Popovich's call on the sidelines was the same as Ke Yan's opening. He did not remind the players of what tactics they used, but put a "tight curse" on the team. In the next few minutes, the Spurs' defensive intensity suddenly increased, and David Lee's suppression of Horry was gradually gone.

The score difference was narrowed to 6 points by the Spurs, and Ke Yan responded, Paul and Christie came on the court, replacing House and Kittels.

Christie continued to fight Ginobili, and Joe Johnson was pushed to the third position, but his height and body size were still not at a disadvantage.

The Hawks replaced the backcourt with two guns in advance, and they were fighting Popovich's consecutive away games and did not dare to fight head-on with him.

Popovich took a breath and did not dare to get into the game with the Hawks in advance. In addition to considering the long-term layout, it was also because the Hawks themselves were "barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes."

After the All-Star Game, the Hawks can be said to be a relatively low-level team with relatively low performance pressure in the league, and even the team can enter a state of "competition instead of training".

This is not because the team has good results, but because it is not good enough, "no up or down".

The team has a record of third in the East, but it can only rank fourth because of the rule of "the division champion ranks top three". It seems that it has suffered a big loss, but it has led the fifth-placed Cavaliers in the East by five wins! This gap is really difficult for the Cavaliers and the Wizards to chase.

It is not realistic for the Hawks to chase up. Nets and Pistons are the champion teams in the other two divisions. The Hawks' only hope is to chase the Heat. The gap between the two teams is three games, whether it is big or small.

For Ke Yan, the desire to win is probably the saying of "double the salary by double the score." I just don't know if he really can quadruple the Eagles' score. Will Resler pay him a 6 million coach as soon as possible?

Paul's appearance freed Joe Johnson from the pressure of the organization. In today's game, the second leader of the Hawks played very uncomfortable. He was arranged to go to Bowen in the first quarter, and was plotted against him by Bowen in secret, and he had a lot of penis between his waist, abdomen, back, and chest. When he appeared in the second quarter, his main task was to organize the team's offense, and he played very frustrated.

This is also Joe Johnson's advantage, profession, and he does whatever the coach asks him to do! He won't do any small moves in the locker room, and he won't do anything to harm the team's interests for the data. He just plays.

Against Van Exel, Joe Johnson had a clear advantage. He pretended to break through for two consecutive rounds and made a jump shot. Then he attracted Ginobili to double-team and assisted Christie to hit a three-pointer, helping the Hawks widen the gap to 13 points.

Popovich had no choice but to call a timeout, planning to take the Hawks' offensive rhythm.

After returning from the timeout, Popovich replaced Bowen to limit Joe Johnson, which had a significant effect, but the Hawks' offense still made the Spurs unable to resist. Paul and David Lee played pick-and-roll, and misplaced singles to Mohammed. Through the change of the center of gravity of the dribble, the latter "danced" and turned two consecutive laps in the horn position, dizzy, and then watched Paul break into the basket like a street and score a layup.

Not only is the thunderous dunk that can make people's bloody blood, Paul's "technical beat" can also be used. The fans on the scene cheered for Paul's wonderful operations, but also were excited for the team to have the opportunity to kill the defending champion with a double defeat!

"Textbook-level small to big, I really saw the feeling of Isaiah Thomas in Paul! After Kimi accepted it, maybe he could be more successful than Isaiah!" Barkley said excitedly.

"I think Popovich really needs to change back to Duncan. The score difference has reached 15 points, and the Spurs have not been so embarrassed this season! This is not a good sign." Barkley set out from Ke Yan's perspective, and Kenny Smith could only give Popovich a trick.

Playing Duncan may not solve all problems, but if you continue to follow the steps, it is very likely that when Duncan appears, he will be under pressure to fall behind by 20 points, and then Duncan will be under even heavier!

Popovich never expected Parker and Ginobili to be pinned by the Hawks, especially using Christy to limit Ginobili's move, which was a completely miraculous effect.

Not to mention Popovich didn’t expect it, even Ke Yan himself did not expect it. Of course, more or less, Christie performed a bit extraordinary in this game. If he really could defend Ginobili, the US national team would have to leave him a seat for the Sapporo World Championships!

The Spurs attacked, Ginobili used the pick-and-roll to pass Christie, and without waiting for the opponent to catch up, he forced himself into the inside, forced a jump against Milicic's defense, dunked the ball into the basket with one hand, sweeping away the haze!

Christie restricted Ginobili's catch through a lot of running and active positioning. In addition to testing defensive prediction and skills, this defensive method also requires physical strength to support it. As the physical strength goes by, the Eagles' defensive intensity on the outside suddenly dropped to a higher level. The pressure on Ginobili and Parker was reduced, and Duncan had another two minutes of rest time.

Even so, after watching the appearance, when I saw the score of 55:41, there was still some expression on my calm face.

Also appearing with Duncan are Percy, Josh Smith and... Jerome James of the Hawks. This meat shield can only come in handy when defending low-post killers.

As soon as Duncan came on the court, the Spurs had a backbone, and the players spread back and forth from the outside, looking for opportunities without any rush.

Oberto took the pick-and-roll, and Ginobili broke through with the ball, attracting Josh Smith to assist in defense and pass to the right to Duncan.

Duncan was far away from the basket, and he took the ball with both hands and swayed it. Jerome James came out to interfere with the shooting. Duncan changed direction and broke through from the baseline, passed by James and rushed into the basket, jumped directly against Josh Smith's raised arms, and smashed the ball into the basket!

Although it is no longer the "Flying Devil" of that year, if Duncan really wants to fight, he can occasionally be "violent"!

The key is that the Spurs need Duncan to use such an offense to encourage morale!

Turning back on the defensive end, Duncan also changed the Spurs' defense. Facing the pick-and-roll of Paul and Josh Smith, he first blocked Paul when he was defending him in big or small, making him unable to break through easily, so he could only make a strong shot. As soon as Parker caught up, Duncan quickly retreated to the penalty area, stood at the position, and allowed Josh Smith to throw.

Compared to Marion, Josh Smith's shooting feels harder and the shooting is not very good. The ball was thrown twice on the basket. The rebound was taken off by Duncan and sent a long pass directly to Ginobili who was about to get off.

Although the Hawks played running and fighting, the team was more of a fast pace, with accurate passes, and accurate shooting, and not many with particularly strong athletic capabilities. Only Josh Smith was beaten by the Spurs to counterattack quickly, and only Joe Johnson returned to defense to keep up.

Ginobili pulled the ball near the free throw line, took a step left first, approached Joe Johnson, quickly changed direction to the right while running, twisted his body and rushed over from the opponent, jumped up with his low hand to pick the basketball in. 55:45.

The Hawks attacked and tried to use the weak area of ​​the Spurs' defensive end to make a fuss. Joe Johnson fell to the low post to receive the ball, leaned against Bowen, turned to the baseline and avoided the block and leaned back to the jump shot. The action was very beautiful, but the arc of the ball was a bit flat and the frame came out. Duncan got the position and helped Horry grab the backcourt rebound.

This area is indeed the pain point of the Spurs' defensive system, but Joe Johnson is not Kobe or McGrady after all, so it is not that stable to force Bowen!

The Spurs attacked and passed back and forth several times. Duncan transferred the ball to Ginobili in the left corner.

Ginobili faced Joe Johnson, took the ball and then changed direction to 45 degrees, attracting Joe Johnson to move horizontally, dribbling the ball behind him and gave it to his right hand, quickly changed direction and broke through the bottom line, and successfully passed the ball again, and then scored a layup with a low hand. (55:47)

Duncan's role after he came on the court was immediately effective. After a 6:0 operation, Ke Yan directly called a timeout and re-arranged the tactics.

Originally, I hoped that Jerome James' appearance would consume Duncan, but I would not have sent him a few fouls on Duncan and sent him to the free throw line. As a result, the Spurs did not let Duncan be the main attack. Instead, the Eagles were disarrayed, with 4-for-5 offense and lacked the mobility of assisting defense in the inside on the defensive end. Ke Yan took the blame himself!

After the timeout, Dior replaced Jerome James, the Hawks re-activated their offensive formation and used the offense to deal with the Spurs.

The players against the opponent were replaced from Jerome James to Dior, and the Spurs' offensive focus immediately went from outside to inside. Duncan faced Dior, and they could take advantage of it at low posts, with obvious advantages, or attracted defense and then assigned to the outside line, creating offensive opportunities for teammates.

The Hawks could not limit Duncan, and the Spurs could not control the Hawks' offense. At the end of the half, the score was 64:56. The Hawks returned to the locker room with an 8-point advantage.

In the third quarter, the Spurs continued to use Duncan's unsolvable performance to suppress the Hawks' inside line. Nowadays, Popovich has not yet developed into a later tactical master. The Spurs rely on Duncan to attack, and any loopholes in the defensive end depend on Duncan to make up for it. The key is that Duncan really holds it!

The Hawks continued to rely on the strength of the team to fight the Spurs, but gradually fell into a disadvantage. The Spurs were generally not afraid of teams that rely on teams to win, but were afraid of stars playing randomly by their personal ability. In Ke Yan's previous life, the Spurs lost to the Lakers many times in the playoffs, and also to the Thunder and Warriors. The common feature of these three teams is that the stars are particularly good at playing a few games, and they are killing the master.

Ke Yan couldn't solve this problem in Duncan, and the score was overtaken by the Spurs at the end of the third quarter. (88:90)

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ke Yan reappeared his true nature as "Lightning Earl", directly paired the backcourt with David Lee and Milicic, and targeted the Spurs' substitute suppression, and soon brought the advantage back.

If your hard power cannot defeat you, you will fight a war of attrition and psychological warfare with you!

Popovich was in a dilemma by Ke Yan. If you fight hard, whether you can win or not will also affect the subsequent games; if you rotate normally, it is likely that you will not be able to beat it, and it will also affect the team's morale.

The key is that if every opponent does this, then the Spurs will not be able to be stable in this eight-game series!

In 3 minutes, the Hawks overtook the Spurs by 6 points. Ke Yan stopped when he saw the good news and replaced Paul and Joe Johnson to prepare for the final battle in the last half of the quarter!

His stopping also gave the Spurs a chance to breathe. The substitute lineup of the two teams did not have an advantage, and the score difference was still 6 points. The Spurs called a timeout and the final battle was about to begin!

The time of suspension passed quickly and the players on both sides came back to the stage.

Although the Spurs are still 6 points behind, with Duncan here, Spurs fans are still confident in victory, just like countless games in the past 9 years!

With Duncan's pick-and-roll, Ginobili took the ball and passed Percy without any stop, and made a direct mid-range shot. (101:97)

"Manu's offense is still so sharp. When he hits two points, the Spurs narrows the gap to 4 points, but I look forward to the Hawks' offense and the Spurs' defense in the future." Kenny Smith said.

The Hawks' offense, the Spurs' defensive intensity further improved, and reached the intensity of the playoffs. The Hawks' offense encountered strong obstacles, and the continuous pick-and-roll search and misplaced attacks did not crack the Spurs' defense.

In the end, Joe Johnson relied on Dior's cover to find an opportunity, but at the moment of taking action, he was disturbed by Ginobili who rushed over and the ball smashed out of the basket.

"The Spurs' defense has improved significantly compared to just now. I don't know how Kimi will deal with it next." Barkley subconsciously still hopes that the Hawks will counterattack the Spurs.

The Hawks again made a high-level attack, but Parker's back pass found Duncan who came up to meet him. Duncan took the ball and attracted the defense and passed the ball to Bowen, who was undefended in the bottom corner. Bowen made an open three-pointer in the bottom corner and smashed the box. Duncan gave up the fight for the frontcourt rebound and returned to defense directly.

Paul received the ball in the middle and faced Parker's defense, slowly advanced forward, and at the same time directed his teammates to pull it apart. This time he wanted to attack by himself.

Paul pulled the ball back with his left hand and began to launch a personal attack. Parker's reaction was quick. Just as Paul pulled the ball, his right foot immediately took a small step, immediately occupying the space left by Paul.

The ball took off from behind to the right hand and his left foot almost at the same time. Paul stabbed Parker's left side of his body, and Parker moved his center of gravity horizontally, making quick defensive changes.

Paul dribbled the ball with his right hand, and at the same time he moved back to the left side of his body. The ball hit the ground and bounced back to his left hand. The next moment, his right foot tangled directly to the right side of Parker's body.

The continuous change of directions made Parker's defensive center of gravity change continuously, and his body gradually lost control and lost the initiative in defense.

Just as Parker tried hard to keep up with Paul's changes, the ball went down to his right hand and withdrew his left foot at the same time. Paul made a step back shot.

He tried his best to control his center of gravity and went forward. Paul made another change. The ball passed from behind and came to his left hand again. At the same time, the left foot withdrew directly stabbed Parker's left side.

In an instant, Parker's body completely lost control. The moment he poked his left foot out, he lost his center of gravity and fell to the floor.

Facing Duncan's backup defense, Paul did not choose to throw the ball to Josh Smith who flew into the air, but instead threw it high and hit the board into the basket, completing a wave of extreme singles alone! (103:97)

Kenny Smith's mouth in the commentary seat was wide open enough to stuff an egg: "Omg! I saw something, please forgive me for speaking rudely loudly, but at this moment I think it's not just me who wants to swear, Paul's ball is so beautiful!"

"God, this is really incredible. What we saw, Tony was actually knocked to the ground by Chris. Paul was like a treasure. You don't know what else can be dug out of him!" Barkley praised frantically.

Phillips' center of gravity is like an active volcano that suddenly erupts, and the crazy decibels hurt everyone's eardrums.

This goal hit the morale of the Spurs. Parker also hit his knees in the defense just now and sat directly on the ground.

The Spurs team doctor came in and helped Parker do the examination. After helping Parker return to the locker room, he seemed to be in serious condition.

At a disadvantage in the scene, Parker may also suffer injuries, and the Spurs can say that "it's lost his wife and the soldiers."

During the sudden change, Ke Yan remained calm. During the suspension period, he kept reminding players to focus: "Don't be affected by emergencies! Brent Barry replaced Parker and his three-point shooting ability is stronger. The Spurs will focus more on attacking around Ginobili and Duncan. They will play more resolutely, and we cannot be careless!"

Young players are sometimes more likely to be affected by emergencies. The Spurs are changing their lines and it is really possible to turn the game over. Ke Yan repeatedly emphasized that Horacek also grabbed Paul's head and kept reminding him to control the rhythm of the game.

After the timeout, the game continued. Barry dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and handed the ball to Duncan after falling.

After receiving the ball at a low post, Duncan was quickly double-teamed by Josh Smith and Dior.

Duncan promptly distributed the ball to Horry at the free throw line, who made a jump shot from the free throw line (103:99).

The Hawks attacked, the Spurs replaced defense, Ginobili directly attached to Paul, and the Argentinian's defense was also a top-notch deception in the league!

Paul tried a few simple attempts. Ginobili's movement was not much worse than Parker, and it was more dangerous than Parker, so he dared to make big moves!

Paul took a step back, and Dior immediately pulled out to make a pick-and-roll for Paul.

With the help of Dior's cover, Paul threw away Ginobili's defense and inserted directly into the inside.

Duncanka blocked Paul's breakthrough line at the free throw line and also suppressed Paul's jump shot space. However, Paul did not entangle with Duncan, but directly hit the ball to Dior who was passing by with one strike.

Duncan immediately moved up and defended Dior. Dior kept stopping the ball and directly returned the ball to Paul who walked from the bottom line to the left of the basket.

The two of them had a beautiful "two-for-one" cooperation to disintegrate Duncan's defense. Paul made a shot from the basket, not only shot, but also caused a foul by Horry, who was making up for defense!

He played "answer      ball" twice in a row! When Paul was free throws, the Phillips Arena shouted "mvp!".
To be continued...