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Chapter 757
Chapter 757
The Spurs adjusted, and so did the Kings.
Su Yang arranged for Sabonis to replace McGee.
"Sabonis, after you play, you need to protect the rebounds with all your strength, especially after Paul passes the ball and goes deep into the basket. You need to pay attention to his early blocking. If they choose to leave you empty on the outside, you must take bold long shots and believe in yourself. .
Covington, just hang on to Leonard, don't let him catch or shoot easily, and make the Spurs hesitate..."
During the conversation, the whistle sounded at the end of the pause.
Curry raised his hand to call, and the whole team clasped hands and fists shoulder to shoulder, shouting in unison, 123 lets go!
The game continues.
The Spurs kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt. Leonard chose to dribble the ball directly across the half court, followed by Gasol's cover, and pretended to break through to the left, but actually stopped and pulled the ball back, and rushed to the right, looking at Sabo. Nice switched defenses and stayed inside, making an emergency stop and jumping for a three-pointer.
Boom!The strength of the shot was too strong, the basketball failed to hit the back basket accurately, but hit the backboard, rebounding and bouncing high.
Antetokounmpo jumped to catch the basketball, turned around on the ground and pushed forward, with the last 2 minutes left in the game.
The audience stood up and cheered one after another. The king's five-outer formation opened up in the frontcourt. Antetokounmpo crossed the center line and immediately accelerated his charge.
Perhaps there was an explanation during the timeout, the Spurs immediately surrounded by four people, Antetokounmpo hurriedly stopped and turned to pass the ball to the left.
Sabonis received the ball wide open, and immediately showed hesitation, but thinking of what Su Yang said during the timeout, raising his hand is a three-pointer.
bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.
The Kings lead 113 to 109.
Cheers erupted in the arena. Paul ran across the center line with the ball and was about to call for tactics when Leonard beckoned to pass the ball to him.
Paul shook his head and waved his hand to signal to go to the right. Leonard hurried over, followed by the basketball, and asked Gasol for a pick-and-roll.
The Kings are still switching defenses, but Sabonis may have taken the initiative to change his strategy in consideration of Leonard's rush shot just now, and chose to step up the grab to delay, but Leonard decisively pushed the ball and changed direction, passing Sabo in one step, changing the direction. Dribbles the ball to the basket for the right hand.
Brogdon hurriedly shrunk to help defend from the left bottom corner, Covington also pursued from behind, and the King was surrounded by three again.
In the blink of an eye, Leonard held the ball with both hands and held it high. He turned to the left corner and made it clear that he wanted to pass the ball to Green, who was in a wide open position. Rogdon took the opportunity to grab the ball in his hands.
The king's fast break followed.
Antetokounmpo received the ball, rushed to the right wing of the frontcourt in three seconds, protected the ball sideways, handed it to Curry, and cooperated with the pick-and-roll.
Curry rolled and cut into the inside line, and Green had difficulty catching up for a while, and Ade had to guard against Antetokounmpo's air cut, giving him a huge space.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Curry made an emergency stop and hit the board with a high throw. The basketball rebounded and hit the basket with a bang, and the audience sighed.
Antetokounmpo rose from the ground to grab an offensive rebound, but unfortunately he couldn't hold it firmly. The three of the Spurs encircled and directly overturned the rebound.
The referee's whistle then sounded, calling for a scrum.
Sighing turned into booing again, Su Yang put his hands on his hips and chuckled, thinking that it was really a reasonable collision zone, so he didn't hit anyone.
Players from the two teams stood around the free throw line one after another. Adelaide and Antetokounmpo jumped the ball, and the referee threw the ball into the air.
Snapped!
Antetokounmpo's wingspan is dominant and he touches the ball first, and he uses force to move the ball. The basketball flies 45 degrees to the left, and Brogdon takes off and catches it.
Who would have thought that Paul saw the moment Brogdon hit the ground, reached out for the ball suddenly, and caught the ball directly in his hand.
The offense and defense changed instantly.
Paul quickly dribbled the ball to the top of the frontcourt, attracting the three kings to encircle him. He stopped at the free throw line and turned around to pass the ball to the right.
Green received the ball wide open, flew towards Curry, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the basketball rebounded and fell.
But the basket was all in one piece, and the basketball flew to the top of the arc instead. Paul was about to return to the defense, so Paul picked up the basketball and stepped forward.
Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.
The Spurs chased 112 to 113.
"Bull, Paul Bull!"
Su Yang shook his head helplessly, thinking that Paul should have a urine test after the game. He was in superb form in the first quarter, hitting four mid-range shots in a row, and in the fourth quarter, he was also in superb form. He had 17 points in a single quarter, including a dunk, and 2 more. A steal, can be called Sao Paulo.
While thinking about it, the king rushed forward.
With more than 50 seconds left, Curry ran across the center line, stopped at the LOGO position to control the ball and press time, and the Kings formed a five-outside formation.
Time passed quickly, and everyone thought they were going to be singled out.
Unexpectedly, Curry suddenly made a super long pass, the basketball flew straight to the right corner, and Brogdon received the ball and dashed along the baseline.
The Spurs quickly closed the siege, but Brogdon forced a jump, gliding in the air, and pulled the bar with a backhand, causing a foul.
The referee whistled Gasol's thug and gave two free throws. Popovich immediately arranged for Gay to replace him.
There were cheers in the arena, Brogdon made two free throws steadily, and the Kings led 115 to 112.
40 seconds left.
The Spurs hurriedly launched an offense, Leonard ran across the center line with the ball, without a screen, and went straight to the right to force Covington.
That choice seems like avoiding a three-person encirclement.
But with Su Yang's instruction during the timeout, Sabonis still stepped up to double-team, and Leonard quickly passed the ball to Alder.
The mid-range shot was lifted into the air, but the basketball spun around the basket and flew out again. Ade shook his head violently and turned back to defend.
With 30 seconds left, Su Yang yelled to press the rhythm, and Paul hurriedly turned and looked at Popovich, as if discussing countermeasures.
After some eye contact, Popovich shook his head to signal, Paul then turned and returned to defense, making it clear that he had reached a decision to defend hard first.
Curry ran across the center line with the ball, stopped at the LOGO position calmly and continued to press time, and the audience stood up and cheered.
In a blink of an eye, there were only five seconds left in the offensive time. Curry used the double screen of Antetokounmpo and Sabonis to start, and the 45-degree three-point line on the right was misplaced against Aldridge who was on defense. Stop the high throw and hit the board.
The basketball rebounded with a clatter, Paul rushed to grab the rebound, and immediately raised his hand at the referee to signal a timeout.
The whistle sounded immediately, with 8.4 seconds left in the game, the Spurs trailed by three points and had the opportunity to drag the game into overtime.
The king's generals returned to the bench, and Su Yang arranged a strategy with a smile: "After a while, direct fouls outside the three-point line can be given within the three-point line. Don't make technical fouls and three-point fouls. Play a penalty shootout with them. They've run out of timeouts."
Several people in Curry nodded to express their understanding.
There are too many people in the Kings who can make free throws. As long as they make a successful foul, the Spurs have no chance. It can be said that they have a great chance of winning.
In the live broadcast, Van Gundy was full of doubts: "Why did CP3 ask for a timeout? Isn't he afraid that the king will start the dribbling tactics? Or is it that he has tactics that can ensure three-point shots, and he is not afraid that Su Yang will see through them on the spot and cause them to lose directly? "
Jackson looked thoughtful: "Perhaps he wanted to take advantage of the king's idea of allowing two points. If he failed to score or made a mistake just now, the Spurs would lose the game directly. In fact, it was a risky and conservative choice. He chose to be conservative. .”
Between the speeches, the pause ends.
The Spurs kicked off the ball in the frontcourt. With the help of Paul and Gay's elevator cover at the free throw line, Leonard rushed from the paint to the top of the arc to catch the ball, successfully attracting the attention of the Kings defense. Green really started from the right bottom corner. Gay's down screen, crossing the paint area to the short corner on the left, got a small open shot, but Covington's switch followed and rushed, leaving no room for the ball.
Seeing that situation, Gasol hurriedly passed the ball to the left 45 degrees, and Paul caught the ball and started to rush to the basket.
According to the arrangement of Su Yang's timeout, the king allowed Paul to rush to the basket to get two points, and then did not pause to grab a long pass.
Sabonis received the ball in the frontcourt and took it all the way to the basket. Seeing Leonard and Green pushing up, he decisively passed the ball back.
Antetokounmpo received the ball from the left sideline. Seeing Paul rushing up, he passed the ball to Curry with the LOGO in the middle, and Curry then passed to Brogdon on the right sideline, making the Spurs' defensive formation messy. Chances are, time flies by like crazy.
In the last 2.6 seconds, the Spurs finally caught Sabonis for a foul, and Sabonis made two free throws.
The Kings still led by three points, the Spurs did not pause, Gay caught the ball and rushed to the center line to grab a shot, hitting the basket with a super long three-pointer.
The whistle at the end of the game sounded simultaneously, and the Kings defeated the Spurs 117 to 114 and won their first victory of the new season.
In the whole game, six players from the Kings scored in double figures, Antetokounmpo scored the highest 29 points, and Curry scored 24 points.
For the Spurs, Leonard had 31 points but made 26 of 10 shots, while Paul had 39 points from the game and 19 points in the fourth quarter.
Discussions on social networks erupted. Some fans joked: Paul wanted to hug his thigh, but it turned out that he was his thigh.
Some fans also said that the Spurs actually played very well, but first of all, compared with the second lineup, the lineup is still too strong, but from Leonard and Aldridge to Leonard and Paul, we need to find a way to make Aldridge better. Play well and avoid waste.
More fans lamented that the Kings are too strong, especially Su Yang, who dared to let undrafted Deng Luo start.
Stephen Smith tweeted: "The Kings have found excellence from the undrafted picks. Dun Luo scored 12 points in the first game and was very well integrated with the Kings' other starters. How can the Kings keep getting good players like this? Who can stop it?"
I don’t write competitions like this anymore, I struggled to write, and everyone doesn’t like to watch it...
(End of this chapter)
The Spurs adjusted, and so did the Kings.
Su Yang arranged for Sabonis to replace McGee.
"Sabonis, after you play, you need to protect the rebounds with all your strength, especially after Paul passes the ball and goes deep into the basket. You need to pay attention to his early blocking. If they choose to leave you empty on the outside, you must take bold long shots and believe in yourself. .
Covington, just hang on to Leonard, don't let him catch or shoot easily, and make the Spurs hesitate..."
During the conversation, the whistle sounded at the end of the pause.
Curry raised his hand to call, and the whole team clasped hands and fists shoulder to shoulder, shouting in unison, 123 lets go!
The game continues.
The Spurs kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt. Leonard chose to dribble the ball directly across the half court, followed by Gasol's cover, and pretended to break through to the left, but actually stopped and pulled the ball back, and rushed to the right, looking at Sabo. Nice switched defenses and stayed inside, making an emergency stop and jumping for a three-pointer.
Boom!The strength of the shot was too strong, the basketball failed to hit the back basket accurately, but hit the backboard, rebounding and bouncing high.
Antetokounmpo jumped to catch the basketball, turned around on the ground and pushed forward, with the last 2 minutes left in the game.
The audience stood up and cheered one after another. The king's five-outer formation opened up in the frontcourt. Antetokounmpo crossed the center line and immediately accelerated his charge.
Perhaps there was an explanation during the timeout, the Spurs immediately surrounded by four people, Antetokounmpo hurriedly stopped and turned to pass the ball to the left.
Sabonis received the ball wide open, and immediately showed hesitation, but thinking of what Su Yang said during the timeout, raising his hand is a three-pointer.
bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.
The Kings lead 113 to 109.
Cheers erupted in the arena. Paul ran across the center line with the ball and was about to call for tactics when Leonard beckoned to pass the ball to him.
Paul shook his head and waved his hand to signal to go to the right. Leonard hurried over, followed by the basketball, and asked Gasol for a pick-and-roll.
The Kings are still switching defenses, but Sabonis may have taken the initiative to change his strategy in consideration of Leonard's rush shot just now, and chose to step up the grab to delay, but Leonard decisively pushed the ball and changed direction, passing Sabo in one step, changing the direction. Dribbles the ball to the basket for the right hand.
Brogdon hurriedly shrunk to help defend from the left bottom corner, Covington also pursued from behind, and the King was surrounded by three again.
In the blink of an eye, Leonard held the ball with both hands and held it high. He turned to the left corner and made it clear that he wanted to pass the ball to Green, who was in a wide open position. Rogdon took the opportunity to grab the ball in his hands.
The king's fast break followed.
Antetokounmpo received the ball, rushed to the right wing of the frontcourt in three seconds, protected the ball sideways, handed it to Curry, and cooperated with the pick-and-roll.
Curry rolled and cut into the inside line, and Green had difficulty catching up for a while, and Ade had to guard against Antetokounmpo's air cut, giving him a huge space.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Curry made an emergency stop and hit the board with a high throw. The basketball rebounded and hit the basket with a bang, and the audience sighed.
Antetokounmpo rose from the ground to grab an offensive rebound, but unfortunately he couldn't hold it firmly. The three of the Spurs encircled and directly overturned the rebound.
The referee's whistle then sounded, calling for a scrum.
Sighing turned into booing again, Su Yang put his hands on his hips and chuckled, thinking that it was really a reasonable collision zone, so he didn't hit anyone.
Players from the two teams stood around the free throw line one after another. Adelaide and Antetokounmpo jumped the ball, and the referee threw the ball into the air.
Snapped!
Antetokounmpo's wingspan is dominant and he touches the ball first, and he uses force to move the ball. The basketball flies 45 degrees to the left, and Brogdon takes off and catches it.
Who would have thought that Paul saw the moment Brogdon hit the ground, reached out for the ball suddenly, and caught the ball directly in his hand.
The offense and defense changed instantly.
Paul quickly dribbled the ball to the top of the frontcourt, attracting the three kings to encircle him. He stopped at the free throw line and turned around to pass the ball to the right.
Green received the ball wide open, flew towards Curry, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the basketball rebounded and fell.
But the basket was all in one piece, and the basketball flew to the top of the arc instead. Paul was about to return to the defense, so Paul picked up the basketball and stepped forward.
Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.
The Spurs chased 112 to 113.
"Bull, Paul Bull!"
Su Yang shook his head helplessly, thinking that Paul should have a urine test after the game. He was in superb form in the first quarter, hitting four mid-range shots in a row, and in the fourth quarter, he was also in superb form. He had 17 points in a single quarter, including a dunk, and 2 more. A steal, can be called Sao Paulo.
While thinking about it, the king rushed forward.
With more than 50 seconds left, Curry ran across the center line, stopped at the LOGO position to control the ball and press time, and the Kings formed a five-outside formation.
Time passed quickly, and everyone thought they were going to be singled out.
Unexpectedly, Curry suddenly made a super long pass, the basketball flew straight to the right corner, and Brogdon received the ball and dashed along the baseline.
The Spurs quickly closed the siege, but Brogdon forced a jump, gliding in the air, and pulled the bar with a backhand, causing a foul.
The referee whistled Gasol's thug and gave two free throws. Popovich immediately arranged for Gay to replace him.
There were cheers in the arena, Brogdon made two free throws steadily, and the Kings led 115 to 112.
40 seconds left.
The Spurs hurriedly launched an offense, Leonard ran across the center line with the ball, without a screen, and went straight to the right to force Covington.
That choice seems like avoiding a three-person encirclement.
But with Su Yang's instruction during the timeout, Sabonis still stepped up to double-team, and Leonard quickly passed the ball to Alder.
The mid-range shot was lifted into the air, but the basketball spun around the basket and flew out again. Ade shook his head violently and turned back to defend.
With 30 seconds left, Su Yang yelled to press the rhythm, and Paul hurriedly turned and looked at Popovich, as if discussing countermeasures.
After some eye contact, Popovich shook his head to signal, Paul then turned and returned to defense, making it clear that he had reached a decision to defend hard first.
Curry ran across the center line with the ball, stopped at the LOGO position calmly and continued to press time, and the audience stood up and cheered.
In a blink of an eye, there were only five seconds left in the offensive time. Curry used the double screen of Antetokounmpo and Sabonis to start, and the 45-degree three-point line on the right was misplaced against Aldridge who was on defense. Stop the high throw and hit the board.
The basketball rebounded with a clatter, Paul rushed to grab the rebound, and immediately raised his hand at the referee to signal a timeout.
The whistle sounded immediately, with 8.4 seconds left in the game, the Spurs trailed by three points and had the opportunity to drag the game into overtime.
The king's generals returned to the bench, and Su Yang arranged a strategy with a smile: "After a while, direct fouls outside the three-point line can be given within the three-point line. Don't make technical fouls and three-point fouls. Play a penalty shootout with them. They've run out of timeouts."
Several people in Curry nodded to express their understanding.
There are too many people in the Kings who can make free throws. As long as they make a successful foul, the Spurs have no chance. It can be said that they have a great chance of winning.
In the live broadcast, Van Gundy was full of doubts: "Why did CP3 ask for a timeout? Isn't he afraid that the king will start the dribbling tactics? Or is it that he has tactics that can ensure three-point shots, and he is not afraid that Su Yang will see through them on the spot and cause them to lose directly? "
Jackson looked thoughtful: "Perhaps he wanted to take advantage of the king's idea of allowing two points. If he failed to score or made a mistake just now, the Spurs would lose the game directly. In fact, it was a risky and conservative choice. He chose to be conservative. .”
Between the speeches, the pause ends.
The Spurs kicked off the ball in the frontcourt. With the help of Paul and Gay's elevator cover at the free throw line, Leonard rushed from the paint to the top of the arc to catch the ball, successfully attracting the attention of the Kings defense. Green really started from the right bottom corner. Gay's down screen, crossing the paint area to the short corner on the left, got a small open shot, but Covington's switch followed and rushed, leaving no room for the ball.
Seeing that situation, Gasol hurriedly passed the ball to the left 45 degrees, and Paul caught the ball and started to rush to the basket.
According to the arrangement of Su Yang's timeout, the king allowed Paul to rush to the basket to get two points, and then did not pause to grab a long pass.
Sabonis received the ball in the frontcourt and took it all the way to the basket. Seeing Leonard and Green pushing up, he decisively passed the ball back.
Antetokounmpo received the ball from the left sideline. Seeing Paul rushing up, he passed the ball to Curry with the LOGO in the middle, and Curry then passed to Brogdon on the right sideline, making the Spurs' defensive formation messy. Chances are, time flies by like crazy.
In the last 2.6 seconds, the Spurs finally caught Sabonis for a foul, and Sabonis made two free throws.
The Kings still led by three points, the Spurs did not pause, Gay caught the ball and rushed to the center line to grab a shot, hitting the basket with a super long three-pointer.
The whistle at the end of the game sounded simultaneously, and the Kings defeated the Spurs 117 to 114 and won their first victory of the new season.
In the whole game, six players from the Kings scored in double figures, Antetokounmpo scored the highest 29 points, and Curry scored 24 points.
For the Spurs, Leonard had 31 points but made 26 of 10 shots, while Paul had 39 points from the game and 19 points in the fourth quarter.
Discussions on social networks erupted. Some fans joked: Paul wanted to hug his thigh, but it turned out that he was his thigh.
Some fans also said that the Spurs actually played very well, but first of all, compared with the second lineup, the lineup is still too strong, but from Leonard and Aldridge to Leonard and Paul, we need to find a way to make Aldridge better. Play well and avoid waste.
More fans lamented that the Kings are too strong, especially Su Yang, who dared to let undrafted Deng Luo start.
Stephen Smith tweeted: "The Kings have found excellence from the undrafted picks. Dun Luo scored 12 points in the first game and was very well integrated with the Kings' other starters. How can the Kings keep getting good players like this? Who can stop it?"
I don’t write competitions like this anymore, I struggled to write, and everyone doesn’t like to watch it...
(End of this chapter)
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