In the CCTV studio, taking advantage of the break, the host Yu Jia threw out the topic again:

"Coach Zhang, what do you think of the performance of the two sides in the first quarter, Li Ze only made two shots in the first quarter, made both shots, and got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, which is completely different from his previous performance."

"It's true, I think the strategy on the Spurs' side is to let you play single, try not to give you a chance to bring other teammates, this big four small lineup, the defensive rotation is very fast."

"The first quarter was all single defense, even in the restricted area, Duncan's defense was very good, so although Li Ze passed a few good balls in the first quarter, his teammates didn't take advantage of the opportunity in the end."

"But I still have to say that these players on the Thunder team are too talented, you let me play alone, and I will score all of them for you, and in the few minutes that Blair was on it, he was targeted by Durant and Westbrook in a row."

"Li Ze also contributed on both offensive and defensive ends, Ginobili scored a goal in the first quarter, 1 of 4, the Spurs had a chance to open the score, but in the end the Thunder persevered."

"After coming off the bench in the second quarter, the two sides still have to compete, which depends on the performance of Li Ze and Ginobili, and the substitution period is very critical for the Thunder."

Although Director Zhang is optimistic about Li Ze's performance, he still believes that the Spurs will win, and the GDP combination is the basic market.

At the intermission, Coach Brooks was also giving the players a beating and making tactical arrangements by the way.

"Green, you go up in the second quarter, watch the defense, Ibaka, watch out for Matt Bonner's outside shooting, Kayce, step up your individual offense!"

Coach Brooks took Jeff Green, mainly to open up space for Li Ze to attack, and Etang Thomas was too easy to target in such a game, and this time he fell out of the rotation.

"At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder made some adjustments, with Li Ze and Sofrosa partnering the backcourt, Jeff Green and Ibaka forming the front, and Nick Collison at the top of the No. 5 position."

"On the Spurs' side, George Hill and Ginobili are in the backcourt, with Michael Finley and Matt Bonner up and Antonio McDyce at center."

Host Yu Jia began to introduce the rotation lineups of the two sides.

"The Spurs are still able to shoot with this lineup! In addition to the center, there are baskets, this game is interesting! ”

Director Zhang also saw the characteristics of the Spurs' lineup, which is not a loss in height and can shoot from the outside, which is very suitable for Ginobili and George Hill.

In the first attack of the second quarter, Li Ze quickly dribbled through the halfcourt, and after seeing the opponent's lineup, he directly signaled Ibaka to block and dismantle.

Matt Bonner's defensive lateral movement was not very good, so Ginobili quickly squeezed through after the pick-and-roll, and constantly gave Li Ze a physical confrontation.

While leaning on the opponent, Li Ze paid attention to the Spurs' defense, and saw Bonner choose to delay himself, and found Ibaka at the free throw line with a left-handed back-to-ground pass as he went.

The latter catches the ball and, without hesitation, makes a jump shot.

"Hmmm...", scored from medium distance.

Ibaka's mid-range is getting more and more accurate, and if there is no defense, the grasp is very high, and the bonus of the [Offensive Core] badge is still somewhat useful.

Popovich immediately shouted on the sidelines, and it could be seen that the old man was quite dissatisfied with the defense this time.

George Hill, despite being only a sophomore rookie, is loved by Popovich for his calm style of play and very good tactical execution.

In the face of Sofrosa's defense, George Hill broke through directly into the penalty area after the block, and in the face of Nick Collisson's defense, he scored the ball with a blue on the right hand lever.

Without Ibaka in the restricted area, the ability to protect the frame plummeted, and the Spurs players stood outside, and the Thunder did not dare to shrink their defense.

"Green, remember to call everyone to defend a joint defense in the next round, try to cut through the air on offense, we have to play faster."

On the serve, Li Ze told Jeff Green that he had to move this lineup, otherwise it would be wasted.

Li Ze dribbled directly to Sofrosa after half-time, and after receiving the ball, the latter immediately played a hand-to-hand pass with Jeff Green, noticing that Li Ze began to play in the low post.

Jeff Green dribbled twice and hoisted straight to Lee, then began to move sideways beyond the three-point line under Collison's cover.

After Li Ze received the ball with his back, he first made a one-handed outward pass feint, which directly deceived Michael Finley, who wanted to come over and trap him.

Then he quickly hit twice, arched to his shooting hot zone, ignored Ginobili's defense, and directly turned over and jumped back!

"Whew..."The 2-pointer scored steadily.

The badge bonus effect of [Hot Zone Hunter] + [High Difficult Shooting King] is very good, ensuring the hit rate of Li Ze's difficult shots.

"Yo! Li Ze came to a Jordan's signature move, after the feint, the back-to-back jumper, this goal is so beautiful! ”

Director Zhang directly watched the joy and entered Li Zechui mode again.

"Sergi, combo, watch the defensive rotation and rebounding!"

Li Ze shouted to Ibaka as he retreated.

On the line of the joint defense, Li Ze and Sovlosa's defense rotated quickly, but the Spurs were all old fritters, which directly made Bonner stand near the free throw line.

After passing the ball a few times, George Hill from outside the 3-point line made a direct jumper.

"Hmm..."Hollow into the net.

"The Thunder's defense is really good, but George Hill's 3-pointer shot is also hard, and he reads the defense very well!"

Host Yu Jia also praised the Spurs' offense.

Li Zeyun noticed after half the court that the defense on the Spurs' side paid a lot of attention to his three-point shots, and almost always stepped on the three-point line to defend him.

Seeing this situation, Li Ze didn't call it a cover anymore, and after continuous crotch dribbling, he suddenly changed direction in front of his body, directly breaking through Ginobili's defense and hitting the basket directly.

Antonio McDyce saw this situation and came up directly to help the defense, but then he realized that he had made a mistake, Li Ze faked a true pass, and Collison successfully ate the cake under the basket, and dunked with one hand.

"Wonderful pass, Bro!"

After the goal, Ginobili caught up with Li Ze, who was retreating, and said with a smile.

"Learn from Ling, your assist in the first quarter is also beautiful!"

In terms of business blowing each other, Li Ze is definitely the first person in the alliance!

In the next 3 minutes or so, the Spurs saw Li Ze's indiscriminate singles.

Switching to Michael Finley's defense, after Li Ze dribbled behind in a row, he suddenly took a cross step with the ball in his right hand, quickly pulled back, turned around with his left hand, and drifted away from the defense to shoot at the middle distance.

"Whew..."The 2-point ball hollows into the net.

Facing George Hill in the low post, after tentative stepping, ignoring the opponent's defensive interference, he directly pulled out the jumper.

"Whew...", the middle range scored again.

After Bonner blocked and dismantled, he didn't wait to change the defense, Li Ze accelerated with his left hand dribble, passed the opponent directly, and after entering the penalty area, he changed his rhythm and made a backhand layup to score the ball.

scored 3 goals in a row, Popovich quickly asked for a timeout, in fact, the score between the two sides is still tied, and the Spurs' offensive and defensive outside projection is also very accurate, but the old man is just not satisfied with the team's defense.

Coming back from the timeout, Li Ze found that the Spurs increased their physical confrontation against him, with George Hill, Ginobili and Michael Finley starting to pinch him early on, let him out of the ball, and the small movements did not stop...

"Do you treat rookies like that?"

There is naturally a chance to pinch the shot, and Li Ze's ball speed is also very fast, but the Spurs' defensive rotation rate is also high, and the Thunder's shooting rate has begun to decline, and Li Ze has also hit the iron.

The Spurs didn't give Li Ze a chance to shoot at all... It's a test of the other players' ability to handle the ball.

As soon as Coach Brooks saw this situation, he immediately called a timeout, he was going to change the main lineup, and by the way, let Li Ze take a break.

"Well done, Kayce, take a break, Kostic, protect the rebounds, everyone on the defensive end must echo each other!"

Li Ze watched Coach Brooks keep explaining the precautions for interior defense, and knew that the coach had no bottom in his heart, after all, Duncan was 5 of 6 in the first quarter, and he played too easily...

With 5 minutes and 32 seconds left in the second quarter, the two sides once again got back the main lineup, and the Thunder tried to speed up the pace of the offense, but the speed was not enough, and the turtle and Durant began to make mistakes.

The old fritter on the Spurs' side is to play unhurriedly to block and dismantle, play the low post, attack the inside, unless there is an absolute vacancy on the outside, otherwise absolutely do not shoot...

By halftime, the Spurs had a four-point lead, 54-50.

During the intermission, in the CCTV studio, the host Yu Jia routinely threw out the topic:

"Coach Zhang, what do you think of the situation in this half of the game, the Spurs overtook the score in the second half of the second quarter."

"I think the last few minutes of the Thunder were a bit messy, too much pursuit of speed, playing a team like Spurs, you can't make mistakes, and if you make mistakes, the other team will definitely seize the opportunity."

"In the second half, if the Thunder team wants to win this game, then they have to fill up the main time, make fewer mistakes, try to grasp the transition offense, and drop the position, then they can't beat the Spurs."

Coach Zhang told the truth that the Thunder's lineup was flawed.

"Thank you Director Zhang for your comments, after the advertisement, I'll be back in the second half immediately!"

......

Popovich, the bad old man, naturally knows the characteristics of the Thunder's style of play, and he has already discovered that the referee's blowing scale in this game is a bit loose, so the Spurs took the lead in the third quarter!

After the turtle was killed in the penalty area, he was directly slapped to the floor by Duncan and others.

"Squeak...", the referee gestures, throw-in.

"It's a shooting foul, it's already a hitter, you should have seen Mr.!"

Turtle shouted excitedly at the referee, but unfortunately the linesman still signaled for the game to continue.

After the start of the second half of the game, Li Ze found that the Spurs' defense was very big, whether it was with or without the ball, many times the referee didn't blow it at all!

Under this kind of blowing penalty scale, the Thunder's shooting rate began to decline, and the Spurs' side was as stable as an old dog and was not affected too much.

This made the fans at Ford Center Arena angry, and they directly began to curse the referee:

“Referee sucks！ Referee sucks！ Referee sucks！！ ”

But that didn't affect the game, 25-19 in the first quarter, and the Spurs led by 10 points after three quarters.

During the interval, Durant was angry enough:

"The referee was blind, our breakthrough, we got 4 free throws in this quarter, it's a joke!"

Li Ze was drinking tons of water on the side, he knew that he still underestimated the old fritters, and this game gave him 1 of 5 defenses...

"It's okay, there's still a lot of time in the fourth quarter, just 10 pointers, and a few three-pointers to chase back!"

Li Ze began to encourage his teammates, he didn't want to admit defeat like this, and at the same time secretly complained in his heart:

"It's really like a home away, and the Thunder three whistles are good!! There's something wrong with this script! ”