But, it's not that easy.

Otherwise, the Spurs would not have been able to get a 60-win record this season.

With the improvement of outside strength, they are also the same as the Mavericks, and they do not have too obvious weaknesses.

Of course, the elder Nelson did not have a good relationship with Popovich, and he studied Popovich a lot in private.

Popovich's military background, tactics and discipline have allowed the Spurs to maintain a lot of consistency on both ends of the floor.

But this can also be understood as rigidity.

The Mavericks defeated the Spurs in the playoffs last year, relying on the mid-range to beat the opponent to death.

Jackson's presence this year has allowed the Spurs to protect the mid-range better than last year.

However, individual defensive ability is limited after all, and the mid-range is still the best weapon to break through the Spurs' defense.

And......

The basketball game is like playing chess, you are Sima Weich, I am Zhuge Nelson, strategizing and arranging troops.

But basketball is not really a game of chess, because pawn against pawn, and checkmate against pawn is always theoretical.

Well, that's what it translates to the place where the surprise happens.

Playing with a reasonable style of play and playing a reasonable defense can produce miraculous results.

Or to put it more bluntly, the Spurs are afraid of the superstars.

So if you want to break this kind of iron wall, you have to rely on Sun Hao and Nowitzki.

"Dirk, you're singles in this position."

The old Nelson arranged the Nowitzki singles first.

The grasp of the inner line is theoretically greater than that of the outer line, and there is also a strategic level in this.

If the Spurs continue to use Duncan to defend Nowitzki, it will be a physical drain on Duncan.

Although the Spurs have grown on the outside this season, they are still some way from playing, and the Spurs are still Duncan's single-core team.

Consuming Duncan means a lot.

Conversely, the Spurs would have had a high success rate with David Robinson.

And Robinson is 38 years old, and he has a lot of physical problems, and 20 minutes is definitely the limit for a game of this intensity in the West Finals.

Coming back from a timeout, the Mavericks attacked.

The Spurs are still using Duncan to defend Nowitzki.

After Sun Hao signaled to pull it away, he directly hoisted the ball to Nowitzki, who had a good back.

A direct confrontation between two future Hall of Fame power forwards.

Nowitzki's turn after back-to-back hits.

Duncan was accurate in his prediction and grabbed his long arm early to give interference.

A high-quality offense meets an equally high-quality defense.

"Huh!"

Nowitzki, throw the ball in!

The audience burst into cheers.

What a giant planet!

Nowitzki has been learning the independence of the Golden Rooster for more than a year, and although he has not yet reached the end of his life, he already has a lot of lethality!

This ball boosted the morale of the Mavericks, and the defensive enthusiasm of the players on the court was also improving, successfully preventing a wave of Spurs offense.

The offense and defense switched to the frontcourt, and Nowitzki continued to receive the ball and singled Duncan!

Popovich sniffed a scent and straightened up from the bench.

Nowitzki couldn't get the ball in this time and Duncan's defense was historic.

But looking back, Duncan's shot of a single Dampier under the basket didn't score!

Then in the next round, Nowitzki continued to play Duncan in a single position!

Popovich has risen from the bench, and he already knows what the Mavericks are up to.

It's about attrition for Duncan on both ends of the floor.

Think beautifully!

He shouted from the sidelines and reached out, and Robinson quickly switched defenses with Duncan under the basket.

Sun Hao continued to feed the ball in, and Nowitzki singled Robinson.

"David, do you dare to say yes if I call you?"

Accompanied by the trademark trash talk, Nowitzki deceived himself with a turn-and-shoot feint, and then turned around and hit the board with a low hand to score the ball!

He let out a roar after scoring a goal.

Score two goals in three rounds and tell me out loud who this year's regular season MVP is!

"Defend! Defend! ”

The cheers of Dallas fans rang out at the scene, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Smack!"

Bodiloga saw the opportunity to break the ball and made a long pass to Sun Hao.

Sun Hao rushed to the front court with a dragon, rushed to the front court and took off.

Here it is, Curry Jr.'s favorite dunk session.

"Bang!"

Sun Hao smashed the ball into the basket with a one-handed slam dunk.

The National Route Center arena has been turned into a boiling ocean.

12 to 13!

After the timeout, the Mavericks went on a 6-0 run to close the margin to 1 point!

Popovich reached out and called a timeout.

After the timeout, Duncan scored a goal under the basket.

Back on the defensive end, the Spurs started using the bag on Nowitzki!

On the weak side, Bowen and Jackson are ready to wrap up and help.

Since the league allowed joint defense, the speed of the inside wrap has increased a lot.

This can be seen from the previous series of O'Neal playing the Mavericks.

It's as strong as a big shark, and it can't wreak havoc under the basket like before.

Nowitzki's Golden Rooster is still a long way from Dacheng, and he didn't play as freely as he did in the previous rounds.

But!

Nowitzki's passing is a big improvement from last season!

His passes after the pack always find team-mates when they get the chance.

And the Mavericks are also very targeted, always moving to the mid-range position without the ball.

As a result, Bodillo added a mid-distance, Sun Hao a mid-distance, and Popovich's defense was adjusted...... Didn't work!

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 26-20.

The Mavericks in turn led the Spurs by 6 points!

Zhuge is still a chess win over Sima after all!

If you continue to play at this pace, the Mavericks will have a big chance of winning!

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams were the main players with substitutes.

That's when the matchups on the field were interesting.

The Spurs have Ginobili leading the team, and the Mavericks have Bodi Loga on the Mavericks.

The two former champions who have played each other in the Champions League and the World Championships have faced each other again on the stage of the playoffs divisional finals.

Ginobili came up with a trademark serpentine breakaway layup.

Bodi Loga also immediately shook Ferry away with a trademark "whiplash" and hit a mid-range shot from a stop.

A smile on Stern's lips in the stands couldn't be hidden.

Originally, he was worried that the Lakers would be eliminated and the game would be less interesting.

But now it seems that this bull and horse war is not only a good game in the main stage, but also a full ornamental stage in the substitute stage.

The ratings of such a game cannot be low.

Just as he was thinking this, there was a climax on the field.

Ginobili misplaced against Bodi Loga and hit a three-point shot after shaking!

In Europe, shooting is not Ginobili's forte, he is better at counter-attacking.

This weakness is also the point that Popovich dislikes him very much after he arrived at the Spurs.

After that, Ginobili began to work three points, and so far it has been a small success.

This one-on-one three-point match was very demoralizing for the Spurs, and under his leadership, the Spurs narrowed the gap little by little.

By the time the main players of both sides returned, the score had been tied by the Spurs.

In the second half of the second quarter, both teams played high-quality offense.

At halftime, the score was 55-54, and the Mavericks led by one point to end the half.

At half-time, the two teams returned to the dressing room to adjust, and on the commentary bench, Kerr and Kenny Smith were in your analysis of the game.

"Steve, who do you think has the better chance of winning this game?"

Smith threw questions at Kerr, and the score was evenly matched in the first half.

Kerr didn't answer right away, he made up his mind too early in judging the situation of the Lakers' Mavericks in the last series, and his image as a wise commentator was a little shaken, so he became cautious.

"Mavericks."

After a moment of silent thought, he gave an answer, and then quickly gave a reason.

"Sun hasn't played much yet."

Not much, but to the point.

Nowitzki scored 20 points and three assists in the half, and his performance was very dazzling.

But Sun Hao was basically assisting in the first half, scoring 6 points on 5 shots.

You must know that in the series against the Spurs last season, Sun Hao was able to contribute an average of 25+ per game.

If you go back in time, he's got 40+ people on the head of the Spurs.

Don't think 40 points is too little, there are only a handful of people who can cut that score on the head of this Spurs team.

And from a tactical point of view, Nowitzki scored so many points in the half, and the Spurs will definitely defend him heavily in the second half.

Sun Hao will naturally get more opportunities.

Cole's analysis, the professionalism is back at once.

Coming back from half-time, the game continued.

The Mavericks came up and attacked first.

The Spurs have a defensive adjustment, and Duncan is going to defend Nowitzki!

Sun Hao put the ball in, and Nowitzki hit Duncan with his back.

Nowitzki is really fighting, and Duncan is also really defensive.

In the end, Nowitzki's shot was distracted and deflected off the basket.

The Spurs pushed forward to play position.

Duncan responds with the ball at the free-throw line.

Parker cut to the ball and turned to score for a layup in the face of Nowitzki's iconic spinning top.

Back on the defensive end, Duncan still defended Nowitzki, and still tried his best to defend Nowitzki's singles again!

That's what the Spurs are adjusting.

On the offensive end, Duncan played more tactics, and on the defensive end, Duncan singled out Nowitzki!

A Duncan who can make Popovich play all kinds of flowers.

As for why it wasn't done in the first half, there's actually a lot of learning here.

It's like sometimes why the strongest defender on your side only has one foul in the first quarter, and then he is switched to defend someone else.

Because the game has 48 minutes, the coach has to make sure that the strongest defender is still on the field at the final critical moment.

The same goes for this.

Duncan, although young, is still a big drain on him to play the whole game.

So Popovich has to preserve his stamina as much as possible and give him enough energy in the final moments.

However, after all, young Duncan, who plays both offensive and defensive ends, is not a problem at all to play a full half.

In fact, if you look at history, Duncan's average playing time in the playoffs this year is 42.5 minutes.

This also includes the time for some games with a huge score disparity to leave early, and it is a routine operation to play 44 minutes in a 48-minute game.

With Duncan, it is willful.

Duncan continued to respond, this time with a false shot, turning himself to the basket and scoring a pick-and-roll from close range.

55 to 58.

After a few rounds in the second half, the Spurs gradually seized the initiative on the court.

Although Sima lost a move in chess, he had Duncan's capital and could wait for work.

Nelson Sr. stood up and made a new tactical gesture.

Nowitzki's singles no longer worked, and he was ready to switch to Sun Hao.

Seeing the gesture of old Nelson, Sun Hao's heart was happy.

Not to mention that Popovich is now using Jackson to defend him, and more importantly, since he got the [shooting talent], Sun Hao has not used it in actual combat.

[Shooting talent] is divided into two aspects.

On the one hand, it is to increase the ceiling of his shooting talent, as if he originally only had a ceiling of 100, and the system added it to 120 for him, which will take time to cash.

The other is to improve his ability to combine dribbling and shooting, in layman's terms, it is dribbling.

He can get rid of the defense better, and he can also add back the shooting speed that he used to drop!

This is what he practiced in the system for the past two offseasons.

And this thing is not a new offensive means, it just regains the original shooting speed and adapts quickly.

Sun Hao advanced to the front court and reached out to make a new tactical gesture.

Dampier mentions high posts to do pick-and-rolls.

Dampier had wide shoulders and long arms, and quickly stopped Jackson to death.

Sun Hao took a step to open up the space by blocking and dismantling, and made a quick three-point shot directly outside the three-point line.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Sun Hao's three-point hand rose and fell, fast and accurate.

Previously, under Jordan's guidance, in order to increase the stability of his shots, he deliberately reduced his shooting speed.

It's like putting a seal on yourself.

Now that the seal has been lifted, the feeling of giving and taking in Europe has returned.

After scoring the goal, Sun Hao also followed with a blowgun celebration.

The fans at the scene started to get excited.

That's how it feels!

Duncan continued to respond from the free-throw line, but the Mavericks' defense was in place, and Parker's re-catching layup was broken by Bodi Loga.

The rebound was also taken by him.

The Spurs quickly retreated to the halfcourt and didn't let the Mavericks play the fast break.

Turning to the position, Sun Hao continued to beckon Dampier to block and dismantle!

This time, not to mention Popovich, the fans at the scene also found out.

The Mavericks' tactic tonight was to play singles.

Nowitzki fights, Nowitzki beats Sun Hao!

It's another quick shot that blocks and dismantles and transports two steps.

Robinson had already snatched it out in advance, but he still didn't keep up with Sun Hao's shot.

Basketball skills are complicated and complex, simple and simple.

Sun Hao's style of play has not changed much, the difference is only that it is fast and faster.

But if it's 0.1 or 0.2 seconds faster, the result will be completely different.

That's why Curry can be the future leader of small ball, because he only has the fast and accurate shot.

Sun Hao's current style of play is like this, and that is also his weapon for galloping in the Champions League.

The ball swirled past Robinson's fingertips towards the basket.

In the eyes of the fans at the scene who were extremely expectant.

"Huh!"

Another crunch.

Sun Hao, hit the second three-pointer in a row!

The fans were already hilarious.

If you want to talk about goals, Sun Hao only scored two goals.

But if you want to say that the effect and visual impact, it is comparable to a wave of offensive climax!

However, the Spurs were clearly not that easy to beat, and Duncan assisted Jackson on a three-point shot from the bottom corner.

The Spurs' outside strength is much stronger than last season!

But!

Looking back, Sun Hao was grabbed by Robinson after blocking and dismantling, and he directly hit a small and big one, and made a quick shot after a large continuous shake.

Robinson is old after all, and his consciousness can't keep up with his body even if he can't keep up, so he was directly stumbled and almost fell.

Just after shaking away, Sun Hao made a quick three-point shot for the third time in a row on the outside.

The hearts of the fans at the scene were all mentioned, and the style of this singles was completely different from Nowitzki's.

"Huh!"

But it works just as well!

Sun Hao hit three three-pointers in a row!

And the difficulty, one is bigger than the other!

The scene has been completely blown up.

It's a blood-pumping feeling! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)