Chapter 118: Striking Iron

David Robinson immediately decided to exert more force, otherwise he would really not be able to carry Tony, but then he suddenly felt that the huge force suddenly disappeared, almost the first reaction, David Robinson's whole body suddenly relaxed, just now Tony's level of strength made his chest a little uncomfortable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But he quickly reacted, and Tony had already come to a turn.

David Robinson suddenly screamed badly, this goal was too negligent for him, he was too late to defend now, he could only pray to God that Tony would not score this goal.

It may have been that God heard his prayers, and Tony's undisturbed hook really didn't go in, and the rebound was picked off by Duncan.

It seems that the collision just now was too intense, and the force was not well controlled for a while.

Tony rubbed his hands in annoyance, but didn't linger, and immediately began to defend himself.

Avery Johnson quickly pushed the ball across the halfcourt, but the Lakers' defense was also very fast, and he lost the opportunity to launch a fast break at the first time, and it didn't matter, the Spurs' lineup with the twin towers was not a fast break team, Avery Johnson dribbled the ball steadily outside the three-point line and began to direct his teammates to get into position.

Spurs' head coach Greg Popovich does have a good set of training players, and the Spurs' players are very strong in the execution of the game, even the team's superstar David Robinson strictly follows the tactics formulated by Popovich, which makes Harris can't help but look up a little high.

However, Harris didn't pay much attention to it, after all, he has been famous for a long time and can be regarded as a well-known coach, and Popovich also coached a 17-47 record last season, and they are not a level coach now.

But soon Harris's eyes narrowed, and he saw clearly from the tactics executed by the Spurs on the court that Popovich actually put aside David Robinson, who is a superstar, and he actually used Tim Duncan as the core of the team's tactical initiation.

This... Should he be bold or stupid?

And, surprisingly, David Robinson didn't seem to have any grievances, as if he felt it was normal.

This guy, don't you even want his dignity as a superstar?

While Harris was still thinking it was unbelievable, the Spurs had already completed their offense, and Duncan responded with David Robinson in the air relay, and the two Spurs' twin towers combined to score two points for the Spurs.

In the next round, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to ask for the ball, and he wanted to try his hand at individual singles, but Monty Williams' tall body caused a lot of trouble for Kobe, and Kobe made a few tentative shots, but they didn't hit.

But fortunately, Eddie Jones stepped up in this game, and he burst into shots to fill the void on the outside of Kobe Bryant's dumb Lakers with continuous scoring.

Tony immediately adjusted after missing his first shot, and then he scored several goals in a row, relying on the extraordinary play of Tony and Jones, the Lakers quickly established a lead in the first quarter.

By the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had a four-point lead over the Spurs at 28-24.

Throughout the first quarter, Kobe Bryant looked a little uncomfortable at first under the Spurs' defense, Monty Williams used his height and reach advantage to really make Kobe very embarrassed, but as time progressed, Kobe Bryant gradually got used to Monty Williams' defensive intensity, and his state gradually began to pick up.

In the whole quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant shot 2 of 7 and scored 4 points. These four points came from the second half of the first quarter.

As for the Spurs, the main thing is that their outside line has not yet opened, and they rely on Tim Duncan and David Robinson to score on the inside to bite the score.

After a series of set-ups between the coaches of the two sides, the game entered the second quarter, and the two teams began to face off the bench.

Harris fielded an eight-man rotation today, and although he put off the bench, he still kept Fisher and Eddie Jones on the court, and then added Fox, Holly and Blount, while the Spurs came up with a five-up-five.

However, Fox and Jones are both on the court at the same time, and they suddenly seem a little crowded, although Jones is usually not a very dependent person on the ball, but today he feels very good, so the desire to attack is also a lot higher, and Fox himself is also a player who can score on the court, not to mention that after he was demoted to the bench this season, he needs more shots to get data, and now in this way, a ball is not enough to score.

Although the positions of the players on the Lakers court overlapped for a while, their offensive firepower was indeed a lot stronger, and the Spurs' bench lineup was really not strong, and Popovich gave them the task of delaying as much time as possible to allow the starters to have enough physical recovery time, but they did not do this in the face of the Lakers' strong offense.

Less than four minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 10 points.

Popovich had no choice but to call a timeout to change the starting lineup.

Harris also accepts it when he sees it, this lineup does have a lot of shortcomings in his opinion, and it is good to occasionally use it to chase points, and if it develops into a conventional tactic, it is not sure what conflicts will occur between players.

The timeout came back and the game continued.

Kobe Bryant's self-confidence has risen even more since the second half of the first quarter has warmed up, and as soon as he came on the court in the second quarter, he singled again and again, but he didn't expect that his hand would go with the wind with a few minutes of rest, leaving only the sound of "bell" and "bell".

The Spurs also managed to recover some scores while Kobe Bryant was concentrating on the iron, and they re-narrowed the gap to about five points.

Now, it's time for Harris to call a timeout.

Harris was a little helpless about Kobe's continuous iron, and he was embarrassed to say that Kobe Bryant would reduce his shots, after all, more often, Kobe Bryant's role is irreplaceable, and his offensive resoluteness can often help the team get out of the offensive slump.

But now, it has become a disservice to the team.

Seeing Kobe Bryant's refusal to admit defeat, as if he didn't plan to stop shooting next, Harris could only sigh secretly in his heart, and then turned to the other players and began to lay out tactics.

According to Harris, Kobe Bryant still tried to play alone, and other players tried to help him cover or block as much as possible.