The score of the two teams was tied at the end of the fourth game, which put the crucial fifth game in the spotlight. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Popovich took Game 5 very seriously, and on the second day after Game 4, he and his coaching team studied the video footage for most of the day, going over and over the past four games to see what could happen to Game 5.

The fifth game is related to the match point, which is naturally the reason why Popovich attaches importance to it, and on the other hand, the fifth game is also the last home game of the Spurs, which cannot be lost.

According to the 232 format, the fifth game is still played at the home court of the Spurs, if this game cannot be won, back to the home court of the Heat, the probability of the Spurs wanting to win two away games in a row is too low.

After studying the footage for most of the day, the Spurs made tactical adjustments in the team's training, which, of course, were not known to the outside world.

The AT&T Center, the arena for Game 5 of the 12-13 Finals, attracted the attention of basketball fans around the world, and the starting lineups of the two teams immediately drew shouts from commentators from all over the world.

"Manu Ginobili starts, Spurs change starting lineup......"

The Heat's starting lineup on the road continued the lineup from the previous game, still Bosh, James, Miller, Wade, and Chalmers, while the Spurs who played at home adjusted the starting lineup, Ginobili appeared in the starting lineup, replaced by Split.

Duncan, Leonard, Danny Green, Ginobili, Parker, the Spurs also sent a starting lineup of one big and four small.

"Oh, it's going to be a good fight!"

Seeing such a lineup, many fans in front of the screen suddenly became excited, and both sides sent a large and four small lineups, which means that the rhythm of both sides will inevitably speed up.

Although defense wins championships, if you had to choose, they would definitely choose to look at offense.

The game was as the fans thought, the two sides were attacking from the beginning, and Ginobili, who started the game, was extremely active, scoring four points and providing three assists in the opening three minutes to help the Spurs lead 10-6.

However, the offense on the Heat's side was not bad, a large four lineup completely stretched the Spurs' defense, Wade and James continued to maintain the attack power of the previous game, and after half a quarter of the game, the score was quickly chased to 13:15.

Popovich called a timeout and made a completely unanticipated adjustment, with Li Yang replacing Parker.

"Kewai, you continue to defend LeBron, Young you go to defend Dwyan, I only have one request, cut off the connection between them, and force them to shoot from mid-to-long distance. ”

"On the offensive end, Young, you need to help Manu share the ball and have a chance to play the inside and not pay attention to getting the ball outside the three-point line. ”

Popovich focused on Li Yang, who had just come on the court, and Li Yang nodded while listening, the current lineup has been experimented in the team's training before, so he is mentally prepared.

Popovich's idea is very simple, if you play a big or small lineup, then I will play too, I can attack, and my players are more accurate than your shots.

However, defensively, Popovich has confidence in his perimeter defenders, and Leonard Gardanny Green can't defend it.

The Heat's offense was initiated by James and Wade, and there were too many connections between the two in the last game, so the Heat's offense was completely revitalized, and Popovich now wants to let Li Yang and Leonard, the two defensive gates, cut off this connection.

Popovich doesn't know if the two can do it, but he knows very well that if there are two players in the league who can do this, it must be Li Yang and Leonard!

No other team can find two outside players with excellent physical confrontation, defensive awareness, arm span, movement, and judgment.

As for the offense, in this series, Li Yang was in excellent form, and with Ginobili and Duncan on the court, Popovich was not worried.

When the referee blew the whistle, the players from both sides appeared on the court, seeing this lineup, many people were slightly stunned, they never thought that Popovich would make adjustments in the rotation of players after the adjustment of the starting lineup, and he replaced Parker in only half a quarter.

"Li Yang is on the field, and Parker is replaced, this is believed to be beyond the expectations of many people!" Seeing Li Yang playing, the two Chinese commentators reacted immediately, and Yu Jia immediately shouted.

"Indeed, this lineup from Popovich is rare......"

While the two commentators were chatting, on the court, the game also resumed, with the Spurs taking the lead and Ginobili playing the role of point guard.

The Spurs' ball was very simple, directly handed over to Duncan in the low post, against Bosh, Duncan is undoubtedly very advantageous in the low post, a squeezed back turn to play the board, Duncan is easy to hit two points.

The Heat launched an offense, James directly controlled the ball in the backcourt, with James and Wade, the Heat's point guard is only nominally called a point guard, and the task of organizing the offense has nothing to do with Chalmers.

Leonard still chose to put James close to one meter of defense, the Spurs' defensive strategy is very simple, the three points of other players of the Heat are resolutely not released, but if James and Wade can shoot three points, I recognize.

James didn't choose to shoot, and although his scoring rose in the two games, the offense picked up significantly, but it didn't come from his mid-to-long-range shooting, but from the breakaway score after the interior space was opened.

James still chose to break through, and Leonard's defense did a very good job, he tightly blocked James's impact lane, and did not let James get to the basket.

When James stopped in the middle distance, Wade started to run, and it was Li Yang who followed him next to him.

Li Yang followed Wade's side closely, he paid great attention to Wade's cutting route, and when he saw Wade use a reverse feint to cut to the basket, he immediately realized that Wade was trying to play with James.

Quickly following up, Li Yang hung steadily half a step behind Wade, and while his eyes were looking at Wade, he also glanced at James from time to time.

When he saw James throwing the ball, Li Yang suddenly accelerated forward.

In fact, Wade was also speeding up at this time, and he tried to get rid of Li Yang directly through such acceleration, but he didn't expect Li Yang to make a judgment through James's movements, and he also accelerated at the same time.

James's passing action was a bit big, because only in this way could he avoid Leonard's long arms, and because of this, Li Yang found an opportunity.

Li Yang and Wade both moved forward at the same time, and even Li Yang's start was a little bit earlier, if it was Wade, who was not troubled by injuries a few years ago, Li Yang was not superior in explosiveness, but now it is different.

Although Li Yang is a little further back, his better explosiveness than Wade, as well as the advantage of height and reach, allow his palm to touch the basketball first.

Steal! With a big hand firmly grasping the ball in his hand, Li Yang ruined the connection between James and Wade in the first round of the game. (To be continued.) )