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Chapter 152 The Great Victory
"drop!"

The referee blew the whistle, and Blair stood outside the baseline and sent the ball to Yang Ke.

Keeping his rhythm and controlling the ball, Yang Ke walked forward calmly.In the general environment of the game, all kinds of realistic fake moves are hard to guard against, and it is impossible to completely avoid being cheated.

Because of this kind of mentality, Yang Ke's mentality was not disturbed at all by his defensive judgment error just now.

Knowing that the main task at present is to practice the new blocking and cutting tactics, Yang Ke raised his right hand and put up two fingers after looking at the situation on the field after halftime.

It's time for me to move!

Seeing Yang Ke's gesture, Dior, who had heard Popovich's tactics countless times before the game, had a thought, pulled out from the inside line, and took a position at the three-point line on Yang Ke's left front side.

In order to determine the direction of his breakthrough, whether to score by himself or to wait for Dior to cut in and assist him, Yang Ke couldn't help but looked up at the defensive players in front of him, Desagaina Diop and Walker's positions.

After thinking for a while, because Dior's defensive reaction was not yet familiar, Yang Ke gave up his own breakthrough, chose to hold the ball, and moved directly to the right.

As Yang Ke moved, Walker was directly blocked by Dior, who was very big, while Desagena Diop stretched out his arms and followed Yang Ke sideways vigilantly, instantly forming a situation where the small was fighting the big.

A moment later, Walker chose to come around from behind Dior, and Dior took advantage of the defensive attention of Walker and Desagina Diop to be attracted by Yang Ke, and cut to the basket!

"Dior!"

Seeing that Dior was rushing towards the empty basket, Yang Ke stopped, raised his arms high, threw the ball towards Dior's forward path, and shouted subconsciously at the same time.

Looking up slightly, Dior saw the flying basketball. He accelerated his feet and stretched his arms to catch the ball. Taking advantage of Desagana Diop's lack of defense, he quickly hit the basket and made an easy layup.

"It really doesn't work!"

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Popovich, who was sitting on the bench, shook his head dissatisfied, which was in stark contrast.

The blocking and cutting tactics that Popovich wants is that every player can get the ball in the gap, pursue easy scoring, and pay attention to fast, accurate, and ruthless.But this time, Yang Ke and Dior's blocking and cutting cooperation, in the eyes of the legendary coach Popovich, is really too bad!
"After all, Yang Ke has just been teammates with Diao, and there is no tacit understanding between them. The new blocking and cutting tactics have not been implemented in the game. It is already very good to be able to play like this."

Borrego shook his head. Although he was also dissatisfied with the cooperation this time, considering the actual situation, it is already very good if there are no mistakes.After all, no matter how high your golf quotient is, when you meet new teammates and new tactics, it still takes a while to get better.

The game continued, the offense and defense switched, and it was the Hornets' turn to attack again. Walker advanced with the ball. This time he did not choose to play by himself again, but passed the ball to Corey Maggette.

After all, although Walker is highly regarded by the coach, he is only a rookie. Even if he has the ball in his hands, he is destined to be unable to play consecutive singles with the ball.

Facing Jefferson, who is also a veteran, Maggette chose to immerse himself in the breakthrough. After several entanglements, Maggette successfully shook Jefferson up through continuous crotch changes.

When an offensive opportunity appeared, Maggette immediately chose to step back and shoot a jumper. The arc of the basketball was good, but unfortunately, with a 'bang', the basketball finally bounced out of the frame.

The rebound was taken off by Blair steadily. He raised his arms high and waited until the surrounding players were almost dispersed before handing the ball to Yang Ke who was walking over.

"Yang!"

As soon as Yang Ke received the ball, he heard Popovich's call. He turned his head and saw that Popovich had already stood on the sidelines at some point, gesturing to him to start a routine.

So fast?
Frowning, Yang Ke was a little surprised at Popovich's arrangement. He was going to get used to the routine block and cut coordination first, and then he would enter the routine derived from the coaching staff after he was familiar with it. It will be a routine in a while.

Nodding his head as a sign, Yang Ke then ran forward with the ball. Although he was a little surprised by Popovich's decision, he still carried it out unconditionally.

He ran across the center line and settled two steps outside the three-point line. Seeing that his teammates were getting stuck, Yang Ke immediately raised his right hand and made an OK gesture.

Seeing Yang Ke's gesture, the teammates were stunned. The first to react was the very excited Dior, who saw him directly pulled out from the inside line and stood in the low position on the left.

Seeing that Dior had been pulled out, Yang Ke threw the ball to him without thinking, and Dior also easily caught the ball with his back turned to Desagina Diop.

At this moment, other Spurs players on the field also made moves. Ginobili passed Jefferson's screen along the three-point line and quickly came to the other side.Then, Blair suddenly raised his hand and helped Yang Ke make a high-quality pick-and-roll to stop Walker.

Yang Ke ran quickly and met Ginobili outside the three-point line on the right, and then the two made a cross-cutting cooperation. Seeing the defensive player being temporarily attracted, Ginobili stepped forward instantly, went in.

Since all the inside players have been attracted, Ginobili has a wide road ahead. After receiving the ball from Dior, he easily made a layup.

"Not bad!"

Opening his mouth, Popovich clapped his hands calmly. This attack finally made him a little satisfied. At least Ginobili's free opportunity came out very easily this time.

As time passed, the next game became more and more exciting. Due to the gradual implementation of tactics, the Spurs' bench lineup that had not yet formed a tacit understanding exposed a lot of problems in an instant.

The problem of running positions between players was very serious, and the Spurs' offensive order was interrupted for a while. Under the leadership of Walker, the Hornets seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to launch a violent climax of chasing points.

Seeing this situation, Popovich was expressionless, and with a big wave of his hand, he directly let the main players who had been on the bench for a long time go into battle again.

Under Parker and Duncan's indiscriminate bombardment, the exhausted Hornets were easily pierced like paper, and the Spurs instantly extended their lead to two digits.

Just 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, the Hornets, who had no hope of chasing points, surrendered and replaced all the main players.And Popovich also got his wish and brought up the bench lineup, continuing to adapt to the new tactics.

However, although they are adapting to the tactics, due to the obvious gap in the strength of the two substitute lineups, at the end of the game, the Spurs beat the Hornets with a score of 98:72, winning a full 26 points!Compared with when the main force just won, they lost 12 points more.

　Finally dug the hole, the next game against the Heat, I have to write well.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)