Popovich immediately shouted out Timeout.
He has absolutely zero tolerance for this kind of easy ball from Fast Break, especially the handling of Parker just now, which made him very dissatisfied. He had to call this disciple down and scold him severely, so that he could recall the sense of urgency he had as a rookie, even if the game had just started for one minute and forty seconds.
Timeout ended soon, Gasol replaced David Lee, and Thunder's lineup remained unchanged.
Westbrook stood on Free-Throw Line, and after a slight breathing adjustment, it hit Free Throw steadily.
Parker advances with the ball, and when Top of the Key lobs the ball, Kawhi is in position to back up Kawhi, who then catches the ball and carries Isolation back to the basket.
The back body of Wing and the back body of Interior give people a completely different visual experience. The smaller Wing and Post-up feel much lighter.
Kawhi hit Dribble twice in a row, pushing Butler back a step, then immediately turned over and leaned back, hovering slightly in the air before taking action.
Huh~~
5 to 4
There was no pause after the goal, and the team quickly returned to defense. After the coach's emphasis, Spurs's defensive discipline was perfect.
Westbrook, who had just tried to speed up, saw that he didn't have a good chance, so he had to slow down and fall to the position.
Pick-and-Roll, who called out Little Sabonis, then suddenly gave it to Sabonis, who was Pop Out. The latter caught the ball and shot Long Two.
Dang!
It's also Brick. Today, both Interior and Touch are not very good.
Pau Gasol waved its long arm, protected the Backcourt board, and handed it over to Parker.
After attacking Kawhi again, Butler gave Physical Confrontation a higher gear, which made the latter feel a little uncomfortable.
The game was just as people expected, and it was tense. The offenses of both sides went back and forth, and the score increased alternately.
The entanglement lasted until 9 minutes. Little Sabonis, Westbrook, and Kawhi left the field one after another. Rotation of the two teams entered Transition Period, and the situation changed.
Replacing Kawhi is Li Kaier, Kyle Anderson, who is one-eighth of Chinese descent.
And Thunder took Grant Roberson has a lineup of three forwards. The advantage of the lineup is that the defensive rotation is very good, and it can be used for unlimited defense changes on the strong side. For Spurs without Kawhi on the outside, the disadvantage is that the height is reduced. The defensive intensity of Interior will also decrease accordingly, and there may be problems with the protection of Rebound.
Chen Xi holds the ball Isolation Parker. After the breakthrough, he pulls back suddenly and creates a little space. He raises his left hand to make Bait Buddha. He successfully deceives Parker into jumping to block the shot. Then he puts the ball down and goes in again. Little Floater comes to the near frame position to take action.
Scored two points.
The fancy and beautiful movements aroused exclamations from the audience watching the broadcast outside the venue.
"Woot?!!! So handsome!!! Coach, I want to learn this."
"The coach doesn't know how to do it either, you can find someone else."
"Wake up, the prerequisite for Bait Buddha to be able to scare people is that you must have Shooting Threat."
"I wish I could be on the top ten goals today."
"In general, not as good looking as Kawhi's back."
"? The stuck-frame version of the robot tilts back. Doesn't it look good?"
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The wonderful attack greatly boosted morale. Thunder took advantage of the victory and took advantage of Kawhi's exit to beat Spurs 8 to 2. Popovich quickly called out Timeout again.
War Cry may have expired, and you have to call them down to apply the buff again.
The game started again, and Chen Xi was surprised to find that the person standing in front of him became Ginobili.
Chen Xi looked at it, smiled, and then dropped the ball. Between-the-Legs Crossover followed by Floating Ball to change direction to mislead, but the experienced Demon Blade was not stunned. Chen Xi had no choice but to hit Push Dribble Change of Direction again, killing to the left, hoping to rely on speed to defeat it.
But what is surprising is that the old Demon Blade seemed to have a second spring after entering Playoffs and kept up with the pace again.
Chen Xi accelerated again, went to the basket, collected the ball Forceful drive Three steps, turned Layup without changing his footsteps, jumped with his left foot and left Layup, with a weird rhythm, caught Demon Blade off guard, misjudged the opportunity to interfere, and was successfully scored by Chen Xi.
This is one of the skill libraries of Chen Xi in the previous life, and the later Thunder that was studied by the new king sga. As the newly promoted League First, Great Demon King, Alexander's technique of attacking the frame is far from being as simple as it seems. Hidden in the super high finishing efficiency is a lot of detail control.
"Wow!!!! First Danny Green, Tony Parker, and now Ginobili! Who can stop him!!! This rookie who played Playoffs in the first year of his career actually penetrated Spurs's outside line!!!!"
After Ginobili landed, he looked at Chen Xi rolling on the ground and smiled to himself. He was so talented.
Butler quickly stepped forward, pulled Chen Xi up, and then gave him a chest bump.
Chen Xi just stood up and staggered again when he was hit. He looked at JB speechlessly.
Butler ignored Chen Xi's eyes and quickly returned to defense with a smile.
"This bitch did it on purpose!! Md!!!" Chen Xi gritted his teeth and chased back.
Although the first defense failed, Popovich can clearly see that Ginobili's defense is more difficult for Chen Xi to break through and consumes more money, which he can accept.
Spurs resumed the attack, Demon Blade took the pass from substitute defender Mills, Face-Up Isolation Chen Xi, quickly started the breakthrough, On the Move made a small move, elbowed Chen Xi, and then faced Adams, the signature Euro Step Layup scored.
It's an answer ball.
Chen Xi, rubbed his chest and grinned.
This Lao Deng's attack is quite heavy.
Chen Xi, who attacked again, was not in a hurry to fight back. There were only 20 seconds left in the first quarter.
Chen Xi stood next to Midcourt Line and controlled the ball, waiting for time to pass. When the countdown came to 10 seconds, Chen Xi finally moved.
Slowly Dribble arrived near the Three-Pointer line. After a series of crotch movements, he made a large cross over and went to the left. Seeing that he could not get rid of Demon Blade's defense, he immediately retreated with a horizontal pull and repeated the same trick. Here came Bait Buddha.
But Ginobili was very calm and did not take off. He just raised his hands high, causing maximum interference.
Although Bait Buddha had no effect, it at least raised the focus of Demon Blade's defense. Chen Xi immediately dropped the ball and took two steps forward to deliberately slow down. When others caught up with him, Hesitation Dribble jumped and carried Basketball with his left hand high over Manu's somewhat barren head.
After jumping to the ground, Layup followed the trend and scored two points. He looked up at the time and saw that there were 1.8 seconds left.
Spurs served quickly, Ginobili received the ball, took two steps high and jumped up to half-court push, but failed to hit the ball. After drawing a long arc in the air, it hit Rebound and bounced back into the court.
The first quarter is over.
Thunder 31 is 8 points ahead of 23
Popovich looked solemn. Although he had been mentally prepared, the intensity of Thunder's attack still exceeded his expectations.
In the first quarter, Chen Xi and Westbrook were overwhelmed by Touch. The two scored 18 of the team's 31 points, almost catching up with Spurs's team score.