Play with your brain

Chapter 404 The Third Semi-Final Begins

With a squeak, Lao Hu easily passed Terry, and then slid into the baseline from a 45-degree angle. Facing the help defense of Bass and Diop, Lao Hu resolutely chose to layup.

However, after a gesture of pulling the bar, Lao Hu gave the ball away again.

Bang, swish!
Lao Li scored two points easily, and Lao Hu's passing seemed to have eyes, which made Lao Li's shots extremely comfortable.

"Good shot!..." Carlisle on the sidelines was very satisfied, because his main point guard seemed to be resurrected.

At this time, the Mavericks are undergoing adaptive training. They are playing intra-team competitions, basically preparing for the third game of the Western Conference Semifinals to be held at the Dallas Airline Center Arena on the evening of May 5.

And Lao Hu's state, obviously, is very good.

Beep!Carlisle blew the whistle. He felt that the purpose of the training had been achieved, and it was time for the talk.

"Very good! Very good! If everyone can bring their current state to the game tonight, then I can tell you clearly that we will win!"

"Haha..." Everyone was very happy.

"But everyone also knows that it is unfortunate that something like that happened in that eastern country. We have to mourn for them. Although they are far away from us, don't forget that we have teammates, friends, and brothers who are from that country. I hope everyone can support him and think of family like family."

"Thanks, coach. But I'm not that vulnerable, I'm out now."

That's right, Lao Hu is indeed fine, he has come out, and he is in a good mood now.At least, he tried his best, and Lao Hu could do so much.

"Okay! So what are you waiting for, just wait for the game tonight!"

"Oh!" A group of people dispersed in a hurry.

"Old Hu, if you need to talk about something, just come to me." Old Li is still very interesting.

However, Lao Hu really doesn't need it now, but he can't say too much, saying: "Hehe, you guys, Paul guy is also, just afraid that I will be affected. Don't worry, I'm fine now , no problem at all."

"That's good, hehe..."

So, in this state, the third game between the Mavericks and the Spurs came.

"Hello, audience friends. Today I'm bringing you the NBA playoffs, a game in the Western Conference semifinals. I'm Yu Jia. Today, I invite you the very familiar Mr. Xu..."

Yu Jia is doing the opening remarks. In fact, this broadcast is not easy. Because of this disaster, many TV programs have been stopped, such as some game broadcasts, Inter Milan’s Champions League and so on. Anyway, this time period is still entertainment. Less programs are better.

Teacher Xu started his work, introduced the situation of the two sides at the beginning, and said: "Well, the playoffs are now in the second round, and many things are clear, haha. Mavericks vs. Spurs, it should be said Both sides have no secret weapon, just to see who is stronger, hehe. But now the Spurs have some disadvantages. They lost to the Mavericks in the first game, and directly handed over their home court advantage, hehe. Although these are all Texas teams, the home game is still very important...Let's see if the Spurs can pull it back, if they pull it back, this battle will be even more interesting, hehe..."

What Mr. Xu meant was that he felt that the Mavericks were no worse than the Spurs. The key was to see who had more home courts. However, he himself noticed that he should try to reduce the number of "hehe".

"Thank you Mr. Xu for your pre-match comments. Now the game is about to start. Let's go back to the game scene. Oh, everyone, please pay attention. There is a black stripe on the jerseys of the players from both sides today. 512..."

The game really started. After a moment of silence for China's Wenchuan, the game officially started, and the entire arena was very quiet.

But no matter what, a jump ball had to be made, so the Spurs got the first offense.

Still the old rules, the Spurs' basketball is basically team basketball, unless the ball can't be passed, then individual offense is needed.

The basketball went around and finally returned to Parker's hands. It seemed that the Spurs didn't find a good opportunity. After all, this is the home court of the Mavericks. The enthusiasm of these guys is beyond words.

That's the thing with defense, sometimes positivity is more useful than defensive skill.

Once the pass fails, it’s time to watch GDP’s performance. However, Ginobili didn’t appear on the court at this time. As I said before, the Spurs don’t have an open rotation now, so Ginobili will definitely not start. played.

Then the Spurs will use their second tactic, Parker's breakthrough.

Duncan came out to make a wall, and then Parker immediately cut in along a 45-degree diagonal. Lao Hu couldn't do anything about it, because Duncan's blocking was still very solid, and such players are often the most difficult to deal with.

On the whole, this is actually a tactic, that is, after Parker breaks through the pick-and-roll, under normal circumstances, someone on the weak side needs to do a simple screen coordination, so that there will be good passing opportunities.

But this is not the only option, Parker can choose to attack by himself, because his current state is still quite good, and he is not too old to run.

Swish!With a small throw, Parker used his signature action to win a ball from the Spurs.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." The Dallas people won't treat the Spurs well just because they are their neighbors.

This was the first ball, and Lao Hu didn't want to respond at first, as long as he played normally, but he immediately found that he had to respond to Parker.

Defense!The Spurs' defense is airtight!

It's amazing. It's hard to believe that a group of old men in their 30s can make the space in the half court so small. Even passing the ball normally is a bit difficult. These old guys are using their bodies to form a line of defense. , The Mavericks players were very uncomfortable with them.

Starting from the middle distance, it is difficult to pass inside. I didn't expect the Spurs to come up with such a defense at the beginning. This is really similar to the previous game, but their defense improved earlier.

As the saying goes, if no one can do it anymore, it is up to the point guard to solve the problem.

Lao Hu now has only this choice, he wants to attack by himself, so he also made a pick-and-roll gesture, Nowitzki came over, and Duncan followed.

After a brief flash, Lao Hu also broke through Parker, and he did not go in the direction of Duncan, because Duncan would definitely delay him, and now there is not much time, Lao Hu does not want to rush to make a move.

Once inside, it's all hands!
All of a sudden, almost everyone appeared on the inside, and the Spurs completely surrounded their basket.

He made an emergency stop and raised the ball. Lao Hu had actually observed just now that the opponent's defense was very tight, so the outside line should be free. However, Lao Hu also observed that these old guys are always paying attention to the outside line.

Probably a trap!Therefore, after shaking for a while, Lao Hu immediately turned around and leaned back, and shot!
Swish!Two points hit!

"Oh ho ho ho!..." The fans were very happy, because the first goal was officially scored by their Chinese players, which is very commemorative, and they just mourned in silence.

so close!

Just after Lao Hu finished shooting, he had already seen the movement of the Spurs. Although the double-teaming came quickly, their rotation was also very fast. Some people have already defended outside players. If Lao Hu chooses to If you pass the ball, you can't break it, but it's okay to interfere with shooting.

This time, Lao Hu read a lot of things on offense and defense. First of all, on offense, the Spurs are of course still the same, but on defense, these guys are already desperate.As long as you break through, there must be double-teaming, and then on the outside, you should focus on those who are close to the ball, and let go of those who are far away from the ball. Basically, you only care about the strong side and ignore the weak side at all.

It looks like a gamble, but in fact, because the pass takes time, and the double-team defender pays attention to the protection of the weak side, then even if the ball is passed, there will be no good chance, even if everything is OK , the defender will not leave much time for the shooter to make a shot.

This is the strong defense of the Spurs, and this is the defense that allowed them to win the championship.

Then the Spurs attacked, and as expected, they still played the same way, but they were more patient.

But today Parker is very active, he is in his golden period, last season's FMVP is the best proof.

Swish!It's Parker again, who hits a jumper from mid-range.

"Shhhhhhh..." Even if the Frenchman looks very likable, the people of Dallas will not let him go.

This is Parker's newly developed weapon, the CIC.This guy didn't have this skill before, but in recent seasons, his shooting percentage has been getting higher and higher.

Seeing Parker's activity, Lao Hu decided to do his job as a point guard first. No matter how strong the Spurs' defense was, he believed that it was impossible for these old guys to maintain such a high-intensity defense throughout the game.

Continue to pick and roll, continue to break through, but this time you have to go in the direction of Duncan, otherwise, that Parker is not stupid, he will definitely guess it.

Sure enough, there was a delay, but Lao Hu leaned forward against Duncan. He was about to break the opponent's defense, so Lao Hu was taking the ball to the strong side.

This is a simple idea, let more people on the strong side, because Hu dribbles and leans against Duncan, then Duncan will naturally be brought over. Once there are more strong sides, no matter how perfect the Spurs' defense is, it is impossible. Do such a fast rotation to supplement the defense.

Become!

With a whoosh, Lao Hu hit the ball to Nowitzki.

shot!Facing the basket and facing Parker, Nowitzki has no need to hesitate.

Swish!Two points hit.

"Oh ho ho ho!..."

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(End of this chapter)