Chapter 729: Sure enough, I didn't see the wrong person
"Oh。。。。。"
With an incredible exclamation from the scene of the Bankers' Life Arena, Jermaine O'Neal, who has the title of the jumper finisher, unexpectedly lost to Tim Duncan in the opening jump.
Although Jermaine O'Neal is now one of the league's first-line power forwards, every time he faces Tim Duncan, Jermaine O'Neal seems to be a little lacking in confidence, and most of the rest of the time is suppressed by Tim Duncan, except for the occasional explosion.
Although they won the jump ball, the Spurs are not the team that the Suns and Warriors are advancing very fast, because of Tim Duncan, the Spurs have always held the banner of positional offense, so when Tony Parker advanced to the front court with the ball, the Pacers' retreat defense was all in place.
The Spurs' starting lineup today is also a little different from usual, the biggest change is that Michael Finley started in place of Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan appeared in the center position, because Duncan played center, Robert Hawley, who has not started for a long time, is also very rare in the starting lineup today, in addition to the above three players, the other two are still the iron-clad Bruce Bowen and Tony Parker.
As for the Pacers' starting lineup today, it is still center Nn Hilario, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Tyshawn Prince, and playmaking guard Tony Allen.
When all the players of the Pacers were finished, Tony Parker, who dribbled through the halfcourt, handed the basketball directly to Robert Hawley, who covered for him, and Robert Hawley did not stick to the ball, but passed the basketball directly to Tim Duncan, who was already in the position under the basket, and after Jermaine O'Neal was taken out of the basket by Robert Hawley, the Pacers are now left alone under the basket by NN Hilario.
"Is this going to make Tim Duncan single?" Spurs after the opening of a series of cooperation, obviously beyond everyone's expectations, since last season, the Spurs have changed from Tim Duncan's single-core team to Tim Duncan-Tony Parker's double-core team, from this season, Tony Parker's ball possession, and the number of singles have further soared, and the average number of shots per game has surpassed Tim Duncan, ranking first in the Spurs team, but the performance of the Spurs in the opening round seems to be releasing a signal, that is, today's game, Tim Duncan will be the Spurs' only core on the court.
In recent seasons, among Spurs fans, there has been such a saying, that is, look at Parker in good times, look at Duncan in adversity, and look at Manu in desperate situations, although this sentence is just a joke from fans, but it can also be seen who the Spurs rely on at critical moments and key games.
When Tim Duncan received the ball under the basket, the rest of the Spurs players on the court all pulled away, and let Tim Duncan single NN Hilario under the basket, it is obvious that the Spurs not only changed their lineup in the Finals, but even the team's tactics have changed, with Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Patrick Ewing fading out, the four-pitcher tactics of a large center that was once very popular in the league have reappeared on the Spurs today.
This change of the Spurs can be said to be very smart, in the past encounters, the Pacers will be crazy to wrap Tim Duncan, empty the Spurs' other inside, it can be expected that in this season's finals, the Pacers will inevitably become more Bengali's bag Tim Duncan, because whether it is the former Nazr Muhammad, Rasu Nesterovic or the current Francisco Elson, the Spurs' offensive ability is very weak, so today's game, Popovich simply abandoned these useless interior lines, and sent Robert Hawley, who is mainly projection-oriented and plays outside, and directly played the tactics of one center and four pitchers.
Because in the defense just now, Jermaine O'Neal followed Robert Hawley all the way to the top of the arc, so in this attack of the Spurs, Jermaine O'Neal had no way to wrap up Tim Duncan, and could only watch Tim Duncan ravage Nn Hilario with his back there.
Even though NN Hilario tried his best, but he alone couldn't stop Tim Duncan, Tim Duncan, who was holding the ball with his back, opened NN Hilario twice in a row, and then directly turned around and dunked, not only that, but the referee on duty also blew NN Hilario's defensive foul, and Tim Duncan's first attack after the opening was a 2+1.
"Beautiful dunk, that's Tim Duncan at the level of the Finals." After Tim Duncan hung one hand on the basket, Barkley on the sideline commentary bench immediately stood up from his seat with an exaggerated face, applauding and cheering for Tim Duncan, it was obvious that Barkley was on the side of the Spurs in this Finals.
After Tim Duncan hit a free throw, there was a burst of applause and cheers in the Bankers' Life Arena, and it was obvious that the audience who was here today was not all in support of the Pacers, especially these celebrities and celebrities sitting in the first two rows, most of them were wall-topping, and they might still be applauding Duncan one second, and cheering for Meng Xu the next.
After the free throw was hit, Tim Duncan deliberately glanced at Meng Xu when he retreated, although Tim Duncan did not have any expression on his face, but in Meng Xu's opinion, Duncan's dunk was completely a dismount, Meng Xu still clearly remembered that after the Spurs eliminated the Lakers, when Meng Xu called Duncan to congratulate Duncan on advancing to the finals, Tim Duncan said to himself, "I will definitely beat you all over the head." “
For Duncan's dismissal after the opening, except for NN Hilario, everyone else in the Pacers didn't feel anything, so after the switch between offense and defense, the Pacers executed their offense step by step.
The Pacers' first offense, of course, was executed by Meng Xu, especially when Tim Duncan scored a goal, it was even more necessary for Meng Xu to shoot back a ball, so the Pacers' offense did not play any tactics, and all the players on the court pulled away, letting Meng Xu go to single Bruce Bowen.
Since joining the Spurs, Bruce Bowen has also changed from a "clean" defender to a well-known villain, and a butcher who has been cursed by people, Kobe, Maddy, Carter, Nowitzki, Hamilton, Ray Allen, countless stars and superstars have been poisoned by Bruce Bowen, and there have even been cases where Bruce Bowen stepped on Vince Carter and was chased by Vince Carter.
But like the villain Ron Artest, Bruce Bowen is only cautious when defending Meng Xu, and he doesn't dare to get up and down, because everyone in this league knows that under Meng Xu's sunny appearance, there is a tyrannical and cunning heart, and the players who were poisoned by Meng Xu are not much less than Bruce Bowen, and Bruce Bowen has not tried to defend Meng Xu, but Meng Xu's old-fashioned spiciness, and the return of the eye, In the regular season last season, when Bruce Bowen was defending Meng Xu, he wanted to stumble Meng Xu when the referee was not paying attention, but as soon as his leg stretched out, he was kicked the calf by Meng Xu, and the painful Bruce Bowen grinned.
Therefore, when defending Meng Xu's offense, Bruce Bowen had no distractions at all, and all he was thinking about was how to defend Meng Xu and prevent him from getting rid of himself, and Meng Xu did not turn his back to Bruce Bowen in this offense, but held the ball more than two meters away from the top of the arc to face the basket.
Compared with Meng Xu, Bruce Bowen's body is obviously a little thin, so after Bruce Bowen tried to paste Meng Xu, he was directly squeezed away by Meng Xu, and when Bruce Bowen, who refused to admit defeat, pasted it again, he was directly knocked away by Meng Xu, who had already started.
Taking advantage of the moment he knocked Bruce Bowen away, Meng Xu continued to accelerate to get rid of Bruce Bowen, but the Spurs obviously had a plan for this, and after Meng Xu got rid of Bruce Bowen, Robert Hawley, who was closest to Meng Xu, rushed towards Meng Xu as soon as possible.
For Robert Hawley's supplementary defense, Meng Xu obviously didn't pay attention to it, Meng Xu, who had already rushed to the free throw line, instantly retracted his steps when he was about to collide with Robert Hawley, and rose up in place, as for Robert Hawley, who rushed over to make up the defense, he bumped into Meng Xu because he couldn't stop his footsteps, but Robert Hawley, who has an advantage in height and weight, found that he seemed to have hit a wall after hitting Meng Xu.
With a sound of "brushing", accompanied by the cheers of countless live audiences, Meng Xu hit the first ball after the Pacers opened.
As for Robert Hawley, who bumped into Meng Xu in defense, he was also punished by the referee on duty for a defensive foul in a timely manner, 2+1, Meng Xu and Duncan tied in the first round of the opening game.
"Wonderful, really wonderful, I really didn't see the wrong person." After Meng Xu also played 2+1, David Stern, who was still smoking a cigar in the box, immediately put down the cigar in his hand and praised Meng Xu, who had already walked to the free throw line.
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