Hot-blooded basketball super guard

Chapter 295 The Playoffs Begin

In the first round of the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs played against the Dallas Mavericks, because the Spurs ranked first in the league in the regular season and had home court advantage.

季后赛为淘汰制，采用7战4胜制(2002年以前季后赛并非全部采用7战4胜制)，哪支球队先获得4场比赛的胜利即可淘汰对手晋级下一轮。比赛采用2-2-1-1-1型原则，常规赛胜率高的球队将获得四个主场(2主场-2客场-1主场-1客场-1主场)。季后赛总共分为四轮，总决赛亦属于季后赛一部分。

On April 4, the Spurs sat in the AT&T Center Arena to face their opponent Mavericks. During the regular season, the Spurs and Mavericks played a total of 14 games, and the Spurs had 4 wins and 3 loss.

Before the start of the game, basketball players and commentators were all optimistic about the Spurs. Most people believed that the Spurs would be close to the second round with a 4-1 result.

The Lone Ranger's lineup has not changed much from the regular season. Luka Doncic is still the core of the offense, supplemented by Porzingis and Hardaway Jr.Courtney Lee, Powell, Wright, Seth Curry and others have become an important part of the Lone Ranger.

The Spurs changed in the first game of the playoffs. The positions of Radar, Danny Green and Wu Hao remained unchanged. Popovich asked Rudy Gay to replace Aldridge as the starting power forward. The center remained the same. It's Karl-Anthony Towns.

Let Aldridge sit in the second team. On the one hand, Adelaide's current age is not suitable for the high-intensity confrontation of the playoffs. On the other hand, Adelaide's firepower output on the bench can be stronger and more stable than Gay's.

The game started and the Spurs won the offensive ball. Radar gave himself the chance to score the first goal of the Spurs playoffs this season, because there was no one in front of him to defend.

With an unceremonious three-pointer, Radar took the lead for the Spurs.

What are you doing, Seth?

Seth Curry is also in a dilemma. He can't defend against it, and he can easily become a background board. If you don't want to defend, then why should I come up.

Seth Curry had no choice. He gave the ball to Doncic as soon as the game was over. Just kidding, he gave the radar a close-up. Then the ball belonged to the Spurs. He averaged 6.9 steals per game. Seth Curry glanced at the radar and confirmed Look, it's not someone I can mess with.

Dongcic also met his opponent. Looking at Wu Hao's defensive posture, it seems that I will be sure of Dongcic today.

Doncic's offense was seriously interfered by Wu Hao, so he had to call Powell to cover himself, finally opened up the space, and met Rudy Gay again.

Now who dares to ignore Rudy Gay on the defensive end, he is a desperate Saburo, someone who dares to block even Antetokounmpo.

Doncic had no choice but to pass the ball, Porzingis received the ball, and facing Towns, the situation was not much better.

Porzingis especially misses when he is playing against Boltel. He can play both inside and outside. When the inside line cannot be opened, he can open up space to the middle distance or the outside line, avoiding Boltel's defense, and can always score. , but today is Towns, who is also a player with a range beyond the three-point line, and Towns' defense is stronger than Bolter.

The first offense was heavily hindered, this is the playoffs, this is the Spurs, Porzingis saw 24 seconds, barely shot, failed to hit.

The Spurs' home fans started to cheer because of a successful team defense. With such a strong team and such generous fans, the Spurs' morale is like a rainbow.

Wu Hao rushed inside to get the rebound, and he pushed back. I have to say that Wu Hao's ball handling is more stable than the average point guard. If it weren't for his height, Wu Hao is indeed a good point guard.

Seeing more assists from Radar to Wu Hao, the Spurs fans are feasting their eyes again this time. Radar ran back from the bottom line, and Wu Hao passed the ball at a 45-degree angle.

The radar who caught the ball in the air juggled under Boshen's hands, and a large pull bar made Boshen's block look particularly embarrassing.

Teams that can enter the NBA playoffs will always have a certain scoring method. After the passive situation of the first ball, Hardaway Jr. organizes the ball, first to Doncic, then to Powell, then to Powell, and finally back to the ball. In the hands of Hardaway Jr., they gained space to attack through continuous transfer of the ball. Hardaway hit two points and scored the first goal for the Lone Ranger.

The Spurs attacked, this time it was Radar who organized the offense. He dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, playing around with Seth Curry. Radar broke through and gave the ball to Towns.

After making the extra penalty, Towns looked very excited. This is the feeling of the playoffs. He has hardly experienced the beauty of the playoffs in the Timberwolves.

The Lone Ranger used consecutive passes and screens, and Dongcic broke through and scored a layup. Compared with the Spurs' three-pointer, Doncic's layup seemed insignificant.

The Spurs' lead is unstoppable. Under the control of the radar, they perfectly performed team basketball. They moved the ball faster than the Mavericks. Everyone's judgment on the situation on the court was very accurate. When the chances are better, they don't hold back and share the ball beautifully.

More importantly, the Spurs have three very strong scoring points on the field, and the other two scoring points are relatively poor, but this is relative to the radar Wu Hao, not to say that they are not good.

The Spurs' many scoring points have made the Lone Ranger exhausted. Even if they conduct a three-two defense or two-three defense, they cannot effectively stop the Spurs' offensive.

On the contrary, the Lone Ranger's offense hit a wall everywhere. The Spurs almost scored two goals before they scored one goal. Doncic was treated at the superstar level in this game. A strong defensive player is waiting for him, with radar on the outside, Towns on the inside, Wu Hao in the middle, Green and Gay on the left and right.

As the game progressed, the score was opened up bit by bit. Doncic was in a hurry and there was nothing he could do. In terms of playoff experience, the two teams except Aldridge, Patty Mills and other veterans have playoff experience. Outside, everyone else is a first-time, second-time playoff contender.

In the second half of the first quarter, Doncic also looked away. It must be difficult to score today. In this case, it is better to give his teammates more opportunities.He can attract the defense, pass the ball to his teammates, and finally help the Lone Ranger stabilize the point difference.

29 to 18, the Spurs led by 11 points in the first quarter. Under the high-intensity defense of the Spurs, the Mavericks were able to score 18 points. Single-digit single-section scores.

At the end of the first quarter, everyone in the Lone Ranger thought that they would rather play the Lakers than the Spurs. Although the results would be similar, it was really hard to play against the Spurs.

(End of this chapter)