304: Stone Buddha is not indestructible(2/5)
Duncan easily defeated O'Neal and successfully scored.
To be honest, when it comes to dominance at the basket, Garnett and Li Ang can't beat Deng Shu even if they are beaten to death.
Deng Shu is a big killer. In the playoffs last season, he was evenly matched with O'Neal in the paint.
If you play O'Neal, it's normal to open at 30-70.
Duncan's goal allowed the Spurs to stabilize their position.
As long as the Spurs can score the ball steadily, the Suns will not counterattack.
Without counterattack, the rhythm cannot be pushed.
As for hitting the sun, as long as you control the rhythm, you will control the lifeblood.
The Suns had to fall into positional offense again, and Popovich confidently crossed his arms on the sidelines.
Come on, let me see if you can still score goals by relying on occasional inspiration!
Nash handed the ball to Li Ang again after halftime, and Bowen pressed directly as soon as Li Ang received the ball.
Although Bowen is dirty, his defense is not just about being dirty.
Even without his incredible skills, Bowen is still an excellent defensive player.
It's a pity that a good person has two legs.
Of course, facing Li Ang, Bowen would not dare to give up.
Anyone who dares to touch it means there is blood in the anus.
Bowen also admires Li Ang. Just say you want to hit him on the head like Ma Long did.
But what the hell, when Li Ang beats people, he always goes to the lower third road.
This deterrence is even greater.
Bowen's defense is still the same as always, blocking the center and forcing you to go wide.
Li Ang also took advantage of the trick and continued to break through from the flank.
Duncan was ready, and this time he deliberately looked at O'Neal's position.
Sure enough, O'Neal Jr. ran to the free throw line to ambush again!
It seems that this is the strategy arranged by the Suns today.
Li Ang attracted double-teams and then distributed the ball to O'Neal Jr. for a mid-range shot.
The Spurs' defensive strategy is afraid of two things.
Or you are afraid of Kobe's kind of abnormal mid-range player who can stop at any time and shoot the ball against the defense.
Therefore, Kobe is known as the Spurs killer.
Or he is afraid of the fifth position with mid-range shooting ability.
But these two types of people are very scarce in the entire league.
It's a pity that the Suns have the second one.
Duncan decided to continue double-teaming Li Ang. He did not believe that O'Neal's scoring could kill people.
This time, Li Ang jumped up to face Duncan. Under the attack of Bowen and Duncan, Li Ang passed the ball through the gap in the air!
The reason why Tomjanovich dared to use this tactic was because he was very confident in Li Ang's ability to play the ball.
Not everyone has excellent ball-playing ability when facing double teams.
Let’s not talk about others, let’s take Li Ang himself as an example.
If this were the former Li Ang, this kind of ball would have either been passed to Duncan's face, or to O'Neal Jr.'s face, or even to Popovich's face.
It's impossible to pass it on anyway.
But Li Ang is different now, because his passing ability has improved, plus he got two passing badges from James.
Therefore, Li Ang's current ball-playing ability is considered to be first-rate in the league.
Li Ang can easily find his teammates accurately under double teams.
For this ball, Li Ang passed the ball to Xiao Ou from the gap between Bowen and Duncan.
O'Neal Jr. caught the ball and shot, but Kidd came over to interfere, but he couldn't interfere at all.
O'Neal's shooting point is too high for Kidd.
Duncan quickly turned around and blocked Li Ang, preventing Li Ang from grabbing the board.
However, the basketball hit the net empty again.
Little O'Neal has scored 6 points in a row so far today!
"Beautiful, once again, Li Ang broke through and found O'Neal near the free throw line. Obviously, this is the Suns' strategy.
The Spurs like to force their opponents to move to the wing, and then let Duncan double-team. Liang used this trick and continuously passed the ball to O'Neal after encountering double-teams.
O'Neal's shooting was very solid today, and he is currently 3-for-3 from the field. Let's see if the Spurs will make any adjustments!"
Until now, Popovich didn't believe Tomjanovich.
The master who pretended to be confused didn't make any excuses or put up any smoke bombs.
He told the truth from beginning to end.
After the Spurs attacked, Duncan continued to wreak havoc in the low post.
O'Neal Jr. was forced deep into the three-second zone by Duncan, and then Duncan scored two more points with an unpretentious little hook.
It seems that this will be a game between O'Brien and Duncan.
But Duncan didn't agree. His target was Li Ang. How could he be restrained by O'Neal like this?
Therefore, when defending this time, when Li Ang burst into the penalty area from the wing again, Duncan hesitated.
He didn't know whether to double-team Li Ang with all his strength, or go out and attack O'Neal.
In the few tenths of a second he hesitated, Li Angqiang leaned on Bowen and successfully scored a layup.
Duncan was very angry. This was even harder than choosing a princess at a KTV!
Oh, Duncan has never been there, he only heard about it from a friend of his.
Whether it is Li Ang or Xiao Ao, Duncan really doesn't know how to choose.
As the core of the Spurs' defense, his defensive status is equivalent to that of Big Ben to the Pistons and Hard Special to the Timberwolves.
Who he chooses to focus on is the key to the success of the Spurs' defense.
Just when Duncan was in trouble, the old thief Vicki yelled from the sidelines.
"Ignore O'Neal, continue to defend against Li Ang!"
Popovich waved his hand and told Duncan to stick to the established strategy.
What was the old thief thinking about?
Don't look at little Austrian's pretense, it seems quite alluring.
But he can’t kill anyone!
When he was with the Pacers, could O'Neal lead the team to the playoffs? No way!
Has O'Neal killed any of the Suns' games this season? No!
If you ask him to shoot, if he can shoot the game to death, I will, I will... I will curse Ginobili for not having hair!
Although O'Neal Jr. had scored 6 points in a row before, Popovich still did not dare to let down his guard against Leon.
41 points against the Lakers, 40 points against the Timberwolves and 51 points against the 76ers.
Li Ang's explosive performance in these three games has made the old Vic very afraid.
As for O'Neal, his highest score this season was only around 30 points.
No need to be afraid of him!
Out of trust in the old thief Vicki, Duncan nodded.
That's right, Jermaine O'Neal is just a support player.
If you really want to push the tower down, you still have to look at Li Ang.
Duncan also decided to continue to defend against Li Ang.
As a man, you must have determination and not be easily seduced by a charming person like O'Neal.
So, in the subsequent games, O'Neal and Duncan started a mutual explosion mode.
O'Neal Jr. frequently succeeded in the mid-range. He felt really good today and lived up to the trust of Master Tang and Li Ang.
Of course, O'Neal Jr. has not never had an accident.
For example, it does happen that occasionally you fail to make a mid-range shot.
To be continued...