"Beep ——!"

With a "whew", the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, and with the cheers of the San Antonio fans, the first game of the Western Conference semifinals started!

"Game on!!"

The first ball was picked up by Cousins, Evans stepped forward to grab the ball, and instead of rushing to attack, he reached forward and pushed forward, directing his teammates to start running forward before starting to dribble across the half.

Calm down.

Against the Spurs, be calm!!

"Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides!"

On the side of the commentary stage, Smith saw that there was no change in the starters of both sides, and said loudly: "Home team San Antonio Spurs, starting point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Danny Green, small forward Cowhi Leonard, big forward Tim Duncan, center Split!" ”

This lineup is really both offensive and defensive.

Parker has strong personal firepower on the ball, Danny Green is extremely strong defensively, and even from the high-level statistics, his defensive effect is comparable to Tony Allen, and one of the things that makes him even better than Tony Allen is that he also has quite terrifying three-point shooting ability.

Small forward Leonard, although he has not yet grown into the superstar of the future, this season Leonard has averaged 11.9 points and 6 rebounds per game, 1.7 steals, and 0.6 blocks. This kind of data is quite rare in a team like Spurs where everyone can hold the ball, everyone can dominate the ball, and there is no individual heroism at all.

"And Leonard's body is explosive, his hands are long to death, and his palms are about the same size as my palms!"

O'Neill added: "Facing Leonard today, Francisco Garcia is afraid that he will ...... The ball was broken!! ”

With a "snap", as O'Neal spoke, the basketball had just been transferred to Garcia's hand, Leonard flashed, stretched forward with one hand, and slapped the ball down with a few quick strokes.

Do you want to attack quickly?

The fans were about to get up and cheer, and Leonard was just about to send a long pass, but the basketball was already raised above his head and was about to be thrown forward.

"Rub!"

In the field of vision, a big back suddenly appeared, standing right on the passing route.

“…… Sou! ”

Collect the ball!

“…… It's dangerous! ”

The three commentaries watched in this scene were also in a cold sweat, although Gu Yu's single defense skills were still very average, and his ability to assist in defense was also limited by his physical fitness, which was not top-notch, and could not be regarded as superb. But on the defensive end, Gu Yu's judgment of the opponent's passing route is still quite good. The average of about 1 steal per game this season is a clear proof of Gu Yu's improvement on the defensive end.

"Because I'm a scoring maniac, I have an intuition about the line judgment of all offensive tactics!"

Barkley nodded and said, "Spurs slow down, give Parker, positional warfare!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang"

Parker controlled the ball, and a few crotch dribbles easily avoided Evans' lead defense, and stood at the top of the arc area, and his eyes began to aim to the right.

"This way!"

On the right side of the ribs, Danny Green was cutting in the air, and after reaching the basket, he suddenly rebounded, and at the same time rushed out to the outside, a tall figure stopped Gu Yu who was following the defense.

Split!

"Nice cover! Danny Green catches the ball and makes a three-point shot...... Middle!! ”

“YEAAAAAAAAH——！！！”

Spurs lead!

In the first goal of the opening game, the Spurs played quite concisely, but the players who know the ball can still see that even if the Kings have completed the change of defense at this moment just now, the Spurs' offensive backstrokes are still too much.

"Everyone has seen this opportunity for Danny Green, but if the Kings change the defense just now, Cousins changes out to defend Green, and my cousin goes to top Split, Green will definitely move the ball as soon as possible and let Split play small."

O'Neal is still very professional when it comes to center tactics, plus the Spurs, which can be regarded as an old opponent in his career, and the Spurs' tactical system, he knows very well: "Although Split is not very stable in the middle distance and is relatively mediocre in other aspects, he has a very good ability to grasp absolute opportunities under the basket." Big and small, with Split's power and finishing touch under the basket, it will definitely ...... in the end"

"Last rebound?"

Barkley smirked.

“…… Hahahaha, yes, yes!! ”

All three commentators were happy.

This is also an old stalk that only Spurs fans will understand, Split is a player who is quite good at basket work. But there is a problem, that is, no matter what kind of opportunity, I always want to go to the rebound. Although the hit rate is still great, this strange problem has gradually been discovered by people and used as a little joke.

“…… It's okay, attack! ”

The opening game was scored, the Kings were not discouraged, Evans held the ball again, and looked at Gu Yu, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear:

You run, I pass!

"Bang, bang, bang"

Dribbling past halftime, Evans knew that in the first game on the road, if he wanted to win and change the home advantage of this series, he had to score quickly.

Use the safest way possible, with our strongest weapons, to attack the heart of the opponent!

As a result, the Kings, under the watchful eye of fans around the world, came up with a rather novel tactic that had people discuss it for days afterwards.

"Tyrek ......!"

At halftime, Westphal on the sidelines suddenly got up and glanced at Evans, who was dribbling: "THRU!" ”

“…… Got it! ”

Evans' brain is still very good, and as soon as the old coach said it, a series of tactics that had been specially arranged before the start of the series in order to deal with the Spurs' defensive system immediately appeared in his mind.

This is just a starting point.

"Whoosh!"

The dribble came to the right 45 degrees, Evans called Cousins to come forward to block the pick-and-roll, and after Cousins blocked, Evans took a big step towards the top of the arc, immediately attracting Parker and Split to rise.

Lifting the ball up with one hand, Evans sent a cross without looking, and the top of the arc was empty a second ago, and by the time the basketball was in place, a big back appeared.

“…… It's a beautiful overall positioning! ”

The commentators are all old rivers and lakes, and when the fans were still watching the two of Evans and Cousins on the strong side, they had already noticed that Gu Yu on the weak side started to run from the bottom corner, first made a cross switch with Garcia, and then pretended to cut inside, waited until Thompson came out to cover, and then quickly bounced out, running directly to the top of the arc.

“…… Seal it up!! ”

What kind of brain does an old drunkard have? The moment he saw Gu Yu catch the ball, he realized what was about to happen, and with a roar, Duncan directly let go of Thompson, who was not a threat in the middle distance, and strode forward to seal Gu Yu's shooting route.

Nothing can be said to make my cousin shoot easily!

This is the most important thing that the Spurs have repeatedly emphasized before the start of this round of the series.

In the face of the king, it doesn't matter if anyone opens it, after all, the Spurs have the advantage in strength, and they can win by fighting bayonets.

But if Gu Yu opens it, it doesn't matter if you are the Spurs, the Heat or the 76ers, even if the five old stars of Tianwang Laozi come to form a team, they will be beaten by him alone!

Good to be in time!

Seeing Duncan's choice of timing, the old drunkard felt a little relieved. Worthy of being the most proud disciple of his subordinates, Duncan's judgment of defensive position and timing has become a turning point. Even now, his physical function has declined rapidly, but his consciousness is still there, and his mobility after weight loss has also increased, and he can still do it by locking Gu Yu without giving him space......

"Hey......

Just when the Spurs players were a little more settled and ready to continue the quick rotation and continue to contain the Kings' offense with their historic rotation defense.

Gu Yu smiled.

“…… Well? ”

Duncan was stunned, blocked by himself at the top of the arc, is it so funny?

Small and big? Speedy?

No way, I'm still with Kowhi Leonard by my side! There's no way he's going to let his cousin attack the basket so easily.

So what is he laughing at?

What's so funny......

“…… Sou! ”

Duncan hadn't yet comprehended the mystery, and Gu Yu suddenly sent a straight shot.

Straight plug ......??

To whom??

Hasn't Cousins already pulled out? I just went to cover for Tyreck, I couldn't have returned to the basket so quickly, and Split followed Cousins!

Everyone else is on the perimeter, Thompson is still in the middle distance, and my cousin has made a passing error??

Still is......

"Patronize and study me, and don't study my brothers carefully, right......? Yes? ”

Gu Yu smiled mysteriously, shook his head slightly at Duncan, and said, "You guys, it's still too young, too simple, and even a little bit of clothes!" ”

What the......

"Smack...... Call! ”

When the sound of basketball shots sounded behind Duncan, Duncan hadn't understood what was going on.

But the three commentators on the commentary stage are already going crazy.

“…… Swish!! ”

"Hit ——!!!!"

Tyrek Evans!

"! Kings!! That's what the Kings !! Endless offensive tactics, dizzying team cooperation, Sacramento Kings, mercury !! ”

Barkley instantly looked high, stretched out his fat finger and pointed at the court and said loudly: "Did you see that? See??? The strong side two turned, and you thought they were going to block and attack the basket, or cut outside to shoot, no! They transfer the ball! The weak side also cuts and runs back to cover the top of the arc, and after receiving the ball, you think they are going to shoot three points, no! They continue to transfer the ball!! ”

“NICE——！！！”

On the court, the Kings players completed a team offensive cooperation with all the mobilization, and the whole tactic flowed smoothly without any mistakes, and the players themselves were very excited, high-fiveing each other and celebrating.

"And just when everyone's attention was attracted by his cousin, and everyone was waiting for his cousin to throw three points, Tyrek Evans and Cousins did two more reverse screens, not to send Cousins to the basket, but to send Evans to arc through the air cut directly to the basket!"

Barkley continued: "At this time, my cousin transferred the ball again and assisted Evans to score a layup, which is a tactic that can be designed by taking advantage of my cousin's super court presence, this is a super starting style with infinite possibilities!! ”

Is it so exaggerated......?

Many fans haven't seen the subtlety of this tactic, and they only think that Barkley, a dead fat man, must have begun to exaggerate nonsense again.

But the next game told everyone one thing:

Charles Barkley is really a ...... who knows the ball!