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Chapter 168 The First Scene (2)

The sharpness of Ginobili's monster knife is still the same as before. In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter, the score of the two teams was narrowed to 36:34.

There are only two points left!

However, Larry Brown sits firmly on the Diaoyutai. You must know that the Kings' starting lineup has rested off the court for so long, which is completely an advantage compared with the opponent's starting lineup.

Moreover, the substitute lineup can still hold a two-point advantage when the opponent plays most of the starting lineup, which is already in line with Larry Brown's requirements for them.

In the 6th minute of the second quarter, Jiang Yan and the others returned again. At the same time, Popovich also replaced Duncan, who had had enough rest.

The lineup at this time is:

Kings: Jiang Yan, Garcia, Salmons, Aminu, Aldridge;
Spurs: Parker, Green, Ginobili, Leonard, Duncan.

Larry Brown adopted a method for the Spurs' lineup that once made the Kings helpless, that is, don't think about how to defend the opponent, but let the Kings score more points than the opponent, and the Kings have one of the best organizations in the league defender.

Of course, this is not what Larry Brown came up with. After all, he only has defense in his mind. This is what the Kings offensive coach came up with.

Jiang Yan got the ball from Garcia, don't say anything, just run!
In the first year of coming to the Kings, the Kings played fast break!

Jiang Yan is outside the three-point line, Garcia has come to the bottom corner, Aldridge has fallen to the mid-range position, Aminu and Salmons have already started running!

The Spurs' defense was not in place at all. There were two people defending in front of Jiang Yan, one was Green and Leonard, and both of them stood in front of Jiang Yan.

Then the Kings must have someone and no defense.

Jiang Yan quickly transferred the basketball to the mid-range Aldridge.

Aldridge didn't stop with the ball, and he directly hit the ground and passed it to the basket.

Aminu just passed a reverse run, got rid of his defender, and came to the empty basket!

"boom!"

Aminu is a dunk against the empty basket, full of violent aesthetics.

But what greeted the Kings was boos all over the sky.

The Spurs didn't stop, and quickly served the ball with the balloon, intending to make a quick counterattack!
But after the Kings scored a goal, there was no distraction at all. In a short period of time, they all returned to the second half to prevent the Spurs from fast breaks!
Seeing that the fast break was fruitless, Parker immediately signaled to the rest of the team to play positional warfare.

There is no problem with Parker's choice at all, but among the Kings' four and five players, except for Adric and Jiang Yan's defense is not very good, the other three can defend the big and the small!

Parker passed the ball directly to Duncan, who was stuck in the middle distance, after the Spurs finished running.

This is for Duncan to single Aldridge and let the Spurs score!

The Kings can't wait for the Spurs to let Duncan attack wildly!

So when Duncan singled out Aldridge, the other four Kings players were all guarding against the Spurs players they were in charge of.

In fact, it is very rare for the Spurs to let Duncan play singles. After all, the Spurs pay attention to the fact that all the people are soldiers, and let all players participate in the success together!
In the next game, under Popovich's ugly face, it was Duncan who singled Aldridge inside.

But Duncan's shooting rate is getting lower and lower, and his physical strength is getting weaker and weaker!
When the Kings were playing fast break, Duncan couldn't keep up with the speed at all, a bit like Howard of the Rockets!
In desperation, Popovich replaced Duncan and replaced Splitter.

Popovich also wants to make a five-small lineup, but the defense of the five-small lineup is really poor, and if the five-small team, they can't grab rebounds at all.

Jiang Yan is also very tired, after all, he initiated the fast break, and running on the court like this is indeed very tiring!

At the end of the second quarter, to everyone's surprise, the score of the Kings and the Spurs was 45:37.

The score difference between the two teams came to 8 points again.

And in the next time, Duncan needs time to recover his strength. It is conceivable that the Kings will definitely want to open the score during this time period.

The Kings' unlimited single defense is really restraining a team like the Spurs.

Leonard also wants to stand up and get more points, but he is still a 3D player at this time, he has this heart and no ability!

Not to mention Green, under Garcia's stare, there is absolutely no way to get a shot!
During the intermission, the famous Hall of Famer Mr. Barkley commented on this Western Conference Finals game.

"The Kings are completely different from the Kings in the regular season. Their defense in the playoffs is even better, especially the single-defense tactic after unlimited defenses, which completely makes the Spurs unable to deal with it!

And the most deadly problem is that the Spurs have a big trouble! " Barkley said solemnly.

"What's the trouble?" Yao Ming asked blankly as the special guest of this match.

"Tim Duncan!" Barkley said sharply.

"..." Smith pouted beside him.

In fact, this is what he wanted to say, but Buckley, a fat man, said it first!
"???" This was the reaction of the fans who were watching the live broadcast. After all, the fans are not professionals, so they can't see this!

Seeing Yao Ming's expression, Barkley felt complacent, took a sip of the water on the table, and then continued: "For the Spurs, Duncan is the core of all tactics. Duncan is indispensable to everyone, but Duncan's He is getting older, so his physical strength is a test for the Spurs.

There is no doubt that the Kings know this clearly. They used their infinite single defense to get the Spurs into a singles situation.

And who is the strongest singles player on the Spurs?

The answer is GDP, but the three of them are all so old, and the two rounds of fierce competition in the first few hundred kilometers, no matter how abundant their physical strength is, the amount is there! "

"Well, well..." Listening to Barkley's analysis, both Smith and Yao Ming nodded.

Yao Ming looked enviously at the king's bench position. His compatriot seemed to be able to enter the finals in his second year in the NBA!
Back then, they couldn't even pass the first round!
.........

After half-time, Jiang Yan and the others came to the court. Seeing the silence of the Spurs fans, he smiled slightly. It seemed that Popovich couldn't think of how to make up for the Spurs' own shortcomings for the time being!
In the next game, as Barkley said, the Spurs were caught in a tangle, whether to use Duncan or not to use Duncan.

In Duncan's words, Duncan's physical exertion is too great. Without Duncan's words, the team has no stable scoring points.

Some people will say Ginobili and Parker, Ginobili is a demon knife, okay?Is it a demon?Or a knife?It's all uncertain!
As for Parker, the offense can indeed make up for the Spurs' shortcomings, but his scoring is not stable, and his scoring cannot completely solve the Spurs' current problems.

By the end of the game, the score of the two teams was 104:95.

The Kings defeated the Spurs by 9 points, which made everyone highly praise the strength of the Kings.

And the evaluation of the Spurs is old!

There are not too many negative comments, after all, this is only the first game of the Western Conference Finals series!
The next day is the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. The two teams in this year's Eastern Conference Finals are the Pacers and the defending champion Heat.

Although the two-goal teams did not sweep in the first two rounds, the process of the game was not difficult.

So the first Eastern Conference Finals game between these two teams is also a close game.

(End of this chapter)