The Spurs players returned to the bench out of breath. The substitutes handed water to each other and towels to each other. John Lucas said on the side:
"Guys, it's too bad. We turned the ball over three times in less than half a quarter. It's bad. We need to focus more on the game now, which allows us to be more engaged. I want to make some changes now.
,David..."
"Huh?" Robinson, who was wiping his sweat, snorted.
John Lucas said with a headache: "I did ask you to increase the offense under the basket, but you need to be more flexible and don't let the rookie figure out your offensive methods.
You are a super center, you have a hundred ways to beat him, show your skills, you can do it."
"Of course I can do it," Robinson replied coldly.
John Lucart did not mention the issue of double-teaming Old K. Because Wang Tiejun did not have many offenses, this problem was not serious. He did not want to intensify the conflict with Robinson at this time.
At the end of the timeout, the Spurs attacked and deployed a high pick-and-roll tactic. Robinson pulled up to set up a pick-and-roll for Avery Johnson.
He has the ability to shoot mid-range and long-range shots. He can stay in the high post and wait for the return pass, or he can go down and go straight to the basket, or he can pull to the wing to connect.
Wang Tiejun could only follow up. In terms of height, even Barkley couldn't guard Robinson in the high position. He could only guard him.
However, his ability to defend against pick-and-rolls is not very good, and he is destined to have problems with his defense this time.
At this time, Avery Johnson took the opportunity to use the wall to rush into the paint area. When Kevin Johnson bypassed Robinson and followed him, he was already half a step too slow. Robinson also followed Robinson and did not stay in the high position, waiting for him to follow Robinson down.
By the time, it was already a step slower.
"Bang!"
Avery Johnson rushed to the basket and then turned around and passed back. Robinson caught the ball and dunked, smashing the rim.
"The Spurs played a beautiful high-post pick-and-roll tactic!" Winston Rollin praised in the ESPN live broadcast.
"Old K's mobility prevents him from keeping up with Robinson's pace." Carter Oldman laughed.
"Silly bird, you almost guarded me."
Robinson was very excited when he succeeded and started talking trash to Lao Wang.
"No wonder you can't win the championship. You even have to imitate a rookie like me in trash talking. Why should you beat me?" he immediately replied.
"You?" What does this have to do with the championship? Robinson was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
The two came to the Suns' frontcourt, entered the low post on the left wing, and became entangled again. At the same time, they kept hitting their opponents with trash talk.
Dan Malley broke through with the ball, got to the basket and attracted the defense, and then passed the ball to Wang Tiejun behind David Robinson.
"Bang!"
Wang Tiejun directly knocked over David Robinson from behind, who was turning to defend, and dunked him.
This was his second attack, and it was all successful.
"Old rookie, welcome to the NBA!"
After he succeeded, he spat trash talk at Robinson who got up.
"asshole!"
Robinson gritted his teeth and pushed Wang Tiejun away and ran towards the frontcourt.
"Bang!"
He was pushed away from the paint area, received the ball one step away, and used a tentative step to back away Wang Tiejun, but missed the jumper.
A minute later, he took the ball to attack again, but it was still the same. There was a problem with his jump shot, but he still failed to hit it.
In the 9th minute of the first quarter, during the Spurs' timeout, Robinson was replaced, and Wang Tiejun was also replaced.
After sitting on the bench and wiping his sweat with a drink of water, he took a look at the system.
In the first quarter, he used the defensive skills taught by Barkley to prevent Robinson from facing the basket twice. He felt that this was a good improvement. He had difficulty guarding the Admiral's breakthrough from the basket before. He wanted to see if the system had any effect.
Improve his level.
"I improved when I played Robinson in the regular season. It seems like he is really my lucky star. I have to treat him well."
Looking at it, it has really improved. The single defense has been raised from level 82 to level 84, which is an upgrade of two levels at once. This is simply a surprise.
After the first quarter, at 21:32, the Spurs trailed by 11 points.
Barkley performed like a god today, delivering three steals in a single quarter. The Spurs committed five turnovers in the first quarter, which was the main reason for falling behind.
David Robinson made 2 of 6 shots, no free throws, and only had 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 turnover, and 1 foul.
Wang Tiejun made 2 of 2 shots and no free throws, scoring 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
"Old K, you defended Robinson well today. Does what I taught you work?" Barkley said with a smile.
"But later on he stopped shooting and just shot from the outside. I couldn't keep up, so how should I defend? You have to teach me again, don't hide your secrets, otherwise you won't win the championship. I will be your championship.
The last piece of the puzzle." Wang Tiejun said.
"this……"
When he heard about the championship, Barkley immediately became serious, thought about it, and said: "Either you still use your body, you stick directly to him, don't let him face the basket, and continue to push him outwards, his back is normal, then
I can't hit you from a long distance.
If you don't have time to get close to him, you have to close the distance with him when he is facing the basket and stand in a defensive position.
Your tonnage is large, your lower body is stable, your legs are slightly apart, and you occupy a large defensive area. If he breaks through from the basket, he has to bypass you, at least two steps, and his movement speed will stagnate. This gives
Your chance to turn around and defend."
Wang Tiejun nodded thoughtfully. You can try this method. It seems to make sense. If it succeeds, maybe his defense level will be improved again.
At the beginning of the second quarter, he and Tom Chambers came on the court, Dan Malley continued to play, plus backup point guards Knight and Danny Ainge.
The Spurs were behind, and Robinson came on.
Sun attack.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two consecutive hits, neither light nor heavy, caused Wang Tiejun to stand with one foot in the paint. Robinson's tonnage and strength suffered too much and he could not withstand it.
"Bang!"
The third iron mountain hit with all his strength. Robinson grunted and staggered back. At this time, he turned around and stepped forward violently.
Robinson had no time to take off, so he grabbed his jersey and pulled it down.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded.
"Bang!"
The moment he hit the basket with one hand, the basketball jumped up and dunked, and he was also pulled down.
"What the hell!"
He somewhat hated himself for wasting two years, resulting in his explosive power being too weak and his getting up speed not being fast enough, otherwise it would be difficult for his opponents to pull him away.
If the ball was replaced by O'Neal, there would be no chance to catch him, and it would probably be a two-plus-one game.
The year he was imprisoned, he was just 17 years old, and his body entered its final growth period. He grew more than ten centimeters in one year. When he was in prison, he did not have enough nutrition, his muscles did not develop, and his body was very thin.
This year, he couldn't do strength training, and since his body was growing taller, he couldn't do much strength training at all.
The building of strength lies in the years after the body develops and gains weight. As a basketball player, you cannot train too much strength in your youth, otherwise you will not grow taller. Just like those gymnasts who train strength too early.
, so they are all short.
When he arrived in the United States, he was not as big as he is now, weighing at most 105 kilograms. After doing heavy physical work for several months, he grew a lot of muscles.
Heavy physical work requires not explosive power, but absolute strength, so his muscles don't have much explosive power.
To put it simply, during the period after he completed his physical development, which was the most suitable period for strength training, not only did he not perform strength training, but also due to work reasons, his body naturally leaned towards absolute strength rather than explosive power.
After two free throws, he stood on the free throw line, dribbled six times, combined the ball, exhaled, and shot...
"Whoa!"
The basketball passed through the basket and made a free throw.
"Hehe, 1 free throw, 100% hit rate." He laughed.
"Fool!" Gu Na
Robinson was extremely disdainful and looked at Wang Tiejun like an idiot.
"Coward, do you have a chance to make a free throw?" he immediately spat.
"..."
Robinson was angry, that is, he felt superior to others, otherwise he would punch him.
"Bang!"
The second ball hit the basket and hit the second free throw.
Spurs attack.
On the left wing, one step outside the paint area, Robinson was pushed here by Wang Tiejun, and then he received the ball with his back against the defender.
Hold the ball with both hands, take a step back with your left foot, increase the distance from the defender, and switch from back to the basket to facing the basket.
But at this moment, Wang Tiejun suddenly moved his right foot forward and was in front of him. While grabbing the ball, he pressed his body against him. He quickly raised his hands to avoid being intercepted.
At this time, Wang Tiejun suddenly leaned forward with his chest and hit him with a close-fitting Tieshan Kick. He could no longer stand on his feet and couldn't help but step back with his right foot.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded, and he pointed at Robinson and made a walking gesture.
"No, my supporting foot didn't move." Robinson said quickly.
The referee shook his head, pointed to his right foot and said, "That's your supporting foot. You just moved it."
"Haha..." Comrade Lao Wang laughed and passed by.
Robinson was so angry that he could only hand the ball to the referee helplessly.
"The Spurs made a mistake for the sixth time. I want to see how many times this team will make a mistake today?" Winston Rollin said dissatisfied in the ESPN live broadcast booth.
"The general is careless!" Carter Oldman shook his head and sighed.
"main idea?"
Luo Lin said with dissatisfaction: "As a rookie, Lao K has smashed 2010 data on his head in the regular season and G1 game. Carelessness is not an excuse. He has no right to underestimate Lao K."
"No, I mean defense. Old K is strong in offense and weak in defense. His defense has always been a problem, and it is still a problem now." Oldman explained.
Luo Lin accepted this explanation, nodded and said: "Old K's defense was indeed very successful today. Robinson singled out Old K five times, but failed once. If it weren't for two outside breakthroughs, he had two dunks."
That means it’s not 2-for-7, but an even worse 0-for-5.”
Oldman nodded and said: "And there is not a single free throw, and the lethality is zero, which is really unjustifiable. Starting from the first round, Robinson has indeed lost his lethality, and after a few games, his efficiency is not high."
Luo Lindao: "There are also problems with the coaching staff's tactics. The two outside breakout tactics and pick-and-roll tactics were successful. Why not use them? It is difficult for Old K to keep up with Robinson's movement. Why not use Robinson's mobility to mobilize him?
?”
As the game continued, Robinson got angry and kept asking for the ball, hoping to beat Wang Tiejun.
However, he did not feel good today. In addition, Wang Tiejun's defense has improved and became more targeted. He was unable to hit the ball and could only shoot jumpers from the outside.
He played 8 minutes in the second quarter and made another 2 of 6 shots. He made 4 of 12 shots in the half, with a shooting percentage of only 33.3%. He scored 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. He was replaced.
However, this shooting rate is similar to his performance in the first round. Once the opponent's defense strengthens, his efficiency will drop a lot.
At the same time, he didn't make a single free throw after halftime.
For the Suns, the bench lineup did not have enough scoring ability. Wang Tiejun was different from the first quarter and took a lot of shots.
The Spurs never double-teamed him, creating conditions for his shot.
He played the same 8 minutes as Robinson, making 3 of 6 shots in the second quarter, 5 of 8 shots in the half, and 4 of 6 free throws. He scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover, and 1 foul.
Of the 6 attacks in the second quarter, only 2 were at the basket, all of which were successful. The remaining 4 were nearly two-point shots, and two were made.
At halftime, at 43:55, the Suns led by 12 points, and the Spurs managed to hold on to the score in the second quarter.
In the ESPN live broadcast booth, Winston Rollin laughed and said: "David Robinson and Old K faced each other in the half court. The super center's shooting percentage was very pitiful, but the rookie Old K once again played efficiently. This is quite incredible.
"
Carter Oldman said: "This is actually not surprising. Winston, have you paid attention to the Hornets' Mourning? As a rookie, his performance is not weaker than that of the three super centers. I mean he is in
Playoff performance.
In terms of offensive efficiency, he is even better than the three super centers, so I am not surprised that Old K is more efficient than Robinson."
Rollin nodded and said: "There were indeed several very good centers last year. From O'Neal to Mourning, from Laettner to Old K, they all performed very well."
Oldman analyzed: "Old K's hook shot today was still good. He only dunked two under the basket in the first quarter, but in the second quarter he shot four hook shots and hit two. The shooting rate was 50%, which was very high.
, generally speaking, the shooting rate near the two-point area is the lowest."
Luo Lin said with a smile: "His shooting stability is very good. I don't know if you have noticed. Whether he is hitting or moving, including when shooting, his upper body will remain upright."
"Really?"
Oldman was a little surprised that he didn't notice this.
"You can collect his game video information and you will know that what I said is right."
Luo Lin added: "The upper body always remains upright, which shows that his center of gravity is maintained very well, which provides stability for his shots. I think this is also the reason why his near-basket hook hit rate is very high."
"It's also a reason why the Spurs didn't double-team him," Oldman said.
Luo Lin laughed and said: "But today the Suns also did not double-team Robinson."
"Well, I have nothing to say." Oldman smiled.
The atmosphere in the visiting team's locker room was a little bad.
No, it was very bad. Head coach John Lucas and David Robinson had a fierce dispute.
The reason was that Lucas wanted to double-team Old K in the second half, but Robertson felt embarrassed and refused to agree.
In this era, one-on-one singles are advocated. It would be embarrassing for a super center to double-team a rookie.
Then, in anger, Lucas said in a sarcastic tone that instead of letting him beat you up, it would be better to call for a double-team, which would be beneficial to you personally and to the team.
Well, this angered David Robinson, and the two immediately changed their faces and quarreled for a few words, and then the locker room fell into silence, and the atmosphere was very solemn.
Spurs owner and general manager McComb was in a very unhappy mood. He stood aside with a sullen face, thinking about selling the team.
Yes, the Spurs can't make any money at all. The market is too small, and player wages have begun to rise in the past two years. The contract David Robinson just signed this year is nearly twice the previous one, but the lineup is still not enough.
He was tired of having to invest.
Now there is another problem in the team's locker room. Like Larry Brown before him, David Robinson once again had a disagreement with the head coach, which made him even more annoyed and made him more determined to sell the team.
David Robinson seemed to sense the boss's mood. He gritted his teeth and said, "I can accept double-teaming, but if the tactic fails, someone must take responsibility."
John Lucas had no choice but to accept it, he had no other choice.
After the halftime break, the second half begins.
In the third quarter, the Suns were still half main force and half substitute.
After this quarter, the Spurs caught up to half the score, 69:75, and were still 6 points behind. The Suns' weakness in the lack of substitute lineup was exposed.
Wang Tiejun played half of the third quarter and made 1 of 3 hook shots, plus 1 of 2 free throws. He scored 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 foul.
In two of his three shots, he was double-teamed, took one shot from Robinson, and missed one.
In the final quarter, from the beginning, the Suns used all their main players, and the same went for the Spurs.
In the first half of the quarter, because the Spurs double-teamed him, under the decision of the coaching staff, he rarely took shots. Barkley was responsible for the low-post offense. He was responsible for supporting the screen and grabbed three rebounds, including one offensive rebound.
, and sent out two assists and scored a goal.
The Spurs were paralyzed, and the force of the double-team gradually shifted to Barkley, and they relaxed their supervision on him.
In the 7th minute of the last quarter, on the right side of the basket, Barkley was in the gap between double teams and suddenly passed the ball to him in the low post on the left wing.
"not good!"
David Robinson had already reached the basket and quickly turned around to pounce.
"Whoa!"
He took a step forward and took off, making a hook shot from about 2.2 meters away from the basket. The ball slipped about a foot above David Robinson's fingertips and fell into the basket.
