Chapter 194: Too Good to Rob
Popovich didn't expect Yang Di to be so powerful, he had the impression that the player who was in the Heat No. 8 last season was not so fierce?
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"If you are in the Spurs, such a rim-protected interior ......" Popovich couldn't help but regret a little, in the offseason, he should fight for it, now that Yang Di has played such a good game in the Warriors, it will be difficult to want people again.
In the new season, the league has a new NOHandcheck rule to encourage outside players to attack. As a result, Montgomery is also interested in developing Richardson's ball-handling offense, not just as a functional cutter and occasional jerking outside jumper.
And Yang Di, Montgomery initially regarded him as a top rim protector, and after playing a few games, he began to deliberately increase Yang Di's interior offense, and in conventional tactics, there are occasionally one or two about Yang Di's split cover and reverse running catch-up jumper, in short, most of the offensive opportunities still have to be created by Yang Di himself.
When Duncan came on, the Warriors were 31-30 up.
After the substitution of Marrick Rose, the match became dull again, with neither side bothering to trash talk and only intense physical confrontation to the flesh.
"Bang!"
"呲~"
In the hustle and bustle of the fans, the physical strength of the players on both sides was greatly consumed.
"Huh!"
Dunleavy hit the second three-pointer of the second quarter, and the Warriors led the Spurs by 2 points at 39-37.
Duncan asks for the ball in the low post, and Youngdy goes around and wraps him up with Murphy.
Passing to the inside, the ball moved, Yang Di also moved, and when Nesterovic received the ball, Yang Di also pasted it, one hand rose, and the other hand cut off like lightning.
"Smack!"
Nesterovic didn't expect Yang Di to move so fast, he didn't grasp the ball steadily, and after being cut by Yang Di, he slid out of his hand.
"Oops!"
Countless big hands reached out to the rolling basketball, and in the chaos, the basketball was snatched away by Dunleavy.
The skinny Dunleavy actually snatched the basketball from a bunch of muscle sticks! It's a really strange thing, and what's even more bizarre is that his position allows him to dribble straight forward to the Spurs, who can't get back and Dunleavy gets down to Richardson on the right side.
The dunk king took a step outside the three-second zone, and his right hand smashed and dunked with one hand. At 41-37, the Warriors led by four points.
"Good shot!"
Yang Di squinted his eyes, smiled and high-fived Richardson.
He thought to himself that if it wasn't a positional attack, but a normal transition between offense and defense, with his outstanding physical fitness, Richardson would really be a sharp weapon, and it would be difficult for defenders to effectively defend against this kind of top wing of the running and jumping type. Such a thought only flashed in his mind, and his attention immediately returned to the field.
Ginobili broke through Richardson head-on, his long hair fluttering, and he attracted the bag and landed to Duncan who was ambushed by the baseline.
Duncan half-hooked the ball and threw it into the frame.
The San Antonio fans immediately burst into applause, and like the Spurs, the 28-year-old Duncan is a source of pride and symbol for the city. Since the selection of this big man in Wake Forest in '97, Duncan has led the Spurs to become the top team in the league, and now has brought two championships to San Antonio, which has been a blank in the history of previous championships.
Duncan made the Spurs, and San Antonio made Duncan.
Just like the game just now, Duncan has used this way to score steadily and help the team win on countless game days.
Duncan's expressionless return to the defense, just scoring a goal, is too common for him.
Warriors position attack.
"Give it to me!"
Richardson probably felt that he had scored a goal, and took the initiative to ask Fisher for the ball after half-time.
After getting the ball, at the 45-degree position on the right side of the three-point line, Richardson faced Bruce Bowen, and the Spurs' outside defensive gate - Bruce Bowen stuck to him like a kraft candy, and kept making small movements.
He stepped out with his left foot on his shoulder, followed with the ball, and forced a breakthrough to the left.
"If I can let you pass, I won't have to mess around!" Bruce Bowen's eyes flashed with a twinkle, he withdrew his blocking left hand to avoid a foul, and his clenched right hand secretly grabbed Richardson's waist position.
Richardson felt like he had been caught by a big crab, and his waist ached.
As soon as he got sick, Bowen moved closer to him, until he clung to him again, making it difficult for him to dribble and upset.
Richardson held back an evil fire in his heart, angrily took the ball directly on the spot, half-turned and jumped to shoot.
Bowen took a step forward and jumped up, as if he was jumping up, such a defensive intensity, even the fans knew that Richardson was extremely difficult to shoot.
What's even more worrying is that Richardson pays attention to Bowen's black feet at his feet, his shooting is distracted, and his shooting percentage is even more outrageous.
"Bell!"
Bounced high.
Under the basket, Duncan and Nestrovich opened their hands together, almost covering the entire range of the restricted area, and Yang Di was sandwiched between the two.
He let out a loud shout and jumped with Duncan.
The fans opened their mouths wide.
Under the light, the two arms, one black and one yellow, were entangled, hovering upward, the crystal sweat was sprinkled, and the orange basketball was constantly rolling.
"Mine!"
Yang Di let out a loud shout, as if he had stopped in the air out of thin air, and he was half a palm above Duncan's palm.
"Smack!"
He pulled down his long arms and grabbed the ball with a slap, then kicked the ground with both feet and landed hard.
This frontcourt rebound was so handsome, almost pressed Duncan, and grabbed it directly in front of Duncan, and the players on the Warriors bench all stood up, waving towels and shouting loudly, and I don't know what they were shouting.
Regrouped, Fisher catches the ball and shakes off Parker for a mid-range jumper.
Hit! The Warriors are still leading by four points, 43-39.
Then they attacked each other for several more rounds without scoring, and before halftime, the Warriors unexpectedly outscored the Spurs by three points at 45-42.
ESPN reporters ran over to interview Montgomery and asked him why the Warriors suddenly overtook the Spurs in the second quarter, and what happened to the team?
Montgomery said, "The team stepped up their outside shooting in the second quarter and hit some three-pointers. At the same time, we caught some of the opponent's mistakes and turned them into points, and overall, we played a lot better than in the first quarter, and hopefully we can continue to play like that in the second half. ”
On Popovich's side, he thinks that the Warriors' style of play is very unique, they don't have superstars, they don't play around a certain player, everyone can attack when they get the ball, and when organizing, there are more cuts with the ball than empty cuts.
If there are more offenses with the ball than normal tactics, there will be two situations, one is to go completely crazy and play at a high level, and the other is to make a lot of mistakes and lose most of the games early.
In the second half, the Spurs stepped up their pressure on the ball carriers.
Dunleavy got more opportunities to shoot, and Yang Di still acted as an inside frame protector, the Warriors actually scored all the way up, and the Spurs were not grabbed by Yang Di to the frontcourt board even if they were well defended, even if they inexplicably let the Warriors score again.
Yang Di thought it was strange, compared with the Spurs' suffocating defense in the first quarter, it was easier to follow.
The rebounds continued to rise, and Yang Di reappeared in the fourth quarter, playing less than two minutes and grabbing the 15th rebound of the game.