Five Hundred and Forty-Two. The Spurs’ Unlimited 3 Giants

When Popovich was afraid of the Grizzlies, coach Hollins was also afraid of the Spurs.

Do defensive teams definitely have an advantage against offensive teams in the playoffs?

not necessarily.

At the beginning of the 2004-05 season, the Spurs, as a representative of the defensive team, played against the Suns, a representative of the offensive team, four times in the playoffs.

Except for the 2004-05 season when the Suns just started the run-and-gun era, they couldn't beat the Spurs. After three games, the 2006-07 season Suns' advantage was already obvious. Who is better between the Grizzlies and the 2006-07 Spurs?

The Suns self-destructed in the 2007-08 season. Steve Kerr's wise move in trading Marion for O'Neal was comparable to the Magic management. They were defeated by the Spurs 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs.

By last season, the Spurs' defense was still there, but their offense was terrible and they were swept by the Suns.

It is difficult to compare who is more powerful and stronger, a spear or a shield.

Most fans may only watch the results of playoff games. Fans like to watch this and the media promotes it in this direction. However, as the head coach, Coach Hollins is very wary of the Spurs' sudden improvement in offensive ability. .

If you put aside the great achievements of the Spurs in winning 4 championships in the past ten years and separate the Spurs last season and this season...it is really no better than the Suns in the 03-04 season and the Suns in the 04-05 season. The team gives people a low sense of contrast!

In the 2003-04 season, the Spurs were a bad offensive team that averaged 94 points per game. Their defense was not good either. Both offense and defense were below the average. In the 2004-05 season, they became the league's No. 1 offensive team.

This season's Spurs are second in the league in offensive efficiency, second only to the Knicks, and even higher than the shooting team the Warriors!

Both Coach Popovich and Coach Hollins regarded this game as a test.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.

After the game started, the Grizzlies quickly fell into a disadvantage and played extremely poorly!

Even though Sun Ce had studied in advance and was deeply impressed by the Spurs system, he really encountered a team whose play style suddenly changed to another extreme from last season... Moreover, although his defense is improving and will not hold back, the Spurs The team's offense was far above average, beating the Grizzlies 36-26 in the first quarter!

The score difference was widened by 10 points in a single quarter!

Sun Ce studied his opponent so hard, thought about it based on his own memory, and even intentionally reminded his teammates during the warm-up. However, he himself was thrown into the air by Richard Jefferson using the pick-and-roll, let alone the others. .

Even if Mr. Tony was replaced to guard Ginobili and Paul George was used to guard Parker, he was overwhelmed by the opponent's unlimited off-ball and on-ball pick-and-rolls!

Popovich despises pick-and-roll tactics and three-pointers, despises them and expresses his hatred, but now he may have become the coach who is best at using pick-and-rolls and three-pointers!

In Sun Ce's view, Popovich's ball-handling pick-and-roll may be a bit worse than Coach Sloan's, but Coach Sloan's ball-handling pick-and-roll tactics are the best in the league. They are a bit worse than him, and they are also top-notch! And the pick-and-roll without the ball...the Spurs are invincible in the pick-and-roll without the ball!

Every time Sun Ce wanted to follow Richard Jefferson or Gary Neal or Steve Novak who came off the bench, and after playing a few rounds, he started to pay attention to the opponent's off-ball pick-and-roll, but he always If you are blocked at the critical moment, then the opponent's ball should be passed as quickly as possible. It is not about speed, but when the opportunity comes out. The whole team is not greedy for credit and passes the ball when it is necessary.

Coach Popovich also made timely substitutions. Even if Duncan made two consecutive mid-range shots, Coach Popovich would immediately make substitutions without caring about the feelings of the star player. Sun Ce would switch to Parker or Ginobili. The ball-defense pick-and-roll followed, and Parker and Ginobili immediately gave up holding the ball, preferring to hold the ball for Gary Neal or George Hill, without any sense of wanting to teach their opponents a lesson with their offensive ability with the ball.

The Spurs' style of play has a sense of being indifferent to the world, but... it's also ridiculously strong!

Seventy percent shooting rate in the first quarter,

14-for-20 from the field...

Totally destroyed the Grizzlies!

The Grizzlies are extremely unsuited to the Spurs' style of play, but the Spurs are relatively adaptable to the Grizzlies' style of play. After Gay's retirement, the Grizzlies almost became the ultimate defensively enhanced version and the offensively weakened version of last season. .

Although the Spurs really couldn't guard their opponents, Randolph pierced Duncan and Antonio McDyess, who came on the bench, under the basket in the first quarter. He scored 14 points on 6 of 8 shots. Sun Ce pressed the opponent's outside hook. He scored 6 points, and the two offensive cores scored 20 points together.

But the defensive counterattack that the Grizzlies are proud of almost didn't come out. The Spurs couldn't guard Randolph, who was invincible offensively, and they couldn't guard Sun Ce from the outside, but they still defended off-ball shots well.

And... even though the Grizzlies scored 26 points in a single quarter, which exceeded the season average, the Spurs scored 36 points in a single quarter...

Seventy percent shooting rate... Sun Ce understood the despair the Heat felt when they faced the Spurs in the 2014 Finals.

Really desperate!

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After playing for a while in the third quarter, Coach Hollins strategically gave up the game. At that time, he was already 25 points behind. Coach Hollins directly replaced the lineup with Vazquez, Paul George, Morrow, Yi Jianlian, and Haddadi, and announced I admit defeat tonight.

So powerful!

With six players as the core, the Spurs really felt like the "Infinite Big Three" on the offensive end. Parker, Ginobili, Duncan, George Hill, Gary Neal, and Richard Jeffer Sen, three of the six are always on the court, serving as the team's offensive finishing core.

Sun Ce discovered something during the game. The opponent may have been planning to build the Spurs system. Some of their players have been playing for the Spurs for several years. Now the players left by the Spurs can pass the ball, Players who are willing to defend without the ball and have certain shooting ability are all shooting threats and have good passing ability!

If the Lakers' triangle offense has reached its twilight stage, then the Spurs' style of play is obviously ahead of this era!

Since the Spurs were beaten by the Grizzlies, it has always been something that fans talk about. Sun Ce also has the impression that the Grizzlies had a disadvantaged record against the Spurs in the 10-11 regular season and did not beat the Spurs until after the All-Star weekend. There was a fight...

The Spurs beat the Heat 110-80 at the end of the 2010-11 regular season. This game, after the Grizzlies beat the Spurs, proved that the Spurs' strength was not declining after the All-Star Weekend. Yes, but the Grizzlies did find a way to deal with the Spurs' offense.

Sun Ce was at his wits end, indeed he was at a loss. He didn't know how to deal with the Spurs system... but he was more curious about Coach Hollins, Bickerstaff Jr., and Jorge who had been discussing together since the second half of the third quarter. What on earth are you three talking about?

Sun Ce saw the score difference of more than 20 points and the game was about to end with a few minutes left. Sun Ce was very curious and really wanted to know how he found such an extreme gap in offensive firepower. How did he find a way to deal with the Spurs from behind? When you lose, you play with the Spurs in the end?

He thought it might be because this was the first time he played against the Spurs this season. It was the first time he encountered this very special offense and he was not used to it and lost so much.

This is for sure. The Spurs don't have many offensive rounds. They mainly have strong tactical execution, high success rate, and good touch today.

But how can such a huge gap be made up?

The Grizzlies haven't fully adjusted at the beginning of the season? This is not a reason. Sun Ce believes that they are better than the Grizzlies in the original time and space.

The Spurs were still a defensive team last season. Even though they have been preparing for two or three years, they have just started to play this system this season. It can only be said that Popovich is awesome and he has adapted quickly...

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With the Grizzlies coaching staff discussing non-stop, Sun Ce thinking sullenly, and the team's morale low, the Grizzlies fell behind 102 to 131 throughout the whole process, and finally lost to the Spurs by a margin of 29 points!

Tonight, Sun Ce played 17 minutes in the first half. He scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 5 of 10 shots. His rebounds hit a new low this season. There were no defensive rebounds to grab. The opponent made 55 of 84 shots from the field, including three-pointers. Made 9 of 24 field goals and 12 of 15 free throws...

This shooting rate, grab a damn rebound!

When the final whistle sounded, the system prompt came.

"Because the host failed in the first battle against the Spurs system..."

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