Chapter 253 Explosive personal ability! Wang Yan explodes the Spurs inside!
At the top of the three-point line, when Wang Yan received the basketball, there was no doubt that the entire Spurs team's defensive focus would be on Wang Yan.
And this is indeed the case.
In the blink of an eye.
Leonard in the inside and Ginobili outside rushed to Wang Yan one after another.
This time, Popovich's team used a double-team!
However, Wang Yan was not panicked at all, and everything was going according to Wang Yan's rhythm.
Wang Yan even hopes that more Spurs players can defend him!
When Ginobili and Leonard were trying to steal the ball, Wang Yan suddenly turned to the right and made a graceful back pass, breaking through Leonard's interference! !
It is obvious that Wang Yan's reaction ability is obviously one step faster than that of the defensive player.
After easily getting past Leonard's interference, Wang Yan then rushed to the outside line with big strides. It seemed that Wang Yan wanted to attack the basket directly! !
This immediately attracted the attention of the Spurs' inside players.
For a moment.
Both Tim Duncan and Aron Baynes rushed towards Wang Yan at the same time!
The next second, Wang Yan threw it lightly with his right hand.
The basketball flashed quickly over the heads of the two team's inside players, and then fell steadily into TT's hands!
Now the entire Spurs team's inside defense has focused its attention on Wang Yan and has ignored TT's existence.
in other words.
At this moment, the Spurs players had no idea that Wang Yan would pass the ball at this position!
Under the basket.
After receiving the basketball, TT did not hesitate at all. He dunked with both hands and scored successfully! !
In the stands, the fans at the scene also gave TT applause and cheers.
After scoring, TT hugged Wang Yan to celebrate.
Gradually, the morale of the Cavaliers players is improving.
On the sidelines, Popovich was very helpless about the Cavaliers' offense. In fact, this was the offensive rhythm that Popovich least wanted to see.
Compared to Wang Yan passing the ball, Popovich would rather see the Cavaliers' star player score on his own.
After all, only in this way can the Spurs players find a defensive strategy.
Before we knew it, the game had reached the last minute of the first quarter.
The Spurs, who were lagging behind, were still making a final desperate attack.
The goal of the players on the field was clear, which was to shorten the gap with the Cavaliers as much as possible before the end of the first quarter.
Outside line.
After Ginobili passed the basketball to Tony Parker, the latter did not shoot after receiving the basketball, but shot directly!!
However, at this moment, there were already a large number of defensive players in front of Tony Parker to interfere.
Irving, Butler and other players all reached out to try to block the shot.
This directly led to Parker feeling tremendous pressure at the moment of shooting.
And it was under such heavy pressure that Parker's shot hit the rim and bounced out! !
This mistake is undoubtedly fatal for the Spurs!
In the interior.
Aron Baynes and Tim Duncan rushed to grab the rebound. The two players adopted a double-team tactic and tried their best to fight against Wang Yan.
But the result was regrettable.
Wang Yan's terrifying physical fitness was fully demonstrated at this moment. In the air, Wang Yan relied on his personal ability to knock over the two Cavaliers' inside players! He grabbed the rebound steadily.
Afterwards, Wang Yan did not choose to break through with the ball as he did before, but instead strode into the opponent's basket.
Instead, he chose a long pass!
Swish!
The basketball flew quickly over the Quicken Loans Arena and landed steadily in Irving's hands in the frontcourt!
The defender drove straight in.
He rushed to the basket at the fastest speed and completed the layup easily! !
Got two points.
At the same time, the first quarter of the game came to an end.
The Cavaliers, playing at home, are currently leading the Spurs by 32 points, 22:10.
It can be said that the entire first quarter was a performance of Wang Yan's personal abilities.
He has achieved outstanding performance not only on the offensive end but also on the defensive end.
On the other hand, although Popovich changed the tactics of the Spurs players, it still had too much interference with the outcome of the game.
After entering the second quarter, both teams began to rotate their players.
no doubt.
This will be a great opportunity for the Spurs to narrow the gap!!
After the start of the second quarter, both sides sent out substitutes to play. On the Cavaliers side, with the departure of players such as Wang Yan and Irving, the offensive efficiency and interior defensive strength will be greatly weakened.
In order to allow the second lineup to threaten the Spurs' basket as well, Coach Scott let Butler stay on the court!
He asked the Cavaliers players on the court to start focusing more on Butler in the second quarter.
On the one hand, it can score points, and on the other hand, it can help Jimmy Butler adjust his condition.
It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
On the Spurs side, Popovich made a major rotation. All the starting players were replaced, and Danny Green and Split became the main attackers.
Especially Danny Green.
Just after the start of the second quarter, Danny Green showed his perfect shooting touch on the offensive end!
Left side of the three-point line.
After Danny Green stopped, he completely ignored Butler in front of him and forced a shot!
In the blink of an eye.
The basketball fell into the basket accurately!
Three-pointer, a sure hit!
This shot showed the strength of the Spurs' second lineup!
As the head coach of the Spurs, Popovich applauded his players immediately after seeing this scene! !
This is the result Popovich hopes to see!
After exchanging the ball, when it was the home team's turn to attack, the Spurs immediately adopted a zone defense tactic.
There is no doubt that in the current Cavaliers lineup, the core of the offense is definitely Jimmy Butler.
When he received the basketball from the outside, he was just about to try to break through!
In a blink of an eye, three Spurs defensive players were already in place!
And in the end... under the triple-team, Butler successfully fell into the opponent's encirclement, and the basketball in his hand was quickly cut away by the opponent!
In a flash, the opportunity to counterattack has arrived!
This time it was Danny Green again. The team's guard quickly dribbled the ball and successfully rushed to the basket in a very short time as if he was riding a Hot Wheels!
Then! !
Completed a two-handed dunk!!
The Spurs scored two more points.
(End of this chapter)