Nba: Body Of Steel, Reshape The Glory Of The Green Army

Chapter 322: A Song of Ice and Fire! The Spurs all attack Lin Long!

As several referees completed the final preparations before the game, Lin Long, who was the No. 4 in this game, stepped into the middle circle, and Duncan, who was a lot taller than him, was ready to start sparring at any time.

Duncan's blank expression couldn't tell what he was thinking at all, as if he was an emotionless android.

"beep!

As the referee blew the whistle, Lin Long and Duncan jumped at the same time.

Relying on the terrifying speed of the bullet, Lin Long once again won the first ball for the team.

It's just that the Spurs were clearly prepared. They carefully observed the video of the Celtics and Lakers games, except that point guard Avery Johnson stuck to Aaron Bryant and did not let him start easily. In addition, everyone else turned around and ran back to their own half at the first time, not giving the Celtics any chance to fast break.

Aaron saw Johnson's tight defense, strong physical confrontation, and not reluctance. He gave the ball to Curry, and Curry quickly distributed it to Lin Long who was inside, and ran directly to the bottom line.

Lin Long leaned on Duncan with his back. This was not the first time he and Duncan faced each other, but every time he faced Duncan's defense, Lin Long would have a strange feeling.

In the face of others, Lin Long's every score is against the opponent's confidence, and every dunk or difficult 2+1 can make the opponent go wild.

But 31 has only Duncan, no matter what Lin Long does, he doesn't seem to have happened.

Taking back his thoughts, Lin Long kept testing Duncan's defense.

In the first attack of the opening, Lin Long did not intend to give it to others. He suddenly shook his shoulders several times in a row, followed by a quick turn around and take a step back shot.

Duncan reacted very quickly, and he posted it almost immediately, reaching out to interfere with Lin Long's shot.

But Lin Long shot faster, the basketball jumped over Duncan's fingertips, and obediently got into the net.

Duncan looked back and found that David Robinson had already started to serve. He immediately lowered his head and ran towards the front court.

Then there was a series of complex tactics and well-established screens. When the attack time was only 6 seconds, Duncan suddenly came to the low post, took the position, took the ball, stuck Lin Long for a few tries, and then suddenly turned over to a master hitting the board. shot.

"Huh! 35

The signature 2-pointer scored, but Duncan was still half-dead, running back to the half court with his head down and ready to defend.

Johnson took on the task of staring at Aaron today. The small general who was good at defense almost hung on Aaron's body, not giving him any chance to speed up or advance well, and desperately suppressed the Celtics. Rhythm.

This time, Aaron waited for Lin Long's cover and rushed into the Spurs' inside line. Looking at the fast-shrinking Spurs defense, Aaron knocked back and gave the ball to Lin Long. Elliott immediately When he came up, he clung to Lin Long and didn't give him a chance to shoot easily. At the same time, Lin Long noticed that Johnson and Mario Ailey were ready to shrink. If they broke through, they would immediately fall into the Spurs' defensive trap.

The corner of Lin Long's mouth grinned, and after two quick hips, he forcibly accelerated the breakthrough from Elliott's side. Today, Lin Long has become more and more lazy to use any small techniques and rhythm to break through.

After all, 90% of the defenders in the league today are far less fast than Lin Long, and he will easily pass him in one step.

The remaining 10% are almost all thin and small point guards like Iverson and Damon Stoudamire. Lin Long turned around and pouted, and the little guys don’t even know where basketball is. can not see.

After Lin Long easily passed Elliott, Avery Johnson and Mario Ailey immediately retreated, not giving Lin Long a chance to shoot easily in the middle distance, and David Robinson in the inside also stepped forward. , Blocking Lin Long's mid-range shot, only Duncan stayed in the basket, the first and last line of defense.

Lin Long immediately saw the Spurs' defensive strategy, which is to force himself to pass the ball and let his teammates beat them!

This is also the reason why Bird put Curry and Lewis, who have the most perimeter firepower, on the starting lineup to strengthen the team's offensive firepower and provide Lin Long with better offensive space and opportunities!

Lin Long waited around for a while, paused for a while, and after the Spurs' defensive formation became smaller, he just passed the ball out in a hurry.

Curry in the bottom corner picked up the ball immediately and made a 3-point shot from the big open.

"Boom!"

It's a pity that Curry's hand was not very good at the start, and his open shot with a 90-point shot ended in a strike.

Duncan jumped up and grabbed the rebound. Instead of dribbling the ball or looking for a defender, he set up a pair of elbows and swung left and right, driving Big Ben, who was trying to steal the ball, away from him.

After making sure the basketball was in no danger of a turnover, Duncan then unhurriedly passed the ball to Johnson, beginning their slow advance.

Then, the Spurs' offense played again for a full 20 seconds before entering their offensive mode. Duncan took the ball low, dribbled the ball twice, and then leaned back, again with his toes on the ground. basket scored.

"This guy's rhythm is really uncomfortable, let's talk about it, and he doesn't even jump!" Big Ben, who was defending Duncan, couldn't help but complain. Compared with Duncan's old-fashioned style of play, he would rather go Defending those flying monsters, at least defending them is extremely enjoyable.

After Duncan succeeded, he didn't say hello and didn't look back. He lowered his head and ran back to the backcourt. He was the first to enter the defensive area where he was.

These two rounds fully illustrate the ascetic basketball rhythm and boring tactical system of the Spurs.

On the defensive end, he quickly returned to defense, killed Aaron and didn't give the Celtics a chance to switch from fast break, double-teamed Lin Long in a positional battle, set a trap to pass the ball than Lin Long, and let others beat him.

The offensive end is to maintain full patience and forbearance, and use constant transmission of the ball and movement to find neutrality rather than personal ability. Only when it is really impossible, will the ball be given to the stars in the team, and the stars will come. Solve the problem.

Throughout the first quarter, the Spurs maintained this rhythm and firmly controlled the scene.

The Celtics are also rare recently and have fallen into the disadvantage. Although the Spurs are not leading by many points, they also scored 22 points in the first quarter, while the Celtics scored 20 points.

But anyone who knows the ball can see that although they are only two points behind, the Celtics are completely caught up in the rhythm of the Spurs' game. The entire first quarter is completely in accordance with the rhythm of the Spurs, led by the nose of the Spurs. .

In the entire first quarter, Lin Long, who had killed the Quartet in the previous few games, also played a bit suffocated and only scored 10 points.

In the second quarter, Lin Long did not stay on the court at the beginning, but Barkley led the rotation against the Spurs' bench.

In the absence of Lin Long, the Spurs began to shrink the defense frantically. They boldly let go of the Celtics' outside shooters and attacked Barkley desperately, making him unable to play comfortably.

Barkley saw that he had almost no dribble space at all, and he did not attack, but decisively scored the ball outside, allowing Bowen and Lewis, who were released, to shoot open 3-pointers.

But maybe the rhythm of the Spurs really made the Celtics players uncomfortable, maybe it was the 33-game winning streak that made everyone feel tired, whether it was Bowen or Lewis, or Aaron Bryant, Failed to hit a 3-pointer, the Celtics made 0 of 3 shots from beyond the 3-point line in the first 2 minutes.

Barkley, who was double-teamed, did not gain anything except for one strike.

The entire Celtics' offense fell into a rare stagnation, and they did not score a single point in the entire 2 minutes of the game.

Instead, it was the Spurs, who seized the Celtics' lack of touch during this time and launched their attack.

They changed the game strategy of slow and leisurely pressing the position in the first quarter, and began to advance rapidly, switching between offense and defense, and chasing 3 points.

Unlike the Celtics' absence, the Spurs players saw a sea of ​​baskets in these 2 minutes, everyone shot and everyone hit.

They made 3 of 3 3-pointers, and 2 from the mid-range and at the basket. In the first 2 minutes of the second quarter, they beat the Celtics bench led by Barkley 13-0 and scored points in one fell swoop. The gap widened to 15 points!

What makes the Celtics feel uncomfortable is that the Spurs players don't celebrate, don't talk trash, they don't show anything whether they shoot a goal or successfully defend, they are just so well-behaved and play their own basketball.

This situation directly made the Celtics players have no object to vent their anger and frustration, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.