"Whew, it's too cold outside, I don't know if I'm going to train today. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]" As soon as he got into the bus, the old fritter Di Brown shouted.

Rick Pitino heard it and responded with a smile: "It's okay if you don't train, don't play in the evening game." As soon as he said this, Di Brown immediately wilted. Now Di Brown is Jonny's main substitute and can play ten minutes per game, and for a veteran like Di Bron, playing ten minutes a game and then seeing the team win is what he loves the most.

If you can't play, for Di Bron, it's better to retire. So when Rick Pitino "threatened" him, Di Brown naturally wilted.

When the bus drove to the hotel, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and sure enough, there was a tendency for a blizzard, but they had reached their destination, and the Celtic players were not so worried, so they returned to the hotel, put down their luggage, had lunch, and went to the stadium, had preparatory training, and then waited in the stadium for the game to start.

The San Antonio Spurs' home stadium is called ATT Arena, which is an iconic arena that treats the away team very poorly, there is no hot water in the away team's locker room, and the air conditioning is not working, but the Celtics' visiting team locker room is not much better, so the Celtics players have long looked at all this, but Jonny did not choose to stay in the locker room, he chose to go to the court to shoot a few threes.

At this time, there were not many spectators in the ATT arena, but the spectators were entering one after another, and Jonny didn't pay attention to these Spurs fans, looking around and occasionally shooting three-pointers.

Soon, a tall man appeared in the passage of the arena, and when he saw Jonny shooting in the away team's training uniform on the court, he was slightly stunned, and then he found a basketball to practice as if he didn't see it.

And when he appeared, there were scattered shouts from the sidelines.

"Tim, sign me!"

"Tim. Come on! ”

Jonny looked there as well, and as soon as Tim Duncan turned his head, the two looked at each other, unbeknownst to them. They are about to become lifelong enemies.

Jonny didn't know much about the stunned big man in front of him, after all, Tim Duncan was just a rookie at this time. And Tim Duncan doesn't know Jonny very well, and by the same token, Tim Duncan is just a rookie who doesn't know too much about what's going on in the NBA. All he knows about Jonny is that Jonny is a very good scorer.

However, Jonny didn't sit with him, and Tim Duncan didn't get to know Jonny.

The two looked at each other and didn't communicate, and Tim Duncan was there signing autographs for fans while Jonny practiced there. But soon there were several Chinese fans on the sidelines, and Jonny also started signing autographs for fans.

Soon, the ATT arena was filled with fans who came one after another, and other players from both teams also came out to warm up. Soon, Rick Pitino laid out the tactics of this game, which was still to play fast and attack quickly. Facing a team with the Twin Towers as the core, it is natural to insist on a fast-hitting and fast-attacking style of play. The team's starting lineup is still the same lineup, point guard Chancey Billups, scoring guard Jonny Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Terry Cummings, and center Ben Wallace.

On the Spurs' side, the starting point guard is Avery Johnson, scoring guard Jaren Jackson, and small forward Sean Elliott. Power forward Tim Duncan, center David Robinson. Jonny is arguably not familiar with this Spurs team at all, and last season's starting lineup was not like that. Only Avery Johnson and Shaun Elliott were part of last year's Spurs roster.

David Robinson missed an entire season with an injury, Tim Duncan was still at Wake Forest at the time, and Jaren Jackson played for the Wizards last season with the Wizards, who were still called Washington Bullets. And Jonny's biggest impression of the Spurs is that in the 95-96 season, the Spurs were still second in the West, and in the 96-97 season, the Spurs became the third from the bottom in the league, and this season, the Spurs became the second in the West. The ups and downs of the results were so great that Jonny was a little speechless.

And such a team. It is precisely very difficult to deal with, the Spurs that were rotten last season have no fixed tactics, anyway, how to lose and how to play. This season is the second season of Spurs head coach Greg Yankuaivic, almost two months after the start of the game, Yankuai Vic himself is also groping for the team's style of play, let alone other teams want to study the Spurs' tactical play.

So in this game, the Celtics did not make a targeted arrangement for the Spurs, Rick Pitino just asked to play the team's own rhythm, logically speaking, play his own rhythm, and use fast play and fast break to deal with the Spurs, a team that relies on the twin towers, the idea is right, but the Celtics still underestimated Yankuaivic's ability to coach the team.

At the beginning of the game, the Celtics did use their fast play and fast attack to blind the Spurs, the twin towers moved slowly, and the team had to rely on these two to guard the interior, so that the Spurs were scored by the Celtics in a row, but the Celtics could not prevent the Spurs' offense, Avery Johnson's role at the beginning of the game was undoubtedly reflected, he frequently hung the ball to the inside, let the inside Tim Duncan and David Robinson single, the Spurs bit the score.

Soon, they also began to adapt to the Celtics' fast-play and fast-break tactics.

"The Celtics' fast break is here again, and the Spurs are limited by their twin towers and are slow to defend back." At first, the commentary of this game was a little slow and self-conscious, but after a while, he shouted in surprise: "Oh! No! Tim Duncan! He's fast! He actually caught up with Chauncy Billups, a chaser hat! Pretty! ”

The stunned Tim Duncan soon showed his outstanding talent, in Yankuai's adjustment, Tim Duncan began to accelerate on the defensive end, his guard-like skills began to exert his power, David Robinson was still so slow to return to the defense at the beginning, but Tim Duncan was fast, one Tim Duncan was enough to make the Celtics' fast break stagnate.

Once the Celtics' fast break stalled, they naturally appeared more often in the positional attack, and the Celtics could only look for opportunities to break quickly in defense.

The Spurs' outside group is old, the strength is poor, the starting scoring guard Jaren Jackson has entered the end of his career, in the face of Jonny Lee's very aggressive defense, Jaren Jackson seems very difficult, Avery Johnson passed the ball to Jaren Jackson, but then Jaren Jackson was squeezed away by Jonny, and the ball was grabbed by Jonny.

Aggro! Jonny noticed Tim Duncan this time, he ran frantically to the frontcourt, and Tim Duncan, who pulled to the high post to make up for the defense at the beginning, also quickly caught up, and the two began the first confrontation in their careers!

"Jonny Lee rushed inside, but Tim Duncan followed him closely, and Jonny made a layup and was about to block! No! Jonny dodged, Duncan hit, the ball went in, Jonny played 2+1! ”

Jonny clenched his fists, and for the first duel, he won! (To be continued.) )xh118