Chapter 101: Malicious Foul? (5/10)
"Even Tim was deceived. It seems that the biggest threat to the Thunder is not those two outside lines, but this center!" Vicci didn't expect that Anger and Duncan could play the first goal after they faced each other. Angel had mostly assisted Durant and Westbrook in the past games, and rarely scored 2o, but this does not mean that Anger's offensive ability is below those two people!
After playing Duncan, the expressionless No. 2yi player finally leaned against Anjie and received a pass from Tony Parker in the penalty area, ready to return the color!
An Jie immediately supported Duncan's back with all his strength, but Duncan didn't plan to win with brute force at all. Duncan turned around skillfully and raised his hand to shoot. An Jie tried his best to block it, but still failed to stop Duncan from taking the basketball.
Seeing this action, all the fans cheered in advance.
"Duncan's 45-degree angle shot is still so efficient." Kenny Smith shook his head. The Thunder's No. 6 center has been defending very well. Unfortunately, he faced a desperate Duncan.
Without fancy moves, no obsessive fake moves, no absolute power collision, Duncan just scored simply in such a simple and unpretentious way. This is Tim Duncan's way of playing, this is how the San Antonio Spurs play.
This seemingly simple and basic scoring method is essential to reach the level of Duncan. However, in the league, there are few people who can do this.
After scoring the goal, Duncan still had no expression or provocation. He quickly turned around and ran back to his half, without wasting any time to return to defense in seconds. He completed his own task like a robot, and then prepared to complete his next task.
This game really made many viewers choose to change the platform. In addition to the Spurs' slow-paced position attack, the young Thunder led by Jeff Van Gundy also played the position attack. Repeated pick-and-roll, pass-off, and cut in, and patiently conducting the Thunder is not thunder at all. They have nothing to do with the slow-paced created by the Spurs and the word "Thunder".
"Anger handed the ball to Joe Smith, and Smith handed the ball to Westbrook who cut in. Westbrook saw that he had no chance and retreated to the three-point line. He called a pick-and-roll. Angel's screen quality was very high. Westbrook made a mid-range shot! Good ball." Even Kenny Smith, who commented on the game outside the court, was made by this rhythm and the commentary became more and more mechanized.
"Oh! Come on! Run! You fucking run!" Suddenly! Charles Barkley's shouting scared the sleepy audience.
"What are you doing, Charles?" Kenny Smith couldn't hear what Barkley's words had to do with the game on the court.
"Oh! Sorry! I'm so excited. The rugby game over there is so exciting. Why, are you still watching the Spurs and the Thunder? You're so boring." Barkley's words made everyone feel ashamed, but I have to admit that at least the audience was inspired by his nonsensical yell.
The dull game between these two teams may only be comparable to the video of the game that existed in black and white film in the 50s. Although the Thunder is mainly based on positional offense, their pace is not that slow. But now when they meet the Spurs' iron barrel defense, the Thunder's attack has been much less attacking, and the patient conduction and pick-and-roll have been much more.
Durant and Angel were fine, but Westbrook was tortured to death by this rhythm. If he couldn't rush, Westbrook lost his favorite offensive method.
Duncan repeated his offensive style near the three-second zone. This time Duncan was more serious, so after receiving the ball, Duncan did not shoot again, but chose to hook directly. He was still an ordinary offense, but his efficiency was still very high.
Duncan is not stupid, young people have many shortcomings, but they are not lacking in strength.
Even though both sides sent out the second team, the pace still did not get much faster. Charles Barkley hadn't said anything for several minutes, and perhaps only the San Antonios could tolerate such a game.
The two sides used positions to fight each other. Jeff Van Gundy was not in a hurry, and Vic was even more calm. When the 1st quarter ended, no one could widen the gap. 28 to 25, the Spurs led slightly by three points.
In the second quarter, the three young men of the Thunder were already full of energy, while Duncan and Parker of the Spurs had to rest off the court. Ginobili led the second team to attack the Thunder's hinterland, but without the advantage of the inside, the Spurs' offense showed a significant decline in efficiency.
After entangled with Duncan in the 12th quarter, Anger was very good at facing Spurs substitute center Cote Thomas.
George Hill, a young point guard who is the same level as Anger, is unable to organize the Spurs' exquisite offense. The defensive player Bruce Bowen has almost no ability to attack Yi. Bonner has almost no second scoring method except for open three-pointers. When facing Anger's defense, Cott Thomas couldn't even do the right place.
There was no way, Ginobili began to change the rhythm of possession, he wanted to play Westbrook alone!
Weird! This is Westbrook's evaluation of Ginobili's rhythm of ball control. Otherwise, can this guy be called "demon sword"? Cunning and unreasonable. Ginobili's ball handled by either mistakes or scores, with high risks, but also very generous returns.
Suddenly, he went left! Westbrook immediately followed. Who knew that after taking a step, Ginobili changed hands behind his back and rushed to the right.
Westbrook is naturally not able to be passed so easily. Although Ginobili's change of direction is very sudden and swift, Westbrook still did not lose his defensive position.
But the Spurs are not the kind of team that will play singles for the stars. Westbrook was completely attracted by Ginobili's dribble, so that Bonner's pick-and-roll was not in place.
"Bang!" Westbrook then suddenly hit the wall, and Ginobili took the opportunity to start and plunge into the inside!
Facing Anjie with his big hands open, Ginobili remained unabated. He held the ball with both hands and was about to take three steps before making a layup!
Ginobili held the ball to the left, and Anjie immediately moved his footsteps to block it. Unexpectedly, he took a step and Ginobili pulled the ball to the right, making a European layup with perfect rhythm and amplitude! Anjie was shaken away but failed to block the ball, and the demon sword spread his edge!
"Manu played this ball beautifully, and he taught these two yi-grade students from the Thunder. With a unique sense of space, he may be the most attractive person for the Spurs to play!" Finally, Kenny Smith can use the word ornamentality in this game.
Although Ginobili came on as a substitute, his blowout was definitely the key to the Spurs' winning goal. His swing directly determines how far the Spurs can go.
Although Bowen's appearance made Durant very uncomfortable, George Hill and Cott Thomas allowed Angel and Westbrook to score a lot of points.
"This little devil." Duncan felt that Anjie had shown his expectations. Not only did he have rich offensive methods, but his ability to read games was not consistent with his age and position, which also led to Anjie making few mistakes on the court. Seeing this, Duncan couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth, and there was another powerful opponent. However, to outsiders, Duncan's expression seemed to be a sudden cramp on his face...
After Tony Parker and other players also played, Duncan still sat on the bench. Like Jeff Van Gundy, Vicci also controlled the team's rotation time very strictly. Appropriate rest and smart rotation are also the basis for these old guys to maintain a high appearance rate.
Although the defender combination of Parker and Ginobili has improved the Spurs' offense a lot, when the inside is completely at a disadvantage, the Spurs not only did not widen the gap, but was reversed by the Thunder.
The Spurs' offense is still the same. Parker takes advantage of Thomas' pick-and-roll breakthrough, and Westbrook's ability to defend against pick-and-roll is obviously still needed to be improved. This time, the French sports car easily wiped him.
Tony Parker did not throw this time because his own rhythm had not been adjusted and he never did anything he was unsure of.
Angel saw Parker getting closer and closer to him, could he want to make a layup directly?
Parker jumped up. Although the height difference was huge, Anjie did not dare to neglect and tried to jump and block it.
Parker was very smart. When he made a layup, he deliberately leaned against An Jie, but he obviously made a mistake in An Jie's strength and strength. An Jie was blocked with all his strength, and his strength was too strong. Tony Parker was hit and lost all the center of gravity, and threw the basketball randomly when it was almost parallel to the ground. At the same time, the referee also blew a whistle in time to signal An Jie to foul.
An Jie didn't expect Parker to score him in for this kind of attack. But to everyone's expectations, Parker's basketball, which lost all the balance, fell into the ball accurately.
Tony Parker stood up and walked onto the free throw line, and Vic's eyes immediately changed!
"Not good!" Vicci suddenly stood up. Sure enough, Parker's extra free throw did not hit. Vicci quickly asked Thomas to deliberately foul, and the chance to create a dead ball replaced Parker.
"We saw Parker yi lame and got out of the field. Was he injured in the confrontation with Angel just now?" Kenny Smith naturally saw something strange, and the director also gave a replay of Parker and Angel just now based on Kenny's commentary.
After Parker was knocked away by Angel's sudden force, his foot fell to the ground first, and this foot became the focus of Parker who was tilted. Since he had to withstand the gravity of his entire body, Parker's ankle bent at a terrible angle, which was twisting very lightly!
After a brief question, Vic immediately asked two staff members to support Parker and walk towards the player passage. Suddenly, the fans in the aTT center were in an uproar and frantically used booing to serve Anjie, who caused Parker to be injured.
"You dirty guy!"
"This is a malicious foul! Are you blind by referee??"
"This kind of person should be sent off!"
An Jie's defense is indeed tough, but to say that he deliberately hurts his opponent, that is something that An Jie will never do.
Moreover, Parker failed to stabilize the ball when he landed, and Anjie did not add fuel to the fire and put his feet on. But in the hearts of Spurs fans, the fierce collision was already very unreasonable! At this moment, they seemed to forget how their team defended others.
Tony Parker ended up in injury, Vicci had to bring Duncan. If Ginobili was alone, it would be difficult to stabilize the situation. This variable completely disrupted his plan.
Chapter completed!