"Sean, in the next game, if you're playing against the big guy who can only shoot, then you should try to make as much physical contact as possible with him. "After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Spurs' main players were all rested off the court, and Mario Elie appeared on the court with a group of substitutes, and so far it seems that Mario is quite comfortable with his new role.www.biquge.info After observing the first quarter of the game, Popovich also spotted the shortcomings of Rashad Lewis's fear of physical contact and gave new instructions to Sean Etellio for the rest of the game.

"Meng, it's up to you to defend Payton and strangle him in the next game, and we'll win." Unlike the Spurs' main team who went off the court, Gary Payton has stayed on the court without a break since the beginning of the game, and it seems that the SuperSonics really want this victory. Since the beginning of this season, Payton's playing time has also been increasing, and so far his average playing time has exceeded 42 minutes per game, and many key games have been played throughout the game, becoming the second-most player after Karl Malone. Under Payton's leadership, the second quarter was only halfway through the game, and the Spurs were already 10 points behind.

"This guy's stamina is really abundant." For Peyton's physical fitness, Meng Xu really admires it from the bottom of his heart, he didn't rest for the first 18 minutes, and now he can still keep breathing evenly when standing in front of Meng Xu.

"Rookie, it's finally your turn." Looking at Meng Xu standing in front of him, stretching his arms, Payton was also excited, since Jordan retired, Payton has a feeling of no opponent, although he has not yet won the championship, but in the past few years, Payton has played against all the top outside lines in the league one by one, from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, all of them are eager to die. In the first two games with the Spurs this season, Payton didn't notice Meng Xu, but since the middle of the season, Meng Xu has been touted by some good media as the top 3 in the league, or even the best outside defensive player, which makes Payton, who has won the best defense as a guard and claims to be the first in the league, a little uncomfortable.

Meng Xu didn't answer, but stared at Peyton intently, instead of smiling like in the past, Meng Xu now learned Duncan's facial paralysis. For Payton, Meng Xu also has some understanding, as a supergiant with a strength evaluation of 96 at his peak, Payton is definitely a very low-key player, and a player with a guard position with a defensive ability of 98 is absolutely unprecedented, even the basketball god Michael Jordan's defensive ability is inferior to Payton. And Peyton is now at the peak of his career, so in the face of Peyton's provocation, Meng Xu is also very cautious, and it is not good to be accidentally slapped in the face.

"Boy, I remember you were a big mouth, why is this game so low-key." After Payton finished speaking, seeing that Meng Xu still did not react, he gave up his plan to continue to provoke Meng Xu, lowered his head and shoulders, lowered his body center of gravity, and prepared to break inward, with the strongest interior combination in the league to protect the basket, the Spurs' interior line is not so easy to enter, and Payton's breakthrough is basically creating opportunities for teammates, or ending with a stop-and-go jump shot outside the penalty area.

Unlike traditional point guards who rely on speed and change direction to break through, Payton's breakthrough relies more on super physical fitness and first-class movement speed to crush defenders, and this kind of player is also the most difficult type for Meng Xu to defend in the past, but with the continuous enhancement of Meng Xu's strength attributes, as well as the more proficient use of the two skills of sixth sense and death winding, Meng Xu has gradually found a way to deal with this type of player, and basically there will be no previous situation, which is out of position when he is hit by the opponent and then erased.

Because he was very clear about Payton's purpose after breaking through, Meng Xu also deliberately put Payton on the outside when defending Payton, mainly blocking his passage to break into the inside, so the current situation on the court seems that Meng Xu has nothing to do to defend Payton, but in fact, Payton can't get close to the edge of the penalty area at all.

Seeing that 15 seconds had passed, Payton finally called his teammates to block and dismantle, and after the block, he passed the ball to Wenbeck on the edge of the inside penalty area, and after Wenbeck held the ball against Duncan, he passed the ball to Rashad Lewis in the bottom corner, and Lewis was hit by Sean Etellio, and the ball was unstable and made a direct mistake, and the basketball went out of the bottom line.

Back on the offensive end, Payton was also bent on getting back on the court, giving up Avery Johnson, who was opposite him, and took the initiative to find Meng Xu. Payton's defense is very similar to Leonard's defensive style, both are the kind of tight pressing defense, but Payton's small movements are much more than Leonard's, although his height and arm span are slightly obvious, but relying on his strong body, excellent movement speed, and doing everything he can to make small moves, under Payton's defense, Meng Xu is also very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, unlike Payton, Meng Xu is not the main offensive point of the Spurs, and Meng Xu only had one touch of the ball in this attack, although he threw off half of Payton's body, but after receiving Avery Johnson's pass, Meng Xu did not shoot blindly, but passed to Sean Etello on the weak side, and finally the basketball was transferred to the inside, Duncan singled Weinbeck, not only the ball went in but also caused Winbeck's foul.

After two consecutive rounds, the iron-faced Payton gave up defending Meng Xu and continued to defend Avery Johnson. After Payton was constantly carried by Meng Xu, he lost Payton's supersonic speed, and the defense immediately dropped a notch. Payton is now both a dad and a mom in the SuperSonics, not only defending the opponent's outside core, but also wiping his ass for Brent Barry and Lashad Lewis, organizing offense on the offensive end, and stepping up to score when his teammates are not working.

After Payton changed the defense, in the face of SuperSonic's scoring guard Brent Barry, Meng Xu was not so polite, in the case of comprehensive superiority in height and arm span bounce, Meng Xu scored two consecutive outside 3 points, and the head coach of the Supersonic called a timeout, 4 rounds, the Spurs played SuperSonics 11 to 4, and the original 10-point difference was instantly left with 3 points.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Spurs also quickly caught up with the score after strengthening Payton's defense and interior offense, and by the end of the second quarter, 50-51, the difference between the two teams was only 1 point. After scoring 33 points in the first quarter, the SuperSonics scored just 18 points in the second quarter.