Amid the cheers of San Antonio fans, the g6 of the bull and horse battle officially started.

The game showed a completely different pace from the past five games.

First, Popovich put Jackson back.

Moreover, the Spurs, like the Nets, have begun to play with very aggressive defenses.

The crushing defeat in the last game made Popovich realize one thing: playing against the Mavericks, the Spurs are much more likely to lose than to win.

After all, attacking is the Mavericks' unique skill!

It is pure luck to defeat the enemy with one's own strengths.

So until the end of the fight, both sides will still fight the "contradiction" battle they have been fighting.

Moreover, it is not difficult to understand why Popovich realized this at this time.

Because in the Eastern Conference, the Nets relied on this method to play against the Wizards, who are stronger than themselves on paper, to an advantage.

So, this can even be understood as completely expected.

But the result of this is that the gunpowder on the field is particularly strong.

David Stern was still here tonight.

Looking at the situation on the field, his brows frowned.

He probably didn't expect that the battle between the Bull and Horse was also moving closer to the game between the Wizards and the Nets.

This also made him more determined to relax his defense appropriately in the future.

After half a quarter of the game on the court, the score between the two sides was 10-8...

At this time, we have to reiterate the hand-hek rule.

The so-called hand-hek, the standard definition is: when defending, the defensive player is allowed to touch the opponent's body with his hands to track the opponent's position.

That is what fans have been saying, "You can put your hand on the hands of an offensive player when defending."

Although the hand-hek rule also stipulates that defensive players can only follow with their hands, they cannot exert force on their hands and are not allowed to hinder their opponent's sight.

But in fact, this kind of thing is difficult to define.

Unless there is a very obvious action, it will be the final measure of the referee's call.

The playoffs of this era, the punishment scale...

So it is not surprising that the Eastern Conference Finals are in the game.

In a wave of attacks by the Mavericks, Nowitzki was knocked to the ground by Bowen on the side during the attack.

Sun Hao was the first to rush up, and the others followed one after another.

The players on both sides confronted each other, and the atmosphere on the court was tense.

The game entered a technical pause.

When the timeout came back, Bowen and Bell were both yelled to have a technical foul.

The two sides almost fought in the last stage of the last game, and the referee was relatively tight in the dictator's quotation standard.

That is, when the technology was suspended, the sharp-eyed fans found that the Mavericks had replaced two inside players at one time.

Lafrenz replaced Danpier, Barkley replaced Nowitzki!

Although Nowitzki still has the ball to be punished, Barkley has already walked to the technical station and is waiting.

"He's here! He's here!"

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith almost jumped from the commentary seat excitedly.

His former partner, the person he was fighting against, and of course, the former NBA 50 superstar, stepped on the stage of the NBA playoffs when he was 40 years old!

Many people may not know that Barkley is actually only 3 days younger than Jordan!

Unlike in the commentary seat, even though the team's image is different, after he really comes on the court, Barkley's expression looks very serious.

"Relax, you're just coming up to make up the number of people."

Kenny Smith teased after being excited.

Although one of the two is in the commentary seat and the other is in the stadium, the atmosphere of "confrontation" cannot be missed.

"I think Charles will help the Mavericks."

Cole, who was standing by, expressed different opinions.

"Don't do this, Steve, I know you have a good relationship, but this 40-year-old uncle can no longer fly."

Kenny Smith continued.

"He will."

Cole didn't explain, just nodded.

Maybe it's for the performance of the show, or maybe it's because the two of them really think so.

No matter which one, the appetite of the audience who watched the live broadcast in front of TV was completely lifted.

Nowitzki came up and scored three points in a row. He made a foul and a technical foul.

Barkley officially played in the field.

The Spurs' ball rights, Duncan held the ball at the free throw line again, and Barkley was defending him.

Barkley's defense is completely different from Dampier. He takes the initiative to fight and watches the adrenaline surge.

In fact, this is also the characteristic of playing basketball in the last century.

Watching the Nets or the Spurs tonight's defense is very aggressive, but that's how they played in the regular season in the last century.

Jordan lost to the Pistons again and again before reaching the top. It was not because his skills were not mature enough at that time, but because he almost fought hand-to-hand combat and was also subjected to various evil offenders.

Jordan's rules, let's understand.

"I have to say, Charles played very hard."

In the stands, Kenny Smith continued to tease.

On the court, Duncan held the ball, but finally couldn't stand it and turned around and attacked by himself.

He has not played against Barkley in the two years he entered the league, and is not unfamiliar with Barkley.

Instead of quarreling, he moved directly to the basket with his footsteps and then hooked up at close range.

Barkley weighs 114 kilograms and has excellent confrontation, but he is only 1.98 meters tall after all, and he can't keep up when he gets old. When Duncan gets under the basket, he can't do anything at all.

Duncan easily scored 2 points.

“…but it doesn’t seem to work.”

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith couldn't help but shake his head.

This sentence is a joke, and it is a pity.

Although he was arguing with each other, he and Barkley were actually friends for many years. He still hoped that Barkley could perform some on the court.

But the facts have proved that Jordan, who is as good as 40, is so dismal now. Barkley... is still a handsome man quietly on the bench and gives fans more yy space.

However, the Mavericks' bench, Nelson's expression did not change much.

He never expected Barkley, who was 40 years old, to really defend against the peak Duncan. If he really thought of him that way, he would be a fool.

All he wanted was what Barkley did as soon as he came on the court, to bother Duncan and consume Duncan's physical fitness.

This is the fundamental reason why he used Barkley instead of Lafrenz to defend Duncan after the inside rotation.

The Mavericks still did not have a wave of offense in the frontcourt. The previous technical fouls did not make them restrain themselves. They were still full of aggressiveness and even had many small moves to defend.

If Ferry or Bowen's injury actions in the past two years may have been personal behavior, then the defense in front of him must have been instructed by the coaching staff.

Looking back, the Spurs did not attack either.

Although Duncan can beat Barkley, he also found that it was a waste of energy to fight hard, and it would not be worth the effort to keep fighting like this.

Barkley's big and hard ass pressed against Duncan, protecting the defensive rebound.

When it comes to a short inside player, some fans who watch the ball late first impression is Chuck Hayes, who has a three-stage free throw, but Barkley is the most famous representative.

A 1.98-meter-long average of 11.7 rebounds in his career, which is like a height plus point and wrong inside line when playing 2k.

"Beautiful job, Charles!"

Kenny Smith quickly revealed his true face and cheered for Barkley to grab a defensive rebound.

At least Barkley has the technical statistics for the playoffs...

The offense and defense are changing, and the Spurs' defensive style remains the same.

After Sun Hao received the ball, he was not only double-teamed by a double-player, but Bao Wen also unscrupulously put his hands on him and did not give him the pass opportunity.

And Bao Wen was obviously exerting force on his hands.

The referee did not sound a whistle.
To be continued...