Tim Duncan stuck in the low post, and his positioning skills were extremely good, thanks to his solid fundamentals in four years of college and his innate excellent physical fitness. Although Duncan doesn't look as good as Kevin Garnett in terms www.biquge.info of bounce and speed, his static strength, shoulder width, and lower body strength are historic. This also has a lot to do with the fact that he learned to swim since he was a child.

In the league, even in the face of the super-monster Shaquille O'Neal, Duncan can still use his back to eat, not to mention Garnett, who has suffered in terms of shoulder width and lower handicap. Leon had thought that it would be better to use PJ Brown to defend Duncan, but after thinking about it, he still felt that Garnett should be allowed to face Duncan's attack. Since the knot in his heart is here, let him untie it with his own efforts.

Duncan easily received Parker's pass, and after a look, the Celtics didn't make a wrap, and he decisively turned into the three-second zone with one of his best and most dangerous dribbles, and then used his weight and strength advantage to hold down Garnett and hit a hook right hand.

A mediocre hook hand, neither the grace of the sky hook, nor the sense of stagnation of the big dream, just a small hook hand, but the ball is in, and the score is very simple and easy.

Apparently Garnett was struggling with this kind of power offense, and once the ball was in, he picked up the basketball and slammed it to the floor, then walked to the sideline to serve the ball.

However, Leon still has confidence in Garnett, he knows that it will be better if PJ is used to defend Garnett, but he must let Garnett face Duncan, maybe Garnett can't reach Duncan's level in terms of comprehensive strength, but mentally, Leon hopes that he can be equal to Duncan, and even has the confidence to beat Duncan.

Sure enough, in the next offense, Garnett began to actively ask for the ball, but unlike the blind strong attack in the first half, Garnett would first make a single block for Arenas, and then go down to the low post position, so that he could get to the position more easily and attack more quickly.

Arenas wisely hoisted the ball to Garnett, who received the ball without a hard top, and the first half had already proven that there was no future with Duncan hard top.

After Garnett received the ball, the Celtics ran a fold attack, Garnett passed the ball to Brown on the outside, and then crossed with Ragabel on the other side to the low post on the right. At the same time, Arenas made a cut feint, pretending to run inside from the right side at 45 degrees, and then turned and ran back to the three-point line, shaking Tony Parker to a stumbling point.

At this point, Brown passed the ball to Arenas, who took advantage of the gap between Garnett and Bale to pass the ball to Garnett, who received the ball and rolled over and jumped without any physical contact with Duncan.

Even if Duncan jumps high, in the face of Garnett's arm span, high shot point, and backwards, there is no way to interfere at all.

"Whew!!" The ball hollows into the net, a Garnett-esque goal. Taking advantage of the tactical suddenness and combining his own strengths, he successfully completed an attack.

"What a beautiful tactic...... What the hell is this new thing? Popovich pouted when he saw Garnett's goal from the sidelines.

Although the Celtics' attack is a fold attack, it doesn't look like a starting hand at all, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a four-person pull away Garnett's singles, but the two simple runs immediately become different. Popovich was a little blind for a while, but when he thought about it, he understood that this was a variant of the third offensive option of the fold zone offense, using fake low post singles to attract the attention of defenders and provide more space for moving the ball.

Popovich didn't look worried, though, as he stood on the sidelines, shook his head, and sat back on his bench.

At this point, the Spurs' counter-attacking wave had been pushed to the frontcourt, Duncan pressed the middle bulldozer to the three-second zone, Ginobili made a coquettish ground-hitting pass, and the ball flew through Arenas's crotch directly into Duncan's hands. Duncan bent down to get the ball, then leaned directly on PJ-Brown and slid up like a loach as the ball flew to the basket.

"Beep!" Crawford's whistle blew, P.J. Brown fouled, and the ball went in after bouncing twice on the basket to make a three-pointer.

Then Duncan added a free throw, which is his unique stunt to get dressed eighteen falls, not strong under the basket, not hard, but close to the opponent's body to borrow force, not only to suppress the opponent and not let the opponent exert force, but also to use the force to make fouls, coupled with his excellent feel and balance, often rely on this trick to score three points under the basket.

When Duncan started to exert his strength, it was when Popovich was most relieved.

In the next few minutes, Duncan scored back-to-back baskets, scoring 11 straight points in just over five minutes, and Garnett had no way to defend Duncan in a one-on-one situation. However, Garnett also scored six points on offense, step-back jumpers, and long-range jumpers, and Arenas continued to maintain his good touch, so although Duncan performed like a killer, the Celtics still led the Spurs by one point by the middle of the third quarter.

The two sides are about to start the rotation phase of the second team, and this is when Leon can finally lift the hole card that has been covered for a while - Michael Reed.

After a timeout, Reid replaced Bale while Leon also sent Garnett and PJ Brown off for Hellham Potter and Boris Dior. It's clearly a lineup that is more focused on fast offense, and that's one of the differences between Leon and other coaches in their third-quarter rotation strategy, which likes to switch to a firepower lineup midway through the third quarter to attack for three minutes and then switch to a main defensive lineup at the end of the quarter.

This often ensures that the Celtics play an offensive wave midway through the third quarter to establish a decisive advantage. However, sometimes it is necessary to fill the hole in the fourth quarter because of poor defense or offense.

On the Spurs' side, Popovich didn't dare to replace Duncan at all, replacing Duncan in the middle of the crucial third quarter would be fatal to the Spurs, and it was difficult for anyone other than Duncan to have a good scoring opportunity in the third quarter.

Popovich saw Leon replace Garnett and felt he had made a mistake.

Sure enough, after the timeout, Ginobili used a beautiful serpentine break to tear open the Celtics defense without Kevin Garnett, and made a layup to help the Spurs successfully overtake the score in the third quarter.

The hearts of the fans at the North Shore Garden Arena are tight, and the Spurs have been as hard as a stone so far in the Christmas game, and no matter how much the Celtics beat and the fans cheered, there seemed to be no way to knock a crack in the stone.

However, the tension of the fans only lasted 10 seconds, the Celtics attacked, Dio distributed the ball outside the three-point line to Reed, who followed him, Reed received the ball and took a direct shot from outside the three-point line.

The scimitar was unsheathed, and Reed, who had rested for half a quarter, had plenty of stamina and well-rested muscles, and the first half did not seem to have lost any of his touch, and the ball slammed through the net. Celtic are two points ahead again!

Then, Duncan easily singled Durham Porter under the basket, but in turn, Reed ambushed in the bottom corner to receive Arenas' breakaway ball, and the three-pointer shot again, and the ball relentlessly passed through the center of the basket again. The gap became three.

Popovich began to feel a little uneasy, and he stood up and yelled at Ginobili to sharpen his defensive focus. But Ginobili, who had been playing for more than six minutes, could not compare with Reed in terms of physical strength.

He broke through again on offense, but missed a layup, but Duncan made a layup for two points.

But the Celtics counter-attacked very quickly, and they were even faster without Brown and Garnett, and Arenas rushed forward, and he once again distributed the ball to Reed, who spread out 45 degrees to the right, but this time Ginobili followed.

At this time, Dio stepped forward to make a cover for Reed, Reed dribbled to the side with his right hand, and at the moment when Dio blocked Ginobili, the trebuchet suddenly fired a cannon, and it was another step outside the three-point line, a three-point shot as bright as a meteor. The ball seems to carry a flame through the basket and ignite the net. The difference became four points!

It's all goals, but I'm just one point more than you, and the difference is widening!

Popovich couldn't sit still, he called a timeout again, and the North Shore Garden Arena screamed, and Reed just lowered his head and pinched his nose and walked back to the bench.

"It seems to be a good feeling." Reid thought. (To be continued.) )