Chapter 22: Home vs. Spurs

After returning home and sleeping beautifully, Ye Xuan began to study today's opponents, different from those in front of him, who were either at the bottom of the league or struggling for a playoff spot.

Today's opponent, the San Antonio Spurs, is definitely a strong opponent, and the San Antonio Spurs were one step away from winning the championship last season. The team didn't do much in the offseason. Consistent stability and good chemistry are the two cornerstones of Spurs' success. The Spurs will continue to rely on these two cornerstones for the 2013-14 season.

Duncan and Parker were both named to the All-Star team last season, and Ginobili's contract extension ensured good chemistry on the team. The good news is that the rapid growth of role players like Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and Tiago Split proves that the Spurs aren't just a team with just three top players. This season, they will be aiming for the ultimate goal, which is to win the O'Brien Cup and win the championship.

In the face of such a gold-filled opponent, the Pacers are ready to fight each other, first, to test their team's ability to withstand pressure, and second, to find out for the possible finals.

At the beginning of the game, the starting lineups of both teams were good at defense, so the efficiency of the game was suppressed very low, until Ye Xuan came on the court to replace Hill, the two teams scored a total of 20 points, and the Spurs temporarily led by two points at 11:9. Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court and handed the ball to Pickled Pepper.

Pickled pepper obviously didn't have a particularly good response to the death entanglement of Kawhi Leonard, and after the single failed, he could only throw the ball to Stephenson, who took the ball and found that there was little time left to attack, so he hurriedly shot, and the shot in the panic was obviously not strong enough, the basketball bounced out at the front of the basket, and Split protected the backcourt rebound, and then handed it to Parker.

Parker faced Ye Xuan, first tested it with speed, and after finding that Ye Xuan's pace was not slow, he directly gave up the single, and hoisted the ball to Duncan, who asked for the ball on the inside, Duncan received the ball and singled David West with his back, and then used his height to turn around and hit the board to score the ball 13:9.

Ye Xuan once again controlled the ball and moved forward, but this time, he was ready to go it alone, and made a gesture that let his teammates all pull away, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and faced Parker, and suddenly a leftward pull ball was ready to break through, Parker was not slow, kept up with Ye Xuan's footsteps, stuck the direction of Ye Xuan's right hand, Ye Xuan suddenly threw a throw, the ball crossed the fingers of Split who came over the defense, smashed on the rebound and bounced into the frame, 13:11.

After the Spurs served in the backcourt, Parker slowly rushed forward, Ye Xuan was disgusted by this kind of shrinking style of play, as if the opposite side of each round had to be pressed until 24 seconds before making a shot, "Damn, such an ink play, the number of rounds has dropped dramatically, the number of rounds is less, the data is naturally not good, no wonder the Spurs have such good results every year but there are no people with bright data, Popovich, this old coward, is really scheming, and wants to slow down the physical decline of nerds and bald people by slowing down the pace, I just won't let you get your wish." ”

Parker pressed down the rhythm and passed the ball to Split, Split was obviously not Hibbert's opponent, he hit his back twice and found that the opponent did not move at all, Split had to pass the ball to Green who was waiting for an opportunity on the flank, Green took the ball and was about to pull up the shot across the pickled pepper, Pickled pepper quickly knife the ball down, Ye Xuan hurriedly followed the rhythm and attacked quickly, 2 to 1 in the front court, although Parker retreated in time, but still couldn't stand the opponent's many, Pickled Pepper quickly advanced to the front court and passed the ball to Ye Xuan, who followed, Ye Xuan took a step forward and threw the ball directly to the rebound, and Pickled Pepper followed up with both hands to dunk the ball. The home fans also applauded excitedly when they saw this gorgeous and smooth fast break performance.

Although he was hit in the head, under the leadership of Shi Buddha, who has always been known for his facial paralysis, the Spurs generals had no waves in their hearts, and Parker continued to slowly dribble the ball to the front court to start organizing the attack.

In the face of Ye Xuan's marking, Parker broke through and handed the ball to Kawhi Leonard, Leonard made a false shot, and also broke through to the inside, suddenly halfway, a sharp stop, and a false shot shook Stephenson up, and then hit Stephenson, the ball was thrown casually, and he won two free throws. After steadily hitting the two balls, the score came to 15:13.

The Spurs took advantage of the foul to replace Duncan and Parker, who had been playing for eight minutes, and replaced them with Bald Man and Boris Dior. And Frank also waved his hand and directly replaced all the three main forces except Ye Xuan and Lance at the break, and let Stephenson cooperate with Ye Xuan to lead the substitute play.

When the game restarted, Ye Xuan advanced quickly with the ball, and took advantage of Ginobili's inattention, and took a step outside the three-point line to shoot directly "swish" the basketball and fall into the net. Not to be outdone, after taking the ball to the front court, he asked Dio for a block, and shot directly half a step behind Dio, and the ball was also hit. The two sides went back and forth, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs had a slight lead of 24-23.

Ye Xuan, who was sitting on the bench, had no choice but to find Coach Frank and ask for help, "Boss, I think my ability to control the situation on the field is still too poor, and when I encounter a team like Spurs that is good at suppressing the rhythm, I can only be led by the nose, what should I do?" ”

"Ye, in the face of a disciplined and rhythmic team like the Spurs, even Chris Paul can't guarantee that it will not be affected, all you have to do is find the rhythm of yourself and your teammates, and don't disrupt your steps."

At the beginning of the second quarter, Frank replaced Stephenson and let Pickled Pepper and Ye Xuan go on the court to steal points together. Ye Xuan came to the front court and handed the ball to Pickle Pepper, Pickle Pepper signaled to pull away, ready to play alone, facing Belinelli, Pickle Pepper directly used speed and strength to forcibly break through to the inside line, facing Dio who came to make up for the defense, Pickled Pepper gave the ball to Scola with a secret hit, and Scola received the ball and scored an easy layup.

On the opposite side, Patty Mills came to the front court with the ball and handed the ball to Dio, who was in the high post, and saw that Scola did not fully follow the defense, and directly hit a two-point jumper stepping on the three-point line. Looking back, Pickled Pepper also assisted Ye Xuan, who ran out of the vacancy, to shoot a mid-range shot.

The scores of the two teams were very anxious, rising alternately, in just half a quarter of the game, the two sides led 9 times alternately, and when the TV was suspended in the second quarter, Ye Xuan was replaced to rest. The scores of the two sides were tight, 38:39, Ye Xuan worked desperately, which could be regarded as biting the score tightly.