Chapter 124: Magic (2/5)
Bowen is very tough right now, and he wants to elbow yes once.
Popovich is also very tough right now, and this game must be studied from the inside and out.
If you don't study Yes well in the regular season, will you wait until the playoffs?
Larry Brown's disciple is most afraid of accidents in his life!
The best way to study a player is to have Bowen defend him.
This has always been Popovich's coaching philosophy.
Anyone facing Bowen needs to use all their strength.
The score is what he'd like to see now, there's no garbage time and he can have a whole game to study Yes.
The best outcome of this game for him and the Spurs was that he studied Yes thoroughly and the Spurs won in the end.
"Yes, it's so hidden!"
In the first quarter, Popovich was not too satisfied with the results of his observations.
Aside from observing that Yes had a stronger elbow strike than Bowen, he didn't see much of it.
The SuperSonics, who entered the second quarter with a four-point lead, quickly lost the lead.
The SuperSonics' second team is the weakest second team in the league, and the Spurs' second team, led by Ginobili, is definitely one of the strongest in the league.
The gap between the two sides is significant.
"Yes, is it stressful?"
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That is, Yes has a good temper.
David Lee, Rondo, Quentin Richardson and Milicic are thankful that the team's boss is Yes.
Even Duncan, who has a good temper on the other side, can't stand them for so long, right?
After a hard quarter, I took the team ahead of the Spurs, and when I get off the court, you not only lose all but also make up for it!
Those experts in the United States hacked them so crazy, and David Lee still had a little bit of resentment at the beginning.
Now, David Lee feels that the experts are right.
They're actually some garbage in the NBA.
Without Yes's supernatural play this season, competing with the Trail Blazers for Oden this season is the fate of the SuperSonics.
As for the sixth place in the West, leading the Spurs by 4 points after the first quarter, don't even think about it.
Their starters are doing well right now.
After Milicic became proactive, the superSonics' starting lineup chemistry was good.
The key is the second lineup.
You guys can just break out into a game and Yes see the potential in you!
It's been a fifth of the season, and the second team of the SuperSonics really can't even break out!
In the future, if I become the leader of the team, I will be the first to fire Tucker, and the second is to fire Millsap!
With these two people being the top 10 garbage in the NBA, Rondo feels that this is Espn humiliating him!
These two guys can also line up with his second master?
Second Master Long is also the second in the NBA's assist list!
Regardless of how many of his assists were from Yes's runs, at least, he still has stats, right?
Millsap and Tucker don't even have the data!
These guys are good for nothing but a higher hit rate than him!
"Yes, be patient"
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Almost every game, Nelson Sr. reminds him to be patient with his teammates.
Yes's patience is good right now.
He had a three-year period when his strength did not improve.
He knows what the pain is like if his strength is not good and he can't be improved.
It's not him who suffers the most now, it's his teammates on the field.
Today, the SuperSonics only let the rotation lineup play for three minutes before they were ready to change the starting lineup one after another.
With four days of rest before the supersonics, the Spurs were back-to-back, and the supersonic had enough of an advantage in terms of physical strength.
By the time Yees came back on the court, the Spurs had reversed to lead the SuperSonics by three points.
"There are times when it's really hard to imagine why hypersonic can now be in sixth place in the West."
"It's easy, because they have Yes!"
Yes received a pass from Barria, faced Ginobili's defense, and took advantage of Millsap's cover to shake off Ginobili and get a three-point shot.
41…… 55…… 32…… 66……
66!
Brush it up!
Three-point shot, 37 to 37!
Yes tied the score in the first round!
It was Yes's 20th point of the half.
It's cold-blooded!
A rookie can have such a hard hand and such a cold heart when the team needs to score!
Incredible!
This game is Yes's sixteenth NBA game, and how scary will it be when he plays hundreds, thousands?!
"That's the impact Yes has on the game, as long as he's on the court, even if it's the likes of Millsap, Tucker and Barria, Yes can do it!"
"Yes can always save the supersonic when it collapses!"
Duncan?!
Popovich's eyes lit up!
Yes's understanding of the game is incredible!
He always finds the best in his teammates and always makes the most of them.
Is Yes really just an NBA rookie?
Such a rookie, Popovich has only seen it in Duncan before!
"No wonder Mr. Nelson Sr. said Yes is the Duncan of the outside!"
Yes and Duncan, one on the outside, one on the inside, but they are indeed the same kind of people.
Both can guarantee the team's floor!
No matter how weak the team's strength is, both of them can use their influence to ensure the team's lower limit.
"Bruce, defend well, stop thinking about it"
Defend well and don't think about it?
Bowen's face was not very good.
Then he was elbowed so many times in the first quarter, isn't it a white elbow?!
I can't bear this breath!
Facing Popovich's cold face, Bowen couldn't bear this breath and had to endure it.
Oh?
In the second quarter, both sides changed all their starters again, and Bowen's sudden change surprised Yes.
Not elbowed? Got ready to defend?
Yes really has some regrets.
Bowen who elbows him is a good Bowen.
Bowen didn't elbow him, how could he have so many opportunities to elbow Bowen.
If he didn't elbow Bowen, how could he have so many open opportunities and such a high shooting rate.
In the face of the Spurs, who are serious about defense, it is not easy for anyone, including Yes, to break down.
"Duncan's range of defense is really big!"
Bowen defended seriously and couldn't prevent his run, but having Duncan next to him who was always eyeing him put a lot of pressure on Yes.
Milicic worked hard to get Duncan stuck.
But the final result was always that Milicic struggled for a long time, and Duncan just went around casually and wrapped Milicic behind him.
Duncan's game experience, the basic skills of various technical uses, can be called perfect!
Yes finally understood why Nelson Sr. would say he looked like Duncan.
He's got a lot of experience from thousands of games with the Pistons, so his style of play makes sense.
Duncan didn't have that chance.
"Duncan is a true genius!"
52-51, halftime, SuperSonics lead by one point at home.
Yes played 19 minutes in the half, scoring 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
"Yes against the Spurs, the first half of his career cut 25+5+5 data!"
Facing Spurs, facing Bowen, 25+5+5 at halftime!
Magical!
Popovich was curious to see what other surprises he could give him in this match!