After being dunked by Stephen, James quickly recovered his lively appearance. Just as Stephen was preparing to continue to show off his prowess, he saw Bruce Bowen standing in front of the technical stage, and his fiery heart suddenly cooled down. It seems that the coach I don't want to let myself stay on the field anymore.

Stephen, who returned to the substitute position, won the head slap from Duncan, the boss of the team. At least Stephen’s dunk made Duncan feel angry, especially with this shot, the shot of being dunked was easily overlooked. Duncan just The performance is dull, but the inside is showing off.

Soon, the main players of the Spurs began to play one after another, while James was still working hard alone on the Cavaliers side. How could he deal with the Spurs as a whole? He has already begun to slack off, seeing James on the court as desperately, but his teammates have given up their efforts, no matter how powerful he is alone, it will not help. In the end, the Spurs won with a gap of 24 points.

As soon as the game is over, the two teams will take the bus to the airport. Both teams will have an away game waiting tomorrow. The Spurs are back-to-back at home and away, while the Cavaliers are back-to-back away. The Cavaliers need to go to Memphis to challenge there. The Grizzlies, and the Spurs' opponent is the Mavericks, a total of the "Texas Top Three".

The back-to-back schedule is what players hate the most. Just after the game, they have to take the bus and then get on the plane. If the journey is long, it will be late at night when they arrive. If they stay in a strange hotel, they will definitely not be able to rest well. Go there. Going to Game [-] of a back-to-back, definitely not in great shape.

The Spurs are no exception. Although it is only [-] kilometers from San Antonio to Dallas, counting the trip from the arena to the airport, and then from the airport to the tavern, it will take at least three hours. They just finished a fierce game , You have to toss and eat, all eating is carried out in the car.

For Michael Finley and Van Exel, returning here is a revisit of the old place, but things have changed. The team is still the same team, the owner is the same owner, but most of the players have changed. The coach is no longer that mad scientist Nelson.

Especially Michael Finley, basically as if he was kicked out by the team. He returned to the American Airlines Center for the first time, but he came here to conquer this place, which made Finley feel very volatile. As for Van Exel It's very common. He has gone through many teams in his career. The Mavericks are just an occasional stop in the middle, and the Spurs are likely to be the last stop.

However, the current coach of the Mavericks, Avery Johnson, is also from the Spurs. The previous coach, Old Nelson, can be regarded as half of Popovich's master. Made a frenzied offense, trying to hit the Spurs off guard.

The Spurs defended their defense very well. After the first quarter, the Spurs scored two points more than the Mavericks, especially Tony Parker, who faced the young Devin Harris. Both of them were speed players. Breakthrough versus breakthrough, the game was exhilarating, and the fans present enjoyed it.

But in this way, both teams played faster. In the second quarter, the problem of the Spurs' lack of physical strength began to show up, especially Ginobili, who missed four consecutive shots. Seeing Michael Finley sitting on the bench in a trance, he had to replace Brent Barry.

And Bruce Bowen didn't perform much better against the same defensive player Josh Howard. Both shots from outside the three-point line missed. Popovich thought about it and felt that Stephen was playing against a bunch of substitutes. At that time, it was quite impressive, and it happened that Rob Horry was also sent to follow up, and let them fight again, so Stephen came to the field again.

Josh Howard's role in the Mavericks is very similar to that of Stephen. His responsibilities are to defend the opponent's team's top swingman, so his body is also very good in strength and speed, and he also has a rebounding stunt. In offense, he is best at playing low post. Few players in the same position can defend him. James and Anthony can compete with him physically, but they are not very good at low post defense.

At the same time, when he was in Nelson's hands, he always liked to use him to fight with the opponent's inside players. Nelson liked to play the tactic of dislocation in offense, so he would inevitably make mistakes in defense, so when Howard was in Nelson's hands. , Many times he is fighting with inside players, which also further exercises his low-post skills.

When Stephen was singled by Josh Howard in the low post, he suddenly felt a move in his heart. This offensive method seems to be very suitable for him, with solid and steady footsteps, super perception of the defensive players behind him, and quick and quick turns. Speed, as for getting to the basket, it is within easy reach, whether it is a layup, picking, wiping or shooting, it is relatively easy, and it can just make up for Stephen's weakness in shooting ability.

Post-up singles was originally an inside offensive technique, through post-up to a very low position, and then complete the attack, but since Jordan made this technique popular, many outside players have also begun to use this offensive method, there are The powerful Paul Pierce is also the skilled Kobe. Anthony among the new generation of players is also very good at this, but because his offensive skills are too comprehensive, Stephen didn't feel it in him. This time he met Josh Howard , Stephen was moved.

Since the back-up singles are facing the defensive player, they need to have excellent perception and dribbling ability. When playing back-ups, they need to have solid and powerful feet, but when turning around, they need to move very fast. It is precisely because of the back-up singles The requirements for players are very high, so including most of the current inside players, there are fewer and fewer people who can master this skill. Now it is popular to attack the frame, whether it is a center forward or a power forward, it is used in the past small forward's offensive skills.

When defending Josh Howard, Stephen has been paying attention to Howard's force skills. When Howard feels Stephen's defense with his back, Stephen is also feeling his every move. If it is a hard push, Stephen can Push Josh Howard to the outside, but in that case, Stephen will not be able to learn from the opponent, so Stephen only used two-thirds of his strength, making it not so easy for Josh Howard to attack, and then he will go all out Going all the way, Stephen can also better learn this offensive method.

After experiencing it for two or three times, Stephen had a general framework in his mind. At the same time, combined with his own physical condition, Stephen thought about this offensive method in his mind. You must know that no one used this offensive method on the street court before. Offensive method, this is a clumsy-looking offensive method, which does not look very good-looking, and is used less and less on professional basketball courts, let alone on street courts that require viewing.

When the Spurs were attacking, Stephen suddenly ran towards the inside, and Josh Howard followed closely behind him, but Stephen turned around suddenly, blocked Josh Howard behind, and then stretched out his hand to Brent Barry on the opposite side and began to ask for it. ball.

Brent Barry glanced at Stephen in surprise. Although it is said that basically every professional player in post-up singles will come up a few times in a decent way, it is not so easy to effectively convert this technique into goals. But Stephen has never seen him demonstrate it, nor has he practiced it, so he just wants to use it after watching others use it a few times. Is it okay? Although he is very skeptical about this, Brent Barry still puts the ball Handed over to Stephen.

When Popovich saw this, he suddenly felt as if a window opened in his heart. Yes, with Stephen's strength and speed, if he uses post-up singles to attack, how many people in the league can defend him. In this way, his The problem of insufficient shooting ability has also been solved. As for whether Stephen can master this offensive technique, Popovich is very confident. Stephen trains very hard, and at the same time the basic training is also completed very well. With the body as the foundation, plus This premise, even a stupid person, can be trained, not to mention that Engelland once said that Stephen's understanding is very good, and he often understands it at one point, and few players can match it.

And there is also a need for such a role in the bench lineup. Whether it is a breakthrough or post-up singles, they are the best offensive options when the hand feels bad. It just so happens that Robert Horry likes to float outside, so he played post-up singles. Space, Popovich thought of this, and wrote down another item in the notepad: increase Stephen's post-up singles training, and then marked a very important symbol on the back.

After Stephen received Brent's pass, he shook his back first, felt the strength and direction of Josh Howard's defense, and at the same time dribbled the ball in his hand, stepped back. Josh Howard saw Stephen He even dared to hit him back. He was already prepared. Through the attack just now, he felt that although Stephen's strength was good, it was not as strong as he imagined. If his feet were unstable, he would naturally make mistakes in walking or losing the ball. Who knew that Stephen seemed to be unaffected at all. Instead, he took a hard step back and continued to dribble and press.

Since Stephen is not very confident in his own shooting, he naturally hopes to press as deep as possible, but after only two steps, Dampier starts to help defend from one side, and Stephen makes a fake turn to the other side Action, Josh Howard moved over immediately, and there was a tiny gap between him and Dampier. Stephen got short and got between the two, and the swarming basket became empty at this time. Stephen took off directly with a one-handed dunk and scored two points.

Robert Horry immediately ran to Stephen's side, and excitedly patted Stephen's shoulder: "Boy, not bad, when did you learn this hand?"

"I saw someone using it just now, and thought it was quite simple, so I tried it out, but I didn't expect it to be very easy." Stephen replied very naturally while running, making Josh Howard who was following him turn blue with anger. , I have practiced for almost two years before I mastered it, and it was said to be quite simple. I will show you in a while, what is the authentic post-up singles.

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