At the start of the second quarter, the game changed, with the Spurs noticeably increasing their tactical coordination while the Nuggets continued to score with McDyes.

At the beginning of the game, McDice singled Duncan in the low post, and his back-to-back skills were extremely good, quickly pulling out the shooting space and using the turnaround jumper to score.

In the Spurs' offensive round, they used the more common hammer tactics. Among the many tactics, the Spurs are very good at hammer tactics, which is also a simple and easy to understand tactic.

The hammer tactic, when the strong side is doing the ball cooperation, the weak side is also doing the cover, the purpose is to allow the ball carrier to pass the ball to the bottom corner of the weak side to shoot a three-point shot after completing the breakthrough.

In the hammer game, most of the breakaway players are the team's point guards and must have excellent breakthrough ability, and Johnson has this, he is short and the best at breaking through with the ball.

Most of the players who shoot on the weak side are Jaren Jackson or Elliott, who have good three-point shots.

Finally, there are the players who perform the weak-side screen, and they are played by Duncan or Robinson.

In terms of tactical requirements, this tactic has high requirements for the player's blocking awareness, and at the same time, it has certain requirements for the projection ability of the weak-side player.

After advancing to the front court with the ball, Johnson chose to break through from the right side of the arc in the face of Alexander's defense, and his speed, combined with ball control skills, quickly got rid of Alexander, and rushed towards the basket with the ball.

In the process, Jackson and Elliott run purposefully. At the same time, Duncan and Robinson began to move, taking the initiative to cover for them.

Just as the Nuggets players were focusing on Johnson, Johnson suddenly split the ball and passed it to Jackson, who was on the right side of the arc.

Swish~

At this time, Jackson ran out of the vacancy, his hand fell with a knife, and the vacant three-point shot was successful!

I have to say that the Spurs' hammer tactics are executed very beautifully, like a well-trained army, each player has a clear division of labor, and every detail is done to the extreme.

Looking back, it was still McDice's singles, and this time he caused Duncan to foul and end up making two free throws.

Soon, Duncan beat McDies and won a violent slam dunk.

When the offense and defense were switched, McDies took advantage of the Sikma step, pulled out the shooting space, and hit a mid-range shot.

The Spurs' offense, they used hammer tactics again, and Jackson used cover to temporarily get rid of the defender, and he took the opportunity to shoot another three-pointer.

……

"Antonio is crazy!"

Looking at the stalemate on the court, Ji Liang couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that with McDyes's personal ability, the Nuggets were stunned to resist the Spurs' offensive.

Popovich was also puzzled, he didn't expect that under Duncan's defense, McDice was not limited much and still maintained a high shooting percentage.

"David!"

At this time, Popovich came to the edge of the field and, after Robinson looked over, pointed at McDyes, which was self-evident.

Not long after, McDice received the basketball again, but the moment he received the ball, Robinson left Clark behind and unfolded the bag with Duncan.

McDyce is not Ji Liang, he doesn't have that good vision and passing awareness, but he can still pass the ball out.

In desperation, McDyess chose to pass, but a big hand appeared halfway through and completed the steal, but it was Johnson.

It turned out that while they were unfolding the pack, Johnson was also watching McDyes, ready to steal at any moment.

After completing the steal, Johnson picked up the basketball, and his speed was so fast that no one in the room could catch up with him, and finally scored a layup.

In the next time, as soon as McDyess received the ball, Robinson would start a package with Duncan, and even if McDeyes transferred the basketball, the scoring efficiency still dropped a lot.

Compared to Popovich, D'Antoni was obviously much more immature, and by the time D'Antoni realized that the situation was not right, the Spurs had already completed the catch-up.

Beep~

Without a long rest, D'Antoni sent Chi Liang again, hoping that Chi Liang could recover the decline.

"Don't try to score easily!"

Elliott was troubled, but he was still tough, and the players of this period were far tougher than the later generations. Even if he knew that he was not Chi Liang's opponent, he still went all out.

Ji Liang didn't speak, and hit Elliott with his back again, this time, he sat all the way to near the penalty area, and then turned over and made a jumper.

In the latter period, Ji Liang completed consecutive back-to-back singles, and his efficiency was very high, and he quickly helped the team regain the lead.

Looking at Chi Liang on the court, Popovich felt a great headache, Elliott's body was too thin to resist Ji Liang's back-body singles; But if Ross is dispatched, he will be easily passed by Chi Liang like a stake.

The most hateful thing is that you can't implement the bag clamp yet, Ji Liang is not McDyce, he has excellent vision and passing awareness, this kind of player with almost no weaknesses is definitely the most difficult to restrict.

If you want to limit Ji Liang, it is best to send a physical and experienced swingman, but unfortunately the Spurs do not have such players.

But throughout the league, there are not many swingmen with this quality.

In this case, Popovich waved his hand and sent Rose again, at least Rose could resist, and at the same time ordered Duncan and Robinson to 'take care' of Chi Liang, as long as he dared to break through, immediately launched a defense.

This naturally could not restrict Chi Liang, but liberated his teammates. Popovich was helpless, and he could only pray that the rest of the Nuggets players were not feeling well.

In the next few minutes, the Nuggets played a smooth offense, and Ji Liang broke through Rose again and again, as long as the opponent made a move, he would pass the ball to his teammates in the open position first.

Beep~

Soon, it was time for the official timeout, with four minutes left until the end of the second quarter.

As usual, the Nuggets fielded a bench lineup of Ji Liang, John Taylor, Williams, Washington and Alexander.

Unlike before, Ji Liang was promoted to become the team's center, partnering with Taylor on the inside.

John Taylor, like the 10th president of the United States, is a second-year rookie, 206 centimeters tall and weighs only 100 kilograms, and is getting his first chance to play since D'Antoni took charge.

Contrary to Ji Liang's expectations, Duncan continued to lead the Spurs bench lineup, and also served as the team's center during Robinson's rest.

In other words, the two players from Wake Forest are about to face each other on the pitch, and this is their first time facing each other.