Woody managed to protect the rebound, and that was just the beginning.

With the ball in his hand, he did not give it to his teammates, but carried it to the front court by himself.

Using explosiveness, he instantly opened the gap with Tim Duncan.

At halftime, Woody reflected on his style of play in the first half and what went wrong, and one thing he knew was that it would be difficult for him to bargain against Tim Duncan's basket.

Tim Duncan's strength is not weaker than him, but stronger, coupled with this guy's weight of about 120kg, when Woody fights against him under the basket, he feels like an old tree rooted, even after he has evolved, against Tim Duncan, he is also a passive party.

It may be that Shaq O'Neill can have an advantage in power and tonnage.

But even Shaq is quite jealous of this guy.

The first half made Woody understand one thing, his confrontation with Tim Duncan should be "to use his own strengths, attack his weaknesses".

To put it more simply, to Tim Duncan, it should be cowardly.

Woody's strength and tonnage didn't have any advantage over Tim Duncan, so when he just grabbed the rebound, he deliberately pushed forward to force Tim Duncan to change the pace. This is the first step.

Then the grab, including all of Woody's next moves, will be the second step, and his second change will be......

Compare athleticism with Tim Duncan!

98 champion, "Shuangwen big male lead" Tim Duncan's athleticism is definitely not bad.

Regardless of whether his team was called "Flying Devil" back then, or whether he was the "devil himself", one thing is certain:

Even if he doesn't have that perverted athleticism, that's the league's top.

It's just that injuries in 00 years have weakened part of his ability in this area, and part of it is:

His weight!

One inch long, one inch strong, on the contrary, one pound heavy, one pound slow!

No matter how perverted the physical fitness, as long as the tonnage increases, the speed will definitely slow down in all aspects.

Just like Woody now, if he is only 102kg, he will definitely be faster than he is now.

But NBA forward players don't just have to be fast, they're also good enough to ......

Woody is going to be a "hexagonal warrior".

So he gave up part of the speed.

But even so, he is the league's top explosive and mobile.

Even Tim Duncan is much worse than him.

Just like now, Woody charged like a small forward, even Tim Duncan, gritted his teeth and followed two steps, helplessly watching Woody pull him farther and farther away.

"Phew!"

Tim Duncan couldn't keep up, and as far as the Spurs' three outside players returned to defense, one by one "chick", Woody rushed so hard that they didn't dare to block in front of them. The Spurs' basket was then manually detonated by Woody.

The audience also had a lot of low voices in this button.

This is a scene of violence that the Spurs have rarely seen in two or three seasons.

It's the same thing, and the Spurs fans scream uncontrollably as if they had suddenly been flicked a switch.

The Heat bench is also "all up" to welcome the "return of the Emperor"!

The "half-time period" has arrived, and this goal indicates that Woody has found his senses?

Stan Van Gundy had anticipation in his eyes.

He knows very well that in the current situation, the Heat can't just have Shaq O'Neal if they want to win.

Wade: He couldn't count on it.

Look at the bewildered look of this little face...... Obviously, it was another lesson from the Spurs' outside group.

Of course, this is the growth path that every outstanding outside scorer has to go through, and if he is abused a lot, he can get a huge improvement if he is abused a lot, he has his experience, and he has abused his own style.

The development of outside players is slower than that of inside players.

After all, all the parts of the interior player are made for basketball.

He couldn't count on it, and Stan Van Gundy could only expect Woody.

Although Woody is facing the "league's No. 1 forward" tonight, it can ......

He's Woody!

As the most phenomenal "super newcomer" since the 00s, what hard bones can he not gnaw?

Not in the past, and not now!

Even if he is facing the "Stone Buddha", Stan Van Gundy believes that he will have a way.

Unknowingly, Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the Heat, has become Woody's "diehard"!

That's what every great player has to do.

Auerbach always endorses Bill Russell and "Big Bird" Bird, and Michael Jordan in Phil Jackson's mouth will always be omnipotent.

Now Woody is also walking such a path.

This process of proof is such a night.

Woody didn't know the change in Stan Van Gundy's heart, he never came to the NBA to be a superplayer. From start to finish, he was just there to make money.

But at the moment, thinking about the spotlight after beating Tim Duncan, Woody is full of energy.

This momentum drove him to constantly think about how to win back from the current slight disadvantage.

At the moment, this violent buckle seems to prove the feasibility of what he thinks in his heart!

Once again, it was the Spurs' turn to attack.

Tony Parker dribbled past half court, and Tim Duncan still came up as usual to block and pick.

He didn't ask for the ball aggressively, and even if Woody had just scored such a highlight, he wasn't affected in the slightest.

And that's Tim Duncan, the greatest No. 4, who always thinks about how to unite his teammates and win games.

At all times, the system comes first.

He is to serve the system, not let the system work for him.

Tony Parker's current breakaway rhythm is a complete fit for Woody.

Speaking of which, he has just entered the second stage of his career, and although he won the championship, the experience he has accumulated is not enough for him to become a No. 1 player in his own right.

Woody's eyes were fixed on his prey, and he felt the restraints, and the ball moved from his hand to the flank.

Stan Van Gundy made a change for the second half by sending Gerard Wallace to defend the Argentine.

Ginobili took the ball and wanted to gradually bring Wallace into his rhythm. But Wallace didn't care what he did. As soon as you see him on the ball, it's a pressing defensive confrontation. The Argentine, who wanted to take the initiative, fell into passivity, and he had no choice but to pass the ball again.

Time passed bit by bit, the last 4 seconds.

Tim Duncan is in the high post again, take the ball, turn around, jump, shoot!

The whole action is done in one go and is extremely smooth.

Woody followed well, and he counted it, and his whole body leaned back slightly as he jumped.

It wasn't a big one, but it dodged Woody's desperately outstretched hand.

"Huh!"

Steady hit!

It's unremarkable, but it's calming enough.

The Spurs, for their part, regained a four-point advantage.

Stan Van Gundy cheered on the side: "It's okay, it's okay, just let it go!" ”

This is somewhat disheartening, because before Tim Duncan received the ball at the end, the Heat defended well, but it was Tim Duncan who stepped up and handled the final shot perfectly to help the Spurs hold the round.

Woody didn't go inside after halftime.

This action suddenly made Tim Duncan a little entangled, and he simply stood near the high position. This is also to facilitate his quick defense.

Alston looked at his position and immediately gave the ball to Shaq O'Neal under the basket.

O'Neal was about to hit the ball hard, Tim Duncan watched him slap twice in a row, Rasu was about to lose it, and hurriedly returned to the defense, as soon as he left, Woody appeared in his position, catching the ball and shooting.

Also hit a mid-range jumper!

Woody scored 4 points in a row!

As soon as Popovich saw this, he immediately called a timeout.

As a "timeout veteran", Popovich has never been stingy with the use of timeouts, and his favorite thing is to call a timeout when the opponent suddenly has a player who goes berserk, the purpose of which is naturally to interrupt the opponent's scoring rhythm.

Stan Van Gundy seized this opportunity and laid out tactics on the offensive end: "Everyone, when Woody pulls to the wing, immediately slip the bottom line, remember, if you run backwards from this side, if you don't have a chance, immediately give Woody a fake cover, and then run to the basket!" ”

The Spurs are a "tactical team" that particularly likes to run tactics and has a high level of tactical execution.

Woody scored the goal beautifully just now, but the specific cooperation is very simple, as far as Popovich's achievements on the defensive end are concerned, he can formulate tactics to limit Woody every minute, so that he can't catch the ball so easily.

So Van Gundy had to make the whole game a little more complicated.

As for the defensive end, judging from the round just now, the Heat actually didn't have any problems, the only problem was Tim Duncan.

But superstars are never something that can be limited by tactics.

Anyway, as long as the defensive tactics are in place, whether you can get in or not, it mainly depends on the state of the "superstar" himself.

Remember, you can't be a "superstar" who can be limited by tactics.

The Spurs' counterattack, the tactics run very smoothly, but the Heat are now adapting to their style of play, and the two main engines, one is Tony Parker and the other is Ginobili, and the Heat have targeted them to a certain extent.

And the effect is not bad.

Seeing that more than ten seconds had passed, and the Spurs had no chance to score in the open space, Tim Duncan stepped up again, holding the ball in the high position, pretending to hit the back, and when Woody posted it, a sudden ground-hitting pass was given to the bottom line, where Ginobili twisted his waist like a water snake and cut the basket to complete the backhook layup.

Gerald Wallace was basically out of position, but Tim Duncan passed the ball too comfortably, just when Ginobili passed by, he gave the ball to his hand, a little earlier and a little later, giving him enough space to shoot.

What the hell is this......

It's so stable!

The name "Stone Buddha" is indeed not wrong.

At this critical moment, let him stand up, he can really stand up!

The margin is back to 4 points.

Tim Duncan's presence on the offensive end has clearly inspired the rest of the Spurs, who have become much more ferocious on the defensive end.

At this point, Stan Van Gundy's offensive blurring tactics clearly worked.

The movement of other people makes it impossible for the Spurs to simply pay attention to Woody.

There is a saying "the more you help, the more you help", and there is a saying that "the more serious you are, the more you can't prevent it", and the formation of the Spurs at this time is very appropriate. Woody took the ball in the chaos and the space to hold the ball was perfectly opened up by his teammates.

Tim Duncan returned to the defense much faster this time than just now, but at the same time as he returned to Woody, Woody stuffed the ball into the interior again, and Shaq O'Neal took the ball and "turned around" and slammed it!

Respond with assists as well!

“wow！”

Just now Tim Duncan's pass made Kenny Smith scream, and at this moment, Woody's pass also made him scream.

Because it's also very beautiful!

Even more exciting than this assist is Kenny Smith:

As soon as the third quarter came up, Woody actually got into a fight with Tim Duncan!

This is exactly the picture that all fans are looking forward to in this "national live broadcast".

From individual scoring to responding to teammates, maybe their way is not so sparkling, but after these few rounds, it is definitely "Mars hitting the earth"!

At this time, Kenny Smith also saw the change in Woody in the second half: "He is more active on the wing, so that he can use his mobility to receive the ball, and at the same time pull the basket empty, so that the 'big shark' of Shaq O'Neal has enough deterrence, I have to say, this is a good change......"

Originally, he wanted to talk about why Woody didn't do it in the first half, but after thinking about it, he shut up.

Wade was miserable enough to rub salt into his wounds......

Popovich didn't lay out Woody much.

The Heat also has Shaq O'Neal on the inside, and if he targets Woody, then this "big shark" will be completely unguardable. The 16 points in the first half proved that Shaq O'Neal was in a hot state at the moment, and as long as he dared to give him a chance, it would inevitably set off a bloody storm on the inside.

Again, he believes that Tim Duncan will give him a satisfactory "tape".

At this point, though, Popovich clearly underestimated Woody a bit.

The game restarted, and Tim Duncan showed his role as the "Stone Buddha" in the Spurs. Both on the defensive and offensive ends, they were very good and had a presence.

It's just that Woody's performance is not lagging behind in the slightest.

Shaq O'Neal's containment lies in Woody's ability to get the ball to him in time, so that Shaq O'Neal's point cannot be put down.

That's where Woody's passing skills come in.

Of course, the action of force is mutual.

The containment is also mutual, and Shaq O'Neal's containment prevents Tim Duncan from completely defending to the three-point line, which gives Woody an easy chance to receive the ball.

Holding the ball in his hand, Woody's lethality rose in one fell swoop.

Or excellent motor nerves, Woody uses his athletic ability to constantly complete the response.

At the end of the third quarter, with Woody's excellent performance on 5-of-8 shooting, the Heat tied the gap by 4 points, and the two teams entered the fourth quarter 79-79. (End of chapter)