The inter-section break is over and the second quarter begins.

Spurs lineup: Hill, Ginobili, Jefferson, Bonner, Mahinmi.

Warriors lineup: Ellis, Morrow, Maggette, Dramanovic, Tolliver.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs took the lead.

Hill quickly dribbled the ball forward and came outside the three-point line to organize the offense.

Ginobili used the cover of his teammates to cut towards the basket, received Hill's pass, took a smart European step, shook off the defending Dramanovic, and flew for a layup.

20:28!

The Warriors quickly sent a baseline kick, and Ellis received the ball and rushed toward the frontcourt.

When he came outside the three-point line, Xiao Gongju quickly made a Samgold move, shook Hill's center of gravity, suddenly burst out as fast as possible, passed Hill in one step, and broke into the three-point line.

"Damn it!" Hill cursed secretly, turned around and quickly pursued him.

On the other side, Ellis rushed into the penalty area and saw Mahinmi stepping forward to cover up the defense. He did not slow down and rushed straight over.

When he was about to collide with Mahinmi, the young man raised an extreme top, turned around and passed Mahinmi, rushed to the basket and flew for a layup, a series of smooth movements.

On the Warriors bench, Sun Yi, Curry and others stood up excitedly, waving towels in their hands and cheering.

Looking back, Ginobili missed a three-point shot from the outside, and the Warriors protected the backcourt rebounds.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich frowned slightly when he saw this scene on the court.

Manu is doing well in everything, but he is a little disobedient to discipline.

"This guy just likes to mess around. This is not a tactic I arranged."

Popovich walked to the sidelines and shouted toward the court: "Manu, execute the strategy, or you get out!"

Ginobili, who retreated, nodded and became more active on defense in order to make up for his mistake.

Ellis dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and gave tactical signals to his teammates.

Dramanovic quickly ran out to coordinate the pick-and-roll.

Xiao Gongju bypassed the screen, rushed into the three-point line, accelerated one step past the slow-moving Bonner, and rushed straight towards the basket.

Upon seeing this, Mahinmi immediately dropped his defender and rushed back to the basket to cover.

Seeing this, Ellis distributed the ball to the right corner.

If it was a small public game in the past, he would definitely force a layup. Now his playing style has changed a lot, and he has minimized unnecessary poisonous plays.

Tolliver, who was ambushing in the right corner, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.

25:28!

It was the Spurs' turn to attack. They didn't dare to mess around in this round, and they followed the tactics strictly.

Ginobili made a snake-like breakthrough into the penalty area and was double-teamed, and immediately gave the ball away.

Bonner, who was outside the left three-point line, received the pass and raised his hand to hit a three-pointer.

25:31!

In the next few rounds, the two sides played evenly matched and it was difficult to separate, and the point difference could not be widened.

The second quarter lasted about 4 minutes, and both sides gradually replaced their main players on the field.

After substitution adjustments, the Warriors attack.

Sun Yi came a few steps ahead of the right corner, received Curry's pass, made a triple threat action, and took a tentative step to shake McDyess's center of gravity.

At the same time, Curry quickly passed by Sun Yi and ran towards the bottom corner.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Sun Yi hit the ball from his hip and passed it out, then moved sideways to block the pursuing Parker.

"Ouch!" The French sports car's vision suddenly went dark. It felt like it had hit a "wall" and it let out a miserable cry.

On the other side, Curry ran to the corner, received a pass from Sun Yi, and hit an open three-pointer.

This is a new coordination tactic developed by the Warriors coaching staff for Sun Yi and Curry, and it has indeed produced good results.

On the sidelines, Popovich saw the scene on the court, and his mood suddenly became unhappy.

The Warriors once again played as a team, causing flaws in the defensive tactics he had formulated previously.

"As expected of the teacher, he came up with a way to break the situation so quickly."

Popovich became serious and prepared to take advantage of the situation.

On the court, the Spurs still gave Duncan the ball to handle, hitting the most confident points.

After receiving the pass, Shi Fo turned around and faked a mid-range shot.

A second-year rookie like Randolph was no match for Deng Daidai, and he was immediately deceived.

Duncan quickly collected the ball and broke through to the left side of the free throw line, went to the basket, pulled onions on dry land, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.

The audience burst into applause, and cheers and shouts filled the arena.

Dunks like this are rare. After Duncan entered the end of his career, in order to save energy, he would never dunk a ball that could be put up for a layup.

It can be seen that Deng was a little excited to play tonight.

Back on the court, the Warriors quickly served the baseline ball.

Curry dribbled the ball quickly, gave the ball to Sun Yi again, and then ran over.

With the lessons learned from past mistakes, the Spurs players were ready, and McDyess quickly changed defense.

But this time Sun Yi did not pass the ball, but started quickly, crushing Parker and rushing towards the penalty area.

The French sports car gave up resistance. He couldn't guard against Sun Yi at all, and he felt very depressed at the same time.

Why is it always him who gets hurt?!

Sun Yi carried Parker to the basket and immediately hit a layup.

Duncan rushed over to help defend and jumped up hard, stretching his arms to interfere, but failed to block the basketball.

After the basketball hits the board, it rebounds into the basket.

After scoring the goal, Sun Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He was almost blocked by Deng Daidai just now. From now on, he should pay more attention to this honest-looking guy.

The ball is transferred and the Spurs attack.

Parker used Duncan's pick-and-roll cooperation to break into the basket, attract the defense and then pass the ball out.

Jefferson, who was outside the three-point line on the right, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.

In the next round, the cooperation between Sun Yi and Curry failed to work out. After shaking for a while, he defended McDyess and shot a pull-up jumper.

Bang!

The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!

The Spurs protected the backcourt rebound, and Parker dribbled the ball forward. When his teammates had an opportunity, he immediately passed the ball over.

Ginobili received the pass and hit a chasing three-pointer.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich looked at him and shook his head, but the next second the basketball hit the net, he instantly changed his expression, smiled and clapped his hands.

Hitting two consecutive three-pointers, the Spurs once again widened the point difference.

In the next game, the Spurs slowed down their offensive pace and used strong defense to slowly waste time with the Warriors.

Faced with the Spurs' airtight defense, the Warriors were unable to speed up, run and gun and fast break, and were forced to fall into a positional battle.

Relying on Ellis's singles and Curry's sometimes ineffective magic ball, the score was clinging to the goal and did not allow the Spurs to further widen the point difference.

At the end of the half, the score on the big screen was 43 to 55. The Spurs led by 12 points entering the second half.

During the halftime break, in the Warriors locker room, head coach Nelson was racing against time to plan the next tactics.

The Warriors players listened carefully to the tactics and once again felt the long-lost sense of urgency.

"At halftime, we were 12 points behind, and the point difference was not too big. As I expected, we can't let the situation continue to develop. It's time for us to use our secret weapon and kick the Spurs hard.

Ass, win this damn game."

Before setting up the tactics, Nelson gave each player a bowl of chicken soup for the soul.

Most of the players on the Warriors did this, and instantly became excited and extremely excited.

Old Nelson nodded with satisfaction, clapped his hands, and continued: "Okay, let's lay out the tactics next."

The players fell silent and listened carefully to Nelson's tactics.

On the other side, in the Spurs locker room, Popovich also arranged the offensive and defensive tactics for the second half.

“The defense was pretty good in the first half, and we continued to maintain it. In the second half, we still cut off the connection between the Warriors players and allowed them to play in isolation.

If you encounter a screen, you immediately switch defenses, which will not give your opponent an opportunity to score easily. At the same time, you give up fighting for offensive rebounds and quickly return to defense, which will not give the Warriors a chance to counterattack."

After Popovich laid out the defensive tactics, he continued to lay out the offensive tactics.

The Spurs players nodded one after another to express their understanding, and then took the time to rest and prepare for the second half of the game.
To be continued...