Defending champion

Chapter 455 Popovich's "Big Gamble"

Chapter 28 Popovich's "big gamble"

The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave. At this time, the old Tim Duncan is facing the young Jack, even if he wants to refuse to accept his old age!
In this game, Jack singled Tim Duncan twice.Jack was entangled with Duncan in his first appearance, but now he can ignore Duncan's defense, dunk if he wants to dunk, and throw if he wants to throw.

Even if Duncan doesn't want to admit it, he is no longer the Finals MVP who won the championship with the Spurs.

Seeing that his lover was frustrated by Jack one after another.This time, Popovich couldn't sit still.If Duncan is pressed down by Jack in this way, his team will lose.

Popovich also began to think about how to get Jack.But is Jack really that easy to deal with?
The Spurs encountered Jack's powerful attacks one after another, and urgently needed to score to replenish blood. When they charged again, the Spurs played with extra caution.

The Spurs have fully rotated in the Hornets' half this time. They are determined not to shoot until the best opportunity appears.

The hard work paid off, and finally, the Spurs found a chance. Parker made a mid-range shot from the baseline, which gave the Spurs a little blood.

The Spurs replenished a little blood here, but the Hornets' players, under the leadership of Jack, became aggressive.

As soon as the Spurs hit the ball, the Hornets rushed towards the Spurs' half court frantically.The fast break of the New Orleans Hornets.

Seeing the attack momentum of the Hornets like a scourge, the Spurs fans at the scene began to panic.

The boos of the ANT basketball stadium sounded loudly, and the Spurs fans wanted to use the boos to cover up their guilt.

When Butler came over, it was a three-pointer.However, with a "bang", the basketball hit the top of the basket heavily and bounced high.

But fortunately, the Hornets have Tyson Chandler's strong protection under the basket.

Tyson Chandler flew up and tapped the basketball first. The basketball immediately changed his trajectory, and the basketball came into the hands of Jack who was following behind.Soon Jack and Duncan are face to face again.

As soon as Jack got the basketball, Duncan immediately leaned in front of Jack.At this point, Duncan had already understood the power of Jack's move.

Seeing Jack take the ball, he immediately moved in front of Jack and defended face to face.

Jack saw Duncan's serious defense, but Jack didn't feel the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

Jack was still holding the basketball with one hand, and simply uttered a word: "Left or... right!" Although this is a short sentence, Jack's contempt is vividly reflected.

Jack has been to the right twice in a row, and when Jack uttered the word for the third time, Duncan instinctively took a big step to the right.

However, when Duncan took this step, Jack strode across from his left, raised one hand high, and made another one-handed dunk on the head of the San Antonio man without hesitation.

Being scored by Jack, Duncan was really depressed. Moreover, his personality was always like a dull gourd, and he didn't vent it with trash talk.So, after the Hornets' half court, he immediately prepared to attack and fight back.

He is very clear about his position in the San Antonio Spurs, the well-deserved soul player in the team.If you are defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After Duncan got the basketball in the high position, he hit the face-to-frame breakthrough that he is best at.

But where did he think that Duncan came over ambitiously, but only made a breakthrough, and was cut off again by Jack's skillful hand.

Jack directly broke Duncan's basketball, and the Spurs became smart this time.As soon as Jack stole the ball, they quickly retreated towards the Spurs' half court.Can they make the Hornets' fast break play again.

The Hornets' position was offensive, and the Spurs still did not choose to double-team Jack.

The basketball still came to Jack's hands.

Jack got the basketball again, and when he turned to face Duncan and spit out the word "right", Duncan really broke down.

Duncan didn't even know whether to defend left or right.

While Tim Duncan was hesitating, Jack gave Duncan another answer, a direct jump shot.

When Duncan watched Jack's jumper, he didn't even reach out.The current Stone Buddha has been completely tortured to the point of neurasthenia by Jack's perverted breakthrough technology.He didn't know what he should do to face Jack, left, right, or stick it up.

No matter which side, which attack choice, but I guessed correctly, I couldn't complete the defense.Guessing wrong can only be humiliated. For a while, Duncan's defensive confidence completely collapsed.All the defensive effort was blown away by the rain and the wind.

Duncan turned into a doll in front of Jack, and Jack faced Duncan's random offense and random pass.

Duncan didn't even react at all, and Jack became a nightmare for San Antonio.The restricted area in San Antonio is regarded by Jack as his own back garden.

Jack scored 16 points frantically in the first quarter, while Duncan only scored 5 points.At the same time, Tim Duncan also committed 2 fouls.

In the second quarter, Popovich realized that there was no way to go on like this, so he changed people to defend Jack.

However, there is no one in San Antonio who is more suitable for defending Jack.Jack still only took one step to break through and swept the entire San Antonio penalty area.

For a big man like Jack to break through the penalty area, San Antonio can only foul or pay points.

Such a Jack, with one breakthrough of his own, changed the situation of the game.Originally, the two teams had different styles, but they played evenly.

However, as soon as Jack appeared, he cut San Antonio casually like a scalpel.

Suddenly, the situation was different. Seeing that the Hornets played more and more relaxed, Jack had a huge restraint on San Antonio.The Hornets' perimeter [-]-point shooter is getting ecstatic again.

And San Antonio played wildly at the beginning, but after being hit by Jack so repeatedly, and their main attacker Duncan also suffered a nervous breakdown.

In this way, at the end of the first half, there were Hornets fans on the scene.Finally, they can celebrate with their foreheads and hands, because even though their team is playing away, at the end of halftime, they have achieved a 17-point lead.

After halftime, the score between the two sides came to 42 to 59.

San Antonio dug a big hole for themselves in the first half.

At this time, is the Hornets coach Byron Scott secretly laughing?Byron threw Popovich all the hard questions.

Now his team has encountered a huge problem, this problem is called - Jack!
How can he solve it?
Although Popovich did not lead the Spurs to create a dynasty, his ability is recognized by the league. Even though he was 18 points behind at halftime, the Spurs fans have not lost confidence.

The ups and downs of the second half of the game also proved that the San Antonio Spurs can win three championships in eight years.They are definitely not fake.

How can the San Antonio people defend Jack? At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs gave the answer-a densely positioned zone defense.

It is true that no one in San Antonio can defend Jack alone, even if one person follows closely and assists in the defense, he cannot complete the defense. This kind of defense has too high requirements for the assisting defender.San Antonio can't come up with a zone defense like the 08 Celtics. After all, San Antonio's defensive experience is far inferior to their offensive experience.

At this time, in order to avoid the crisis of his own basket, Popovich actually adopted such a method, using zone defense to block all breakthroughs.

Playing against a team that is good at three-pointers like the Hornets, and giving up all perimeter defense in this way, Popovich still has quite an adventurous spirit.

Popovich is completely gambling, as if betting on the heads of the coin, the Hornets are lucky, and the San Antonio man is dead.The Hornets were unlucky, and San Antonio won.

The moment San Antonio returned to the court and made this defense, the Hornets were excited.

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