On the field, the Spurs attacked.

Duncan hit two balls, and this time it was David Robinson's turn to take a shot, and he threw a high post two-point shot over Lewis's head.

Just as Robinson made a move, Tim Duncan, who was in the low post on the left wing, quickly turned and slipped to the bottom, cutting into the penalty area, and his right hand quietly pressed on Big Ben's stomach.

"Damn bastard!"

Big Ben was pressed and landed behind Duncan, getting stuck, and with his height, being stuck by Duncan had almost zero chance of grabbing the rebound.

"Bang!"

The basketball was short, missed, and bounced forward, and Duncan stepped up to get this offensive rebound.

At this time, Big Ben was on the left side of Duncan, Duncan was facing the right wing, the left side was facing the basket, there was no pause after being pushed, the left elbow was carrying Ben Wallace, and the right hand was holding the ball and turning over and smashing.

"Bang!"

Between the roars of the basket, Ben Wallace, who jumped and blocked, was dunked.

"Oh roar!"

The Amora Dome Stadium resounded with enthusiastic cheers and applause.

5:6, supersonic offense.

Lewis pulled to the bottom left corner and then Corimagetti cut inside the box from the left flank, with Sean Elliott behind behind.

Seeing this, Popovich was a little helpless, Elliott was only 33 years old, and injuries had already devastated him to retire.

At the top of the arc, just when Margeti cut inside to the left waist position two steps away, Zhou Quan suddenly turned on the right side, facing the right wing, with his left hand against the little general Johnson, and his right hand controlled the ball, making a preparatory move to prepare to pass the ball to the right wing.

Johnson, the young general, immediately stepped in to break the pass of the Iron Fist King to the right wing.

Under the basket, David Robinson was also confused by Zhou Quan's actions, thinking that he would pass the ball to Patterson on the right wing, and half of the defensive attention was on Patterson.

Duncan, who was also pinned down by Lewis in the left blocking area, saw Zhou Quan's back to the left wing, and he judged that Zhou Quan should not have seen Margeti's inward cut, although he moved a step towards the penalty area, but did not go all out to defend the penalty area.

But the next moment, the moment Zhou Quan pulled the basketball up, his backhand was flicked behind his back, and the basketball suddenly flew to the left waist position.

"Oops!"

Duncan knew he was in trouble at a glance.

At this time, David Robinson under the basket did not see this extremely hidden pass for the first time, and by the time he reacted, he was already half a beat slower, and the ball had already reached Margeti's hands.

Cori Magetti received the ball from the left midfield, then slotted into the box, took a step and jumped on David Robinson.

Half a beat slower, David Robinson was positioned a little to the right, eagerly adjusted his footsteps, and then jumped to the block.

"Bang!"

As the basket shuddered, Margeti dunked David Robinson, who had just jumped.

"What?"

Johnson, the little general who was still about to steal Zhou Quan's pass, heard the sound of smashing the basket, turned around in surprise, and just saw that the admiral was dunked, and he couldn't react for a while, it turned out that the ball had already been passed in?

"Beautiful! The Iron Fist and Cory Maggeti's passing and cutting work together beautifully, and the Iron Fist King's unsightly passing completely confuses the Spurs. Bill Wharton shouted excitedly.

Ranbir said: "7-6, the first three attacks of both sides were all completed, and none of them were blocked. Iron Fist completely tore apart the Spurs' defense with his own individual breakaway and two passes, and the Spurs also used the high-low twin tower tactics to score back-to-back low posts. ”

At this point, the Spurs called a timeout, and Popovich rearranged his defensive tactics.

Bill Wharton continued: "Brother Bill, we analyzed before the game that Corey Magetti and Patterson will only break through and score, not shooting, and are not compatible with Tekken, judging from this offense, it is a bit too one-sided."

In fact, although the breakthrough tactic is one of the most commonly used tactics of the Iron Fist King, it is only one of them, and he is fully capable of using other tactics to play the breakthrough ability of Margety and Patterson, they are not incompatible, but they are not compatible with the breakthrough tactics that the Iron Fist is good at. ”

Ranbir shrugged and said, "I still think that these two are not compatible with the Iron Fist King, because the core is the Iron Fist King, then it should be someone else who matches the Iron Fist King, not the Iron Fist King who matches the others." ”

"That's just as well."

Bill Wharton was stunned, nodded again, and then said: "But the different styles of players and different lineup configurations can also enrich the tactical changes of the supersonic speed."

And as the god of point guards, I think the Iron Fist King can do a good job of driving all the players around him and bringing out what they are capable of.

From a higher point of view, make the people around you better and more capable of the Iron Fist King. Different teammates, different lineups, he can use different tactics to organize teammates to play different attacks. ”

The timeout ended, and the Spurs attacked.

Duncan shot again and missed the first ball of the game.

"Tim Duncan shot 3-of-4 and Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound." Bill Wharton said.

Zhou Quan didn't go down quickly, and after receiving the ball, he slowly advanced to the top of the front court, and found that Derrick Anderson, who defended Patterson on the right wing, was a little inside, and Sean Elliott, who defended Coli Magetti on the left flank, was the same, and they all shrank to the left and right elbow areas.

"Bag clip."

Without even thinking about it, he knew what Spurs were intent on.

In fact, Paul Westfale's use of this starting lineup today has already taken into account the Spurs' pack-and-pack strategy.

Margeti and Patterson do not have three-point shooting, and their mid-range shooting is average, and their playing styles are very monotonous, and as outside players, their ability to pull away is somewhat lacking.

In particular, the offense of the second-time Rookie Patterson is eighty percent in the paint area, which is more like an interior line than the general interior play, that is, a breakthrough maniac, poor shooting, and low training value.

Margeti, as a lottery pick, has higher physical talent, shoots better than Patterson, including two points from afar, has a certain mid-range shooting ability, has offensive ability with the ball, and has higher training value.

Westphaal has made it clear that Margeti and Tekken are more compatible than Patterson, and that Tekken is more capable of creating open opportunities.

But he still has to give Patterson more opportunities, because Margety's rookie contract is not counted this season, there are still two years left, and it is better to develop slowly, and Patterson will end his rookie contract after this season, according to Whithitt's request, to make his stats more beautiful and add some trade value.

Now that he is aware of the weaknesses of today's starting lineup, he will definitely give the Spurs a chance to wrap up the paint area, and as a head coach, how can he not take this into account?

His response is Cory Magetti, Margeti's long two points are the most accurate in the mid-range shot, with a shooting percentage of nearly 40%, as long as he gets an open position, he can still shoot in.

At the top of the arc, Zhou Quan played a tactical gesture according to Westfaal's tactical arrangement, and then began to break through with the ball.

As soon as he broke through Johnson, the right wing, the quarterback Derrick Anderson, who had contracted the defense from the start, accelerated and pounced headlong into the box, as did small forward Sean Elliott.

Patterson, who was let out, ran high and Margeti also ran high from the left flank.

Zhou Quan just hit the free throw line, with David Robinson in front, Elliott on the left, and Derrick Anderson on the right.

But the next moment, his right hand flicked backhand, and the ball flew to the high post.

Corry Magetti received the ball at the top half of the left end of the free-throw line, and Sean Elliott quickly pounced, but at that moment, Patterson was in front of him.

"Big vacancy!" Bill Wharton shouted.

Corymagetti aimed at the basket like a free throw before making a jumper.

He has the ability to draw fouls and shoots 77.4 percent from the free-throw line, which is no different from a free throw to him, in a similar position, with no defenders in front of him.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

"Cory Magetti shoots a shot from the open space!"

Bill Wharton smiled: "The SuperSonics played a rare tactic, with the Iron Fist holding the ball to break through to attract the three-man bag, compressing a huge gap for the outside, and then arranging two outside lines that were vacated by the Spurs to cover the high post, so that Corey Margeti got a big open space in the high post, and Margeti did not waste this open opportunity." ”

Ranbir shook his head and said, "Even without high cover, Sean Elliott doesn't have time to defend." ”

Bill Wharton smiled: "But in that case, it is only possible to get a small vacancy, so it is better to have cover, otherwise with Margety's mid-range shooting ability, he may not be able to shoot a small vacancy, and Elliott's return defense will definitely affect his shot."

This supersonic tactic must have been specially designed, which is a trap tactic against the Spurs, which uses the Iron Fist King's breakaway ball, as well as Margety's mid-range shooting ability in the high post, where his mid-range shot is more accurate. ”

On the sidelines, Popovich found himself underestimating Corimagati's mid-range shooting ability in the high post.

He immediately shouted to the court, "Sean, don't give a big vacancy. ”

In the next game, both sides made various tactical adjustments, and the winners and losers of the game were not in the eyes of the managers of both sides.

The SuperSonics have good lineup depth, but the Spurs have a decent lineup, and there are a lot of people on the bench who can score.

The Spurs have 10 players averaging more than 5 points per game, seven players averaging more than 7 points per game, and three players averaging 10 points or more.

Even the Spurs have conceded the fewest points per game in the West this season, and their defense is even better than the SuperSonics, and they have conceded only less points than the Heat and Knicks in the East.

So the two sides played to the end of the quarter, the scores were still entangled, and the game was very anxious.

In the eleventh minute of the final quarter, with only 35 seconds left, 91:91, the two sides tied for the fourth time.

At this time, Zhou Quan stepped up and took over the game, first stealing the junior general Johnson, making a counterattack, and then blocking Duncan in the help defense basket, and then making a counterattack again, and finally defeated the opponent with a score of 95:91 and won the 13th consecutive victory.

"Iron Fist, which team do you think is more of a threat to the SuperSonics, the Spurs or the Lakers?" After the game, an ABC TV reporter asked in a live interview.

Zhou Quan thought for a moment and said: "Through this game, we have seen the strength of the Spurs, so we need to be prepared, in the series, the Spurs are likely to cause us more trouble than the Lakers." ”

"Iron Fist, are you saying the Spurs are stronger than the Lakers?" The reporter asked.

"No, it's just about the restraint of the lineup."

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "The Spurs have twin towers composed of two super interior lines, even if the general is old and no longer has the courage of the past, it cannot be ignored.

They have a strong interior defense, and they can shrink the defense from the outside, so they are conceding even fewer points per game than we have this season, which is the best in the West.

And our interior line can't resist the Spurs twin towers, so we will have some passivity when we play the Spurs, and the lineup will be restrained.

The Lakers have O'Neal, they can fight with the Spurs for interior offense, fight for low-post offense, in terms of lineup, the Spurs have no interior advantage in front of the Lakers, even on the outside, if they can't deal with Kobe, there will be a disadvantage on the outside, they will fall and be restrained by the Lakers.

Although the Spurs can play a strong defense in the paint area, Kobe Bryant has a very good mid-range shooting ability, I heard that he has practiced the whole offseason, presumably the mid-range shooting is also one of the contents of his training, Kobe Bryant, who has a stronger mid-range shooting ability than last season, should give the Spurs a headache.

Well, I mean, the Spurs' defense is stronger in the interior defense, and the two super interior lines can make the defense of the paint area like an iron bucket, but the Spurs' defense is anti-burst and not anti-shooting, and it is difficult to deal with those who are very accurate in the middle of the shot, and Kobe Bryant should be one of the people who give the Spurs a headache. ”

The reporter immediately grabbed Zhou Quan's words and asked: "Iron Fist King, you emphasized Kobe's role on the outside, so Ling sent 19 assists today, but only scored 25 points, and the offense is very small, if you attack with all your might, you will get a far greater outside advantage than Kobe Bryant faced the Spurs, so between the Spurs and the SuperSonics, who restrains whom?" ”

Zhou Quan laughed, and then said: "In the series, we and the Spurs should have restrained each other, I have an advantage on the outside, and they have an advantage in the paint area.

The point is that we don't have O'Neal, O'Neal alone can offset the energy of the Spurs Twin Towers in the low post, and then Kobe's current strength should be able to blow up all the Spurs' outside lines, but we can't offset the Twin Towers with the inside, so we need to get a bigger outside advantage.

I mean, I've told you just now, the Lakers' lineup is actually more restrained than we are to the Spurs, and they are no longer the Lakers who were swept by the Spurs in '99. ”

The reporter smiled and said: "But Iron Fist King, on November 8, the Lakers challenged the Spurs away, 91:101, and lost by 10 points." ”

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "I watched that game, Kobe Bryant shot 15 of 31 and scored 32 points, the shooting rate was close to fifty percent, only 1 free throw and 1 shot, and the three-point shot seemed to be 1 of 3, almost all of which were mid-range shots, which is the same as what I just said, Kobe Bryant relied on mid-range shots to blow up all the outside lines of the Spurs, and the Spurs had no way to prevent his mid-range shots."

The reason why the Lakers lost that game was because O'Neal played erratically, and was defended by the Spurs' twin towers with 5-of-13 shooting and 3-of-10 free throws, scoring only 13 points.

We all know that O'Neal was in a stroke during the regular season, and that's already his norm, but he certainly won't just play this form in the series.

Judging from that game, Coach Phil Jackson has obviously found a way to deal with the Spurs, that is, to let Kobe Bryant shoot more and solve the Spurs with mid-range shots, and Kobe will be the main player for the Lakers to beat the Spurs, not the big shark O'Neal.

The Spurs swept the Lakers in the second round in '99, but I believe that if they meet in the playoffs this season, Kobe Bryant is no longer the Kobe Bryant of '99, and the Spurs can't still have the strength to sweep the Lakers. ”

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(End of chapter)