bringing in substitutes such as Devin Brown, Brent Barry, and Malik Rose, while the Warriors replaced Jandy, along with veteran Davis Davis, small forward Edondo Nahoola, point guard Luce, and Richardson on the court.
Richardson waved his hand and motioned for Luce to pass the ball inside.
Yang Di stuck in the low position with Marik Ross in the position.
Malik Rose is a center from Philadelphia, a blue-collar representative of the '96 Golden Generation, who is short, but good at grabbing the boards and defending, and has a tough style, somewhat similar to the Heat's Haslem.
Topping is what he does best, and with his solid tonnage, he can withstand the backs of most players in the No. 4 position.
Yang Di is not good at playing singles with his back, after taking the ball, he directly pressed down with both hands, turned around, and stared at Malik with the advantage of being half a head taller.
"Come on, Chinese, let me see what you are capable of!" Ross spewed unnutritious trash words in his mouth, his eyes stared at Yang Di, and his whole body tensed, not daring to be careless.
Yang Di poked out his right foot and dribbled to the right.
Then his left foot stepped out to the left like lightning, hit the ground with the basketball crotch, and returned to the left hand to dribble, and at the same time, Yang Di pushed the mountain and hit it like a jade, and "bang" with Marik Rose.
Marik Rose only felt a huge force coming, and his shoulder was bounced away, making way for a passage.
Yang Di stepped on the ground with his left foot, put his right hand together to stabilize the basketball, and then jumped up diagonally, with a loud "clang", and pressed the ball into the basket with one hand with his left hand.
Wow~ San Antonio fans exclaimed loudly.
Yang Di's dunk was too domineering, and the moment he flew up on the spot was like a thunderbolt on the ground, giving people a strong visual impact, even as a fan of the opponent, he couldn't help but sigh - it was really fierce.
The Spurs attacked, Brent Barry missed a jumper, and the backcourt rebound was protected by Davis Davis.
In the frontcourt, Yang Di and Richardson blocked and dismantled high, and Richardson hit the ground to Nahura on the outside, and Nahura stepped on his feet and killed inside, disrupting the Spurs' formation.
There was a mistake in the chaos, the dribble was cut by the quick-eyed Barry, and the Spurs counterattacked.
In the frontcourt, Barry is not in a hurry to attack, his style of play is very steady, waiting for all the Spurs players to come over, and then fall back into position.
As a result, when the sideline was breached, Devin Brown was blown for a walk.
One mistake on each side equals a tie.
Back to the frontcourt to attack, Yang Di raised his arms high and went out to block and dismantle the defender Luce who held the ball, and Luce changed to the middle with the help of the pick-and-roll.
Yang Di went down, and Marrick Rose put aside the defensive Luce and stared at Yang Di.
Luce attacked the basket directly without defense, and in the last shot, the wing player who rushed out of the Spurs made up for the defense, and the waist and abdomen strength was insufficient, and the basketball smashed outrageously thirty or forty centimeters on the basket.
Yang Di and Marik Rose shouted at the same time and jumped together.
Yang Di's arm span actually has an advantage, coupled with his bounce power and height, he touched the basketball before Marrick Rose, and he immediately slapped the ball to the ground.
The basketball bounced up, and Yang Di reached out to grab it, bumped into Marik Rose hard, and jumped up after getting a little space.
"Bang!"
The wrists were pressed down, the hands were hanging from the frame, and the basketball hoop was shaking.
"Grass!"
Malik Rose is disgraced, Yang Di's strength is too strong, and when he is deep under the basket, he has no way to dunk him.
21-23, the Warriors only trailed by 2 points, and Yang Di found the feeling of leading the bench to chase points last season.
The difference is that this time, he served as the team's main point of attack, the Warriors gave him a lot of opportunities to attack in the low post, and Yang Di tried various techniques.
After Richardson went off the court, Yang Di increased the ball, and many of the Warriors' balls passed to him.
At 8 minutes and 14 seconds in the second quarter, the Warriors tied the score, and the Spurs called a timeout.
"In this case, maybe Greg Popovich didn't expect it, Huo, Yang Di is really amazing." Zhang Weiping, the host of the court station who broadcast the game, said with a smile.
"That's right."
Just like talking about cross talk, Yang Jian, who was in one gear and one gear, opened his mouth to pick up the conversation, "Yang Di's energy on the court is too strong, and the early exit in the first quarter allowed him to ensure full physical fitness, and now he has 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, basically equaling his average data in the first half of the season." ”
"I don't know how Popovich will deal with it, I think the Spurs are having a hard time on the court right now, and Yang Di has caused too much damage, I think he may replace Duncan early."
As soon as the words fell, the Spurs, who came back from the pause, still maintained the original bench lineup.
"Ahem~" Yang Jian interjected: "Come, let's take a look at the audience's text message ......"