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Chapter 249 Don't give it away

Seattle fans remember the Spurs' rookie power forward who was quiet and expressionless.

Duncan's performance in the last round was amazing, and in this round, Duncan's performance is even better.

After all, the Supersonics and the Suns are still two completely different teams. Duncan's ability to play at a dominant level in the Supersonics game proves that his strength is indeed second to none in the league.

Likewise, Spurs fans remember the Sonics' No. 18.

When the No. 18 got up suddenly, he made up the dunk across Duncan, and his physical fitness was superb.

If the Spurs have such a young man who can defend and shoot suddenly to lead the outside line, I am afraid they can build a dynasty.

This is also a common problem in the small ball market. They always want to recruit some young talents with outstanding talents, but in fact, there are only a handful of people who have been attracted to San Antonio from the free market. They think too much. It is better to honestly develop a few more scouts, select some low-ranking good seedlings, and cultivate them by themselves.

The fifth battle between the two sides is regarded as the worst battle that the two sides may encounter.

That night, there was only one game left in the league, and all the fans were paying attention to the direction of the series between the two teams.

When it came time to play, the starting players of both sides were released, and the SuperSonics did not change anything, continuing the starting list for the entire season.

The Spurs are different from the roster at the beginning of this round, which is the same as the roster in the previous game.

The biggest difference is that the shooting guard is replaced, and Jaren Jackson is replaced by Pooh.

Jalen's defense is better than Pooh's, and his three-point shooting rate is slightly worse, but in this round, Pooh's three-pointer is not good, so Popovich made this adjustment, which is also reasonable.

"drop--"

After the beep, the game officially begins.

On the bench, George Karl, who was awarded the best coach, looked serious.

"Do you still double-team when you come up?"

"Yes, it's still the same strategy, but it may consume a lot of energy for the players."

George Karl glanced over the bench and saw a bunch of strong men. Fortunately, the Sonics had strengthened the inside line last summer, otherwise the Spurs would have been difficult.

The Spurs know that the Sonics are difficult to deal with. The Sonics' strikers are like a whole pack of wolves, frantically biting inside.

"Snapped!"

Soon, as the "foul king", Geiger received his first personal foul.

David Robinson goes to the free throw line.

missed two free throws

The fans in the audience shouted wildly, and they were very happy to see the Spurs players miss the free throw. They felt that it was their credit that interfered with the Spurs players.

This interference definitely exists, but the effect may not be very good. The key is that the Spurs players themselves are also nervous, especially when working on the road, it is more difficult, and it is normal to have a lower free throw percentage.

What's more, the Spurs are notoriously bad at free throws in the league. The Jazz won't be able to throw the same move, which will directly punish the Sonics to GG.

Geiger acted fiercely. After the player meeting, Payton and Kemp affirmed his great role on the defensive end.

That's what he was asked to do. As long as he can protect the basket, there's nothing he can do, and the shark does the same.

On the other hand, the Spurs' defense is also very tight.

When Qin Fei catches the ball, it's okay to be on the three-point line or a little outside the three-point line. Once he breaks through, there will be two checkpoints immediately, and then there will be the last checkpoint that is always waiting inside.

In the era when there was no defense for three seconds, the inside line was too crowded.

Why does Iverson shoot so many mid-range shots, because he can't bear it because he keeps rushing to the basket.

Qin Fei can also shoot mid-range, but his shots in the first two games were not very accurate, and his shooting percentage was just over 4%.

But today seems to be different. After Qin Fei passed Jia Lun, he stopped and shot a jumper from a mid-to-long distance position.

"can!"

Peyton's eyes lit up, worrying about the lack of firepower outside, Qin Fei immediately gave support.

Peyton and Qin Fei clapped hands and encouraged them as they walked.

"Qin, just fight like this, show your strongest strength!"

Qin Fei thought to himself that I only have a score of 82, so how strong can I be?

Besides, although the whistle blows frequently on weekdays, it is not the same as the current situation. The Spurs have three layers outside and three layers inside. The encirclement layer upon layer is really powerful.

Choosing CIC is also a helpless move. I didn't expect that today I feel good, and I hit it when I came up.

Will it have the effect of changing the defense?

Qin Fei really wanted to know what adjustments the Spurs would make. It turned out that the Spurs were the Spurs, as stable as Mount Tai. Qin Fei's mid-range shot did not affect their overall defense at all.

Qin Fei had no choice but to continue to try mid-range jumpers.

"In this round of the series, even Qin Fei's impact has declined."

Bob Withey summed up the scene of the Supersonics and Spurs game, "It is easy to pass, but it is difficult to attack the frame."

Under the basket guarded by the twin towers, Qin Fei rushed to grab the offensive rebound to complete the feat of dunking, and he could only complete it once. Compared with the previous round, his other performances were much worse.

Even he can only try some mid-range shots that are not his strongest offense.

In the previous few games, the mid-range effect was mediocre, but today I feel good, and I hit one when I came up.

"If you want to beat the Spurs, you must have more scoring points. Qin Fei's mid-range shot is a good way." The host was also talking about Qin Fei's mid-range shot. After two rounds, Qin Fei hit a mid-range shot from the same position.

"Wow, hit two mid-range shots in a row!"

The off-court camera was given to Popovich, and Popovich was very serious.

He got up and walked a few steps on the sidelines, observing Qin Fei's retreat and thinking about how to deal with it.

The overall score of the game is still quite tense, Qin Fei feels good, but other players did not hit a high percentage today, such as Kemp, who has not scored yet, embarrassingly 3 for 0 shots.

Qin Fei hit two mid-range shots, and the overall defense of the Spurs remained unchanged, but Jia Lun was still somewhat affected. When defending, he went up ahead of time to force Qin Fei's shot space.

Qin Fei also took advantage of the situation to change his strategy and went deeper into the basket to work.

In the subsequent confrontation with Duncan, the shot missed.

Kemp rushed to grab an offensive rebound at the basket and then made a tip-up, finally opening for business.

"Isn't this a foul?"

Qin Fei spread his hands, and the referee was particularly lenient in the punishment of physical confrontation. Duncan's whole body was on top of him, and he turned a blind eye in the end.

Qin Fei also had nothing to say, because on the defensive end, Geiger defended David Robinson so roughly, and until now he has been resisting the first foul and has not picked up the second foul.

Geiger's second foul was in the middle of the first quarter, and then the Sonics replaced Sam Perkins.

After Perkins commits, there will be Aaron Williams, all of whom are extremely strong guys. If they can't be guarded, just keep sending them to the free throw line.

The referee blows too many whistles, and it is always necessary to find a balance. After all, it is still the home court of the Supersonics.

So Qin Fei also got some fouls during the breakthrough process. Some fouls were inexplicable, and he didn't even feel it before the referee blew it.

After some operations, the two sides successfully tied at 20 in the first quarter.

This is a low score, relatively rare since the series.

The score of the main force is low, and the score of the substitute is not high. The two sides are full of a lot of physical confrontation.

Qin Fei has always had free throws and mid-range two major killers. He scored a team-high 13 points in the halftime, in addition to 3 rebounds and 3 steals.

The number of steals is also the highest in the game.

"Qin Fei's reaction is too fast, don't make fake moves in front of him easily, it is easy to be cut off." Jalen's offensive disadvantage is too obvious, and Popovich is very dissatisfied with his mistakes.

Budenholzer, who was an assistant coach, began to comfort Jalen, telling him not to be fancy when attacking, just give the damn ball to Duncan or David Robinson.

Jia Lun was also quite wronged. In the first half, he was only broken by Qin Fei from the front.

Qin Fei's other two steals, one was David Robinson with the knife, and the other was "Little General" Johnson's cross pass was intercepted, and he didn't even touch the ball.

This is status determines treatment.

The main player has the ball, and it is normal to make some mistakes. It is definitely unbearable for him to play tricks as a non-core main player. Let him play, just to do his job well.

Such strict rules are extremely prominent among the Spurs under Popovich.

To sum it up in two words.

"don't send"

(End of this chapter)