Chapter 141: Stalemate (3/3)

In the end, Li Yang still didn't let the people in his fan base believe his identity, of course, this is also because Li Yang didn't force it, otherwise, Li Yang really wanted to throw out a lot of photos, and others would naturally believe it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

During the two days of living in Auckland, Li Yang and Inia talked on the phone several times, and also asked about Frida's injury, and the rest of the time he trained with his teammates and played games, and the time passed quite quickly, and the day of the fourth game between the two teams had come.

Auckland Arena, away team dressing room.

"Tim, how are you?"

Popovich asked with a concerned look on his face towards Duncan, who had re-entered the locker room.

Just a short time ago, Duncan suddenly felt sick to his stomach, and after just taking the medicine taken by the team doctor, he slipped to the toilet again, seeing that the game was coming, Popovich was naturally concerned about Duncan's situation.

"It's okay, pop, there's no discomfort anymore. ”

"Okay!" Popovich was relieved when he heard that Duncan was okay and called all the players together.

'In the last game, we did a very good job in attack and put a lot of pressure on the opposition and in this game, they will definitely focus on defending from the start. ”

"Pay attention to the running and passing coordination, reduce the singles, Tony, Danny, and just like in the previous game, you have to put pressure on the opposing two defenders on the offensive end. ”

"Defensively! We need to be better on the defensive end in this game, and we can't let them find their shooting touch on the outside. ”

After making the overall arrangement first, Popovich laid out the detailed tactics after the start of the game.

Tactical arrangement, warm-up, and appearance ceremony, after completing this series of things, the game finally officially began.

The lineups of the two teams have not changed much from the previous game, and on the Warriors' side, because Split continues to be absent due to injury, Duncan and Dio on the inside, and Leonard, Danny Green, and Parker on the outside.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Warriors also didn't use a double-high lineup, with Bogut and Draymond Green starting from the interior and Barnes, Thompson and Curry on the outside.

The Warriors took the lead in attacking, and after coming to the half, Thompson began to run actively, and the Warriors obviously consciously let Thompson attack this round, and several players were actively covering for Thomplin.

With the help of cover, Thompson received Curry's pass from outside the three-point line and pulled it up and shot.

Leonard did a very good job of following up, and at the same time that Thompson received the ball and shot, he was already in front of Thompson and jumped up to interfere.

"Bang!"

With Leonard's interference, Thompson's shot bounced off the basket.

On the sidelines, seeing Thompson's first shot missed, the corners of Li Yang's mouth raised slightly, although it was just a ball, Thompson's ball may indicate that his shooting hand today is not very good.

For a pitcher, if he hits the first shot of the game, the confidence of the shot will undoubtedly be greater, and on the contrary, it will be affected a little.

If Thompson's shooting continues to feel like he did in the previous game, it's good news for the Spurs.

On the other end, the Spurs' offense was still initiated by Parker and Duncan's blocking, and Parker shot directly after blocking and picking.

"Bang!" The ball also failed to hit, and it was clear that after the previous game, Parker's touch did not carry over to this game.

Of course, this also has something to do with the Warriors' defense, and when Parker shoots, Thompson is actively saved.

After the first three games, both sides have become familiar with each other, so they are more targeted defensively. And it can also be seen from the performance of the first leg of the two teams that both sides are very defensively focused.

Serious defense from the first ball set the tone for the first quarter, and in the next few rounds, both teams went to great lengths on the defensive end, with the sound of iron hitting in the court.

It wasn't until more than two minutes of the first quarter that Barnes made a layup on the Warriors' side to finally break the deadlock on the court.

However, in the next few attacks, the offensive efficiency of both teams was still not high.

Li Yang came on the court with about three minutes left in the first quarter, and at this time, the score of both teams was 15:18, and the score was very low.

In the first three minutes of the game, Li Yang did not have a very bright performance on the offensive end, and the Spurs' shooting feeling today was average, although it was not as bad as the second game, but it was not much better.

The Spurs' outside shooting is not good, and the Warriors' defense will naturally shrink, and for Li Yang, who is not good at shooting, the Warriors' defense will have a greater limiting effect on him.

Li Yang only made one layup in three minutes, but he couldn't hit it due to the interference of the Warriors players.

When the offense couldn't be opened, Li Yang focused more on the defensive end, and after Leonard and Danny Green were gone, he had to take on the task of defending Thompson, in addition to contributing to the help defense.

At 19:20, after the first quarter of the game, the difference between the two teams was only 1 point, and the scores were low.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Yang remained on the court, and this time it was the Spurs' turn to take the lead in attacking.

The right high post was covered by Ginobili, and Li Yang quickly started to cut into the basket after Ginobili ran past him to catch the ball.

Everything was in line with Popovich's tactical arrangement, and Ginobili quickly handed the ball to Li Yang after receiving the ball. Li Yang, who received the basketball, directly entered the inside, and in the face of the Warriors' interior players' supplementary defense, Li Yang scored 2 points on the rebound.

In the first offense at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Li Yang played very smoothly, which seemed to indicate that the Spurs' offense would pick up some in this quarter.

It is also true that after the start of the second quarter, the Spurs' offense was very different from the first quarter, and they scored in three of the first four rounds to complete the comeback in one fell swoop.

However, the Warriors' offense also picked up significantly in the quarter, and in the middle of the third quarter, the Spurs had a five-point lead, but then they were caught up by the Warriors.

At 45:45, after the first half of the game, the two teams were tied, and the winner had to be left until the second half.

However, the second half of the game was also very close, and the Spurs did a good job on the defensive end, and they did the same as in Game 3, disrupting the shooting of the Warriors players with excellent rotation defense.

However, under the defense of the Warriors, the Spurs' own shooting percentage is not high, making many of the Spurs' offensive tactics less lethal.

At 66:70, after three quarters, the Spurs temporarily trailed by 4 points.

The score between the two sides was not completely opened, the game was still stalemate, and at this time both sides also knew very well that this game was very likely to be won and lost until the last moment.