52 Anthony Davis
Entering the official timeout, the managers on both sides also seized the opportunity to lay out some tactics and announce the appearance list after the timeout. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
On the Spurs side, Popovich did not comment too much on the performance of the starting 5 players, after all, they played well overall, but the shooting percentage was relatively poor.
Of course, Jin Fengde is an exception, in the first few minutes, his shooting percentage was very good, two shots, all hits.
Popovich removed four starters, leaving only one starter on the court, and Jin Feng was also replaced by Ginobili.
In this way, the Spurs' on-court lineup is: point guard Murray, point guard Ginobili, small forward Simmons, power forward David Lee, and center Dedmon!
On the Pelicans' side, Gentry is a little sad, and the team's large-scale injuries have made him overstretched in personnel adjustments since the start of the new season.
During the pause, Gentry secretly glanced at the Spurs bench and looked at Popovich with a bleak expression, to be honest, he was very envious, although there were two big players who could not play in this game, but there was not much of a problem with normal rotation at all.
Sighing silently in his heart, although Gentry was very helpless, he still immediately picked up the tactical board, gathered the players together, laid out the tactics, and announced the list of appearances after the pause.
In the end, on the Pelicans' side, the star "Brother Thick Eyebrows" continued to stay on the court, do you want to rest? I wonder if Gentry wants to let Brother Thick Eyebrows rest?
The answer is obvious.
However, there is a weak heart, from the beginning of the new season to the present, the Pelicans are all relying on Brother Thick Mei to support him alone, and Brother Thick can be said to be both a father and a mother.
Now the difference with the Spurs is only 2 points, and once the thick eyebrows rest, the score is likely to be widened by the Spurs!
In addition to "Brother Thick Eyebrows", starting point guard Moore also continued to play.
Starting power forward Strauss Jones was replaced by Akinsa, starting small forward Solomon Hill was replaced by Quincy Poundset, and "Blowing Emperor" Stephenson was replaced by Buddy Hield.
After a timeout, the game resumed, with the Pelicans taking the lead.
Pelicans potential rookie Hield dribbled to the frontcourt, tossed the ball high and passed to the thick eyebrows on the inside, and the thick eyebrows took advantage of the momentum to make a layup!
At 17:17, the two teams are tied!
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, David Lee made free throws from the baseline, and Murray received the ball and advanced quickly.
Outside the 3-point line at the top of the arc, Dedmon took the initiative to pull out and make a block for Murray, who quickly broke through from the right side and went straight to the basket.
However, just in the next second, when Murray was about to get up and make a layup, he was blocked, and it was none other than Brother Thick Eyebrows.
Brother Thick Eyebrows' strength on the inside line is really not covered, whether it is offensive or defensive, he has terrible power, David Lee and Dedmon on the Spurs' side can't keep up with him at all, and he is not on the same level.
In fact, it's not just David Lee and Dedmon who can't stop Brother Thick Eyebrows, but among the other 29 teams in the league, there are almost few people who can compete with Brother Thick Eyebrows on the inside.
After blocking Murray's layup, Bushy Eyebrows grabbed the rebound in the next moment with his height advantage.
After quickly handing the ball to Moore, the Pelicans launched a defensive counterattack.
Moore made a powerful long pass and handed the ball to Hield, who quickly went straight to the Spurs' basket, and Hield quickly attacked the basket, jumped high and delivered a violent dunk.
At 17:19, after a timeout, the Pelicans quickly played the Spurs to a 4-0 lead for the first time in the game.
"Davis' role on the interior has been huge, and the Pelicans on the road look like they're going to ...... up."
"Compared to the Pelicans, the Spurs, as soon as they came up after the timeout, the players seemed to be a little out of shape, see how Popovich adjusted"
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On the Spurs bench, Popovich didn't have any change in expression after the Spurs were overtaken by the Pelicans, and it seemed that he was not in a hurry to adjust.
On the other hand, Ginobili assisted Dedmon for a successful dunk, and the Spurs finally scored after a timeout, and the score was tied again.
However, just in the next round, Bushy Eyebrows made a strong shot to Dedmon and caused Dedmon to shoot for a foul.
Taking advantage of the free throw break, Popovich finally made an adjustment, and Jin Feng came on again and replaced Murray.
"The Spurs have changed people, and China Jin has played"
When Jin Feng played again, there was also a burst of applause in the stadium, after all, Jin Feng played well in the first game before, and his previous two consecutive rounds of excellent performance also accumulated a lot of popularity for him.
Bushy eyebrows added free throws to give the Pelicans a three-point lead.
After Jin Feng returned to the court, although he replaced Murray, Popovich told him before he came on the court that he would still play point guard after he played, and Ginobili temporarily played the point guard.
Therefore, when it was the Spurs' turn to attack next, it was Ginobili who controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, not Jin Feng.
After Ginobili controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he did not rush to attack, and in the face of Hield's defense, he just lowered the center of gravity of the dribble and carefully observed the situation on the court.
Jin Feng suddenly ran quickly from outside the 3-point line in the bottom corner of the right corner, quickly got rid of Moore's marking, and moved to the bottom left corner.
What a chicken thief Ginobili is playing, Jin Feng saw it the moment he started running.
Therefore, when the ball arrived, in the bottom corner of the left side, Jin Feng quickly adjusted the center of gravity of his body, and his hand qi knife fell, and he shot with three points!
"Huh"
Basketball hollow into the net!
Jin Feng scored 3 points, 22:22, and the score equalized again!
The Pelicans, on their part, quickly responded, and small forward Bombset received an assist from Davis at the top of the three-point line and also hit a 3-pointer!
On the Spurs' side, Simmons made a 2-point shot from mid-range and missed!
At this time, there was 1 minute and 32 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, and the Pelicans, who were playing away, led the Spurs by 3 points.
There was some silence in the atmosphere, after all, the Pelicans were able to lead the Spurs at the end of the first quarter, which many people did not expect before the game.
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The game continued, and "Thick Eyebrow" Davis singled David Lee, causing David Lee's shooting foul and thus getting two free throws.
David Lee, who was sentenced to a shooting foul, kept shaking his head, he really couldn't carry Davis, whether it was strength or height, he didn't have any advantage, besides, defense has never been his advantage.
Davis then hit both free throws to give the Pelicans a five-point lead.
In the end, until the end of the first quarter, the Spurs failed to close the 5-point gap!
Davis was in great shape in the first quarter and has scored 16 points so far, accounting for almost two-thirds of the Pelicans' total first-quarter points.
There is no doubt that for Popovich, in the next matches, he will have to find a way to win