I'm really not a 3D player

Chapter 143 Popovich's tricks

On December 12, the Warriors took a flight to San Antonio.

After checking into the hotel, Sun Yi and his party went to their rooms to put away their luggage, and then went to the restaurant to eat.

In the afternoon, the Warriors conducted daily training.

Although the record is mediocre, the mentality of the Warriors players is very good, and the atmosphere in the team is quite harmonious.

On the sidelines, the head coach Nelson Sr. was frowning, and he was a little worried about gains and losses.

"Steve, do you think we can win the Spurs?"

"Sir, to be honest, if it was a series, it would be very difficult to beat the Spurs with the current lineup of the Warriors, but this is just an ordinary regular season, and we might be able to give it a try." Cole said his thoughts view.

"Well, you're right. I'm upset. I shouldn't have asked such a ridiculous question."

After self-reflection, Nelson continued: "We have to make some changes and catch our opponents off guard in order to have any hope of winning."

Cole nodded, agreeing with old Nelson's point of view.

"Go and call the members of the coaching staff over, and we'll hold a temporary meeting." Old Nelson ordered.

Cole left quickly and called the members of the coaching staff to the conference room for a meeting.

This meeting will give birth to new tactics to deal with the next opponents.

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On the game day, after the Spurs completed their daily training, head coach Popovich accepted interviews with media reporters.

"The Warriors are a very young team. They have many talented players. The teacher has established an excellent team culture and tactical system for the Warriors. They are rising rapidly and their future is limitless."

After listening to Popovich's answer, the media reporters were not surprised.

This is Popovich's daily operation, and he will give poisonous milk to his opponents in every important game.

But at this stage, the Warriors have only achieved a record of 16 wins and 15 losses, ranking ninth in the Western Conference.

The Spurs achieved a record of 25 wins and 7 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. Is it really necessary to poison the milk? !

Popovich looked at the doubtful media reporter and sneered in his heart.

You vulgar people don't know the profound meaning contained in it!
At the same time, domestic attention to this game is also very high.

Just in time for the weekend, the sports channel will broadcast this focus battle, and it is difficult to lower the ratings.

Domestic fans are very much looking forward to what kind of sparks the first matchup between Sun Yi and Duncan will create.

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December 12, San Antonio, ATT Center Arena.

At this time, the fans had already entered the stadium and were seated, patiently waiting for the game to start.

After the two teams warmed up, the scene entered the opening ceremony.

The starting players of the Warriors in the away game took the lead.

Curry, Ellis, Maggette, Sun Yi, Randolph.

Immediately afterwards, the starting players of the Spurs at home came on stage.

Parker, George Hill, Jefferson, McDyess, Duncan.

In the jump ball session, Randolph took off vigorously, touched the basketball first, and turned the ball back, giving the Warriors a chance to make the first attack.

And Duncan was too lazy to compete with the young man, so he made a symbolic jump, and then quickly retreated to the backcourt.

Sun Yi quickly ran to the frontcourt and took a position. When he saw the player defending him, as expected, it was McDyess who defended him, not Deng Dudu.

A big killer like Duncan will definitely not overkill his talents. He will only play a decisive role at critical moments by following young people all over the field.

On the other side, Curry dribbled the ball to outside the three-point line to organize the offense.

Sun Yi quickly stepped forward to provide Ellis with an off-ball screen, and then cut to the outside to attract the defensive attention.

After more than 30 games, other teams have understood a message: Sun Yi has adapted to the NBA's three-point line.

Therefore, he didn't dare to let Sun Yi continue wandering on the outside line, maybe he would use all his firepower to score a high score again.

At the same time, Ellis bypassed the screen, came to the mid-range area on the right, received Curry's pass, stopped and jumped to shoot.

Duncan, who was standing near the penalty area, quickly rushed over and interfered with the shot.

Clang!
The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
At the basket, Randolph snatched an offensive rebound and was about to jump to attack the basket for the second time, but was blocked by Deng Dumbai, who was driven back to the basket.

Sun Yi was also amazed when he saw this scene, and at the same time lamented that Deng Daidai, who has entered the end of his career, is still so good at assisting defense.

Duncan was 33 years old during this period, and he was strictly a veteran, but Sun Yi didn't think so.

This guy will play for six or seven more seasons in the future, and even lead the team to the fifth championship in his career as a core player.

Is this something a veteran can accomplish? !

It can be said that Deng Daidai becomes more and more demonic as he gets older, and is affectionately called "Rookie No. 21" by fans.

The game continued, the Warriors sent the baseline ball, Curry received the pass and tried to break through, but couldn't break through Tony Parker's defense at his peak, and then passed the ball out.

Sun Yi received the pass, made a three-threat move, and took a tentative step. Seeing that McDyess didn't step forward to defend, he pulled it up and threw the basketball in his hand very coolly.

McDyess reacted immediately and rushed to interfere, but the effect was minimal.

"when!"

The basketball hit the front of the rim and bounced out.

"Oh! It's a pity. Although the goal was not scored, it has to be played like this."

In the sports channel studio, Director Zhang commented.

On the court, the Spurs protected the defensive rebounds and Parker dribbled the ball forward quickly.

When the French sports car came beyond the three-point line, he saw Duncan actively asking for the ball in the low post on the right, and immediately passed the ball.

After Deng received the ball in a daze, he lowered his shoulders and center of gravity, and directly punched Randolph in the chest.

Randolph was very uncomfortable when he was bullied, and he couldn't tell the pain in his heart.

Before the game started, he didn't think he would play against Duncan.

After all, Deng Dadai is recognized as the number one power forward in history.

But I didn't expect this old guy to be the center and bully him, a second-year rookie.

It's so difficult!
On the other side, Duncan pushed his back into the area where he was most confident, and immediately turned around to shoot the ball. This set of technical moves was smooth and smooth, without any unnecessary flaws.

After the basketball hits the board, it bounces into the basket.

0: 2!

Randolph quickly picked up the basketball on the ground, stepped out of the baseline, and quickly sent the ball out.

Curry received the pass, quickly dribbled forward, saw a familiar figure in front of him, and immediately passed the ball.

Sun Yi, who was running, received the pass, came outside the three-point line, raised his hand and made a fake gesture of praying to Buddha.

McDyess kept the coach's instructions in mind and did not dare to let the Warriors' No. 9 take a three-pointer easily, and immediately pounced on it.

Seeing this, Sun Yi raised the corner of his mouth, changed direction and rushed past McDyess.

Duncan, who retreated to the vicinity of the penalty area, quickly stepped forward to cover the situation.

Sun Yi didn't want to be dumbfounded at Deng so soon, and threw the ball to the right.

Shi Fo reacted quickly and reached out to intercept but didn't touch anything. He knew that this time the defense was over.

On the other side, Randolph, who rushed into the basket, jumped up vigorously, received the pass in the air with both hands, and dunked the ball vigorously into the basket.

After scoring the goal, Randolph beat his feet and chest to vent his depression. When he retreated, he thanked Sun Yi.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker dribbled to the top of the arc, passed the ball to Duncan, and then quickly ran without the ball.

Deng received the pass in a daze, turned around and faced the frame for a single. He tried to move to the middle with his right. Seeing Randolph's center of gravity shift to the left, he immediately took off and shot.

Seeing this, Randolph obviously couldn't keep up and became depressed again.

"boom!"

After the basketball hits the board, it bounces into the basket.

2: 4!

Looking back, Ellis broke through for a layup, avoiding Deng's dull interference and scoring the ball.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack, and they didn't panic. They attacked in a precise manner and the pace was quite slow.

Parker dribbled the ball to the basket. Seeing that there was no chance, he came around and passed the ball to Duncan again.

This time Sun Yi came quickly to double-team.

Upon seeing this, Deng Dudai immediately passed the ball back to Parker.

Seeing that the attack time was running out, the little French sports car made a quick change of direction in front of his body, stepped back to the right, and took off to shoot.

Curry was not shaken away, and immediately rushed to interfere.

Clang!
The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
Under the basket, Randolph tried his best to stay in position and create opportunities for his teammates to rebound.

Seeing how desperate this young man was, Duncan could only turn around and leave quickly.

It's important to preserve your physical strength. It's not worthwhile to compete with young people.

Sun Yi rushed back to the basket, grabbed the backcourt rebound, and quickly dribbled forward.

Curry and Ellis each looked for opportunities outside the three-point line.

Maggette and Randolph cut into the penalty area.

The Spurs' defensive strategy is very clear, follow the people and not the ball, follow the Warriors' players tightly, and do not give easy opportunities to catch the ball.

Sun Yi dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and frowned slightly when he saw that his teammates had no chance to connect the ball.

On the Spurs bench, head coach Popovich saw the scene on the court and showed his trademark sinister smile.

"Oriental Magician? You cut off the contact with your teammates. Let's see how you can lead them."

The Spurs' defensive strategy in this game is simple.

Cut off the connection between the Warriors players, so that they are forced to play alone.

There are only a handful of teams or players who want to use singles tactics to kill the Spurs, and it happens that the Warriors are not among them.

It can be said that the Spurs will remain invincible.

Returning to the court, Sun Yi saw that his teammates had no chance and planned to end the attack by himself.

Immediately, he made a quick change of direction in front of McDyess, broke through to the free throw line, pulled it up, and threw the basketball in his hand.

Swish!
Hollow into the network!

6: 4!

The Warriors took the lead for the first time.

The Spurs players did not panic and responded quickly.

Duncan came out of the paint and set up a pick-and-roll for Parker.

The French sports car bypassed the screen and rushed to the right side of the penalty area, and hit the ball with a throw.

In the next few rounds, the Spurs' defensive tactics were very successful, forcing the Warriors into isolation plays.

Since the game had just begun and the players were still very energetic, the Warriors had a pretty good singles hit rate and took the lead alternately.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich didn't feel angry when he saw that the score was not open.

"It's just a trapped beast still fighting!"

Immediately, he waved his hand and made substitution adjustments to speed up the consumption of the Warriors players' physical strength.

The Spurs replaced McDyess and Hill and replaced DeJuan Blair and Ginobili.

Old Nelson saw that the Spurs made a substitution adjustment, and then replaced Maggette with Reggie Williams.

After the substitution adjustment, the Spurs had an immediate effect.

Duncan turned around and broke through into the penalty area. He was double-teamed by Sun Yi and Randolph and immediately gave the ball away.

Ginobili, who just came on the field, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.

The Warriors quickly served the ball, and after receiving the ball, Ellis rushed into the penalty area first, flew up and made a layup, recovering 2 points.

Seeing this situation, Popovich was very dissatisfied.

After all, the Spurs are a team known for their defense, and the Warriors scored consecutive fast breaks, so there is no shame.

So Popovich went to the sidelines and yelled at the players on the court.

The Spurs players nodded, expressing their understanding.

After scoring in this round, the Spurs quickly retreated and did not give the Warriors a chance to counterattack.

Falling into a position battle, the Warriors were forced into another one-on-one game.

With the help of Sun Yi's cover, Ellis broke through to the edge of the penalty area and made a throw.

Duncan caught up quickly, outstretched his arm to interfere with the shot.

The basketball bounced on the rim and rolled out.

Under the basket, Randolph jumped hard and put the ball into the basket.

On the sidelines, Popovich was even more unhappy. He shouted at the court with louder volume and body language.

It can be seen that the Spurs' poor defense made the old man very angry.

On the court, the Spurs players cheered up. They knew that their head coach was in a state of rampage and could not make mistakes again.

To be on the safe side, Parker played a pick-and-roll with Duncan, then swayed past Randolph, who was changing defenses, and rushed into the penalty area and flew to the layup.

At this moment, Sun Yi rushed back to the basket, soared into the air, and stretched his arms to pat the rising basketball.

Clap!
The basketball was shot on the backboard and rebounded vigorously.

At the same time, Duncan rushed into the penalty area and grabbed the rebounding basketball, making a simple throw.

After scoring the goal, Shi Fu heaved a sigh of relief, finally made no mistake, stabilized the old man, then turned around and quickly returned to defense.

In this round, the Spurs increased the intensity of defensive confrontation.

Curry skirts the screen, jumps straight up, twists his body in the air and throws the ball.

Clang!
The basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
Duncan grabbed the defensive rebound, found Parker immediately, and passed the ball over.

Parker received the pass and saw that his teammates had no chance to run away. He dribbled forward slowly and waited for Duncan to run to the inside position.

Duncan ran slowly to the low post on the right, leaning against Randolph and reaching for the ball.

When Parker passed the ball to Duncan, Sun Yi also ran over to double-team, and swung his hand upwards.

Duncan, who had just received the pass, was taken out by Sun Yi, the sixth child, before he could lift the ball up.

After fighting for the basketball, Sun Yi passed the ball out immediately.

Curry, who was on the fast break, received the pass and rushed towards the frontcourt. He came to the basket and used the change of rhythm to fly to the chasing Parker, and made an easy layup.

The ball is switched and the Spurs attack.

It depends on Deng Jishi at the critical moment. This time he came to the high area on the right side, caught the ball and hit Randolph in singles. After a tentative step, he quickly released the ball and started, rushed to the middle distance area on the right side, hit a jumper with an emergency stop, and stabilized The situation on the field.

In the next game, the Spurs once again increased their defensive intensity and played cautiously, not giving the Warriors a chance to counterattack, and gradually turned the situation around.

Facing the strict defense of the Spurs, the Warriors' singles shooting percentage began to decline, and they failed to bite the score.

In this way, the first quarter ended, and the score on the big screen was 20 to 26. The Spurs led by 6 points entering the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)