Chapter 144: Heads-up
Popovich called a timeout, at this time he didn't have much to do, Duncan's pace was much slower than Chamberlain, coupled with Mourning's help, how to defend Chamberlain during the fast break became the biggest test for the Spurs!
If you want to defend the supersonic fast break, you have to defend Chamberlain, and when Chamberlain is not good at defending, you can only deal with O'Neal, Iverson and others to deal with him - don't let him catch the ball!
Popovich took the tactical board and pointed at the main players on the sidelines, and the time passed quickly. After the pen and fun www.biquge.info returned to the court, it was the Spurs' possession, and Parker received Nesterovic's pass from the baseline, which immediately felt different than just now. Although he is still very dutifully controlling the basketball to advance to the front court, at this time he no longer has the casualness just now, and he is steady like an old ball ruffian.
Facing Ridno, Parker passively used his ball control skills and body to avoid the opponent's pressing and interception, although it was difficult to dribble, but he just didn't mention the speed, and it took almost eight seconds for him to finally take the ball through the half.
The rest of the Spurs weren't idle as Parker pushed in, and they started to run very aggressively. The speed of their movement is not fast, but after years of running in with Popovich, they cover each other very tacitly, interspersed with intricate routes, but it does not feel chaotic at all. The movement of this veteran team-based team, almost like a tactical machine, reached every step with great precision.
As soon as the Spurs' precise running came out, the supersonic defense, which was originally very sparse, was immediately torn apart by the Spurs, and they couldn't care about each other from the beginning to the end, let alone block and make up the defense.
The supersonic interior line is okay, and Mourning and Chamberlain are both good students who are not biased in defense and offense. But apparently Popovich also knows this very well, and this attack of the Spurs is not launched from the inside at all!
Bowen collided with Ray Allen with Lewis, Parker crossed the halfway line and passed the ball to Ginobili, where Ginobili dribbled down the center, and Parker shook off Reedno at the same time and quickly moved to the left corner.
Parker and Ginobili are the fastest outside combination in the league, they are fully playing, and the supersonic outside line can't catch up with them at all, leaving Chamberlain, Mourning, and the Spurs playing four!
The impact of Ginobili led Chamberlain, who was far away, and passed the ball to Parker, who attracted Mourning and passed the ball to Duncan again, and Duncan scored a cricket ball, and no one could do anything!
Watching Chamberlain run back and forth between Ginobili and Duncan in vain, Kenny Smith on the commentator bench sighed: "If the supersonic outside line has half of their interior defensive attitude, the Spurs' offense should not be so easy!"
At this time, the supersonic outside trio had stopped running, and they were at least able to stop Parker! Some things are not whether they can do it or not, but whether they want to or not!
When it was the supersonic offense, the Spurs didn't shrink into their own half, waiting for the enemy to come to the door. From the moment Ridno received the ball, Parker kept harassing him. Attacking speed has always been a strict requirement for Mike Milan, and in order not to slow it down, Ridno took less than two steps forward with the ball and passed it to Ray Allen!
"Zhang!"
Ray Allen's ball quotient is very high, and the Spurs' defensive strategy has changed, and he immediately realized the seriousness. In front of Bowen, who was waiting for him, he didn't keep the ball in his hands, and when he took the pass, he threw it high in an instant, and threw it to Chamberlain, who had the advantage of speed and threw Duncan one step away just after the halfway line!
The danger of throwing the ball is mainly that it is quite difficult to control, especially when there are people chasing and defending, if they are not careful, they will make mistakes, and even be cut off! But this is already the best choice, if the high throw is five or five points, turn into a positional battle, supersonic speed against the spurs, can only be nine deaths!
Thanks to the help of the system, Oxlade-Chamberlain was very sensitive to the situation on the court, and he began to be ready to receive the ball without being reminded by Ray Allen. It's just that Ray Allen is not a point guard after all, the ball doesn't land very well, and Chamberlain wants to get him, so he can only slow down his speed!
It's not a fast break, it's not a positional battle, one-on-one on the court, Chamberlain VS Duncan!
Chamberlain jumped up and picked up the pass, and Duncan ran in front of him and set up a defensive position! Duncan stood on the three-point line, and Chamberlain was one step away from Duncan! There was no close defense, Duncan just wanted to stop Chamberlain and not let him enter the inside!
There was not much time left for Chamberlain, and the sound of "banging" running footsteps behind him was getting closer and closer!
The outside line was a very dangerous position for Chamberlain, out of range, with a high center of gravity on the dribble, the most powerful forward in the history of the front, and guarding against the little man who stole the ball!
What to do?
In the spare time of Chamberlain's dribbling, his brain was running rapidly! In a second, two seconds, Duncan in front of him moved calmly in small steps, and the breathing of the person behind him could already be heard!
Gritting his teeth fiercely, Chamberlain forced himself to calm down, calm his mind, inhaled a deep breath into his lungs, slapped the basketball heavily, and his eyes instantly became as cold as a knife!
Chamberlain's demeanor changed, Duncan saw it in his eyes, knowing that this former little brother had already made a decision, Duncan suddenly tensed his body!
After slapping the basketball hard, Chamberlain took a step forward with his right foot, bringing himself closer to the three-point line. His step was like a decisive breakthrough, and it also pressed Duncan, who was only blocking him, and moved inward slightly!
At this time, taking advantage of this gap, with the power coming from the bottom of his right foot, Chamberlain jumped. Duncan's reaction was also very quick, predicting multiple outcomes, and preparing for many minutes, Chamberlain's three-point gamble did not surprise him, he knew that Chamberlain had three points, although the shooting percentage was not very high!
Duncan is proficient in most of the interior offensive techniques, there are few people in the league who can defend him when he is alone, but don't ignore Duncan's defense, his defense is only higher than the offense, he is the NBA player, the player who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team the most times, the interior natural barrier, the first-class team defensive player, the team's defensive pillar, the first-class defensive awareness, the first-class defensive skills, and the player who can dominate the game with defense.
Moreover, Chamberlain did not have Garnett's bounce either!