NBA: The strongest talent

At the start of the second quarter, Ginobili came on with a group of substitutes.

On the Knicks’ side, Harrington and Robinson are on the bench.

Without Yang Xu on the floor, the Spurs’ defense returned to normal.

They no longer have to face the choice of pocketing or not bagging, normal one-on-one defense is enough.

In the face of players like Yang Xu, their defense is indeed too weak.

Yang Xu has no weaknesses in attack, three-point, breakthrough, mid-range…

He is proficient in everything and maintains a high hit rate.

The most terrifying thing was Yang Xu’s surroundings, and there were a group of shooters.

As long as Yang Xu is wrapped, Yang Xu can always pass the ball and find the teammate with the most open shot.

Players like this are always a nightmare for defensive players.

The average NBA team, before the start of the game, will develop a set of defensive strategies for opponents.

And generally after the implementation begins, it does not change.

But today, the Knicks feel so good that whether it’s a bag or not, it will give them the opportunity to score.

So even a sophisticated coach like Popovich has to change the defensive system all the time.

Now that Yang Xu is not there, Popovich has taken joint defense.

The Knicks’ outside players are Robinson and Chandler, and their breakthroughs are more threatening than shooting.

And the Knicks of this lineup, the main attack point should be Harrington.

Joint defense is more effective for interior defense.

Sure enough, the Knicks’ offense hit the inside from the start, with Harrington as the main offense.

Harrington singles with his back and can only choose to turn back, and turn forward and he will encounter a pocket.

But Harrington, who turned around later, did not shoot too high.

Or maybe Robinson is the starting point for the attack, but his diminutive stature protrudes inside to face the joint defense.

There is no chance to shoot at all, and even passing to the outside line is difficult.

It is even more difficult to shoot directly from the outside.

Compared to the difficulty of the Knicks’ offense, the Spurs are much easier.

Constantly moving the ball, and covering, always patiently finding an open shot.

Or rely on Ginobili’s singles, although Ginobili is 32 years old at this time, but the attack is indeed not ambiguous at all.

In this way, the Spurs will be a little bit different.

In the blink of an eye, the difference between the two teams was only 4.

At this time, the second quarter was only 4.

Yang Xu looked at this situation and couldn’t sit still.

He was just about to tell D’Antoni that he wanted to play, but D’Antoni took a step ahead of him and turned to point at Yang Xu and Gallinari.

“You two go get ready, wait for the next game!”

Yang Xu was a little stunned, what coach was so anxious to send himself on the field.

Didn’t you always strictly control your playing time before?

How is it more anxious today than yourself!

Yang Xu didn’t think too much, and the coach let himself play, which was also in line with his own ideas.

So he immediately came to the substitution area, waited for the dead ball, and was substituted.

D’Antoni paced back and forth, his eyes looking at Popovich from time to time.

Finally, when Ginobili broke through, he caused a foul on the Knicks.

Yang Xu and Gallinari came on as substitutes for Robinson.

In this lineup, Yang Xu plays the number one position and Chandler plays the second position.

Although the mobility of this lineup is a little slower, the defense is relatively better.

Three players on the outside, but unlimited defensive changes.

Ginobili hit both free throws, and the difference was pulled down by two points in the blink of an eye.

During this time, the Knicks only got 4.

As soon as Yang Xu came on the field, he contributed an assist.

He dribbled on the outside and tried to break through, attracting the duo’s defense.

At this time, Gallinari cut inside and Yang Xu quickly passed the ball, who received the ball for a layup and hit a rebound.

Seeing Yang Xu’s play, it immediately made the team’s score better.

D’Antoni was finally relieved.

“Fortunately, there is Yang Xu!”

Looking back, on the defensive end, Yang Xu also contributed.

The Spurs passed the ball in succession, and finally Ginobili broke through to attract the defense.

He passed the ball to Bonner, who received the ball and immediately made a dunk.

But just as he was about to dunk the ball into the basket, a large hand appeared in front of the basketball.

Syllable!

Bonner’s dunk was covered by Yang Xu.

D’Antoni saw the ball off the field and immediately clenched his fists, excited for it.

On the other side, it was Popovich’s turn to frown.

“This kid is really difficult!”

Muttering in a low voice, Popovich immediately turned his gaze to D’Antonis.

Unexpectedly, D’Antoni also happened to be looking at him, and there was a smug smile on his face.

In this regard, Popovich also showed a smile and walked towards D’Antonis.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, but in fact, they were tacit and both valued the victory of this game.

“Not bad! You guys picked up a big bargain this year and traded such a great rookie! ”

In the face of Popovich’s words, D’Antoni also responded with yin and yang strangeness.

“Yang Xu is quite good, very capable, I also like it!”

“But if I want to win you, I’m afraid I still need your subordinates to show mercy!” _

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