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Wembanyama first observed Jokic's position and found that the opponent's defensive position can be said to be flawless, and it is basically impossible to take advantage of his incorrect defensive steps to seize an offensive opportunity.

If you want to score, you can only choose to attack with the ball.

But Wembanyama weighed the physical gap between himself and Jokic and felt that it was unrealistic to try to force Jokic on his back.

Wembanyama then dribbled the ball with his left hand to the right with his back and pulled the ball back with his right hand when Jokic's attention was drawn to him.

However, although Jokic's defensive focus was shifted a bit, he did not lose his position, and quickly adjusted and kept up with Wembanyama.

But Wembanyama suddenly closed the ball and quickly shook his shoulders, making Jokic's defense look a little flustered for a moment.

Seizing the moment, Wembanyama suddenly rolled over and pulled up and made a step-back jumper near the basket.

The basketball hit steadily, and Wembanyama lived up to expectations and played this offense.

Seeing this, Gordon hurried to the baseline and sent the ball directly to Jokic, who knew that Jokic would definitely respond strongly at this time.

But when Jokic received the ball, he took two steps forward and threw it to Murray, while he swayed towards the opposing half.

Murray was confused, but honestly brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Jokic didn't even reach for the ball this time, opting instead to come over and block for Murray.

After Murray bypassed Jokic's cover, he looked at Drummond, who was reversed, and directly accelerated to break through.

Drummond naturally couldn't keep up with the pace of a defender of Murray's level, and was thrown away in an instant.

Murray came to the basket and made an easy layup.

Wembanyama, who wanted to come over to make up for the defense, was stopped by Jokic with his thick body halfway through, and could only watch Murray score.

Wembanyama understands that Jokic is showing himself how versatile he is.

Since joining the Spurs, Wembanyama has shown many differences from other interior players, such as he can hold the ball on the outside, complete breakthrough passes with gorgeous dribbling, and can also shoot independent three-pointers outside the three-point line, but in essence, what he does on the court is actually no different from that of a traditional center, but in a more fancy form.

The two most important things for a traditional center on the basketball court are to do a good job of interior defense and offense under the basket, and Wembanyama can be said to have done both of these things very well.

Especially on the offensive end, he can not only maintain a super high shooting percentage under the basket, but also help the team provide some outside firepower, and does not drag down the team's court space on the offensive end like traditional centers used to be.

But Jokic is a different form of center entirely, and he can help the team do a lot more than just basic offensive and defensive tasks.

Not to mention that Jokic's ability to attack with the ball on the offensive end is no worse than Wembanyama's, just the ability to help his teammates complete the offense by constantly moving off the ball on the offensive end is enough for Wembanyama to learn for a long time.

Jokic's basketball awareness has risen to how to lead the team through his own ability, while Wembanyama is still stuck on individual performance.

Although Wembanyama often covers his teammates, the main purpose of his screen is to facilitate his own offense, rather than playing as Jokic did just now, and he planned to use the screen to help Murray score from the beginning.

Not to mention Jokic's excellent organizational skills, most of the Nuggets' offensive tactics were initiated by him.

Wembanyama quickly reflected on his lack of skill on the offensive end through Jokic's goal. So, in the next round, he immediately wanted to come over to help Chang Tiancheng block and dismantle.

But Chang Tiancheng waved his hand and motioned for Wembanyama to approach in the direction of Keldon.

Although Wembanyama didn't understand the meaning of Chang Tiancheng's arrangement, he was always right to listen to his words, so he honestly began to move in the direction of Keldon.

Chang Tiancheng faced Murray, first casually dribbled the ball twice in front of his body, and then suddenly changed direction and accelerated to break through to the inside.

The speed of this hit can't be said to be particularly fast, and Murray actually reacted. But he once suffered a serious knee injury, and now he can't keep up with the pace of lateral movement on the defensive end, and he is still broken through by Chang Tiancheng.

Seeing this, Pope, who was originally defending Keldon, immediately rushed over, wanting to help Murray block Chang Tiancheng's breakthrough route.

Seeing that Pope was about to walk to a suitable defensive position, Chang Tiancheng suddenly waved his left hand and passed the ball to Keldon, who was outside the three-point line.

Keldon was about to make a three-point shot, only to find that Gordon had already pounced. As the core of the Nuggets' defense, Gordon has an extremely keen nose for this kind of ball.

Seeing Gordon menacing, Keldon directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Wembanyama.

It was only at this time that Wembanyama understood why Chang Tiancheng would allow himself to move in this direction. It turned out that he had already predicted what would happen next.

Wembanyama held the ball and went straight to the Nuggets' interior, and Jokic, the only remaining interior defender, had to step forward and prepare to interfere with Wembanyama's shot.

But Wembanyama made a fake pass and threw the ball to the basket.

Drummond jumped with all his might and pressed the ball into the basket viciously!

Popovich nodded in satisfaction when he saw this.

For this goal, the Spurs came with a wave of four people. With the exception of Sochan, who was tasked with drawing Porter Jr.'s defense on the other side, everyone else was involved in the attack.

Wembanyama also showed some improvement in this attack.

In the past, after receiving a pass from Keldon, he would most likely choose to shoot a mid-range shot directly, anyway, with his height and arm span, ordinary people basically couldn't interfere with him.

But this time, he chose to pass the ball and chose to help Drummond complete the attack in the most consistent way.

That's what he learned from Jokic.

And Chang Tiancheng, the real starting point of this offense, showed the same level of playmaking as Jokic before.

From directing Wembanyama to lean on Keldon's position, to breaking through to attract the ball between the packs, it can be said that Chang Tiancheng is now the real offensive core of the Spurs.

At this point, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone requested a timeout to make a wave of tactical changes.