Many people feel that Aldridge is not suitable for the Spurs at all, or that after Tim Duncan retired, Aldridge's situation with the Spurs was somewhat embarrassing.

Because his style is not suitable for staying in the penalty area at all, he should appear in the paint area and constantly hit opponents with mid-range shots. This is the role he can play.

But having said that, this cannot be entirely blamed on Popovich. When no one is available inside, he can only sacrifice Aldridge. From his perspective, Leonard Aldridge’s internal and external combination is enough to support him.

Start the team's offense and defense.

During the offseason that just ended, when Popovich and Aldridge had a heart-to-heart talk, Popovich felt that everything would eventually get better and Aldridge would not let him down.

As long as Leonard can continue to pay, the team will surely rebound. As for Aldridge's weakness on the defensive end, Popovich feels that the team's defensive system can make up for it.

Just like now, when Mario Chalmers once again held the ball and rushed to the basket, trying to do the same, Dejounte Murray's active defense caused his attack to die immediately.

………

"Obviously, the team's main scorers were out of shape tonight. LaMarcus made 1 of 5 shots, Rudy made 1 of 4 shots, and the team even made 0 of 6 3-pointers. This is not a good sign.

"

Matt Bonner was a little worried. There should have been a chance to end the losing streak in tonight's game, but the game lasted for more than one quarter. The Spurs' overall performance was not very good, especially on the offensive end. The whole team felt good.

It's cold. As of now, the Memphis Grizzlies in the away game have achieved a 9-point lead. If the momentum of the game continues to develop like this, then it will be the Memphis people who end the losing streak, not the San Antonio Spurs.

Gregg Popovich crossed his arms and paced back and forth on the sidelines. As a head coach, what he fears most is not the problems with the players' tactical coordination on the court, but the cold touch of the players.

Because the feel is very strange and often cannot be controlled by humans. Just like the current situation, for several rounds in a row, the players have executed the offensive tactics thoroughly, but the basketball just cannot get into the basket. This is

It's like being under a spell.

"Maybe…"

Popovich glanced at the bench and felt it was time to make a bold attempt. After all, that guy's shooting percentage yesterday was really scary.

At the dead ball moment 1 minute later, Popovich made personnel adjustments, Rudy Gay was replaced, and the person who replaced Rudy Gay was an unfamiliar face.

A yellow face?

Both the Spurs fans in the arena and fans around the world watching the live broadcast were a little stunned.

When paying attention to the roster and bench before the game, everyone knew that a Chinese player named Jiang Hao was included in the roster for tonight's game.

Based on everyone's understanding of Popovich's coaching style over the years, everyone has more or less guessed that this Chinese player may play tonight.

But to be honest, no one would have thought that Popovich would decide to play Jiang Hao when the team was in a very disadvantageous situation.

Even in the eyes of Chinese fans across the ocean, this is definitely an unexpected substitution.

"Greg's substitutions are always unexpected. Maybe he thinks China Jiang can really help the team." Although Bonner was skeptical, as a commentator, he could only say this at this time.

One minute ago, Jiang Hao had already received the news from assistant coach Messina that he was about to play, so he was very calm when he walked to the court at this time.

As for his task on the field, Messina just told him, which is to shoot three-pointers.

That's right, he just needs to stand on the outside, wait for the pass from his teammates, and then find a way to hit the shot as much as possible.

"Jiang, come on"

Rudy Gay is a great guy, he patted Jiang Hao on the shoulder and said.

Jiang Hao nodded. After all, he had played football for many years and he still knew what to do on the field.

The Spurs' offense came as soon as they came on the field. After holding the ball and advancing into the frontcourt, Murray encountered a strong defense from Mike Conley. You must know that as a defender, Conley is definitely a rare offensive and defensive player in the league.

The second-year Murray was already very rough in handling the ball. At this time, he was forced by Conley and was about to lose the ball. Fortunately, Pau Gasol pulled to the outside and set a screen for Murray.

This allowed Murray to continue handling the ball.

After Marc Gasol took a break, the Grizzlies' interior defense was actually not very strong. Therefore, when Pau Gasol just pulled to the outside and took away Grizzlies player Wright, Murray instantly made up his mind to score the ball.

He wants to break through.

Because he is a big guard, Murray's breakthrough speed is not very fast. When he reaches the free throw line, a Grizzlies player has already reacted under the basket.

Therefore, Murray's breakthrough seemed a bit aggressive this time. As expected, when he came to the basket, he was instantly pressed by the Grizzlies players.

In the chaos, Murray glanced at the right corner and found Jiang Hao's figure appearing there.

"Give Jiang, let him complete the three-point shot." Murray still has the image of Jiang Hao hitting consecutive three-pointers in front of him yesterday morning in his mind. Therefore, he plans to trust Jiang Hao with this shot.

In the right corner, Jiang Hao was already ready to catch the ball, so when Murray threw the ball to him, he almost didn't hesitate at all and opened his hand to complete the shot.

brush!

The basketball got into the basket steadily.

"A three-pointer from China Jiang. He hit the team's first three-pointer tonight. This may be good news."

Matt Bonner laughed. This Chinese Jiang Hao's three-pointer looked good, but it was different from what he had seen in the data before. He remembered that the data showed that Jiang Hao's three-pointer level was very average.

For the Grizzlies, Li Hao's opponent happened to be Mario Chalmers, who performed very well in the first half.

When he saw a yellow-skinned player in front of him, Mario Chalmers smiled inwardly. It was not like he had never faced off against yellow-skinned players, Jeremy Lin was one of them, but there seemed to be no pressure.

Even if the guy in front of me just hit a three-pointer, so what? This guy doesn't seem to even have the qualifications to look at the water cooler in the Spurs. That's just bullshit.
Chapter completed!