"I don't understand the scale of the referee's decision in this game, I don't think there is a fair environment in this game."

That's what Spurs head coach Alexander Pope said publicly when he spoke to the media after the team's first playoff game.

However, less than 12 hours after Alexander Pope's remarks about losing the game, the league showed its attitude by fining the Spurs head coach 5,000.

The Spurs and the Spurs team came to participate and watch this game with a lot of confidence, but the result of the game made them completely lose confidence in creating the "Black Eight Miracle".

A few points is a loss, and a dozen points are also a loss, but the Spurs lost to the Runners by a full 21 points at the end of the game, which can be described as a painful defeat.

You know, the Spurs have always been a playoff powerhouse, even if they often have average performances in the regular season, but as long as they make the playoffs, any team in the league has to be careful about them.

In the first round of last season's playoffs, the Mavericks almost suffered a "Black Eight" counterattack from the Spurs, and the two sides tied 2-2 in the fifth game, and finally in the fifth game, Bout Kerr used a rebound to beat the Spurs, and then the Mavericks played another wonderful game on the road, and finally advanced to the next round with a total score of 4-2.

It can be said that last season's Spurs were definitely defeated.

But after this game against the Runners, the Spurs' defeat was revealed.

The Runners dominated the league in the regular season with run-and-gun tactics, but they played a completely different offense and defense in their first game of the playoffs.

Although it may seem that the game is a little rough and not so smooth, the effect of this style of play against the Spurs is amazing.

The Spurs have essentially relied on their veterans to maintain a high winning percentage in the playoffs, and some other teams have good rosters, but their core players are easily limited after facing the Spurs.

However, the Runners are completely different, they are a pure outside team, the inner core Erwin is more like a pseudo-center, and the five players on the entire Runners team can ensure that they have good scoring ability and impact, so such a lineup is paired with Wang Lei's "Yang Mou", and the Spurs are basically completely blind.

The Spurs' veterans may be able to withstand the onslaught of one or two stars, but they definitely can't withstand the Runners' style of play where five players may take turns in one round.

The next day later, the same scene was played out again.

Wang Lei seems to be planning to kill the Spurs with this style of play, with Turgun playing without the ball, and Blair, Sallich and Francis Leonardo and others taking turns to attack the Spurs defense.

The Spurs did make some adjustments after the first loss, and head coach Alexander Pope even boldly put two reasonably physical young players on the court in order to cope with the wave of offense from the Runners.

However, just like the previous game, the Spurs were able to withstand the first quarter, but after entering the rotation lineup in the second quarter, the Spurs were quickly pulled away.

In fact, many teams in the league do not pay much attention to the role of rotation players and role players, basically each team is the star of the house from beginning to end, and then the role player plays an appropriate role, and some teams have even had the star of the house play the whole game.

Under Wang Lei's tutelage, the Runners did not take a certain player as the core, but a multi-core or even multi-core style of play, each of their role players has their own uniqueness, and each of them can also play their own role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, even if there are psychological problems, resulting in Stephen Chambers, who is always not in place when defending, has now made great progress after being treated by a psychiatrist.

was pulled away by the Runners' rotation lineup, and Spurs head coach Pope had to change the starting lineup in advance, which was actually a helpless move, because the final result of this was the team's starting physical problems, and then the Runners seized the opportunity to take it away.

In fact, what Pop can't figure out the most now is why Wang Lei, the coach of the Runners, can make a team's style so changeable, because according to the basketball concept accepted by Pop, the style of a team is basically fixed, because its players are those, and it is impossible to use the same player to play the style for many minutes, and if you forcibly change the style, it will only lead to the collapse of the team.

But the style of the opponent he's up against now is so varied, they can play the run-and-gun tactics that have shocked the entire league and the world basketball world today, they can also change their style to play obscene shrink defense and step-by-step positional offense, and the classic pick-and-roll combination that Coach Ronce Jerry of the Grizzlies has admired, and even the ability to change the lineup to play point forward.

Arguably, what has struck Alexander Pope the most about this team is their versatility.

The Spurs, who were replaced in the starting lineup in advance, were a little more powerful this time, and the team's veterans didn't want to show a little courage to fight back on the road, so when the second quarter ended, the Spurs were still five points ahead of the Runners.

But after entering the third quarter, Wang Lei asked the players to start accelerating, at which time the Spurs' age defects were undoubtedly exposed, and the Spurs' veterans began to be unable to keep up with the running of the runners, or their physical strength had problems, and even basic defense could not be guaranteed.

Throughout the third quarter, the Runners played an offensive climax that made the entire Saucasa fans exclaim.

Turgun, who was on the ball, led the team's offense, and he brushed up seven assists and 10 points in the quarter.

Stephen, who came off the bench, made 4 of 5 three-pointers and scored 16 points in eight minutes of playing time.

In the third quarter alone, the Runners not only overtook the score, but also expanded the difference between the two teams to more than 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Alexander Pope eventually surrendered just after the halfway point of the fourth quarter, and he is now ready to start preparing for his team's home game, with the veteran's stamina issues going to be his biggest concern, and he will have to think about how to avoid being swept out of the game.