Chapter 241: The Victory of the Young Man
McMillan saw it clearly off the court, and he immediately walked to the sideline and shouted loudly for Batum to go to the high post to prepare for the attack. This is indeed the most correct way to deal with it www.biquge.info because Blair can't get out, what he is best at is to grab rebounds under the basket and do a good job of defense, if he pulls to the high position, it will provide more space for the Trail Blazers' raiders, so that the Spurs' interior line will be lost, so Blair will never dare to leave the basket.
Batum really pulled up to the top in the next offensive round, and Blair was very uncomfortable, he could only get stuck between Batum and the basket, and it was a little embarrassing to not get up or down. Now the Spurs' two interior players are pure defensive players, and Marcinmi is better, after all, the height of 2.11 meters is there, and no matter how bad it is, it can slow down the speed of the small men. But Blair is different, he is a short and stout insider, or a pocket type, because he is only 2.01 meters tall, which is shorter than Ye Feng and Batum. His strengths and weaknesses are very distinct, the advantage is that he is stable in the lower disc, and his arm span is quite impressive, but the disadvantage is that he is overweight, which makes him not very flexible on the inside, let alone keep up with Batum, who pulls up to the high post.
For a time, the Trail Blazers played a dazzling offensive with Batum as the core. Batum's vision on the court is not top-notch, but Ye Feng and Roy are both very good at empty-handed running, and they can call for Batum to pass the ball when they are about to appear in the gap, so that it does not affect the team's overall offense. And after repeated commands, Batum himself gradually began to find his senses, and could even use his advantage to pass Blair and distribute the ball to his teammates who were in the open space, while Blair could only watch and stare dryly from the sidelines.
The Spurs' offense and defense are getting a little disorganized, and this has nothing to do with their tactical execution, but is purely a consequence of the decline in physical strength. And the Trail Blazers players are still running on the court, especially Ye Feng, who Batum's response in the high post freed him up, so that he can focus more on attacking with the ball. In just eight minutes of the second quarter, Ye Feng has already scored 15 points, including 3 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line. Roy gave him the right to shoot very wisely, not because Roy didn't have confidence in himself, but because Ye Feng was obviously the one who was more sure in the face of Jefferson.
Blair and Marcinmi's ability to control the rebound is really good, the Trail Blazers rarely have the opportunity to grab the frontcourt rebound to complete the second offense, but the direct consequence of their shrinking inside is to hand over a large area outside the three-point line, Aldridge and Batum's mid-range shooting percentage is quite high, if they save, Ye Feng and Bayless will use their breakthroughs to give them a deep lesson. Yes, there is no Roy among the players who play as the attacker, this is what McMillan is asking for, he really doesn't want to see the captain of the team injured again at such a critical time, and reducing the breakaway and increasing the shot is the easiest way to do it.
It's clear that the Spurs are down in terms of speed and agility, and even if Ginobili and Parker aren't slow, the French sports car will become a classic car compared to the Trail Blazers' boys. The Trail Blazers' strategy is simple, we don't care how many points you score, as long as we can keep scoring and score more points in less time than you do, then the win is ours. That's what they think, that's what they do, as long as it's the Trail Blazers' offensive round, the tempo will be pulled very fast, and often before the Spurs players come to their senses, the opponent has already dribbled the ball inside, and then either went straight to the basket or distributed the ball outside the three-point line, allowing teammates to complete the fatal blow.
Popovich had to admit that it was a bad idea to start GDP at the same time, at least in this game. So after the start of the second half, he still replaced Parker with Hill and partnered with Ginobili in the backcourt, but there is one thing that the old man has forgotten, that is, Ginobili's own physical fitness, if Parker can rest off the court for a while, then he still has to continue to fight with the opponent on the court, which is a heavy burden for a player who played 20 minutes in the first half, not to mention that Ginobili is in his thirties this year.
Hill's appearance gave the Spurs a sigh of relief, but only a breath of relief, because he could control the Spurs' rhythm but not the Trail Blazers' rhythm, after all, he is not the kind of tough outside defender, and the Trail Blazers' organizational core in this game will not be against him. So there was a very strange situation in this game, when the Trail Blazers attacked, they sent the ball into the basket as quickly as a gust of wind, and when the Spurs attacked, it was like an old cow pulling a broken car, which was very depressing to watch. This contrast between slow and fast style of play makes many fans uncomfortable, but they don't boo the team they support, so as long as the ball is in the hands of the Trail Blazers players, there will be overwhelming boos from the audience to express their dissatisfaction.
However, the players of the Trail Blazers will not be afraid of this little boo, but under the command of Ye Feng, they will run more and more energetically, and Hill, the only young Spurs player on the court, is also a little out of breath by his own classmate Bayless, no way, Bayless is too good to run, and as a substitute for the team, he rarely has so much time on the court, and finally encountered how to seize the opportunity, so Hill was tragic, and he could keep up with Bayless's speed at first, In the fourth quarter, you can only follow the opponent's ass and eat dust.
The Trail Blazers took advantage of a wave of scoring surges at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter to maintain their lead all the time, and also used their desperate runs to drag down the Spurs players who were much older than them, and with five minutes left in the fourth quarter, although the Trail Blazers only led by 7 points, the Spurs were never able to equalize the score in one go, and they were really tired. Especially GDP, they are already not young, and they are taken by a group of juniors to fill in the gaps everywhere on the field, and everyone will be tired. Popovich was unwilling, but it was a decision he made before the game started, and who is to blame if something goes wrong now?
Looking at the Trail Blazers players still running around the court, Popovich sighed, his mind already flying to the next season, even if the Spurs still have a chance to turn around. He silently asked himself in his heart: "Is Spurs really old?" Is it time to start another era? ”