Finley is getting older, his speed is getting slower and slower, and he is no longer one of the Mavericks' tridents in the slam dunk contest, otherwise the Mavericks would not have bought him out.

In his first two seasons with the Spurs, Finley played well, doing his best to win a championship ring, but after his dream came true in 2007, he relaxed and slackened physically.

Thinking about these clearly, Zhou Xuan waved his hand to block the third position, Margeti blocked Parker with his strong body, and Zhou Xuan broke through from the right side and faced Finley. If Margeti wasn't there, the Warriors would have struggled to play well at the No. 3 position, and now they've enriched their play. How much energy Finley still has is a matter of trying.

Zhou Xuan dodged Parker's entanglement, changed direction with the ball and went to the right, a simple feint, and Finley failed to follow. He chose the right side and also planned to draw a good line, Duncan followed Randolph on the left, and Bonner defended Biedlings on the inside, unable to make up the defense. After passing Finley, he reached a 45-degree angle, made a pull-and-go jump shot, and hit a board. 2 to 0.

Popovich secretly sighed that Zhou Xuan's ball quotient is high, Finley can only change defenses, and Parker does not dare to wrap up, otherwise Margety's mid-range shooting is very threatening, and the small forward position is really not good, Bowen is now slower than Finley. If Margeti plays alone, Finley can still rely on experience to limit it, but Zhou Xuan is fast, and once he is misplaced, it will be difficult to do.

Other teams rarely have small forwards to block and pick-and-roll, so this weakness hasn't been exposed enough to be repaired, and there was trouble today.

The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled to the front court and passed to Duncan, "Stone Buddha" stood on the right side, observed the ball with one hand, Mason cut in the middle under the cover of Bonner, the ball was blocked very well, Bonner immediately withdrew from the outside line, Randolph did not change the defense in time, Duncan sent the ball over, Mason scored the basketball in the middle, Biedrins turned and blocked too slowly. 2 to 2.

The Warriors are always slow to block and pick-and-roll, and the Spurs can also take advantage of their weaknesses.

Zhou Xuan took half the court and continued to block and dismantle Margeti, this time Finley blocked Zhou Xuan's breakthrough more resolutely, and there was no gap for the opponent to dribble the ball, but in this way, no one cared about Margeti's run to the inside, Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Margeti, Finley received the ball and turned around, Parker had already chased in front of Margeti with speed, and Zhou Xuan cut to the inside.

Margeti handed the ball to Zhou Xuan again, and the two of them were like hitting the wall in football, Zhou Xuan took the ball and threw off Finley and burst into the basket in the middle. Bonner let go of Biedrins' defense, and Zhou Xuan made a feint to give the ball to Biedlins on the right, and then jumped up to score the basketball. 4 to 2.

Zhou Xuan has not scored 20+ points in many games, and his teammates have returned, and he has reduced his shots, but this does not mean that he cannot attack, and he will not be polite when there is an obvious opportunity.

Parker looked at Zhou Xuan's expressionless defense, and realized that he was really a bit like Duncan, and no one knew what he would be like in the future.

In the frontcourt, Parker slowly dribbled the ball from the outside, his eyes constantly roaming the Warriors' half, not looking for teammates to pass the ball, but looking for a route to burst into the basket to deliver the opponent's fatal blow. Duncan ran to the left side of his body to cover, Parker shook his body, suddenly started from the right side, and shook off Zhou Xuan in one step. Randolph's slow pick-and-roll problem was revealed, and he made a mistake in judging the direction of Parker's breakthrough and failed to block the breakthrough route.

Parker dribbles and turns, jumps, throws in one go, and scores under the basket. 4 to 4.

As the team's playmaker, Parker rarely has the same assist stats as Nash, Paul or Zhou Xuan, and sometimes he doesn't even have Duncando as many assists per game. But the Spurs never wanted to switch to an orthodox guard, because Parker's breakthrough and scoring are what the team needs most.

This season, Parker is averaging the most points per game on the team. And at least half of his points have come in the opposition box. Parker is one of the few No. 1 players in the league who likes to score under the basket, and his shooting percentage as a small man is unbelievably high, with a career shooting percentage of 49% and a maximum of 54. 8%, the scoring efficiency is a bug in PG.

In an interview with a local French media outlet a week ago, Parker revealed to reporters the position of the league's top guards in his own mind, saying: "Harris is great at breaking, Nash is invincible in shooting, Zhou Xuan is the best rookie, and Rondo is the most overrated point guard. ”

Then he added: "Let's put it this way, Harris was a little bit worse than me, and I think he must have watched a lot of my game footage." What do I know about his former manager, Avery Edward? Johnson used to let him watch a lot of my games, and this year, he's been breaking more and more, and that's like me in 2006, and I'm the NBA's top scorer in the box, you know. ”

Parker thinks he's no worse than anyone else, he's just that confident.

Zhou Xuan dribbled past half court, still playing Finley's point, this time he distributed the ball to Azubuuk, who cut in the air on the right, and on the other side, Biderins also played with his teammates. Azubuuk shook off Mason and broke through Bonner and scored a layup. 6 to 4.

Bonner's way of surviving with the Spurs was to shoot inside three-pointers and shoot 44 percent from three-point range, but his defense is contextual. He is the opponent's first choice for inside singles, and even Dampier can score on his head. The awareness of anti-blocking and dismantling is very weak, and there is basically no ability to assist.

Parker and Duncan blocked high and took the ball to the right, this time Randolph defended well and had already stood in position, Parker took the ball and went to the middle and plunged into the pile. It seemed foolish to do so, but he changed direction flexibly, took two steps with the ball on the run, jumped through the gaps, and shrunk in the air to dodge Biedrins' defensive block, and the ball went to a left-handed basketball. 6 to 6.

It's a morale boost to score such a difficult goal, and some Warriors fans have applauded Parker, which is really exciting.

In the next round, Parker had experience, and seeing that Margeti was about to come up, he automatically took a step back, giving up space to defend Zhou Xuan to break through.

Zhou Xuan didn't say a word on the right side, and took advantage of Margeti's cover to pull up and shoot, Finley and Parker were a little far away from him, this was an opportunity, but his three points were not up to Morrow's realm of 100 steps, and he was worse than Azubuke and Duby in the team, but it was just a little more accurate than Ellis. He found an opportunity but the shot was missed, and the rebound was picked up by Duncan.

Whenever he missed three points, Zhou Xuan swore in his heart that he couldn't spend too much time playing after the end of this season, and he had to find time to practice shooting. Only by practicing his shooting like Nash can he surpass Nash and become an MVP-level guard. Now that the Suns are on a winning streak, it has proven that Nash is still tough, but O'Neal's defense is too bad.

The Spurs attacked, Parker passed to Duncan, Shi Fo finally started to try a single in the low post on the right side, Biedrins defended, jumped up and interfered after Duncan turned around, the ball did not score, the rebound was obtained by Azubuk, passed directly to the front court to Margety, Randolph went on a fast break.

In this game, Randolph not only has to defend against pick-and-roll, but also wins the main defense Bonner, this big man likes to pull outside the three-point line, and Randolph can only follow, the advantage is that he can play a fast break. Margeti dribbled past half court to Randolph, who leaned his back against Bonner, turned to the baseline and scored a basketball. 8 to 6.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker broke through to attract Margeti to make up for the defense and distributed the ball to Finley, who hit a mid-range shot, 8-8.

In the first quarter, both sides grabbed each other's weaknesses and fought to attack, and the scores rose alternately, not giving in to each other, and finally tied at 26.

Zhou Xuan proved with his actions that he could score high assist data almost every game, and he was also very active in attacking himself after the misalignment, playing blocking and dismantling with Margeti, scoring 8 points and 5 assists in a single quarter.

The Spurs' best player in the first quarter was Parker, who scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line. When he breaks through and opens, that's when the Spurs' offense comes full fire. Because his breakthrough will force opponents to shrink their defensive formation, which will undoubtedly create more opportunities for outside shooters such as Finley, Mason, and Bonner. Duncan also became a beneficiary of Parker's breakaway, and when he played Parker's pick-and-roll, Parker would draw the opponent's bag defense and pass the ball out, allowing Duncan to shoot calmly from 6 feet.

Because of Parker's breakthrough, the Spurs' tactics can have more changes, and Popovich can find a balance between star tactics and collective basketball.

In the second quarter, Zhou Xuan sat on the bench, did not watch his teammates' games, but covered his head with a towel, bowed his head and pondered, the TV commentator who broadcast the game live felt very strange when he saw this shot, but old Nelson didn't say anything, he knew that Zhou Xuan was thinking.

In the last game against the Spurs, Zhou Xuan's data was very ugly, and today he played very well, and he cut down the data of the entire last game in one quarter. Although it has something to do with Margeti's comeback, it is also clear that he is well prepared.

Now Zhou Xuan was thinking about the secret of Parker's breakthrough, closing his eyes and covering his head with a towel, making it easier to recall Parker's every move before in the pitch black environment. All of Parker's movements are very amplitude and very fast, and when he breaks through, his dribbling skills and foot movement speed are indispensable, which is the realm of man and ball, changing direction while running without disrupting his rhythm, and the other person who breaks through to do this is Knicks' Crawford, who impresses him.

Zhou Xuan watched Parker play, and paid attention to two points when summarizing the breakthrough, the first is to grasp the timing of the breakthrough and layup, adjust yourself according to the rhythm of the defender's step, and disrupt the opponent's rhythm, and the second is to be calm when encountering the opponent's tall player block, and not deliberately dodge or rush out for fear of being blocked by the opponent, so that even if the block is avoided, it is difficult to ensure efficiency, which requires the guard to have a strong psychological quality and vision, not only to control his body, but also to see the actions of the defender.

In addition, Parker likes to hand the ball to his left hand and choose a low hand layup after his body rises to the highest point. This keeps the ball away from defenders and prevents it from being blocked by the opponent. When Zhou Xuan was preparing to train, he tried to improve himself in all aspects.