Chapter 305: Bruce, Well Done!
In the next game after this game between the Spurs and the SuperSonics, the Mavericks will host the Nuggets.
The Mavericks are now first in the West, and the Nuggets are now sixth in the West.
It's also a key game that will affect the Western Conference standings.
By winning the Nuggets, the Mavericks are helping the SuperSonics move up the rankings.
In the end, it is very likely that even if the Mavericks get the first place in the West, they will not be able to play the supersounds.
The Mavericks lost to the Nuggets, and the SuperSonics may continue to be eighth in the West, but the Mavericks may not get the first place.
In the end, the Mavericks also couldn't play supersonic in the first round of the playoffs.
The current western rankings are really interlocking.
It's really a hair that moves the whole body.
In this game with the Nuggets, the Mavericks still have a little bit of entanglement.
If Spurs win this game, they don't have to worry so much.
The Spurs won, the SuperSonics lost, and they just went all out to win this game with the Nuggets.
Judging from the first half of the game between the Spurs and the supersonics, the strength of the Spurs is definitely more than a notch higher than the supersonics.
And not only is the strength a notch higher, but the preparation of Spurs in other aspects is also excellent.
It looks like Spurs are really prepared for this game.
"Spurs did a great job of defending Yes's targeting!"
"Popovich asked Bowen to stick to Yes, and the others were always packed, and the Spurs' defensive strategy against Yes was a zonal defense, whoever was closest to Yes would go to the Yes, and he didn't care if the defensive position would be chaotic and misplaced."
"This is the first time in the NBA that a team has implemented such a defensive strategy against Yes, right?"
"Zone defense, what a feat!"
"Other supersonic players don't have the ability to play alone at all, and even if the zone defense will form a small or big opportunity, the supersonic can't grasp it!"
"There is also the fact that Duncan's range of assistance is very large, which compresses Yes's offensive space even more, and also makes it more difficult for other SuperSonics players to play alone!"
"Duncan is so strong, he can still have so many assists after choking Milicic!"
"Yes is also very strong, 4-of-8 shooting, 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Yes's statistics in the first half are still excellent, but he has too few shots!"
"The supersonic players have given him too little help!"
"There are so many opportunities, but if the superSonics have an offensive strength, the Spurs don't dare to use such a defensive strategy against Yes!"
"However, the Spurs have found another way for other teams to deal with Yes!"
In the Mavericks' locker room.
The Mavericks are completely unprepared for the game against the Nuggets, and all eyes are on supersounds!
For the Mavericks, the Nuggets aren't a problem.
For the Mavericks this season, beating the SuperSonics, beating Nelson Sr., and then topping the NBA, that's the best script God has in store for them!
In last year's NBA Finals, God played a joke on them, and this year, God is compensating them with practical actions.
All they have to do is get hold of the gifts that God has compensated them for.
In the Mavericks' locker room, the players had a lot of discussion about the game.
The strength of hypersound is weak, this is recognized.
But no matter how weak they are, the SuperSonics have never lost by 22 points in half this season.
The Sonics' tenacity is one of the best teams in the league.
The level of unity of this team has even amazed many.
But in this game, the supersonic speed actually showed a rout.
It's not that supersonic doesn't work hard, it's really can't be beaten!
In the first half of the game, the SuperSonics only scored 34 points, and except for Yes's 12 points, the other players combined for only 22 points.
Of those 22 points, 19 were scored by other starters, and the SuperSonics bench scored just three points in the first half!
Take a look at the Spurs' bench players.
Robert Horry made 3-of-4 three-pointers in the half, with nine points.
Manoginobili, 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in the half.
Just these two people can blow up the supersonic substitutes.
Combined with the rest of the bench, the Spurs' second team blew up the SuperSonics' second lineup five or eight times without any problems.
The SuperSonics scored just 14 points in the second quarter, and Popovich limited Yes's shots and scoring in the first quarter.
SuperSonic's scoring is in trouble, and rightfully so.
"The Spurs are the first team to push the SuperSonics and Yes to this level this season!"
Nowitzki couldn't help but admire.
Supersonic looks like it's real, and there's no chance at all!
Yes, it seems that there is no way at all!
Bowen didn't even broom in the first half!
Bowen defended the Yes very well in the first half.
Before he could show his elbow, he shocked Yes.
It can only be said that in the last meeting between the Spurs and the SuperSonics, Bowen was so miserable in front of Yes that Bowen was Bowen's underestimating enemy.
This game is Bowen's real 'strength'.
This game between the Spurs and the SuperSonics is destined to become a classic battle between other teams looking at Yes vs. Yes.
This game is over for the superSonics, yes is over too!
The Spurs' strategy against the SuperSonics and Yes in this game, the Mavericks are also very excited.
It's a pity that Duncan has only one.
There aren't many other NBA teams that can match Duncan's effect.
It's not easy to hold Milicic and help defend at the same time.
Milicic is also an All-Star.
Regardless of how he got into the All-Star just yet.
But he is indeed an All-Star.
Milicic's strength, while not that strong, is not that weak either.
"I used to watch supersonic games, no matter how far behind the supersonic speed, I believed that the supersonic speed could catch up, but this time, I don't have such confidence."
"Ye Zi had a tough game this time, and Popovich's tactical arrangement was excellent."
"My teammates were blocked, Yes's own individual offense was also limited by Bowen, and the SuperSonics were really difficult in this game."
Maddie is also helpless, but Bowen is still strong.
In the first half, he stuck to Yes's side and pinched Yes well with other Spurs players.
In the Spurs locker room, Popovich was very satisfied with his team's performance in the first half.
Yes's surprisingly quiet in the first half, while intimidating, may have been really restrained by him.
He studied Yes for half a season and finally found the right way?
Zone Defense!
This is the best way to deal with the off-ball Yes and the supersound.
Isn't it possible to run a position with a yes?
Wherever you run, it's all my people, and I see how you run!
No matter how good the strategy is, it needs someone to execute it, and Bowen executed his tactics very well in the first half.
"Bruce, well done!"
In the face of Popovich's praise and the appreciation of his teammates, the smile on Bowen's face was reluctant.
"Bruce, don't be so modest, this is not like you before, hahahaha!"
"In the second half, I fancy Bruce to be the first player to limit Yes to less than 20 points per game!"
Supersonic locker room.
"Yes, enough to watch half the game?"
"Enough"