NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

After the Grizzlies scored another goal, the Spurs requested a timeout for substitutions.

Replaced Vassell and McDermott with Wembanyama and Drummond.

In this way, it is equivalent to the Spurs changing back to their original starting lineup.

Chang Tiancheng saw that the two interior generals of his team finally returned to the court, and his heart suddenly felt a lot more steady.

In fact, after the Grizzlies frequently recovered the score for the Grizzlies by quickly returning to defense + impacting the inside, Chang Tiancheng was somewhat flustered in his heart.

On the surface, it was because of the size gap on the inside and the overall weak defense that led to this situation.

But the deeper reason is that Jenkins, the coach of the Grizzlies, relied on his own lineup to find a small-ball lineup that the Spurs are proud of.

And this lineup is one of Chang Tiancheng's favorite lineups, and he also thinks that this lineup can maximize his ability, but when the team puts out this lineup and really lets him fight with the Grizzlies, it seems that he is a little powerless. This was the root cause of his panic.

At this time, Chang Tiancheng has realized that if you want to really win the championship and defeat strong opponents in the playoffs, it is useless to maximize the role of the players.

Chang Tiancheng finally understood the issue he had discussed with Popovich earlier.

Why does Popovich smile meaningfully when he thinks his style of play is limiting Wembanyama's development, telling himself not to pay too much attention to it?

Chang Tian Chengdu has always focused on completing the decisions in the game on the pitch according to the player configuration arranged by the coach, just like a chef, always deciding what to do today based on how many dishes are in the refrigerator.

If the players on the field fail to help the team gain an advantage under his transfer, then Chang Tiancheng will consider this as his own dereliction of duty, and it is his immature decision-making that leads to the passive situation.

But Popovich taught him another lesson today.

The lineup on the pitch is never fixed, but must be adjusted at any time according to the opponent's tactical arrangement.

Chang Tiancheng secretly made up his mind in his heart that if he encounters a situation that he thinks he can't handle in the future, he must communicate with the coach in time, and then the coach will choose a more suitable lineup to deal with.

When the Spurs' twin towers took a position on the Grizzlies' interior, Chang Tian made a decisive pass to Wembanyama.

Originally, Jaren Jackson Jr. defended Keldon, but now he was suddenly replaced by Wembanyama, who was close to 230 cm, which suddenly made him feel a little uncomfortable.

After a few shots in the third quarter, Wembanyama also knew that his offensive state today was average, and if he wanted to help the team re-establish his interior advantage, he could no longer use those bells and whistles offensive moves, but should choose the most stable one.

As a result, Wembanyama made a direct left turn, then raised the ball high with his left hand, and with a slight flick of his wrist, he completed a hook shot.

In the face of Wembanyama's shot, even if Jaren Jackson Jr. is the best defensive player, he can only sigh at the ball.

The basketball hollowed into the net, and Wembanyama stopped the bleeding for the Spurs in time as soon as he came up.

Smart came to the Spurs' half with the ball, and his mind was still on the team's tactical routine, which was to break through the interior as much as possible on the offensive end.

But he ignored the Spurs' interior strength at this time, which is very different from before.

Smart was already struggling to break through Keldon's defense, and he kept his head down and pushed hard for a long time before barely getting to the free throw line.

At this time, Rose's voice rang in his ears: "Pass the ball quickly."

But after so much effort, Smart was a little unwilling to pass the ball at this time, so he hit Keldon hard again, and after gaining some space to shoot, he decisively threw the ball out from mid-range.

Wembanyama, who was standing behind Keldon, had been waiting for a long time, and he directly covered the basketball into Chang Tiancheng's hands.

After Chang Tiancheng received the ball, he didn't think about it, and rushed directly towards the Grizzlies' halfcourt.

Rose knew that even if he could catch him, it would be difficult to stop him from finishing it.

After all, Chang Tiancheng hasn't played many games in total, and his video Ross has already watched it all, so he naturally knows that Chang Tiancheng has 10,000 ways to send the ball into the basket in the face of this kind of chasing defense behind him.

So, Rose simply chased it symbolically, and finally watched Chang Tiancheng score the ball with the most ordinary layup.

Rose walked to the bottom line to pick up the balloon and sent it directly to Smart.

Smart was very strong when he dribbled the ball, and it could be seen that he was a little angry.

But in fact, Smart is not a brainless reckless man, after eating Wembanyama brand hot pot, although he is very angry, his mind has gradually calmed down.

He already knew that it would be difficult to break through the interior at this time, facing the double defense of Drummond and Wembanyama, so he kept bringing the ball to the left side of the court, trying to draw the Spurs' defense to this side.

At the same time, he waved his hand and directed Ross to move to the other side.

When the Spurs' defensive center of gravity began to slowly move in Smart's direction, Smart suddenly jumped up and passed the ball to Rose's hands.

After Rose received the ball, he first hit Chang Tiancheng with a false shot, and then stepped back to shoot a three-point shot and hit it again.

There were only two minutes left before the end of the game, and the two sides still had a five-point difference.

Chang Tiancheng has already started to press the time, and he wants to shorten the number of rounds as much as possible to make his score lead and play to the greatest advantage.

But Smart didn't want to give him this opportunity, so he rushed over directly to stick to Chang Tiancheng, and at the same time kept trying to break Chang Tiancheng's ball, which also made Chang Tiancheng have to pass the ball out.

After receiving Chang Tiancheng's pass, Keldon directly transmitted the ball to Sochan, who had a mismatch advantage.

Sochan turned to look at Rose behind him, turned directly one and a half times, cut inside, and just wanted to get up and go to the basket, he was blocked by Jaren Jackson Jr.

Smart quickly turned around and held the ball, and then passed it to Rose.

The Spurs fans at the scene held their breath, after all, today's Rose brought them a "unstoppable" feeling.

Chang Tiancheng is still a one-on-one single defense Rose.

After a simple dribble, Rose made a spying breakthrough to the Spurs' interior, and seeing that Chang Tiancheng didn't follow, he directly blew up the ball on the spot and shot a mid-range shot.

Hit steadily!