All-Around Forward Swingman

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides still played back and forth. The Rockets and the Spurs fought at 25:23, and the Rockets led by two points.

But when the game entered the second quarter, Adelman once again resorted to the Rockets' fast-break lineup. With one fast-break lineup, the defense that the Spurs were proud of immediately collapsed.

Duncan is indeed back to his prime, but McFinley is not, and without Ginobili, their offensive firepower on the bench has plummeted.

The offensive end can't compete with the Rockets, and the defensive end can't prevent the Rockets' offense.

02 The Spurs were crushed in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Popovich only sent the team to symbolically resist for a few minutes. However, he arrived in the last quarter, and he did not completely replace the main force, but put Tim Duncan on the field all the time.

Because he can see that Duncan is in a very good state recently, anyway, there is no hope of winning the game, "It is also good to let this old guy collect statistics on the court.

Duncan was noncommittal about this arrangement, but he was also happy to use the skills he had honed for many years on the court to constantly ravage the Rockets' weak inside defense.

That's right, it's a weak inside defense. Logically speaking, the Rockets' inside line is not weak. But in the eyes of Duncan, who has returned to his peak state, their defense is really not good enough, and they are ravaged by him in various ways.

At the end of the game, the Rockets defeated the Spurs 115:98.

Tim Duncan had 35 points and 14 rebounds, Tony Parker had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and Mike Finley had 17 points.

Rockets, Yang Shan scored 41 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, sent 1 assist, David Lee scored 18 points and 1 rebound, Jordan Jr. scored 10 points and 7 rebounds, Nick Young 18 points, Crawford Germany scored 27 points, and other players also had their own gains.

When interviewed by reporters after the game.

Popovich said with a smile: "The Rockets won by force. If their team's Manu Ginobili was there, they would definitely not lose so easily."

Yes, you read that right, Popovich used the word easy to describe their losses. Generally speaking, many teams will say that the opponent will not win easily, but he just said that he will not lose easily. Popovich is indeed a little different from ordinary coaches.

After the game, after attending the press conference, the other players were rushing to the bus, ready to go back to the hotel and take a good rest.

But Duncan, who was dawdling behind, had no intention of leaving.

Popovich was a little puzzled, what is this buddy doing? So he walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Tim, you are not packing your clothes and going back to the hotel, what are you waiting for here? Do you want the Rockets to treat you to dinner?" Popovich said jokingly. 333

"How do you know?" Duncan glanced at his coach and asked strangely.

Popovich was also stunned, what's going on? Someone in the Rockets actually invited his disciple to dinner. Could it be that group of guys who wanted to lure Tim Duncan to the Rockets?

This is indeed possible. Although Duncan is a little older, he is also a top insider in the league. Judging from today's game, he is still capable of supporting ten teams in the inside.

"You guy, don't you think you're going to play for the Rockets?" Popovich glanced at Duncan, as if he was an abandoned daughter-in-law, and said to him. .