Chapter 219: Defending champion Spurs

After beating the Jazz, the Suns returned home for two days of rest before hosting the defending champions and Suns' arch-rivals, the San Antonio Spurs.

After a year of rotten, the Suns were lucky to draw the top pick, and used this pick to select the Chinese champion Li Mojie, so as to rise smoothly, and defeated the Clippers last season to reach the Western Conference semifinals, announcing that the team has become a league powerhouse again, and the San Antonio Spurs opposite, not to mention, has always been the league's hardest nut to bite, and last year it defeated the Heat with a score of 4:1 in the finals to win the championship, plus the grievances between the Suns and the Spurs, So this game has rightfully attracted the attention of countless fans, and at the same time, this game has successfully become a national live broadcast game!

Since winning the championship in 2007, the Spurs have not made a breakthrough in the 5 years from 2008 to 2012, in the 2008 Western Conference Finals, the Spurs were defeated by the Lakers led by Kobe, or with a score of 1-4, the defending champion never stepped into the Finals stage in the next 5 seasons, when the GDP was still at its peak, Duncan in 2008 was only 32 years old, averaging 19.3 points + 11.3 rebounds + 2.8 assists + 1.9 blocks per game, selected into the All-Star starting lineup, the best defense, Best Second Team, Ginobili is 31 years old, averaging 19.5 points + 4.8 rebounds + 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, Parker is 26 years old, averaging 18.8 points + 6 assists + 3.2 rebounds per game, but even the peak Spurs Big Three will not do anything for up to 5 years.

Especially in 2012, they achieved the first record in the league, when Duncan was 36 years old, averaging 15.4 points + 9 rebounds + 2.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, Ginobili was 35 years old, averaging 12.9 points + 3.4 rebounds + 4.4 assists per game, Parker was 30 years old, averaging 18.3 points + 7.7 assists + 2.9 rebounds and 1 steal per game, but in the first round of the playoffs, the Grizzlies staged the "Black Eight" miracle, it may be this Black Eight incident that made the Spurs feel ashamed, So they stepped on the stage of the finals again in 2013, but their championship dream was killed by Ray Allen's three points, and ** Vic was annoyed by this for a whole summer, waiting for 5 years, and the duck flew away.

In the 2013-2014 season, the original Spurs team who lost the championship made a comeback, they vowed to get back what belonged to them, this season's Spurs played very selflessly, the team's scoring champion Parker averaged only 16.7 points per game, but the Spurs team had 6 people average double-doubles per game, the Spurs team's shooting rate was as high as 48.6%, the three-point shooting rate was as high as 39.7%, and the free throw shooting rate was 78.5%, and finally this season the Spurs played a 62-20 league first record, And they are the only 60-winning team in the league, averaging 105.4 points per game this season while keeping opponents at 97.6.

In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the Warriors who were eighth in the West 4-3, eliminated the Trail Blazers 4-2 in the Western Conference semifinals, faced the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs sent their opponents home to fish 4-2, and the Heat led by James met again in the finals, this time the Spurs did not give the Big Three any chance to turn the tables, and the Spurs easily defeated the Heat Big Three in the most Spurs way to win the championship, avenging the revenge of the first battle a year ago, and forcibly broke up the Big Three lineup, The cooperation between the Spurs players in this series can only be in the form of flowing water, everyone is very selfless, the ball is transferred quite smoothly, and the ball is shared to the extreme, this year's Spurs are the most incomprehensible Spurs I have seen, almost no one will think about fighting for FMVP, no one seems to care about this honor in the eyes of Spurs players, so they won, Leonard got the FMVP, and the Spurs began to rebuild around Leonard.

Suns lineup: CJ McCollum, Chris Middleton, Lee Mojab, Markieff Morris, Rudy Gobert

Spurs lineup: Tony Parker, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Austin Daye, Tim Duncan

The Spurs didn't make many moves this offseason, except for the selection of two 14-year rookies, Kyle Anderson and Corey Jefferson, and signed a four-year, $28 million contract with Dio. It includes three weight-related provisions, which read:

If Christian Dior weighs less than 254 pounds (115 kilograms) on October 25, 2014, he will receive a prize of $150,000.

If Christian Dior weighs under 254 pounds on the first Tuesday after the All-Star break (February 17, 2015), he will receive $150,000 in prize money.

If Dior catches 254 pounds on April 1, 2015, he will receive a $200,000 bonus.

Gobert won with a jump ball, and the Suns attacked first.

CJ McCollum found cover to run off the ball and got rid of Parker, the ball got to him, and Leonard switched quickly.

McCollum passed to Lee Mojab, Danny Green was close, and Lee Mojie couldn't shoot directly and pass the ball again.

At the beginning of the game, everyone was looking for the feeling and the state of the other party.

There were a couple of flip-backs from the perimeter, and Middleton made a mid-range shot from the bottom corner, which was deflected wide by Parker's interference.

Gobert was blocked by Duncan and didn't rush up, and now Gobert's strength and physical fitness are among the top five centers in the league, but what he lacks in the face of the old and spicy Shi Buddha is not technology, and he obviously lacks experience in the card position.

Parker withdrew to the basket and judged the rebound accurately, but Duncan's cover and positioning were obviously more important, but this did not add any stats to Duncan, Parker did not immediately launch a counterattack, but slowly dribbled through the half.

Parker received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, CJ McCollum's height and arm span were better than Parker's, he stepped forward and stuck Parker's breakthrough route, if he changed to a young version of Parker, he would have turned the sports car into action, but now, Parker passed the ball to Danny Green, who followed up on the right side, Leonard ran on the perimeter, Li Mojie followed, and after being blocked by Duncan, it became Middleton to follow, Leonard received the pass and made a stop-and-go jumper, and missed the basket under interference.

Li Mojie rushed to grab a rebound, and the second attack caused Austin Daye to foul the beater, and Li Mojie hit both free throws to win the opener.

The Spurs weren't in a hurry, Duncan covered Parker in the middle, and Danny Green squeezed Middleton in the bottom corner to cut to the basket.

Parker got rid of CJ McCollum and took the ball with both hands on the right side to make a quick stop, Markieff defended it, Parker jumped up and passed the ball to the baseline.

Green was in place, very comfortable receiving the ball, and scored on a layup.

"Both teams played reasonably in the beginning, and they were both running according to tactics." Mike Brin said.

Van Gundy nodded in agreement. "That's right, but the Spurs have added a lot of things in the last two games, such as their FMVP small forward Leonard, whose tactical role has not been reflected in these offensive rounds, and Li Mojie on the opposite side has obviously not exploded his own offense at present." Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!