In the second quarter, Robinson came on the field.
For the Suns, Barkley temporarily sat on the bench, with Wang Tiejun and Tom Chambers partnering inside.
Without Barkley's backup defense, Tom Chambers' strength has obviously dropped a level compared to before the injury. His assist defense speed is slow, and the Suns' low-post defense is very difficult.
Robinson's efficiency increased. In the middle of the quarter, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points. Barkley came on and the Suns took control of the situation.
After halftime, 46:51, the Suns led by 5 points.
Robinson made 4 of 7 shots in the second quarter, and in 19 minutes of the half, he made 6 of 13 shots, plus 2 of 3 free throws. He scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 1 foul.
The opponent Wang Tiejun also had 19 minutes in the half, making 4 of 7 shots and 3 of 5 free throws. He scored 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
He gave Robinson a shot, but also took a shot from the opponent, missed another shot, missed one of his two hook shots near the basket, and only scored two basket attacks. His shooting touch in the second quarter was not very good.
Sample.
During the halftime break, in the ESPN live broadcast booth, Winston Rollin analyzed: "Looking at the lineups of the two teams, the Suns are better.
Although Robinson can beat Old K on the offensive end, Old K's scoring ability cannot be underestimated, and he cannot guard against Old K.
The distance between Antoine Kyle and Barkley is greater than the gap between Old K and Robinson. Calculating the strength of the two teams' inside combination, the Suns should be stronger."
Carter Oldman smiled and said: "Winston, if you compare it again, if Robinson and Barkley offset each other, can Antoine Kyle and Old K offset each other?"
Rollin thought for a while and then said: "The big dog Antoine Kyle also averaged 205 in the 1990/91 season. He was called the poor man's version of Barkley, but his strength declined this season. In the first series
Averaged 22 minutes per game and scored 105. This efficiency is still good. If compared with the old K, well, I think it can be offset."
Carter Oldman smiled and said: "In other words, the inside strength of the two teams is actually about the same, so let's compare the outside.
At the third position, Sean Elliott can crush Ceballos, no comparison is needed.
At the second position, Dan Malley's strength is at most similar to Dale Ellis. Ellis is a strong player who scored 20 points in four consecutive seasons. Although he is 33 years old now, his strength is still there.
Only Kevin Johnson of the Suns is better than Johnson on the perimeter, but it shouldn't be able to offset the gap at the third position."
Luo Lin was a little surprised and said: "According to your calculation, the Suns are weaker?"
Oldman shrugged his shoulders and said: "The strength on paper is like this. Whoever plays better and who handles the details well will have a chance to win."
Rollin thought for a while and said: "Antoine Kyle is 32 years old, and his injury is an important factor that cannot be ignored.
He has always played as a substitute in his career, averaging 20 minutes per game, and rarely played as the main force. Now that he is the main force, it is hard to say whether he can perform well."
"Two Buckleys, let them duel." Oldman laughed.
Luo Lin added: "There is another difference between the two teams. The Spurs have a stronger substitute lineup."
Oldman nodded and said: "Although Tom Chambers is back, his condition is not as good as before, and the Suns also gave up Richard Dumars. These two are bench gangsters who can score very well. Without their
Contribution, the burden on the main players of the Suns will be much greater."
Luo Lin nodded and said: "In the first round against the Lakers, the strength of the Lakers' lineup is too poor. The weakness of the Suns' bench lineup that is not deep enough has not yet been exposed, but facing the Spurs, there may be problems.
I judge that the reason why the Suns lost this series is that firstly, the substitute lineup is not thick enough, and secondly, there is a problem with the main three position."
At the beginning of the third quarter, Barkley started to attack and took more shots. He made 5 of 8 shots in the quarter and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 13 points on Antoine Kyle.
Barkley exploded, not only destroying the city on the offensive end, but also actively assisting David Robinson on the defensive end, showing all-round performance.
At the end of the third quarter, 68:78, the Suns led by 10 points.
At the end of the final quarter, the Spurs counterattacked with all their strength, sped up the offensive and defensive rhythm, and started a fast break.
Sean Elliott stepped up, took over the offensive banner, and beat Ceballos. He made 2 of 3 shots in the half, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 8 points.
The Suns made consecutive mistakes during their fast-paced offense and defense and fell into a scoring drought.
Wang Tiejun couldn't keep up with the rhythm and was exhausted between the frontcourt and the backcourt, causing the team to frequently fall into a situation of playing more with less.
After half a quarter, 83:86, the Suns only led by 3 points and called a timeout.
"Damn it, I almost... almost died. Is this a track and field competition... or... basketball? I didn't touch the ball for half a quarter, so I just... grabbed a rebound."
Sitting back on the bench out of breath, Wang Tiejun gasped and cursed.
"They can't run anymore. They shouldn't fight like this again in the second half." Barkley gasped.
"Old K, do you still have physical fitness?" head coach Westphal asked.
"It's okay, I, I'm okay, I'm just out of breath, just take a breather," he said.
Westphal nodded. In the third quarter, Old K didn't attack much. He just ran back and forth a little more quickly. The physical consumption was not very big. He said:
"Next we have to slow down the pace and fight a wave of positional warfare. It's up to you to fight. Try your best to get in. I want your efficiency."
"Okay, it's up to me." Lao Wang patted his chest and agreed.
At this time, in the ESPN live broadcast booth, Winston Rollin laughed and said: "The Spurs played a successful tactic and took advantage of K's slow speed to improve the offensive and defensive rhythm."
"Fast break tactics cannot be sustained, and then it's time for the two teams to have a bloody battle." Oldman said with a smile.
Luo Lindao: "The Suns also made two consecutive mistakes on the outside just now. The Spurs' outside pressing defense was very effective."
After the timeout, the game started and the Suns attacked.
With a quick transfer of the ball, advanced upfield by Dan Marley, the Spurs defended tight and had no chance, and then it was back into the hands of Kevin Johnson.
Wang Tiejun asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing, and his left foot stepped outside the left sideline of the paint area.
David Robinson is not using entwining defense, but his physical fitness is not that good. In the half-quarter fast break just now, he was the main force, running like a defender, and with the strong confrontation with Wang Tiejun throughout the game, now he is just
It’s just persistence. His physical condition should not be as good as Wang Tiejun’s.
"Crack!"
With the ball in hand, Wang Tiejun was preparing to attack when he suddenly found that the Spurs were double-teaming him, and Sean Elliott jumped to him from the right wing.
"Oops! Be careful of double-teaming!"
The commentator's exclamations rang out from the commentary box.
Today, the whole game was dominated by Robinson, who was guarding K. K alone and concentrated his efforts on double-teaming Barkley. No one on the Suns expected that in the last half of the quarter, the Spurs chose to double-team K. without any preparation at all.
But Wang Tiejun reacted quickly and hit the ball towards Sean Elliott with his right hand.
"Ceballos?"
Sean Elliott quickly turned back to defend.
When Ceballos caught the ball, he saw Wang Tiejun waving to him repeatedly, pushed with both hands, and passed the ball back.
"What?"
Sean Elliott quickly turned around again and pounced in the low post.
Wang Tiejun caught the ball and immediately started to hit Robinson with his back.
Instead of slipping to the bottom, he hit from above, using his left foot as support and moving his right foot inward to make a breakthrough.
But this time, Robinson didn't retreat or block, he just wrapped around his opponent. His arms were tightly wrapped around his opponent's body. If you advance, I would retreat. If you retreat, I would advance. I would entangle you to death.
He knew very well that Old K did not dribble and this was a false breakthrough.
Everyone knows that Old K's ball control ability is average and he rarely dribbles for breakthroughs. As long as he blocks his first step, he can block his breakthroughs.
At this time, Sean Elliott rushed to his side and double-teamed him.
But at this time, Wang Tiejun saw Ceballos cutting in from behind him along the baseline, and he immediately smashed the ball back to the floor.
"Bang!"
When the ball rebounded, it was caught by Ceballos who was cutting inside, and then he stepped into the paint area with a flying dunk and smashed the ball into the basket.
83:88, Spurs attack.
Gu Feng
After half a quarter of fast break, the Spurs were indeed tired in the last few minutes of the game, and their advancement was very slow this time.
Let’s look at Sean Elliott. His height and tonnage are 203 centimeters and 93 kilograms, while Ceballos is only 198 centimeters and 86 kilograms. He can crush his opponents in both height and tonnage.
As for his skills and strength, he is this year's All-Star substitute and is much better than his opponents.
"Whoa!"
He once again hit a two-point shot over his opponent's head. This was his third goal of the quarter and the 10th.
85:88, Suns attack.
Let's play according to the assigned offensive tactics and give the ball to Wang Tiejun.
But this time, Kevin Johnson passed the ball first to Ceballos, using this transition to prevent Sean Elliott from double-teaming the low post in advance, and then Ceballos passed the ball on.
As soon as Wang Tiejun got the ball, he directly hit Tieshan with a standing motion, knocking the Robinson wrapped around him loose a little, and then immediately turned around and slipped to the bottom.
Robinson immediately took a step toward the baseline to prevent his opponent from slipping to the bottom.
But at this moment, Wang Tiejun chose to fight instead of moving.
Xiongbu's characteristics of being reliable, movable and switching at any time ensured his choice.
At the same time, because Robinson is on the move, even if a strong collision occurs, there will be no foul and it is a normal confrontation.
"Bang!"
While dribbling with his left hand, he did not turn around completely, but moved his right foot inward, and his right shoulder and back leaned directly against the moving Robinson.
"Bang!"
With a groan, Robinson fell down, his back hit the floor, and he continued to slide, sliding directly to the basket.
This time, because there was ample space for exerting force, and with Xiong Bu's cooperation and blessing, the power gained from fighting was huge.
"Whoa!"
In order to save precious physical energy, Wang Tiejun did not dunk, but scored two points with a layup.
"yeah!"
The victory after knocking over the super center made the whole audience cheer.
"Beautiful, the admiral looks weak under Old K. But is he a softie as Old K said? No, he is not, he is a super center. Old K, hit him! Kill him! Go and prove that he is soft.
Egg……"
The on-site commentator immediately roared.
"Ahem..."
Robinson lay on the floor for a few seconds and was pulled up by the big dog Antoine Kyle. He was still coughing a little and was knocked out of breath just now.
In fact, in order to avoid fouling, the system-integrated Tieshankao's power-generating movements have been changed. The body posture used to fight is different from the real Tieshankao, and the lethality has been weakened a lot. Otherwise, the big hard bone of the shoulder blade will be used.
If you hit your opponent's tender and crispy ribs, as long as you exert enough force, it is very likely that the bones will break. How can you just cough a few times?
Spurs attack, Dale Ellis takes the ball on the right wing.
When he plays Dan Marley, he does not have the physical advantage of the third position. In addition, his peak period is past, and his current strength is similar to Dan Marley, averaging about 16 points per game in the regular season.
Dan Marley was forced to make a mistake by his opponent in the first half. Now that his opponent had the ball, he immediately went up to press for it.
He averages 1.7 steals per game and is very strong defensively.
Dale Ellis forced a fadeaway jumper, but missed. The backcourt rebound was protected by Wang Tiejun, and the Suns attacked.
On the left low post, Wang Tiejun and Robinson were entangled again.
Just like last time, the ball transitioned from Ceballos' hands, first controlling Sean Elliott outside, and then passing the ball on.
As soon as he got the ball, he didn't waste half a second and immediately slipped to the bottom.
This time, Robinson learned the lesson just now and instead of moving sideways to the baseline, he retreated to defense.
Wang Tiejun stepped into the paint area, immediately stood up and hit a front hook.
His bear step is indeed not very fast, but it has many advantages. One of the advantages is that his feet are not running, but walking against the floor.
In this way, the force exerted by his feet is faster, and the high-frequency oscillation characteristics allow him to get up faster. In addition, his own movement speed is not fast, so he will not move between movement and sudden stop.
Affecting his balance, this can ensure the stability of his shots to the greatest extent.
When a fast person makes a sudden stop for a jump shot, it is because the sudden stop affects the balance of the body, which also affects the stability of the shot, resulting in a low hit rate, but he does not have this problem.
"brush!"
Robinson was retreating on defense and could only defend with his eyes. When he was completely free of defense, the ball went past the basket.
"Mr. Admiral, your defensive eyes are really good." Lao Wang started talking trash.
"Trash boy, just wait for me." Robinson couldn't care less about being modest and immediately responded with trash talk.
Coming to the low post on the left wing, he immediately asked for the ball.
"Get out of here!"
Wang Tiejun moved forward and fought closely, pushing his opponent until he could no longer stand. He could only retreat outwards, but he immediately followed up and continued to push his opponent outwards.
"Oh, Old K drove Robinson away from the paint area. Now the ball is given to Sean Elliott on the left three-point line. Robinson simply runs out to do a pick-and-roll..."
In the ESPN live broadcast booth, Luo Lin shouted quickly.
Even though Robinson reached the three-point line, Wang Tiejun did not relax and followed him out.
The defensive task given to him by the head coach is to follow the opponent and leave the penalty area to Barkley. At the critical moment, he must try his best to guard the superstar Robinson.
When Sean Elliott broke through the wall and reached the edge of the paint, Barkley stepped in front of him.
He quickly passed the ball across to Antoine Kyle who was left open in the low post on the right wing. Dan Marley jumped down to cover. Kyle missed a jump shot near the basket and Barkley won the rebound.
The Suns were attacking, Wang Tiejun raised his hand for the ball in the low post, and Kevin Johnson made a pull gesture.
"Bang!"
Suddenly there was a close-fitting Tieshan hit, which slightly bumped Robinson's center of gravity, and suddenly took the opportunity to bypass his opponent and rush into the paint.
Robinson turned around and caught up with him and pulled his jersey, but he knocked it off with his hand.
Kyle, the big dog in the low post on the right wing, rushed over in a hurry and returned to defend the basket.
At this time, the ball was also passed in. He quickly stood up, caught the ball with both hands in the air, and smashed it towards the former who jumped to block the shot.
"Bang!"
Amidst the heavy impact, Antoine Kyle's height was only 206 centimeters and his tonnage was only 102 kilograms. There was a huge difference. He was two times too small. He had no ability to resist in the air. He was knocked over directly and hit the floor.
"Bang!"
At the same time, a two-handed dunk ignited the entire audience.
"Oh ho ho, the unstoppable monster is attacking the basket. The Spurs' little moves can't stop Old K. Let's have an explosion and defeat them!"
"Just do it like this, the giant beast should stay under the basket, old K, crush them!"
In the live commentary box, the roars of the two excited commentators continued.
The game was suspended because Antoine Kyle couldn't get up. Compared to Wang Tiejun, he was too thin. When he hit the floor, the back of his head hit the floor and broke his head. He must not be able to fight.
“Too bad!”
Spurs head coach John Lucas had a headache and turned to look at the bench. There were only two substitute forwards available, one was Terry Cummings and the other was Jr. Reid.
But I chose the former because the latter has never played in the playoffs and is only a role player, while the former has rich playoff experience and is a former All-Star.
