Chapter 305 Cats
In the second quarter of the game, the Spurs, led by Chen Feng and others, took advantage of the victory to pursue. By the end of the half, the Spurs had extended their lead to more than 20 points.
The ending is obvious.
In the end, the Timberwolves Spurs suffered another defeat at home 98-114, which is already a three-game losing streak.
And after the Spurs' victory over the Timberwolves in this game, it is already six consecutive wins.
In this game, Chen Feng scored 14 points in the first quarter of the game, scored 27 points in the whole game, and also handed out 5 assists.
In addition to Chen Feng, the Spurs also had six players score double in this game, and the whole team played extremely well, both offensively and defensively.
Derrick Favors played only the first three quarters, and he had a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds; Maddie scored 17 points, and he only played the first three quarters; Leonard was excellent on the defensive end of the game, and although he only scored 10 points, he grabbed 13 rebounds, as well as three steals and three blocks. Ginobili played a lot of time in this game, and he didn't waste this opportunity. In the game, he made four three-pointers and scored a total of 15 points, the highest scoring player on the bench......
The day after the game against the Timberwolves, the Spurs traveled to Charlotte to challenge the Bobcats.
The game received a lot of attention, and not only the United States broadcast the game live. In China, the game has also been broadcast live on many sports channels.
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After all, it's Joe's team!
"I've already laid out the tactics that should be arranged, and it's up to everyone to do it next." Popovich handed the tactics board to the assistant coach. Then he said to the players.
"Understood." The Spurs players replied in unison.
Popovich nodded in satisfaction, and then said to them: "Okay, the game is about to start, let's play!" ”
After hearing this, the starting players quickly prepared and then walked towards the court.
Chen Feng, Maddie, Leonard, Duncan, Favors!
Popovich feels that the team's current starting lineup still has a lot of potential, and there is still more potential to be tapped into. So he has to temper this lineup, a championship team, it's not easy to build. Even the defending champions, after a core rotation. It's not that success is success.
Although Chen Feng, the point guard, is temporary. But he used to be a player in this position, and he didn't have the slightest pressure to play, and with Maddy, who is getting better and better, the Spurs are gradually getting closer to the championship strength of last season.
As the referee's whistle blew. This much-talked-about battle has officially begun!
Favors and Heywood. The former wins.
This game. Derrick Favors also held his breath, his progress in the Spurs was not trivial, and he was even selected as an All-Star. But when the league evaluated the league's potential center, he actually entered the top 10 in front of him, which is unbearable for Favors, who aspires to become Duncan's second.
The Spurs got the first wave of offensive opportunities, Chen Feng quickly rushed forward with the ball, and quickly took the ball across the halfcourt, and it was Walker who was responsible for defending him.
"Hey, we're meeting again." Chen Feng looked at Walker with a smile.
"Hmph, I'll prove I'm no worse than you." He did well a while ago, and Walker is now confident.
He also has the same idea as those brick beasts, thinking that Chen Feng is just a moment of luck and a seriously overrated player.
So today, he wanted to seize this opportunity to beat Chen Feng back to his original form.
After practice, the current Bobcats are indeed very good at playing positional warfare. Many of the teams that played against the Bobcats before now don't like to play against the Bobcats, and each time the Bobcats attack takes about 20 seconds, such a procrastination of offense not only limits the number of shots the team, but also limits the number of shots of the opponent, and most of the games are very boring, and even can make people drowsy.
The Spurs' defensive system is good, but Popovich doesn't want to play a positional battle against such an opponent. That's a very meaningless drain on itself.
Without too much entanglement with Walker, Chen Feng quickly passed the ball out, Leonard's organizational ability is also good in the front guard, after the ball was passed to Leonard's hands, Chen Feng quickly ran the position, interspersed, blocking and dismantling, Chen Feng quickly cut into the basket, and Leonard's ball passed in time.
Chen Feng hit an easy layup and scored the first two points of the game.
Popovich nodded happily in the coach's box, Chen Feng's recent performance has been getting better and better, and he seems to see the shadow of last season.
Although there are games where you lose to a weak team, in the old man's opinion, this is something that the team must go through.
The ball was in the hands of Haywood on the inside, and that's the way the Bobcats always played. When Haywood is in a good position on the inside, the basketball will pass to him, and he will shoot when he has the opportunity, and quickly hand it over to the outside if he doesn't.
Heywood took a tentative step back, and Derrick Favors' interior defense was very thorough, clinging to Heywood's body.
A turnaround jumper, but it didn't seem to feel very good, and because Derrick Favors' defense was really airtight, the ball bounced twice on the basket, but it still didn't fall into the basket.
There is a big disadvantage to Haywood's style of play, if the ball doesn't go in, people are blocked out, and it's hard to grab rebounds.
Derrick Favors easily took off the defensive rebound and quickly handed it to Chen Feng.
Bobcats head coach Paul Silas stood on the sidelines, nervously watching the game.
Chen Feng's blocking, Maddie's quick dribble follow-up, and Gerard Henderson's defense was very timely, but Maddie was not annoyed by being blocked, smiled slightly, shook his wrist lightly, and the ball quickly passed back to Chen Feng's hands.
"Kemba, keep up." Gerald Henderson saw the open space in front of Chen Feng's eyes, and hurriedly shouted.
Walker's defense was not his strong point, and the Bobcats liked him the most, and his offense.
With a "bang", the ball hollowed into the net.
Chen Feng shook his arm vigorously and retreated to defend.
In both matchups with Walker, Chen Feng emerged victorious.
"Chen Feng's performance today is very different from the past, as soon as the game started, he turned on the scoring mode, instead of organizing the Spurs' offense." Xu Jicheng of Wutai of the imperial court explained.
Seeing that Chen Feng scored 4 points in a row at the beginning of the game, the Bobcats players immediately adjusted their defense against Chen Feng in time, but the effect did not seem to be very obvious. In the absence of a chance, Chen Feng's ball can always be passed out in time.
Heywood received another pass, a turning hook, and the ball finally went in, giving the Bobcats the lead to two points.
Chen Feng made a wonderful pass, Leonard took the shot after receiving the ball, and hit a two-point shot near the free throw line.
After Leonard scored, there was a wave of boos on the field.
Walker's three-pointer missed, and McRoberts made a layup.
Leonard breaks through the baseline and gives the ball to Maddie at the top of the arc. The latter received the ball, made a slight adjustment, and then made a three-point jumper, but missed, and Haywood grabbed the defensive rebound.
The Bobcats attacked here, Walker missed a pull-up jumper, and Haywood grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a small hook to score another 2 points.
After attracting the Bobcats' defenders, a back pass from Chen Feng put the ball in the hands of Leonard, who hit a beautiful three-pointer with a knife in his hand.
"Hehe, it seems that the boos of the home fans did not affect Chen and Kehuai, but stimulated his fighting spirit even more." Steve Cole, the on-site TNT commentator, looked at Leonard and said with a smile to Charles Barkley next to him.
"Well, you're right. During this time, the defense of the Bobcats was not visible at all! Charles Barkley laughed.
In the first few minutes of the game, both sides were highly efficient in attack and scored frequently. However, such a game made Popovich very dissatisfied.
Popovich focused on the team's defense, and during this time, the Bobcats played smoothly, Haywood scored several offensive successes, which made Popovich frown, so the Spurs took the lead in calling a timeout.
'I've said it many times and now we have to focus on defending while we are attacking more. As the saying goes, offense wins the game, but defense wins the championship. So, I don't want people to throw away their defenses. Next, whoever is slacking off defensively, I will replace him. Chen, be patient and pass the ball more. Popovich said solemnly to the Spurs.
After the timeout, the game resumed, and the Spurs attacked.
Chen Feng hoisted the ball into the inside, Duncan tricked Haywood into tiptoeing, and then quickly handed the ball to Derrick Favors behind Haywood, who directly slotted a cricket into the basket.
Maybe it was the timeout that Popovich called that had an effect, and with Duncan's help, Haywood played hard inside, not only did it struggle to rebound, but also missed two consecutive shots.
With the inside line unable to open, the Bobcats' offense shifted to the outside, and Gilchrist stepped up in time.
Walker quickly put the ball in the hands of Gil Girlist, who controlled the ball and wandered away at the top of the arc, trying to find an opportunity to break through, and the Bobcats players strictly executed the coach's tactics, constantly running and interspersing.
The left foot stretched several times in a row, so that Leonard's nerves who defended him were tense all the time, Gil Grimist took a step back, and the center of gravity of his body quickly rose, Leonard's heart tightened, and his body involuntarily jumped and blocked.
But to his surprise, after his body had risen into the air, Gilgillist's feet were still firmly on the floor, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, facing Leonard's landing body, Gilgilliste jumped decisively, and before Leonard's body pressed into his right hand, the ball quickly transferred to his left hand, and threw it before his body lost balance. (To be continued......)