LeBron James, your house got robbed.

After several rounds, the score was 15-7, with the home team in the lead.

Popovich called a timeout and made the first tactical change.

Chen Shuo looked at the Spurs players who had returned to the court, and his eyes were filled with thought.

Ginobili's appearance was expected; he has always been the Spurs' speedster.

Whenever Popovich wants to change the pace and break the deadlock, he brings Ginobili onto the court, a tactic that never fails.

To Chen Shuo's surprise, after Ginobili came on, he replaced Butler instead of Ray Allen.

The main problem is that Leonard's offensive ability is not strong, and Ray Allen's one-on-one defense cannot be broken.

At the same time, Bonner replaced blue-collar center Blair.

As a tall shooter, Bonner's most important role is to create space and prevent opposing big men from staying under the basket.

But Bonner's pick-and-roll defense is even worse than Blair's.

The Spurs are clearly planning to go head-to-head with the Cavaliers on offense.

From the moment the ball was inbounded, Parker began to accelerate, the French sports car carrying the ball all the way from his own half to the Cavaliers' baseline.

Chandler's broad frame covered the baseline, and Parker dribbled around the baseline like a tightrope walker before passing the ball to Bonner, who was following up behind.

Seeing Garnett quickly approaching, Bonner didn't hesitate to pass the ball out.

Ray Allen used Duncan's screen to run to the wing beyond the three-point line to receive the ball, then pulled up for a shot.

Thompson, a step too slow, could only watch as the basketball arced beautifully into the net.

15: 10.

Space, speed.

It was Popovich who began to transform the team over the past year.

Chen Shuo reviewed the Spurs' basic statistics and found that they had the most possessions in the league this season.

The Spurs' core framework of GDP (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili) has been well-integrated for many years, and coupled with the Spurs' team culture, this has made the team's discipline unparalleled in the league.

Basketball is not something you can just talk about on paper. No matter how good the tactics are, they still depend on the players on the court to execute them. The Spurs are a team that follows orders without question.

This allows them to quickly adapt to any tactic and change the rhythm in the first round after a timeout.

Popovich's solution to the Cavaliers' defensive wall was to increase the pace of the game and exploit the Cavaliers' unstable landing time with early offense.

Parker set the pace well, while Bonner made his decision to drive or pass within a second, and Ray Allen finished the move. The whole process was smooth and pleasing to the eye.

Chen Shuo could already see the shadow of the 14 Spurs.

The Cavaliers' tactical execution relies on their two playmaking cores, Paul and Garnett, especially Paul, who uses his star power to compensate for the lack of team discipline.

Paul easily saw through the Spurs' intentional increase in pace.

So after he got the ball, he slowly dribbled it across half-court, his palm facing down to signal his teammates to slow down the pace.

Seeing Bonner matched up against Chandler, Paul immediately called for a pick-and-roll with Chandler.

A classic pick-and-roll, Paul bounces a pass that goes through Bonner's back and lands smoothly in Chandler's hands.

The boxing champion roared and charged straight at the basket, but was interfered with by Duncan, who had returned to the basket.

The basketball grazed the rim, but a pair of large hands forcefully shoved it back in. Garnett grabbed the ball behind his head and completed the putback dunk, leaving Slowpoke as a mere background figure once again.

17: 10.

That is Paul's value.

As a point guard.

Strategically, instead of blindly following the Spurs' pace, we should focus on positional play and increasing our success rate, making it difficult for the Spurs to initiate transitions.

Tactically, he accurately identified the Spurs' weaknesses and initiated a pick-and-roll with Chandler, easily breaking through Bonner's pick-and-roll defense, forcing Duncan to help defend, and giving Garnett an easy opportunity to put back the ball.

On the other side, the Spurs continued to forcefully increase their pace.

Ginobili received the ball in the backcourt, advanced all the way, and without hesitation, charged into the Cavaliers' quickly retreating defense.

Amidst the dense crowd, a hand slaps the ball, and Leonard steals the ball.

Paul slowed down the pace, ensuring the Cavaliers could score steadily, forcing the Spurs to rely on fast inbounds passes and long-range runs by their perimeter core players to force an increase in speed.

Forcing a pace increase inherently involves both risks and rewards, and the Cavaliers' comprehensive defensive system maximizes this risk.

Leonard steals the ball, Paul gets the ball and forces a slowdown in the pace, moving into a half-court offense.

This also caused them to miss a fast break opportunity.

Chen Shuo was not sure how to judge this choice.

Before his major injury, Paul preferred to push the transition more than he does now. Back then, at 183cm, he could fly high and deep and attack the basket to complete the transition.

Paul is not without the ability to handle the ball in transition; top point guards all have this skill set. They just prefer to slow down the pace and execute tactics methodically.

This made Chen Shuo vaguely feel that they were being too cautious, giving the Spurs another chance to breathe.

Perhaps in Paul's basketball philosophy, the goal is to wear down the opponent, one shot at a time, in a reasonable manner.

……

With the game halfway through the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers were leading by 12 points, 89-77.

Over the past three quarters, the Cavaliers' strong-side trio has maintained high efficiency, while the Spurs' forced pace has not been effective.

Ginobili and Parker, the two engines, combined to commit a whopping 7 turnovers.

Paul firmly controlled the pace of the game, and the Cavaliers fell into half-court offense for almost every possession, effectively limiting the Spurs' speed.

However, Paul's overly conservative strategy also caused the team to miss the opportunity to launch a decisive attack and take down the opponent in one fell swoop.

There are 4 minutes left in the game.

Besides the Big Three (Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili), Ray Allen plays small forward (3) and power forward (4) is big shooter Bonner.

This is the strongest offensive lineup the Spurs can field.

The Cavaliers have possession of the ball.

Paul, with the ball in hand, still targeted Bonner.

However, Popovich clearly had a specific plan in place.

Duncan quickly left Garnett behind and boldly stepped forward to switch with Bonner on defense.

During this period, Parker played very aggressively on defense, preventing Paul from passing the ball when he switched onto the defense.

Paul glanced at Duncan coming up and still chose to run a pick-and-roll with Chandler.

After Chandler used his muscular frame to block Parker, Paul quickly broke through and found Duncan standing in front of him.

Chen Shuo's pupils contracted slightly; the old thief had actually chosen to switch defenses directly.

Paul did not look for a screen again when facing his senior.

The moment you dribble forward, pull the ball back to the left, creating a large gap in your body while subtly completing the ball combination and quickly jumping for a mid-range shot.

The basketball went through the net.

91-77, the winning goal.

The Spurs players seemed completely unsurprised and unaffected, quickly inbounding the ball from the baseline.

Ginobili accelerated wildly, and even Thompson could barely keep up.

Facing Garnett, who had returned to guard the basket, Ginobili used a wide Euro step to bypass Garnett, flicked the ball with his fingertips, and successfully made a reverse layup.

91: 79.

Paul initiated another pick-and-roll, switching onto Duncan's side as before, but this time his mid-range shot missed.

Parker received the ball, stepped on the gas, and quickly started his run, pressing Paul all the way to the baseline. After compressing the Cavaliers' defensive line, he passed the ball to Ginobili, who was following up.

Without hesitation, the latter received the ball and charged towards the paint again, twisting his body to get past Garnett, throwing himself onto Chandler, and then throwing the ball toward the backboard at an odd angle.

The basketball swung around the rim for a whole circle before finally and reluctantly falling into the pocket.

Ginobili stepped up to the free-throw line and calmly sank the shot, narrowing the gap to within 10 points.

91: 82.

Paul restarted the offense, with Garnett positioned himself at the high post on the weak side, effectively stretching Duncan out of the game.

Finally, they managed to hit Bonner, the Spurs' weak point in defending pick-and-rolls, but Bonner also decisively chose to switch on defense.

After a series of maneuvers, Paul hit another mid-range jumper.

93: 82.

Chen Shuo glanced at the time; only 2 minutes and 30 seconds remained. Based on this time, there shouldn't be any suspense.

The Spurs still used their familiar fast inbounds game.

The French speedster's attack on the Cavaliers' interior failed, so he had to pass the ball out.

A player suddenly appeared from the side, received the ball and moved like a white horse, squeezing through the crowd, twisting his body like a pretzel, and finally finding Bonner on the outside, who calmly sank the three-pointer.

93: 85.

After Paul got the ball, he started to slow down the pace, and Ginobili went crazy, abandoning his defender and rushing forward to steal the ball.

Paul managed to pass the ball out, and Thompson quickly took a shot, but it was blocked by Ginobili from behind.

Then he took the lead and delivered a powerful dunk.

93: 87.

In a daze, Chen Shuo felt that Ginobili's speed and explosiveness were much faster than usual, and the Knights' dense ironclad formation was full of loopholes.