Chapter 392: Towards Defending the Title, Set Out!
Spurs players began to arrive in the home team's locker room, and almost every Spurs player came to the stadium to warm up a lot of time early. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Popovich and his team arrived early to make the final tactical arrangements. In fact, a lot of things have been laid out in Popovich in the first two days of team training, such as how the starting lineup will be adjusted for this game and how it should be played after the start, which has been decided before.
Normally, the side that wins the playoffs doesn't make adjustments easily, but this time Popovich made changes to the starting lineup.
The starting lineup for the game was officially announced, and the final tactical arrangements were completed, at this time, there was not much time left to play, Popovich put away the tactical board, and raised his voice slightly.
"Guys, I don't need to repeat the importance of this game, win it and we will lift the O'Brien Cup again and defend the title for the first time in team history!"
Popovich's voice was magical, but the words were magical, and every Spurs player had a little excitement on their faces, even Duncan.
"The guys on the other side are already at the end of their game, they are going to be eliminated, they will probably be very aggressive when the game starts, but we will do the same and do better!"
"Guys, don't forget, the fans have been waiting for 10 years to win the title at home and 54 years for the team to defend it!"
"Now, we have the best chance to win this fight and take out the guys on the other side!
When this word came out of Popovich's mouth again and again, the fighting spirit in the hearts of the Spurs players was ignited again and again, and when he saw that the emotions of the Spurs players had been completely mobilized, Popovich's voice was also mentioned to the highest.
"Let's defend our title!"
"Let's defend our title!"
After Popovich's shout, all the Spurs players also erupted into a roar and began to run towards the locker room one by one!
In the face of a game that can defend the title if you win, even the Spurs, who have always been low-key and introverted, can't treat it like an ordinary game, so at this time, Popovich simply hoisted the fighting spirit and excitement of all the players, so that every player can face the game with the fullest state.
Popovich is not worried that the excitement of the Spurs players will not be able to contain it after it is hoisted, there are too many experienced players in the team, as long as there are veterans such as Duncan, Ginobili and Parker, the Spurs will not mess up.
"Coax!"
"Spurs!"
From the moment the Spurs players appeared on the court, the scene has been in a state of frenzy, and the scene occupied by white, Spurs fans either shouted, or slapped the props in their hands, and made all kinds of cheers that ignited the scene.
"Game 5 of the Finals is about to begin, and we are facing the situation of winning and defending the title, the atmosphere is extremely hot, and every Spurs fan is shouting with all their might, although we have headsets, but we still can't stop the shouting and cheering. ”
The on-site narration is still Mike Brin and Jeff Van Gundy, who are infected by the atmosphere of the scene, and Mike Brin's voice is equally high at the moment.
And Van Gundy, who is responsible for technical explanation and tactical analysis, also shouted loudly: "Yes, in the first two days, we have seen from a lot of news the Heat's preparation for this game, as well as the change in the atmosphere in the team, obviously, the Spurs are also doing such a thing, just now in the starting lineup, we saw Yang replace Thiago appeared in the first lineup, Spurs played a big four small lineup, which means that after the start of the game, the two teams are very likely to play fast-paced offense and defense, and the game will be very intense!" ”
"Well, Jeff, I can't wait to see the game start after hearing you say that, and I think that's why the fans have been shouting......"
"The game is about to start, the starters from both sides are already on the pitch!"
When the starters of both teams walked onto the court, the atmosphere was once again ignited, and almost all Spurs fans stood up at the moment.
Duncan, Li Yang, Leonard, Green, Parker, the Spurs sent a commonly used big four lineup, and the Heat at the other end is still the continuation of the previous starting lineup, Bosh, Lewis, James, Wade, Chalmers, in fact, this can also be regarded as a big four small lineup, although Lewis plays the position of a big forward, but the style of play can be regarded as an outside player.
There were four big fours on both sides, which is why Van Gundy would say that the game could be extremely intense once it starts.
Duncan and Bosh jumped the ball, and Duncan Sr. used his accurate judgment to pull the ball into Parker's hand. Parker got the ball, and the Spurs quickly pressed towards the halfcourt.
The Heat's retreat was not slow, forcing the Spurs to fall into position, Duncan fell to the left high position, Li Yang and Leonard fell to the left and right corner positions, and Green quickly began to run without the ball.
This is the most common opening tactic of the Spurs, allowing Green to run without the ball to get a chance to shoot first, so at this moment, Chalmers is closely following Green, for fear that Green will get the opportunity to catch and shoot.
Not only Chalmers, but the rest of the Heat players were also staring at Green at the moment, and when they saw Green rushing out of the three-point line with Duncan's cover, Chalmers quickly followed, and Bosh next to Duncan also rushed out.
At this time, Parker passed the ball, but unlike what the Heat players expected, Parker's ball at this time was not passed to Green, but to Duncan's hands, and after Bosh moved out, Duncan had already cut to the basket.
The Heat showed their active defensive rotation at this moment, and James, who was originally defending Li Yang, quickly rushed to the basket to make up for the defense, and Bosh immediately rushed back to the basket.
At this time, Duncan also passed the ball, and when he entered the three-second zone, he threw the ball out, and the ball flew to the left corner...... Li Yang!
"Thiem splits the ball into the corner, Young gets a three-point shot......"
James' shrinking defense emptied Li Yang, and Duncan immediately passed the ball to the bottom corner, although at this time, Bosh quickly changed direction and rushed over, but Li Yang, who received the ball, had already got a chance to shoot three points at this time.
Ignoring Bosh who rushed over, Li Yang pulled out his hand outside the three-point line.
"Whew!"