The rise of basketball legends

Popovich was not satisfied with the performance of the Spurs on both offense and defense tonight.

Ginobili's state is very average, and Parker did not play his own characteristics, which caused the Spurs to stagnate on the offensive end.

Not to mention the defensive end, Chen Yan almost broke the Spurs' defense into a sieve, and the Suns also played a series of quick offensive and defensive transitions that Popovich least wanted to see.

After the dead ball, Popovich finally replaced the No. 21 rookie!

Duncan stood on the sidelines with a blank face, high-fived Bonner, who was replaced, and walked onto the court.

Spurs offensive round.

Dadai stabilized the morale of the army as soon as he came on the field. In the pinch of Barnes and Azubuike, he played well inside, scored the ball and caused a foul!

"mine!"

"mine!"

Azubuike and Barnes reached out to take responsibility for the mistake at the same time. The ball just now made Duncan hit 2+1 and it shouldn't be.

Chen Yan patted the two of them on the shoulders: "It's okay, maybe it's a 2+0, he's not that stable in free throws."

Although Duncan claims to have great basic skills, his free throws have always been the worst in his basic skills. In fact, Duncan’s free throw percentage in the first few seasons of his career was not bad, and it has been maintained at around 7%. I don’t know what stimulated him in the last few seasons. , fell to only 6 up and down.

"Bang!"

As Chen Yan said, Duncan suddenly threw a free throw that hit the front of the basket with a very flat and low arc.

All the Spurs retreated quickly, and the Suns entered a positional battle to attack.

After Duncan played, the Spurs' defense immediately raised a level.

The Spurs' defense is mainly built with Duncan as the core and Bowen as the assistant. Their defense is more like a fan. A core has a large radiation range, which is large enough to make up for the loopholes of teammates.

After receiving the ball, Chen Yan changed his speed and rushed towards the penalty area. The Spurs' defense quickly retracted. Bowen followed and Duncan sat under the basket. The two seemed to have designed a pocket and waited for Chen Yan to drill.

This ball is difficult to handle, there is no shooting space, and the passing line is blocked.

Fortunately, Chen Yan didn't have the ball dead, so he took a step back and went outside.

Bowen and Duncan quickly caught up, and the defensive core of the two Spurs, one inside and one outside, was trying to pinch Chen Yan to the bottom line!

At this moment, Chen Yan spotted Grant Hill running to the top of the arc from the corner of his eye.

Without hesitation, he passed the ball to the top of the arc immediately!

After receiving the ball, Hill made a feint, shook Ginobili and went straight to the basket!

Lightning-fast first steps!

Grant Hill once claimed to be the fastest first step in the league. Unexpectedly, his first step is still sharp in the twilight of his career.

Ginobili was thrown away, and Duncan let go of Chen Yan and went back to the basket.

It's a pity that he was a step too late. Hill grabbed a flying layup before Duncan took off and scored two points!

After landing, Chen Yan was the first to rush over.

"WTF!? Grant, how old are you this year? Why is the first step as fast as a 20-year-old guy!"

"It was you who got involved in the inside defense." Facing Chen Yan's praise, Hill was very humble.

"Is there time to guide me on the first step to accelerate?"

Grant Hill is also a member of the Hall of Fame, and Chen Yan felt that he might be able to use some of his skills for nothing.

"Chen, your first step is fast enough, but if you want to hear my opinion, I'm happy to help you." Hill laughed.

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One minute later, Suns coach D'Antoni called a 1-second timeout.

The time was almost up, and D'Antoni decided to replace all the main players.

It's not realistic to let the second team top the Spurs' starter for a long time.

Nash walked down from the billboard with a contented expression as if he had fallen asleep.

An important reason why Nash’s back injury has eased this year is that there is enough rest time in each game. The depth of the Sun’s bench this year is much stronger than in previous years. In the past, the Suns used to rotate with 7 players. This year, there are 9 players who can play. .

After Nash played, the Spurs' defensive strategy also changed accordingly.

Bo Wen let go of Chen Yan and came to Nash.

Again, as the navigator of the Suns, Popovich always believes that as long as Nash is locked up, the Suns' offensive rhythm can be curbed.

As soon as Nash came on the court, he felt the oppression of the Spurs' defense. Not only did Bowen frantically confront Nash, but other Spurs players were also ready to cut off his passing route.

This kind of targeting made me very uncomfortable.

After taking advantage of consecutive screens, Nash made his own shot.

"Bang!"

Not in.

Fortunately, Dior hit the offensive rebound witty!

After securing the rebound, Diaw handed over to Nash to reorganize.

Chen Yan speeded up and went around the baseline. Finley leaned against Chen Yan and didn't intend to let him catch the ball!

At this moment, Chen Yan suddenly stopped and ran back, Finley leaned into the air, staggered a step and fell to the ground.

Chen Yan's continuous possession of the ball in the second quarter caused the Spurs players to ignore that he is also at the top level without the ball!

"Beautiful reverse run!"

"Finley is probably going to be on the highlights..."

"Trench! Do you want Chen Yan to be so ruthless that he can knock people down without the ball!"

"That's the real ankle finisher, the ability to knock defenders down the street without the ball in their hands."

While the domestic fans were screaming, Chen Yan had already run into the free throw line, and the game was still going on!

The moment Chen Yan stepped out of the vacant position, Nash had already locked in the current position, and the chic throwing pass of the basketball directly came to Chen Yan's hands as if an automatic tracking device was installed!

After receiving the ball, Chen Yan took advantage of the momentum and started without slowing down!

Chen Yan raided the basket so fast that Duncan had no time to jump, so he could only hold his ape arm high!

Facing the insider Duncan, there was a direct fire!

Fuck Duncan head-on!

"bang!!!!"

As the super giant who has been dunked the most times in history, Duncan may be late when he is dunked, but he will never be absent!

Duncan's number of dunks is not because he is not good at defense, on the contrary, it is because his defense is too good.

Duncan's position is reasonable, Duncan's defense rarely loses his position, and he is very firm in protecting the basket. This is one of the necessary conditions for him to be dunked.

There is another factor, that is, his image of a good old man rarely commits crimes, even if he feels that he is about to be detained. ...If Chen Yan's ball was replaced by Malone or Bill Lambiel just now, Chen Yan is probably lying on the ground by now.

"Beep!"

The moment the dunk was completed, the referee's whistle blew.

AND-ONE!

The Sun's bench is completely blown up now!

The Suns players on the field also rushed towards Chen Yan in turn.

Chest bump!

Hit the chest again!

Looking at the sun players in high spirits, Popovich turned his head silently.

He couldn't call a timeout anymore. He called three times in 4 minutes. How can he play this game?

Duncan walked to his seat expressionlessly, waiting for Chen Yan's punishment.

This kind of buckle is humiliating to others, but it is part of the job for Duncan.

Which inner line is not blocked?

Duncan has a master's degree in psychology, and his mentality will not be affected by this.

It's nothing more than another guy being detained, what a big deal...