Chapter 313 Singles Joe
With the passage of time, Delong has become more experienced, and Delong-Williams' breakthrough moves have become sharper and sharper, and the timing and breakthrough route have been more reasonable. The more concise the action, combined with the unrivalled impact of the Deron Williams defensive line, the sharper the Deron Williams' breakthrough.
Chen Feng's expression was very serious, and he was engrossed in paying attention to Deron Williams' movements.
Deron Williams' upper body leaned forward and was pulled back forcefully, the center of gravity of the whole body was tightly leaning on Chen Feng's body, and the right hand holding the ball was suddenly pressed down by Chen Feng's wrist where Chen Feng was out of sight.
Although Chen Feng judged Deron Williams' intentions, he was unable to react at all.
Ginobili watched the ball fly in front of him, just two steps away from catching up, and Deron Williams' passing was always helpless.
Deron Williams' pass was just right, Lopez easily caught the ball, skillfully controlled the basketball with his right hand, stuck Boris Dior tightly on his back, and squeezed towards the basket step by step.
Lopez roared, his right hand pressed down fiercely, and with the rise and fall of the basketball, the strength of Lopez's whole body exploded instantly, and the powerful force made Boris Dior have to take two steps back.
Before Boris Dior could refill the position, Lopez quickly turned and scored a one-handed dunk.
Then, the referee's whistle sounded, and just now Boris Dior's defensive foul was committed.
Boris Dior was replaced by Tim Duncan.
"Bang dang", Lopez's free throw seemed to be a little bigger. The root step that smashed directly into the hoop was directly bounced out, and Tim Duncan easily picked the rebound.
Chen Feng received the ball, and the Spurs launched a fast-break counterattack.
In the rest of the second quarter, both teams entered a stalemate, the Nets players were active defensively, and never let the opponent take the opportunity to extend the advantage, and the Spurs finally ended the first half with an 8-point lead of 58:50.
For such an outcome, the Nets players are still acceptable. After all, it's an 8-point difference. It was easy to catch up in one half
"This guy ......" Delong looked at Chen Feng's back, his expression was a little solemn, sitting on the bench panting, he understood how strong this Chinese kid was. A point guard plays point guard just as well. It's really an all-rounder!
Just a few minutes. He was exercising too much. Most of the Nets' scoring opportunities rely on Deron to break through the ball, and the Spurs are getting better and better defending him
At the end of the first half, the Spurs led the Nets by eight points at 58-50, although the Spurs still led by nine points. However, compared to the large lead in the middle of the second quarter, it is no longer the same
Especially the morale that was originally booming, at the end of the second quarter, it was faintly low, and the Nets' DeLong, like the mainstay of the Nets, after resisting the Spurs' attacks again and again, the Nets players gradually regained their confidence under the leadership of Delon, especially Johnson, who hit two three-pointers in a row at the last moment
The morale of the Nets went up, and naturally the morale of the Spurs went down, but despite this, Popovich still did not criticize his disciples, he believed in them and believed that they could get out of this period of trouble, especially with Chen Feng
Although the Spurs didn't play very well at the end of the second quarter, they still controlled the initiative on the court, and Chen Feng didn't perform very well in the last two minutes of the second quarter, but the columnist still chose Chen Feng as the interview target
It was Chen Feng who revitalized the team's offense in the middle of the second quarter to bring the Spurs back to life, and it was clear that victory was very close for the Spurs, as long as Chen Feng could play normally
Moreover, the Nets sacrifice most of their physical strength to defend the Spurs, and they always play fast break, then their physical strength is bound to be problematic
In the second half of the life-and-death battle, physical strength will be a lethal factor for the Nets
What's more, the Nets are already a seriously aging team, and in the team's lineup, they are even older than the Spurs!
Therefore, for the Nets, the protracted battle is the most difficult, especially when they are still on the backward side, therefore, the Nets, who consumed a lot of physical strength in the first half, will face a very big challenge in the second half of the more intense, intensive physical contact, and more frequent
In the first half of the game, the Spurs had nine players on the court, Chen Feng, who spent the longest time on the court, and he only rested on the bench for more than five minutes; On the Nets' side, except for Kevin Garnett, who was injured at the beginning of the first quarter and rested for one quarter, the other four played almost the entire first half of the game
Chen Feng played for so long and was a little unbearable, panting to the reporter said: "I believe everyone has seen this game, it will be one of the hardest games we have played this season, the Nets are an excellent team, their defense is in the forefront of the league, and they are doing a good job on offense, especially they have an excellent point guard, Delon He is one of the strongest opponents I have ever encountered, and now we are 8 points ahead of them, but we want to win this game, It wasn't easy in the second half, but we had to give it our all to win this big game."
After saying so much in one breath, Chen Feng quickly rushed into the lounge, and for the second half of the game, Popovich must have some arrangements
And the players of the Nets also rushed into the locker room Kidd was a little depressed, although the difference was narrowed to single digits at the end of the second quarter, but their main players were all tired, at least let a few starters get enough rest, otherwise the game is not over, and a group of players will all have to be tired
Now Kidd is the most headache, how to arrange the players to rest, it is so difficult for the current Nets, Johnson and Delong are the most difficult to arrange, and now the game is inseparable from them, Johnson is the guarantee of the outside offense, and his role in the outside line, there is no one to replace the team at present
At the end of the second quarter, it was his excellent play on the outside that allowed the Nets to narrow the margin to single digits, and Delon was the engine of the team's offense, and the Nets without Delon were like a sports car without an engine
However, the two are the players who need the most rest for the team, and once the game enters the most decisive juncture, they are the players that the team needs the most
Therefore, the coach of the Nets, who was vetted by the demons, was studying how to arrange the rest time of the players during the halftime break
The third quarter of the game started quickly, and it was somewhat surprising that the Nets didn't let Delon play, perhaps because he used too much energy in the first half
Livingston, who came on as a substitute, adopted a tight defense against Chen Feng and constantly took out the ball in Chen Feng's hands
However, with Chen Feng's ability to control the ball, which has reached its peak, even Delong can't easily interrupt the ball from his hand, and he always keeps a distance of two steps from Chen Feng, so that Chen Feng can never have enough time to start
Chen Feng took about six seconds to get the ball to the halfcourt, and the other players of the Spurs had Nets players standing on one side
Chen Feng was secretly surprised, but he didn't expect that after Deron went off the court, the Nets' defense would be a headache
After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Spurs' outside feel suddenly cooled down, only Chen Feng shot a shot at the beginning of the game, and several other players didn't seem to find the basket in the next few outside shots, and even had a bad phenomenon of three non-sticks
And in the second half, the Nets offered their most assured defense, Kevin Garnett not only defended the interior, but pulled out to defend the outside I have to say that Kevin Garnett's defensive range is very large
But this also caused a problem for Kidd, because with Garnett's defense, his physical consumption is very high
However, Kidd may be trying to use tight defense to catch up with the point difference before changing his defensive tactics
The Nets' defense was a concern for the Spurs, and they were even given 24-second offensive fouls by the Nets twice
The Spurs didn't get too persistent from the outside, and several players rushed into the box mercilessly, and after Maddy and Leonard scored one after another, the Spurs took a double-digit lead with more than seven minutes left in the third quarter
After DeLong went off the court, the Nets were obviously in a predicament of offensive paralysis, several main players did a very good job on defense, but they had little effect on offense, the offensive time was unreasonable, and the scoring opportunities were missed in vain
After Nets head coach Kidd called a timeout, Popovich was very dissatisfied with the team's current offense, the team's offense in the past few minutes was very unsatisfactory, the delay on the outside could not open the deadlock, and the two sneak attacks on the inside made the Nets more vigilant, and it may not be so easy to succeed again
Chen Feng couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, he had always felt that Livingston's offense was good, and his defense was much worse, but he didn't expect that just now, he actually had a great threat to himself, and his repeated small actions made him angry constantly, but fortunately, he could still control his emotions
Under the defense of the Nets players at all costs, the Spurs' offense began to look more impatient, Chen Feng's passing was still so sharp, but it couldn't bring much help to his teammates, and the ball smashed out of the basket several hurried shots in a row, while the Nets' backcourt rebounding was well controlled (to be continued......