"In this game, both sides are really trying their best to defend!"

When Yu Jia exclaimed, Yang Yi immediately picked up on the side and said: "Yes, the two teams tried their best to play the defensive battle, so the efficiency on the offensive end was not high, which was predicted by many experts before the game. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

As the two Chinese commentators said, this game was extremely intense, but the score was really low.

At the end of the first quarter, at 19:22, the Spurs led by 3 points, and the Thunder's 19-point score also set a new low for the two teams in this series, after all, both teams are the top offensive teams in the league, and the rhythm of the two sides is also very fast, such a low score is enough to show the intensity of this game.

After the start of the second quarter, Li Yang sat on the sidelines, and Inia sat behind him. However, when the game came to the scene, Li Yang had a eye contact with Inia when he just left the court in the first quarter, and in the following time, Li Yang completely devoted his attention to the court, even when he was not on the court.

As the organizer of the team, Li Yang has higher requirements for the direction and rhythm of the whole game, so even when he sits off the field, his brain is running rapidly.

Popovich is also observing the situation on the court at the moment, the Spurs now only have Danny Green as a starter in the game, Duncan, Bonner, Li Yang, and Leonard are all on the court, but under the leadership of Ginobili and Dio, the Spurs' bench and Durant's semi-starting and semi-bench lineup are also very deadlocked.

In this game, Derrick Furscher did not have the magic of the previous game, and when it comes to bench thickness, the Spurs are not afraid of any team in the league, even if Parker is injured.

This game has been played so fiercely on the defensive end from the beginning, which is what Popovich is very willing to see, because defense is the most physically demanding, don't look at Durant's continuous explosion in the middle of the first quarter to score 7 points, and he also did a very good job in making up defense, completely driving the Thunder, and narrowing the difference to 3 points.

However, Popovich believes that such physical exertion is huge for Durant, and such exertion may not be visible now, but in the fourth quarter of the game, such an impact will be felt.

Thinking of this, Popovich immediately turned his head and called Li Yang, and after Li Yang turned his head, Popovich continued: "Reduce the offense with the ball on the offensive end, avoid excessive physical consumption, play more of Thiem's high-level tactics, and at the same time give the ball to Kawai to play with his back in the low post, so that he can kill Kevin Durant." ”

"If it's not the Thunder going to get up or the offense is really bad, you try to get to the basket as little as possible, you play more pick-and-rolls and you move the ball faster, we need to use the ball to create scoring opportunities. ”

While Popovich was talking, Li Yang kept nodding, he knew very well what Popovich meant, that is, once he reached the end of the game, he would not only continue to be responsible for organizing the offense, but also most likely need to play against Durant or Westbrook on the defensive end.

After all, the current Green and Leonard are almost trying their best to cause trouble for the two core players of the opposing team on the court, which is still very physical drain on them, especially Leonard, Popovich also arranges a lot of tasks on the offensive end.

However, compared with the last game, the defensive pressure of several people is slightly less, because Split has more playing time in this game, and Split's protective role on the inside line is obviously not comparable to Bonner or Dior, so Li Yang and the others do not need to spend so much energy to help Duncan guard the inside.

Five minutes into the second quarter, Li Yang came on to replace Ginobili, and the previous minute, Leonard had already come on to replace Danny Green.

Coming to the court, Li Yang strictly followed Popovich's instructions, although the speed of advancement was still fast, but once he entered the half-court attack, he broke through with the help of Split and Dior's blocking, and at the same time did not make too many shots.

The court at this point is more like a duel between Leonard and Westbrook, Westbrook is in good shape in this quarter, he is constantly shooting from mid-range with the help of Leonard's defense, and he is very efficient in scoring.

Leonard, on the other hand, is more likely to score points through various cuts and turnaround jumpers on the baseline, and is also eye-catching on the offensive end.

After Duncan came on the court, Li Yang handed over more of the organization and response to Duncan, Duncan is naturally very familiar with such a role, and sorted out the Spurs' organizational offense well, although the Thunder's defense is still very tight, but the Spurs' scoring efficiency is much higher than in the first quarter of the game.

Throughout the end of the second quarter, Li Yang was not too eye-catching, he controlled the ball on the offensive end, but there were not many kills on the offensive end, more waiting for opportunities to cut into the basket to attract the Thunder's defense, or occasionally attacking when he found an opportunity.

On the defensive end, although he did not face the two offensive cores of the Thunder, he still gave the Spurs a lot of help in helping to defend and supplement.

At the end of the first half, the two teams played 41-47, and although they both played well from the court, the Spurs still played a small margin, and they once again led by three points in the first quarter, and at the end of the first half they took a six-point lead.

In the entire first half, except for a few amazing performances at the beginning, Li Yang's performance in the subsequent process could only be regarded as mediocre. At the end of the first half, Li Yang only had 8 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 steal, which was undoubtedly a bit different from what people expected.

However, this kind of data, whether it is Thunder fans or Spurs fans, is also quite satisfied, after all, Li Yang's data is not bad, but it is not particularly good, and Spurs fans are not unacceptable. As for the Thunder fans, they were naturally a little happy to see that Li Yang did not play as hot as in the previous game in the first half of this game.

At this time, the most helpless were the NBA general managers of the teams sitting on the sidelines, they were all coming for Li Yang, but Li Yang's performance in the entire first half made them a little disappointed, not that it was bad, but it was too decent.

scored points, handed out a few assists, grabbed a few rebounds, and did not have an amazing performance on the offensive end, although Li Yang's performance on the defensive end was good, with various assists and supplements, and even 3 blocks, but this was undoubtedly very different from their expectations.

In the minds of these general managers, since they are players who want to be the core of the future, they naturally have to be in the best shape in such a key game.

Of course, they didn't think that Li Yang was not good, but that this was Popovich's special arrangement to prevent Li Yang from showing his ability in front of them, so at the end of the half, they all looked at Popovich's back and scolded: "This old fox is still playing tricks in such a critical game." ”

Of course, there are a few of these people who see the situation on the field more thoroughly, and do not wronged Popovich at will, but thoughtfully. (To be continued.) )