"Even Tim has been deceived, it seems that the biggest threat to the Thunder team is not those two outside lines, but this center!" Popovich didn't expect that Anjie and Duncan could score the first ball after facing each other, Anjie has mostly been assisting Durant and Westbrook in previous games, and the score rarely exceeds 20, but this does not mean that Anjie's offensive ability is below those two people!

After playing Duncan, the expressionless No. 21 finally leaned on Anjie and received a pass from Tony Parker in the penalty area, ready to return the color!

An Jie immediately held Duncan's back hard, but Duncan didn't plan to win by brute force at all. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Duncan skillfully turned back and raised his hand to pitch. Anjie tried his best to block, but couldn't stop Duncan from shooting the basketball.

Seeing this action, all the fans cheered in advance.

"Duncan's 45-degree angle is still so efficient. Kenny Smith shook his head, the Thunder's No. 16 center was already very well defended, but unfortunately, he faced a desperately stable Duncan.

There are no fancy moves, no inscrutable feints, no absolute power collisions, Duncan uses such an unpretentious method to score simply. That's how Tim Duncan plays, that's how the San Antonio Spurs play.

This seemingly simple and basic way of scoring, if you want to reach Duncan's level, solid basketball fundamentals are essential. However, there are not many people in the current alliance who can do this.

After the goal, Duncan was still expressionless and provocative, and he quickly turned and ran back to his own half, not wasting a second of time to return to the defense. He's like a robot, completing his mission and getting ready to complete his next mission.

In addition to the Spurs' slow-paced positional offense, the young Thunder led by Jeff Van Gundy also played positional offense. Repeated pick-and-rolls, ball splitting, inward cutting, and tireless patient conduction, the Thunder are not Thunder at all, and the slow pace they created with the Spurs has nothing to do with the word Thunder.

Anjie handed the ball to Joe Smith, Smith handed the ball to Westbrook who cut inside, Westbrook saw that there was no chance and retreated outside the three-point line, he called a block, Anjie's cover was of high quality, Westbrook hit a good shot! Even Kenny Smith, who was commentating on the game on the sidelines, was made more and more mechanical.

"Oh! come on! Run! you speed up!" Suddenly, Charles Barkley shouted and startled the sleepy spectators.

"What are you doing, Charles?" said Kenny Smith, who couldn't tell what Barkley was saying and what it had to do with the game.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm so excited, it's such a great rugby game over there. What, you're still watching the Spurs and Thunder? It's boring for you. Barkley's words made everyone very embarrassed, but they had to admit that at least the audience was lifted a little by his nonsensical yelling.

The dull game between these two teams may only be matched by the game footage that existed in black and white film in the 50s. Although the Thunder are also mainly positional offense, their pace is not so slow. But now that they have met the Spurs' iron bucket defense, the Thunder team has a lot less offense to defeat the enemy with one move, and there is a lot more patient transmission and blocking.

Durant and Angel are fine, but Westbrook is simply tortured to death by this rhythm. Unable to get up, Westbrook lost one of his favorite ways of attacking.

Playing around the three-second zone, Duncan repeated his offensive style. This time, Duncan had to go deeper, so after receiving the ball, Duncan did not shoot again, but chose to hook directly. It's still such an ordinary offense, but it's still very efficient.

Duncan is not stupid, young people have many shortcomings, but they are not lacking in strength.

Even though both sides sent a second lineup, the tempo still didn't get much faster. Charles Barkley hasn't spoken a word for a few minutes, and probably only the San Antonio can put up with a game like this.

The two sides used positional warfare to consume each other, Jeff Van Gundy was not in a hurry, and Popovich was even more calm. When the first quarter ended, no one was able to pull the gap away. At 28-25, the Spurs had a slight three-point lead.

By the start of the second quarter, the Thunder's three youngsters were already energized, while the Spurs' Duncan and Parker had to rest off the court. Ginobili led the second team to attack the Thunder's hinterland, but without the advantage of the interior, the Spurs' offense showed a noticeable decline in efficiency.

After a quarter of entanglement with Duncan, Anjie was handy against Spurs backup center Kurt Thomas.

George Hill, a young point guard at the same level as Anjie, has not been able to organize the Spurs' delicate offense, defensive titan Bruce Bowen has almost no one-on-one offensive ability, Bonner has almost no second way to score except for open three-pointers, and Kurt Thomas has not even been able to get into position when facing Anjie's defense.

There was no way, Ginobili began to change the rhythm of the ball control, he wanted to single Westbrook!

That's Westbrook's assessment of Ginobili's rhythm on the ball. Otherwise, can this guy be called a "demon knife"? Cunning and unreasonable, Ginobili handles the ball either by mistake or by scoring, and the risk is very high, but the reward is also very rich.

Suddenly, to the left! Westbrook immediately followed, and before he could take a step, Ginobili changed hands from behind and burst to the right.

Westbrook was not easily discarded, and although Ginobili's change of direction was very sudden and swift, Westbrook still did not lose his defensive position.

But the Spurs aren't the kind of team that will pull a star apart, and Westbrook was so caught up in Ginobili's dribbling that he didn't even notice Bonner's pick-and-roll was in place.

"Bang!" Westbrook followed and suddenly hit the human wall, and Ginobili took the opportunity to start and plunge into the inside line!

In the face of Anjie, who opened his big hand, Ginobili did not slow down. He holds the ball in both hands and is ready to take three steps before making a layup!

Ginobili held the ball to the left, An Jie immediately moved his steps to block, but in the next step, Ginobili pulled the ball to the right by a large margin, and a European step layup with perfect rhythm and amplitude!

"Manu played the ball beautifully, and he taught the two first-graders of the Thunder a good lesson. With a unique sense of space, he's probably the best spectator for the Spurs!" "Finally, Kenny Smith can use the word spectator for this game.

Ginobili came off the bench, but his outburst was definitely the key to the Spurs' victory, and his play will directly determine how far the Spurs can go.

While Bowen's presence made Durant uncomfortable, George Hill and Kurt Thomas scored a lot of points for AnJie and Westbrook.

"This little ghost. Duncan, who was off the court, felt that Anjie was a little beyond his expectations, not only did he have a lot of offensive means, but also his ability to read the game did not match his age and position, which also led to Anjie rarely making mistakes on the court. Seeing this, Duncan couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, and there was another strong opponent. However, to outsiders, Duncan's expression was more like a sudden cramp in his face......

After Tony Parker and the rest of the starters also came on, Duncan remained on the bench. Like Jeff Van Gundy, Popovich is very strict about the team's rotation time. Proper rotation and smart rotation are also the basis for this group of old guys to maintain a high rate of appearance.

Although the guard combination of Parker and Ginobili made the Spurs' offense improve a lot, the Spurs not only did not open up the gap when they were completely disadvantaged inside, but were overtaken by the Thunder by four points.

The Spurs' offense is still the same, Parker broke through with Thomas's pick-and-roll, Westbrook's ability to defend and pick and roll obviously needs to be improved, and this time the French sports car still easily wiped him out.

Tony Parker didn't throw this time because his own rhythm didn't adjust and he never did anything he wasn't sure about.

Anjie saw Parker getting closer and closer to him, could it be that he wanted to go straight to the basket?

Parker jumped up, although the height difference was huge, An Jie didn't dare to slack off, and tried hard to jump and block.

Parker was very smart with the ball, and when he made a layup, he deliberately leaned towards Anjie, but he obviously misestimated Anjie's strength and strength. And Anjie was a little too strong because of his full blocking. Tony Parker lost his center of gravity and threw the basketball almost parallel to the ground. At the same time, the referee also blew the whistle in time to signal An Jie to foul.

For this kind of shot, An Jie didn't expect Parker to score him at all. But to everyone's surprise, Parker's basketball shot indiscriminately after losing his balance actually crashed into the net accurately.

Tony Parker limped to the free throw line after getting up, and Popovich's eyes immediately changed!

"Not good!" Popovich suddenly stood up, and sure enough, Parker's penalty did not hit, and Popovich quickly called Thomas to deliberately foul and create a dead-ball opportunity to replace Parker.

"We saw Parker limp off the field, was he injured in the confrontation with Anjie just now?" Kenny Smith naturally noticed something unusual, and the director also gave a replay of the confrontation between Parker and Anjie just now based on Kenny's commentary.

After Parker was knocked away by Anjie's sudden force, he landed with his foot first, and this foot became Parker's only focus on the staggering Parker. Having to withstand the gravity of his entire body, Parker's ankle bent at a terrible angle, and this twist was not light!

After a brief inquiry, Popovich immediately asked two staff members to help Parker walk to the players' tunnel. Immediately, the fans in the ATT center exploded, frantically booing Anjie, who caused Parker's injury.

"You filthy fellow!"

"This is a malicious foul! Referee, are you blind!?"

"This kind of person should be sent out of the game!"

An Jie's ball defense is really tough, but if you want to deliberately hurt the opponent, it is something that An Jie will never do.

What's more, Parker failed to stabilize the ball when he landed, and Anjie didn't add fuel to his feet. But in the minds of Spurs fans, that fierce collision was already a big reversal! At this moment, they seemed to forget how Bowen on their team defended others.

With Tony Parker out injured, Popovich had to bring Duncan up, and it would be difficult to stabilize the situation if Ginobili was alone. This variable completely disrupted his plan.

The Spurs, who lacked a major general, and the unbreakable system, seemed to make Jeff Van Gundy see a gap. (To be continued.) )