ATPnovel Chapter 389
Chapter 389
Chapter 389
This time the Pelicans played against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals obviously aroused the enthusiasm of the fans even more. Watching the same two teams in the Western Conference Finals for several years in a row, although the process was indeed exciting, it did cause visual fatigue!So when the Thunder changed to the Spurs, the discussion was more heated than before!
But despite attracting more heat, it is still very widely believed that the Pelicans will still win!
On June 6th, the New Orleans arena was packed, and more than 5 spectators wore uniform pelican-themed T-shirts. It was shocking at first glance!When the game started, the audience stood up and cheered for the Pelicans!
The entire arena is in absolute excitement. The Pelicans players will become passionate and excited when they hear this kind of shouting, and the away team will obviously feel a lot of pressure in their hearts. Therefore, almost all teams will have better results at home than away.
Pelicans starting: Curry, Thompson, Paul George, Green, Davis.
Spurs starters: Parker, Danny Green, Leonard, Duncan, Splitter.
Davis wins the jump ball and the game is on!
Curry holds the ball to the top of the arc, hands the ball to Green, and starts running himself!
No matter who defends Curry, it is a huge challenge, because Curry without the ball is also very scary. Parker keeps following Curry. Curry runs along the baseline and suddenly accelerates to the corner. Davis immediately covers and delays Parker. Green immediately passes the ball to the corner!
Curry took the ball and made a three-pointer!Have!The opening showed Curry's off-ball power!
Here, Parker quickly led the frontcourt, Duncan came to cover, Parker and Duncan played a pick-and-roll in the middle and went to the left.
Parker didn't make a shot. He knew that his long-range shot was not good, so he distributed the ball to the middle. Duncan didn't throw it after catching the ball, because this point was also not his hot spot. Duncan raised the ball high above his head to respond. After Parker ran away, he gave it to Leonard who responded on the left!
Leonard backs Paul George!After several seasons of training, Leonard has matured faster than before. Perhaps seeing the Pelicans attack, Popovich realized the importance of a team's striker, so Leonard's shots The number of shots is increasing, and so is the usage rate. Of course, the improvement will be more obvious!
Leonard leaned back, turned back, and made a hollow hit!
In his previous life, Leonard was called the "Young Gang Leader" because he really looked like Jordan a lot of the time!Especially turning over and leaning back.
Here, Curry leads the frontcourt and continues to hand it over to Green. The characteristic of the Pelicans is that after a tactic is completed, they will continue to play a second time.
The ball was divided again, and Thompson took the ball and threw it quickly!Go in!
Barkley at the scene couldn't help but praised: "It's really good. It's too difficult to defend off-ball running masters like Thompson and Curry!"
For the Spurs, Parker continued to play pick-and-roll with Duncan in the middle, or broke through to the left, the route was blocked again, continued to give Duncan in the middle, Leonard asked for a position, and continued to give the ball!
Presti smiled, he is very happy to see the Spurs in singles!
This time, one push, two pushes, and suddenly Davis quickly double-teamed. After Leonard was double-teamed, he wanted to split the ball, but he couldn't, so he fell back and hit hard!Miss!
Anyone who was familiar with Leonard in his previous life knows that his biggest shortcoming is that he cannot get the ball out after being double-teamed.
Green took the rebound and the Pelicans quickly launched a counterattack!After Green accelerated to lead the frontcourt, he quickly passed it to Paul George on the left. Leonard quickly posted it, and then passed it to Thompson in the bottom corner. Danny Green could only quickly swoop over and try his best to interfere, but Thompson had already shot!The ball continues to enter!
The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball across half court, and Duncan still played the pick-and-roll. This time he forced a breakthrough to pass Green, and Davis immediately made up the defense to form a pinch attack.Parker gave the ball to Split. Split is a typical blue-collar center with almost no independent offensive ability.
Splett had no shooting range. After receiving the ball, he faced Konglan and walked forward. He flew up and wanted to dunk directly, but Davis directly defended him and slapped the ball on the backboard. !
"Crack! Crack! Crack!" Crazy applause rang out again at the scene, this ball is too morale-boosting!
Paul George got the rebound, counterattacked and rushed to the top of the arc, and continued to score Curry on the right. At this time, Green cut in from the middle and gave Green a hit. Green took the ball and dunked in three steps!
The Spurs paused, a wave of 8:2!The Spurs are passive on both offense and defense!
Soon after returning from the timeout, Parker handed it over to Duncan this time!Now it's time to break the scoring drought!
For Green, defending Duncan is a challenge. Presti told Green before the game that he should do his best. Now Duncan is not the old Duncan. He is now 38 years old!
But Duncan is still Duncan, with a turn around, there is a high hit!
The Pelicans attack, try singles this time, and hand it over to Davis in the low post!Davis turned to face Splitter. Splitter is not afraid of tall centers. He moves fast enough, but facing a technical center like Davis is uncomfortable.
Davis took a step back with the ball and suddenly started a right breakthrough!After rushing to the basket and relying on Spley to prepare for a layup, but Duncan made up the defense, and Green was already empty at this time!Green cuts over directly, catches the ball and dunks!
After these two seasons, Davis' vision is getting better and better. I remember that in his previous life, Davis could get 3.9 assists in his peak season!
The Spurs attacked. Parker blocked Curry with a pick-and-roll this time. Duncan went to the right this time, attracting Green, making it impossible to help defend. Parker rushed to the basket and passed Davis for a layup!
In the Pelicans battle, the players all opened up, the ball continued to be given to Davis, and continued to single out!
Splitter actually gave Davis space to shoot this time and prevented him from breaking through. He was confident that his long arms could interfere with Davis' shooting, but Davis suddenly pulled up and made a mid-range shot!
Steady hit!Davis shot a whopping 47.8% from this spot!
Here Duncan still catches the ball and continues to play Green. This time Green resists Duncan, and Davis comes to double-team!
After Duncan was double-teamed, Popovich laughed off the court. Once Duncan was double-teamed, their tactics came out. Parker was given to the outside line. Parker directly and quickly passed Curry. With a high throw, Splitter took the ball and dunked!
Seeing this standing up, Presti clapped his hands vigorously. The ball just now was actually completely preventable. Davis was attracted by the ball and forgot about Splitter under the basket.
Griffin gave Green an off-ball screen from the side, and Faried attracted the defense on the baseline, ready to cut and grab rebounds at any time.
In the Pelicans battle, Curry led half court, faced Parker at the top of the arc, lowered his center of gravity, dribbled continuously, and suddenly stepped back for a three-pointer!Iron, missed the basket.
After the shot, Green and Davis of the Pelicans were scrambling for offensive rebounds, but the twin towers of Duncan and Splitter were very good at protecting the rebounds. Duncan scored the point and Parker on the right, Parker counterattacked after getting the ball and rushed, three-on-three in the frontcourt!After reaching the top of the arc, point to Danny Green on the right!Thompson has already followed up and continued to divide Leonard on the same side. Leonard arched to a low position and turned back, there it is!
Presti frowned. Is Leonard so stable at this moment?
The Pelicans attacked, Curry led the frontcourt, Davis came to cover, with the help of the screen, he switched to Split, Curry continued to slam his crotch, and suddenly changed direction and shook Split!Step back and make a three-point shot!
Swish!Hollow into the net!It's just so unreasonable!
"Crack! Crack! Crack!" The Pelicans fans stood up again and applauded wildly!
The Spurs attacked, Parker still played a pick-and-roll with Duncan in the middle, Parker broke through to the left with the ball, Green switched to block the breakthrough route, Green's mobility is very good, the reason why Green was able to get DOPY in the previous life was not only by defending the big man inside, but also defending the sharp point guard outside!
The speed didn't rise, and Duncan crossed the middle on the right!Duncan has an absolute height advantage against Curry!
Duncan took a step, and then went straight to the shot!Although Curry can't interfere at all, he still takes off with all his strength. This is what Presti appreciates, try his best!Needless to say, hit steadily!
Here Curry speeds up the frontcourt and hands it to Paul George on the right!
Paul George was very uncomfortable being defended by Leonard in the past few minutes!Basically can't play, not to mention Paul George's dribbling is inherently unstable, breaking through and hitting, there is a high probability that he will be broken!
Davis came to pick and roll, Paul George used the pick and roll to pawn Leonard, but Leonard's long arm still interfered with the ball!The ball is lost!Leonard swung his long arm again, broke it, counterattacked and rushed forward, smashing a dunk with one arm!
Presti waved to Paul George and told him not to try to dribble powerfully at this time, but to move more!
Curry continued in the frontcourt. This time he played a pick-and-roll with Davis. This time he broke through to the left. Parker went around the screen and didn't give Curry room to break through, but that meant giving Curry room to shoot a three-pointer!continue to have!
Parker and Duncan pick and roll, Curry and Green did not dare to switch defenses this time, Curry quickly blocked the breakthrough space, Parker continued to divide Duncan in the middle!
After Duncan received the ball in the middle, he feinted for a while, but Green didn't take the sway, leaning on Green to break through the inside line, and squeezed three steps slowly to the basket, attracting Davis to defend!Split is empty, we have to divide it,
At this time, Thompson in the bottom corner quickly came over and helped Davis block Splitter.
Duncan's vision can be said to be extremely good among power forwards. If Thompson came to defend, then Danny Green must be empty. Danny Green immediately split the corner, and Danny Green took the ball and made a three-pointer!There are too!
Danny Green can be said to be a very scarce 3D player in later generations, with defense and three-pointers!
The Pelicans attacked, and Curry took the ball to the frontcourt. This time he directly singled out Parker, lowered his center of gravity, and after a continuous crotch, he suddenly pulled up from the back and made a three-pointer!Perfect arc into the net!
Do you think this ball is reasonable?Unreasonable, because when the small ball era did not start, the efficiency of three-pointers was very low!The farther you are from the basket, the harder it is for the ball to score. This is a previous basketball statistic. Of course, this is also practical for Curry!
But the problem is that Curry's three-pointers can be compared with many people's shooting percentage!Besides, 3 points is one more point than 2 points, and 2 three-pointers are equal to 3 two-pointers!For Curry, shooting three-pointers is to improve offensive efficiency!
The Spurs attacked, and Parker still led the frontcourt. This time he passed directly to Leonard in the low post. Leonard took the ball with his back to Paul George. Instead of attacking, he turned around and gave the latter low post Duncan on the left!
Duncan singled out Green! , leaned back twice, found a position he liked, and then turned around to make a jump shot. Although Green tried his best to block the shot, there was a gap in height and wingspan, and the ball went steadily! .
In the previous life, although Presti admired Duncan, he didn't feel much, but now that he is next to him, he really feels shocked in his heart. At the age of 38, he is still so stable in low-post singles!And it is still one person supporting the Spurs' inside defense!
The Pelicans attacked, and Curry's touch had already come, and he still played Parker in the middle, and also continued to pull back and pull up the crotch, and there were still three points! !
At this time, the atmosphere on the scene reached its peak, and Curry has thrown in 5 three-pointers from the beginning to now!Terrible data!Parker is about to be thrown silly!
Popovich stood up and shouted at Danny Green: "You go guard Curry!"
The Spurs attack, Parker picks and rolls the ball to the middle, Duncan faces Green, feints and leads inside, and the Pelicans start to shrink!
Duncan couldn't make a shot, and Green was sticking in front of his eyes. This was not his best position, and the basket was full of people, so Duncan had to pass the ball to Leonard on the outside!After Leonard received the ball, Paul George rushed over quickly. He had no chance. With Paul George on his back, he had no choice but to play singles again!
At this time, Davis double-teamed again and forced Leonard to pass the ball, but this is really his weakness. When he spread out, Parker came to respond, but Curry followed closely. Curry was as good at defending off the ball as he was off the ball.
No way, I can only turn around and make a strong shot!Strong vote is not!Davis grabbed the rebound, protected it, and immediately scored Curry on the right. Curry counterattacked with the ball!Danny Green had already run ahead, ready to defend Curry, but when Curry ran the LOGO, he stopped suddenly, and shot a super long three-pointer directly! !
bang!If you don't enter, it's hard!
"Hey, what a pity! If the goal is scored, the Spurs will have to pause," Presti said with a smile.
"Haha, if this goal is scored, the confidence of the Spurs players will be shattered," Cole also laughed.
Although he didn't score, the long rebound was taken by Paul George and it was misplaced!Face Danny Green!There is a great advantage of retreating fast break, that is, it is often easy to form a dislocation!Paul George saw that it was Danny Green, and decisively changed to the right!
Was shaken away, but rushed to the basket, used his body to resist Danny Green, and scored with a throw!
Can't score, can't defend, and now he can't protect the rebounds. Now Popovich is not calm, and he got up and called a timeout!
(End of this chapter)