Chapter 239: The Two Extremes of the Team

From the first second of the game, the two sides played against each other on the field in strict accordance with the arrangement of the head coach before the game. www.biquge.info In other words, they really regard themselves as ordinary members of the team, not superstars with high salaries or about to get high salaries, but are willing to do their own things according to the requirements of the tactical system.

There is still a big difference between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs, though, even though they both are more focused on teamwork in this game. The Trail Blazers, both offensively and defensively, are like a raging flame with strong aggression, and they are always looking to put more pressure on their opponents; The Spurs, on the other hand, quietly do their own thing, completely ignoring how the opponent responds, they just run like that, shoot, defend, and grab rebounds step by step, but they just give people a sense of heaviness that cannot be shaken. No one knows which is better or worse, and the difference in scores also reflects the almost identical strength of the two teams.

Surprisingly, the Trail Blazers' style of play was more physically demanding, but they still maintained a very good offense and defense even after more than half of the first quarter, and the intensity was not much different from the beginning of the game, which is really surprising. Especially Ye Feng, McMillan's use of Bayless and Roy in the backcourt means that he must take on the responsibility of organizing the offense, and he is also a key player for the Spurs.

Ye Feng himself knew very well what was going on, because he was too excited in this game, and the mental excitement made it difficult for the body to feel tired. Of course, this excitement was not there from the beginning, but after McMillan announced the team's starting line-up, he guessed the team's tactical style for this game, which is what he likes and does best. As a force. Players with speed and skills are the best choices, Ye Feng has always thought he is suitable to play in a fast-paced tactical system, but he has not been able to have fun due to the presence of Miller and Camby before, but this time the opportunity has come.

According to Popovich's idea, the first thing the Spurs should do is to control the interior, or control the rebound, and Duncan has done a pretty good job of this, because there is no Camby to limit him now, and in the face of the young Aldridge, he can say that he can do exactly what he wants under the basket. However, although Duncan didn't let Aldridge grab a lot of rebounds, he ignored the two wings of Ye Feng and Batum, which also cost him. It is true that Ye Feng and Batum do not have the height of the interior line, but they can rush to grab rebounds under the cover of Aldridge, which caught Duncan off guard.

As for the Spurs' perimeter, it's true that they're looking for better shots, but the Trail Blazers make up for the lack of defense with their movement and hard work, and as soon as one of the Spurs players receives the ball, the nearby Trail Blazers players will quickly press it up, completely compressing the space for dribbling, passing and shooting. In fact, McMillan's original intention was not like this, but the Trail Blazers players were too excited, and the players on the stage were some young men in their twenties, so everyone did not spare their physical strength, hoping to limit the Spurs a little, but I didn't expect the effect to be good.

It wasn't until the last two minutes of the first quarter that the managers of both sides invariably changed their starting lineups. In these ten minutes, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers fought to the core, although the Spurs' shooting percentage and offensive efficiency are very high, but the Trail Blazers put more emphasis on speed, so they have much more offensive rounds than the Spurs, which to a certain extent makes up for their shooting rate is not as good as the Spurs. Under the combination of the two, it has become a normal thing that the score difference has not been widened. It's acceptable for both sides, with McMillan believing that it would not be easy for the team's mixed starting and bench lineup to tie with the Spurs, while Popovich was pleased to see that the Trail Blazers players had exhausted a lot of energy but not taken the lead, and both felt that they had earned it, but who earned more will depend on the next game.

In the time when the rotation lineups of the two sides appeared, it was obvious that the Trail Blazers had a clear advantage, because the Spurs' lineup was Hill, Mason, Temple, Bonner and Blair, and only Hill and Mason could score consistently, but the scoring explosiveness of these two people was very lacking. The Trail Blazers look a lot more luxurious, Miller and Fernandez partner in the backcourt, the third position is Dante Cunningham, and the interior combination is Huo Ershu and Camby, this rotation lineup has a very clear division of labor, the backcourt is the main offense, the frontcourt is the main defense, and Miller and Fernandez's firepower is much better than Hill and Mason, and the latter is also unable to score under the basket with a higher shooting percentage because of the presence of Camby, and can only use three-point shots or mid-range shots to try their luck.

I have to say that Miller is indeed not old, in the case of the decline in the defensive intensity of both sides, he is like a fish in water, mid-range shooting, breakthroughs, three-pointers, it is like an offensive kaleidoscope, and he is very experienced, it is indeed a piece of cake against Hill. Led by Miller, the Trail Blazers' rotation quickly opened up the difference, and by the time Popovich had to call a timeout, the Trail Blazers had an eight-point lead, which was not a good thing for the Spurs, whose starting lineup was on par with their opponents, because they couldn't rely on the starting lineup to fill the hole.

Eight points may not seem like much, but it's definitely a lot, because a single attack can turn into double digits. Everyone has a strange psychology in the basketball game, the difference of eight or nine points is completely acceptable, but as long as one to ten points, it seems to be just a one-ball gap, but the mood immediately becomes different, the leading team will be like a rainbow, and the backward team may also collapse, which is difficult to explain. While it's not a big deal for the Spurs to be double-digit behind, Popovich doesn't want to make GDP starters at the same time a laughing stock.

After calling a timeout, he motioned for the Spurs players to gather around quickly, and he picked up the tactics board and began to explain the next tactical setup. Now it's time to get the starters back on the pitch, but how they're going to play is something to be done.