NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

"So, now all we have to do is try to avoid shooting from the outside as much as possible and don't think about passing the ball to our inside. Coach Jenkins looked at Rose, Smart and Bane in front of him and said meaningfully, "We have to go all out inside now, and even if we can't get the ball straight in, we have to try to stop the Spurs from playing their fast-break rhythm as much as possible." The

trio nodded, and just then, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the match.

Seeing that the timeout was over, Coach Jenkins gave the players a few words of encouragement and sent out his starting lineup.

The Spurs attacked with the ball, and Chang Tiancheng did not let anyone come over to cooperate with him this time, but directly outside the three-point line, facing Smart's defense, and after getting rid of it through a series of dribbles, he chose to shoot a three-pointer.

However, he didn't trigger the marksman's skill in this shot, and luck wasn't on his side, and in the end, the shot ended in iron.

On the other side, the Grizzlies who returned to the court will suddenly play a lot more targeted under the arrangement of the coach.

Rose no longer calls the inside to block him, and he doesn't think about passing the ball to the inside again. He stood outside the three-point line, faced Chang Tiancheng's defense, and directly chose one-on-one heads-up.

If it was a few years ago, it would have been very easy for Rose to get past Chang Tiancheng, and he didn't need to think about any specific moves to use, and he could kill the basket by changing direction directly in front of the three-point line.

But after all, Rose is a Rose who has been seriously injured a few times, so it is naturally impossible to break through Chang Tiancheng with the blessing of steel and iron skills in such a simple and crude way.

So, Rose first did a few crotch dribbles, and then suddenly stepped back and feigned a shot.

Because Rose's previous three-point shot was not bad, Chang Tiancheng chose to tilt his body forward at some angles, while reaching out to try to interfere with Rose's shot.

Unexpectedly, Ross immediately used a Buddha-worshipping action to directly leave Chang Tiancheng behind.

As Rose broke through to the Spurs' interior, the Grizzlies' other two interior players were also idle, and they stuck Keldon and Sochan behind their defenders, clearing the way for Rose's breakout route.

In this way, Rose was in a no-man's land and easily completed a layup score.

When he went to the basket, even if there was no one to defend him, he still habitually came to a pull, not for anything else, just to play handsome.

At the moment when it was confirmed that Rose could complete the scoring, the Grizzlies' other two interior linemen, Smart and Bane, directly chose to return to the defense to interrupt the Spurs' fast-break rhythm to the greatest extent.

After Chang Tiancheng received Sohan's serve, he turned around and saw that the Grizzlies had almost arranged their defensive positions, so it was a little difficult for him to push the fast break.

Anyway, he couldn't play fast, Chang Tiancheng simply took the ball over the half court slowly, but he didn't give the ball to other people's hands, but stood one step outside the three-point line and observed the situation on the court.

At this time, even though the Grizzlies knew that the Spurs had shooters in the bottom corners on both sides, their defense was still relatively tight.

Rose and Bane, who defend in the bottom corners on both sides, are relatively more inside-based positions, just to prevent Chang Tiancheng from unscrupulously impacting his interior line after playing a pick-and-roll cooperation with Keldon or Sochan.

But their position is more ambiguous, and if Chang Tiancheng passes the ball to the shooter in the bottom corner like this, they will also have plenty of time to return to the defense.

Considering that after his side clarifies the tactics, the offensive efficiency will definitely become further higher, and the Spurs' three-point shots cannot be shot all the time, if it drags on like this, the Grizzlies must win in the end.

Chang Tiancheng naturally learned about the current situation by observing the Grizzlies' defensive position, and if he chooses to block and dismantle with Keldon or Sochan on the inside, he will inevitably be trapped.

Even if he could get the ball out of the way, if they were Thorchan or Keldon, the two of them wouldn't be so comfortable.

After thinking about it, Chang Tiancheng came to a conclusion: In the face of this situation, the simplest and rude way to break the game may be to go to Smart alone, at least to end up in a one-on-one situation.

Thinking of this, Chang Tiancheng suddenly started with a dribble and made a tentative step towards Smart's left-hand side.

Smart knew that Chang Tiancheng's offensive ability was strong, so at this time, his nerves could be said to be very nervous, and after seeing Chang Tiancheng's spying action, his body instinctively followed.

Seeing this, Chang Tiancheng immediately took a large change of direction in front of his body, and directly dribbled the ball to the right side of Smart's body, and before Smart pulled his body back, Chang Tiancheng had already hit a long two-point shot.

The Grizzlies, on the other hand, continue to choose to attack the basket firmly.

At this time, Bane was holding the basketball, resisting McDermott's defense, and forcibly broke through to the Spurs' interior.

Before Bane faced Sochan's defense, he was able to create some shooting space for himself from the mid-range, not to mention the physicality of McDermott, who directly crushed all the way to the Spurs' basket.

And Sochan, who was originally able to help defend, was once again blocked behind by Adams's generous body, and he had more than enough strength to do so.

After Bane combined the ball, he tried a few times repeatedly, and finally seized a time difference and got up directly to score the ball.

Rose and Smart, on the other hand, did the same, and immediately returned to defend after seeing Bane's shot, which made the Spurs once again give up on the idea of launching a fast break.

Seeing that the team had a small lineup but could not play the desired effect, but was frequently scored by the opponent on the inside, Popovich couldn't help but stand up from the coach's bench with a frown, walked to the sidelines and began to observe the situation on the court more seriously.

After seeing Keldon receive Chang Tiancheng's pass and fail to single out Rose, Popovich turned to face the bench and said to Wembanyama and Drummond: "You two, are you resting?"

The two were actually dissatisfied with the Grizzlies' two interior lines relying on their physical superiority to frequently suppress Sochan and Keldon, so they replied in unison: "No problem, coach!"

Popovich nodded: " Then go warm up, I'm going to send you on the field soon. The

two looked at each other and smiled, and quickly ran to the side and began to move their bodies, ready to go on the field to meet the battle.