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Chapter 913 Another newcomer I haven't seen before

The Spurs and Eagles played evenly in the first half, which proves that sometimes the quality between genuine and copycats is not too bad.

What's more, the Spurs now have more or less traces left by Buer Hordenze, so the Eagles really can't be said to be a complete copycat, it's more like a Spurs technician was sent out to open up new markets, and then he founded a brand.

Strictly speaking, this is a derivative, or subsidiary.

Leonard is the core of the team in this game, and his performance in the first half was not bad.

11 of 6 shots, no three-pointers, but four free throws, Leonard scored 16 points in the half, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

But this can't lead the Spurs to a sufficient lead, because the Hawks also have 3 people who scored in double figures. Although the individual points are not as many as Leonard's, the sum is enough to offset this deficiency.

Because the two sides were tied, the second half could decide the outcome.

"I really didn't expect that Coach Mike would use that trick against you." Qin Yan in a suit gloated at Leonard.

Leonard didn't speak, and he was double-teamed and then violated the 8-second violation. This is not a glorious thing.

"Don't gloat, you kid was double-teamed before."

Duncan slapped Qin Yan's head and rubbed it, then turned to comfort Leonard who was not in the right state.

"Kyle, are the Eagles strong?" Jokic, who didn't know why he didn't get a chance to play in the first half, asked Anderson. He had a strong premonition that he would definitely play in the second half, so he had to ask for information now.

Sledgehammer scored 8 points in the first half, and the efficiency was not bad. The first start was not particularly embarrassing.

"It's okay, the style of play is very similar to ours, but I guess they won't be too familiar with you, so as long as you play your own characteristics, it's relatively easy to score."

Anderson hit the nail on the head, because Buer Hordenze had never seen these two, and some of the defensive strategies he arranged should be ineffective against these two.

"Oh, I see."

Jokic suddenly gained confidence, and he would not be too embarrassed after he went up in the second half.

"In the second half we played more pick-and-rolls, especially if Kawhi was flanked by them, I want you guys to be ready to respond quickly..."

After Popovich came in, he began to arrange the general tactics of the second half. Because coach Buerhordenze was very familiar with the Spurs' conventional tactics, he had to change the formation if he wanted to win. Popovich is now simplifying Sloan's pick-and-roll tactics. To use it for the Spurs. After all, without Qin Yan, the strongest firepower point, it is difficult to tear apart the Eagles' defense by personal ability.

"On the defensive end, don't switch defenses in the second half. Just keep an eye on one-on-one. Switching defenses is easy to mess up, and the current Eagles don't have anyone who needs to double-team..."

Because many tactics of the Eagles are very similar to the Spurs, so the usually effective tactic of switching defenses is useless to the Eagles, because the Spurs themselves like to take advantage of the loopholes in the opponent's defense to score. The same is true for the Eagles. The Spurs switched defenses in the first half. There were some problems, and the Eagles had a good time.

"Nicolas, you start the second half and replace Tim."

Jokic, who was listening to the coach, was suddenly cueed. As expected, he was going to play in the second half.

"come on! Come on."

Anderson cheered for his brother in the same grade. The current Spurs can be said to be full of talents. As first-year brothers and sisters, if the two of them want to stay in this brilliant team, they must play their worth.

"Hmm... I didn't expect these two guys to have a good relationship."

Because he didn't have to play, Qin Yan could leisurely wander off on the sidelines. No, he silently observed everyone's reactions just now.

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs' lineup here is Whiteside, Jokic, Leonard, Green and Parker. Compared with the starting lineup in the first quarter, this lineup has made a lot of changes.

This surprised the DJs at the scene. They could only feel that it is better if the team has more players who can play, and even the lineup can be changed so willfully.

The Hawks still played with the original starting lineup, and in fact they had no one else to change.

The Eagles attacked, Horford went inside to contain Whiteside, and then Millsap found the opportunity to push Jokic away, while quickly getting stuck under the basket.

"ball!"

Teague broke through and scored the ball, and gave the ball firmly to Millsap.

"rise!"

Because Millsap pushed Jokic away, he got up directly after receiving the ball without any hesitation.

"Go down!"

Although Jokic was blocked by Millsap just now, as a rookie, he cannot admit defeat even if he is pushed away!
No, this guy rushed back quickly, and then slapped the ball in Millsap's hand.

"Snapped!"

"Di!"

The ball was not well defended, and Jokic's jumping ability was average, so this shot directly landed on Millsap's hand instead of the ball.

However, Millsap did not score this goal, so it is acceptable, at least there is no "2+1", right?

"Paul, are you okay?" Horford came up to ask about Millsap's situation, because Jokic had a big shot just now, so Millsap had been rubbing the place where he was photographed just now.

"Another newcomer I haven't seen before."

Millsap indicated that he had no problem. Just like in the first half, this rookie was not studied carefully.

"I think he hits hard." Horford glanced at Jokic, who was about the same height as himself.

"I'll try his weight later."

Millsap thinks Jokic is very interesting. It is rare that a rookie who was pushed by him can quickly recover and stop himself with reasonable fouls.

At this time, the referee signaled everyone to stand and made two free throws.

"Bang!"

"Shh-"

It is estimated that it was still affected a little, and Misap made one of two free throws.

"Nicholas, you can."

Whiteside hits the baseline and runs downfield with Jokic.

"Hassan, can you run a pick-and-roll for me later?"

Jokic asked Whiteside to run the pick-and-roll.

"Well, yes."

This guy, Whiteside, now regards himself as the team's future third master. In his view, Jokic is his younger brother, and he should help his younger brother.

Jokic went inside to get the ball, and then signaled Whiteside to pick and roll.

Inside the one-on-one pick-and-roll, Horford and Millsap looked at each other, but they didn't switch.

After Jokic made a substitution, he faced Horford. Two guys of similar height faced one-on-one. What no one expected was that Jokic bumped straight into it!
"boom!"

Horford didn't expect this guy who hadn't seen him before to be so stubborn, so he went straight up, so he was knocked back two steps staggeringly.

But Jokic is even more uncomfortable. Horford has been in the league for so many years. The only one who suffers from this kind of impact can only be Jokic. He takes more steps back.

But at this time, Jokic's IQ was reflected.

Flicking the ball to the backboard with one hand, Jokic signaled Whiteside that it was a pass with his eyes.

Whiteside was a little surprised why Jokic hit him directly.

But looking at it now, it was a good collision, Horford was knocked away, and Whiteside had one-on-one inside Millsap!

It's still an air battle ball, how can this ball not be dunked?

"drink!"

"boom!"

Whiteside caught the ball firmly and dunked in.

"Good pass!"

Coming down from the basket, Whiteside and Jokic high-fived. This guy really has a good pass.

"A rookie who can pass the ball."

The Eagles also find it a bit tricky, but the Spurs are lucky, the two rookies are quite skilled...

(End of this chapter)