Turning his head, the Spurs played a wave of offense, and Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines shouting, emphasizing the defense.

The Spurs continued to let Duncan receive the ball in the low post and play alone, but Robert Horry reached out from behind Duncan and took out the ball and broke the ball directly!

McBlin immediately shouted, "Steal!" Succeed! Robert Horry has made a meritorious service! ”

Kobe Bryant flew to grab the ball, and the Lakers went straight to the fast break.

rushed to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant scored 2 points with a jumper, 2:1, the Lakers scored, it looked a little difficult, Scott Pippen and O'Neal failed to score, and finally Kobe Bryant scored a fast-break goal, this goal is really not difficult, obviously, such a goal does not prove anything.

The Lakers' offense was tough, and Qiao Hai was standing on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, and he wasn't ready to make adjustments for the time being.

The Spurs' offense, Qiao Hai continued to emphasize defense, and he commanded wildly on the sidelines, so that the linesman had to run over to interfere with Qiao Hai and make Qiao Hai stop talking.

The Alamo Dome Stadium was also booed, and Qiao Hai's crazy command performance was like a provocation in front of the away fans, and the San Antonio fans naturally couldn't see it and booed Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai didn't care, and under the interference of the referee, he retreated to the coach's seat.

The Spurs' offense also ended as he retreated to the coach's box, with Avery Johnson failing to break through with the ball, David Robinson missed a mid-range jumper after receiving the ball, and Scott Pippen grabbed the rebound inside.

The Lakers tried to break fast again, but Popovich couldn't stand it, walked to the sidelines, and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Retreat! ”

The Spurs' retreat barely caught up with the Lakers' fast break under Popovich's reminder, and Scott Pippen glanced at the Spurs' defensive formation, slowed down the tempo, and began to direct the run, which meant to play positional offense.

O'Neal is stuck inside, and Scott Pippen gives the ball directly.

One-on-one singles, O'Neal faced David Robinson again, David Robinson withstood O'Neal to the death, the duel between the two generations of super centers, one is at his peak, the other is already dying, and only the last ray of sunshine remains.

As soon as O'Neill twisted his ass, he turned around and was about to hook his hand.

David Robinson pressed up, and Duncan made up for it from the side, really interfering with O'Neal.

The basketball smashed directly on the edge of the basket, the shot was not very positive, the basketball bounced on the basket, and finally missed.

O'Neal conceded another goal, Qiao Hai frowned, the biggest difficulty of the Lakers in this game is obvious, O'Neal can't withstand the pressure of the Spurs twin towers, mainly on the offensive end, David Robinson in his twilight years is declining because of his offensive ability, but the defense is getting older and more demonic, and in 1997, Tim Duncan, who was competed for by many teams, is a superstar who integrates offense and defense.

The defense of the Spurs' inner twin towers is about to explode, and the strongest of the Lakers is O'Neal on the inside.

"No wonder the Spurs can win the championship, this interior twin towers, just defense is scary enough."

Qiao Hai muttered, he was still not ready to adjust.

Before this game, Qiao Hai also prepared a set of defensive tactics, if he couldn't break through the Spurs' interior Great Wall, he would simply fight a defensive battle, use defense against defense, and see what kind of performance the Lakers can play under high-pressure defense.

And even if the Spurs' defense is excellent, as long as the Lakers also play their own defense well, relying on the Lakers' advantage on the outside, the winning handicap in this game is still very large.

The Spurs defended well, and the Lakers didn't do a bad job defensively.

In the first five minutes of the game, the two teams played an ultra-low score, 6:5, the Lakers scored 6 points, and the Spurs scored 5 points.

Popovich made the first substitution, the Spurs' outside offensive problems are too big, the little general Avery Johnson's passing organization is not bad, and his personal offensive ability is really not strong.

Mario Airy is good at defense, three points are good, but the time is not good, this guy is most famous for being in the Western Conference finals that year, Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns, Mario Alley, who was playing for the Rockets at the time, threw a three-point shot, and then sent a flying kiss to the defense of the Suns bench, which was called the kiss of death by Rockets fans.

Sean Elliott was able to average 20 points per game at his peak, but now that he is old, averaging only about 10 points per game, it can be said that the Spurs' outside three contributions are almost negligible on the offensive end in addition to defense.

So, Popovich needs to make substitutions to solve the problem of poor outside offense.

The Spurs' bench also has Steve Kerr, Jaren Jackson, who averaged 8.8 points per game last season, and Antonio Daniels, who averaged 7.8 points per game last season.

Steve Cole's three-point shooting is more accurate, as a point guard can provide some outside firepower, Jaren Jackson's three-point shooting is very accurate, much more accurate than Mario Eri, who comes and goes from three-point to time, that is, the defense is a little worse, Antonio Daniels is compared to Sean Elliott, a sophomore, he is obviously younger and better defensively.

As a result, the Spurs went up and down three times, and the outside line was replaced.

The Lakers also made substitutions, Bruce Bowen replaced Shaquille O'Neal, and Qiao Hai had to fight.

Qiao Hai's idea is very simple, in the first half of the first quarter, O'Neal only scored one goal on three shots, and the offense was obviously blocked, in this case, Qiao Hai obviously did not need to continue to let O'Neal play, and now the best way to deal with it is to wait for the Spurs to remove a tower, O'Neal can play and come in handy.

And now with Bowen, the Lakers have put on an obvious small lineup.

"One big and four small, this is going to push the fast attack."

Popovich secretly guessed that he was not in a hurry, and the small lineup was not able to work anytime and anywhere, especially in 1999, the small-ball tactics were not accepted by many coaches, and Popovich was one of them, he believed that the shortcomings of the small-ball tactics were obvious, and as long as they were targeted, the Lakers would have to be dumb.

Popovich also knows the Lakers' small-ball play, and it is true that the Lakers have won many games with the help of this set of big and four small tricks, but Popovich doesn't think this set of small-ball play will work for the Spurs.

Let's not talk about anything else, just the Spurs, the twin towers of the interior, as long as the Spurs slow down the pace and the Lakers put on a small lineup, the interior line will be blown up.

"Young man, it's still a little tender."

……

After the substitutions on both sides, before the game restarted, Joe Hay pulled Scott Pippen and ordered: "Scott, you go defend Tim Duncan and let Bruce cooperate with you." ”

Qiao Hai will not ignore the offensive threat of the Spurs Twin Towers, his way of dealing with it is to hand Duncan to Scott Pippen, who has returned to the top, and Scott Pippen, who has returned to his peak, has naturally re-become an 8-time first-guard player in his prime.

The game soon restarted......