Chapter 639 The Spurs Test New Tactics

Frank is no longer a rookie coach, he called a timeout in time, and said to Barbosa: "Leon Debar, charge up, speed up your advance, don't stay too long at the top of the arc, or you will be double-teamed by the opponent If there is an opportunity, go to the basket to find the hammer, and you play the basket to cooperate."

Barbossa gasped and nodded, under a lot of pressure.

"The others pulled away and let Leandro break through."

After Frank exhorted, he grabbed Tony Allen and said:

"Tony, you didn't pull Ginobili's shooting ability. You have to do a good job of offensive screens, pick and roll Leandro in time, and then follow up to the basket to look for opportunities."

Zhang Lili said in the live broadcast at this time: "The most suitable position for Barbosa's ability is the second position. His offense at the basket is more imaginative. As a point guard, his passing vision is not very good. The timing is not very good, and the passing ability needs to be improved. In a word, the main first position is a weakness of the Suns this year."

The timeout ends and the Suns attack.

Sure enough, Barbosa advanced all the way at high speed, slowed down a little at the top of the arc, and before Parker came up, suddenly accelerated again, bypassed Parker, and rushed towards the basket from the left elbow.

Bowen on the left wing and Ginobili on the right wing immediately shrunk their defense.

If Barbosa had good passing vision, he could choose to pass to Battier at this time, but he didn't, and he plunged into the paint.

Li Ba moved to the basket from the low post on the left wing at the same time, and Troy Murphy was a step slower.

"Pass!"

Seeing that Li Ba was approaching the basket and Barbosa hadn't passed the ball yet, Zhang Lili yelled anxiously.

When Barbosa rushed to the basket and was two steps away, he finally passed the ball.

But at this time, Li Ba had already arrived at the basket to take the next step, and he had already stopped there, and then gave Murphy a chance to catch up. When the ball came, he was intercepted by the latter.

"Oh, what kind of ball is this pass? It was passed directly to the opponent." Yu Jia yelled.

Murphy felt lucky, he averaged only 0.6 steals per game, and he performed exceptionally today.

Parker rushed over to ask for the ball, and Murphy immediately handed it over.

The two were about to hand over the ball when a person suddenly stepped in and became the third party.

Li Ba was right behind, and forced his way between the two of them, pushing them away. The ball fell to the floor. He stretched out his long arm, grabbed the ball with his left hand, grabbed the bouncing ball, and immediately turned around...

"boom!"

He jumped up on the spot and hit the basket with one arm. He smashed the ball into the Spurs' basket.

2:4, the Suns trailed by 2 points away.

"It depends on the defense of the hammer." Zhang Lili breathed a sigh of relief.

Frank on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted at Barbosa: "Leandro, pass the ball boldly, don't stick the ball."

Barbosa nodded, making continuous mistakes and putting a lot of pressure on him.

At this time, Li Ba ran up from behind and shouted at Barbosa: "Little Brazilian man, why are you nervous about passing the ball?"

Barbosa wiped off his sweat and shouted, "Boss, the Spurs have two shots in the backcourt. I'm under a lot of pressure. I'm afraid of losing the pass!"

Li Ba is speechless, I am the boss, what pressure do you need?

He didn't bother to persuade, the season has just started, let's practice slowly.

Spurs attack.

According to the usual tactics of the Spurs, pull away and let the defender break through, but not today.

Five people, except for point guard Parker, the others are close to the paint, or directly into the paint.

At this time, Parker passed the ball to Duncan in the low post on the right wing.

Don't take it easy when Duncan plays Marion.

Marion doesn't like physical confrontation, and his defense is mainly flexible. Sometimes he can let Duncan get two caps, but usually, he can't defend Duncan.

This time he failed to defend, Duncan swayed left and right, then hit the board at a forty-five degree position and hit a ball.

2:6, the Spurs lead.

Li Ba can't help defend, because the paint area is full of people, and he has no room to move.

"The Spurs abandoned their ability to break through with two guns in the backcourt and blocked the paint area with crowd tactics, which also limited the movement space of the hammer in the paint area, and then let Duncan attack on the edge of the paint area. The success rate must be very high. This move is powerful!" Zhang Li sighed.

"Let's see how the Suns solve it. It mainly depends on the Hammer himself." Yu Jia sighed.

"Let's double-team Duncan. Once he is old and exhausted, this tactic will be broken." Zhang Lili said.

Sun attack.

"Leandro, pay attention to returning the open space after the breakthrough, don't just rush in." Frank yelled at Barbosa.

Barbosa nodded again and again, feeling that the job of the main point guard was not easy to do.

He was advancing in the backcourt at this time, Li Ba was in the high position, and suddenly moved to the basket, throwing Troy Murphy away.

Barbosa's brain was agitated, and he suddenly pushed with both hands, throwing the ball from Parker's head to the frontcourt.

Parker didn't react, and looked back...and saw the guy who made the Spurs suffer so much, soaring up in their paint area.

Li Ba leaped up and passed the ball slightly to the right. He caught the ball with a backhand with his right hand and accurately caught the ball. Then, following the forward slide, he slammed it into the basket with a bang.

4:6, the Suns trailed by 2 points.

"yeah!"

Liu Yifei and the Sun bench next to him were jubilant.

"Oh hoo!"

After completing the long pass of nearly 20 meters and getting an assist, Barbosa let out a strange cry and jumped up excitedly.

Next, Barbosa's state has improved, so that the Suns' performance on the offensive end is not so embarrassing.

But in general, the combination of Barbosa and Tony Allen on the back line, against Parker and Ginobili, is weaker in both offense and defense, with a lot of turnovers and lost a lot of possessions.

In the paint, the Spurs relied on crowd tactics to surround Li Ba on the offensive end, restrict Li Ba's performance on the defensive end, and then let Duncan take the lead.

The Suns are in trouble at their strongest defensive end, their strongest defensive core.

After the first quarter, at 24:32, the Suns trailed by 8 points.

Li Ba did not do much on the defensive end. He could only contribute on the offensive end. He made 5 of 5 shots, was cut 3 times, 2 times 2+1, 4 of 8 free throws, scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul. The data.

The data is not bad. The defensive end still grabbed 5 rebounds, causing Murphy to make two fouls and the substitute insider Lasu to make three fouls. It caused a lot of damage to the Spurs inside, but there were very few steals and blocks, especially blocks. .

However, the Suns then double-teamed Duncan, forcing Duncan to take shots farther and farther outside. In the first quarter, he made 8 shots. , hit 3 times, took a big cap from Marion, missed the others, added 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 10 points.

In addition, under the double team, Duncan and Parker also made 3 passing errors.

In terms of rebounds and the number of shots taken, Li Ba's rebounds decreased, and other defenses did not contribute, and the two sides were almost the same.

All in all, the Spurs' tactics are still successful, regaining the disadvantages of rebounds and shots.

The reason why the Spurs were able to lead by 8 points was not because the inside line took advantage of it, but because the back line encircled and suppressed Barbosa. Barbosa made 6 turnovers in a single quarter. The Spurs only led by 8 points by relying on defensive counterattacks and fast breaks. There is no advantage in battle.

The only thing is that there are too many fouls inside.