"The Spurs are actually playing a triangle offense?" After three consecutive rounds of attack, Scottie Pippen finally knew why he was so familiar with the Spurs' positioning, as a player who had played under the triangle offensive system for almost ten years, the movement in this tactic had already been deeply imprinted in his mind, so in just three rounds, Scottie Pippen saw through the Spurs' intentions. [Full text reading. It's just that Mike Dunwillie on the sidelines is still a little dizzy at this time, but the only thing Dunwilly knows now is that his tactical arrangements before the game are completely useless.

When Rasheed Wallace and the last time he went to pinch Duncan, Duncan once again passed the basketball in his hand, this time Sean Elliott once again hit the empty 3-point, although the Spurs and Lakers series in the last few games, the Spurs' outside feel is so good that it explodes, but Mike Dunwiley does not think that this kind of anti-natural feeling can continue, so in this game, the Trail Blazers basically did not make targeted arrangements for the Spurs' 3 points, but when they were sandwiching Duncan, also let Sean Elliott and Avery Johnson go, and Sean Elliott also used practical actions to make Mike Dunwilly pay the price for neglecting himself. The Spurs' opening three offenses all ended with Sean Elliott's open shots, and Sean Elliott made 2 of 3 three-pointers to score all six of the Spurs' opening points. In the Spurs' triangle offense, Shaun Elliott and Robert Holly admitted the same tactical tasks in the Lakers, but unlike the Spurs staring at Robert Holly, the Trail Blazers actually let Shaun Elliott empty in the game.

The Spurs scored 6 points through Sean Elliott's two 3-point shots, and after leading the Trail Blazers 6-2 in the opening game, Mike Dunwillie quickly called a timeout, whether it is a burst tactic or an NSDEOU tactic, once the outside line is opened, it is a disastrous consequence for the defender, and now Mike Dunwillie is in a dilemma, if he does not contain Duncan, then with Duncan is strength, he will definitely beat the Trail Blazers' interior to vomit, but the consequence of containing Duncan is to empty Shaun Elliott, and the consequences of letting Sean Elliott go, now everyone has seen it, although Sean Elliott is 32 years old and has had major surgery this season, but this is also a player with strong 3-point ability.

"Mike, the Spurs are playing a triangle offense right now." Seeing Mike Dunwilly arranging the tactics of defending the Spurs 3-point in a bit of a panic, Scottie Pippen couldn't help but remind on the side.

"Triangle offense?" The words that came out of Scottie Pippen's mouth also scared Mike Dunwiley, but soon Mike Dunwiley shook his head and denied Pippen's opinion, is the triangle attack so easy to replicate? The answer is definitely no, because Mike Dunwilly also thought about using this tactic in the Trail Blazers first, but failed. This tactic not only requires a Jordan, but also a Pippen to wield the power it deserves, even this season's Lakers have not been able to really wield the power of the triangle offense, and not only the players, the triangle offense is also very demanding for the coach, Phil Jackson has Tex Winter and Jim Clemens around him, these two assistant coaches who have a deep study of the triangle offense, and Vicky and his assistant coaches, have they studied the triangle offense? Mike Dunwiley doesn't know, but Vicky's understanding of the triangle offense is certainly not as thorough as that of Texwinter, the founder of the triangle offense, and even they can't completely copy the Bulls' tactics to the Lakers, as for the Spurs?

So Mike Dunwiley won't believe that with the Spurs' current staffing, they can play a triangle offense. Duncan is very strong, but there is still a certain gap between him and Jordan O'Neal, as for Pippen of the Spurs, who is it? Is that the rookie kid? Not to mention Pippen at his peak, but now Pippen, that kid can't compare, in the 4 regular season games this season, that rookie kid is about to be blown out by Pippen, if this Spurs can play a triangle offense, then their own Trail Blazers can create a dynasty.

"Scotty, you're overthinking." Although he scoffed at Scottie Pippen's words in his heart, Pippen was also the leader of this Trail Blazers, so the face that should be given was still given, so Mike Dunwiley still implemented it according to his previous deployment, Duncan still had to wrap up, and Sean Elliott also had to defend, so Mike Dunwilly instructed Scottie Pippen and Steve Smith, once Rashid Wallace went to cover Duncan, then the one closest to Sean Elliott between the two would go to make up for Sean Elliott.

After seeing Mike Dunwiley's deployment, Scottie Pippen also shook his head, although he is the boss of this Trail Blazers, but since he was traded by the Rockets, he may have really resigned himself to his fate, Pippen's competitiveness seems to have disappeared suddenly, and the idea of winning a championship without Michael has completely disappeared this season.

After the game restarted, the Trail Blazers passed the ball through successive passes, and Rasheed Wallace singled Shaun Elliott to move the score to 4-6.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack, perhaps because they lost their energy, or because they spent too much energy on the offensive end, Meng Xu could clearly feel that Scottie Pippen's defensive intensity was much worse than in the previous rounds.

Duncan once again singled Arvidas Sabonis with the ball, and Rashid Wallace wrapped Duncan as always, and when Sean Elliott ran towards the bottom corner, Scottie Pippen, who was closest to him, gave up following Meng Xu and followed Sean Elliott to the bottom corner.

At this moment, Meng Xu, who was no longer defending, continued to move sideways to the left 45-degree angle outside the three-point line and stopped, at the moment when Duncan split the ball, Damon Stoudemire ran over to make up for Meng Xu, but Stoudemire's height was too low, the actual height was only 1.75 meters, just past Meng Xu's shoulders, although his sense of defense was very good, but in the face of Meng Xu, who was 2 meters tall, he only had to be covered.

A standard Larry Bird-style shot, before Meng Xu's arm was lowered from the air, the basketball thrown out fell into the basket in a graceful arc.

"Beautiful 3 points, Stoudemire is too short, there is no way to face Meng's shooting, if it is Scottie who is defending Meng, there may be some way." Seeing that Meng Xu didn't jump much, Damon Stoudemire couldn't reach Meng Xu's elbows, Michaels couldn't help shaking his head, and said with some excitement at the same time.

"Well, yes." Although he agrees with Michaels' statement, the magician doesn't think so in his heart, not to mention Pippen, he and Abdul-Jabbar didn't have any way to face Larry Bird's kind of shooting back then, but the arrogant magician will never admit the fact that he can't guard against Larry Bird. Larry Bird's physical fitness is not good, so when he shoots, the jump height is not high, and the arc of the shot is not very high, and the shooting degree is also very slow, it seems that this kind of shooting has a big flaw, but Magic Johnson just thinks that this kind of shooting is the most difficult to defend.

Because the height of the shot is not as high as possible, and the arc of the basketball is not as high as possible, in order to maintain their feel all the time, almost all players will take an intermediate value when shooting, and Bird, whether it is the height of the jump or the arc of the shot, in the eyes of the magician, is the best choice for a player with a height of more than 2 meters, and the slow range of the shot means that there is more time to adjust, and Larry Bird and Meng Xu's shooting still has a certain amount of backward amplitude, not to mention Pippen, Even a big center like Avedas Sabonis may not be able to block their shots.

"Greg, that's a very good sign." For Meng Xu's so-called first-shot law, Mike Budenholzer is now very superstitious, when Meng Xu hit the first 3-point shot of the game, Mike Budenholzer was even more excited than Meng Xu.

"Well, maybe we can win this away." Looking at Mike Dunwiley with a bitter face on the opposite side, Vicky also nodded, the Spurs' change to a triangle offense in this game had a very good effect, not only caught the Trail Blazers off guard, but also proved that the Spurs can often use this tactic in future games.

When the first quarter of the game ended, the players of both teams went off the court, the entire Moda Center did not have the noise at the beginning of the game, there was silence everywhere, after the first quarter, the Spurs led the Trail Blazers by as many as 15 points at 37-22, and the Spurs shot 6 of 1o 3-pointers in the entire first quarter, and Mike Dunwilly called two timeouts that could not disrupt the Spurs' hand. And 37 points in a single quarter is also the most points in the first quarter of this year's playoffs for the Spurs, and after digging such a big hole in the first quarter, it is likely that the Trail Blazers will be a rout.