245 Fantastic Tactics!
"China Jin's three-point hit"
"Use the Jazz's shortcomings on the weak side to beat the Jazz's defense, and then we can get back to playing the blocking offense that we're good at. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Popovich sat on the bench, chin propped up, thinking about the next adjustment.
The game continued, and no one noticed the problem with the Spurs' attack just now, and Kenny Smith just wondered why Jin Feng suddenly ran to the other side, which is not like the Spurs' running style.
The game continued, the Jazz's offense, George Hill faced Leonard again, the Jazz began to slow down, they reversed the ball back and forth on the outside, until Gobert was in a good position on the inside, George Hill made a lob and passed the ball in.
Gobert sat down on Dedmon, hit it twice, then turned around and hit a hook shot.
At 3-2, the Jazz scored two points. Dedmon has done his best to defend this time, but it is clear that he can't carry Gobert in terms of tonnage alone. Even if Gobert's offensive skills are average.
The Spurs' offense struck again, and it was still the same old routine, Leonard cut in with the ball, and the Jazz guarded it heavily.
Jin Feng and Simmons went around the weak side together, Leonard's pass came again, and the basketball came to Jin Feng at the top of the arc, but Hood quickly made up for it.
Jin Feng glanced at Jonathan Simmons and passed the ball again.
On the other side of the free-throw line, Jonathan Simmons received the ball and shot it, without any interference, and the basketball got into the basket.
This time, the Spurs' offense finally caught the attention of others, because of the two consecutive attacks, the Spurs' running and running were different from before.
"Jonathan Simmons, this time it's his mid-range shot, and the ball goes in crisply."
"Yes, in fact, we have found out that the Spurs have changed on the offensive end, I don't know if you have noticed, the Spurs' two attacks were scored on the weak side, I don't know if it's a coincidence." Kenny Smith glanced at Barkley, asked his question, and then went on to explain: "The strong side and the weak side mean that a basketball half is divided in two, the side with the ball is called the strong side, and the side without the ball is called the weak side, and these two consecutive balls are Spurs' off-ball players running to the weak side, and then catching the ball and shooting, I think this is probably a change made by the Spurs on the offensive end." ā
Jazz head coach Sneijder also noticed the change in the Spurs, but he didn't pay attention to it, just shouted from the sidelines: "Pay attention to the defense!" Pay attention to the defense! Don't miss the weak side! ā
Sneijder felt that there was a problem with their weak-side defense, so he emphasized it, but as everyone knows, the weak-side defense is a loophole in the Jazz's defensive system.
The game continued, after Sneijder emphasized, George Hill and Haywood also paid attention to the weak side of the defense, and when the Spurs' offense came again, Haywood and George Hill made up for the gap on the weak side in time.
Or in other words, the Spurs are a step slower, after all, it was said before the game that the gap on the Jazz's weak side will only last for a short time, maybe only one second, and the Spurs need to seize the opportunity to shoot the ball within this second.
There was a wave of failures, but Popovich didn't give up on finding a way to open up the game on the weak side, and he knew that as long as the Spurs took this brief opportunity, it would be enough to break through the Jazz defense.
The game continued, Jazz's offense, Haywood's layup was fanned by Dedmon, Jin Feng grabbed the ball and handed the ball to Leonard, and the Spurs' offense came again!
Judging from the game so far, Spurs interior Dedmon has played very well.
And another strange phenomenon is that Jin Feng is in the position of point guard, but in the few offenses since the beginning of the game, it is actually Leonard who is playing the point guard and does not understand Popovich's tactics.
Leonard cut inside, Jin Feng went around to the bottom corner of the weak side, and the basketball flew into his hands.
Hood's defense was too late, and Jin Feng made another three-point shot!
"China Jin once again shot three points on the weak side! Entered! Spurs' tactics are incredible! ā
Jin Feng waved his fist, his second three-pointer of the game!
The Spurs insisted on focusing on the weak side of the Jazz, and in the rest of the first quarter, Popovich made some personnel adjustments, in addition to Jin Feng and Leonard continuing to stay on the court, Tony Parker, Aldridge, and Gasol, the three main players who should have started the game, and the threat of this lineup was not less than the previous starters, especially in the offensive break, and the score was pulled away.
At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams became 35:22, and the Spurs led by 13 points, and in the entire first quarter, Jin Feng shot 6 three-pointers, hit 4 of them, and scored 12 points.
In other words, Spurs' main tactical play on the weak side has succeeded! Or, for now, Popovich's "wonderful" starting lineup has worked!
During the break, Sneijder was sweating profusely, and he had been anxiously adjusting his tactics on the sidelines.
He had worked in the Spurs coaching staff before, and he knew that Popovich knew that this old man did not play cards according to common sense, but he did not expect that the old man would give him such a hand in this game.
Strengthening the defense against the weak side? Or simply let the Spurs attack the weak side? Sneijder's choice is obvious, he chooses to strengthen the defense against the weak side, and this means that the Spurs have broken up the Jazz's defensive tactics of inside and outside!
So at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Spurs found that the Jazz had returned to the defensive tactics of the regular season with the interior line as the main defense and the defense of the restricted area.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Jazz's defense changed, and they no longer played the same defense from the inside, but mixed with other defenses, constantly changing.
However, for the Spurs, no matter how the Jazz transform, the effect will not be too good, anyway, as soon as the Jazz use the interior and outside defense, the Spurs will attack the weak side of the Jazz, and when using other defenses, the Spurs can play their own good block offense.
In doing so, the Spurs extended their lead, and by halftime, the 13-point lead had become 23.
"At halftime, the Spurs led the Jazz by 23 points, and the expected defensive battle, but I didn't expect the game to be stunned because of Popovich's sudden change of formation, and the Spurs actually made a sudden effort at the beginning of the game, and they led by more than 20 points at halftime!"
"That's right, and from the court, the Spurs completely suppressed the Jazz, it seems that if the Jazz can't immediately come up with effective response tactics, then the situation in the series will be bigger than we expected" Kenny Smith sighed, from the inside, he didn't care who had the last laugh between the two teams, he really regretted that because of Popovich's "naughty", it was almost difficult for him to see a peak defensive battle comparable to the 2005 Finals.