Chapter 203: Imbalance of mentality

In the sixth minute of the game, the two teams were tied at 16-12, and the 76ers were the leading side, and they led the Spurs by four points. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Such a situation is something that many people did not expect, in Anxi's counterattack, the 76ers actually led the Spurs, which surprised many people, and Greg Popovich did not expect, he quickly called a timeout, after the pause, Popovich looked at the soulless Kowhi Leonard, knowing that the team's opening six minutes behind was mainly due to the current abnormal mentality of Kowhi Leonard.

Of the 16 points scored by the 76ers, Anxi alone scored 11 of them, and Korwhi Leonard's defense suddenly became vulnerable, and Popovich made a very surprising choice for this sudden situation.

"Kehuai, you come down and rest for a while, Marco (Belinelli), you go up, replace Kehuai. Popovich then turned to look at Danny Green. "Danny, Ann will leave it to you, lock him up. ”

Danny Green was also surprised that it was generally impossible for Kawhi Leonard to be replaced in the first quarter, because the Spurs did not prepare Leonard's bench at all, and generally replaced Danny Green with Marco Belinelli, and then put Danny Green on the court after a century to replace Leonard.

And now, Popovich actually replaced Leonard directly, obviously dissatisfied with the performance of Kowhi Leonard in the past six minutes.

Kawhi Leonard is a man of few words, even if he is replaced by Popovich for the rest for disciplinary reasons, he doesn't say anything, he sits in his place, and then he doesn't care about anything, his eyes are staring ahead, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

On the 76ers' side, Anxi continued to play, but after the Spurs replaced Kowhi Leonard, who was seriously abnormal in the second half, the 76ers couldn't parry the Spurs' offense, especially the old and spicy Popovich also made targeted adjustments, and the Spurs suddenly accelerated after returning from the timeout.

Relying on a quick offense in the second half of the first quarter, the Spurs overtook the score in a wave, and finally led the 76ers by 3 points with a score of 27-24 at the end of the first quarter.

But Spurs fans weren't happy with the team's lead: "It's only three points ahead, and the 76ers could turn the gap back at any time......

The 3-point difference, the back and forth gap is not big, and the Spurs fans are suddenly a little worried, and Kawhi Leonard's performance in the first half of the first quarter is average, and he did not play at all in the second half, which makes the Spurs fans even more worried, they always feel that the game will be controlled by the 76ers until they themselves upset and lose.

In the second quarter of the game, Popovich still didn't say a word, and put Kawhi Leonard on the court with a cold face.

On the 76ers' side, Anxi also continued to play.

Anxi and Kawhi Leonard were together again.

In the first shot of the second quarter, the 76ers' possession, Sean Livingston controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and then handed the basketball to Anxi on the other side.

Kawhi Leonard stretched out his long arm again and blocked in front of An Xi, obviously, after half a quarter of rest, Kowhi Leonard had returned to normal mentally.

However, in the face of Anxi's attack, Kawhi Leonard's defense still seemed to have little to do.

Anxi came from the outside with two consecutive crotch dribbles, and then, one accelerated, leaning on Kawhi Leonard.

Immediately after a direct turn, a step-back jumper with a step-back step, a three-point shot.

With a bang, only a crisp sound of wiping the net was heard, and An Xi's backward jumper went in again!

This goal made all the Spurs fans not know what to say, a very unnatural goal, even if Kawhi Leonard reacted, but under the double dodge of retreat and backwards, Kowhi Leonard still had nothing to do, his interference whip was out of reach, and he couldn't touch Anxi at all.

After the ball is scored, the three points are in hand, and the score is tied.

The development of the game was indeed somewhat unexpected, the 76ers showed tenacity, and the Spurs were already difficult to open up the difference.

After Anxi hit a three-pointer, the Spurs launched a counterattack, their speed was fast, Patrick Mills dribbled for a while, and after controlling the frontcourt, it was an accelerated breakaway, instantly breaking down Shaun Livingston's defense, and then a split shot, distributed to the outside.

Marco Belinelli received the ball, James Anderson turned around and counterattacked, but Marco Belinelli's three points were too accurate, and with a bang, he hit directly!

The Spurs returned a three-pointer, which the Spurs fans at the scene did not expect, so after the crisp sound of wiping the net, the whole arena began to cheer.

This season, Marco Belinelli replaced Anxi's original position, compared to Anxi, the Italians' defense was not good, but under the Spurs' system, Belinelli's three-point shooting began to play the greatest role, Belinelli averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game in the regular season, with a three-point shooting rate of 43%, considering that he did not get as many opportunities as Anxi in the Spurs, such three-point data is still outstanding.

To a certain extent, Marco Berinelli replaced the outside firepower that Anxi contributed to the Spurs back then.

After the three-point shot, there was a lot of applause in the ATT arena, but soon, Anxi's counterattack came.

While the whole arena continued to cheer, Anxi took the ball from the backcourt and ran all the way to the frontcourt, Kawhi Leonard had already waited at the top of the arc, but Anxi rushed to a step outside the three-point line, stopped suddenly, and then pulled up the shot.

There was a burst of exclamations at the ATT Arena, and their cheers were interrupted by Anxi's sudden three-point pull-out, no one could have thought that when they turned around, Anxi made a three-point catch-up!

The basketball leaps through the air, dilates in everyone's pupils, and finally plunges headlong into the hoop!

Anxi raised his right hand to shoot, and he returned a three-point! No mercy!

Kawhi Leonard frowned, Popovich on the sidelines yelled, Kowhi Leonard couldn't guard against Anxi at all, Popovich thought it was a problem with Kowye Leonard's mentality, he kept shouting on the sidelines, making demands: "Stick to him, stick to him, don't be afraid! What are you afraid of!"

Obviously, Popovich felt that Kawhi Leonard's defensive moves were too small and did not dare to make moves, so how could the defense prevent Anxi......

Kawhi Leonard had a serious face, and after the Spurs scored and led again with a wave of attack, he turned back to Anxi and continued to hold the ball on the outside, and Kawhi Leonard began to comply with Popovich's request, clinging to Anxi and using his movements to interfere with Anxi's possession.

But this ball, An Xi played more simply, he directly leaned on Kowai Leonard with his back, then turned around, slammed the basketball, and accelerated suddenly, directly past Kowhi Leonard, who was close to him......

Popovich on the sidelines shook his head helplessly, Kowhi Leonard in this game was indeed a little unbalanced. (To be continued.) )