NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Chang Tiancheng silently observed Trae Young off the court, I have to say that Trae Young is also worthy of the team is willing to build a team with him as the core, after sending this lineup, the Eagles' chasing momentum is very fierce, and the difference will be closer to ten points after a while.

The Spurs' bench lineup can only rely on Graham to run some tactics, but fortunately, after the last game, his performance in this game has become much more stable, not only shooting baskets, but also connecting teammates to a certain extent, which did not allow the Hawks to directly erase the point difference with a wave.

With the back-and-forth of the two teams, the second quarter of the game was about to end in a blink of an eye. Until this time, Popovich had no intention of sending in the starting lineup again, and it seemed that he wanted to rest his starting lineup for a full quarter.

Trae Young was trying to overtake the score in one go, but the Spurs' bench was not as easy to beat as he imagined, especially today Graham showed a completely different competitive state from the last game, forming a confrontation with Trae Young in many rounds.

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the second quarter, the score of the two teams stayed at 40:45, and the Spurs' lead changed from 16 points to 5 points.

At halftime, Murray walked up to Trae Young's side, patted Trae Young on the shoulder, and said, "Brother, good job, you can rest for a while, and we'll leave it to us in the second half."

Trae Young took the towel handed by the caddie and wiped his sweat, but after hearing Murray's words, he shook his head: "No, the Spurs didn't play with the starting lineup in the entire second quarter, and if I don't play in the third quarter, I'm afraid they will pull the difference apart again." "

Brother, you should choose to trust your teammates. After Murray listened to Trae Young's words, a trace of dissatisfaction rose in his heart. What's the matter? This team is without you Trae Young, and you can only be chased and beaten by the other side, right?

Trae Young came back to his senses and immediately realized that there was something wrong with his words, so he hurriedly remedied, "I mean, I still want to continue fighting with my brothers. But I did feel a little tired just now, I should take a break, and I will leave it to you in the second half, and I must overtake the score.

Murray smiled, thinking that this was about the same, and turned around and ran to warm up.

Looking at Murray's back, Trae Young sighed. In fact, until now, he himself has not adapted to the rhythm of playing with Murray. After all, since the beginning of his rookie season, he has always been holding the ball by himself. He admits that Murray is a strong player and that his style complements him, but now that the season is almost halfway through, he still hasn't been able to find the right pace of play.

Trae Young picked up the sports drink at hand and drank it while thinking in his heart: he must complete the run-in with Murray before the playoffs, otherwise the playoffs may not go far.

At the start of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The Spurs fielded their starting lineup again, while the Hawks had Trae Young missing from their lineup and replacing it with rookie small forward AJ Griffin. The rookie has already made a number of exciting games this season, and it would be a good idea to take Trae Young's place now.

Chang Tiancheng advanced with the ball, but before half the court, he was tightly defended by Murray, which made Chang Tiancheng a little surprised, he didn't expect Murray to take the way of leading the defense to limit him.

In the second quarter of Trae Young's struggle, Murray wasn't actually idle. He carefully thought about the offensive mode of Chang Tiancheng and the Spurs, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, as long as Chang Tiancheng is not allowed to start, he can limit the Spurs' offense.

His judgment proved to be correct, and although it was difficult for him to cut the ball directly off Chang's hands with Chang's ball handling skills, it greatly delayed the Spurs' offensive tempo. When Chang finally dribbled past half court under Murray's entanglement, the rest of the Hawks players had already taken up their defensive positions, which brought the Spurs' offense to a standstill.

Chang Tiancheng saw that Murray wanted to force himself into the rhythm of the Hawks through such a defensive method. Due to the lack of height in the Spurs' lineup, once they fall into positional battles, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Chang Tiancheng gritted his teeth, suddenly got up, and began to break through forcibly with Murray's arm, and Murray naturally would not let Chang Tiancheng break through himself so easily, he quickly adjusted his pace, kept up with Chang Tiancheng, and at the same time always watched out for Chang Tiancheng's retreat.

Chang Tiancheng looked a little anxious at this time, and after finding that he couldn't get rid of Murray with speed, he used a step-back shot that he had never failed before, but this time, Murray's defense can be said to be quite good. At the moment when Chang Tiancheng jumped, Murray also jumped, and at the same time stretched out his slender arm, and his fingers touched the basketball, so he pressed down hard and directly pressed Chang Tiancheng's three-point shot.

Chang Tiancheng sat on the ground, but Murray would not let go of this opportunity, he jumped directly from Chang Tiancheng's body, picked up the basketball, quickly advanced to the Spurs' half, and then flew up and completed a one-arm split.

At 42:45, the difference between the two teams was only three points.

The Eagles fans at the scene were suddenly boiling because of the offense and defense of this round. Before that, they could only watch Chang Tiancheng shoot unscrupulously and smash the Eagles' defense. And now, their own players not only defended the ball in the most impeccable way, but also directly completed the counterattack dunk, which is undoubtedly a very morale-boosting thing for the Hawks who are chasing points.

After Murray dunked this time, he didn't talk trash to Chang Tiancheng like before, but turned back to encourage his teammates: "Brothers, let's hurry up and overtake the score!"

Chang Tiancheng got up from the ground, returned to his own half, and just took the serve from Sochan's hand, he found that Murray had posted it again, this time he led the defense closer, almost near the Spurs' baseline.

In desperation, Chang Tiancheng had to throw the ball to Vassell on the right side and let him advance with the ball, while he followed behind Murray who was returning to the defense, and slowly came to the Eagles' half.