On the afternoon of May 28, the Nuggets took a plane and began to rush to San Antonio to prepare for the series against the Spurs.

When the Nuggets arrived in San Antonio that night, D'Antoni didn't organize a practice session and instead disbanded the team to give the players a chance to rest.

This season, whether it's the regular season or the playoffs, the time is too tight. Compared with the other three teams that swept the opponent, the Nuggets did not have any time to rest, and the team was full of injuries and greatly weakened.

As head coach, D'Antoni knew in his heart that the fatigue of the players had accumulated almost to the limit, and if the team started training again, it could have the opposite effect.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that D'Antoni called his squad together for the necessary recovery drills, as well as tactical drills.

Unlike the players, the Nuggets coaching staff spent the night studying videos of the Spurs, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses and tactics of the opposing team, especially the Spurs-Lakers series.

Although the Lakers were swept miserably, this does not mean that the Lakers are weak, on the contrary, the Spurs have almost tried their best to win.

There is no way, O'Neal's big killer is too powerful, and the Spurs can only rely on the twin towers to barely limit O'Neal's play, and then sweep the Lakers.

The coaching staff must use this time to study the characteristics of the Spurs team as soon as possible and develop corresponding tactical drills!

Although the coach is important, it is the players who play after all, and many times the plan cannot keep up with the changes, so it is necessary to familiarize the players with the style and tactics of the opponent, and even if there is an accident, they can respond in time.

The focus is still on offense, the Spurs have a strong interior twin tower, and they are the number one interior combination in the league today. Whether offensive or defensive, it has a strong deterrent, and the Nuggets are powerless to resist and can only launch offense from the outside.

Compared to the interior, the Spurs' outside line is much weaker, and most of them are made up of undrafted and second-round picks.

On the offensive side, with the loss of McDyce and Ji Liang's finger injury, other players have to take on more of the scoring load, such as Van Exel and Billups.

During this period, the Nuggets also politely declined numerous requests for interviews from reporters, not giving them the opportunity to disturb the players.

Seven p.m., Center Arena!

As the Nuggets entered, the boos began to fill in, and the Nuggets players were used to it, and there was not much nervousness.

When it was the Spurs' turn, the stadium was filled with cheers from the fans as the DJ scares the impassioned voices of the Spurs players one by one.

When Duncan and Robinson played, the cheers expanded to the extreme, especially when the former was the last to play, and in just over a year, Duncan replaced Robinson and became the core of the Spurs.

During the warm-up, Chi Liang and Duncan walked together and greeted each other.

Nuggets starters: Clark, Fortson, Williams, Billups and Ji Liang.

This time, Van Exel continued to lead the bench, while Ji Liang became the point guard, mainly playmaking.

Spurs starters: Robinson, Duncan, Sean Elliott, Mario Elli and Avery Johnson.

Duncan and Robinson, the twin towers they formed, are undoubtedly the league's strongest interior combination. Even in the history of the league, it can be ranked first!

Sean Elliott is a two-time All-Star, and although he has fallen to his prime, he still averages double-doubles in points per game and is the third scoring point for the Spurs.

Compared with the frontcourt, the backcourt is very inferior, Mario Eli is 36 years old, Avery Johnson is 34 years old, and he is only 178 cm, which can be called the worst backcourt combination in the league.

It's game on!

Under the organization of the referee, he began to enter the jump ball link, looking at Duncan in front of him, Clark felt a lot of pressure.

After the two sides were ready, the referee threw the ball vertically into the air, and when the basketball began to fall, the two jumped one after another.

Now Duncan is still the 'flying devil', with excellent jumping, almost with absolute dominance, pulling the ball to Johnson.

After holding the ball past half court, Johnson didn't try to break through, taking advantage of his teammate's cover and passing the ball to Duncan.

To put it simply, Johnson is the equivalent of a player with the ball for half the court, and the rest is almost all left to the Twin Towers.

Compared to Fortson, Duncan is significantly taller, just making a shooting feint and lighting up Fortson.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Duncan took the ball and stepped forward and scored two points with a one-handed smash.

"Back to the defense!"

After scoring a dunk, Duncan immediately let go of the basket and quickly returned to the defense with his teammates, not wanting to give the Nuggets a chance to play a fast break.

Neither Duncan nor Robinson are slow, and with a targeted defensive system, they do a good job of stopping the Nuggets' fast break.

After re-serving, seeing that there was no chance to break quickly, Ji Liang suppressed his speed and dribbled with his left hand across the halfcourt.

Compared with Chi Liang, Johnson is like a child, with a height difference of more than a head.

Johnson knew very well that it was impossible for him to limit Ji Liang, and immediately chose to grab and wanted to implement a steal.

After all, he is 34 years old and does not have the speed he used to have, which is why D'Antoni arranged for Ji Liang to play point guard.

When Johnson was grabbing, Ji Liang's body turned and leaned sideways on Johnson, not giving him a chance to steal.

The next moment, Ji Liang jumped up and resolutely chose to force a shot.

Johnson also jumped, but due to the difference in height and arm span, he couldn't reach the basketball at all, so he could only try his best to block Ji Liang's sight.

Swish~

Basketball hollow into the net, three-point hit!

After the Spurs served, they continued to press the tempo to attack.

This time, Robinson received the ball with his back and the rest of the Spurs players began to spread out, giving him plenty of space to play alone.

Boom~

Robinson exerted force on his back, and Clark only felt a tightness in his chest, and couldn't help but take a step back.

In the NBA, Robinson has extremely high physical qualities, especially in strength, and he mostly carries O'Neal in the series between the Spurs and the Lakers.

In terms of strength, there is a clear gap between Clark and Robinson, and it is natural to be crushed.

As Clark stepped back, Robinson quickly turned, leaned on Clark with his left hand, and hooked the ball into the basket with ease with a slight hook of his right hand.

Leaned by Robinson, Clark wanted to jump but couldn't, so he could only straighten his arms in vain, making it difficult to interfere.

Similar to the previous round, the Nuggets lost the opportunity to launch a fast break, the Spurs are not a Trail Blazers, they are faster to defend, especially the interior did not drag, did not give the Nuggets a chance to succeed.

The Nuggets fell into a positional battle again, Ji Liang controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, and this time, the Spurs chose to switch defenses, with Elliott defending him.

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