Chapter 782 (1/2)

At the end of the first quarter, Popovich's arrogant expression came back to his face.

27-25, San Antonio Spurs with a 2-point advantage into the interval break. Although the 2-point advantage is not much, it may not even be an advantage at all.

But for the Spurs, as long as they are not suppressed by the Grizzlies, they have the confidence to win.

”The Spurs continued their excellent form into the Western Conference finals, and when the start was behind, the Spurs held on and surpassed the score. I'm sure the Spurs have done better than most people think this year. 74 win Grizzlies, encountered the biggest trouble since the start of the playoffs

Hubie brin looked at the first half of the game, and the Spurs were as efficient as ever. On the grizzly side, link seems to have some problems.

7 points in a single quarter, but the shooting rate is only 40%. For link, this is by no means the efficiency he deserves. If you miss one more goal, link's first quarter percentage will drop below 40%.

Besides link, even Jimmy Butler, who scored 5 points at the beginning of the first quarter, was also in trouble later.

Since Leonard changed his defense to Butler, Butler has been struggling at the offensive end.

Hubie brin remembers that in the eighth minute of the first quarter, Butler cut into the basket in time, and link delivered the ball accurately. As a matter of fact, Butler only needs to lay up to score after receiving the pass.

But this kind of must score goal, Leng is by Leonard to come down.

This is just a segment of the first quarter. Butler lived in Leonard's shadow all the time.

Leonard's defensive ability seems too strong for Butler. And link's side in Dior and Duncan's double delay, the attack is not smooth.

If not substitute time, ”big black bear” Randolph came up to kill the four sides, the Spurs can not do well now the lead will be greater.

In the previous two rounds of series, the Grizzlies swept their opponents 4-0. In the second round, Paul had done six out of three points in the half-time and nearly reversed 22 points in the last eight minutes. But on the whole, grizzlies didn't have much trouble.

All crises will be resolved as soon as link acts.

But today, link is obviously in the mire. In the first quarter, he also wanted to play hard, but under the joint defense of Dior and Duncan, link seemed to have a feeling of getting deeper and deeper and struggling more and more.

Hubie brin turned his lips, which is the Grizzlies' first playoff challenge this year. I don't know if they can hold on.

At the same time, the Grizzlies knew what was wrong with the reserves in the first quarter. He and Butler are completely locked up, which makes the team unable to score efficiently.

Popovich used Dior to defend link, hoping Leonard could lock another scoring point. In this way, the grizzly attack efficiency will be greatly reduced.

With Butler's offensive ability now, he can't play well in Leonard's defense. Link had to get Leonard back to himself in order to liberate Butler.

And the only way to get Leonard back to his side is to break Dior's defense! When Dior can no longer limit link, link believes Popovich will naturally let Leonard back to take care of himself.

”In the second quarter, mark, you have to work with link in pick and roll! Try to disturb the Spurs' defense! Link, no matter how hard it is, you have to score in a row and force the Spurs to change their defense. In this way, we can break the deadlock. ” Joel yells. He's in a corner.

Link laughed, and Joel got to the point. He's covering Duncan so that link can attack Dior at will.

So don't underestimate the best coach of the year.

In the first quarter, link didn't play well, not because of Dior's single defense, but because Dior always led link into defensive traps again and again.

But what if Duncan was allowed to play only Dior? Link is quite confident.

”Get ready, Jimmy. When Leonard leaves you, don't stop running. ” Before playing, link patted Butler on the shoulder.

Then link took a deep breath and stepped into the court. Whether grizzly's strategy can succeed depends on whether or not link can kill Dior.

So the burden of the game is now on link.

After the start of the second quarter, sure enough, both sides changed into the main line-up. The Spurs don't want to give up the advantage, and the Grizzlies don't want to be pulled away.

The second quarter starts with the Spurs. Dior and Parker played hand in hand to block Conley. So link had to keep up and leave Dior to Conley.

Parker is not stupid. He doesn't try to frame link. As the first outside player to win the best defensive player award after Artest, Parker knows exactly how strong linck's defense is.

So Parker put link aside and immediately returned the ball to his French compatriot Dior. Dior's back against Conley, it's a chance of dislocated singles!Dior pushed back and watched the situation. At this time, Leonard and Jimmy Butler were all trapped by their opposition, there was no possibility of coming back to make up for defense.

So, the cautious Dior pushed forward two steps and chose to turn over the jump shot! 2.03 Dior hit 1.85 Conley, it's not too easy!

Dior shot shot, although Conley tried to block, but because of the height difference, he couldn't touch the basketball at all.

Conley, don't say it's Dior, he can't even interfere with the shot!

Dior's mouth has been slightly raised, waiting for the wonderful sound of basketball into the net.

But it wasn't long after the basketball flew out that Dior found an unexpected guest suddenly jumping into the air.

Then, Dior's expression froze completely.

Why is link here? Before he shot, he clearly observed the other side's position. Link pasted it beside Parker!

Before Dior could figure out what was going on, link used the volleyball posture in the air and flew out of Dior's shot through Conley!

”Bang!”

Link's palm fanned the basketball with a loud noise and flew over to Dior's scalp.

Dior instantly got goose bumps and even forgot to turn back.

It wasn't until link, who finished the cover, walked past him that Dior remembered what he was going to do next.

He was in a daze by link!

”The incredible speed of making up defense, before Dior shot, link was still at Parker's side. But when Dior made a shot, link made up the inside line! It has to be said, link, this is a personal ability to save the Grizzlies defense! Grizzlies fight back quickly. Let's see what Grizzlies will do this time

Hobby Brown is quick to speak because the situation on the pitch changes faster!

The basketball that was fanned out by link fell into igordala's hands, and igordala was quick to attack with the ball, but Denny green posted it for the first time to stop igordala from speeding up as he wanted.

Just then, link, who had just finished the cover, inserted it next to igordala. Igordala did not hesitate to send the ball directly to link!

At this point, Leonard has already retreated beyond the three-point line. He's waiting for link with open arms, trying to kill the grizzly's fast break.