roccoschili Chapter 391 The Spurs
Chapter 391 The Spurs
Chapter 391 The Spurs
"Supersonic, supersonic..."
"We must win, we must win..."
In the somewhat old arena of the Key Arena, fans cheered one after another.
Today's key arena is full of seats, and the whole is a sea of green.
Fans don't just wear green jerseys, some even wear green hats.
Wang Hao looked at such a scene with a strange face, it was really difficult to accept it, but he enjoyed it.
Especially when they saw Wang Hao noticing them, they kept shouting and cheering.
"CCTV, CCTV..."
Just as the players on both sides were warming up for the final shot, thousands of Chinese fans turned on the TV again.
Some even waited in front of the TV early in the morning.
Looking at some familiar pictures and hearing an extremely familiar voice, everyone knew that the game was coming.
It was still Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping, who were very familiar to everyone, first greeted the fans, and then spoke.
"For today's game, our audience friends should have been looking forward to it for a long time!"
Zhang Lili also continued: "That's right, this round of the series should be regarded as the strongest opponent for the Supersonics on their way to defend their title.
It's not that the teams in the East are not competitive, it's just that in recent years, the West has indeed been stronger. "
"For the Spurs, our domestic fans are actually not very familiar with it. Can Director Zhang introduce it to us?"
"Speaking of the Spurs, in fact, just mention two people!"
"Which two people?"
"Current Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, and current Spurs star Tim Duncan.
These two are the cornerstones of the Spurs, and the 1999 championship is their result.
Especially Tim Duncan, for several consecutive seasons, it was a double first team, and there is also a popular candidate for the regular season MVP.
Especially in the last round, facing the OK combination of the Lakers, he even averaged 28 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
This is the player that the Sonics need to focus on. In addition, the Spurs' defense.
Facing the Spurs, whether the Supersonics choose to play fast or slowly play positional warfare depends on their choice. "
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What are the Spurs of this period?
There is the 1999 NBA championship, but the gold content of this championship is doubtful.
After all, 1998-1999 was a shortened season, and none of the NBA teams showed their best form.
More importantly, after the Spurs won the championship, they quickly failed.
If you want to prove that your championship is not accidental, you have to show your strength.
However, in the next few seasons, first the Lakers won two consecutive championships, and then the Sonics won the championship.
Now, the Spurs lineup that won the championship in 1999 has long since fallen apart, but they still haven't been able to prove themselves.
In fact, even if the Spurs won the championship in 2003, it only proved the strength of Popovich and Duncan.
Rather than proving the strength of the Spurs in 1999.
For this game, more media are still optimistic about the Supersonics, after all, the Supersonics are the key to defending the title.
In comparison, the Spurs are somewhat helpless.
Duncan is very good, but the Spurs have Duncan, and the Sonics also have Wang Hao!
In terms of scoring ability alone, Duncan is definitely not as good as Wang Hao.
In addition to Duncan, David Robinson is too old to move.
As for Tony Parker, he is still a million miles away from the Finals MVP.
The major media are overwhelmingly optimistic about the Supersonic, but the Supersonic did not fully believe these nonsense.
Because just before the series between the Spurs and the Lakers, the media was so optimistic about the Lakers.
The Sonics have long unified their thinking, and the Spurs are indeed their strongest opponent.
For this reason, Paul Westphal adopted a special tactic, and Wang Hao even gave his opinion.
"Wang, did we really not ask about our tactics?"
But when things came to an end, Paul Westphal was a little unsure, or not unsure, but a little nervous.
After all, in their view, this game should be more difficult than the finals.
Just like last year.
After solving the Spurs, they can all play more confidently on the stage of the finals.
"Sir, this is not the time to worry."
Wang Hao is also very speechless, he is the player, shouldn't it be the head coach of 9 to explain the mentality of the players?
How did everything change when I came to him?
Well, the main reason lies in Wang Hao. In terms of tactics, Wang Hao has many suggestions.
Over time, even Paul Westfa would take the initiative to ask him and let him participate in the team's tactics.
Among them, Paul Westphal naturally takes the lead, but Wang Hao also gave a lot of suggestions.
Just like in today's game, the Sonics have only one core tactic, limiting the rest of the Spurs.
To put it bluntly, it is to let Duncan fall into infinite singles and prevent him from connecting with the rest of the Spurs.
The opposite of tactical paraplegia against O'Neal.
Facing O'Neal, it should limit his singles as much as possible, double-teaming and assisting defense.
Because O'Neal's singles are too lethal.
If O'Neal is really allowed to go one-on-one, no one in the league can stop him, not even limit his shooting percentage.
But Duncan is different, he is not a player who scores and kills opponents.
Wang Hao remembered back then that someone dug up Duncan's data and had a finale with some future rookies.
Compared with those stars in the future who will often be 30+10, a figure of 10 can be added after the figure.
Duncan's data is really not enough.
Throughout his career, Duncan averaged only 19 points and 11 rebounds per game, which looks very ordinary!
More than that, Duncan played a total of 1392 games throughout his career.
In these nearly 1400 games, Duncan only scored 1+ in one game.
其中得到40+的比赛有5场，得到35+的比赛有30场，30+的比赛有122场。
Breaking 30 points in a single game, there are only 122 games.
Wang Hao has nothing to say about this method of comparing data in different times.
He can't tell the difference from those young people at all.
It's just that there is one fact, that is, Duncan's data is not impressive enough.
This also shows that Duncan is not a player who kills the game by scoring.
Duncan is a very comprehensive player. In addition to scoring, he can help the team in passing and organization.
And his defense has built the entire Spurs' defensive system.
We can often hear a sentence that his contribution is not only reflected in scoring.
This sentence also shows that this player is not the kind of player who can only score.
Therefore, if Duncan is allowed to play singles, it will be difficult for Duncan to directly kill the game by scoring.
The most terrifying thing about Duncan is that while he scores, he can also serve as an offensive starting point to connect teams.
That's why the Supersonics' tactic was to let Duncan play singles, and then strangle the other Spurs players.
Doing so won't affect Duncan's scoring.
But in this way, the other players of the Spurs will not have the ability to revitalize the team.
Without Duncan, who can they rely on?
The old David Robinson, or the Tony Parker who gets sprayed by Popovich every day, or the rookie Ginobili?
"Okay, guys, the game is about to start? Are you ready to go out and win?
Remember our tactical arrangement, after playing, let the guy on the opposite side be surprised! "
When facing other people, Paul Westphal put on another face, a confident look.
If it weren't for the worried look on his face just now, Wang Hao would have really believed it.
Under the urging of the referee, the game is about to start.
At this time, Wang Hao finally saw the starting lineup of the Spurs, and there were not many changes.
The inside line is still a combination of David Robinson and Duncan.
Although David Robinson is old, his experience and strength are still very good.
Especially there is Duncan next to him to check and fill in the gaps. This is definitely the best inside partner in the league.
On the wing's forward and defensive line, there is martial saint Stephen Jackson, and monk Bruce Bowen.
What the hell, seeing this combination made Wang Hao's scalp tingle.
Martial Saint Stephen Jackson is fine, this guy usually plays ball and only uses force when necessary.
Although he claims to be a martial artist, in fact, he is not as mastery as Bruce Bowen when it comes to martial arts.
Bruce Bowen, that is the master, who integrates every move into basketball skills.
There is another more important point, that is, this season, the demon in Bruce Bowen's heart has been completely released.
In the past, Bruce Bowen did a lot of defensive moves, and even had a lot of hurtful moves.
But relatively speaking, there are fewer of these actions, or in other words, he doesn't dare to use them.
After all, these actions will cause conflicts and even be fined by the league.
But starting this year, Bruce Bowen has become fearless.
Especially the original time and space, the 2003 championship, completely turned Bruce Bowen into a street rat.
Because he suddenly discovered that it turns out that this way can also win honors and achieve success.
That being the case, of course he must carry forward.
It's like a child. If parents trade children from an early age and can't fight, everyone is bad.
Will the kid grow up not reading all day, busy fighting?
But if another pair of parents had a fight at school, they would even praise him for doing a good job.
Even, I accidentally bullied my classmates and got rewards from the school, such as stealing my classmates' homework and handing it over to the teacher.
What do you think will happen to such a child when he grows up?
Finally, on the point guard, it is naturally Tony Parker, a small sports car from France.
It's just that Gary Payton has already let go. In this round of the series, he has to slow down this sports car.
The starting lineup of the Sonics remains unchanged.
"Di!"
With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.
It was not David Robinson who jumped the ball with PJ Brown, but Duncan. The old guy probably couldn't jump anymore.
Duncan's wingspan is still very advantageous. With a light pick, he has already broken into pieces and grabbed the ball.
The Spurs took the lead in attacking.
Parker dribbled the ball across half court, then slowed down a bit, waiting, waiting for Duncan.
The Spurs' tactics are actually two main ones.
Duncan is in the middle distance, that is, the 45-degree response on both sides. After receiving the ball, he will become the starting point of the offense.
Whether he attacks by himself or transfers the ball out depends entirely on how he chooses.
The other is the pick-and-roll with Parker.
In any case, Parker's breakthrough with the ball is outstanding among the entire NBA point guards.
Of course, today's Parker is still a little immature.
The threat of three-pointers is not great, and the mid-range shooting is not very stable, so he can only rely on breakthroughs.
But once he meets that kind of defensive point guard and controls the distance well, Parker has no way to break through.
Sure enough, Duncan went inside and circled first, and decisively received the ball at 45 degrees on the right.
Lewis didn't dare to be careless, and quickly defended.
To be honest, the defensive pressure on his shoulders today is not small, and he has to get through the opening stage.
Duncan held the ball in the middle distance and faced the basket, but his eyes kept scanning the audience.
He was observing the Sonics' defense, and to his surprise, the Sonics didn't plan to double-team.
"Want one-on-one?"
Duncan is very confident. In the entire NBA, in one-on-one situations, he is worthy of anyone in offense.
As for defending him, he also... first lift that inhuman guy away, he is worthy of anyone.
Duncan swings the ball with both hands, and suddenly, he lifts the ball up, looking like he's about to shoot.
Lewis instinctively stretched out his hand, wanting to interfere.
But suddenly, Duncan talked about the basketball again, swinging to the right, and he was also testing his feet, as if he was about to break through.
Lewis was stunned again. This time, he even took a small step back, giving Duncan enough space to shoot.
Duncan was also polite and shot a jumper directly.
The basketball hit the backboard and then hit the basket steadily. He took the lead in scoring 2 points in the half.
To be honest, the goal was absolutely brilliant, Duncan didn't move a step, but kept shaking Lewis.
But even so, Duncan still had a straight face, without the slightest reaction.
The Spurs scored on their first offense, much to the dismay of Sonics fans.
However, the players on the field are very natural.
At the moment of Duncan's goal, PJ Brown has picked up the ball and immediately completed the serve.
There was no delay after Gary Payton received the ball, and he started immediately without hesitation.
If the Sonics' defensive tactic is to isolate Duncan, then on offense, they need to continue to speed up.
The Spurs like a slow-paced game, falling into positional battles and grinding the inside a little bit.
Whatever the opponent likes, they must never be allowed to do so.
This is also a principle of the NBA. Only when you make your opponent uncomfortable can you play comfortably.
However, the Spurs have long been prepared.
It's not the first time they've played against the Sonics, and they know a lot about the defending champions.
At the moment Duncan shot, the other three even gave up grabbing offensive rebounds and chose to retreat directly.
It is indeed the top defensive team in the NBA, and the discipline of defense is very strict.
Gary Payton dribbled the ball to the front court and looked at Tony Parker who was already standing in front of him, but he was not in a hurry.
Supersonics like to play fast, but they can't just play fast.
(End of this chapter)