Has San Antonio ever had such a young starting lineup?
This starting lineup is very similar to the Silver Grays that won three championships in five years in the 2003-07 season. In those years, under the leadership of the Wake Forest Flying Devils, Pampas Eagles and French sports cars, the San Antonio Spurs almost took away a generation.
human youth.
"Defense is the biggest reliance of this new starting lineup. This upholds Popovich's consistent defense-first proposition. We can imagine how terrifying the forward defensive strength of this lineup will be when Kawhi comes back. Of course,
"As of now, China Jiang's position coincides with Kawhi's. This depends on Popovich's specific arrangements."
In fact, in early March, Popovich and Jiang Hao had a formal conversation. The old man hoped that Jiang Hao could become the offensive and defensive core of the second team. He was revealing to Jiang Hao that Leonard was about to return.
Signal.
Popovich showed enough respect for Jiang Hao that he did not directly take Jiang Hao's starting position, but chose to seek advice from Jiang Hao first.
But Jiang Hao ultimately rejected Popovich's suggestion and successfully persuaded Popovich to keep him in the starting lineup.
Jiang Hao told Popovich that as far as the current league is concerned, it is difficult to find a pure inside player. Big men without outside shooting range are actually unpopular. The entire league is moving towards the small ball era. In this kind of situation,
In this case, why don't the San Antonio Spurs follow the trend? He can allow Leonard to devote his main energy to the defensive end.
If the Spurs didn't do this before, the lineup wouldn't allow it, but now it's completely fine.
Jiang Hao took the initiative to make sacrifices, that is, he came to do the dirty work and the tiring work, but he must stay in the starting lineup.
As for the bench, Jiang Hao told Popovich that Ginobili and Tony Parker will never let people down.
Popovich finally agreed to Jiang Hao's suggestion after careful consideration.
Therefore, when Leonard faced the Cleveland Cavaliers at home on March 20, Leonard ushered in his comeback, and the Spurs' starting lineup looked so incredible.
One senior and four juniors?
People should call this the Spurs version of the Death Five.
Dejounte Murray, Danny Green, Jiang Hao, Kawhi Leonard, Aldridge, this starting lineup looks so full of endless possibilities.
"This is a starting lineup full of magic balls. Let's see what happens next."
The dominance of the Cleveland Cavaliers this season no longer seems so obvious. At least from the regular season point of view, this is a team that lacks soul.
Because of LeBron James, although they are still the biggest contender for the Eastern Conference championship, their situation is much worse than their old rival the Warriors.
For the Spurs, today's game is what they hope to win, because before this, their journey to the Cowboys was miserable. Sixth in the Western Conference became eighth. If they lose again, they will have to be ranked fourth.
Nine, tenth.
Jiang Hao feels very sorry. His performance in recent games has not been very good, especially after being targeted more by opponents, and some of him can't handle the ball.
Murray had the same problem as Jiang Hao.
The coaching staff gave them enough trust and told them that this was just a hurdle, and as long as they got over it, there would be a sunny avenue ahead.
Well, Jiang Hao shook his head, he also hoped that this damn bad luck would leave soon.
After being away from the game for a long time, Leonard didn't look very good in the first two minutes of the game. Both of his shots were iron-free.
On the contrary, Love on the Cavaliers side was very active and hit consecutive shots.
In the next round, Jiang Hao finally faced James on the offensive end. The first time the two teams met this season was at the Cavaliers' home court. It was at the beginning of the season. Jiang Hao was still playing in the Development League at that time.
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This was Jiang Hao's first time playing against the league's best player in a competition, but he didn't feel very nervous. Instead, he enjoyed the feeling of sitting in front of him under such huge pressure.
On the right side of the paint area, Jiang Hao received Leonard's pass. Facing James' defense, he chose a floating shot from an unexpected angle. This was his first shot tonight and he hit it steadily.
"This is Jiang's favorite shooting spot."
In the next few rounds, Jiang Hao faced James directly on the offensive end. What is incredible is that he actually chose to take direct shots, and the efficiency of his shots was 3 of 4.
The atmosphere in the atat center became heated. It had been a long time since Jiang Hao had been like this.
Popovich made personnel adjustments and Leonard was substituted. He had just returned and could not play too much time. Besides, his touch was not very good.
In this case, it is definitely a good choice to hand over the dominance on the court to Jiang Hao, who is in hot form.
After showing off his scoring in front of James, Jiang Hao showed off his assists again. During this period, he has improved in all aspects, not only shooting, organizing assists, and defense have also been greatly improved.
The Spurs had the ball. After Jiang Hao brought the ball to the frontcourt, he handed it to Danny Green in the right corner. Due to a coordination error, Danny Green was not actually ready to shoot. Therefore, under Jr. Smith
Under the pressure of the defense, he could only pass the ball reluctantly.
At this time, Jiang Hao and James were entangled at the top of the arc. James used his excellent physical fitness to force Jiang Hao behind him.
Under this kind of vision, Jiang Hao might not be able to do much even if he gets the ball.
Danny Green has never been an expert at holding the ball. He barely managed to throw the ball towards Jiang Hao, but no matter how he looked at it, he was about to be intercepted and lose the ball.
Even if Jiang Hao, who has lost his balance, catches the ball, he will be beaten by James.
However, the script did not develop as everyone should have seen.
The result on the court was that the Spurs completed this offense incredibly, and it was Aldridge who completed the final shot.
What exactly happened at this moment?
He was originally going to lose the ball, but why did he successfully score in the blink of an eye?
The subsequent replay footage gave everyone the answer.
Jiang Hao actually performed a move that was extremely scary. The replay footage showed that when Jiang Hao caught the ball, he seemed to have predicted that he might fall, so he kept the basketball in his hand.
The time was shortened to less than 05 seconds. The first time he touched the basketball, he quickly threw it to Aldridge, who was unguarded under the basket.
So, the result is that he did it, Aldridge caught the ball under the basket and dunked to complete the shot.
hiss!
Is this a lucky ball?
Maybe there is this element in it, but what everyone sees more is Jiang Hao's excellent overall view.
Chapter completed!