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Chapter 163 Winning G1, the Spurs change (4000, please subscribe)

After the intermission, the Spurs, who were behind by a large score, had to continue to shoot Duncan.

It's all the finals. In order to protect Duncan and reduce Duncan's playing time, this kind of thing is unnecessary.

It's already the third quarter, and the Spurs don't want to lose the game altogether, so they must start fighting bayonets from now on.

In case the Pistons slack defense in the third quarter and the Spurs recover the point difference to more than ten points, then there is still room to play in the fourth quarter.

Therefore, the Spurs continued to fight positional warfare as soon as they came up.

The ball kept getting into Duncan's hands, and Duncan played more directly.

However, Huo Song's defense did not slacken. Duncan hit him and wanted to go in. After all, Otto hit him a few times.

Fortunately, the number of outside passes of the Spurs in the third quarter decreased, so there were mistakes like in the first half.

After the Pistons failed to make a steal, they switched immediately, and they could only rely on the singles of Huo Song, Marbury and others for normal scoring. Occasionally, Hamilton caught the ball and made a shot.

Both sides are the most conventional style of play, relying on the personal ability of the stars to finish the offense.

At this time, tactics, team basketball, etc. are all put behind.

Now is the critical moment to test the quality of the stars.

In such a big scene, Duncan actually played better than in the second quarter.

After the intermission, Duncan was unexpectedly in good condition.

In addition, the Spurs have Manu Ginobili.

The demon sword is worthy of being a demon sword, a sports car in good times and a Buddha in adversity, and a demon sword in desperate situation to slash demons.

Ginobili's offense was mainly at the basket, and his performance in the first half was mediocre, because the Pistons had not only Huo Song under the basket, but also Ben.

Duncan went to the high position to support, Huo Song stood up to defend the first layer, and Da Ben blocked the first layer behind.

Ginobili is left-handed, and he can only use his left hand to break through the basket and finish.

Although the breakthrough is often to the right, it will make normal defenders very uncomfortable.

But as long as Ginobili's speed is limited, it is not difficult for the big Ben under the basket to guard Ginobili.

However, after Ginobili slumped in the first half, the third quarter ended with frequent mid-range emergency stops and three-point shots from outside.

As Popovich said, Ginobili made a three-pointer for the first time, and he wanted to immediately call a timeout to replace Ginobili.

But when Ginobili made the second three-pointer, he wanted to make dessert for Ginobili himself, and reward his confidant.

Ginobili doesn't take many three-pointers, but he can really make them when he should.

It's not that no one in the Pistons can make three-pointers, but Ginobili magically made three-pointers when the Spurs needed three-pointers most.

In the middle of the third quarter, the Spurs once narrowed the point difference to less than 15 points.

However, Prince broke out suddenly, hit the basket twice in a row, scored 2 points with 2 shots and 4 shots.

The Pistons stabilized the situation, and then Huo Song made a strong low play.

Duncan can play center forward and has this ability, but Duncan had a bit of difficulty playing Huo Song on the offensive end in this quarter, and the consumption was not small.

Why did the Spurs let Duncan play power forward, not to use the meat shield center to reduce Duncan's consumption?
But in today's game, if Duncan didn't come to defend Huo Song, no one in the Spurs could defend Huo Song at the basket. This is also a very tricky thing.

Of course, when the Spurs were chasing points before, the Pistons also found it difficult to see Duncan's stable performance.

Before Huo Song hit Duncan with his back and consumed Duncan with offense, the Pistons had to invest more energy on the defensive end, limiting Ginobili's performance on the offensive end.

When the ball was in Duncan's hands again, Huo Song exchanged balls with Duncan on both offense and defense.

After all, Huo Song is young, young people are angry and have stronger recovery ability.

At the end of the third quarter, Duncan's condition finally became not so good.

Because the team led the scoring, Huo Song had a huge psychological advantage, and the more he played, the more confident he became. In the last minute of the third quarter, Huo Song hit two goals in a row and beat the Spurs up and down without any temper.

61 to 81, before the start of the fourth quarter, the score on the field was such a difference.

The Pistons have a 20-point lead, which puts a lot of psychological pressure on the Spurs.

"The Pistons are strong, they're the defending champions, but we're not weak either.

In the past few years, we have won no fewer championships than them.

We have played in the finals more than once, and we know that the strength of the team is not absolute.

I have to tell you this, although the Pistons are powerful, they are not invincible!
We have to beat them and prove that we are the best team and the biggest winner this season! "

Before the start of the fourth quarter, Popovich had no idea of ​​cursing.

At this time, team morale is more critical.

Even if this game is lost, there is still an away game to play.

Not to mention going back to play at home.

In fact, the 232 format of the finals is still beneficial to the Spurs.

Back in the Holy City, the Spurs have a three-game home-court advantage. As long as the start goes smoothly, they may be able to break the morale of the Pistons at once.

If you can win one of the two away games today, it is very possible that you don't have to go back to Detroit this season.

Coincidentally, Byron Scott thought so too.

"We're the defending champions, we're stronger than the Spurs.

But we must remember that the Spurs are also a Finals team, and they are the most powerful team in the Western Conference this year.

The Spurs have a lot of experience in the Finals, we have to go all out and not give them any chance.

We want to win this game, the next game, and the end game!

If we can win, we should win the trophy away!

Let the San Antonio fans applaud us! "

The Spurs are Byron Scott's sufferer. Seeing the victory in G1, Byron Scott was very excited.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, all the main players were taken directly.

I don't want to think about fishing now. I want to win G1 strongly, show the momentum of the defending champion, and beat the Spurs. This is the real thing to do.

However, the Pistons played less vigorously in the fourth quarter than in the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, the Pistons focused on defense and pressing time.

Whether the defense is done well depends mainly on the enthusiasm of the players and the team.

NBA players are all stamina monsters. They played too hard in the first three quarters, and their physical strength was a bit overwhelming in the fourth quarter, but they can definitely do defensive moves and follow the defense without losing their position.

Physical strength has little impact on defense, but offense has a greater impact.

As soon as the Pistons came up with the main force in the fourth quarter, the Spurs didn't want to give up, so they also sent the main force to play.

The Spurs are the side that is anxious, and the Spurs are also the side that is weak and has a bad offense.

Therefore, the more the Pistons play defense, the more they control time, and the more calm they are, the worse the Spurs will perform.

"Although Huo Song was selected for the defensive team this year, we still underestimated his defense."

"Yes, Huo Song not only suppressed Tim Duncan on the offensive end, but also restricted Tim Duncan on the defensive end."

"Huo Song is always the one who is underestimated!
I think of last year's finals, Huo Song also suppressed Shaquille O'Neal.

And this year Huo Song suppressed Tim Duncan again, obviously this is not accidental.

Some people may think that this is Huo Song's growth, but don't forget that Shaquille O'Neal is more dominant than Tim Duncan.

We can fully believe that last year's Huo Song is also capable of doing what he did this year.

Now we can seriously consider Huo Song's real strength!
He is the rookie FMVP and the second year regular season MVP!

Where is his limit? "

"Perhaps you are right.

In fact, I have long noticed that in his rookie season, Huo Song also performed very well against such a legendary and great star as Tim Duncan, and it can almost be said that he did not fall behind.

At the beginning, most of us thought that Huo Song was in good condition, eager to play against a star of Tim Duncan's level, and had a strong desire to perform, so he played well in that game.

But now it seems that it was just Huo Song's more conventional play.

Just like this game, although Huo Song played the whole game, I don't think Huo Song has shown his full level.

The finals are a series, how can anyone show their full strength the first time? "

In the fourth quarter, Duncan could only perform well at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In the follow-up, due to physical problems and Huo Song's defensive quality, Duncan's offensive performance was seriously affected.

Although Huo Song scored fewer points in the fourth quarter, the overall strategy of the Pistons in the fourth quarter was defense.

While Huo Song didn't attack, Marbury was attacking.

Marbury is a physical monster. Of course, the defensive pressure in the first three quarters is not great, and it is only in the fourth quarter that he truly behaves like a Pistons player.

As the best physical players in the game, Marbury in the fourth quarter was better than Parker and Ginobiliga.

With the help of Marbury's outstanding performance of 11 points in a single quarter, the Pistons basically established the victory of the game.

Although Duncan faced Huo Song's defense, he was still able to use ordinary small hits, small hooks, and small throws to help the Spurs score every now and then.

But not to mention that the point difference between the two teams has not narrowed, let alone the game time, for the Spurs, the time to turn defeat into victory is obviously not enough.

Duncan, like other Spurs players, could only watch the rest of the game be called garbage time from the fourth quarter to 7 minutes.

The Pistons took the initiative to replace the main players. With less than 5 minutes left, the Pistons still have a 16-point advantage, and the ball is still on the Pistons side.

After the Pistons put on the bench, they can still rely on defense to consolidate their advantage in the situation.

However, this timing is still quite delicate.

If the Spurs want to gamble, it is not impossible to win the bet.

But the problem is, if the point difference is quickly narrowed to less than 10 points, Huo Song, Marbury and others can play immediately.

Therefore, Popovich was not fooled.

It's just that Parker tried to play on the court. When there were 3 minutes left in the game, the point difference was still about 15 points, and Popovich also chose to surrender.

The finals is the next game every other day. It is very necessary to save some energy to play later.

Time passed quickly. On June 6, G8 of the finals continued to start at the Palace of Auburn Hills players.

After the Pistons won G1, the morale was like a rainbow, but the Spurs adjusted their defense against the Pistons relatively quickly.

As soon as the Spurs came up, they adopted a one-star quadruple tactic to limit Marbury's performance.

Marbury scored 1 points in G24, while Huo Song also scored 34 points.

To put it bluntly, Huo Song played well, to a certain extent, it was Marbury who liberated Huo Song.

Marbury's breakthrough is good. Once someone makes a basket, no one can guard against it, so Huo Song is naturally comfortable playing inside.

The Spurs coaching team also analyzed after the game. Huo Song scored 34 points, 13 of which came from eating cakes and playing transitions.

In the finals, the opposing core center scored 13 points on an easy ball, which is a bit unreasonable.

But if he wanted to prevent Huo Song in this respect, he had to say that with Huo Song's physical talent and athletic ability, it was really impossible.

But if you change the angle and strangle Marbury to death, there is still hope.

Marbury was good, but not that good.

The Spurs' overall defense is not bad, and it couldn't be easier to play a basic defensive tactic like watching the quadruple.

The quality of Marbury's pass is not high, restricting Marbury from protruding inside, and the ball can only stay outside.

Even if the Pistons frequently pick and roll, the ball is hoisted into the inside and handed over to Huo Song.

Then Huo Song will also fall into a situation where he is constantly singled out against Duncan, isolated and helpless.

Judging from the hit rate between Huo Song and Duncan in G1, Huo Song's singles hit rate is only slightly higher than Duncan's.

This also means that if the Spurs guard Marbury and make it more difficult for Huo Song to score, it is likely to effectively reduce the overall score of the Pistons.

As long as the Spurs defend well and avoid being converted by the Pistons, the Spurs still have a chance to win G2.

However, no matter how good the pre-war preparations and tactical design are, it cannot prevent players from performing on the spot in the game.

The Spurs keep an eye on the quadruple, which is really good for Hamilton, who is good at running without the ball.

The quality of Marbury's pass is not high, but the Pistons and Prince can transfer the ball outside.

Although Prince's passing ability is average, he has cooperated with Hamilton long enough to know when Hamilton will run out.

In last year's playoffs, when Hamilton was undefended, it was still very easy to score 20 points in a single game.

This year, due to the arrival of Marbury and Huo Song's core style of play, the scoring data has dropped a lot due to the sharp drop in ball possession.

Even in the playoffs, there are more opportunities, but the scoring average is 13.8 points per game, which is only a normal starting level, and it is not even as good as the 14.5 points per game in the regular season.

But today, the Spurs went crazy to limit Marbury.

The depressed Hamilton finally got his chance.

It was just the first quarter, and the Spurs, who hadn't recovered, were scored 8 points by Hamilton on 6 of 12 shots in a single quarter.

Although Marbury was defended and made 4 of 1 shots in a single quarter, only 2 points were scored.

但伴随着霍嵩单节4投2中，罚球2投2中拿下6分。

That's 20 points for the Pistons.

In addition, Big Ben ate a cake inside. The Pistons scored 22 points in a single quarter, which was slightly better than the Spurs who scored 19 points in a single quarter.

The Pistons led by 3 points in the first quarter, not so much compared to the lead in G1.

Speaking of which, Popovich's arrangement still had some effect.

But the question is, is this state of Hamilton feeling hot for a while, or can the whole audience continue?

This makes Popovich dare not bet.

What if the bet is big, and Hamilton scored 10+ points in a single quarter in the second quarter, and the Pistons continue to maintain the lead and widen the point difference, what should we do?
At that time, if they lose two games in a row, even if they return to the holy city and have three consecutive home court advantages, it will not be easy to play in this year's finals.

(End of this chapter)