At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 61
"Demon Sword" Manu Ginobili, as one of the iron triangle that makes up the Spurs' GDP, has been a substitute for most of his career, but Du Zhe knows that this person's strength cannot be underestimated.

The breakthrough is weird and erratic, the passing is exquisite, coupled with the unexpected three-pointer and retreat jumper, so that this eagle from the Pampas Plateau can fly freely in the strong NBA.

NBA championship, this is the honor that many players can't ask for throughout their careers, but Manu Ginobili has won three so far.

And that's not his greatest glory.

In the semi-finals of the 04 Olympic Games, he single-handedly scored 29 points. The white horse spear defeated the dream team coached by Popovich and led by Iverson and Duncan, and easily defeated Italy in the subsequent final to win the Olympic Games. champion.

It can be said that winning the championship this time has established Ginobili's historical position in international basketball.

The reason why he has been playing as a substitute in the Spurs for so many years is because of the team's tactical needs. After all, Ginobili also plays with the ball. distribution has an impact.

On the other hand, it is limited by Ginobili's own physical fitness. One of his nicknames "20 Minutes Jordan" can reflect from the side that there is indeed a certain gap between him and the super giants in physical fitness.

From "Street Jordan" to "British Jordan" to today's "20 Minute Jordan", Du Zhe felt that he had stabbed Jordan's nest during this time.

However, the strength of these various Jordans is getting stronger and stronger, and the "Joe content" is also getting higher and higher.

For such an opponent with a high "joe content", Du Zhe naturally did not dare to take it lightly, tugged on his shorts, and prepared to go all out.

But Ginobili's center of gravity was erratic when he broke through. He was still breaking through to the right just now, but in the next step he used weird footwork to pull his body's center of gravity back to the left.

Even if Du Zhe's outside defensive ability has reached the league's top level, he will still be shaken.

This moment of hesitation gave Ginobili a chance for a layup. Randolph, the only inside player, wanted to come up to cover, but under the opponent's weird European step, he had no time to react, just like a wooden stake. Got passed over completely.

Du Zhe on the other side wanted to use his wingspan to interfere with Ginobili's layup as much as possible, but it was obviously too late at this time.

Ginobi lightly completed a pick basket with his left hand and sent the ball into the basket.

Seeing "Demon Knife" easily pass the two to complete the layup, Popovich, who was on the Spurs bench, also applauded secretly for this shot: "Although the Argentine Demon Knife is old, it is not something that this Huaguo boy can touch! "

Although Du Zhe easily got 2 points from Ginobili, he gradually came to his senses and understood why he failed to prevent his opponent's breakthrough in the last round.

First, because Ginobili's breakthrough rhythm is indeed weird and difficult to grasp.

The second is because Ginobili is left-handed. Compared with normal right-handed players, his habitual layup routes are actually reversed.

However, Du Zhe's position and focus when defending him are still the same as usual, which will inevitably lead to some losses in the hands of Ginobili.

After a goal was scored, Warriors center Randolph didn't waste any time. After getting the ball, he quickly went out of the baseline to serve.

After receiving the ball, Ellis also advanced quickly like a bullet, forcing the Spurs who were still slowly returning to defense to also speed up.

After just a few simple passes, the Warriors took advantage of the Spurs' unsteady footing to complete an offense, and Curry scored the ball with a deft floater.

And this is also a microcosm of the Warriors' offensive performance in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Du Zhe remained on the court, while Curry and Maggette were replaced by Watson and Morrow.

Facing Ginobili's breakthrough again, he has adapted a lot to the opponent's rhythm.

Ginobili dribbled the ball with his back and wanted to repeat the same trick to pass Duzhe like he did in the first quarter.

But he found that the Huaguo player on the opposite side seemed to be his mirror image, following suit.

When he takes a step to the left, the other person takes a step to the right.

When he takes a step to the right, the other person takes a step to the left.

For a moment, Ginobili had a strange idea. He seemed to be dancing an Argentine tango, and Du Zhe was the best dance partner. No matter how the rhythm changed, he could always keep in step with him.

But no matter how beautiful the tune is, it will eventually come to an end.

Ginobili's breakthrough has reached the final step, but Du Zhe is still staring at him from the front. Now it is time for him to make a decision.

Is it a shot or a pass.

In the blink of an eye, Ginobili made his own choice.

He found that Du Zhe's teammates didn't seem to be worried about the young man's defense at all, and none of them had the intention of coming over to double-team him.

In this case, the pass has no meaning, but may be intercepted.

Ginobili has only one choice left, and that is to force himself.

"Crack!" Facing the Argentinian Demon Knife less than two meters long, Du Zhe, who is 2 meters tall, also COS'ed a moving Great Wall, capping the opponent with the ball to the ground.

What Du Zhe also risked was the gradually stiffening smile on Popovich's face.

Of course, Popovich's smile didn't disappear, it just moved to the old Nelson's face.

Before Ginobili could even get up from the ground, the Warriors, who had seized the ball, quickly launched a counterattack.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to counterattack more and play less, Du Zhe made a direct shot from outside the three-point line and hit his first three-pointer of the game.

At this time, Ginobili had just run to halftime...

The game time of the second quarter passed by every minute and every second, and Popovich's face became more and more gloomy.

Now he no longer has the chance to win before the start of the game, nor does he have the high spirits of the previous few games against the Warriors.

The Spurs' bench lineup, which he had high hopes for, has become disorganized under the impact of the Warriors.

Ginobili, the core player on the field, is no longer the sharp demon sword of the past.

Facing Du Zhe's defense, he no longer dared to try simple and direct singles tactics. Now he must have two teammates come up to pick and roll at the same time, in order to have a little confidence in breaking through to the inside.

But even so, the success rate of the breakthrough is pitifully low.

Du Zhe can always predict the Spurs' offensive intentions, and cleverly bypass the pick-and-roll to intercept in advance.

And when Du Zhe went around the pick-and-roll, Manu Ginobili didn't try to shoot a three-pointer, but his touch today was really bad. He failed to make two outside shots, so he had no choice but to give up this idea.

As for attacking the Warriors' weak inside?It's not that the Spurs' substitutes don't have this idea, but they obviously don't have the strength.

Although Matt Bonner is a big man at 2 meters, he has played more and more outside in recent years.

Last season he averaged 6.6 shots per game, 3.3 of which were from beyond the three-point line.

By this season, he has become a pure power forward, and the number of three-pointers has accounted for more than half of the total number of shots.

Go to the inside to fight?That's not what he's supposed to do as a power forward.

As for another insider, DeJuan Blair, although he is very passionate, he is also very good at grabbing rebounds.

But he is only 2 meters tall, and his offensive skills are relatively rough, and it is difficult to carry the banner of the Spurs' inside offense.

What's more terrible is that in order to strengthen the confrontation and be able to stand firm in the long inside line, DeJuan Blair increased his weight to an astonishing degree.

Now his weight has reached a terrible 120 kg!

You must know that Du Zhe, who is 2 meters tall, only weighs 05 kilograms after an offseason of training and weight gain.

The Spurs' star player, Tim Duncan, weighs only 2 kilograms despite being 11 meters tall.

It can be said that although Blair does not have the highest height in the game, he has the heaviest weight in the game.

This weight gave him good strength, but it also made him lose his flexibility and lateral movement.

Faced with the four short players sent by the Warriors, Blair, who is 2 meters tall, has no ability to switch defenses outside.

It can be said that any outside line of the Warriors, facing him after the pick-and-roll, is casual military training.

Popovich also had to admit in his heart that there was indeed a mistake in the adjustment this time.

Although he still wanted Duncan to rest for a while, the situation in front of him no longer allowed him to hesitate.

I can only wave my hand and send the hard-working "Stone Buddha" to the stage again.

Playing with Duncan was another veteran, 35-year-old Antonio McDyess.

Duncan's debut made the Spurs' situation slightly improved. At least in the case of Ginobili's inability to attack, they have a reliable offensive option.

After the final two quarters, the two teams were tied at 52.

Although it is still a draw, Popovich is not panicking. He decided to let the Spurs' strongest lineup GDP appear at the same time in the third quarter to defeat the Warriors in one go.

Facing the strongest lineup of the Spurs, Nelson also dispatched the most luxurious lineup currently on hand.

Du Zhe, Ellis, Curry, Maggette and Randolph all appeared on the stage.

This lineup has breakthroughs on the offensive end, mid-range shots and three-pointers, but on the defensive end, especially the perimeter defensive end, it can only be supported by Du Zhe.

Fortunately, after being guarded by Du Zhe in the last quarter, Ginobili's touch was cold to the end, which allowed Du Zhe to double-team Duncan.

On the offensive end, Du Zhe couldn't find a suitable prostitute, so he could only choose to strengthen his ability to shoot three-pointers from outside.

Fortunately, the Warriors' main focus today is a fast pace, so it's not a big problem for him to throw three-pointers wildly from the outside.

After holding back for half a quarter and getting another open three-point shot, Du Zhe finally activated his microwave skills and started his performance.

And "20 minutes of Jordan" - Manu Ginobili's physical fitness also just turned on a red light at this time.

Yesterday in Phoenix, Ginobili played a full 30 minutes.

Today he practiced sprinting with the Warriors for more than 20 minutes, and now the 32-year-old veteran can't keep up with Du Zhe's pace.

Du Zhe, who is still young and strong, has grasped this point and is still running tirelessly on the court.

Corner, wing, arc top, every position outside the three-point line, you can see his shot.

The morale of the Warriors fans at the scene was also high. Every time Du Zhe hit a three-pointer, they counted a number for Du Zhe loudly.

When the fans finally counted to six, Popovich sullenly called another timeout.

He made 10 of 6 in the game and 9 of 5 three-pointers in a single quarter. Is this guy just lucky?
Although he thought so in his heart, Popovich didn't show it.

He wiped off his sweat, made personnel adjustments, and replaced the underperforming Ginobili with second-year pick George Hill.

But other than that, he couldn't do much.

The two inside veterans, Duncan and McDyess, are almost 70 years old together. They just played against the powerful Suns yesterday, and now their physical strength is already on the verge of limit.

Du Zhe, on the opposite side, was using his fiery touch to score three-pointers one after another, opening the score bit by bit.

The Spurs players on the field couldn't guard him at all. The only thing they could do was to pray that the Chinese player wouldn't hit the next ball.

The current Spurs seem to have reached a critical point of collapse!
Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, the Spurs finally ushered in the final collapse.

Even in the face of Randolph's defense, Duncan has no ability to get what he wants, and two of the three inside offenses ended in iron strikes.

Another time, Du Zhe didn't give Duncan a chance to take action at all. He used a double-team in front and stole the ball directly from the tired Duncan.

Duncan, who has reached the limit, can only kneel on one knee at this time, helplessly watching the Warriors get another three-pointer easily.

Popovich on the bench saw this scene and knew that the game was over. After sighing helplessly, he made the most rational choice.

A timeout was called, and he replaced all the veterans on the field.

This season is still very long, and the Spurs don't need to fight all their old hands here.

If Duncan or other veterans are injured for a hopeless victory, it is really not worth the candle.

The Warriors on the other side were basically out of ammunition and food at this time.

It can only be said that the seven-man rotation and even the six-man rotation at the end of last season and the beginning of this season gave these young people a wealth of experience in persevering when their physical fitness bottomed out. It is to keep the situation from collapsing.

In the end, 108:103, the Warriors exhausted the San Antonio Spurs at their home court!

After Duncan's 34+14 in the previous game, he once again played a dominant performance. He scored 27 points and 15 rebounds in the game, which can be said to dominate the inside.

但猛虎架不住群狼，埃利斯31中16砍下35分，马盖蒂10中8、罚球7中5砍下21分。

再加上杜哲15中8，砍下24分4板2助1帽5断。

The Warriors' trio scored a combined 86 points, wiping out Duncan's entire game's efforts.

At the same time, Du Zhe's performance today also showed other teams that they can win the game just by throwing three-pointers.

(End of this chapter)