Chapter Eighty-Eight: Playing against the Top Three in Texas (5)
The two sides jumped in between, Theo Ratliff vs. David Robinson. Theo Ratliff has started three games in a row and he's feeling good about himself. Indeed, he has this capital, otherwise he would not have been elected as the starting center of this year's All-Star.
But he can't compare to David Robinson, "Admiral" easily beat Theo Ratliff to get the ball to their point guard, "Little General" Johnson. It's very simple.
But the truth is not as simple as they think. Johnson was about to catch the ball and observe his teammate's movements, but the ball flew out as soon as it reached his hand. "What's going on!" Johnson was stunned for a second and then immediately stepped back, trying to stop his opponent from counterattacking, but was his opponent so easy to defend? His opponent first broke through to the right, and then moved with a big step, directly dribbling the ball over the low head of the "Little General", and then the "Little General" children's shoes only watched the opponent dunk the ball into the basket. It was Luke.
He quietly approached the "Little General" while everyone was focusing on the jumping players on both sides, and he knew that with Theo Ratliffe's strength, it was unlikely that he would beat David Robinson on the jump ball, and only the ball was picked by David Robinson and handed over to the "Little General". So Luke will get close to Johnson, and when Johnson is not paying attention, he quickly grabs the basketball, breaks all the way to the baseline, and dunks to score.
The audience at the "......" was also stunned, they didn't expect their team to concede a goal at the beginning. But they also began to do their duty, and they began to boo. "Shhh
** Vicky also rushed to put pressure on the referee, saying that the ball was a foul. The players also gathered around.
But the referee doesn't think so. First of all, she is not a local and has no deep feelings for this team. Secondly, his owner David Stern also doesn't like the Spurs, their pace is too slow, so that people who like to watch basketball will basically not accept it if they are not die-hard, especially those neutral fans, who generally support other teams (think of the 2005 Finals Spurs vs. Pistons, a defensive team against a team that can defend more, silence and boredom are synonymous with those games, the games that make people cry, and the dismal ratings make Stern hate these two teams even more), so in general, Teams like the Spurs, even at home, have less favoritism, especially relative to the Lakers. In addition, Luke is now a rising star, and the league is waiting for him to make money! How could he find fault at this time. Finally, these referees are not the zero-tolerance referees of later generations, and now they are more like people working between stars and leagues, and they generally don't care too much about these small details. So the referee ignored the pressure from the Spurs and thought it was a good shot.
But Vicky still didn't give up, so the referee who couldn't bear it gave Vicky a technical foul, and finally let the Spurs players pull him away.
Of course, the 76ers have no opinion, who doesn't like more scoring opportunities, and they still have two free throws and one throw, and there are more scoring opportunities.
Allen came on and easily scored two free throws, and the score became 4:0, and it was still the 76ers who served.
In the front court, Luke served, Allen ran and easily shook off Sean Elliott, caught Luke's pass, and began to single the "Little General" As mentioned earlier, "Little General" Johnson is not tall, only 1. 80 meters, while Arun has 1.83 meters, the height difference between the two is not big, but the technology is too different, when Aaron began to shake, he was a little shaken, and the speed could not keep up (after all, he was already a little old at that time, he was already 35), and he only relied on experience to support him. But Allen's flower-wearing butterfly step completely shattered the dream of his youth, and before Allen passed by him, the "little general" stumbled on his left foot and fell on his right foot, and Allen certainly did not pull him at this time, but stopped and shot without being marked. Hit, two points. The reporters hurried to take pictures, although everyone is used to Aaron shaking the enemy down, but many people will still watch it, after all, this is also a kind of enjoyment, no one doesn't like it, and Aaron's fans are very many in the United States.
The Spurs dropped six points in the opening game. The "Admiral", who is now the titular boss of the team, began to comfort everyone. So the Spurs started their own way of attacking again.
The current Spurs are not like the later Spurs, the current Spurs due to the presence of the general, Duncan's offense is mainly based on high-position ball-holding breakthroughs or playing boards, and in general it is a big forward style of play. Duncan's face-frame singles are a very dangerous offensive tactic. Duncan often uses probing to try the opponent's psychology, and chooses to break through or project according to the opponent's reaction and mentality, so Duncan can often be seen hitting the board after a series of feints and breaking through after a series of feints. And Duncan's cross-cut jump hook after breaking through is the most difficult to defend. Duncan's brush-off shooting is even more of a Duncan specialty, whether in the paint area or on the wing, he can always use rebounds to score the ball. Now the 45-degree angle of the board jumper has become Duncan's logo (so when we talk about Duncan most of the time the first impression is that his 45-degree board shooting, basically no solution, even if he is not very good at using this trick now, but other players still dare not let him go, after all, this is a "human life").
And the Spurs' tactics are basically like this. "General" Robinson went to the low post, stuck the enemy's inside line, so that the enemy did not dare to come out easily, "Little General" stood at the top of the arc with the ball, looking at the situation on the court, Duncan responded in the high position, can attack and pass, and two players are good at shooting, ambushed near the bottom line, ready to strike at any time. For this kind of team, many people can't do anything, because their interior advantage is too great, defending David Robinson, Duncan can be out of position, if you choose to defend Duncan, but David Robinson is not a vegetarian. This makes it difficult for a lot of teams.
This is also the case with the current 76ers. Theo Ratliffe was able to easily stand up to the aging David Robinson, but Tyrone Hill's side was more problematic. Tyrone was nothing more than an All-Star forward in his heyday, while Tim was the greatest forward, and now one is almost old and the other is still rising, which is completely out of proportion. Tim hit a 45-angle shot from a 45-degree angle and hit an easy shot to bring the Spurs back to two points.
Tyrone shook his head and sighed, he knew he was old.
And Larry, who was sitting in the audience, also saw this scene and said to himself, "It's time to rush the progress of the uniform team." ”
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