Chapter 245: Rick Carlisle
Anxi and Corey Joseph were substituted, Anxi's appearance is not much to say, Anxi should have played at this time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But Cory Joseph, since Patrick Mills came last season, Cory Joseph has gradually lost his position, once relegated to the NBDL, this season his playing time has not improved, averaging less than 7 minutes per game. But now, Popovich replaced him in the first quarter, and for the reason it is understandable, Darren Collison showed very good form, so Cory Joseph, who was better defensively, got a chance to play.
The Spurs' lineup on the court has become point guard Cory Joseph, shooting guard Manuginobili, small forward Anxi, and the interior is still Dio and Duncan. The Mavericks also made a substitution, and their starters lacked three-point firepower, so they switched to Vince Carter in this period of time when they urgently needed to continue to extend their advantage.
Carter Sr. is no longer the demigod he was back then, but the current situation is slightly better than Maddie, at least in Mavericks, Carter can get stable playing time, which is basically equivalent to the role of the sixth man.
As soon as Anxi came out, he faced Carter, but the offensive ball was in the hands of the Spurs, so as soon as he came on the court, the situation on the court was that Anxi was attacking and Carter defending.
The Spurs' previous offensive was not good, which was somewhat related to the poor form of Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard, of course, Tony Parker's hand was not very good, so he made several substitutions in a row, and all three positions were changed, and he was finally a little threatening in the offense.
Anxi stayed in the bottom corner, Carter didn't leave an inch, Anxi is not Danny Green, three points in one hand, especially three points in the open position, has always been very accurate, and there has never been a state of state.
After staying in place for a few seconds, Anxi came out of the bottom corner, went around the free throw line, and made a block for Ginobili who was holding the ball, and Ginobili shook off Mayo through the cover and scored 2 points on a pull-up jumper.
Manu was still in good shape, hitting an easy 2-point shot, and the difference was narrowed to 13 points.
The Mavericks attacked, although Popovich did not emphasize defense, but the Spurs still strengthened the intensity on the defensive end, Anxi posted to defend Carter, and the old Carter had no chance to play at all, and could only run back and forth between the bottom corner and the top of the arc.
Darren Collison was looking for an opportunity on the outside, he dribbled a few steps with the ball, and then an acceleration broke through from Corey Joseph, Joseph was close to Collison, Carman quickly mentioned the free throw line position, a pick-and-roll screen, Collison successfully shook off Joseph, rushed into the inside, took two big steps, dodged Duncan's defense, held the basket, and sent the basketball to the basket!
The in-form Darren Collison scored two more points, and the difference between the two teams was still 15 points.
Ginobili held the ball and attacked the frontcourt, Anxi also began to run, the old Carter was still old after all, and followed Anxi closely, but Anxi's several sudden reversals made the old Carter a little unable to keep up, and after a few times, Anxi ran out of an empty space......
Inside the three-point line near the sideline! Anxi gets an empty spot! At this time, old Carter is still two or three steps away, Ginobili's pass is like an eye, and he passes the ball directly to Anxi's hand with a quick pass from behind!
"Wow!" An exclamation sounded at the center of the American route, but in the midst of this exclamation, An Xi jumped up and jumped!
"Whew!" The ball went in! Two points, Anxi scored his first personal point of the game!
Two-point shot, Yang Yi, who commented on the game, was a little regretful: "It's a pity that Anxi's shot this time is only a two-point shot, and for the Spurs, a 15-point deficit is not so easy to chase, unless their three-point shot can be thrown." ”
Yang Yi in the CCTV live broadcast room was still regretting, but Rick Carlisle on the sidelines began to make small adjustments one after another through his gestures.
The Spurs couldn't understand it, but the Mavericks' players could, and soon, the Spurs noticed that the Mavericks' offense had changed.
It was still Darren Collison who took the ball, but it became Dick Nowitzki who mentioned the high post to answer, so the Spurs still tried to defend Darren Collisson's breakthrough, and when Collison broke through, two people directly surrounded him, and Nowitzki was directly missed.
After blocking and dismantling the cover, Collison scored a ball, and the high-ranking Nuo Tianwang jumped directly, and after a crisp swish, the Mavericks' offense scored another 2 points, and the difference was still 15 points!
In the last shot of the first quarter, it was Ginobili who broke into the interior and scored a layup, and finally the Spurs narrowed the gap to 13 points at the end of the first quarter.
Trailing by 13 points in a single quarter, their performance in this game was disastrous for the Spurs, but fortunately, in the second half of the first quarter, their offense has stabilized, and then they only need to defend against the Mavericks' offense to recover the score as quickly as possible.
Popovich took advantage of the break in the small quarter and began to arrange the second quarter of the play: "In the second quarter, we continue to maintain our offense, Patrick, you play, replace Cory, Aaron and Thiago come out, replace Tim and Boris, and then we have to strengthen our defense, defend against the offense of the Dallas, and then shoot our shots to get the score back!"
On the Mavericks' side, Rick Carlisle deserves to be the best head coach in the league to adjust on the spot, and in just a few words, he made another adjustment to the Spurs' offense: "Shrink the defense, focusing on Manuginobili's breakthrough." ”
The second quarter of the game started quickly, the Spurs attacked first, the Mavericks sent their bench lineup, the point guard was still Darren Collisson, Collison was in good shape in this game, Rick Carlisle must make good use of Collison's condition, Vince Carter switched to the position of shooting guard, and the small forward was another substitute for the Mavericks - Jack Crowder, a rookie this year, is said to be Anxi when he entered the NBA. Inside, Nowitzki continues to play, plus Elton Brand makes a cameo at center.
Anxi faced Jack Crowder, who is also a defensive small forward, and also has a three-point hand that is not stable.
Anxi didn't know that Jack Crowder was the template when he participated in the draft, but Jack Crowder knew, so as soon as he saw Anxi, he was energetic, plus before going on the court, Rick Carlisle also taught Jack Crowder face-to-face, asking him to prevent Anxi from dying, and not to let Anxi have a chance to empty three points.
The first shot of the Spurs, the change of the Mavericks' defense made the Spurs' offense feel difficult, Manu's breakthrough became stagnant, with the help of Aaron Baines's cover, Manu cut inside and threw a mid-range shot against Brand's supplementary defense.
With a bang, the shot hit the iron.
I didn't make it...... Popovich stood up on the sidelines, and he found that he had encountered a difficult opponent, Rick Carlisle, and every adjustment of Rick Carlisle was a sore spot for the Spurs!
"Defend, defend!" Popovich shouted loudly, the first goal of the opening game was missed, and the next defense must be done well, otherwise the Mavericks will further widen the point difference (to be continued.) )