After the opening ceremony, Tang Tian was also presented with the award ceremony for the championship ring.

There were cheers at the scene, but it was also sporadic.

The previous booing has shown the attitude of the fans here, and they no longer love Tang Tian as they used to.

After the award ceremony, the starters of both sides appeared one after another, and the game began immediately.

"beep!"

With the referee's whistle, Davis jumped to win Duncan, giving the Pelicans the chance to take the lead in offense.

The Pelicans fell in front of the field, and Tang Tian leaned on Leonard and reached out to catch the pass from Holiday.

After Gordon changed from starting to substitute, the Pelicans had independent offensive ability on the field, but in fact only Holiday and Tang Tian were the only ones.

Tang Tian’s ability is much better than Holiday, so he is naturally the team’s first choice.

Morrow opened up space in the bottom corner, and after Holiday gave the ball, he also pulled Parker, who was defending him, to the weak side.

Popovich knew that Tang Tian passed the ball well, so he did not take the risk of double-teaming at this time, but instead asked Leonard to defend alone.

After Tang Tian left, Leonard made significant progress, averaging 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block per game, and he is already the Spurs' scoring champion.

He is the greatest comfort for Spurs fans after Tang Tian’s explosive performance.

At this moment, the two of them were one-on-one, and there were cheers everywhere.

Tang Tian turned around and posed in three threatening positions.

His understanding of Leonard is not just about being a teammate for two years, but how many times they did their hair together and sweated at night together.

Coupled with his observation as a coach, he may know his skills better than Leonard himself.

A false action to break through, then quickly collect the ball, use the left foot as the force, and move one step to the right to pull it out.

Leonard flew to defend, but his speed was obviously a little unsatisfied.

Leonard is a small forward who is good at physical confrontation, and he will be the best candidate to defend James.

But relatively speaking, his speed is a disadvantage.

This is also why when Tang Tian was still with the Spurs, every time the Spurs fought against the Thunder, Tang Tian would go against Durant, and Leonard would be beaten up as long as he went up.

Every player has his own defensive target, including Tang Tian, ​​who had no match for James before he gained weight.

20% pull-up stability, add 20% to reduce defensive interference.

Iconic scissors legs, picturesque pose.

Tang Tian pulled out his hand and crossed Leonard's fingertips.

"Swish!"

Hollow into the net.

The cheers at the scene came to an abrupt end.

Tang Tian succeeded in singles against Leonard as soon as he came up!

Popovich reached out and touched the beard on his chin.

Tang Tian is really not easy to defend himself now.

The Spurs' offense and the hammer tactics in the frontcourt, Morrow was blocked by Duncan, and Green's three-pointer was shot.

The Pelicans' defense this season is among the top fifteen in the league due to the players' fighting spirit, but it is obviously not enough to face teams like the Spurs.

The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt again, and Leonard went around against Tang Tian at this time.

Although Tang Tian left the Spurs, the wealth he left for the Spurs is still there. Leonard and Green's defensive habits and consciousness have learned a lot from Tang Tian.

Tang Tian knew that he was not easy to catch the ball, so he signaled to Holiday to play tactics.

Jason Smith mentioned that he was playing pick-and-roll salt lake for Holiday at a high position, and Holiday broke in with the ball.

At the same time, Davis also mentioned that he made a pick-and-roll for Tang Tian on the right.

Leonard was blocked by Davis and Holiday suddenly gave it to Tang Tian.

This ball tactic was played, but Holiday's passing ability was slightly worse and his passing was a little low.

After Tang Tian received the ball, Leonard had already passed by Davis' defense and rushed over.

Tang Tian didn't stop, and a fake move of pulling up Leonard, then he drove another step to pull up.

This time Leonard didn't have time to turn around to defend.

Tang Tian’s handsome figure was frozen in the air into a flowing photo.

"Swish!"

After the opening, Tang Tian pulled out his hands twice in a row and hit him!

The sidelines were restless.

Leonard seemed to have no way to do Tang Tian’s trick.

The Spurs went to the frontcourt to continue playing the Hammer tactics.

“Expand!”

Tang Tian shouted at Holiday and Morrow at this time.

He knew very well how the hammer tactics worked, and he basically defended half of the outside line.

And when he shouted, he also expanded.

The Spurs had no good chance of pick-and-roll running on the outside, and when Leonard broke through the tactics to the basket, he took action directly.

"Bang!"

However, Davis flew to assist in defense and directly gave him a big nail-board hat!

"Oh, this skill of assisting defense is visible to the naked eye!"

Smith exclaimed in the commentary seat.

"He's just a bumblebee, playing ball in the air!"

Barkley casually gave Anthony Davis a new nickname.

Davis's assisted defense ability is also the reason why Tang Tian asked Holiday and Morrow to expand the defense.

After Davis swung to the fourth position, the Pelicans' inside line was not as sloppy as it was at the beginning of the season!

"Defense! Defense!"

The situation on the scene seemed a bit unfavorable, and the DJ on the scene began to motivate the fans to cheer for the home team.

Tang Tian went to the frontcourt to fight Leonard and received a pass from Holiday.

He turned around again, and Leonard had no room for close defense.

Tang Tian's weakness was exposed at this time. Without a stable dribble, he could not get rid of Leonard's defense with his own strength.

But he obviously wasn't fighting alone.

Davis saw it and quickly came over to pick-and-roll.

Tang Tian followed up with a pick-and-roll move and quickly pulled out his hand before Duncan assisted in defense.

Duncan is not strong in his desire to win this season, and his condition is a bit cliffy, and the interference he gets from saving is limited.

"Swish!"

Basketball, once again, penetrates the net!

The shouts at the scene came to an abrupt end!

Tang Tian scored 6 points in a row at the beginning!

Perhaps it was because of the booing at the opening, or perhaps it was because he had already made up his mind that Tang Tian was not ruthless in the face of the old master Spurs!

Leonard shook his head helplessly at this time.

When Tang Tian was still in the Spurs, he was actually his younger brother in front of Tang Tian. As the eldest brother, Tang Tian helped him untie his knot and taught him to make progress.

Now that Tang Tian has left the Spurs, the two of them are playing against each other on the court, he is still at the bottom of the game.

The younger brother is still the younger brother after all.

Tang Tian still performed well in high-pressure defense against Leonard in the first quarter, scoring 13 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Pelicans to stalemate 25-29.

In the second quarter, both sides changed players.

Dior, Belinelli and Ginobili appeared one after another on the Spurs.

The bench behind him is also an important part of the Spurs' successive championships in the past.

On the Pelicans, Gordon and Anderson also replaced each other.

After more than four minutes in the second quarter, the score on the field was 31 to 35.

The Pelicans' substitute group is not inferior to the Spurs!

This is what the Pelicans have readjusted after starting, and their substitute depth is not necessarily worse than the Spurs!

"They really have a chance to win this game!"

O'Neal said with a laugh in the commentary seat.

Before the game started, the Spurs were second in the West and the Pelicans were eighth in the West. Both the two teams had different strengths and season performances.
Chapter completed!