After the Spurs' victory over the Hawks, they played three more games in February, against the Clippers, Pistons and Hornets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the game against the Clippers, the Spurs had not too good news, and that was that they lost the game and injured a big player. Danny Green was injured during a scramble for a rebound and is tentatively expected to be out for three to four weeks.

Fortunately, the Spurs have a deep bench, and the injuries of one or two players did not have a great impact on the whole team, and then against the Pistons and Hornets, two weak teams, the Spurs won the game.

As a result, the Spurs' record is 47-10 at the end of February, which is a slight drop from the previous period, but the 82.5% win rate still puts them at the top of the league, and they also stretch the gap to the second-place Thunder to five games.

It's March, and it's not an easy month for the Spurs, who need to play 16 games this month, including several back-to-backs, and also face a series of strong teams such as the Bulls, Mavericks, Heat, Pacers, etc.

In the first game of March, the Spurs faced the Bulls, who finished third in the East.

This season, the Bulls are still without Rose, who played only 10 games before being injured again for the season, but the Bulls have always maintained a top-four record in the East under Thibodeau, and Noah was selected as an All-Star for his outstanding performance. The management as a whole is undoubtedly very satisfied with the team's performance, after all, it is not easy to achieve such results without Rose.

But Rose's back-to-back season reimbursements have left the Bulls management with some concerns about the team's prospects, and in fact the Bulls' uniform team has begun to make some preparations, such as trading away Roel Deng and giving Jimmy Butler more room to grow, such as establishing Joakim Noah's prestige in the locker room.

But that's clearly not enough, and in the opinion of general manager Gal Forman, the Bulls will need to be strengthened in the summer.

Gal Forman came to the scene today, because now everyone in the league knows that Li Yang's contract will expire this summer, and many balls have begun to target Li Yang, and everyone can see the potential of Li Yang, as well as the huge Chinese market behind him, and the Bulls are no exception.

Gal Forman was surprised to see that Lee Yang was not in the starting lineup, and he turned to his assistant and asked, "The Spurs' shooting guard is injured, why don't they put young Yang in the starting lineup?"

"We discussed this with Tom (Thibodeau), Li Yang's most suitable position to play is small forward, and for the Spurs' tactical system, Li Yang, who is more inclined to attack with the ball, is the most suitable position for the sixth man, although his off-ball ability is also great, but his ball-handling is more lethal, if he stays in the starting lineup, there will be duplication with Tony Parker on the offensive end. ”

"We are missing a starter who will partner Derek and Jimmy. After listening to the assistant's answer, Gal Forman muttered to himself.

At this time, the starters of both sides have already played, but Gal Forman is not interested in this at all, his eyes sweep over the Spurs' bench from time to time, waiting for Li Yang to play, so that he can watch Li Yang's performance up close.

Li Yang was still on the bench after the start of the game, and although Danny Green was injured and could not play, Popovich did not let Li Yang start, but chose to put Ginobili in the starting lineup.

As the outside world said, Li Yang's offensive ability with the ball is getting stronger and stronger, and the progress in organizing the offense is also very obvious, if he appears in the starting lineup, it will overlap with Parker's role to a certain extent, and if Li Yang is the sixth man, he can lead the bench players to play well.

Split, Duncan, Leonard, Ginobili, Parker, this is the starting lineup of the Spurs, and on the other side of the Bulls starting center is Joakim Noah, power forward Carlos Boozer, small forward Mike Dunleavy, shooting guard Jimmy Butler, and point guard Kirk Hinrich.

Noah jumped the ball to win Split to help the Bulls get the first offense, Hinrich controlled the ball to the halfcourt and played with Boozer, the ball was distributed to Boozer in the middle distance, Boozer who received the ball made a decisive shot, but the ball was slightly stronger, and the ball bounced out of the basket.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Noah grabbed the rebound and passed it back to Boozer, who didn't waste another chance and hit a two-point shot.

The Bulls' first shot hit the iron, and the Spurs' first shot also failed to hit, Ginobili's three-point shot bounced out of the basket, but the Spurs were unable to grab the frontcourt rebound, and the first-round offense failed.

After the opening, the shooting touch on both sides was not particularly good, and the Spurs did not score for the first time until the opening two minutes, although the shooting rate on the Bulls' side was not very high, but the Bulls were more active in the frontcourt rebounding, which allowed them to get more offensive opportunities.

At 4:8, the Spurs trailed by four points when Popovich called a timeout after playing more than three minutes in the first quarter.

At the timeout, Popovich emphasized the protection of the rebounding ball and the transfer of the ball, and after returning to the court, the Spurs really strengthened these two points, and soon chased the score to a 10-10 tie.

Tom Thibodeau called a timeout, and at this time, the first quarter was about halfway through, and Popovich also took the opportunity to make a substitution, Li Yang came on and replaced Ginobili.

"Garr, Jan is on the field!"

Seeing Li Yang on the court, Gal Forman's assistant immediately reminded that Gal Forman also came to the spirit for the first time, and saw that it was Jimmy Butler on the court who was defending Li Yang in the opposite position, Gal Forman nodded, he was very satisfied with Thibodeau's arrangement.

Butler is the best defensive outside player on his team, and his defense even caused a lot of trouble for James, allowing Butler to play against Li Yang, which can give Gal Forman a more intuitive understanding of Li Yang's offensive ability.

The Bulls took the lead in attacking, and the Bulls were still using the starting lineup at this time, Dunleavy received a pass outside the three-point line after running, Leonard was a little slower to follow, and Dunleavy immediately found space to shoot and hit a three-point shot.

On the other end, Li Yang was also actively running, but when he received a pass outside the three-point line, Jimmy Butler posted it in time, so that Li Yang did not get a chance to shoot.

Although it was the Bulls' outside defensive elite who stopped in front of him, Li Yang didn't think much about it, and after receiving the ball, he began to dribble and break through. (To be continued.) )