When people think of Texas in North America, the first thing that comes to mind is cowboys, the West, and Red Dead Redemption (read the last three words wrong, go to the wall).

The lazy cowboy breaks into the western town, then falls out with people in the bar, shoots and shoots in the middle of the city, and the background is a lively jazz music, which is probably a perfect "western image".

But anyone who has been to San Antonio will be impressed by the city in south-central Texas.

Wandering along the San Antonio River, listening to Mexican or Hispanic residents playing classical guitars in the riverside taverns, many people would have thought that they had arrived not in the second largest city in Texas, but in Venice, Italy.

Admittedly, the city of San Antonio is still very attractive, and the warm and welcoming residents, coupled with the comfortable living environment and slow pace, can really make many people nostalgic for the city.

However, the Runners who came to San Antonio overnight didn't have time for the last San Antonio Riverside dinner, and they had to seize all the time to rest and relax before preparing for the upcoming game.

The San Antonio Spurs have a glorious history, they were a league-sweeping team in the 80s, and there were as many as four Spurs players who were later inducted into the Hall of Fame during that period, and what is even more exaggerated is that the four Spurs players at that time were all old San Antonio, among which Alexander Pope and Tulil Antonio became members of the Spurs' coaching staff after retiring, and the current head coach of the Spurs is Alexander Pope.

In this increasingly commercialized league, it is indeed rare for a team like the Spurs to allow veterans to live with their own team, which is also seen by many as a good story that can be passed on.

However, Wang Lei is even more emotional about whether the Spurs are really related to the surname Bo, there is a Popovich in the earth's time and space, and there is also an Alexander Pope in this time and space.

Although compared to the Spurs in the earth's time and space, the Spurs in this time and space are now very average, even Wang Lei himself has to admit that the Spurs are not a particularly easy team to deal with.

Although the current Spurs team cannot be compared with the past, this Spurs team is a very old team, and their old spicy is reflected in their rich game experience, except for the rookies selected to the team this year who have not played in the playoffs, the other players have rich playoff experience, and the Spurs' starting five tigers have Finals experience.

Although the Spurs' results in the regular season have been average, no team entering the playoffs dares to boast that they are better than the Spurs, not even the Dallas Mavericks, who were very strong last season.

Therefore, the current Spurs are known as the league-wide retirement home, and basically many famous players will choose to join the Spurs when they get older, and the Spurs are happy to accept these veterans.

While Wang Lei lamented the old spiciness, he also lamented that they have a good team doctor, and they can give many veterans full of injuries a new life in San Antonio, which is definitely an outstanding achievement.

Old and Mijian, ginger is still old and spicy, these oriental sayings or idioms all remind Wang Lei to be careful about this game, but when the game really starts, the runners still encounter great difficulties.

In the last game against the Golden State Warriors Runners, the "slow" effect was played, and the Golden State Warriors' defense was chaotic with Blair Bowman's strong attack, and today against the Spurs, Wang Lei asked the players to speed up the pace of offense and defense, and use the advantage of youth to drag down the Spurs, but in fact, the players on the Runners are difficult to make the game fast.

The Spurs' veterans were not as physical as they were back then, but they controlled the tempo of the game very well, and although Turgun used continuous shooting and assists to help the Runners take the lead in the opening game, he could not keep the team's pace up after that.

Spurs point guard Fernando Torris is a player who won the championship with the Boston Celtics in the 10-11 season, when Fernando was the Celtics' starting point guard, although he scored and assisted, but his defense is definitely the top in the league's No. 1 position, and as he gets older, Fernando's "acting skills" have become more and more exquisite, and he let Turgun have a good look at what it means to "fall when you touch, shout when you fall".

In less than six minutes of the opening game, Turgun was saddled with two personal fouls, and Wang Lei had to let Turgun off, after all, he could also see that Turgun's mood was a little wrong at this time, and in front of these veterans of the Spurs, the players of the Runners were too young.

For a team like the Spurs, the entire league is actually in a state of "protection", after all, everyone has an "old" time, and no one can guarantee that they can have a stable job after the decline in physical condition, so the Spurs cannot easily offend many players in the league, and even the referee will be more cautious when blowing the Spurs for the game, so the advantage of the Runners is basically canceled.

Without Turgun to control the tempo, Blair was not able to play to his advantage today, so when the first quarter ended, the score was tied at 28, and the Runners did not score more than 30 points in the first quarter for the first time since the start of the regular season.

After entering the second quarter, the characteristics of the Spurs began to show that there were many players, Alexander Pope was particularly good at playing the role of bench players, and the Spurs' bench players were also experienced masters, so the Runners were overtaken by the Spurs under the rotation lineup.

At halftime, the Spurs unwittingly stretched the deficit to seven points.

In the third quarter, Turgun was on fire and Salich played well, but Spurs power forward Hartle Troy played an amazing performance in the third quarter, the 35-year-old veteran hit 100 shots from the three-point line, and scored 23 points alone in the third quarter to help the Spurs maintain a seven-point advantage into the fourth quarter.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Runners could have played to their physical advantage, but they were in foul trouble, with the team's interior players basically carrying four fouls, and Elvin Butler committing six fouls shortly after the start of the fourth quarter.

In the end, the spicy Spurs maintained their seven-point advantage until the end, and they used their experience to send the Runners their second loss since the start of the regular season.