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Chapter 34 The game continues
"Yes, that's it, let him in boldly."

Lionel Hollins agreed, then drew a circle on the tactical panel with a pen, and then raised the panel to face Guy, "Rudy, I observed it, Leonard's shooting level It's not getting better, so you can probably drop him and help out a little more."

"Ok."

Gay nodded. Since halftime, his defense has been very easy. Leonard is just like his teammate Allen.The offense is slag and the defense is strong, but at least Allen's shooting is still very accurate, and Leonard has a problem with shooting.

Since it was the first game at home, Lionel Hollins hoped to get a good start, clapped his hands to attract the players' attention, and then ordered: "Okay, guys, I want you in the second half... ..."

In a basketball game, the head coach is equivalent to the military strategist of an army. He not only has to arrange troops according to the opposing lineup, but also formulate the best tactical arrangements so that the team can win at the lowest cost.

"Ginobili replaced Parker, Blair replaced Splitter. Young, you handle the ball in the second half, and the old rules give the ball to Ginobili and Duncan."

In the locker room of the visiting team, Popovich sat on a chair without looking at the players. He lowered his head and looked at the blank tactical panel in his hand in a trance, talking about the arrangements for the second half.

Are you going to do three quarters and one wave again?

Looking at Popovich, Yang Ke raised his eyebrows. The coach didn't emphasize defense, which meant that he was satisfied with the team's defense in the first half, so he directly prepared the ultimate move.

The starting point of the Spurs game is usually the third quarter, using the sudden explosion of Ginobili and Duncan on the offensive end to catch an opponent by surprise.

And Parker was replaced to prevent the opponent from being beaten down, and to add a protection lock to the fourth quarter.

Eating dessert, Yang Ke quietly waited for the game to start again. He knew that all he had to do when he moved to the point guard was to control the ball to the frontcourt, then hand the ball to Duncan or Ginobili, and then wait for the opportunity Just shoot a three-pointer.

During the 15-minute intermission, there were beautiful cheerleaders from the Grizzlies performing, but the players of the two teams had no chance to see or hear it.

Soon after the second half began, returning to the first attack of the game, Conley took the ball. This time he did not entangle with Yang Ke too much, but relied on a pick and roll from Gasol Jr.I found an open space, took aim, and immediately shot a three-pointer, which was a successful hit!The point difference narrowed to 7 points.

The pick and roll started!
Yang Ke frowned. The pick-and-roll is not easy to defend. While thinking about it, he slowly walked into the three-point line, took Blair's serve, and then slowly moved forward.

After halftime, Yang Ke didn't stop, and directly passed the ball to Manu Ginobili outside the three-point line, then looked at Conley in front of him, and pulled him to the other side of the three-point line.

Ginobili, who was holding the ball, faced Allen who was defending him. He stepped on his famous stunt, snake-like steps, and broke through Allen's defense not long after.

Near the free throw line, the emergency stop jump shot was hit.

Then, it was the Grizzlies' turn to attack again. Conley knew that Gasol Jr. had an advantage over Blair on the inside, so he directly transferred the ball in.Gasol stuck in his seat, held the ball, directly chose a bullish breakthrough, rushed to the basket, and forcibly scored two points.

The score was not opened. At this time, Duncan stood up and asked Yang Ke for the ball. He went straight into the penalty area and scored 2 points for a layup. He also caused Randolph's thug foul and an additional penalty.

With Duncan's free throw, the point difference between the two teams came to double digits again.

Yang Ke quickly retreated to defend the half court position. Seeing that Gasol did not enter the inside line, but stood in the high position, he frowned. It was obvious that the pick-and-roll effect just now was good, and the Grizzlies still wanted to continue like this .

Turning his head to Blair who was next to Gasol, he made a gesture. After seeing Blair nod when he received the message, Yang Ke turned his head and stared at Conley who was halfway through.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA."

Looking at Yang Ke, who was bent over and opened his arms, Conley was in control of the ball. He wanted to attack directly, but suddenly thought of a sentence passed among the old players, so he paused and said it.

This sentence was so familiar, he tilted his head, but Yang Ke's attention was not diverted. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gasol walking over, and adjusted his seat slightly.

As Gasol stood up, the Grizzlies' offense began. Faced with Conley and Gasol's screen pick-and-roll, Yang Ke tried his best to squeeze through Gasol's screen.

Before Yang Ke squeezed over, Blair stepped forward, delayed the Grizzlies' attack, and forced Conley to go to the sideline.

This pick-and-roll attack failed!
Taking a glance, Leonard, who appeared on the pass route to the inside, blocked Conley and frowned, and was very surprised. He didn't expect the five players on the Spurs field to adjust their defense so quickly.

In the next second, Yang Ke, who was fast, had already caught up and appeared in front of Conley who had stopped. Blair also used this to retreat to the inside line, and Leonard also shifted slightly, getting closer to some guys.

"You just went into a trance."

Seeing Conley controlling the ball, the corners of Yang Ke's mouth rose slightly, feeling very happy about the defensive cooperation with his teammates just now.

But he was a little distracted. He should have passed the ball to Guy just now. Although Leonard did not lose his position, it left enough space for Guy to display. Once Guy is deployed, the success rate of the attack will increase. greatly increased.

This rookie may not be easy in the future. Conley took a deep look at Yang Ke, remembering Yang Ke's appearance in his mind, and then his arms shook quickly, moving his crotch continuously, and then directly started stand up.

Carrying Yang Ke, Conley went straight to the inside. When he was near the free throw line, he had no choice to move forward. After all, Duncan, the Spurs insider, is not a vegetarian.

Then he jumped up, and in front of Yang Ke, who also jumped up and stretched his arms straight, used a difficult and difficult fadeaway jumper.

brush!
Fortunately, the goal was scored, but Conley, who scored the goal, was not happy. When he quickly retreated to the defensive half, his face was even ugly.

Even the top defensive players in the league cannot say that they can defend against a starting-level player. What they can do is to let the offensive players use their best every attack.

Let their offense consume their physical strength and energy, making their offense more and more weak, and even shooting becomes inaccurate, that is, changing directions to prevent them.

It can also be said in other words, forcing offensive players to gradually defend themselves to death, and they even have no solution to this.After all, the reason for the above situation shows that they cannot easily pass the defensive players, and secondly, their energy and physical strength will sometimes be exhausted.

This is exactly what Conley is currently experiencing. Regardless of the goals he is still shooting, if he keeps attacking with all his strength, his shots will become inaccurate within a few rounds.

And once they misfire outside, the Grizzlies will be in danger in this game.

(End of this chapter)