Only Leonard barely followed Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is running in stride, and even Leonard will have a hard time catching up, and even if he does, it will be difficult to do anything about Giannis Antetokounmpo.

With the impact of the speed, with Giannis Antetokounmpo's height and reach, Leonard will be difficult to defend if he doesn't foul.

Leonard just jumped up, tried to make a block, and headed for the ball.

It's easy for this player to give Giannis Antetokounmpo a 2+1.

Leonard's gradual emergence as a top-tier defender is not only his physical talent, but his defensive judgment also allows him to avoid foul trouble.

Bang!

Giannis Antetokounmpo dunked hard, Leonard didn't take the risk but didn't go for the hitter either.

Spurs 2:2 Timberwolves.

"Is this a precaution?"

O'Neill asked, a little confused.

"This is a mistake by the Spurs, why did Duncan defend the Timberwolves?"

Kenny Smith also exclaimed.

People have the impression that Duncan is good at handling such a bag ball.

Duncan's back-to-back singles are strong, but he's more than just a back-to-back attacker.

There are a lot of good back-to-back attackers, like Al Jefferson, David Lee, and Aldridge.

But the difference between Duncan and them is that Duncan not only integrates offense and defense, but also has full organizational skills.

His ability to handle the bag is as top class as his offense and defence.

The success of the defense in one round actually did not make it difficult for everyone at the commentary table to accept, they just felt a little surprised.

After all, although the Spurs' offense is strong, it is not successful in every round.

It's just that the Timberwolves consume the Spurs' offensive time to the point where they can only let Parker make a hasty shot, which is relatively rare.

"Hurry up with the ball!"

Popovich shouted angrily at the Spurs from the sidelines.

Not only a few people in the commentary table, but even Popovich felt that it was not so easy for Su Chen to really find a strategy to block the Spurs' offense.

In Popovich's opinion, the ball just now was that the Spurs were not focused enough, so they let the Timberwolves prevent it.

Duncan also patted his chest, indicating that the ball just now was his, and he didn't throw the pot to his teammates.

Although Su Chen, who was on the other side, did not yell at the sidelines, he still applauded on the sidelines, indicating that the players should continue to do it.

Maybe the outside world thinks this is incredible, but Su Chen really thinks about the speed of fighting with the Spurs.

As we all know, the ball is faster than people on the basketball court.

Popovich is also based on this principle, the team has a lot of passing balls, and people can't run with the ball.

But changing defenses is not about chasing the ball, but about starting to find your new defender half a beat early.

It's a big test of the player's chemistry, and not just the chemistry, but also the trust in his teammates.

When a player gives up his defender, he gives the defender directly to his teammates.

If a teammate can't make up for it, then the person will miss into an empty position, and this defense will be considered a failure.

It's the same for the next player, he goes to help his teammates to make up for them, and then his people have to be handed over to the next team member unconditionally.

This kind of defensive style is a defensive strategy that is often used by teams in the small-ball era.

However, in teams that use this defensive strategy, there are often situations where two people do not explain the defensive handover clearly, and two people run to defend one person.

This is even the case with some playoff powerhouses.

There is a lot of personnel change, and then the players don't have enough trust, and its practical defensive strategy is very testing for the team.

After all, there are trades in the NBA, or personnel changes of one kind or another, and many teams may not be able to play a third of the games together in their starting season.

The level of tacit understanding is simply not enough.

Su Chen dared to use it, because he had simulated the glasses a thousand times, and he didn't have to worry too much about his proficiency.

And I don't know if it's in that B-level tactical note, there is an attribute that increases the atmosphere of the team, and a good atmosphere makes the players more decisive to trust their teammates.

Of course, it is also possible that yesterday's team building played a role.

Another reason is that the Striker Bond has increased all attributes, so that their offense and defense have been improved in all aspects.

Because Iguodala couldn't get the bonus of this bond without 2 meters, Su Chen didn't even let Iguodala, who performed super well in the last round of the series, start, but fortunately, Iguodala didn't have any emotions about it.

For Iguodala, as long as the team is winning, then he has nothing to say on the bench.

He's long since lost the Iguodala of the 76ers.

At the same time, Covington can not only enjoy the attribute bonus of the striker's bond, but also Covington's own top-level defensive ability, which can also make this set of defensive rotations more rapid and agile.

At this time, the Spurs were on the offensive side.

The Timberwolves still continued the strategy of quickly wrapping and then quickly switching defenses, and the Spurs, a team that is good at sharing the ball, did not find a chance again.

The ball was back in Duncan's hands, but there was little time to attack, and Duncan had no room to sit back on Ibaka.

When the basket is strong, it is directly interfered with by Ibaka.

It's not good to defend against back-body Ibaka, but if you want to hit him in the face, you will look down on him.

For frontal defence, Ibaka is a top-tier ability.

Honk!

It wasn't a foul, but because the ball was interfered with by Ibaka and didn't touch the frame, and the offense lasted more than 24 seconds.

What kind of defense is this Timberwolves?

Can you even prevent the Spurs from attacking for 24 seconds?

Timberwolves ball possession.

Butler didn't make a mid-range shot in the first round, and this time the Spurs missed another mid-range shot, and Butler looked like he was about to shoot.

Green rushed over at this time to block, after all, he couldn't keep throwing open spots for Butler.

But Butler only clicked the ball.

When Green's whole body had already flown to Butler, Butler made a move.

Honk!

The ball managed to hit the referee's blow.

Brush!

But Butler actually made a shot in the middle of the confrontation with Green, and actually made it.

2+1！

Popovich was furious on the sidelines.

It's no secret that the Spurs are playing distance, and he hasn't changed the team's strategy yet, which makes Popovich very unhappy that Green has made his own assertions.

Green, a young man, sometimes has some ideas of his own, though those ideas are often met with Popovich's rebuke.

After Butler touched this foul, he also glanced at Green with a strange look, which seemed a little provocative.

Butler stepped to the free throw line and scored the ball safely.

Spurs 2:5 Timberwolves.

Honk!

Popovich couldn't help it and called a timeout.

Popovich's face was full of anger, and it was clear that he was extremely unhappy with the team's opening attack.

This is the Western Conference Finals, and Popovich doesn't want to let that sentiment spread within the Spurs for a moment.

Stopping the Spurs, Butler looked extremely arrogant, and his perverse personality was vividly displayed.

Of course, this is not that Butler has really floated, but a strategic arrogance.

The purpose is to provoke the opponent and make the opponent lose his mind when playing.

Of course, it can also bring a wave of team atmosphere by the way.

Just like now, the momentum of the Timberwolves seems to be very high.

The unbeatable Spurs, they feel right now, are nothing more than that.

Not some invincible enemy.

"It was just crazy, the Spurs were stopped by the Timberwolves at the beginning."

"I thought the Timberwolves were going to be stopped first."

Johnson said helplessly.

At this time, their screen is also defending the Timberwolves' defensive round, and the defensive speed is slowing down.

"Keeping up, I know the Timberwolves are fast in rotation, but is it getting to that point?"

"Wow, man, that's the Spurs, they're keeping up with the Spurs' defense."

"You can see their defense running in cross-runs, but they don't collide together, how much of this practice do the Timberwolves usually do outside of games?"

After several people watched the Timberwolves' defense video, they were all shocked.

The most powerful thing about the Spurs is the speed of passing the ball, among which O'Neal has played the most against the peak Spurs, and he knows very well what kind of ability the Spurs can pass the ball.

Even now that the GDP is older, their coach is still Popovich, and the Spurs' passing ball will not be much weaker even if it is weakened a little.

But the league's best pass ball met the team that may be the fastest rotation defense in the league right now, and it was as if it had met an opponent.

The Timberwolves' rotational defensive speed, in fact, they are not unseen.

In the first and second rounds, the Timberwolves eliminated the Trail Blazers and Warriors, largely because of the speed with which they rotated defense.

But most people on the outside agree that this kind of rotational defensive speed is useless for the Spurs.

The Timberwolves are fast, but the Spurs can slow down the tempo, and the positional battle is useless with speed alone.

Although the Timberwolves traded for Ibaka, the interior rim protection ability has been enhanced.

But in the past games, Ibaka has proven that he can't guard against players like Duncan.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is also too immature and a single defense is no match for Duncan.

But now, is this a useless look at speed?

It's just so useful.

Unexpectedly, the Timberwolves' speed has reached a point where they can wrap Duncan on the inside and make up for the defense on the outside.

"Look at how Popovich adjusts, will he choose to let Duncan continue to attack on the inside and then fine-tune on the outside?"

After watching the video, Johnson thought about it and said.

"If it were another team, maybe they would still not give up Duncan's point of attacking immediately, and it was only a few rounds, but Popovich called a timeout, and it probably won't be so simple."

After hearing this, O'Neill said with a frown.

Popovich called the timeout, indicating that Popovich had seen something and felt he had to make adjustments.

They were able to see it so quickly because the on-site staff showed them the defense, and it was a version that slowed down at twice the speed.

Popovich had been on the sidelines, and the assistant coach didn't come forward to remind him, so Popovich called a timeout.

If it's just fine-tuning, with Popovich's long coaching career with the Spurs, it can be fine-tuned through gestures.

There is no need to call a timeout and deliberately adjust.

"In fact, analyzing the advantages of the Spurs against the Timberwolves before the game, there is more than one way for Duncan to play inside, and Duncan and Parker's high and low post blocking is also a big move."

Kenny Smith said at this time.

Kenny Smith's words also caused everyone to nod in agreement.

This is indeed a point where the Spurs have an advantage over the Timberwolves.

"Su Chen has solved the first problem, let's solve it, after all, Popovich has not made a new move."

"Now for Su Chen's test, it is a bigger challenge."

Barkley said at this time.

Duncan directly singled out, and the Timberwolves can also complete the rotation defense by laying out in advance and doing some formulaic runs.

However, once the Spurs use the high-low post tactics of Parker and Duncan, then it is not so good for the Timberwolves to make up for the defense in advance.

First of all, the Timberwolves are on this one, and after Parker and Duncan's blocking, it is difficult to have the perfect single defense candidate for the first time.

It can be said that the test for the Timberwolves has just begun.

This basic block and pick-and-roll can't be blocked, so the Spurs can do tactics around this block next.

With the Spurs' rich tactical system and pick-and-roll as the core, the Timberwolves' defense is likely to be directly disrupted.

But when Popovich laid out his tactics.

Su Chen had already turned on [Eagle Eye].

At the beginning, Su Chen had already marked Popovich's tactical board, and now it was time to play.

And the Warriors are different.

When facing the warriors, Su Chen tried his best to use the skill of Eagle Eye in the back.

Because it's not easy to hold down the warrior directly from the beginning.

The mentality of the leading side and the backward side is different, and when the Warriors are behind, it is as if there is a passive three-point bonus for all players.

Of course, the Warriors don't have a cheat, and the main reason is that the Warriors who are behind will play more resolutely.

On the contrary, for the Timberwolves, who led the Warriors by a large score at the beginning, these young players will inevitably relax their minds.

If you have a relaxed mentality, it is easy for the Warriors to seize the opportunity and chase the score back in one wave.

It's a different story against Spurs.

Playing the Spurs is to open the game, and if the Spurs take the lead at the beginning, they have a lot of experience to maintain the point difference.

On the contrary, if the Spurs keep falling behind, the Spurs will be in a hurry.

Because the Spurs are not an offensive powerhouse, their balls are piled up one by one by two-pointers.

If the Spurs keep behind, they will give the likes of Ginobili and Green more freedom to mess around.

A strong spur is a disciplined spur, while a rambling version of a spur is relatively weak.

Su Chen also has skills, and he uses them directly at the beginning.

And this is also the home of the Spurs, and if the Spurs take the lead, the momentum of the Spurs will become stronger and stronger.

"I see, it's you, Popovich."

After not seeing Popovich's tactical board, Su Chen also smiled with satisfaction.

Then he didn't say much, and took the tactical board directly from Milosevic's hands.

"Beverley, you're going to be on the court as soon as you're going to get on the court, and then Parker should be going to look for opportunities through Duncan's pick-and-roll, and you're going to have to pay attention to Parker's passing routes."

Su Chen drew tactics on the tactics board, looked at Beverly and said.

(End of chapter)