After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Spurs basically continued the good momentum of the first quarter of the game, Ginobili broke through, Neil and Bonner were responsible for shooting three-pointers from the outside, Maddie was responsible for high-post response, and Leonard landed singles on the baseline from time to time, and the offense played quite smoothly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Defensively, though, they're starting to have some trouble, and that's mostly on the inside.

Bogut came on the court at the start of the second quarter and sat on the bench for half the quarter, and he had apparently calmed down and started using his height to cause problems for the Spurs on the inside.

Although Bogut said that the defense is strong and the offense is weak, after all, he is also a champion, and he still has some offensive ability, plus Bonner is not very good at defense, Bogut scored 4 points under the basket in a row.

In addition to defending Bogut, the breakthrough to Jack, Thompson and others, because at this time only Leonard's basket protection ability is better in the Spurs' lineup, and it is also difficult to take care of it defensively.

Leonard had a round to shrink to the interior defense, and Klay Thompson found an opportunity to shoot a three-pointer from the outside.

After playing like this for more than four minutes, the score between the two teams became 35:42, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to seven points.

Popovich began to adjust the lineup at this time, Li Yang, Dio, Green, Parker came on the court, replaced Maddy, Bonner, Ginobili and Joseph, and the court became the starting lineup at the beginning of the game.

On the other side, the Warriors also sent a starting lineup after some roster adjustments.

The Spurs took the lead in attacking, and after coming to the half, Parker handed the ball to Li Yang, and Li Yang also broke through directly to the basket after getting the ball.

Looking for Bogut, the first quarter of the game tasted the sweetness, and the Spurs naturally hoped to continue to cause Bogut to foul and let the opponent off.

However, at this time, Bogut obviously paid attention to his fouls very much, and when Li Yang jumped to the basket, he paid great attention to his actions on the defensive end, bringing physical contact interference to Li Yang, and his hands were relatively clean and did not foul.

Bogut defended frontally, and Draymond Green also followed up on the flank, but his defense was a lot less scrupulous and caused a lot of interference for Li Yang.

Li Yang missed the layup, and in the next round, Parker's layup was also affected and did not score.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Warriors scored 4 points in a row, narrowing the gap between the two sides to only 3 points.

"Tick!" Popovich immediately called a timeout.

"Increase shooting in the mid to long range, especially this ......"

On the sidelines, Popovich circled the area near the free throw line and the same distance to the baseline.

"The opposition is now focusing on our under-the-basket offense and three-point shooting, and their defense is the weakest in this area, and Tony is looking for opportunities in that position with pick-and-roll. ”

"Danny, you pay attention when you're running, shoot a three-point if you get an opportunity from beyond the three-point line, and if you can't, look for an opportunity in this area. ”

Kawai stepped up his offense in the low post, and Burris and Young focused on cutting to the basket. ”

Popovich laid out one tactic after another, and when he was about to put away the tactical board at the end, he turned his head to Li Yang and said: "Yang, and Burreth take turns to block for Tony, and if you have the opportunity at the free throw line, you can make bold shots." ”

Li Yang nodded immediately after hearing this, he has been practicing shooting at the free throw line recently, although he can't say how accurate it is now, but if there is no one to defend the empty position, he still has a certain certainty.

Popovich also knows this, so he has included it in the tactical arrangement.

Resuming the offense after a timeout, the Warriors' defensive focus was as focused on the three-second zone and around the three-point line, as Popovich said.

In the Warriors' view, perhaps the Spurs' timeout this time is to shift the offensive focus to the outside, so they pay more attention to defending near the three-point line.

And seizing the loophole of the Warriors' defense, first Parker hit a two-point shot from mid-range with the help of Dio's blocking, and then Leonard also hit a mid-range back-to-back jumper, and the situation of the Spurs stabilized at once.

The two teams went back and forth, and the difference between 5 and 7 points began to hover.

It was the Spurs offense again, Parker controlled the ball outside the three-point line, and after the Spurs shifted the focus of the attack to the mid-range, the ball was more in Parker's hands.

After all, Li Yang's organizational offensive ability is not very good now, and he can do it if he sends the ball outside the three-point line according to the established tactics, but to find the Warriors' defensive holes through passing in the middle distance, his ability is not enough to take on this task.

But at this time, Li Yang was not idle, and quickly ran forward from the bottom line, and Li Yang stood beside Parker to block and cover.

After Parker started to shoot, Thompson didn't dare to take a step as he did before, but chose to squeeze past Li Yang's side.

Draymond Green, who was next to Li Yang, quickly took a step back at this time, beware of Parker taking the opportunity to rush to the basket.

Parker did rush forward with the ball, but after two steps out, his ball was passed back into Li Yang's hands. After completing the pick-and-roll, Li Yang had already arrived at the free-throw line position that he was familiar with.

Li Yang received the ball at the free throw line, and Draymond Green immediately moved his feet to defend himself, but he didn't dare to rush back directly towards Li Yang, but ran in front of Li Yang, beware of Li Yang's breakthrough.

Although Li Yang also shot the ball at the free throw line in this series, in Green's view, Li Yang's breakthrough is obviously more lethal.

Catching the ball at the free throw line, with the previous arrangement of Popovich, and there were no defenders in front of him at this time, Li Yang jumped up decisively and shot.

Li Yang has basically corrected his shooting posture now, so his movements at this time can be described as very good-looking, the jump height is high enough, there is a short stagnation in the air, plus the palm is huge, giving people a very elegant and calm feeling.

"Huh!" The result is also not bad, and the two hollows go directly into the net.

When Li Yang's mid-range shot can also be shot, it means that Popovich's tactics have completely worked.

Although the three-point and interior offense were blocked, the Spurs still had the initiative on the court with their mid-range offense.

At the end of the second quarter, Li Yang was replaced by Ginobili, which made the Warriors' defense even tighter, after all, Ginobili's shooting was better than Li Yang's.

At 52:59, the first half ended, and the Spurs still maintained a seven-point lead.

Another very good situation for the Spurs was that before the end of the second quarter, Bogut received his third personal foul. Although he controlled the game well throughout the quarter, he was fouled by Ginobili less than a minute before the end of the first half. (To be continued.) )