It was a 60-second timeout, and on the Spurs bench, Popovich kept drawing on the strategy board, and the first thing he had to do now was to lay out an offensive strategy, because with Westbrook's free throw, the score became 96-97, and the Thunder had once again taken the lead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In addition to offensive tactics, Popovich also has to lay out defensive tactics for the next round.

If the Spurs attack this time, the Thunder will call a timeout, and Popovich will have a chance to pause, but in case the Spurs' offense is blocked, the leading Thunder will not call a timeout to let the Spurs do a good job of defense, so at this time, Popovich needs to arrange the defensive tactics together.

On the other side, the head coach of the Thunder is also arranging the tactics of one defense and one offense in the next two rounds.

"For the Spurs, Danny Green's six-foul departure is very bad news, and they are missing a player who is excellent on both ends of the floor. ”

Because the game was nearing the end, the TNT trio on the sidelines focused more on the field at this time.

Reggie Miller's words had just fallen, and Smith immediately picked up: "In this game, the Spurs' outside bench player Young's defense is not bad. ”

Smith is the most practical of the three, at least he will choose to bring the topic to Li Yang. However, Smith didn't want to admit that Li Yang's defense was excellent, because it would seem that their previous evaluation was too low, but he couldn't talk nonsense with his eyes open, so he could only be described as good.

"But will Greg Popovich ...... at the last minute"

"Kenny, he's already on the pitch!" Barkley habitually interrupted Smith, but this time, for a reason, he saw that the players on both sides had returned to the court after the timeout, and Lee Yang was in the line.

Barkley then added: "Greg Popovich really sent Li Yang, I don't think it's too good an option, he's too young and inexperienced......"

On the sidelines, the three of them once again discussed whether Li Yang was the right choice to play, and at this time, on the field, the game had restarted.

The Spurs took the lead in attacking, Parker carried the ball across the halfcourt, and Li Yang and Leonard were actively running, but Li Yang was more covering for Leonard's running.

Although Popovich sent Li Yang at the last moment, he obviously paid more attention to Li Yang's defense, although Li Yang's performance on the offensive end was also very good in this game, but Popovich still couldn't choose to believe Li Yang in this kind of attack.

Li Yang was covering for Leonard, but Leonard didn't get too good offensive opportunities, so Parker began to attack with the ball in the high post.

Duncan covered, Parker dribbled to the basket, and after attracting Westbrook and Perkins to defend, Parker quickly got the ball into Duncan's hands. This crucial attack, Popovich handed to Duncan.

After holding the ball in the high post, Duncan faced Perkins, who was actively defending, and after dribbling and shaking Perkins' center of gravity, Duncan immediately rushed forward with the ball and entered the three-second zone.

But at this time, the Thunder's defensive rotation is also quite good, and Ibaka on the other side has already made up for it.

At this time, Duncan also had no intention of passing, facing Ibaka's defense, Duncan forced a layup.

"Coax!"

Immediately afterward, the scene was drowned out by a burst of cheers. Duncan's layup spun around the basket and then fell out again, and the Thunder grabbed the backcourt rebound.

"Oh, TD's layup missed, and it's a very bad situation for the Spurs. ”

"If they want to win, they need to defend against the Thunder's next offensive ......"

If they want to win the game, the Spurs need to defend against an attack from the Thunder and score the ball next, and the Spurs players know that.

The Thunder didn't call a timeout, and at this point, the Spurs had to defend according to Popovich's previous arrangement.

However, there is a slight deviation from Popovich's best idea that the Thunder counterattack is very fast, which makes it impossible for the Spurs players to switch defenses, although Leonard faced Durant at this time, but Li Yang did not face Westbrook.

In the previous Popovich's defensive setup, Li Yang needed to face Durant or Westbrook on the defensive end, but at this time he was playing Sefrosa and defending Westbrook was Parker.

Of course, Popovich had anticipated this as well, so while it wasn't the ideal defensive alignment, the Spurs players weren't flustered.

One step inside on the right touchline, Li Yang stood in front of Seflosa, but most of his attention was not on his opponent, but on Westbrook, who was in possession.

Who will the Thunder hand over to this crucial offense is when the Spurs' defense needs to be considered.

If Li Yang and Leonard defend Durant and Westbrook respectively, Li Yang believes that the last attack should be given to Durant, but now, Westbrook is facing Parker, and this attack is very likely to be given to Westbrook.

After all, Parker has made a lot of progress on the defensive end under the training of the Spurs coaching staff over the years, but his defensive ability is still very average.

Sure enough, Westbrook paused a little after dribbling to the half, and then suddenly started to rush forward, and the dribble began to break through.

Westbrook didn't even call in his teammates to block the pick-and-roll, and it was clear that he was confident in breaking through Parker's defense.

Both of the Spurs' interior players started to move slightly towards the basket, while Leonard clinged to Durant.

In terms of scoring lethality at critical moments, Durant is undoubtedly the strongest of the Thunder, so Leonard is not ready to give Durant the slightest chance.

Finding that Durant had been completely staggered, Westbrook became more and more determined to attack, dribbling forward and heading straight for the basket.

Westbrook chose Parker as the breakthrough point, which was undoubtedly a very correct choice, but what he didn't notice was that the breakthrough direction he chose at the moment was not so good, because when he was about to break through Parker, Li Yang had already come!

Defending Sefrosa on the sideline, when he saw Westbrook break through and rush forward, Li Yang did not hesitate to abandon Sefrosa and chose to help Parker help defend.

Although Sefrosa also has some shooting ability, it is clear that he is far less dangerous than Westbrook at the moment.

Westbrook also noticed Li Yang's arrival, and after realizing that Li Yang was going to step forward to attack, Westbrook accelerated violently, trying to rush directly between Li Yang and Parker.

As one of the most physical players in the No. 1 position, Westbrook has excellent explosiveness, and he has used this acceleration to break through opponents' doubles more than once in the past games.

However, Westbrook will not have to deal with the average defender, but Li Yang, who has excellent movement speed and reflexes.

"Porphyry!"

The excellent movement speed allowed Li Yang to arrive at Westbrook just as he was about to rush over, and the three of them collided directly together, and the strength that had been strengthened recently also allowed him to withstand Westbrook's violent impact.

was blocked by Li Yang, which was obviously a bit unexpected by Westbrook, and similarly, it also disrupted his rhythm, although he used his strength and explosiveness to force squeezing through the middle of Li Yang and Parker, but the dribble did not have the stability before, although it was only a small flaw, but this flaw was caught by Li Yang.

The long arm reached out, and as Westbrook rushed through the middle, Li Yang's hand stabbed accurately on the opponent's basketball.

was stabbed by Li Yang, and the ball was immediately out of Westbrook's control, and Parker, who was on the side, saw the opportunity and copied the ball in his hand.

"Oh, steal! Young and Tony Parker made the steal!"

"Russell made a mistake, it was a fatal mistake!"

"Spurs complete the steal, counterattack!"

When Parker bent down to copy the ball, Li Yang had already quickly rushed to the front, although in Popovich's arrangement, if he could prevent the Thunder's attack, he should immediately call a timeout to arrange the tactics, but now that he has the opportunity to counterattack, Li Yang naturally cannot give up.

Li Yang rushed to the front court, and Parker also pushed the ball forward as soon as he got the ball, without giving Westbrook a chance to defend.

Parker's pass was relatively forward, which allowed Li Yang to receive the ball without slowing down, and rushed forward quickly, Li Yang was like a lightning bolt across the half court, leaving all the players far behind.

When he came to the other side outside the three-point line, Li Yang received a pass, dribbled the ball and took two steps forward, and Li Yang immediately took off!

"Bang!"

After the long-distance sliding, Li Yang smashed the ball into the basket, 98:97, the Spurs overtook by one point!