"Look at your-defense, those guys scored 57 points in the first half, hey, you guys should be proud that they didn't score 60 points!"

Trailing the Rockets by 11 points at halftime, Popovich was very upset, and he immediately shouted after entering the locker room at halftime. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Spurs didn't feel very good today, and Popovich could tolerate it, but what he couldn't tolerate was that the Spurs were doing so poorly on the defensive end.

"How good is that guy's attack? Look at your retreat, it's slower than a snail......

Popovich continued to shout, and the Spurs players listened quietly, knowing that they would only stop when Popovich was scolding, and of course, they were also used to putting Popovich's scolding in their ears and then only remembering what he said next.

Sure enough, after cursing for a while, Popovich stopped, and he began to take the tactical board to lay out the tactics.

"Kehuai, Yang, when you play against the opponent's small forward, you have to stick him to death and cut off his contact with his teammates. "The Rockets' offense played very well in this game, and one reason was that Parsons sorted out very well on the offensive end, so when Popovich talked about defense, he didn't talk about Harden for the first time, but about Parsons' defense.

"Defend the guy who likes to foul, give him physical contact early, if he rushes, don't reach out easily, Tim pays attention to the defense on the inside. ”

"On the offensive end, Thiem and Burres mentioned the two positions in the high post, and the rest of the players looked for opportunities to cut in. ”

Popovich laid out one item at a time, and by the time he finished, halftime was almost approaching, and he deliberately gave the Spurs players a few minutes to warm up early, and the Spurs players had a really bad shooting touch in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Popovich adjusted the lineup, and instead of starting with Split, he used Dio to partner Duncan.

The Spurs took the lead in attacking, the lineup was very open, Dio fell directly outside the three-point line, and Duncan also pulled to the high position, seized the opportunity, Parker cut to the basket and scored 2 points.

The Spurs' first-round offensive play was a sign of their resurgence on the offensive end, and the following round, Danny Green cut to the basket and also had an offensive opportunity.

Of course, the Rockets also reacted quickly to guard the inside, but the Spurs' offensive tactics are changeable, although they know that the Spurs players will attack the basket by running without the ball, but the Rockets' defense is still very passive, so even after the second half of the game, the Spurs' outside line is still not completely opened, but the point difference is narrowing step by step.

Halfway through the third quarter, the score between the two teams was 69-74, and the difference had narrowed to just five points. Popovich began to rotate players, Li Yang and Ginobili came on the court, replaced by Dio and Green, and in this game, Green's hand was also very average.

The Rockets, on the other hand, did not make lineup adjustments and still used the starting lineup.

The Rockets took the lead in attacking, Leonard went to the opposing power forward Jones, Li Yang faced Parsons, and Harden handed it to Ginoby yesterday.

After Beverley possessed the ball to half-time, the ball was in the hands of Parsons, and in this game, Parsons did play very aggressively on the offensive end, especially in tandem with the team's offense, and did a good job.

Because of this, after Parsons got the ball, Li Yang directly pasted the opponent, and he had to give the opponent enough defensive pressure. Li Yang not only chose to stick to the defense, but also kept probing the ball that Parsons was dribbling to put pressure on the opponent.

Under Li Yang's defense, Parsons naturally did not have the opportunity to calmly observe his teammates' attacks, and he had to devote most of his attention to deal with Li Yang's defense, because if he was not careful, the ball would be snatched away by Li Yang.

Leaning on Li Yang, Parsons tried to throw Li Yang directly away from the basket with a turn.

But Li Yang's reaction was far faster than he imagined, and he quickly completed the card position, and Li Yang directly forced Parsons to stop.

In desperation, Parsons could only pull out and retreat to two steps outside the three-point line, and then signaled Howard to step forward to block and dismantle.

With Howard's pick-and-roll, Parsons finally found the space to break through and quickly rushed to the basket with the ball. It's just that beside him, Li Yang is still following closely, and Parsons can't completely shake Li Yang away.

Finding that if he continued to rush forward, Parsons turned his head sideways, and after finding Howard's figure, he threw the ball out with one hand, trying to put the ball in Howard's hands with a ground-hitting pass.

At the same time as Parsons passed, Li Yang's arm also quickly poked out, and the long arm startled Parsons, who was about to pass the ball, and pushed his wrist to the side, and Parsons avoided Li Yang's interception.

But in this way, Parsons' pass inevitably deflected a little, and the experienced Duncan immediately seized the opportunity and strode to stop the ball directly.

"Duncan steals, Spurs want to counterattack, and the Rockets' retreat is timely......"

The Spurs did try to play a counterattack, but the Rockets' defense was very good, especially Beverley, who was responsible for marking Parker, blocked Parker's first wave of impact, and Parker simply dribbled to stabilize the rhythm and start again.

When Duncan came to the halfcourt, the ball was immediately handed over to Duncan in the high post, and at this time, Howard, who defended Duncan, directly shrank to the free throw line half a step inside, beware of the Spurs player's cut. In this quarter, Spurs players frequently used air cuts to score under the basket, so the Rockets paid attention to the defense of the cut-in players.

However, the Rockets can still find opportunities to cut to the basket for the Spurs.

Ginobili, who originally fell on the left side outside the three-point line, took advantage of Harden's inattention and suddenly started to rush to the basket, and Duncan also handed the ball to Ginobili for the first time.

The Rockets' defense quickly shrank at this time, Howard defending Duncan at the free-throw line, and Parsons, defending Li Yang in the bottom right corner, all shrank rapidly towards the basket at this time.

After receiving the ball and just entering the three-second zone, Ginobili attracted the defense, and the ball was thrown out quickly and sent to Li Yang in the bottom right corner.

Watching the ball fly past his eyes, Parsons, who had shrunk halfway, hurriedly turned and rushed back towards the bottom right corner.

When Li Yang received the pass in the bottom corner on the right side, Parsons was still about a meter away at this time, and Li Yang could certainly shoot if he wanted to, but Li Yang, who was not very good today, did not choose to shoot.

After a shooting feint shook Parsons' center of gravity, the next moment, Li Yang had already bent over and dribbled forward to the basket!

Although Li Yang has improved his shooting this season, attacking the basket is what he does best, and what Li Yang has to do now is do what he does best, even if there is a Dwight Howard in front of him.

(To be continued.) )