At the end of the day's training, everyone wiped their sweat and prepared to leave, only Zhang Chen and David Li stayed, Zhang Chenzi's training has become a habit, he often uses the way of training to make his learning space learn and reality to implement a fusion, in this fusion, his skills have also begun to improve.

David Lee also learned very well in the small stove that Zhang Chen opened for him alone, he averaged 10 points per game this season, and a large part of this achievement includes Zhang Chen's credit, after all, Zhang Chen has been tirelessly training with him after the official training and teaching him some offensive steps and other things. With the help of these paces, David Lee's offensive and defensive abilities have improved to a certain extent.

"Hey, Tatsuna...... I feel like I have to thank you. David Lee said to Zhang Chen without looking at him while moving his steps across the floor to make his steps more proficient.

Zhang Chen shot a three-pointer, and then smiled: "Why thank me?" ”

David Li smiled innocently: "It is precisely because of your help these days that I can be more flexible when I am in the position, and more impactful when I grab rebounds, and I can also find my own direction in the process of attacking." ”

"It's all as it should be, as long as you improve." Zhang Chen and David Li were occasionally chatting, occasionally doing their own things without interfering with each other, and after completing today's training tasks, the two parted ways.

Two days later, the Knicks traveled to Boston to challenge the Spurs, a team that caused irreparable regret to both Zhang Chen and D'Antoni last season, so Zhang Chen traveled to San Antonio with a revenge attitude. After arriving in San Antonio, Zhang Chen and D'Antoni's appearance was immediately greeted by the boos of those loyal fans, and the entire stadium was almost surrounded by boos, Zhang Chen was still a little unaccustomed to being so popular.

The Knicks were supposed to go with their recent winning streak and thought they should have a good chance of winning against the Spurs now, but the Spurs quickly taught the Knicks a lesson. In the collision of the first quarter, the Knicks have been suppressed by the Spurs, and many people in the Knicks have really experienced the Spurs' impeccable offense and defense - they don't seem to be a team, but a sophisticated machine, and each player is a clockwork in that big machine, or a part of the engine, in short, they can find their place.

Therefore, every attack and defense of the Spurs is slow and unhurried, and they always have a calm and unhurried expression on their faces. Every attack is a movement in which the clockwork rotates and the precision instruments run slowly, and every defense is also formed by the clockwork cooperating with each other.

The Knicks' current offense and defense are a world-apart from when the season just began, their current offense is close to a kind of orderly, rapid coming and going characteristics, their offense is quite fast, as if the wind is sweeping over the hill, sharp and fast, can use offense to end the opponent silently, as for their defense, they are also training again and again, especially in the construction of the defensive framework on the basis of Zhang Chen's defense professor a few days ago, it has slowly become orderly, so, The current Knicks are definitely not a rabble, but an elite division with a precise will to fight and rules of battle.

It's just that they are still far from the Spurs, who have taught them a lesson, a vivid educational lesson.

The Spurs' offense and defense are quite efficient ways, the Suns have suffered in such offense and defense before, and now the times have changed, and Zhang Chen's jersey has changed from the Suns to the Knicks. It's just that they really don't have a good way to do such a strong team.

In fact, this season, the Knicks have been playing like a tailwind, when they face a weak team or a semi-strong team, they can often use a devastating offense and defense to kill the opponent, but when facing a strong team, they often can't do much, such as when facing a strong team like the Magic team Celtics, they can't solve the opponent with all their might. It's the same with Spurs today, it's a tough bone to gnaw on.

In the first quarter, the Knicks were basically in a state of being suppressed by the Spurs, and they lost to the Spurs by 5 points in the entire first quarter, which was due to Zhang Chen's sudden outburst in the last minute of the first quarter of the game, otherwise the Spurs might have to lead them by much.

Zhang Chen scored six points in the last minute of the first quarter, which allowed the Knicks to recover a little bit of points, otherwise they would have played a little too poor today. When the Knicks face a really strong team, it is always difficult to come up with weapons that really crush the opponent.

The second quarter of the game just began to be a competition between the bench lineups of the two sides, and the two sides had their own wins and losses, but the Spurs put the demon knife Ginobili on the court and let him lead the entire Spurs bench lineup forward, but with the efforts of Ginobili, the Knicks' bench later collapsed, and the Knicks had to send the main force, at this time they were already behind by as many as nine points.

After returning to the court, the person who controlled the ball became Zhang Chen, and he controlled the ball and came to the opponent's three-point line. For this Spurs team, Zhang Chen's several encounters in the playoffs last season also made him understand the ferocity of this team, and he also knows a lot about their offensive and defensive methods. It's just that the Spurs also have a lot of tricks, coupled with Duncan's poker face on the inside, super defensive adaptability, which makes it difficult for Zhang Chen to open the situation, and the Knicks' offense met their precise defense, which was also destroyed, and their defense didn't play much role in front of the Spurs.

So, the end of the second quarter was a sign of the collapse of the Knicks, who were already trailing by 15 points at the end of the first half.

Back in the locker room, everyone's faces were not good-looking, D'Antoni didn't get as angry as everyone thought, but stood in front of the crowd, and then he said: "Guys, it may be a little difficult right now, it's hard for us to find the weaknesses of the Spurs, but the Spurs are playing on our weaknesses, and it's hard for us to really compete with them." Our main goal in this game is not to win, now it's more important for us to learn a little bit from the Spurs, such as everyone's position when attacking, for example, when defending, everyone's position and range of movement, carefully watching their opponents, looking at their movement and defending. ”

"Yes!" It seems that D'Antoni's main purpose today is indeed not to win, but to learn from the opponent's experience in this game that is likely to be lost, and slowly expand to the whole team.

D'Antoni's abacus is still playing very loudly, at the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the ball of the first ball is in the hands of the Knicks, Zhang Chen controlled the ball over half the court, and then he used his crossover in front of Ginobili, Ginobili was shaken by him and his center of gravity was unstable, and the demon knife full of feints also lost its center of gravity in front of Zhang Chen. Then, Zhang Chen used the acceleration after a step to kill directly into the inside line, the speed was fast, his legs swept into a cloud, and he floated into the inside line in the pursuit of the Spurs players.

The home fans booed Zhang Chen unusually fiercely, because in last season's game, Zhang Chen used his Foshan shadowless leg to make Bowen retire directly, and this unforgettable hatred made the home fans wantonly shout angry at Zhang Chen without exception. It's a pity that Zhang Chen tends to get higher and higher in the boo, such as in the first quarter of the past year, when he scored 11 points in the boos of the audience.

Being entered by Zhang Chen is a disaster, the Spurs' interior line began to defend Zhang Chen in an orderly manner, and several Knicks players standing next to him were also a little thoughtful - the position of each player on the Spurs team is not untargeted, they are the various parts that make up a precision instrument, and naturally have their own positions and operating rules. The machine began to move slowly, and it looked like it was about to swallow Zhang Chen completely, something the Spurs often did in the first quarter, and they devoured their opponents in their gears without mercy.

Seeing that Zhang Chen was about to be slowly swallowed up by such a gear, the Knicks players didn't have time to check their defense, but nervously followed Zhang Chen's direction.

Zhang Chen was shrouded in the dark cloud of Duncan's block, and it was a little difficult to get out for a while, but he quickly hugged the basketball, tossed and turned in the Spurs' interior with his nimble foot, and quickly found his right direction, and then he threw a shot.

Zhang Chen's throwing arc is full, tall, and often able to leave the ground very high before it begins to fall, and the same is true for the basketball, which flies higher and higher in the sky, flies to the highest point and then falls along the arc, and finally falls into the basket.

Zhang Chen scored two points with a throw to the Knicks, and then the Spurs' offense began.

D'Antoni tasked the Knicks players with watching as much as they could, and now is a good time to watch, with the Spurs now Parker in possession, unhurriedly possessing the ball through the halfcourt and finally reaching beyond the three-point line. At this time, Parker did not rush to attack, but passed the basketball to the demon knife Ginobili.

Ginobili faced Zhang Chen, a defender he could clearly perceive in this game - his defensive threat was getting stronger and stronger, and Ginobili was often rejected by Zhang Chen's defense because of his agile footwork and dazzling defensive moves. At the same time, Zhang Chen's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and now he finds that Zhang Chen's body can't be hit at all, unless it is the result of you want to experience a violent impact with a wall.

Zhang Chen's defense was still tight this time, and his footsteps crossed out a defensive meat grinder, and Ginobili's offensive temptation slowly fell apart in front of this meat grinder. Ginobili was also aggressive, and for the time being, he didn't want to attack with a whole team.

Ginobili made a rather astonishing change of direction in front of Zhang Chen, which was so drastic that Zhang Chen was almost shaken to the ground, but fortunately he stood firm on his feet at the critical moment. In fact, Zhang Chen can clearly see Ginobili's wrist flip just now, but he also knows that Ginobili is quite cunning on the NBA court - after all, he is a player who has been baptized by the baptism of international competitions with very strict penalties, and has stood out from these baptisms, so Ginobili's foul actions can often avoid the sight of the referee. Then again, like Ginobili's quick wrist flip, like Iverson's, the referee may not have pointed it out when he saw it, because it all happened so quickly.

Ginobili moved quite quickly, Zhang Chen was just shaken by him a little shift in the center of gravity, he immediately sped up his body, and went directly to the inside line, the speed was very fast, which made Zhang Chen experience the pain of those defenders who were passed by him with feints - this kind of opponent seemed to press the fast-forward button, which really caught people off guard.

Ginobili entered the inside, but to Zhang Chen's surprise, he didn't choose to force a layup by himself, but let his body fly directly into the air and fly out towards the boundary, throwing the basketball out of the air above the boundary.

The basketball smoothly appeared in the hands of his old partner Duncan, because of the Shaolin abbot after Ji 80, there was a crisp trill.

"This ball ......" Zhang Chen pondered the ball from Ginobili just now, obviously, people like Ginobili are as long as their teammates have an easier way to put the basketball into the basket, he will never be greedy, which not only led to them winning the friendship and respect of their teammates, but also allowed him to brush up beautiful assist statistics. Ginobili's assist timing just now was just right, and the timing of the pass was also completely in line with the maximization of interests, Zhang Chen looked at Ginobili who was so relaxed that he didn't have half a point of effort, and couldn't help but secretly cheer.

A player like Ginobili is too mature, unusually mature, not hot-headed, and able to keep the situation of the team and his physical condition in mind at all times, and in fact the way Ginobili plays like this makes him much less prone to injury.

Ginobili's demon knife not only has the power to break through, but his shooting is also accurate, which makes Zhang Chen's defense quite difficult, Zhang Chen fought with the demon knife many times last season, and naturally understands how terrifying this person's strength is.

Ginobili's assist helped the Spurs recover the lead by two points, and then the Knicks' Zhang Chen came to the free throw line and hit a pull-up jump shot, cutting two points again, and the Spurs Parker directly returned the color with a throw-up after a break, so the scores of the two sides rose in this situation, but the Knicks were originally behind the Spurs, so they have not been able to overtake the Spurs.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides was 68:57, the Knicks were eleven points behind, and the Knicks' score behind was not too exaggerated, but if the Spurs' determined style of play continued, it is estimated that the Knicks would not have many chances to achieve a big comeback.

"The third quarter was over...... Any ideas for the big guys? D'Antoni gathered all the players around him and began to explain the offensive and defensive concepts with examples.

"I think their offense and defense are like a precision machine...... Every offense and defense is organized, and most importantly, the Spurs' lineup is able to put each player in the position that suits him best...... No one is omnipotent, they play as a team, and every player can find their own value in the tactical system. Zhang Chen pondered for a while before saying this.

"Well, that's right! In particular, the latter sentence you said, in your words, is to make the best use of what you want, and the Spurs have always been able to tap into the potential of some players, and make some players who everyone thought had nothing to do become indispensable to the Spurs...... The players and the team complement each other and promote each other, which also leads to the continuous improvement of their team. The reason for this is that in the arrangement and execution of tactics, everyone is a pawn in the offensive line, and these chess pieces can demand themselves according to their position in the tactical system, and strive to do their own things, because everyone has done their own things, so this lineup can run in a meticulous manner...... I think that's one of the Spurs' secrets...... So, you have to pay attention to the rules of the system, and how each of their players realizes the value of their squad and how they play well in their position. ”

D'Antoni's words gave them some inspiration, the Spurs' offense and defense are in order, and many times it comes from making the best use of their talents, and in the offense and defense based on this, the real strength of the Spurs is magnified, and the players 1+1 has a three-to-three effect.

"So, I hope that everyone can follow this path in the future, and every player shines in his or her own position, and I think this will definitely make us even better!" D'Antoni concludes.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and after D'Antoni came on the court for the final quarter, he also took out his notebook and jotted down some changes in training content and training status in the future.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Spurs played quite conservatively but also played very carefully, compared to the Knicks had to play more openly, but the Spurs were always able to choke the Knicks' shots in their steady offense and defense, which made it difficult for them to act rashly, so until the end of the game, the Knicks were not able to recover the score gap.

The final score was 99-87, and the Knicks lost an away game at San Antonio by 12 points, but they also found something useful for them today.

(To be continued)