The Lakers' first attack, Sun Hao and Walker played and cooperated at the top of the arc.

The Spurs chose to double-team Sun Hao, and Sun Hao passed the ball to Walker. Walker broke through and passed the ball to Payton. Payton broke through and passed it to Ariza, and Ariza made a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

The hand raises the knife and falls.

The Lakers showed the season-long running effect and played beautiful teamwork in the first round.

The live footage was given to Popovich.

There was no reaction on Popovich's face, and his eyes were always on O'Neal.

The Spurs played the free throw line tactic in the frontcourt, and Parker received Duncan's hand-passing pass, and made a mid-range shot.

Ginobili shines last season, and in theory this season should be the year of Ginobili's data.

But the Spurs always take an unusual path in this regard. The person with the most team's shots this season is Parker, who averaged 18.9 points per game and had the highest career goal.

Looking back, Payton held the ball on the top of the arc, Sun Hao ran without the ball, and after receiving the ball in the middle distance, he took the ball and attracted double-team Walker. Walker caught the ball and broke through and made a layup to cause Nestrovic's defensive foul.

Walker adjusted his breathing and made both free throws at the free throw line.

The Lakers' offensive methods were unexpected for the beginning of the game, and the team basketball that was mercury was pleasing to the eye.

The ball rights exchange, Duncan made a mid-range shot.

Popovich is familiar with the Lakers and grabs the free throw line at the beginning of the game, the Lakers' most deadly point.

However, in the next round, Sun Hao used Walker to cover it and made a quick three-pointer.

"Swish!"

Also hollow and put into the bag!

8 to 4!

Both teams scored points in every round of offense at the beginning!

Such a scene also reminds fans of the offensive battle between the two teams last year.

But at this moment, Popovich stood up, walked to the sidelines and reached out to signal the team's defense to adjust.

The Spurs' defense suddenly expanded from outside, and Walker's three-point shot from the outside missed.

Duncan grabbed the defensive rebound, the Spurs made a defensive counterattack, Parker started the sports car and crossed Payton to score.

8 to 6!

Popovich wrapped his hands around his chest and showed a happy expression.

He has been observing the Lakers' offense until now.

For three consecutive rounds, O'Neal did not participate in the Lakers' offense.

In his opinion, there is only one reason for this abnormality, that is, O'Neal is really injured.

He is not ESPN. He sees the Lakers' lineup completely. If both sides have a good lineup, the Spurs will definitely be the weak side.

But now O'Neal fights with injuries, which is a god-given opportunity!

Payton held the ball to the frontcourt, and the Spurs still expanded their defense from outside.

Payton passed the ball to Sun Hao, and Sun Hao took the ball and directly hung it into the inside line.

O'Neal received the ball and turned around and walked around Nestrovic, easily erasing the board and scoring.

The Spurs' defense expanded and could not be recovered, so they could only watch O'Neal score.

Popovich was stunned for a moment.

But he didn't think much about it.

O'Neal is injured and injured, so there is still a one-on-one grasp. Moreover, Nestrovic has already made a foul and dare not take ruthless defensive action on the defensive end.

He called Muhammad directly from the bench.

Mohammed is the Spurs who came last year's trading deadline, with a short inside line of 2.06 meters.

In addition to his height, his defense, movement speed, positioning, and frontcourt rebounds are better than Nestrovic.

So although Nestrovic is still the team's starter this season, Mohammed actually has more playing time.

Although he and Nestrovic have proven that they can't defend O'Neal in the playoffs last season, O'Neal is now injured!

Even a big shark will lose its power if injured!

Popovich feels that this adjustment will bring unexpected gains to the team.

And while he was replacing people, he called Duncan to his side and gave a few words of advice.

The Spurs' offense, Duncan assisted the free throw line and suddenly turned around and killed at the basket.

Popovich's advice just now was to let Duncan go to the inside to kill O'Neal.

O'Neal is injured now, so his reactions and other things will not be able to keep up.

As long as he is beaten, the Lakers without O'Neal will have a great chance of winning.

Duncan made a breakthrough very firmly, and his steps were useless, obviously he was trying to kill and damage.

Ordinary insiders basically avoid this situation.

Although Duncan plays balls most of the time after he is injured, you won’t discuss it when he is really hard.

However, O'Neal is obviously not an ordinary insider.

After seeing Duncan coming in full force, he directly chose to fight head-on.

Tim didn't beat O'Neal, I was still the first inside player. After Duncan and O'Neal fought head-on, they were directly pushed back.

After becoming fat, O'Neal is a meat mountain.

And the next scene was a bit funny: Duncan didn't throw the ball after being knocked back, so he took the ball and stepped back several times. As a result, the referee whistle sounded and blew him directly.

Duncan looked around and confirmed that he was blowing himself, throwing the ball, turning around and retreating back to the half, as if nothing had happened.

The scene was already full of laughter.

Sun Hao was also amused, and his reaction was a bit cute.

It turns out that there is a reason Duncan was called "Daidai".

The Lakers attacked the frontcourt again, facing the Spurs' external expansion defense, Payton then hangs the ball into O'Neal in the interior.

O'Neal leaned against Mohammed, who was half a head shorter than him, and then turned around and exerted force.

"Bang!"

Amid the excited shouts of fans at the scene, O'Neal smashed the ball into the basket through Mohammed.

“What.the…Fxck!”

Barkley in the commentator seat hugged her head directly.

It’s not how inhumane O’Neal’s dunk is. To be shocked, O’Neal used to be shocked by the kind of dunk and breaking rebounds, but because O’Neal came too suddenly!

If it is not vivid enough, refer to the principle of boiling frogs in warm water.

Popovich was stunned.

From the pre-match to now, everything has implied that O'Neal is indeed injured.

So even though Duncan didn't score the ball just now, he felt that it was just a coincidence.

But this dunk completely woke him up.

God is so hurt! O'Neal is playing with him!

This is also verified in the next round!

Parker received a pass from Duncan to hit the basket, but O'Neal directly hit the head and gave a big shot!

Duncan quickly got the offensive rebound and made a quick second attack, but O'Neal reached out and blocked another shot!

With this continuous block, this reaction speed, there will be ghosts if there is injury! It is true that you don’t play much physically at the beginning!

And after the second block, the ball fell into Walker's hands. The Lakers turned around to play a defensive counterattack. Sun Hao received Walker's long pass from the backcourt and scored a dunk.

Popovich, with a dark face, reached out and called for a pause.

"We succeeded~"

When the situation ended, O'Neal pulled Sun Hao and laughed.

Most of the time last season, Popovich made moves, and they counterattacked them when they saw each other.

But this time they played Popovich.

Watching Popovich's expression change on the sidelines is even more enjoyable than winning.

After the timeout, Duncan made a signature hit with a 45° angle to stabilize the situation.

Looking back, Sun Hao and O'Neal played a pick-and-roll. After disassembling, he passed the ball to O'Neal. O'Neal pushed Ginobili and Duncan, who assisted in defense, to the basket.
To be continued...