Chapter 1335 1334. Fight the Demon with Sluttiness! (4/5)

Chapter 1335 1334. Fight the monster with a show! (45)

After playing for 11 minutes in the first quarter, Rondo was substituted in the second quarter. Liu Mang, McGrady and Kwame Brown were all substituted, mainly because the first quarter lasted too long.

The outside trio of Jason Terry, Prince and Battier was substituted in, Marion continued to stay on the court, and Rasheed Wallace was substituted in.

It is obvious that Liu Mang, McGrady and Rondo played for so long in the first quarter, so the second quarter was for Jason Terry to waste time.

On the Spurs side, Ginobili did not play in the first quarter, but came on in the second quarter to deal with Jason Terry.

Popovich's use of Ginobili is very clear. Ginobili only plays well for 20 minutes in a game, and his average playing time is 27 or 28 minutes per game. More than that is not good. Ginobili's overly violent style of play has made his body weathered, and his hair is the best proof of this.

Anyone who has seen Ginobili's slim body for several years would never have thought that after reaching his peak, his playing style became more and more violent, his dunks increased year by year, and his shots in the three-second zone also increased. However, the mid-range shots... were too bad, with less than 3 shots per game, and the number of shots from outside the three-second zone to the three-point line was less than the number of three-point shots.

But this is what Popovich wants. The characteristics of the players are clear, so just let them do their best. What he appreciates about role players is the characteristics of these role players, and he uses them in a targeted manner. This is the prototype of the Spurs system.

Udrih, Ginobili, Bowen, Melvin Eli, Francisco Elson, the Spurs' bench lineup is also very strong. Eli averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game last season, and Elson averaged 5 points, 8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game last season. The seven-foot black tall man who fought hard on defense, all had different degrees of data decline after coming to the Spurs, because of the reduction in playing time.

Anyway, they are here to get the minimum salary and hug thighs, so the data doesn't matter, just go up and fight!

Bowen's defense collapsed, and he couldn't fight against his opponents with big moves like before. His ankle was easily dislocated, but his three-pointers from the bottom corner were still very accurate. Udrih has been an open shooter with a 40% three-point shooting rate since his rookie season.

Ginobili is really strong. Don't look at his data and Jason Terry. Jason Terry averaged 19.7 points per game in his second year. Ginobili's career peak last season was only 17.8 points, and his durability is not as good as Jason Terry.

But in terms of Ginobili's efficiency in the stable output time of more than 20 minutes per game, Ginobili is stronger!

The nickname of 20-minute Jordan was played out in the past two years!

The key point is that Ginobili is a monster!

A monster!

They are all role players who open up space and play one-on-one. Ginobili played better against Prince, who has stronger defense, than Jason Terry who faced Ginobili himself!

6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in half a quarter!

According to Jordan's self-proclaimed "scoring champion strategy" of scoring 8 points in 10 minutes, playing 10 minutes in a quarter, and averaging 40 minutes per game to score 32 points, Ginobili is more efficient!

Although Jason Terry scored 7 points, he scored one more point than Ginobili.

But the Spurs scored 13 points in half a quarter, while the Hawks only scored 10 points!

In the middle of the second quarter, the Hawks were 39 to 32, and their lead was reduced to 7 points.

At 13 seconds in the sixth minute, in the fight for the rebound, Elson touched the ball out of the baseline, dead ball, and entered the official timeout.

In terms of scoring, Jason Terry is not inferior to Ginobili, both are super sixth men, but in terms of leading the team, Jason Terry is still a lot worse.

That is, Marion grabbed the offensive rebound himself and scored 2+1. Under the tactics of the Spurs team locking down other people and Ginobili and Jason Terry competing, the Hawks were at a disadvantage in the first half of the second quarter.

Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang and McGrady to prepare. Rondo, who played well in the first quarter, was not substituted. The reality is cruel. No matter how well Rondo played, he was still mainly Liu Mang's substitute. Coach Kruger considered that he might play as a double point guard in the future, but it is not possible now... The main reason is that Rondo has played 17 games, and even free throws only made 8 of 20 shots... Don't look at the high hit rate at the basket as high as 59%, he really has no offensive ability. It's okay to play as a double point guard occasionally. If you want to be the main player, at least you have to have a better grasp of scoring at the basket. The high hit rate now is because you don't shoot enough, averaging only 3.9 points per game.

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After the halftime break, the Hawks sent out the strongest defensive trio of Liu Mang, McGrady, and Prince. Marion went down to rest in the interior, and was replaced by David Lee and Kwame Brown.

The Spurs also changed back to the main lineup, and the three horses of Parker, Ginobili, and Duncan were on! Artest played the power forward position, Ginobili played the small forward position, and the shooting guard position was still James White.

In addition to Parker's 8 points, Duncan's 6 points, and Ginobili's 6 points, the Spurs had the highest score of James White's 4 points.

James White was too good to be with the troika.

The Hawks attacked, and McGrady pushed the ball to the frontcourt.

The tactics of the first quarter were not continued. David Lee was added, and he didn't know what the new tactics were.

After all, it was a new tactic. The afternoon drill was mainly the five starters and Jason Terry. Rondo was in the substitute lineup as a sparring partner, so he would learn it by himself.

Liu Mang came to the high position and leaned on James White to ask for the ball.

McGrady passed the ball to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang shook the ball after receiving it, but James White didn't jump!

After finally getting a chance to play, James White listened to Popovich very much. No matter what happened, he would not jump when defending.

At this point in the game, the confrontation between the two teams had already increased. James White tried his best to make physical contact with Liu Mang. This guy has good physical fitness and good jumping ability. It is really difficult for Liu Mang to create space for a turnaround jump shot. He simply turned around and played singles facing the basket!

The teammates had a lot of space. Duncan under the basket and Artest, who was defending David Lee at the bottom line, were ready to defend Liu Mang.

Liu Mang controlled the ball with his left hand, and his right hand was between himself and James White. Suddenly, Liu Mang lifted his hips, pulled the center of gravity of his body apart, leaned forward, and quickly slapped the ball to the right with his left hand, dribbling between his legs!

James White saw Liu Mang made a breakthrough and moved sideways to the left. Liu Mang quickly pulled the ball with his right hand, slapped it to the left, and dribbled between his legs continuously.

James White actually kept up, relying purely on physical fitness, and moved back to the right side.

But this time... Liu Mang still didn't accelerate immediately, and he completely shook James White to exhaustion!

Liu Mang received the ball with his left hand and dribbled behind his back, turned 270 degrees with his body facing the basket, and came to the free throw line!

He actually walked to the line!

Artest was ready to block Liu Mang to the baseline, but he didn't expect to go to the top line!

James White stretched out his hand to pull Liu Mang but he had no chance! The direction of his hand was completely opposite to the direction of Liu Mang's sideways breakthrough and turn!

Liu Mang turned to the free throw line and shot a jump shot...

A two-point shot on the free throw line!

It was so cool!

The fans at the scene saw that James White wanted to foul but he didn't even know the direction. He was shaken by Liu Mang and turned his back to Liu Mang. They couldn't help but cover their eyes. It was too miserable!

Is there anything worse than this?

Liu Mang kept avoiding entering Artest's defense area, and James White's defensive action was to guide Liu Mang to Artest's defense area, and the winner was Liu Mang!

Parker who went to the right corner had no chance to double-team, and Ginobili who was defending McGrady didn't dare to double-team, so Liu Mang succeeded in a one-on-one duel on the weak side!