Chapter 202: G2 Battle

'They played a lot better than us and were very competitive throughout the game. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After the game, Tim Duncan said seriously in an interview.

Then Popovich, Ginobili, Parker and other important Spurs figures praised the Warriors' teamwork spirit, complimenting as if the Warriors could really beat the Spurs right away and enter the Western Conference semifinals.

The Warriors were very happy, and after the game, they were still in a state of high spirits.

A bunch of playoff rookies defeated the league's most famous powerhouse, and they were under the No. 7 seed, which instantly became the biggest news of the day in the NBA.

Yang Di scored 27 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks, and in terms of performance, he even surpassed Duncan with 24 points and 16 rebounds!

"He's already a first-line star who doesn't fall behind!"

"The incredible performance, in front of Tim Duncan, is still full of confidence."

"After this series, Yang Di can basically become one of the few interior players in the league, and I think he should be selected to the best team this season."

The expert media turned the limelight, and after Yang Di's performance was good, many people began to praise him.

Even many Spurs fans think that Yang Di's performance is really good, the key is that he is still very young, 8 years younger than Duncan, who was born in 76, and when he was 20 years old, Duncan was even just in college, although in college, Duncan was already a new star in the basketball world in the United States.

Few people talk about Davis and Richardson's play, but in fact, Davis has done no less than Yang Di.

Byron Davis forced Parker countless times in this game, Tony Parker couldn't guard him at all, and what made Popovich a headache was that one of Davis and Richardson would definitely perform well, and no matter how good Bowen's defense was, he didn't have the skills to separate.

Popovich shook his head, thinking for a long time after the game, and decided to make lineup changes for the second game.

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To the delight of Chinese fans, in the second game between the Rockets and the Mavericks, the Rockets won again!

With two wins in a row on the road, the Rockets have already pushed the Mavericks to the edge of the cliff before they have even played at home.

It was in this game that Maddy, who came to the Rockets' first season, was full of might, riding a big bamboo pole Sean Bradley, and Yao Ming scored 33 points in the game, and the interior offense was almost unsolvable.

More crucially, Maddie made a quasi-stunner in this game to complete a reversal game.

In the first season of the Rockets, Maddie and Yao Ming led the team to the playoffs together, and won two games in a row in the playoffs, which seemed to indicate a different journey.

The G2 match between the Warriors and Spurs takes place on April 27.

Before the start of the game, the whole Warriors team took the bus provided by San Antonio to the arena.

The Warriors players got out of the car one by one, and Yang Di carried a backpack and wore a sports long-sleeved jacket, following the trendy Richardson, Byron Davis and others.

Richardson had a huge pair of headphones in his ears and listened to music, his head shaking.

No reporters came forward to do the interviews, and all the reporters here were told that interviews would be scheduled at certain times, so they had to take videos and photos with cameras and cameras on the sidelines.

At the entrance of the players' tunnel, the Spurs held a low-key opening ceremony at home.

A player's name was shouted by the DJ, and the fans raised their hands in cheers as they made a comeback, just like the Spurs, to keep their fighting spirit high and strong.

Before the start of the game, the starting lists of both sides were released.

Montgomery's face had a look of surprise.

The Spurs made a change of lineup, and after suffering a loss in their first game, they relegated Manu Ginobili, who had started 74 games this season, to the bench.

The Spurs put Brent Barry in the starting lineup to replace Ginobili.

The camera showed the long-haired Argentine and duly showed the stats for his first game.

In fact, Ginobili's stats in the first game were not bad, with 19 points and six assists, and caused the Warriors players to draw multiple fouls and get eight free throws.

But Popovich must have made this adjustment from a defensive point of view.

Brent Barry's defense is much better than Ginobili's, and on the outside, he and Bowen are blocked, and even if the Warriors play a pick-and-roll, they can well contain the effect of a misplaced offense.

The camera gave Yang Di again, and hung out the data of Yang Di's 27 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first game.

At the beginning of the game, Yang Di jumped to win Duncan, and the Warriors won the first wave of possession.

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San Antonio is located in south-central Texas, a long way from San Francisco.

The city has the highest number of Hispanics in the United States, with more than 60 percent. After the Civil War, it became a well-known livestock trading center and border city in the United States, and its population continued to grow.

Every year in April, San Antonio hosts a carnival that attracts visitors from all over the world.

It's the largest festival in Texas, with more than 3.5 million visitors and 100 fun entertainment, including the San Antonio Dog Parade, the San Antonio Dog Costume Contest, the Miss San Antonio Contest, art shows and food entertainment.

Now, it's also counted in the NBA playoffs.

Some of the visitors who came bought tickets for the Spurs playoffs in April, and today's G2 game came to the scene specially to the scene, this scattered away fans belong to the neutral camp, just want to see the excitement of the game, and don't care who wins or loses.

The gradually warming temperature echoes the fiery atmosphere in the arena.

At the beginning of the G2 game, the Spurs showed strong teamwork ability, and the old Barry, who was replaced as the starter, took the lead, not only shooting three-pointers, but also suppressing Davis's breakthrough on the defensive end.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs won 29-18 over the Warriors by 11 points.

Benno Udri, the Spurs' older rookie selected this year, also had a good performance this game, partnering Ginobili on the bench and the two completed several wonderful combinations.

On the Warriors' side, Yang Di immediately felt that this game was different from the last game.

The Spurs' perimeter defense was very pressing, Duncan focused on defending him, and without many fill-in assists, his efficiency in the low post became very low.

What's even more embarrassing is that the Warriors have become cold because of this defense.

Davis, Richardson, and Dunleavy took turns striking iron, and Yang Di was ruthless, pushing Duncan to complete a heavy dunk, but the whole was to no avail.

The Warriors trailed by 31 points at halftime, 32-63.

In the second half, the Warriors warmed up and recovered a little bit of difference, and Richardson hit his first three-pointer of the game near the end of the third quarter, and the Warriors trailed the Spurs by 24 points 62-86.

In the final quarter of the game, after less than half a quarter, the Warriors still fell into the trap of the Spurs' defense, and missed the offense several times.

More than 6 minutes later, Montgomery saw that the score difference was still 25 points, so he replaced Yang Di and others and announced his surrender.

In the end, the Spurs beat the Warriors by 28 points 104-76 at home.