Aldridge was the first to hit the first goal of the game, and Popovich stood on the sidelines, surveying the situation on the field, with a calm look in his eyes and a calm look, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was the Knicks' turn to attack, Grant drove to the top of the circle with the ball, Leonard was stubbornly guarding Anthony on the left side, Gasol and Noah tangled under the basket, Aldridge followed Porzingis, and Kyle Anderson was in front of Rose in the bottom right corner.

Wang Zhuo sat on the bench, looking at the situation on the court, his brows furrowed slightly, and he instantly stretched out again, obviously knowing a little about Popovich's defensive strategy, that is, relying on Leonard's excellent defense to lock the Knicks' first offensive firepower Anthony.

In fact, the Spurs are restraining the Knicks in the lineup, and the strongest wing defense is just right against the strongest attacker, Popovich knows this, so he plans to limit Anthony as soon as he starts, as long as Anthony plays abnormally, the Spurs will win half of it.

Of course, Wang Zhuo also thought of this problem, but the game had just begun, and it was not yet the critical moment to reveal the hole cards, so at the beginning of the game, both sides were playing step by step and testing each other.

Grant looked around, only Rose had a slight advantage over Anderson, so he shook his left hand, made an "ok" gesture, signaled to play the third set of tactics, Porzingis mentioned the right three-point line outside the cover, Rose bypassed Porzingis and ran to the top of the circle from the bottom right corner, Grant handed the ball to Rose and moved to the left, blocking the defender Parker.

Anderson was blocked by Porzingis' human wall and had no time to chase Rose, so there was a small gap in front of Rose at the top of the circle at this time, and he could choose to shoot three points directly or take a two-step pullup jumper.

Aldridge is 5 feet on the right side, and if he shoots a three-pointer, Aldridge will hardly save to defend, but if he chooses to take two steps with the ball and shoot safely, Aldridge can easily interfere with Rose's shot by moving two steps slightly to the penalty area.

However, since then, Porzingis outside the three-point line has formed a misalignment, and in the face of Kyle Anderson, Rose weighed the pros and cons and made a split second decision, dribbling to start pretending to rush inside.

Aldridge was really deceived and moved over to try to interfere with Rose's layup, but as soon as he took a step, he found that he was fooled, Rose did not choose to shoot at all, but transferred the ball in a small area, Porzingis received the ball, adjusted, and faced Kyle Anderson, who was about 20 cm shorter than him, and made a three-point shot without pressure, and the ball went into the basket.

Although the end point of the offense is Porzingis as a cover, Ross is the core of the soul of this tactic, and he is responsible for pulling out the opponent's big man defender and creating the best opportunity for Porzingis to shoot out of misplace.

Porzingis' goal sparked a chorus of cheers from the home fans, with even the Zen master sitting in the audience smiling and giving a rare standing ovation to the Knicks' wonderful cooperation.

"Insect carving skills."

Assistant coach Becky Harmon, who was sitting next to Popovich, muttered disdainfully.

Popovich turned his head, glanced at Hamon, did not make a sound, but the stubborn temperament in his body was stimulated, you must know that Popovich's coaching reputation is not inferior to that of any famous coach, including Phil Jackson sitting in the stands, and the peach and plum are all over the world, how can he lose his demeanor because of a ball, although his heart is also shocked by Wang Zhuo's tactics.

However, a tactic can only shine a wonderful moment, not a normal game, the Spurs launched an attack in the backcourt, Leonard ran without the ball on the left side, borrowed cover to go around the right free throw line, received Parker's pass, and hit a mid-range jumper.

Not only that, but Leonard also contributed on the defensive end, forcing Anthony to make a reluctant shot when there was no room to shoot, and the result was naturally missed, and Gasol grabbed the rebound.

Aldridge received the ball again, Porzingis became a lot smarter, carried Aldridge and forced him away from the 15-foot shooting area as much as possible, and it worked, Aldridge turned over and missed a jumper, Noah scrambled for the rebound, and Rose relied on his nimble footwork, easily passed Anderson, and hit the board with a small throw inside.

"Kawai is becoming more and more a superstar, so it's no wonder that Tim has chosen to retire with confidence and confidence, and of course, Kristaps is growing at an amazing rate."

For a while, the game was indistinguishable and difficult to judge, and while Barkley on the commentary bench explained the game, he did not forget to praise the two core players of both sides, and he actually changed the poisonous tongue style of the past.

The game lasted for 5 minutes, and the players on both sides turned back and ran in an orderly manner according to the established tactics, and the score also staggered.

In fact, the Spurs did not play the expected effect, and Popovich's concept of "fast and not broken" before the game was not reflected, not because the Spurs did not want to, but because the Spurs roster had no shortage of older players, such as Parker and Gasol, so it was a bit unrealistic to improve the overall mobility of the team.

On the other hand, the Knicks, except for Anthony who is 31 years old, are all in the age of playing, of course, except for injury factors, although the Knicks are younger, but the Knicks seem to be deliberately retracting, and there are few scenes of fast breaking, almost all of them fall into the half-court position, and run patiently and carefully.

How could Popovich not see that the Knicks were accumulating strength, if they kept playing a war of attrition, it would be the Spurs who would suffer in the later stage, and in the end, Popovich still couldn't sit still, and when the first quarter of the game was 6 minutes and 42 seconds, he signaled the referee to pause and took the lead in choosing to adjust the lineup.

At this time, the score on the court was 13-14, the Knicks were one point ahead, Wang Zhuo expected Popovich to change the formation, but he didn't know what kind of lineup Popovich would send to break the deadlock, so Wang Zhuo decided to respond to all changes with the same and not to change the formation for the time being.

"Speed, you must increase your speed, and I will remind you again at the end, remember."

During the timeout, Popovich tapped on the tactical board on the bench, constantly emphasizing the issue of speed.

At the end of the long timeout, the players from both sides came on the court again, and when Wang Zhuo saw the Spurs' lineup, he had a premonition that something was wrong, because Popovich replaced Anderson and Gasol, and replaced Ginobili and David Lee, almost a pure attacking lineup.

Sure enough, in the first wave of the Spurs' offense after the timeout, Ginobili broke through to the interior in a serpentine step, threw a high pass, and assisted David Lee to dunk the ball, and it was obvious that the Spurs' sudden acceleration made the Knicks players extremely uncomfortable on the defensive end.