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Chapter 242 Fight Again
At the beginning of the second quarter, both the Pistons and the Spurs made regular rotations, but the Spurs were more thorough. Popovich waved his hand and went straight up and down.

Although the Spurs have a very deep lineup, with the injury of the GDP trio, some of the substitute players have turned into starters, and the team's famous bench gangsters inevitably have some problems.

As a result, in the confrontation with the Pistons, which retained two main players, the Spurs' bench lineup did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, and the point difference was gradually narrowed.

Looking at the field calmly, Popovich did not have any emotional changes due to the shrinking lead, and asked lightly: "How about the physical examination results of Joseph and Whiteside?"

As an assistant, even if he was paying attention to the game, Borrego still had a part of his energy to stay on Popovich, so he quickly answered: "Very healthy, and they all agree with the signing conditions of special cases of injuries."

Without thinking about it, Popovich knew that Popovich had made a choice, so he took out his notebook and asked, "Both are very good guys, who are you going to sign?"

"Speak to the staff and ask them to buy a plane ticket for Whiteside and bring him to New York the day after tomorrow to find me."

Stretching out his hand to scratch his hair, Popovich said slowly, with a flash of regret in his eyes. If possible, he would like to sign both of them to the team, so he won't be entangled until now.

However, fortunately, the reality made him see the best choice at present. Popovich paused for a moment, and continued: "And give the contract to Joseph."

Borrego was taken aback for a moment. Listening to Popovich's previous words, he thought that Whiteside would stay in the end, but he didn't expect such a big reversal.

"…OK."

After reacting, Borrego nodded quickly.After writing it down briefly, he stood up from his seat, left the bench, and walked towards the passage.

In the 6th minute of the second quarter, seeing that the score had been tied, Popovich made a substitution adjustment and brought the starting five back to the game.

Seeing that the Spurs replaced the main force again, Frank also replaced the starter, but he made a slight adjustment to allow Greg Monroe to stay on the court.Wallace, who was the starting center, was pushed on the bench.

Even so, Wallace didn't have any complaints, just sat on the bench calmly, looking straight at the young Monroe on the court.He is very clear that this is a very correct decision. He is old now, and many defensive actions can no longer keep up with defensive judgments.

Although Monroe's defensive experience is insufficient, he is very active and still very young.The most important point is that Monroe is a big man who is good at supporting, and his role on the offensive end is much stronger than him.

"Ugh!"

Sighing silently, Wallace shook his head, silently drank his drink, and quietly replenished his energy.

Bang!Bang!
Yang Ke advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Instead of launching an attack immediately, he stopped and slapped the basketball while maintaining the rhythm on the spot.Having just been replaced, Yang Ke and his teammates still need to adjust their feelings.

When there were only 15 seconds left in the attack time, Yang Ke reached out to signal Dior to come out to help him pick and roll, but this time, the Pistons did not choose to switch defenses.

Instead, Charlie Villanueva half-reached out to make a fake obstacle, and Prince quickly went around behind Dior.In this way, although Prince blocked Yang Ke's breakthrough route, he couldn't post it immediately.

Yang Ke didn't let go of such a good shot, and after taking a step sideways, he stood on tiptoe and shot a quick three-pointer.With a "swish", he scored three points.

Panting, Prince frowned, thinking about effective ways to prevent Dior and Yang Ke from pick-and-rolls, while controlling his body and running forward with his feet.

In the offensive round of the Pistons, due to the presence of Monroe, the Pistons undoubtedly have many more offensive options.Who makes Monroe a tall and long-armed technical insider who can play in the low post and pass the ball well in the high post.

At the beginning of the offense, Monroe directly led Blair to a high position to support, and after the ball was handed over to him, the other four Pistons began to run without the ball.

During the uninterrupted running, the Spurs' defensive formation had a flaw, and Gordon ran back to the basket, and Monroe, who was always observing his teammates' running positions, threw the ball over with his hands.

Blair has already followed, the Spurs are unguarded inside, and the defenders have not arrived yet, which makes it easy for Gordon to make a layup.

"Princeton tactics."

With just a glance, Popovich understood the Pistons' offensive tactics.After all, before Duncan and the others were injured, the Spurs often played like this.

Popovich smacked his lips indifferently. This tactic has high demands on the center.But he could see that Monroe's coping ability was indeed outstanding, but his outside singles ability was insufficient, and he could just let Blair shrink inside later.

"call!"

After exhaling, Yang Ke took the serve from his teammate and walked slowly towards the frontcourt.After starting to play inside tonight, he did feel that his offense was much smoother, but his physical energy consumption also accelerated a lot.

One step outside the three-point line, Yang Ke continued to ask Dior to come out to help him pick and roll, but this time, Prince showed his excellent anticipation in advance.The time was right, and he walked around in front of Dior ahead of time, which caused Yang Ke and Dior's pick-and-roll cooperation to fail this round.

Yang Ke didn't panic, he backed up calmly and opened the distance again.Then he shifted the basketball to his left hand, used his left wrist to shake and exert force, and threw the basketball out.

The basketball spun inwardly, crossed the arc extremely quickly, and then hit the floor. With the help of the rebound, it bounced up instantly, and finally fell into Green's hands accurately.

Watching Gordon in his defensive stance, Green firmly controlled the ball without rash singles attacks.Instead, Yang Ke passed the ball back after everything was pulled back on Yang Ke's side.

Holding the ball, Yang Ke raised his hand to beckon Dior to cover again, as if he planned to try the pick-and-roll again.Dio didn't hesitate to pull out directly to cover, and Villanueva also followed out again.

Should not be!

Frowning, Prince continued to circle ahead of time. When Dior just stood still, half of his body had already circled more than half forward.And his eyes have been fixed on Yang Ke, ready to respond.

In this regard, Yang Ke just moved a small step, and then suddenly shook his right hand, throwing the basketball high towards the inside.

The pass was so sudden that Prince and Villanueva didn't react at all, let alone reach out to intercept the ball from the air.

On the inside, Leonard, who cut in quietly at this time, stood up and used his strong arms to catch the thrown basketball in the air.Immediately, he slammed the ball into the basket!
(End of this chapter)