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Chapter 255 [Did they steal our run-and-gun skills?]

Susie and Carlisle had a disagreement.

This doesn't happen often.

The locker room was waiting for them to make a decision.

For the Pacers, positional offense and run-and-gun play are just a matter of orders. After a regular season of polishing, they are all used to fast offense.

"Try it."

Su Xi looked at Carlisle, his eyes full of expectation.

Carlisle thought for a while and said: "I can only give you 5 minutes, and once three consecutive attacks fail, immediately change to the half-court position."

"Jack, this is the finals, and the possibility of cheating is very low. This is a competition of willpower and skills and tactics."

Carlisle said seriously.

Su Xi nodded, he agreed.

But he still wanted to try.

Even if you can't kill the Spurs with a run-and-gun game, it's still feasible to give them a different impact.

Suhi watched the Western Conference Finals between the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs.

He thinks the Pacers' run-and-gun game is different from the Suns'.

The Suns' spear has no tip and cannot kill the Spurs.

The Pacers haven't either, but they could potentially kill the Spurs.

beep!

The whistle blew and the second half began.

The Pacers changed their starting lineup for the second half. Suhi, Miller, Jackson, Tony Barty, and O'Neal Jr. came on the court.

This new lineup made Popovich frown on the bench, and he quickly made a gesture and adopted a double-ghost strategy.

The French sports car dribbled the ball through Su Xi. Su Xi used his footsteps to press him to the baseline. Tony Parker jumped up and passed the ball to Ginobili. Ginobili twisted the water snake's waist from the wing and took a European step. He broke through Jackson's defense extremely smoothly and went deep into the basket.

The movements are very enchanting.

However, Tony Barty did not pity him and did not applaud his graceful figure.

Instead, he jumped up and collided directly with his body... Ginobili's physical confrontation was very ordinary. He passed the basketball to Duncan in a hurry, and Duncan scored a layup.

Duncan just scored.

Tony Barty picked up the basketball and gave it to Su Xi: You know how to find a big brother, can't I find a big brother?
  Su Xi ran wildly with the ball, attacking the frontcourt like lightning.

The pace of advancement of all the Pacers is also extremely fast.

This caught the Spurs slightly off guard.

After all, the Spurs had just beaten the Suns. They had body memory and replayed it very quickly.

However, when Tony Parker tried to entangle Su Xi from outside the three-point line, Su Xi ran over directly. He knocked away the defense and attacked fiercely.

He rushed into the penalty area with great force, and then jumped up. Ginobili tried to block the shot in the air, but was pushed away by Su Xi. He smashed the basketball directly into the basket with his left hand... Boom!

The Conseco Arena immediately erupted.

The whole audience shouted MVP!

Su Xi raised her hands.

He looked at Popovich on the sidelines, and his eyes were somewhat provocative: If I come up with a "tank-style run and gun", how should you respond?

This is the completely different difference between Soviet-style running and gunning and Nash's running and gunning. Nash likes to play pick-and-rolls.

Su Xi didn't need it, he could just go in.

Nash's spear cannot kill anyone without the tip.

It doesn't matter whether Su Xi's spear has a tip or not. His gun without a tip is just a pestle. With such a pestle, wouldn't Tony Parker and Ginobili be defeated one after another?

4.6 seconds.

TNT gives the data.

From the moment Duncan hit the shot, it took the Pacers less than five seconds to complete the offense. It's faster than the Phoenix Suns' seven-second run-and-gun game that resolves battles.

Nash in front of the TV was also stunned.

It turns out that run and gun can still be fought like this.

Popovich made a gesture on the sidelines and asked Bruce Bowen to keep an eye on Suhi and prevent Suhi from catching the ball easily.

In this way...what can Su Xi do for running and gunning?

Bruce Bowen's energy was really focused on Su Xi. Even if the Spurs were on the offensive end, his eyes would not forget to stare at Su Xi.

boom!
  Ginobili shot the ball, and Jackson anticipated his step back.

The rebound was directly taken by Su Xi. When Su Xi rushed into the paint, Batty and O'Neal were already ready to block him.

This is the tacit understanding of the Pacers.

Once there is a run and gun, let Su Xi come in and get the board.

When Su Xi got the rebound, he immediately accelerated and ran wildly. Bruce Bowen quickly followed up. His defensive arsenal has many defensive moves.

He tried to push Su Xi to the sideline, blocking Su Xi's sight and acceleration.

However, he underestimated Suhi's ability to handle the ball at high speed. Suhi is not LeBron James.

Su Xi shattered Bruce Bowen's plan with a single turn of his back. At the same moment as Bowen, Su Xi's explosive power and speed were fully released.

In an instant, he took a step away from Bowen. Bowen turned around and chased after him, but in the end he was a beat too late.

Although the Spurs initially established a defense in the frontcourt, they couldn't help but shrink when Su Xi rushed in.

While they were shrinking, Suhi quickly swung the basketball to the left at the moment he broke into the free throw line. His eyes looked at Reggie Miller on the right, and Miller attracted attention.

But Stephen Jackson caught the basketball, swoosh!
  Three point hit.

Jackson had a good touch tonight.

He is the 3D player representative of the NBA.

Carlisle was very excited watching from the sidelines: Can running and gunning really kill the Spurs?
  Phoenix's Stephen Nash and D'Antoni are also wondering: Why is everyone playing run and gun? Why can they do it?

The defense gave the answer.

The Pacers' personnel structure is completely different from that of the Suns.

The offensive attributes of all Suns players. Stoudemire plays center, Shawn Marion plays power forward, Joe Johnson and Richardson play guard, plus Stephen Nash, of these people only Marion has the defensive ability, Joe Johnson can only protect himself, and the others Three pure colanders.

On the other hand, the Pacers all started defensively.

Falling into a defensive position, they played more traditionally than a strong defensive team.

Suhi pinched Tony Parker at the top of the arc, Reggie Miller and Bowen, Stephen Jackson dealt with Ginobili, and O'Neal Jr. and Tony Barty carried him in the penalty area.

The Spurs passed the basketball to Duncan, who singled out Tony Barty.

Tony Barty's defense is all about being big and full, and not giving up all his strength.

You can score on him, but you have to leave your physical fitness behind.

Swish!
  Duncan scored a goal to stabilize the morale of the army.

Then, Bruce Bowen got involved, and Su Xi made a move to push in. Bowen quickly took a step inward and opened his arms.

Unexpectedly, Su Xi sprinted back directly. Bowen's speed was not as good as Su Xi's. He was one and a half steps behind, making it even harder to track. Batty passed the basketball to Stephen Jackson. Jackson made a long pass to the frontcourt, and Su Xi caught it. Focusing on the basketball, he feinted and opened Parker's hand.

Then he shot directly from outside the three-point line... Wow!

He was arrested in response.

The Conseco Arena went crazy, and the home court was roaring.

beep!
  Popovich requested a timeout.

"This ball is so ridiculous." Kenny Smith said in the commentary box: "The little sheep Suzy actually shot it directly. Does it make sense? The Suns are not that crazy! Is this still a run and gun?"

"Why not? He's in!" Barkley said simply. "But..." Kenny Smith didn't know how to talk about it. He had a deep prejudice against Su Xi. After all, he was the man who asked him to kiss a jackass. "Normal basketball is not played like this. It's like playing a regular offense as a buzzer beater."

Buckley spread his palms, why not?

The Spurs were so beaten that they actively requested a timeout.

Nash's silence on the TV was deafening, and he couldn't tell whether the Pacers were running and gunning. But what he is sure of is that the Spurs can't guard Su Xi at all.

Susie does whatever she wants.

He can dribble the ball to attack the Spurs' tough defense, he can run without the ball and hit unreasonable three-pointers.

How great would it be if I had his physical qualities?

Nash thought so.

Although he has better three-pointers with the ball, better pull-up mid-range shots, better organizational skills, better passing skills, and even better layup rhythm than Su Xi.

However, these skills only hurt the Spurs' fingers.

Su Xi's brutal attack was to cut off one of his fingers directly.

"That's great, Jack. I didn't think I had the talent to play center."

O'Neal returned to the bench, and he was particularly happy. Although he was not directly involved in the offense, he was just refreshed.

Carlisle also didn't expect the Pacers' running and gunning to have such a strong effect.

When Su Xi asked him with a smile: "Coach, let's continue for another 5 minutes."

He also laughed.

There’s no reason not to stick to what works.

"However, if the Spurs give back the advantage, we must quickly switch back to the half-court position." Although Carlisle is not an academic coach, he still believes in a truth: in the more difficult and important the series, the more you must persist. The hardest road.

Popovich is also a member of this sect and is a senior member.

But now, he looked at the team's lineup and remembered Su Xi's look before.

This guy Su Xi is indeed a monster. If he is taken out alone, Popovich is not afraid at all, even though he once led the Chinese team to win the Olympics. But in the NBA, under this system, Popovich has a hundred ways to kill him.

However, he has strong support from the Pacers around him. His strengths were not only highlighted, but magnified.

If Su Xi is placed on a weak team, he may be an ordinary all-around super giant. Others can't do anything to him, and he can't win the ball.

"Robert, you move to the power forward position."

Popovich made a decision: "Brent, replace Manu. Tony, speed up San Antonio."

The Spurs immediately made the decision to play fast.

The Spurs also have the ability to attack quickly.

They are not a pure positional attacking team.

beep!

The whistle sounded.

Carlisle looked at the Spurs' lineup and fell into deep thought.

Also lost in thought were Nash and D'Antoni in front of the TV.

The Spurs, with their thick eyebrows and big eyes, also rebelled?

Does he also want to play run and gun?
  Yes.

Tony Parker and Duncan played a pick-and-roll and went directly to the basket.

Scored by toss.

Duncan's screen quality was so high that Su Xi, the league's top pick-and-roll expert, couldn't catch up.

The inside line has been emptied by Robert Horry. Horry ran outside the three-point line and Tony Barty was unable to stay in the paint.

As soon as Parker scored, everyone retreated.

A strange scene appeared on the court: both teams were running wildly.

Su Xi dribbled the ball to half court, and Bowen defended it.

Su Xi and Tony Barty played a pick-and-roll, attacked the basket, looked back and passed the basketball to Barty, and Barty made a jumper from the free throw line... There were no defenders in front of or behind him.

Then, the Spurs also started with a pick-and-roll. Tony Parker attracted the defense and passed the basketball to Brent Barry.

Although Barry can't dunk from the free throw line like his father, his three-pointers are very accurate.

Swish!
  He and Robert Horry are the two elder brothers of the Spurs.

Then, Reggie Miller changed his eyes.

The offensive pace of both sides is very fast and dazzling.

It was also unexpected.

The scores of both teams climbed rapidly.

Before the game, everyone thought that this year's finals might be the ugliest ever, because both teams are known for their positional offense and defense.

But now, their total score is about to reach 250.

Barkley rubbed his eyes and said, "Is this the finals or the preseason?"

Of course the finals.

Although the offense of both teams is very hot and efficient.

What cannot be overlooked, however, is their defense.

Their defensive quality is also very high, but they just failed to guard each other.

In the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, the two teams began to fight frequently, and their offensive efficiency declined, which reflected the importance of defense.

But now both teams are like young people who know their tastes and have not given up on fast play.

Soon, the third quarter was over.

87: 92.

The Pacers led by 5 points.

This was originally supposed to be the full-time score, but in the third quarter, both sides were too fierce!

"It's really tiring to play center."

O'Neal returned to the bench and said breathlessly.

The person he was facing just now was Duncan.

Duncan was tired too.

For Duncan, high-intensity confrontation is not so tiring, and this high-frequency running back and forth consumes his physical energy.

"Stephen, watch the game! The Spurs are starting to hit."

Nash in front of the TV received a call from Stoudemire.

Obviously, this is a novel thing for Stoudemire. "If the Spurs were running and gunning with us at that time, we would be the team playing in the Finals now."

Stephen Nash is a very gentleman. He elegantly said to Stoudemire: "Amare, you should practice your defense better. Otherwise, we will still not be qualified to let the Spurs play run-and-gun with us next season."

I don’t know if it was because of the phone signal, but Stoudemire didn’t even understand what Stephen Nash said. "Do you think the Spurs stole the run-and-gun technique from us?"

Nash smiled slightly and decided not to continue chatting with Stoudemire.

He looked at the TV, and Kenny Smith on the TV said: "I predict that both sides will return to normal offense and defense in the fourth quarter. Fast offense is just one of their methods."

"Once the Spurs win tonight, I have a feeling they will beat the Pacers 4:1."

Kenny Smith predicted.

"Hearing you say that, I feel reassured." Charles Barkley next to him chuckled. "Originally, I thought the Pacers were a little hung up."

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(End of this chapter)