Chapter 441 The road to the crown, open!(1/3)
The day before the Hawks defeated the Heat and advanced to the finals, the Western Conference Finals team also appeared.
The experienced San Antonio Spurs eliminated the Youth League Thunder with a total score of 4:2. No. 21 rookie Tim Duncan performed very well in this round of the series, averaging 25.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game.
His performance seemed to amaze countless fans, lamenting that time had stopped on this veteran.
The Hawks and Spurs join hands to enter the finals have made many fans look forward to it. After all, one is the most popular team this season, and the other is the team that has won four championships in ten years.
And when the time came on June 9th, the final showdown, which attracted the attention of countless fans, began.
At this moment, the starting players of both sides have arrived on the court.
The Hawks' starting lineup is: center Al Horford, power forward Josh Smith, small forward Marvin Williams, shooting guard Cork Hinrich, and organizational defender Wu Feng.
The Spurs' starting lineup also appeared on the big screen on the scene: center Boyce Dior, power forward Tim Duncan, small forward Kawhi Leonard, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, and organizational defender Tony Parker.
With Tim Duncan and Al Horford jumping, the game officially begins!
The Hawks took the ball first, Al Horford bounced well and had a long wingspan, so he naturally had the advantage of jumping against the old Duncan...
Wu Feng received a pass from his teammate and took a breath before he quickly dribbled forward.
Just after Wu Feng dribbled the ball, Tony Parker had appeared in front of him.
After fighting Wu Feng so many times, Tony Parker naturally knew that the opponent was super strong, which can be seen from the opponent's winning the trophy of the most valuable player this season.
Wu Feng did not choose to take action directly in the first attack, but tried to break through twice. After no chance, he passed it directly to his teammate Cork Hinrich.
After a little round, the ball returned to Wu Feng's hand again.
Facing Tony Parker, Wu Feng used his height and weight to beat him hard, and then made a jump shot with a backward jump shot.
With a "swish", the ball was arrested!
Wu Feng, who completed the attack, clenched with Marvin Williams beside him, and then retreated to defend.
Tony Parker shook his head helplessly, knowing that he could not defend against Wu Feng by himself.
The Spurs' counterattack was very fast. After Wu Feng succeeded, the ball was quickly passed. Except for Tony Parker, the ball fell behind. Several other players quickly ran towards the Hawks' half.
The ball flew out quickly before the Tony Parker passed half. With his outstanding overall view, he saw the ball without defense around Tim Duncan.
Parker quickly passed the ball to Tim Duncan, who immediately attacked the basket. Before Al Horford came to defend, he threw the ball high, and passed through Al Horford's raised right hand and easily entered the net.
The Spurs have many stable attack points, which are no less than the Hawks.
Cork Hinrich also tried a mid-range and long-distance shot, but unfortunately, he failed to score and the rebound was taken off by Tony Parker.
On the Spurs, Tony Parker broke through the baseline and made a wonderful pass by Kawhi Leonard, who made a mid-range jump shot.
On the Hawks, Wu Feng used a double cover and made another mid-range jump shot.
Tony Parker roamed the top of the arc with a back pass, and handed the ball to Manu Ginobili.
Coke Hinrich was blocked by Kawhi Leonard, and Manu Ginobili made a jump shot.
However, Wu Feng reacted very quickly and pounced on Manu Ginobili when he shot. Although he did not block Manu Ginobili's shot, it interfered with his shooting.
Therefore, Manu Ginobili's jump shot hit and Al Horford protected the backcourt rebound.
Larry Drew sat off the court with a pretty good face. He could see that Wu Feng was the first to enter the state of the team, and his current playoff experience is obviously much more than ordinary players.
The Spurs were extremely patient in this game, and several players on the court all had the ability to pass the ball. Whether it was Tony Parker, Ginobili, even Dior and Duncan were good at passing the ball.
Tony Parker and others patiently passed the ball, tearing the Hawks' defense line as much as possible, and sending the ball to the Hawks' weak side of the defensive.
The Spurs' style of playing undoubtedly makes the Hawks players quickly consume the physical strength through back-and-forth repair and defense.
"defence, defence, defence..." The fans of the Phillips Arena kept shouting about defense while the visiting team was attacking to encourage the home team players.
"Swish", Manu Ginobili received a pass from Tony Parker from outside the three-point line and hit a goal.
Manu Ginobili's attack is very weird, especially the first three-pointer and a serpent-like breakthrough, which often makes defensive players unable to defend.
Under the organization of Tony Parker, the Spurs started with a 7:4 small **.
Wu Feng has two Spurs players defending at any time, which makes every move very difficult for him. Al Horford, who is inside, is also uncomfortable. As soon as he receives the ball, two players will come up to defend immediately.
When Wu Feng and Al Horford were both in a dilemma, the Hawks urgently needed a third player to drive the Hawks' offense.
At this time, the 'spring man' Josh Smith showed the value he deserved for a player who paid tens of millions of yuan.
After receiving Wu Feng's pass, Josh Smith singled out Boyce Dior, turned around and threw Boyce Dior away, then rushed into the Spurs' penalty area, jumped high, and made an extremely domineering and inspiring tomahawk dunk.
Josh Smith's dunk immediately ignited the passion of the Hawks.
The Spurs missed the offense, Wu Feng took the defensive rebound, and then gave it to Cork Hinrich and Josh Smith, who were almost there.
Cork Hinrich and Josh Smith cooperated, and the latter easily dunked.
8:7. The Hawks overtook 1 point.
Kawhi Leonard broke through in the middle and then inserted the ball directly to Tim Duncan, who was inside. The latter directly picked the basket, but was blocked by Al Horford. Boyce Dior fought for the offensive rebound, but he did not attack, but gave it to Tony Parker, who was outside.
However, when the ball was passed to Tony Parker, a gust of wind passed by Tony Parker and directly cut the ball away.
It was Wu Feng who intercepted the ball. After intercepting the ball, Wu Feng dribbled the ball quickly. He was in the middle, with Marvin Williams on the left and Cork Hinrich on the right.
Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have already made a good defense in their half. The current situation is that the Hawks have three-for-two. Wu Feng did not stop outside the Spurs' three-point line. Instead, he rushed to the Spurs' penalty area. Tony Parker could only stick to Wu Feng tightly and did not give Wu Feng a chance to attack. Cork Hinrich and Marvin Williams were on both sides, so one person would always be free.
After Wu Feng rushed into the Spurs' penalty area, he swung his hand and passed the ball to Cork Hinrich on the right. The one that was free was Cork Hinrich. Cork Hinrich raised his hand and scored a three-pointer. With a "swish", the ball entered.
The Eagles completed this fast break, which took no more than six seconds.
11:7, the Hawks widened the gap to 4 points.
Spurs coach Greg Popovich asked for a timeout at the right time.
After the timeout, the Spurs attacked, and Tony Parker controlled the ball and organized the attack. After half the game, the ball was passed to Manu Ginobili.
After Manu Ginobili received the ball, Cork Hinrich immediately posted it.
Manu Ginobili singled Cock Hinrich, using Kawhi Leonard's cover to get rid of Cock Hinrich's defense, then made an open jump shot, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and floated into the basket.
The Hawks' offense, and Cork Hinrich held the ball and organized the offense. Facing Manu Ginobili's defense, Cork Hinrich remained calm and ended the Hawks' offense with a backward jump shot.
Tony Parker made a wonderful pass from Tim Duncan, who missed a layup, but grabbed an offensive rebound. He missed a tip-in, but he caused Josh Smith's foul.
Shifo missed the first free throw.
The Hawks replaced Josh Smith with Jason Klins and McGrady replaced Marvin Williams.
Then, Tim Duncan made the second free throw.
Wu Feng attacked with the ball, but was interfered by Tony Parker while passing the ball, and made a mistake. The ball was cut off by Kawhi Leonard. The Spurs launched a fast break, but failed, and McGrady took the defensive rebound.
McGrady dribbled through the half and then passed the ball to Wu Feng.
Wu Feng organized the offense and broke through with the ball. A crossover threw Tony Parker aside, then made a jump shot, and with a "clang", the ball hit the iron.
Al Horford fought for an offensive rebound and passed the ball to McGrady on the outside. The latter directly made a three-pointer. The ball was swishing and entered the net with a hollow!
Tony Parker used his teammate Kawhi Leonard to shoot a three-pointer from the left wing, but missed it, and Jason Klins protected the defensive rebound.
Wu Feng broke through with the ball, used his speed advantage to get rid of Tony Parker's defense, then rushed to the basket, and played a beautiful pass and cut with McGrady, and McGrady made a layup.
The Spurs didn't expect that McGrady, who had just arrived on the court, was in such a good state. In less than a minute, she made two shots and scored 5 points.
After Greg Po Povich called for a timeout, the Hawks scored another 7:3 climax, widening the gap to 8 points.
At this moment, the game has entered an official timeout.
After the timeout, the lineups of both teams on the court changed.
Hawks: Jason Clins, Al Horford, McGrady, Iverson and Jeff Teague; while Spurs: Dejuan Blair, Matt Bonner, Stephen Jackson, Manu Ginobili and Gary Neal.
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In the first quarter, both teams seemed to be more offensive, but obviously the Hawks did better off offense, and they also did the defense well.
The Spurs' offense is very monotonous. Except for Tim Duncan, scoring in the inside, only Manu Ginobili has a better shooting percentage on the outside.
However, under the Hawks' assisted defense, Manu Ginobili did not have many shots. After the timeout, he made a mid-range jump shot and a three-pointer, in the next two minutes, Manu Ginobili only relied on free throws to score 2 points, and all the other three shots missed.
With one minute and one eleven seconds left in the first quarter, the Spurs trailed the Hawks by 9 points 21:30. Before the first quarter, the Hawks opened such a big gap, and Greg Po Povich's face was naturally very ugly.
Greg Po Povich called another timeout helplessly, preparing to adjust his tactics.
However, today the Spurs' overall performance in the interior was not very good. Except for Duncan's performance, other inside players did not perform well.
During this timeout, the Hawks made some adjustments to the roster. Zaza Pachulia replaced Jason Klins and Marvin Williams replaced Iverson. The two players who ended up perform well just now. The reason why Larry Drew replaced them was to give them enough rest time to ensure that they had enough energy to rotate throughout the game.
The Hawks' substitutions did not have a big impact on their offense, and with Marvin Williams on the court, Larry Drew naturally had nothing to worry about.
Although the Spurs are behind at this moment, Greg Po Povich has not reacted much except for his ugly face. This is also his normal performance. Unless the team makes a very bad mistake, his reaction will not be too big.
And when the Spurs were at the advantage, his reaction was the same. It was such a weird old man who led the Spurs to win four championships in ten years.
Tony Parker knew very well that he wanted to change his previous style of playing and blindly search for three-pointers on the outside. Now it seemed unlikely. Wu Feng's close-fitting defense was too annoying. As soon as the ball came to his hands, he immediately appeared beside him, leaving no gap for him.
Parker also has to admit that every time he fights Wu Feng, the opponent will be more difficult to fight than the last time.
However, the 'French sports car' is not the kind of player who will easily admit defeat.
The ball was quickly handed to Dejuan Blair. Dejuan Blair dribbled with his right hand, focusing his strength on his left shoulder, constantly pressing against Zaza Pachulia behind him, and approaching the basket step by step. Facing Dejuan Blair's strong hit, Zaza Pachulia performed very tenaciously in the confrontation, firmly guarding his own territory under the basket.
To be continued...