Just when the commentary bench on the sidelines was discussing who would win and who lost the game, the warm-up in the stadium was already over.

"There's nothing to say, play according to our regular tactics, Chris, pay attention to the tempo, Kevin, your position on the defensive end is in the middle distance, don't follow Tim Duncan, if he leaves you, you call Andre to change the defense......"

Before the start of the game, Qiao Hai grasped some details and gave him a key advice.

Then, both teams started and the game began.

"The two teams started the game, and the Bobcats still had a regular starting lineup, point guard Chris Paul, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Kevin Garnett, and center Kendrick Perkins." Charles Barkley introduced the starting lineup of the Bobcats.

Then, Kenny Smith introduced the starting lineup of the Spurs: "On the Spurs' side, the point guard is Tony Parker, and Manuginobili is still the bench, so the starting point guard is Brent Barry, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, and center is Fabricio Oberto. ”

The Spurs have three rotation of scoring guards, the starters may be Brent Barry, or Michael Finley, Manuginobili is not a fixed substitute, and who starts and who comes off the bench depends on Popovich's on-the-spot command and adjustment.

In this game, Popovich chose to put Ginobili on the bench and Brent Barry to start, considering that the Bobcats' bench lineup was too strong, and he needed to leave a consistent scoring point for the bench.

There are also two rotations at the center position, the starter may be Oberto or Francesco Elson, Popovich chose Oberto in order to protect the backcourt rebound, in contrast, Oberto is more capable of protecting rebounds.

On the court, Garnett and Duncan stood in the center circle and began to jump the ball.

The referee threw the ball over the arena, and with a cheer, Duncan dialed in to the basketball first, and the Spurs got the ball on the opening shot.

Tony Parker took control of the front court, waited for his teammates to pull away, and immediately handed the ball to Duncan, who was successful in the mid-range, and then Parker bypassed Duncan and rushed towards the baseline penalty area.

Duncan turned around, his short body seemed to be about to break through, and after deceiving Garnett's center of gravity, he directly made a step-back jumper.

Swish!

The ball was scored, and the SBC center resounded with cheers from the whole stadium.

"Tim Duncan vs Kevin Garnett, first round, Tim Duncan wins!"

The Bobcats served in the backcourt, Chris Paul controlled the tempo, and after controlling the frontcourt, he immediately found Garnett, and after a low-quality outside block, the Spurs chose to delay the defense.

Paul couldn't get a mismatch and he was still up against Tony Parker's defense.

Tony Parker kept up with Paul, who couldn't get a chance on a breakaway, and then he flicked the ball out to find Iguodala, who had just circled to the top of the arc.

Then, Iguodala made another breakthrough, without any blocking and cover, and also took a few steps before being blocked by Bruce Bowen.

The Bobcats made several successive attempts to cut and cut, but they were unsuccessful, and in the end, they could only transfer the ball to the weak side, and then pull it away, giving Michael Reed a one-on-one chance.

The weak side became the strong side, and with less than 5 seconds left, Michael Reed pulled directly one after two crotch dribbles in succession.

With a bang, the basketball smashed out of the frame.

Oberto grabbed the rebound and then handed the ball straight to Tony Parker.

Tony Parker picked up speed and rushed directly to the frontcourt, and the Spurs were about to counterattack!

"Back to defense! Watch out for a counterattack! Qiao Hai shouted twice from the sidelines.

The Bobcats' retreat speed is not slow, three to three in the frontcourt, the Spurs' chances are not big or small, Tony Parker soared up the speed, directly accelerated one step, successfully squeezed Paul away, and entered the penalty area.

Picking up a light layup, the Bobcats were quick enough to retreat, but Tony Parker still relied on his individual ability to successfully help the Spurs fight back.

After the Spurs successfully counterattacked, in the opening, the Spurs beat the Bobcats 4:0.

The Bobcats' offense, they serve in the backcourt again, Paul controls the ball to the frontcourt, he makes a gesture, and as soon as he gets to the frontcourt, the Bobcats' speed rises.

Paul made a quick breakaway and quickly got a misalignment.

As soon as the speed was raised, the opportunity appeared, and the Spurs had to help defend Paul, Paul scored the ball outside, and Michael Reid received the ball and pulled the defense again.

There was soon an open space under the basket, and Andre Iguodala appeared under the basket, received a pass from Reed, and scored with a light dunk.

"The Bobcat suddenly picked up speed and finally scored......"

On the sideline bench, seeing Paul suddenly speeding up, Qiao Hai also frowned, and Elvin Gentry next to him also asked: "Chris, this guy is speeding up by himself, there's no problem, right?" ”

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No problem, let's score first, the rhythm can be controlled later." ”

Qiao Hai still hasn't said a word, he feels that if their offense is too limited by the Spurs' defensive system, then the rhythm of the defensive end can also be abandoned, after all, for the Bobcats, offense is the most important, and only against the Rockets, defense will be more important than offense.

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After the Bobcats' offense picked up, they quickly found their way on the offensive end and kept scoring goals.

But at the same time, their defense can't prevent the two-man rotation of Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, which is also a sequelae of the offensive speed.

The first quarter played for more than seven minutes, and the two teams played a tie.

Then, Qiao Hai simply removed Perkins and replaced Josh Smith, directly on a large and four small lineup, and Garnett was also able to keep up with the footsteps of the small man on the outside, so the Bobcats completely sped up.

Popovich's response was also very brainless, and he also removed the center forward and replaced it with Michael Finley.

One big four small against one big four small, the Spurs still have no disadvantage.

And in the second quarter, Manuginobili came on the court and single-handedly continued the Spurs' offensive firepower.

At halftime, the score was 66:63, and the two teams were almost tied, and the Bobcats only led by 3 points, which was completely negligible.

In the half game, Qiao Hai summed it up, basically the small lineup of the Bobcats continued to attack successfully, and the Spurs relied on the explosion of GDP to keep up with the pace of the Bobcats.

In this case, Qiao Hai has not many options, either continue to play five small in the second half and see if there is a chance to win in the offensive battle.

Or switch back to the regular lineup, improve the defense, and try to withstand the Spurs' offensive frenzy.

After hesitating, Qiao Hai chose to switch back to the regular lineup.

"We have to slow down, slow down the tempo, defend positionally, keep the pressure on the opponent, and pay attention to the rebounding ......"

Qiao Hai's idea is very simple, reduce the Spurs' shooting rate by improving defense, and then get the rebounding advantage through the inside advantage, and finally rely on the rebounding advantage to try to widen the point difference.