NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Hearing Popovich's firm tone, Chang Tiancheng felt a deep shock.

Former Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovic once said after the Rockets won the championship in 1995 without being favored by the outside world: Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

Looking at Popovich in front of him, Chang Tiancheng gradually understood the meaning of this sentence.

The first quarter was over quickly. When Chang Tiancheng went off the court, the score on the court was 15:18, and the Spurs led by three points. And now the score on the court is 30:25, and the Spurs are five points behind. It can be seen from this that when Chang Tiancheng is off the court, the Spurs' actual hard power is not comparable to that of the Pistons.

Chang Tiancheng scored a total of 8 points and 3 assists in the first quarter of the game, which can be said to be very good statistics.

After a short break, the second quarter of the game began with the referee's whistle and the cheers of the crowd.

The Pistons, for their part, made a change, replacing veteran guard Burks with rookie guard Jaden Ivey, replacing Bagley with rookie forward Jalen Duren and replacing Bojan with Corey Joseph.

In the first quarter of the game, the Pistons' starting five all played the first quarter, at this time Burks and Bojan, the two older players, have seen a certain decline in physical fitness, and Bagley, although still young, in the second half of the first quarter of the game, as the Pistons' interior main attacker, he also consumed a lot of physical strength in the constant hand-to-hand combat with the Spurs players.

On the Spurs' side, Chang Tiancheng and Graham teamed up again, and at the same time sent Sandro and Diop to replace Sochan and Collins, and replaced Keldon Johnson with rookie forward Malaki Branham.

It can be said that both sides have almost sent a new set of lineups.

Chang Tiancheng took the serve from Diop, faced with a five-point deficit, and did not choose to attack in a hurry, but slowly dribbled the ball to the front court, and finally stopped at the top of the arc and began to observe the position of his teammates.

Because Sandro and Diop both have some shooting ability, and there is no height advantage on the inside. As a result, their position was not as close to the inside as Collins, but slightly to the outside, which made the Pistons' interior space very open all of a sudden.

After Chang Tiancheng found this opportunity, he glanced at Jaden Ivey, who was responsible for defending himself, and made a choice that he had never made in previous games - direct strong burst! Although Jaden Ivey

is slightly taller than Chang Tiancheng, he is only a rookie after all, and his body has not yet begun to hang meat. And Chang Tiancheng has been tempered by steel and iron skills, and his physical fitness at this time is much better than that of these players who have just graduated from college, and he easily came to the inside line with Ivey and completed a bulldozer-style layup.

At 30:27, the Spurs trailed by just three points.

When returning to defense, Chang Tiancheng couldn't help but look at his arm, this was the first time he felt that he had a physical advantage in the opponent in an NBA-level game.

And when the commentator saw this scene, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God! Chang just hung Ivey to finish the finish! Jaden Ivey's defense looks like a banner tied next to a truck!"

Ai maintained the ball and quickly advanced to the Spurs' halfcourt, and Chang Tiancheng's layup that completely ignored himself just now made him desperate to get back on the court. But he also knew very well in his heart that there was a certain physical gap between himself and Chang Tiancheng, so he couldn't force a breakthrough through Chang Tiancheng's defense, so he had to calm down and call Wiseman to block for himself first.

After bypassing Wiseman's screen, Ivey looked at ease in the face of Sandro who switched over, and he shook off Sandro's defense with a slight acceleration and completed a light layup.

Graham dribbled the ball to the Pistons' half, and also asked Sandro to block a demolition for himself, but after bypassing Sandro's cover, he did not choose to break through as the first choice like Chang Tiancheng, but used Sandro's wide body to create a defensive space for him to choose a direct three-point shot, and the basketball hit steadily.

32:30! Spurs are closing the score again.

Graham, who hit a three-point shot, immediately winked at Chang Tiancheng: "Look brother, as long as I find my touch, it's easy to score."

Chang Tiancheng was amused by Graham's performance after scoring, but he couldn't laugh out loud, so he could only force a smile and replied: "Yes brother, I have always believed in you." The

Pistons attacked, and Ivey didn't choose to call for a pick-and-roll this time, but passed the ball directly to Wiseman on the inside.

In the first quarter of the game, in the face of Sochan + Collins, the Spurs' starting interior combination, Wiseman still caused the Spurs' interior defense to encounter big problems although he had several offensive deflations. Now facing the Spurs' bench inside, he is naturally full of confidence.

I saw that he first felt Sandro's position with his back, and then immediately squeezed Sandro to the basket with two strong back-to-back pushes, turned around, raised his hands high, and completed a dunk directly on Sandro's head, and caused Sandro to foul.

After the dunk, Wiseman looked extremely excited, and he kept greeting the audience, who responded with enthusiastic applause and cheers.

However, it seems that the excitement was a little too much, and his subsequent penalty did not hit.

At 34:30, the Spurs trailed by four points again.

Seeing Wiseman's huge advantage on the inside on the court, Collins, who was originally resting on the bench, stood up, walked in front of Popovich, and took the initiative to ask Popovich: "Coach, I think I've rested, let me play."

Popovich shook his head and rejected Collins' application.

Collins had to sit back on the bench and look at the arena with a worried look in his eyes.

And Sandro himself, who was blocked, was not affected, and still actively ran outside the three-point line to cover Chang Tiancheng on the offensive end, and Chang Tiancheng bypassed his cover, this time he still chose to kill the inside.

Wiseman was already familiar with this move, so he followed Chang Tiancheng's footsteps closely when he hadn't started yet, which didn't let the Pistons' interior line directly lose.

However, Wiseman's reaction is exactly what Chang Tiancheng wants to achieve.

After Chang Tiancheng confirmed that Wiseman had followed him, he directly used a behind-the-back pass and passed the ball to Sandro who bounced outside after blocking and disclosing.

Sandro received the ball, ignored Ive, who came from the switch, and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Whew!"

Hollow hit!34:33, the Spurs trailed by just one point!