San Antonio, Texas, January 25, 2006.

SBC Center Arena.

Construction of the arena was completed in 2002, and the Spurs, the pride of San Antonio, moved their home stadium to the stadium in the same year.

Before entering the SBC arena, the Spurs used the Alamo Arena as their home stadium for a long time, and because the Alamo Arena was originally designed as an American football stadium, the maximum number of fans that can accommodate a game has reached a staggering 77,000 people.

That's a lot for an NBA game with a seating capacity of this size. So when the Spurs' home game came, the staff would separate more than half of the Alamo Arena and only open part of it as a basketball arena.

This reluctant compromise was not recognized by the fans, because the audience was too far from the center of the court, and the court was too empty, so the Spurs once ranked last in the NBA, and the atmosphere was difficult to create.

Against this backdrop, the city of San Antonio began construction of the SBC Center at the beginning of the 21st century, using $186 million in local sales tax as an investment.

In the summer, the SBC Center is used as an NBA court, and in the winter, it is used as an ice hockey arena, one of the three major sports in the United States, and the capacity of the arena has dropped to about 18,000 people on average in the NBA.

Standing in this arena to warm up, Chen Mu seemed to be baptized by some kind of wonderful basketball wisdom all over his body.

Although historically, the Spurs have always been one of the best, and in their long NBA career, the Spurs have only failed to make the playoffs a few times, which can be regarded as a traditional powerhouse.

But the moment when the Spurs really rose to prominence and became what can be called a "dynasty team" began with the 1997 draft.

“TD！ TD！ TD！ ”

On the other side of the court, a tall, steady big man was wearing a training uniform and calmly practicing his killer mastery - 45-degree shooting.

The basketball is very small in the hands of this player, with a pair of big hands and a pair of long arms, and the amazing athleticism at the beginning of his career has transformed into a solid floor flow in the middle and late stages.

Tim Duncan, known as "Mr. Fundamentals," is constantly honing his arsenal and contributing to the team.

Year after year, Duncan has been adapting to changes in the league and the team, from the beginning of entering the team, forming an interior twin tower with Admiral David Robinson, to the super speed up several years later in the original timeline, the huge transformation between the Spurs from "defense first, star singles to solve battles" to "team battles, focusing on gorgeous team basketball", all related to this taciturn man.

"Smack, smack"

It is still a wipe board hit, Duncan never seems to show a trace of expression, except for the iconic action of following all the way with his eyes and his hands slightly open to the sides after the referee makes an unfavorable decision, this player who is called "Stone Buddha" by fans in China does have a strong heart.

"SBC Center, after a year, you will also change your name and surname......"

Chen Mu remembers that just a year later, the naming rights of this stadium will be transferred to the American communications giant ATamp; T company bought it and turned it into ATamp; T Center. And the Spurs will continue its glorious journey in the old arena with a new name.

"Tall at 6'11", a power forward, averaging 18.6 points, 11 rebounds per game, two blocks and nearly one steal, and 3.2 assists per game doesn't show his role as a beacon of ball distribution on the offensive end.

Chen Mu remembers that it was at the beginning of this year that Duncan's statistics began to decline, especially in terms of average points per game, which slipped to the freezing point of his career.

And the Spurs, who just won the third championship trophy in team history by defeating the Detroit Pistons last season, are also considered old and unable to run for the first time.

But history is always playing the face of self-righteous people, and the Spurs are still as solid as a rock, still galloping in the league, constantly educating the new "rookies" in the league to be human beings, and taking on the role of "big devil".

"Are you going to lose to the Mavericks this year and lose your best chance of a back-to-back championship? Will everything continue as it did in the original timeline? ”

For all this, Chen Mu felt very curious, and last time, as a witness, he watched this magnificent history continue to evolve. And this time, I have become a witness, and I want to participate in it and change everything completely......!

"SBC Center Arena, Audience Friends, San Antonio Spurs, the home game against the 76ers is about to begin!"

San Antonio may not be a cosmopolitan city in the traditional sense, but the passion and loyalty of fans to the Spurs is known throughout the league.

Since entering the SBC arena, the Spurs' home stadium has become a league-wide nightmare, a veritable devil's home field.

"In three years, from 2002 to 2005, the Spurs lost just 27 games in this arena and won a full 125 times! The win rate is as high as 82.2%! ”

Commentators shouted out the numbers that fans were already familiar with, constantly stirring up the emotions of the home fans.

"Today we are at home against the 76ers, and I believe we will be able to get another hearty victory! Fans, cheer for your Spurs!! ”

“SPURS！ SPURS！ SPURS！ ”

The whole arena was cheering and the game was about to start, and everyone's emotions were mobilized to the highest point to see the team win again.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and kicked off, and the Spurs center Nestrovic was mediocre and bounced no more than a matchbox. Although the 76ers' starting center Hunter's strength is not good, his physical fitness is still leveraged, and he easily wins the ball, and the 76ers attack!

"Chen, always be ready."

Head coach Cheeks said to Chen Mu, who was sitting at the front of the bench: "You have to play halfway through the first quarter, and Duncan's physical strength will decline at that time, you have to stick to him firmly and can't let him do whatever he wants on the inside!" ”

"Leave it to me, Coach!"

Chen Mu nodded confidently and carefully observed the situation on the field.

In the past two days, Chen Mu has been repeatedly watching the Spurs' games this season, and the core of the Spurs is naturally the GDP trio, especially Ginobili, who has been playing as a starter for most of the season this season, and has played the ultimate in personal strength.

At this time, the ** Vicky is not the "Zhuge Vic" who will be praised and worshiped by everyone in the future, although the offensive end has improved, but the basic tactics are still simple.

"Aaron, it's fast!!"

Iverson opened the game with all his firepower, and after shaking off Tony Parker, he pulled out a little bit of space and hit a difficult mid-range shot.

"On the offensive end, Duncan was the axis, but he reduced his strong attack with the ball and switched to Parker and Ginobili as the main offensive points."

Watching the Spurs' offense unfold on the field, Chen Mu watched carefully while analyzing the main points of the game.

"With Bowen on the outside, the ultimate 3-and-D player, the small forward is the last link of the Spurs' offense, Parker and Ginobili will make a big fuss around Duncan, using Duncan's increasingly accurate mid-range shooting as a containment, constantly running around the pile, Parker looking for opportunities to catch the ball and go around the back door for layups, and Ginobili is waiting for opportunities on the weak side, always ready to carry out a heads-up on the weak side."

In fact, since the beginning of this season, the Spurs' offensive tactics have begun to develop more or less towards a modified version of the Princeton system. For this tactic, the 76ers' starting power forward Webber is naturally very familiar, you must know that in the Kings' eventful years, Webber was famous for his "feigned offensive backhand passing".

"Huh"

In the blink of an eye, the Spurs had already run together and Parker hit a mid-range throw.

"Alas......!"

On the field, Webber sighed secretly and reached out to pat his thigh, seemingly dissatisfied with his injured knee.

If it was in his prime, maybe Webb could move quickly and interfere with Parker's basket, but the knee injury was so deadly that Webber's athleticism was depleted, and he could only watch Duncan deliver subtle passes.

"If it were me, how would I defend this ball......?"

Chen Mu continued to analyze the situation on the field and fell into deep thought.

After a while, the familiar whistle sounded, and the game came to the official timeout of the first quarter, and after some adjustments, Cheeks sent Chen Mu on the court to replace Hunter.

On the Spurs' side, personnel adjustments were also made, and Finley, the old gun he just got from the Mavericks, came on the scene, and the Spurs played small-ball tactics.

The game started again, after a brief exchange between Chen Mu and Weber, it was decided that Chen Mu would defend Duncan, and Webb would be on the other side of the three-second zone, and the 76ers would put on a slightly changed version of the 3-2 defense.

“TD！”

Chen Mu stubbornly put Duncan in front of him, constantly exerting pressure on him, and the outside Iverson, Iguodala, and Korver guarded, firmly choked the three-point line between the 45-degree angles on both sides, and contained the Spurs' outside firepower to the greatest extent.

After a fruitless run, Ginobili moved the ball inside from the weak side, and Duncan came to the left side of the basket to catch the ball and leaned over with his back.

"A 45-degree angle is your scoring point, and I'm not going to let you jump here easily!"

Chen Mu made up his mind and stuck to Duncan without letting go of any space.

Duncan dribbled and looked around, Chen Mu's strength increased, and Duncan's strength declined slightly because of weight loss, and he suppressed it several times, but he couldn't get too close to the penalty area.

“PASS！”

Outside the three-point line, Parker cut in quickly and ran from the middle, this section of the area and the bottom corner three-point line is a defensive blind spot for the 3-2 defense, and the Spurs are obviously well-trained and have made targeted offensive adjustments as soon as they came up.

"Don't think about passing!"

Chen Mu took a step sideways, stretched out his long arm, and tried his best to interfere with Duncan's passing route, Duncan made a passing feint, but in the end he didn't take any risks, took the basketball back to his chest, and then used his right foot as the axis and began to turn to the middle.

On the other side of the three-second zone, Webb directly let Finley in the bottom corner of the weak side empty, stepped forward, and joined Chen Mu in the middle lane, trying to force Duncan into a dead end.

However, Mr. Da Ji Gong is obviously not so easy to defeat.

"Whew!"

Just as Webb stepped forward and was not in place, Duncan suddenly stretched out his long arm sideways and hooked his hand.

The basketball flew in the air, and Chen Mu jumped with all his might, but there was always a few centimeters away from the basketball at the tips of his fingers.

"Huh!"

The basketball entered the frame steadily, and Duncan returned to the defense with a blank face.

"Whew...... Interesting......"

Behind him, Chen Mu sighed slightly, but a smile appeared on his face, and he said to himself: "It's interesting to face such an opponent ......!" ”

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