In a short period of time, Ray Allen missed the game due to injury, which did not have a big impact on the Bucks.

The Bucks were still very stable and injured Ray Allen, which did not affect the Bucks' victory that they should have won.

The current situation of the Bucks can even be regarded as a recession by Ray Allen.

In the absence of a main force, the Bucks still maintain a relatively complete and competitive lineup.

The Bucks easily beat the mosaic, but the next schedule and game were not easy.

The Bucks and their group went to the airport overnight, and the next was the last stop of the Texas top three, San Antonio.

It has to be said that after the Spurs had Duncan, they naturally became the team with the strongest comprehensive strength among the top three Texas.

Duncan is worthy of being the cornerstone of the team building. In recent years, the Spurs have been the top four teams in the Western Conference.

The Spurs are still strong this season, second only to the Lakers in the West. Since the regular season, the Spurs are temporarily ranked second in the West with a record of 20 wins and 4 losses.

You should know that the Bucks, the number one in the East, are only 20 wins and 3 losses.

But when the Bucks selected a rookie, they played quasi-All-Star data.

The Spurs this season are not much different from the Spurs last season. If so, it is Admiral David Robinson, who is one year older.

There was another one in the Spurs, who was highly expected by Popovich and wanted to train Tony Parker to become Stockton.

Cultivating Parker into Stockton may sound funny, but that's the reality.

To put it bluntly, Popovich is known as the champion coach these days, but in fact he is always learning Sloan's skills.

Both the Spurs and the Jazz are small-scale and both started out in the inside. In the first season of the general, Duncan, he was beaten by the Jazz led by Malone and Stockton.

Duncan, who had just entered the NBA, could still fly, but he didn't expect Malone to kick Duncan in the face, making Duncan understand that the floor was still popular.

Popovich also understood that if he wanted to learn Sloan's defense, he also needed to learn from the dirty and hard players under Sloan.

Therefore, Popovich's Spurs have become dirty since they strive for the second championship.

Perhaps it was Bowen's footsteps last year that deeply touched Popovich.

So at the beginning of this season, Popovich took Bruce Bowen under his command and reused it.

The Spurs have a cornerstone like Duncan and a player like Bowen who does dirty work, but now they are missing a point guard like Stockton who connects the entire team.

However, not all the rookies selected by the Spurs are full-level numbers like Duncan.

Parker, who has just joined the NBA, is still very immature. Although he has experience playing in Europe, he can only be regarded as a newbie who has just left the novice village.

Although the Spurs this season are often hit by the success of the Spurs, led by Duncan and the General. However, the games that have ended before are showing off, both people and ghosts are showing off, and only Parker is getting beaten up.

Parker grew slowly through constant beatings and scolding, and the Spurs had to come back for some price for Parker's growth.

And many times, these costs have to be helped by Duncan and the future.

However, although the current general still has oil in the fuel tank, he is becoming increasingly unable to do so.

The Bucks are back-to-back and are about to face the Spurs, to some extent, they can be regarded as a team led by Duncan alone.

Although the Spurs are single-core, Duncan, the No. 21 rookie who is not very good at improving, has officially entered its peak this season.

Duncan, who has just entered the league, is also at the peak, but his physical strength is not necessarily at the peak.

Duncan, who suffered a serious injury last year, returned this year with the king's skills and his body recovered as before. It can be said that the internal and external unity is the same, who else can be the only one.

The Bucks are already relatively weak inside, but now they meet the general with the top Duncan and can show off their skills from time to time. These two historical inside players are still back-to-back in the next game, which is really hard to stand.

However, no matter how difficult it is, you still have to endure it.

The Bucks are heading for the championship this year, and there is no reason to be afraid against any Western Conference team.

He Li knew that he would play Duncan next, but he was not timid and had the idea of ​​fear of war.

On December 23, the Bucks and Spurs match will begin.

The Spurs are not polite to the Bucks who came from afar. When they start, the Spurs have a warning.

Reed, who replaced Ray Allen as the starter, was arranged to play in the first appearance, while Anthony Mason, who was temporarily center, was destroyed and placed in the last appearance.

Kassel, Big Dog, and He Li were placed in the middle.

This is the psychological pressure the Spurs exerted on the Bucks before the game.

Fortunately, He Li is no longer a rookie. Although he is still in the rookie season, this kind of situation is not the first time he has seen it. The rookie wall has been broken. There is no need to worry about this kind of thing.

If so, blow it up!

"Tim, you need to give that Asian boy a little color. This is what you should do." Popovich arranged this before the game.

Duncan has recovered from serious injuries. Popovich, who has been determined to compete for the championship in recent years, has naturally studied the emergence of the Bucks in the past two years. Currently, the number one in the East.

The previous Bucks were not difficult to solve. The Bucks were only strong on the outside, but the inside was extremely weak.

The Spurs are strong in the inside double towers, giving the ball to double towers, and then fighting the main force. As long as the Spurs don't meet the Lakers and the Jazz, they can basically handle it.

To this day, the Bucks are not as simple as Popovich thought at the beginning.

Although He Li mainly uses shooting and scores, he is a space power forward that is not popular nowadays, but He Li does not know how to make layups and dunks. On the contrary, He Li's skills at the basket are pretty good and his physical fitness is also very strong.

Seeing Duncan wash away all his hair and become a floor-flowing inside player, Popovich knew very well what He Li was going on.

"This kid has a story!" However, Popovich didn't want to hear He Li's story. He just wanted to defeat the Bucks in the game against the Bucks and strangle He Li to death.

"It shouldn't be difficult for Tim to deal with him, but I think sometimes David needs to contribute his strength!"

So, Popovich talked with the general again, asking the general to cooperate with Duncan to defend, double-team, and encircle He Li.

"Two to one, this is OK, right? Haha, would I be too cruel?"

Popovich believes that He Li is at most Garnett, and it is absolutely impossible to be O'Neal! And when O'Neal is double-teamed by Duncan and the general, he will feel unbearable, let alone a rookie like He Li.

"I broke through the rookie wall not long ago, right? It doesn't matter, there is more than one rookie wall!"

He Li didn't know that the other coach would be so malicious about him. He Li played with his teammates as usual.

In this game, He Li and Duncan jumped.

However, as soon as he started to jump, He Li couldn't help but want to curse.

"Damn it, what about the big injury that was agreed to be? The flying devil who agreed to be announced will not fly, but will only have a strong windmill on the spot? This bounce and this arm span are really too much!"

He Li clearly jumped with all his strength, but he didn't expect Duncan to jump shortly. He relied on his wingspan to embrace the moon in nine days and shoot from the earth, and then threw the ball back, while He Li jumped to a lonely place.

Fortunately, Bao Wen, who was next to He Li, dared not give He Li a foot or something at this time.

In this game, He Li was facing Duncan. I think as long as he didn't go out of the three-point line, he wouldn't be cushioned.

Having said that, the Spurs got the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Although the Bucks fell well and performed man-to-man defense, the Spurs copied the Jazz's pick-and-roll pass and cut, and in less than 10 seconds, the ball was passed into the inside.

The general takes the ball to attack, Anthony Mason has enough tonnage, and he bullies the general in old age and physically weak. The general can beat Anthony Mason, which is big and small, and has a high advantage.

Seeing that the general was about to make a comeback, He Li had to go forward to help defend.

As a result, the general made a fake pass and passed the ball to Duncan on the side.

The Bucks had lightning replacement defense, but Reed rushed in to make up for He Li and defended Duncan, but Reed's head was not as tall as Duncan's shoulders. Such a small and big picture was indeed a bit funny.

Duncan saw Reed as nothing, and then took the ball and shot it. He simply hit the board and the ball slipped into the basket. The Spurs scored two points first.

But then, the Bucks also had a wave of reverence.

The Bucks were quickly passed the ball to He Li. He Li could not play Duncan in the inside singles, but He Li jumped out to prepare for a large iron-blooded mid-range shot.

The general stepped forward and flew forward to block the block, and He Li made a move, and He Li turned to pass the ball to Anthony Mason.

Then, Duncan quickly activated his skills - I was detained again in the background board.

To be honest, Duncan's defensive attitude was still very good. When Duncan found that something was wrong, he immediately turned around and jumped to block the block, which turned out to be a heavy buckle.

By the way, if Duncan doesn't return to the defense and jump, at most he will miss someone, but this jump will indirectly send a famous scene.

Of course, this kind of famous scene is just a small scene for Duncan, and it is no wonder!

Duncan didn't take this matter seriously at all, and the Spurs soon launched another offensive.

But the problem is, Bowen singles outside the three-point line?

Big Dog: "Do you really think I'm a defensive black hole?"

Bowen scored a three-pointer, Reed grabbed the rebound, and then cooperated with Kassel to launch a fast break.

The Spurs quickly returned to defense and chased Kassel. Kassel passed the ball back to Reed. Reed made a layup and scored two points, and the Bucks overtook the Spurs.

In the next round, Duncan went out to pick-and-roll, but the Spurs made a fake shot, and the outside player did not shoot, but passed the ball into the inside.

He Li followed Duncan to defend, and the inside line was a one-on-one situation with the general and Anthony Mason.

The general successfully singled Anthony Mason with his height advantage and scored two points for the Spurs.

Immediately afterwards, the Bucks launched a fast attack and the Big Dog made a mid-range shot.

Since the general had not yet passed the half, the Spurs also wanted to play a fast break, but the ball passed through the half, but was cut off by Anthony Mason in advance.

He Li received a pass from Anthony Mason and directly faced Steve Smith's defense from outside the three-point line, and Tian Gou made a move.

"No? Outside the three-point line? It's really a Tian Gou!" Popovich, who was off the court, saw He Li hit the three-pointer with a long-range sky hook, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
To be continued...