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Chapter 401 Popovich's Sigh

This action of Shi Lei murdered a lot of film, and the reporters with cameras all recorded this scene in their own material.

The leading Celtics were in the mood to celebrate, but the trailing Spurs did not have such time. After the players on the sidelines finished high-fiving and encouraged them for too long, the Spurs' substitutes immediately surrounded them. Next to Popovich holding the tactical board.

The whiteboard pen was waving in Popovich's hands, and his loud tactical arrangements were faintly captured by the fans not far behind them through the high-pitched cheers of the fans at the scene, which naturally attracted him There was a lot of boos one after another.

In comparison, Rivers was much more stable and calm, and he didn't have much to say. The Celtics' substitutes spent the rare two-point break in their chairs.

"At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides still played with substitute players. The Celtics quickly opened up the point difference by six points within one and a half minutes of coming off the bench. Let's see how the Spurs can play after the adjustments. Can't stop this Celtic attack!"

The team's bench lineup seemed vulnerable to Shi Lei, but Popovich knew that it wasn't because their lineup was weak, on the contrary, their bench strength was to lead the Celtics and cause them to fall behind. The only reason is that there is no player in their team who can effectively defend Shi Lei. This is not something that can be achieved through simple personnel adjustments.

Although the best defensive player Bowen is still sitting on their bench, past games have already proved that Bowen never said that he is the best candidate to defend those players who are strong and have a height advantage.

After half court, House dribbled the ball and immediately handed the ball to Shi Lei, then he ran near the baseline as if he was going to slip the baseline. His running position took Ginobili away.

This is different from the situation in the first quarter when the other players were released and most of the defensive attention was focused on himself. Shi Lei couldn't help but carefully observe the defensive positions of all the Spurs players.Shi Lei is always wary of the Spurs' defense.Having been on this team for a year, let him know how serious this team is about defense.

Shi Lei held the ball and quickly ran towards the other side of the court, but when he got near the 45-degree angle of the basket, Shi Lei suddenly turned around and stuck Udoka who was following him.

Seeing that Shi Lei was about to make a breakthrough, the Spurs' defense remained unmoved.

Shi Lei immediately took two steps back, directly placing Udoka inside the free throw line.Regardless of height, weight, or strength, Uduka is no match for Shi Lei. If he advances to this place, Shi Lei can pose a threat to the Spurs' basket, but before he can turn around, the defense arranged by the Spurs for him , and immediately ran to rush over to encircle him.

The Spurs are a team with strong overall defensive ability, which is fully reflected at this time. In this extremely short response time, Mason and Bonner, who rushed forward, deliberately blocked Shi Lei's pass. on the route.

Shi Lei frowned, suddenly gave up turning around, and resolutely made a horizontal breakthrough from one side of the court.

Mason who ran towards Shi Lei in this direction adjusted his running position, and then planted his heels firmly on the floor.

Uduka was still tightly wrapped around Shi Lei's left body, which made Shi Lei only choose the right side when he chose to change direction.But Shi Lei went in the opposite direction, his body turned to the right, but suddenly shifted his body's center of gravity to the left, this time he pushed Uduka away.

After getting such a little space and time to move freely, Shi Lei's body turned into a huge spinning top, and came to the other side around Uduka who stumbled a bit.But in this position, Bonner, who is two meters one by one, raised his hands like a tall and straight mountain.

After repeated changes of direction, Shi Lei seemed to have lost the ability to change directions again, and his body suddenly arched into Bonner's arms.

Like a cunning beast finally caught, the Spurs' defense immediately shrunk, and Mason and Udoka who came after them locked Shi Lei in Bonner's arms.

However, when they did all this, they heard cheers, which made them feel like they were in San Antonio.

"A beautiful pass, a very perfect pass. Shi completely disrupted the Spurs' defense with his own breakthrough, which gave the slow-moving fat Glenn Davis plenty of shooting time!"

That's right, the basketball is no longer in Shi Lei's hands. At this moment, it has passed through the net and is attracted to the floor by the gravity of the earth.

Seeing this, the three defenders of the Spurs released Shi Lei with a little embarrassment.

Shi Lei, who was finally freed, was already blushing from holding back at this time, as soon as he left Bonner's embrace, he immediately complained: "Hey, man, you should stay away from cheap perfume!"

Bonner: "."

For Shi Lei, even though he has lived here for more than two years, it is still difficult for Shi Lei to adapt to those white and black people who like to use very strong perfumes.Well, it's mainly those perfumes, most of which can't completely cover up their unpleasant body odor.

Being scolded as a "poor ghost", Bonner's mood can only be damned, which makes Bonner's face even more ugly when he failed to defend.But what can he do?Even if this is San Antonio, Shi Lei still has a lot of privileges in the stadium, let alone this is Boston.So Bonner could only swallow his anger.

"You hurt me, but you laughed it off"

Under the gaze of Bonner's ugly expression, Shi Lei smiled and waved to the fans who cheered him, and slowly ran back to his own half.

"The Celtics widened the point difference to eight points. In the face of a three-person double-team defense, Shi Lei passed the ball and assisted teammate 'Big Baby' Davis to hit a shot. In such a short time, in such a defense Under high intensity, Shi Lei can still accurately find the position of his teammates, which shows how excellent his overall situation is!"

It is impossible for Popovich to hear Director Zhang's explanation at this time, but his mood is exactly the same as that of Director Zhang.

"What an excellent court vision and passing ability. If I had given him a decent contract instead of signing James White, I believe that with the help of Tim, the Spurs would still have at least ten years of championship competition." force!"

Yes, this is the most real idea in Popovich's heart, which is to assist. Just like the season when Duncan was first selected, Popovich immediately made up his mind and put David Robinson, the core of the team. Second home position!

But the past cannot be traced back, no matter what kind of thoughts Popovich has in his heart now, he can only look at Shi Lei with a sigh.

(End of this chapter)