Chapter 278: Fake Guard, True Organization
The Wizards' rotation time was slightly later than that of the Spurs, so after the Spurs were substituted, the Wizards' main force took the opportunity to exert their strength, and did not wait for the Spurs to adapt to the rhythm of the game, and continued to chase points.
At the end of the first quarter, both teams were on the bench and the Spurs ended the first quarter with a two-point advantage.
In the interval, Bobo was planning to lead the Wizards to double digits before the end of the first half, so as to ensure the rest of the main players in the second half, while Coach Brooks only asked the players to be able to bite the score, he believed that the Spurs had experienced many away games after all, and the more they got to the back, the more they were unable to do so, and it was the best choice to go all out in the final quarter.
Back on the court, both teams' benches focused on defense, with the margin hovering between 2 and 6 points.
The Wizards let Beal come back first, after all, Beal basically didn't play much in the first quarter, and he has always been a diversion in the offense, and the physical exertion is not great.
Beal made consecutive free throws to chase the difference to 1 point, and then the main players of the Wizards came on the court in turn, and Old Man Bobo also brought Ade and Leonard back to the court first.
Leonard went to limit Beal, but Porter started to play, and several consecutive empty-handed runs disrupted the Spurs' defense, and the Wizards took the opportunity to play a 5-0 run to overtake the score.
There was a problem with the Spurs' offense, and Ade thought that by playing blocking and dismantling with Leonard, he would be able to get the same opportunity as in the first quarter, but Leonard did not give the ball to Ade in a timely manner, and when he arrived, the timing and points were slightly different.
Leonard is a player with both offense and defense, which everyone recognizes, but in terms of organization and coordination ability, Leonard is still lacking, if it is better to encounter a single defense, you can divide the ball according to the tactical arrangement, if it is a bag or a sudden point, many opportunities for mobility, Leonard's vision is not so good, often unable to find the best teammates for the first time, but the integrity of the Spurs can make up for Leonard's weakness to the greatest extent, so when it comes to some established tactics, Leonard was not the first choice, and it was usually done by Ginobili or Parker, which is probably the reason why Old Man Bobo did not let Ginobili retire.
After the Spurs missed another shot, Wall took the rebound and was pulled by Ade, took the initiative to commit a foul, and looked at the old man Bobo, who understood Ade's intentions and quickly replaced all the main forces.
Seeing the Spurs' main force return, the Wizards also changed their offensive methods, still using the tactics of the first quarter, Beal obediently gave up the offense, ran to the bottom corner and began to contain Thunder Water, and Wall singled Parker to win.
It was the Spurs' turn to attack, the ball was in the hands of Lei Shui, Ade came up to cover as soon as possible, Lei Shui immediately broke through, turned around and jumped after attracting the defense to make a return pass, although the jump pass was not a good choice, but Lei Shui still did it in order to achieve the purpose of fast passing...
After Lei Shui jumped, he raised the ball above his head to pass, and suddenly found that Wall flashed, appeared on Ade's side, and had reached out to break the ball.
But Lei Shui can't pass it, he must pass the ball out before landing, the person he is looking for at this time must be Parker, Wall must have missed Parker to break the ball, his eyes swept away, and sure enough, he saw Parker was raising his hand and rushing to the basket, in the blink of an eye, Lei Shui forcibly collected the ball to be passed to Ade, and passed the ball to Parker with a wrist crutch before landing.
After receiving the ball, Parker used a spinner to shake off Gortat's defense, picked up a basket and put it into the basket, to be honest, after Parker had a hidden knee problem, it was rare to see him use a spinning top, although the speed was not as fast as before, but it was more than enough to shake off a center.
Wall did see through the cooperation of Lei Shui and Ade, when Lei Shui broke through, Wall dodged over for the first time, and saw Lei Shui use a jump pass, Wall was still happy in his heart, just waiting for Lei Shui's pass, but he didn't expect Lei Shui to react so quickly, and temporarily changed the pass object in the air, making Wall's gambling steal pay the price.
The Wizards attacked, Parker knew that Bill pulled out in order to contain Thunder Water, so he took the initiative to signal to switch defenses with Thunder Water, and Thunder Water would defend against Wall and Bill himself.
Wall's reaction was very fast, seeing Parker and Thunder Water switching defenses, he immediately handed the ball to Beal, who had been bored and didn't attack, suddenly became active, and took two steps in a row to score against Parker's high throw.
Parker is also very helpless, the Wizards are specifically bullying old men, but Parker does not have an advantage in defense, and it is estimated that no matter which team he changes, he will have to beat him.
But fortunately, the Spurs used the overall Bill to make corresponding restrictions, especially after Thunder Water defended Wall, tried to cut off the pass between him and Beal, making Wall's pass as difficult as possible to give Bill directly, so that they could fight separately, and the effect was still good.
On the Spurs' side, Ade continued to play blocking and dismantling with Thunder Water, although the Wizards saw this kind of cooperation very clearly, but there was nothing they could do, if they took the risk of stealing, Thunder Water could quickly find the person who missed the defense.
In the end, the Wizards tried to give up the double bag of Lei Shui, the first time, Bill was a little slower because he was a little slower around the cover, and was directly thrown away by Lei Shui, and it was a violent dunk to hit the basket, and finally had to choose to change when he was blocked, although at Morris's speed, it was difficult to prevent Lei Shui, but Lei Shui knew his task, pulled away, and gave Ade a back hit, Ade doesn't like confrontation, that's because the strength of the inside line in the league is generally very strong, but back hitting Bill is still very trivial for Ade.
The Spurs silently overtook the score, and Lei Shui's defense of Wall became more and more handy, after Lei Shui's defense of Wall, Wall's breakthrough chances decreased sharply, most of them were medium and long-distance shots, and the shooting rate was not high.
Although Beal faced the weakest point of the Spurs' single defense, the Spurs' control of the game made Beal's offense very uncomfortable, and every time he received the ball, it was in the area where his shooting was weak.
Although Thunder Water still played blocking and dismantling with Ade in this quarter, the Wizards were also targeting their tactical defense, passing half of the ball to Ade compared to the first quarter, although Ade's chances were less, but the opportunities were also in the hands of other players, and the Spurs really played as a whole in the second quarter, and everyone scored.
At halftime, the Spurs led the Wizards by 14 points at 58-44, and Ade alone scored 23 points, which was not only the highest halftime of the season, with 72% shooting and a very high efficiency value.
Although Lei Shui is a scoring guard, he only scored 6 points in the half, which is the least score in the main team, but he got 15 assists, and he perfectly completed the task of organizing the offense.