Greg Popovich took Yu Fei's provocation as a deaf ear and gave Bowen a command: "Unless he hits continuously, don't make changes." ”

Bowen took the order.

The Spurs studied the Bucks, and they wanted to know how the team went from not being able to make the playoffs to being the top in the league.

To be sure, it wasn't Sprewell and Lightner who brought about this change.

Yu Fei is like a genetically mutated white tiger in the zoo, which has attracted the attention of Spurs.

After research, the Spurs found that Yu Fei has the league's No. 1 possession rate, but his probability of converting the ball into scoring is also the highest in the league.

At the same time, when Yu Fei holds the ball, the Bucks are always in a state of winning points (plus or minus is positive +).

Therefore, disrupting Yu Fei's rhythm, cutting him off from his teammates, and making him hesitate on the offensive end is the Spurs' strategy.

Popovich likes to test genius creators with "sugar".

Normally, the Spurs don't block their teammates and, at the same time, leave plenty of space on their offensive end to force them to hesitate.

This move, James during the Heat period can be said to have eaten a good meal.

It's a pity that this doesn't work for flying.

Remember? In his previous life, he started watching football seriously in 2015, and he may not know what James was like before that, but he grew up in the small-ball era, and he knew what the core would be ridiculed if he got an open spot but didn't dare to shoot.

So if the Spurs dare to release, he will dare to shoot, but he has a 36% three-point shooting rate and a 42% pure jump shooting rate, especially his jump shooting rate, which is only 2 percentage points lower than the average shooting rate of the whole Spurs team.

Then, Stephen Jackson broke through and passed the ball behind David Robinson.

The admiral bursts into a slam dunk in the restricted area.

5 to 6

The Spurs took a one-point lead, and Stephen Jackson said to Yu Fei: "Hey, sophomore, you can try to get another shot." ”

Yu Fei glanced at Lei Allen, who was about to dribble past half the court.

Meaning, people have said so, can I not respond?

"People who can't keep their composure can't make a big deal." Ray Allen passed the ball to Yu Fei with that.

In this world, all celebrities can find aphorisms that are contrary to them.

Not to mention a person like Ray Allen, who has not been associated with "big tools" all his life, and he is not qualified to define what a big tool is.

Yu Fei's understanding is that the other side provokes, and I respond until they shut up.

The scene that reflects Yu Fei's mentality of "even if an ant bites me, I will break it into thousands of pieces" happened in this round.

Bowen still gave Yu Fei half a step of space.

But Yu Fei didn't immediately shoot the second shot, but let Sprewell block it, and he wanted to force the Spurs to change the defense and misplace against Stephen Jackson.

Yu Fei chose to break through, pushed his body inward, almost carried Jackson's body to collect the ball at the free throw line, started, and scored with a basket in the air.

Because Jackson occupied the defensive position, Duncan and Robinson could only interfere on the side, but Yu Fei changed hands to dodge.

Of course, as a new star that the alliance intends to support, Yu Fei has additional rewards in this battle.

Dick Bavita blew for a defensive foul on Stephen Jackson.

"What are you kidding?" Jackson yelled, "It's just a normal confrontation!" ”

"That's it, no wonder people in Dallas are complaining on my radio about how dirty you play." Yu Fei said darkly, "I now suspect that you guys deliberately injured Dirk."

Bavita interrupted Yu Fei's output: "Fry, shut up, penalty shot!" ”

"No problem, sir."

Dealing with Bavita is a must for every star player.

Because this person is the queen director of the alliance. If the league wants a series to be extended by one or two games, then Bavita will shine and stake her family tree to blow out judgment whistles that will make Sacramentos chant "God allows it."

The advantage of having a good relationship with him is that he will take care of you on weekdays and then make you feel like an untouchable god on that "special" night.

Everyone who has experienced that kind of game will shout like Barkley, and there will be time to rest after death.

Yu Fei hit a penalty and scored eight points in a row.

8 to 6

Subsequently, Parker broke through and wanted to go to the basket but was defended back into the basket.

It's a pity that the rebounds are controlled by the Spurs.

Duncan grabbed the offensive rebound and pushed away Anthony Mason as easily as he was in the air, shooting high and scoring with a layup.

No trash talk.

As the heart of the Spurs, Duncan is the quietest man on the Spurs for the most part.

After O'Neal self-destructed the Great Wall, the first man in the league was undoubtedly Duncan.

This is the strongest opponent Yu Fei has encountered so far.

Yu Fei decided to go head-on with Duncan.

Seeing Yu Fei fight like this, George Carr frowned.

Although the Spurs deliberately give Yu Fei space to shoot, he can't be so realistic, right? If others ask you to vote, you will vote, when did Da Fei become such an obedient person?

Fortunately, Yu Fei did not lose his mind.

Yu Fei adjusted himself from the core of the organization to the attacker, and then, Sprewell became the controller, and Ray Allen was in charge of the tactics, which seemed very abstract, but this was the offensive situation of the Bucks after the opening.

Except for the first few rounds, Yu Fei doesn't have to attack with the ball in every round, and he will cool off for a round or two after completing the attack.

In the round, the Bucks can play according to their usual tactics.

It's just that Yu Fei, the big boss, suddenly became a thug, which still made Carl unacceptable.

Five minutes into the first quarter, the two sides were tied 14-14.

Karl took the initiative to ask for a timeout and communicated with Yu Fei on the sidelines, "Fry, it's time to change the style of play, you have to let the ball flow." ”

Yu Fei said: "Isn't Rey-ray doing a good job? ”

"Him?" Karl glanced at Ray Allen with disgust, "It's you who shoot well, and his assists are almost all on you." ”

Yu Fei said: "This shows that I have the potential to become the scoring champion." ”

"No, you can't be a scorer, we don't have enough resources to support a scorer." Karl said, "You have to be the Almighty King, just like you used to." ”

Yu Fei's desire to score was suppressed by Carl.

“OK。” Yu Fei said, "I'm fine. ”

This relieved Karl.

Yu Fei is young and promising, as the youngest MVP in history, this is an achievement to be proud of, but if he suddenly feels that he needs to become the scoring champion as an MVP, it will be a disaster for the Bucks.

With so many scoring points in the Bucks' starting lineup, what is most needed is his passing, and once he is obsessed with offense, the delicate balance that was originally formed in the regular season will be completely broken.

Yu Fei, who returned to the field, called for blocking again.

The Spurs have made some adjustments to the Bucks' pick-and-roll defense.

Previously, Popovich asked for a change of defense, and now, he is asking his players to resolutely wrap Yu Fei.

Because Yu Fei has been in the past five minutes, every call to block and dismantle is completed by himself.

Bowen and Jackson stepped forward at the same time, Yu Fei stopped the ball on the right side, but found Sprewell in the open space with a higher field of vision, and then passed the ball.

Sprewell catches a three-pointer and hits a hollow shot.

17 to 14

The madman looked thrilled after the goal, and it was his first goal of the night.

He is definitely one of the players on the team who wants to beat the Spurs the most, because it was the Spurs who stopped his championship dream a few years ago. He firmly believes that if the Knicks managed to win the championship in 1999, the fairy tale that went black to the end would have made them one of the Knicks of 1970 and a supreme legend.

Yu Fei saw it, and Sprewell was very excited.

Moreover, while being excited, it feels hot in the hand.

This was evident in the pre-match warm-up, when Sprewell ran back for five minutes after the opening kick-off, came back from a timeout to shoot the first goal, and still scored.

Yu Fei believed that he would explode tonight.

On the other side, it's Parker again.

His speed is too much for the Bucks to guard against, and even in an era when it can be used, you have to react first to hold this little quick.

On the Bucks' side, Yu Fei can't keep up with Parker, Ray Allen doesn't play, and Sprewell, who has the best defensive skills and experience, has been passed by Parker again and again in the early morning.

The problem for Parker is that in an era of play-and-play from inside the three-point line, he's a dreaded cut-ball threat, so instead of risking his own offense, he should pass the ball to Duncan.

Duncan received the ball and leaned on Mason to force a shot, missed, but caused a foul.

At the free throw line, Duncan hit the first free throw, but missed the second.

This scene was watched by George Carr.

Normally, if it's not going well, the first goal should be missed, and then the second goal will be adjusted. But Duncan hit the first free throw and missed the second free-throw.

That performance fits well with Duncan's playoff free-throw percentage so far: 62 percent.

This can no longer be described as unstable, it is inaccurate to prove it by numbers.

Carl suddenly had an idea.

That idea became firm after Duncan's back-to-back hit Mason again.

As soon as he thought of cutting Deng, the sky was wide in an instant.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides went from a smooth start to a local bite in the middle of the game, and then to a rare point at the end of the quarter, and the Spurs vividly performed the whole process of teaching how to change a game from good-looking to "very ugly".

24 to 22

The Bucks lead the Spurs by 2 points.

During the break, George Carr proposed a "Buddha Killing Tactic" to the players.

When Duncan attacks, the people nearby give him a strong pack.

If Duncan hits the basket, give him a foul anyway.

If he makes a shot from a good position, he fouls hard.

As long as Duncan is there, the joint defense must be from start to finish.

The three most accurate three-point shooting percentages in the Spurs team are Steve Kerr, Manu Ginobili and Bruce Bowen, the first two are benches, Bowen only shoots three-pointers in the corner, and Parker, Jackson and other main players are three-point inaccurate players.

That's where the Bucks' confidence comes from.

In the second quarter, Duncan, who played the entire first quarter, continued to play.

Concepts such as health preservation, rational allocation of playing time, and protection of the absolute core in the era of small balls do not exist in contemporary times. Especially for the single-core Spurs, Duncan played an average of 42 minutes per game during the playoffs.

Basically, as long as the score doesn't pull away, it's always on the field.

The Bucks were better than the Spurs, giving Yu Fei a two-minute break in the first quarter.

Then, Carl let Yu Fei play the second quarter.

The "Buddha Eradication Tactic" was officially implemented.

Despite being extremely targeted, Duncan is still a difficult problem that the Bucks can't solve.

Wrapping Duncan had little effect.

What really had an effect was to cut Deng.

As Duncan continued to be sent to the free-throw line to make one of two free throws, Bill Wharton, who sat on the sidelines as a commentator, recalled Duncan's free-throw disaster so far in the playoffs.

In Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Suns, Duncan missed a key free throw in the fourth quarter and made 1 of 4 free throws in overtime to make the Spurs lose at home. In the first game of the semifinals against the Lakers, the Spurs made an overwhelming 35 free throws and missed 14 free throws, half of which Duncan contributed alone.

Yu Fei believes that Duncan is a hexagonal warrior.

In fact, this is an overly absolute judgment.

Duncan is not without his faults, and free throws are his biggest weakness.

He briefly solved the problem in the '99-00 season, when he shot 76 percent from the free-throw line, but he didn't keep it for long. Soon, his free-throw percentage dropped back below 70 percent.

However, this is not Duncan's problem alone, the Spurs generally do not shoot free throws well, but Duncan is the core, if his free throws are visibly bad, the opponent will naturally make a fuss about him.

Carl's strategy worked.

Duncan walked to the free-throw line to show obvious lack of confidence, and the more he worried about missing the free throw, the harder it was to maintain the consistency of his free throws.

Every time his free throw missed, it gave the Bucks a chance to fight back.

This is Yu Fei's favorite moment.

In the first half, the Spurs trailed by 11 points.

Popovich said with a gloomy expression: "We didn't shoot good free throws, it's a problem that needs to be solved urgently. ”

On a night when Duncan's free-throw percentage was on par with O'Neal's, the Spurs' dominant interior line couldn't rely on individual offense to complete domination, which was the Spurs' biggest pain point.

Because the Bucks will send Duncan to the free-throw line before he can complete his offense.

The Bucks learned the philosophy of the Spurs.

That's to win at any cost.

The Spurs made the game ugly, and the Bucks' slashing tactics made the game completely unenjoyable.

But who can say half a word to them?

In the second half, Duncan completed 2+1 strongly, as if to prove that the poor serving feeling in the first half had gone with the wind.

Then, Yu Fei dribbled across the half court, and while the Spurs were not firmly established, he suddenly raised his hand and threw a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

That shot brought the margin back to 11 points.

Then, the Spurs no longer gave Yu Fei a chance to shoot from the outside.

Because Yu Fei shot 4 of 5 from the outside tonight, with an extremely high shooting rate, it would be an extremely terrible thing if he was made crazy.

The Spurs' defensive intensity against the fly skyrocketed.

This is the reason why Yu Fei's shooting percentage dropped in the second half, but Duncan's inability to hit free throws stably is still there, and the problem of the inability to maximize the offensive and defensive advantages of the inside strong point cannot be solved, and the Spurs will not be able to turn the situation around.

Duncan is still Duncan, the true No. 1 in the league, who used his dominant defense and rebounding to keep the Bucks from attacking the Spurs' interior with his dominant defense, even if he can't play a lot of singles.

In the end, the Bucks' shooters stepped up and hit three three-pointers in a row at critical moments, beating the Spurs who were chasing points.

This game will wake them up and will also let go of all unrealistic illusions, the Bucks are prepared, the Bucks are genuine.

Yu Fei is a true portrayal of them.

They can't wait to end the monopoly of the Western Conference teams on the championship!

(End of chapter)