nba championship predators

Chapter 265 Competing Who Is Stronger

After the timeout, Zhao Ke really enjoyed the double-team treatment.

Still Stephen Jackson and Tony Parker, Popovich is ready to let go of Lagabel this time.

Popovich has the special effects skill package of knowing the bead and turning a stone into gold, but he really misjudged Lagabel.

Or, does the old man have no time to use his skills at all?
In 2000, Lagabel didn't get a minute of playing time in the Spurs, and the Spurs were so rich on the outside at that time:

Superstar embryo, Derek Anderson with excellent offense and defense;

Sean Elliott, who created the "Memorial Day Miracle";
The No. 1997 pick in [-], defensive point guard Antonio Daniels;
All-Star point guard Terry Porter;
"Little General" Avery Johnson...

With such a group of fierce players competing for playing time, it is so common for undrafted Lagabell to be ignored.

This has also become a key factor for Lagabel's frantic desperation in this round of the series. He wants to show the blind guys in the Spurs uniform team whether he is worth a basic salary!
Now, he has been emptied, and Popovich still looks down on him?
Lagabel felt that the blood all over his body was starting to burn. He must do something to prove that he is definitely not an easy person!
Then, he received a pass from Zhao Ke.

Without too much action, Lagabel, who was emptied, did not hesitate to shoot on the right wing of the three-point line. This season, his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 42.1%!

However, fairy tales are all deceptive.

Not everyone succeeds in being slapped in the face when they are looked down upon.

Lagabel's hateful blow was solid.

Duncan's rebounding stats went up by another.

The Knicks also began to double-team Duncan. The three musketeers on the perimeter clearly had trembling hands, which was the best time to double-team.

Duncan was flanked back and forth by the tenacious Kurt Thomas and the crazy Lagabel, and he distributed the ball to the empty Steve Smith.

Given the missed shot, Steve Smith visibly hesitated before taking aim.

But even with such caution, he still couldn't escape the life of being a blacksmith. The ball was short and hit the front of the basket, and a long rebound bounced out, which was taken away by Lagabel.

When the Knicks were attacking, the Spurs double-teamed Zhao Ke more resolutely. Anyway, there was no open space, and the shooters couldn't make shots.

For the same reason, when the Spurs attacked, Duncan encountered unscrupulous doubles or even triple teams.

No one stood up to break the deadlock, and the open shooters wasted time and time again excellent shooting opportunities, and they got such opportunities again and again.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs scored only 17 points.

The team made 16 of 6 shots and only made 37.5% of their shots.

Moreover, Duncan made 6 of 5 shots and scored 11 points, and the others added up to 10 of 1 shots.

The shooters misfired collectively:
斯蒂芬杰克逊3投0中，托尼帕克3投0中，史蒂夫史密斯3投1中，吉诺比利1投0中……

The Knicks were the first to make adjustments. They all had the strength to bomb the basket with explosives on their outside lines. After the outside line was inaccurate, they began to concentrate on attacking the basket in the second half of the first quarter.

The passionate Lagabel was the most active. He even ate Duncan's two hot pots, but still rushed to the basket without hesitation, and finally hit a throw.

Tayshaun Prince and Chris Anderson each contributed two points, and Zhao Ke barely made two shots in a double-team and hit a goal.

The Knicks led the Spurs by 27 points at 17:10 in the first quarter.

Popovich did not turn on the hair dryer this time. These guys were obviously under too much pressure and were so nervous that Parkinson committed a crime. He comforted a few zero-egg shooters and rearranged their tactics.

In the second quarter, the Spurs started the twin towers time.

Duncan and David Robinson were playing duets at the basket, not caring about the shooters waiting outside.

In the double-team, Duncan took care of it by himself, didn't pass the ball, and played hard.

Three people double-team, David Robinson must be empty, pass him!

邓肯9投5中，又拿下11分，而大卫罗宾逊3投2中，拿到4分。

As for the others, the Knicks implemented a shrinking defense in order to double-team Duncan, and the paint area was often crowded with 4-7 people.

Even Ginobili, who possesses the unique skill of loach kung fu, can only look at people with admiration, and can't break through at all!
They had no choice but to continue to try their hands. Stephen Jackson took advantage of the opportunity of Manu Ginobili to play and Zhao Kexi to find the Argentine. He threw four three-pointers in a row and only scored one!
Tony Parker fouled Lagabel from outside the three-point line and scored 3 points with free throws. The Spurs scored 21 points in the second quarter.

The Spurs' starting lineup, except for Steve Smith, who was replaced by Ginobili, played the entire first half!

In the last battle, Popovich also fought.

Zhao Ke was still double-teamed, but he still endured, holding the skill bag tightly in his hand.

Without a skill pack, buddies can still attack the basket, right?
You can't be blinded by such a cool set of equipment!

Zhao Ke began to toss and turn around the twin towers. When he didn't make a foul, his movements were still very light, and it was not so easy to fall down.

What kind of European step layup, what kind of drawbar drift and small hook, what kind of crotch change hands throwing...

Zhao Ke has to thank Zhao Ke from the United States for bringing him a natural sense of the ball and Tim Glover's devilish training. Otherwise, how could his [-]-jin spherical soul have such eighteen martial arts skills!

Zhao Ke was very efficient, he was only blocked by Duncan twice, and scored five goals in the remaining six times.

Zhao Ke didn't want to pass the ball anymore, he remembered someone's famous saying: They can't make shots anyway, why should I pass the ball?

Both teams played slow and played with high defensive intensity.

What should I do when I suddenly can’t make any shots?
They are all top defensive teams. Naturally, they try to prevent the opponent from making any shots. As long as the opponent scores fewer points, it doesn't matter if you score less!
Zhao Ke played a leading role in the demonstration. Lagabel, Tayshaun Prince and Matt Halprin, who played later, once again turned on the moths to the flame mode, desperately gouging inside.

David Robinson is obviously exacerbated by his back injury, his mobility is significantly reduced, and most of the time he acts as a humanoid obstacle.

He seldom takes off to block shots, unless the rampage hits him in the face, which is tolerable, what can't be tolerated!

Matt Harprin did this once, and was slapped with a big hat by the furious general, and he rolled and flew out of the bottom line.

The general restrained himself a bit. Duncan blocked shots like crazy today. He had seven blocks in just halftime. Is this the rhythm to break the single-game block record in the finals?

Under the threat of Duncan's clutches, the Knicks blasters only scored 18 points in the end.

At the end of the first half, the Knicks led by seven points 45:38.

This is the lowest half-time score between the two sides since the start of the finals. It is really a battle of kings of the hill!

(End of this chapter)