NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Coach Bickerstaff saw the situation on the court and thought about calling a timeout, but he thought about it carefully and found that with the current lineup in his hands, there really seemed to be no way to target the Spurs, so he pressed the urge to call a timeout, intending to hand over the decision of the game to his players, believing that they could play better.

Although Mitchell felt quite good in this game, he actually played a little depressed, and the main reason was that he was always responsible for defending him in this game, and it was always the strong Keldon.

Although Mitchell's physique is quite strong among guards, except for a bit of a loss in height, in terms of confrontation and speed, he is worthy of most defenders in the league.

But after all, Keldon is playing from the No. 2 position to the No. 4 position, and he is not very afraid of Mitchell in terms of speed, and he is even one grade ahead of Mitchell in the round, and more importantly, his height is about ten centimeters taller than Mitchell, which makes Mitchell feel like he is covered, and he is very uncomfortable on the offensive end.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't shoot well in this game, I'm afraid Mitchell would have handed over a game of disastrous play on the offensive end today.

In the previous round, Mitchell's physical strength has been used up a lot, so when he saw the Spurs field out the starting lineup again, Mitchell actually hoped that Garland could help him share more tasks on the offensive end.

After all, in his opinion, it is much easier to go head-to-head with Chang Tiancheng than with Keldon alone.

Garland came to the Spurs' half with the ball, and wanted to pass the ball directly to Mitchell, but gave Mitchell a look of refusal. After Garland realized, he directly lowered his center of gravity and prepared to make a strong breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, Chang Tiancheng had already kept Garland's offensive mode in mind in the process of defending Garland many times, only to see that he pretended to defend the direction of Garland's breakthrough, but in fact put his hand on Garland's other side in advance.

The result was exactly the same as Chang Tiancheng thought, Garland habitually dribbled the ball to the other side after breaking through to one side, hoping to mobilize Chang Tiancheng's defensive center of gravity.

Chang Tiancheng's hand had been waiting on the other side for a long time, and at the moment when Garland's ball had just been dribbled, Chang Tiancheng broke his hand and broke the ball directly, and then immediately began to launch a fast attack with the ball.

Garland lowered his head and desperately chased back Chang Tiancheng, hoping to make up for his mistake.

But after Chang Tiancheng found out that Garland was catching up, he directly slowed down and took the initiative to let Garland post it.

Although Garland didn't understand the significance of Chang Tiancheng's move, he still subconsciously stuck to Chang Tiancheng to prevent him from suddenly continuing to break through his inner line.

But Chang Tiancheng did stand outside the three-point line, and when Garland stared at Chang Tiancheng intently to see if he wanted to choose to break through or shoot three points, Chang Tiancheng chose the third possibility - a direct pass to the ground and passed the ball out.

Garland turned around and found that it was Wembanyama who followed up with his big stride, only to see that he received a pass from Chang Tiancheng and started to take three steps directly near the three-point line, completely ignoring Mobley chasing behind him, and completed a burning dunk.

Facing Chang Tiancheng's defense again, Garland was obviously much more careful, but although being careful can reduce his turnover rate, it will also make him less threatening on the offensive end.

Garland dribbled the ball in place for a long time, but could not form an effective breakthrough, so he had to give the ball to Mitchell again.

And Mitchell, whose physical strength has been greatly consumed, really didn't want to play this ball by himself again, and the moment he received the ball, he transmitted the ball to Mobley on the inside.

Mobley turned to face Wembanyama, and seeing that the offensive time was about to run out, he could only grit his teeth, choose to break through the frame, and after confronting Wembanyama for a while, he raised his arm and made a small throw.

But this simple offensive move naturally couldn't break through Wembanyama's defense, Wembanyama can be said to have no emotion at all, and directly faced Mobley's shots with a big hat.

Keldon picked up the ball and gave it directly to Chang Tiancheng, who was playing a fast attack.

Chang Tiancheng was ready to play the fast break when he saw Mobley preparing to play Wembanyama alone, and the moment Keldon picked up the ball, Chang Tiancheng had already completed the start, which made his fast attack almost impossible for anyone to catch up, and it can even be said that no one wanted to chase it.

Chang Tiancheng saw that no one came to defend him, looked at the basket, and decided to make a long-lost dunk. But he suddenly remembered that he relied on his reinforced body with steel and iron bones last season, and showed off his dunks in the game many times. I don't know if my injury last season had anything to do with it, but it's better to be cautious.

This season, he really wants to bring a championship trophy to San Antonio, and he must not be affected by injuries again.

So, Chang Tiancheng finally chose to complete the end with an unpretentious layup.

At the moment when Chang Tiancheng completed the layup, the whistle at the end of the second quarter also sounded, and after the players on both sides heard the whistle, they walked directly to their respective locker rooms.

It's just that the Cavaliers players all look a little emotional, and they don't know what adjustments they will make at halftime.

In the third quarter of the game, Popovich still sent his bench lineup as always, and the Cavaliers also sent a bench lineup to play. Surprisingly, after the Spurs re-deployed the starting lineup, the Cavaliers chose to directly line up their third lineup to fight, which made the battle-hardened Popovich unable to finish.

And the fans at the scene couldn't stand the fact that the team they supported was openly rotten on the field, and they began to stand up and question the manager's decision.

But after Popovich calmed down, he realized that this matter may not be so simple. It's not good, it's the Cavaliers' internal player conflict, and Bickerstaff chose to hide the entire starting lineup directly in order to calm down this infighting.

Thinking of this, Popovich couldn't help but sigh. In the fourth quarter, the Spurs continued to field a bench lineup, and the Cavaliers did not send another starting lineup as Popovich thought. The fans at the scene have already begun to leave the stadium with swearing.

Chang Tiancheng, who was sitting on the court, looked at Mitchell who was sitting on the Cavaliers' bench and felt a trace of disappointment in his heart. I originally thought that the revenge script would end up with this kind of defense.