Chapter 294: When the Long Arm Meets the Long Arm

The Spurs easily eliminated the Mavericks in the first game, which made the outside world pay less attention to this series, because everyone could see that the Mavericks were afraid that it would be difficult for the Spurs to cause any trouble. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Even the players in the Spurs team are unusually relaxed, no way, whether it is in the second half of the regular season or in the playoffs, the Spurs play relatively easily, plus the strength of the Mavericks and the Spurs are indeed significantly different, the Spurs can't be nervous even if they want to.

After two days, the second game between the two sides was ushered in again, Li Yang and his teammates talked and laughed in the locker room, although Duncan and Leonard did not participate, but they were also very relaxed.

The Spurs locker room has changed a lot compared to a few years ago, and it is a lot more active, on the one hand, there are more young players, and naturally more active, on the other hand, Duncan doesn't seem to be as taciturn as he was when he was younger, and when everyone is chatting, he will even take a sentence or two from time to time and tell a bad joke.

Relaxed in the locker room, the Spurs were relaxed after the game began, and as soon as they got on the court, Green ran around and found an opportunity from beyond the three-point line to shoot and hit a three-pointer.

Then Duncan and Split played a beautiful high-low combination, and Split received the ball and made an easy layup. When Parker missed a shot, Duncan and Leonard also grabbed rebounds in the frontcourt.

At 4:11, four minutes into the game, the Spurs were already leading by seven points, and the game looked like a complete replica of the previous game.

Such a game undoubtedly made Mavericks coach Carlisle on the sidelines extremely dissatisfied, and he decisively called a timeout.

"Are you going to go fishing at 4-0? Look at your loose defense, are you going to let the opponent score 40 points in this quarter? On the other side of the Spurs, you eliminated them three seasons ago to reach the Finals and win the championship, but now, against those guys, we've lost 11 in a row!"

"Eleven in a losing streak, what a humiliating number, well, you probably don't think so, maybe fourteen in a row would sound better? You came to the playoffs just to lose four games?"

Carlisle, who has always had a good temper, couldn't help but yell at this time, and the Spurs on the opposite side played too relaxed, as if the Mavericks didn't give them any pressure at all, which made Carlisle unacceptable.

After being scolded by Carlisle, the spirit of the Mavericks players who returned to the court was obviously a little different, and when they returned to the court, Marion took advantage of Danny Green's careless pass and took the initiative to complete the steal aggressively.

And after Marion's steal, Ellis also launched a quick counterattack, just like he once stayed in the Warriors, and it only took a few seconds to complete a counterattack score.

Parker hit a two-pointer to fight back, but then both Duncan and Parker's offense were blocked.

The Spurs were relaxed on the offensive end, and they also brought that relaxation to the defense, so the two back-to-back defenses were not timely.

The result was that both Mavericks used the offensive and defensive transitions to score, one with a direct attack to the basket, and the other with Ellis missing a layup, and Dyrem Porter grabbing an offensive rebound and causing Leonard to foul.

Spotted that something was wrong, and with Leonard already on his two fouls, Popovich called a timeout.

"Pay attention to their counterattacks, Tony, Young, bring the rhythm up, find offensive opportunities before their defense is down, fall into the position and attack the basket through the pick-and-roll, the three-second zone is the weakest point of their defense. ”

Popovich, who called a timeout, brought Li Yang, Ginobili and Dior on the court, replaced Leonard, Green and Split, and made tactical arrangements at the same time.

Popovich didn't make a big adjustment, although the Mavericks chased the score in this segment, but the score between the two sides was still 10:13, and the Spurs still led by 3 points, and the ball was still in the hands of the Spurs.

The Mavericks still didn't have much to do with the Spurs' offense, Parker and Dio rushed into the basket after a block, and then jumped up to shoot to attract the Mavericks' defensive attention, and the ball was immediately passed to Dio's hands, Dio hit a shot, and the difference became 5 points.

"Parker's pass was out, but it was a bit dangerous to jump up and pass. Zhang Weiping, who was commenting in China, said after seeing the ball that as players of the old school, they have always been against this kind of jumping pass.

However, Dior hit this ball after all, so after Zhang Weiping finished speaking, no one cared too much.

The Mavericks' offense was also successful, and Ellis shook off Li Yang's defense with the help of a pick-and-roll and shot a two-pointer.

Because the Mavericks' offense was delayed in serving, although the Spurs' advance was fast, the Mavericks players were still in position after Parker controlled the ball to the halfcourt.

Parker took Popovich's advice to heart at the moment, and when he saw the calf fall into the ground, he immediately went to the basket with the help of a block.

At this time, defending Parker is the Mavericks' backup point guard Harris, both used to be representatives of speed guards, but as they got older, the speed of both slowed down, Parker was not able to shake off Harris, and after rushing to the inside, he found that the Mavericks players had helped defend in place, and he jumped up again to throw the ball out.

Parker's pass was intended to be thrown to Li Yang, but he was affected by Daim Porter, and after jumping, he had to adjust his direction slightly to avoid being stealed, and it was this adjustment that made the ball pass a little, Li Yang was also ready to receive the ball and rushed directly to the basket, but he didn't expect the ball to be deflected, and when he reacted, the ball had fallen into Marion's hands.

Parker jumped up again and made a dangerous pass, which was cut off. ”

The Mavericks are resolutely fighting back in this section, and it is still Ellis, because it is too late to change the defense, it is still Ginobili defending at this time, and Ginobili obviously can't keep up with the pace of the opponent, so he can only watch Ellis easily make a layup and score two points.

At 14:15, the Mavericks once again narrowed the gap to just one point.

After coming to halftime, Parker didn't play blocking and dismantling anymore, Li Yang and Ginobili were actively running to find opportunities to catch the ball, and the Spurs' main tactic in this period was to attack the basket, and it was not only Parker who could be responsible for this task.

With the help of Duncan's blocking, Li Yang reached out to catch the ball outside the three-point line, and Parker did throw the ball out, but Parker's passing force was obviously smaller, and Li Yang was not vigilant in his heart, and did not take a step to catch the ball.

When Li Yang felt someone rushing by beside him, the ball had already been tackled by Marion.

Li Yang didn't expect that the good drama he often staged would also be staged at this moment, and at this time he remembered that before Leonard and him, Marion and Prince and others had always been the representatives of the long arm in the No. 3 position.

At this time, it was too late to pick up the ball, and after finding Marion rushing forward with the ball, Li Yang immediately started to chase after him.

(To be continued.) )