The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 264 Yuan Man's Last Biography (Part 1)

Chapter 264 Yuan Man's Last Biography (Second Update)

The reason why the Spurs have made a good start this season is that the performance of GDP is important, but the rise of the Spurs bench is the most important factor.

Last season's backup forward DeJuan Blair has been promoted to the main power forward, Thiago Splitter has become a reliable backup behind Duncan, Gary Neal, Danny Green, Patrick Mills, Stephen Jackson Waiting for someone to become the hottest outside line on the bench in the league. In addition to these people, French magicians Boris Diaw, Cory Joseph, Matt Bonner and others also play a role in the team, often in Popovich came in handy in his rotation.

It can be said that apart from age, this season's GDP-centric team lineup is definitely the strongest in recent seasons, and, in addition to the above-mentioned old faces, Kawhi Leonard, who was selected by the Spurs this season, It has begun to show its glory on the court.

Popovich even believes that Leonard's talent is no worse than that of Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant now. As long as he has more experience in the Spurs, he can definitely grow into an All-Star player.

From the average playing time of 5 minutes per game at the beginning of the season to the current average of 24 minutes per game, Leonard has also repaid the trust of the head coach with his outstanding performance. As Richard Jefferson's substitute, Leonard's performance Very stable, shooting around 50% from the field, 37% from the three-point range, 7.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Under the background of Popovich’s emphasis on team tactics, it is definitely a must. Shot scores.

Facing an opponent like the Spurs, the mentality of the Cavaliers to respond to the enemy is not easy.

Scott has repeatedly watched the Spurs' 13 games this season no less than 5 times, and Drew is also on the court, repeatedly practicing new tactics, so that the players are more familiar with the tactical running and tactics before the game against the Spurs. implement.

Finally, this high-profile battle kicked off at the Spurs' home ATT Center.

In this game, the Spurs lined up the starting lineup for the first time this season, and Leonard was mentioned by Popovich as the starting lineup.

Duncan, Blair, Leonard, Ginobili, and Parker formed the starting lineup for this game.

The lineup of the Cavaliers has not changed, and it is still Whiteside + Jamison + Yuan Man + Clay + Irving's starting lineup.

In the first quarter, the old Spurs took the lead. Leonard, who became the starter for the first time, was very excited. He grabbed offensive rebounds consecutively and activated the performance of other players. The team played 12-3 in the opening game, forcing Cavaliers coach Scott to call a timeout.

Yuan Man did not expect that he would be restricted by a rookie at the beginning of the game. Facing Leonard's defense, Yuan Man made 2 of 0 shots in the opening game and was intercepted once by Leonard's long arm. When grabbing rebounds, because he didn't get stuck in the opponent, Leonard grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds.

It wasn't until Scott called a timeout that Yuan Man, who had calmed down, realized that he had relaxed his mind on the court, which led to a bad start. Although the opponent was only a rookie player, he must not be careless. Possesses very strong strength. Wasn't he also a rookie player last season, and he still won many exciting and fierce games.

Thinking of this, Yuan Man adjusted his mentality. After returning to the field, Yuan Man immediately scored a goal with a dry draw and returned to his usual state.

In the first quarter, the Spurs led 21-19 by 2 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs hit a climax again. Jefferson, who had been starting all the time, led the second team's Neal, Green, and Mills to shoot from the outside. In five minutes, they played a wave of 5-18. , leading the Cavaliers by 2 points in an instant!

Before the end of the midfield, they were as many as 18 points behind their opponents. This is something the Cavaliers have never encountered this season.

During the timeout, Yuan Man was the first to get angry.

"We're playing too slowly!" Yuan Man roared, "We can't follow the rhythm of the Spurs, otherwise we must be the ones who lose. What are our characteristics, fast breaks in transition between offense and defense! We must beat the speed. stand up!"

"That's right!" Scott very much agreed with Coach Yuan Man's words.

When the game restarted, the Cavaliers began to pay attention to speeding up the pace. This trick really worked. The Spurs missed outside shots, and the rebounds often fell far away. The Cavaliers immediately started to break fast when they got the ball. After completing an offense, the sudden change of rhythm made the Spurs unable to adapt for a while. Taking advantage of the performance during this period, the Cavaliers narrowed the point difference to 2 points and ended the first half.

"Kawhi, you did a good job in the first half!" Duncan said happily, rubbing the hair of the little brother who had just joined the team.

"Whose hair fell out?" Someone yelled.

"Mine, mine!"

Ginobili and Parker rushed to answer at the same time.

Duncan, Leonard: "."

In the third quarter, facing Leonard again, Yuan Man, who had thought about it after the intermission, played well. He overwhelmed Leonard in a single quarter, making 6 of 6 two-pointers and 1 of 1 three-pointers. In the middle, 3 free throws and 3 free throws, scored 18 points in a single quarter!

With a 100% shooting rate in a single quarter, even in the face of Leonard and Ginobili's double-team, he still made the ball.

In this quarter, as Yuan Man's main scoring method, the fadeaway jumper played an extremely important role.

Yuan Man's backs scored consecutively, allowing Popovich on the sidelines to think that the team was fighting the Lakers, and the young man on the court seemed to be no less capable than Kobe Bryant in the same grade.

Almost on their own, the Cavaliers evened the score at the end of the third quarter, and the score was tied 79-79.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides had no cards to show. It was a real bayonet fight. With 30 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers were still 1 point behind the Spurs, and the Spurs still had the ball. The Cavaliers had run out of timeouts.

Parker wasted time dribbling outside. With 8 seconds left, Duncan pulled out from the center line and made a pick-and-roll for Parker. This familiar coordination has been practiced tens of thousands of times. The moment Duncan blocked the opportunity , Parker looked up and scored a two-pointer. This iconic two-pointer is too familiar to Parker, even more familiar than free throws.

However, before the ball was shot, it was intercepted!

Yuan Man didn't know when, a ghost appeared behind Parker, grabbed the ball from behind, hit the ball, and immediately controlled the ball.

There were 9 seconds left in the game, and there was no timeout. Yuan Man directly rushed forward with the ball, but the Spurs were already prepared under Popovich's arrangement. When Yuan Man came outside the three-point line , The Spurs players have returned to defense in place.

I looked up at the time, 5 seconds, too late!

The winning streak must not end here!

Facing Leonard's pressing defense, Yuan Man rushed to the inside of the Spurs. Seeing Yuan Man attacking with the ball, the opponent immediately formed a four-man double-team defense!

With 3 seconds left in the clock, Yuan Man saw Owen running from the corner of his eye at the moment when the opponent was about to form an encirclement circle.

In 2 seconds, with the sound of breaking through the air, Yuan Man's last pass broke through several hands of the Spurs and came to Irving's hands.

In 1 second, Irving made a shooting gesture, looked directly at the basket with both eyes, and shot the ball.

(End of this chapter)