Seeing this, Pistons head coach Casey immediately applied to the referee for a timeout.
During the timeout, Popovich walked up to the starting five and encouraged: "Everyone was doing well just now, but Graham's shot was a bit hasty, you have to adjust as soon as possible and keep up with the overall offensive rhythm of the team." With that, he reached out and patted Graham on the shoulder.
"Yes, Coach. I was a little too excited just now, I'll pay attention to it later. "Graham is very honest in admitting his mistakes, and you can see that he has a good character and is not the kind of player who is a prick.
But then again, players with too much personality don't seem to be the Spurs' options. With the exception of Dennis Rodman many years ago, the Spurs' players all seem to have that approachable personality.
The timeout was quickly over, with neither side making any changes to the existing players on the pitch and continuing the game with the same line-up as at the start of the game.
When Burks came to the Spurs' half with the ball again, he decisively passed the ball to Marvin Bagley, and it was clear that Coach Casey had already deployed some tactics during the timeout, and the players just had to execute it resolutely.
Bagley, who received the ball, looked at Sochan, who was a head smaller than him, first turned his back to the inside line a few times, and then turned around and hooked his hand, easily putting the ball from Sochan's head into the basket.
"Nice! that's the rhythm we should be playing!" Coach Casey couldn't help but clench his fists after seeing the success of his tactics on the court.
If you want your squad to score easily on offense, you must take advantage of your height. In fact, just now, Bojan had already used his running and height advantages to score four points directly for the team, but Wiseman's forced ball single after that disrupted the team's offensive rhythm a little, after all, Wiseman was not much taller than Collins, who was responsible for defending him.
Graham advanced to the three-point line with the ball, instinctively wanting to force a three-point shot against the opponent's defense again, but thinking of the coach's advice just now, he calmed down and passed the ball to Chang Tiancheng on the other side.
After Chang Tiancheng received the ball, he slowly brought the ball to the top of the arc, then stopped slightly, observed the position of his teammates, and found that Keldon had been around the 45-degree angle on the right side from the bottom corner at this time. Chang Tiancheng thought that Kelden had a considerable number of shots in the team before, but he hadn't shot in this game. And now that he's in this position, it means he's ready to play with the ball.
Although Chang Tiancheng didn't think this was in line with his basketball logic, in order to take care of Keldon's emotions, he still gave the ball to Keldon.
After getting the ball, Keldon saw Stewart chasing after him, and first made a shooting feint near the three-point line to try to shake Stewart.
However, Stewart didn't eat the move, so Keldon had to make another standard triple threat, and then chose to break through from the right side and attack Stewart's front foot.
However, Stewart's physical fitness was exceptional, and although he was one step behind, he still caught up with Keldon and stuck him near the free throw line.
At this time, Keldon was a little helpless, so he was forced to stop the ball, thinking about whether to force a mid-range shot.
At this moment, he heard the crisp high-fives of his hands, and when he looked at it, he found that Chang Tiancheng was already standing in the bottom corner, and stretched out his hand, ready to catch the ball.
As if grasping at a life-saving straw, Keldon quickly passed the ball over.
In fact, when Keldon didn't shake Stewart, Chang Tiancheng had already anticipated his current outcome, so he called Sochan early to set up a cover for himself, so that he could temporarily shake off Burks' defense and run to the bottom corner.
After receiving a pass from Keldon, Chang Tiancheng broke off a three-pointer, and the basketball went into the net, bringing up a beautiful net flower.
At 8:9, the Spurs led
the Pistons for the first time in this game, and the Pistons, who had another opportunity to attack, also resolutely implemented the offensive strategy of playing big and small, and chose to continue to pass the ball to Bagley and let him eat Sochan alone.
And Bagley did not live up to the team's chance, he still chose to use the most consistent way - back to the back followed by a sinking step, and once again completed the score on Sochan's head.
was eaten twice in a row, Suo Han couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and of course all this was also seen by Chang Tiancheng.
However, he doesn't really care about the opponent's interior attack.
After all, the interior offense often requires a lot of physical energy, and it only takes two points. If the opponent keeps playing like this, when Bagley's physical fitness drops, his offensive efficiency will plummet, and his outside shooters at this time will naturally not pose a firepower threat because they have no right to shoot.
And he just needs to keep looking for opportunities to help his teammates shoot three-pointers, and as the game continues, the Pistons will naturally lose from this matchup.
Popovich off the field naturally saw this, at the moment he was firmly seated in the Diaoyutai, and did not call a timeout to adjust because the opponent continued to score with the same tactic.
After coming to the opponent's half, Chang Tiancheng called Collins to block for himself, and he had already aimed at Keldon, who was slowly moving to the bottom left corner, so he chose to break through to the left.
Wiseman seemed to have not adapted to the rhythm of the game, and was left behind by Chang Tiancheng as an acceleration, and as a last resort, Stewart, who was originally responsible for defending Keldon, had to come over to make up for it. In this case, even if he knew that he had shorted Kelden in the bottom corner, he could only choose to make up for Chang Tiancheng, and then bet that Chang Tiancheng did not see Kelden's position. After all, if he didn't make up for the defense, Chang Tiancheng would have to score a layup directly.
However, it was obvious that Chang Tiancheng would not let him get his wish so easily, and with a flick of his wrist, he sent the ball to Keldon in the bottom corner, and at the same time triggered the system's point guard god skill.
Keldon, who received the ball, made a decisive shot and hit an easy three-pointer.
The score on the court became 10-12, and the Spurs still held the lead.
After receiving the serve, Bojan knew that the team needed his outside offensive vitality to always maintain his hand, so he quickly held the ball and advanced to the opponent's three-point line, and then pulled up directly to shoot a three-point shot at Graham, who was responsible for defending him.
Just listened to the sound of "swish", the basketball hit steadily, and at 13:12, the Pistons overtook the score again.
"Damn! how can he be so accurate!" Graham couldn't help but explode.
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