"Greg, do you want to replace Burreth, Thiago is moving too slowly."

After winning two away games in a row, the Spurs' path to promotion is already very clear, so after returning to the home court, Popovich began to adjust the lineup and prepare for the Finals in advance, compared to the Thunder's somewhat weak interior line, the Pacers and Heat who are playing in the Eastern Conference Finals, their interior strength is much stronger, whether it is the Pacers' Darko Milicic and Kwame Brown's interior combination, or the Heat's Chris Boshgaudunis Haslem's interior combination, Both are at least one level better than the Thunder, so Popovich is now experimenting with a Tim Duncan plus Tiago Split combination.

Compared with Burreth Dior, Thiago Split has an absolute advantage in height, arm span, and weight, and Thiago Split is also younger, but Thiago Split also has his own shortcomings, that is, his movement speed is slow, and compared to Burreth Dior, who has been in this league for more than a dozen seasons, Thiago Split's major tournament experience is also obviously lacking.

In the last game, Kevin Durant also played the No. 4 position, although Burris Dior, who was opposite Durant, failed to reduce the efficiency of Durant's restriction like Meng Xu in the first game, but relying on the old spicy defensive experience and reasonable movement speed, Berrest Dior will basically not lose his position when defending Durant, but Thiago Splitt is different, facing Durant who has repeatedly pulled to the middle and long range shots, Thiago Splitt's pace can't keep up at all.

Thiago Splitt and Burres Dior's defensive results against Durant fully prove Durant's advantages, that is, those who are taller than me are not as fast as me, and those who are faster than me are not as tall as me.

"No, let Thiago try it first, maybe he will have to defend LeBron in the future, let him adapt first." Although Kevin Durant was in explosive form in the first quarter of the game, repeatedly shooting under the defense of Thiago Splitt, Popovich was not in a hurry, because the current situation on the court is still favorable to the Spurs as a whole.

"Defend LeBron?" After hearing Popovich say that he was ready to let Thiago Pritt defend LeBron James, Brett Brown was puzzled, didn't James play the No. 3 position? Even if the Heat can meet the Spurs in the Finals, it will not be Thiago Splitt's turn to defend him, but after seeing Popovich's unfathomable smile, Brett Brown knows that Popovich will definitely not be untargeted, maybe James is really like Durant, and he will also play the No. 4 position.

Kevin Durant playing the No. 4 position means that the Thunder's already somewhat weak interior line is even more unbearable, although Serge Ibaka's defense is very good, but he alone can't support the Thunder's interior defense, because Ibaka's strength is assistance defense and wing defense, rather than face-to-face defensive deterrence under the basket, so while Durant repeatedly scored, the Thunder's interior line has also become a breakthrough for the Spurs, under the impact of Tim Duncan and Thiago Split. Sergi Ibaka can only afford to lose the other.

Popovich is facing this game with a fairly relaxed mentality, but as the side behind the overall score, Scott Brooks is not as easy as Popovich, for the reversal or something, Scott Brooks does not dare to think about it yet, but to win two wins, at least not to be swept has become Scott Brooks's current goal, but whether it is to avoid being swept or to win two games, the Thunder must win this game today, as for the consequences of losing this game, Everybody knows.

Because in the last game, after playing the No. 4 position, he played well, so in today's game, Scott Brooks continued to put Durant at the No. 4 position, and pinned all his hopes on Durant, and Durant's performance in the first quarter of the game did not live up to Scott Brooks' expectations, in the first quarter of the game was not over, Durant had already shot 6 of 9 and scored 14 points, but the Thunder not only failed to establish a lead, but also kept trailing the Spurs, which is very embarrassing.

When the first quarter of this game is over, looking at the score of 25-28 on the scoreboard, Scott Brooks's brows have been wrinkled into a Sichuan word, the performance of the Thunder in the first quarter of the game, not to mention how good, but at least it is above the average level, especially Kevin Durant, who has almost done the extreme, but the Thunder still can't overwhelm the Spurs in the situation and take the lead in the score, and Scott Brooks, as the head coach, also came up with all his methods, The boldest changes were made, but everything still seemed to be the same.

"The Thunder are looking very bad right now, although Durant played very well in the first quarter, but the Thunder have never been able to take the lead in the score, if in the next game, the Thunder still can't change the situation on the court, then it will be difficult for them to take the victory away from the Spurs' home court." After the players on both sides began to go off the court, Kenny Smith on the sideline commentator looked at the scoreboard, and then shook his head, although the playoffs are the stage for superstars, but it would be childish to expect a superstar to play at a super level to defeat the opponent.

"Let Durant play the No. 4 position, it can be said that Scott Brooks is a very effective adjustment, there is no need to entangle with Meng Xu at both offensive and defensive ends, which allows Durant to put more energy and physical strength into the offensive end, but after Durant plays the No. 4 position, the Thunder will face insufficient interior height, poor defensive intensity, and it is difficult to pose an effective threat to the Spurs under the basket, and these problems are also fatal enough for the Thunder."

If the score and the situation on the court in the first quarter only made Scott Brooks feel anxious, then when the half was over, looking at the score of 51-58 between the two sides, Scott Brooks's face was very ugly, Kevin Durant played the full 24 minutes of the first half, but he was never able to reverse the situation on the court, and the Spurs were stable and desperate.