NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Of course, it's not just LeBron who thinks this way, Popovich thinks the same thing at this time.

A deal with Westbrook as the main body, unexpectedly made Chang Tiancheng and the Spurs the biggest beneficiaries.

"I hope Chang Tiancheng can maintain this kind of performance in the future. Popovich prayed in his heart. Having spent so many years in the NBA, he's seen too many players play a good game or two, and as they play more games, opponents start to focus on the examples of how they fall at the speed of light.

What's more, Chang Tiancheng is just a small defender who is less than 190 cm tall. In the NBA, where there are many people, the probability of such a player being eliminated is the highest.

Thomas Jr., a former Celtics guard who only played the best performance of his career last season, averaging nearly 30 points per game, was abandoned by the team the following season. Under the double pressure of heart and injury, he quickly degenerated from the former "king of the fourth quarter" to become synonymous with the black hole on the court.

But Popovich thought about it, and Chang Tiancheng's game was based on playmaking. In other words, even if his personal form slips, as long as his mind is clear, then he can contribute on the field. In that case, there's nothing to worry about.

After the break, the second half of the game was about to begin, and the players on both sides returned to the field one after another.

The Spurs, who had a 15-point lead, sent a five-man lineup of Vassell, Graham, Keldon, Sandro and Collins. Although the height of this lineup on the outside is still not enough, the two centers on the inside can support most of the team's defensive tasks.

At least it won't overwhelm the team by the opponent's double interior line like in the first quarter.

Another advantage is that it can allow the duo of Sohan and Chang Tiancheng to rest for a while longer. Even if the Spurs can still maintain the point difference at around 10 points with this lineup, then Chang Tiancheng can already clock out and clock out today.

The Pistons, on the other hand, fielded their original starting lineup, which was a lap older than the Spurs' players at almost every position.

Seeing that Chang Tiancheng was not on the court, Burks knew in his heart that this might be the only chance the Pistons had to catch up with the score. So, he took the initiative to pick up the pace and try to pull the Spurs into his own rhythm at the start of the second half.

After halftime, he found that Graham, who was responsible for defending Bojan, had a huge disadvantage in height, and Bojan had used this advantage to complete the offense many times in the first quarter of the game, so Burks did not hesitate and passed the ball directly to Bojan outside the three-point line.

After Bojan received the ball, he looked at Graham, who was defending him, and didn't even bother to make a triple threat move, but directly pulled up a jumper. Graham tried his best to jump, but there was still no way to interfere effectively with Bojan.

For this shot, the moment the basketball left the palm of his hand, he clenched his fists and turned back to defend.

Basketball hollowed into the basket, and at 51:63, the Pistons started their counterattack with a three-pointer.

After receiving Collins' serve, Vassell instinctively looked for his team's point guard, but suddenly it occurred to him that the previous point guards had been traded, and now the team's two guards on the court are not orthodox point guards, but now they need to take on more organizational tasks.

Vassell gritted his teeth and took the ball to the Pistons' half, and then, he began to recall in his mind the previous Spurs' offensive patterns, learning from the usual natural behavior, and began to direct Keldon and Graham to stand in the bottom corner, while he tried to play a high block with Collins.

But the Pistons were very sober at this time. When Vassell had the ball in his hands, he didn't have the offensive threat that he always had, so even with Collins setting him up, the Pistons didn't choose to let their center switch over, but Berks squeezed past Collins' cover and continued to mark Vassell.

While doing so would give Vassell a brief open three-point shot, the Pistons simply didn't care. After all, Vassell wouldn't choose to shoot like that.

As the Pistons expected, after bypassing Collins' cover, Vassell saw Burks coming to the defense, so he could only continue to retreat beyond the three-point line, trying to find another offensive opportunity again.

Seeing that there was not much time left to attack, Keldon, who had been crouching in the bottom corner, finally couldn't stand it anymore, he pocketed from the bottom corner to the 45-degree three-point line, and reached out to signal Vassell to pass the ball to him.

And Vassell, who was worried about organizing the attack, saw Keldon who was reaching for the ball, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and hurriedly passed the ball over.

Keldon faced Stewart's defense and opted to go straight to the basket after two crotch dribbles. However, Stewart's physical fitness is also very strong, which makes Keldon not take advantage of the confrontation.

After staggering to the basket with Stewart, Keldon first stopped and shook for a while, but unfortunately Stewart stood still in place, and in desperation, Kelden had to force his shot, and at the same time leaned his body towards Stewart's body, hoping to get a foul.

But the referee didn't pay attention to Keldon, but Wiseman saw Keldon's shot, jumped up directly, slapped the ball he threw the rebound, and then grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Bojan, who was already down.

Graham, who was in charge of defending Bojan, seemed a little unfocused, and it wasn't until Wiseman passed the ball that he realized that Bojan had already started to play fast breaks, and it was too late to chase back.

After receiving the ball, Bojan saw that there was no one behind him, so he closed the ball to speed up, stepped out in two steps, and completed a clean one-handed split.

At 53:63, at the beginning of the second half, Bojan scored five points in a row to narrow the gap between the two teams to 10 points.

Graham dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and although he really wanted to try to make a shot, Bojan, who was in charge of defending him in front of him, was more than a little taller than him, and even he knew that choosing to force a shot at this time was tantamount to giving the ball away.

At this time, Graham was a little difficult, he just saw that Kelden could not break through Stewart's defense, Vassell was also hesitant, and his two interior lines faced the Pistons' Bagley and Wiseman combination, and there was no ability to attack at all. For a moment, he didn't know who else to pass the ball to.