Before the game started, Timberwolves fans who knew Li Rong's draft story specially stood outside the stadium with a sign, waiting for the arrival of the Spurs away bus.

The sign reads: ""bobo" Vicci, thank you for giving Li to us."

When the Spurs bus passed by, he saw the "bobo" with this striking title, and had to shake his head and smile bitterly.

He has noticed Li Rong's recent performance, and he cannot ignore it.

Li Rong is currently playing a monster-like rookie season, averaging 18.1 points, 1o.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game.

Since the first pick of this draft, Greg Oden, was reimbursed for training camp season, people thought that the best rookie had no doubt belonged to Kevin Durant.

But Li Rong came out and forced the award to be suspense.

"bobo" Vicci had thought that he would become an excellent player before, but he did not expect that he would be so outstanding.

His defensive and organizational abilities were not known before the draft, and this was his most underestimated point.

The most test of these two is team cooperation, and they are not easily seen in the trial like scoring.

Teams in the trial training can't pull a real NBA team to test the true level of the rookie, right?

Even if a team does this, it is difficult to guarantee that the players will not behave normally or have abnormal players.

As Kevin Durant said in the joint trial: "Trial trial is a piece of shit. Give me a basketball and I can let everyone know how good I am."

Li Rong's situation is even more complicated, and he must be given a team.

When the two teams were warming up before the game, Li Rong specially chatted with "bobo" Vicci for a while.

"Hey, coach, I've been having a good life lately."

"It's okay, I'm drinking wine every day and eating Kobe steak from Japan. I can't walk anymore."

"Do you like the coaching profession?"

"Of course." "bobo" Vicci said without hesitation, "This is the easiest job that humans can have. Come here by taking a private plane, free, big plane, and there is food on it. It doesn't cost money. After landing, I arranged it to a Four Seasons Hotel, but I didn't have to pay a penny. When I arrived at the front row of the arena, I had my seat and I could watch the NBA playoffs. The money for the tickets was waived. After watching the ball, I found three or four restaurants, and had a good meal at 8:30 in the evening. I got up from the hotel in the morning and set up my breakfast by myself. This job was so exciting."

"Then I have to remind you," Li Rong said seriously, "A game that will make you feel bad is coming soon."

"bobo" Vicci: "..."

Since winning the championship last season, the Spurs have remained in a state of momentum this season, and currently have a record of 13 wins and 3 losses.

The secret to their winning lies in their successful defense. "bobo" Vicci is a master of Larry Brown, who has made the Spurs a rock-solid and ten-year-old top defensive team in the league.

They have created a defensive system that operates as accurately as a machine, and the axis of operation of this machine is Tim Duncan.

Before, Stevens asked Li Rong to learn Duncan's game video. Duncan's defense seemed simple and unpretentious, but in fact, every move and every move has hidden mystery.

The nickname of "Big Basic Skill" is not in vain. His defensive steps rarely catch up with meteors. His steps are not very big, and his center of gravity rarely rises and falls.

When controlling the opponent's breakthrough route, it is usually two precise steps, or a slight turn, standing in a position, and calculating the timing of interference.

So he doesn't look as aggressive as Garnett on the defensive end, but his defensive ability against the area is the top ranking in history.

This Spurs' defensive strategy is related to that. They don't like to exert such a great amount of oppression on the ball on the defensive end, because it is easy to lose position.

They are always used to lowering their opponent's degree at their own pace, driving the ball-holder into a defensive trap that was ambushed in advance, and forcing them to take action in the offensive corner.

Last season's Finals Spurs restricted James from using this strategy. Bowen was responsible for marking James across the court, preventing him from getting up, and then driving him into the left bottom line, forcing him to shoot more mid-range shots at this position.

If James wants to forcibly attack the basket in that area, Duncan's protective effect on the basket will be reflected.

The Spurs are not a team that pursues extreme defense. Their strategy is just to let the opponent take action in the most uncomfortable position and try to interfere with every shot. That's all.

Therefore, their defense can be stable for ten years.

However, the Spurs' defense is not impeccable, and there is no flawless defensive system in this world.

Their defense focuses on emphasizing protection of the three-point line and the penalty area, so they have very limited players with strong ball-holding ability, such as LeBron James.

But their defense against mid-range is relatively average, so they often have no choice but to use mid-range killers, such as Kobe Bryant.

Timberwolves lineup: power forward Li Rong, small forward Gomez, center Jefferson, shooting guard McCantz, and Terfell returned to the lineup because of his good performance in these two games, but he lost the ball forever.

Spurs: power forward Duncan, small forward Bowen, center Oberto, shooting guard Finley, point guard Parker, the sixth man in the class, Argentine "demon sword" Ginobili.

The Timberwolves' strategy at the beginning of this game was that Li Rong held the ball from the outside to attract Duncan from the penalty area, and pulled the inside to create a chance for Jefferson to have a low-level single-handed challenge.

Oberto's defensive ability is pretty good, but such ability cannot completely limit Jefferson's low-post singles.

Duncan did not choose to follow out, but turned around to help Oberto defend Jefferson's inside offense.

Jefferson has now regarded finding Li Rong in an instinct when encountering difficulties. When he saw Duncan, he also caught a glimpse of Li Rong who was running and supporting him.

Li Rong received a pass from Jefferson and made a shot from the middle distance.

Looking back, the Spurs' first offensive round was also a low-post single, and Parker handed the ball to Duncan.

Duncan had a huge advantage in facing Li Rong's height, so he sat back and made a two-step shot to make a signature 45-degree angle turn and shot.

The two teams had a draw at the beginning, but "bobo" Vic on the sidelines lowered his head and touched the beard on his chin and fell into thinking.

The Timberwolves turned around to this attack, and Duncan was forced to follow the outside line this time, and Li Rong immediately handed the ball to Jefferson.

Jefferson received the ball, causing Oberto's defensive foul, making two free throws.
Chapter completed!