NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

Judging by the opening two rounds, it is clear that the Hawks have done a special study of the Spurs. They are very decisive in their shots on the offensive end and have a clear strategy on the defensive end to limit the Spurs' run-and-gun system.

Chang Tiancheng knew that the opponent was prepared, so he had to be extremely careful in this battle.

This time, he reacted quickly, and instead of directing McDermott and Vassell to the bottom corner, he motioned for them to occupy a forty-five-degree angle on either side. Because he knew in his heart that even if these two pulled the bottom corner to try to make the court space wider, the opponent would not choose to relax the defense on the inside, and in the end they could only rely on the outside.

Therefore, the most important problem at the moment is how to expand the opponent's interior line to the outside line, so as to liberate the ability of the two interior lines in his team to punch the frame.

Chang Tiancheng stood at the top of the arc and passed the ball to Vassell on the right, and then ran over to set up a cover for Vassell.

Although Chang Tiancheng's height is not high, due to the tempering of the steel and iron bone skills, his body is still quite strong now. Trae Young, who was responsible for defending Vassell, was notoriously mediocre in his physical fitness, and took advantage of this to keep Trae Young out solidly.

After wassel bypassed Chang Tiancheng's defense, he immediately began to break through to the inside.

However, Murray, who switched to the defense, as a member of the best defensive team, naturally would not let him break through to his own penalty area so easily, only to see him first use his torso to jam Vassell's breakthrough route, and then reach out and use his long arm span to directly touch the ball from Vassell's hand.

Fortunately, Chang Tiancheng was quick and controlled the ball in advance. As a result, the two sides returned to the original situation, where Murray walked over to keep an eye on Chang Tiancheng, while Trae Young continued to defend Vassell, who had average ball-handling ability. But with only 14 seconds left for the Spurs to attack, Chang Tiancheng must come up with a way to break the opponent's offense as soon as possible.

Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw this scene and thought to himself: Chang, although you have played against an excellent guard like Alexander before, but Murray is known for his defense, and his defensive ability is the top among defenders, if you can't break through his defense, then I'm afraid it will be difficult to take the team far.

However, Popovich's worries did not last long, Chang Tiancheng realized that the other party did not want to let the players on his side easily break through the inside line, and simply said: Okay, if you want to play the outside to win, right, who is afraid of whom?!

So, he faced Murray's defense, lowered his center of gravity, and after alternating several crotch dribbles and front dribbles, he quickly stabbed a step to the left front.

And Murray's reaction was also extremely fast, and he instantly kept up with Chang Tiancheng's movements. This time, though, his reflexes were the reason for his defensive failure.

Chang Tiancheng did not choose to break through after stabbing a step, but directly retracted his front foot, took a step back to the three-point line, and then shot a three-pointer with a relaxed look.

Marksman, triggered.

The three-pointer gets up and down and hits steadily. At 5:6, the Spurs directly overtook the score.

After the ball was scored, Chang Tiancheng immediately commanded his teammates to retreat, and at the same time said to McDermott and Vassell: "Doug, you are responsible for defending Trae Young in a while, Vassell, you go and keep an eye on Hunter." The

perimeter duo who received the order immediately made a crossover run and found their defenders.

Chang Tiancheng did this, naturally he had his intentions. First of all, Trae Young's height is far from McDermott's, which allows McDermott to easily interfere with Trae Young's shooting. Trae Young would have to stay out of the three-point line if he wanted to get space for a three-point shot, and in doing so, he wouldn't be shooting too high, and the Spurs would be able to force their opponents to make a difficult jumper, then protect the backcourt rebound, and launch a fast-break defensive strategy.

On the other hand, although Deandre Hunter is also an extremely capable swingman, Vassell can use his height on the defensive end to stick to his chassis and hinder his breakthrough rhythm, and eventually force him to shoot from the outside instead of directly hitting the basket, which can also achieve the defensive purpose of the Spurs.

Seeing Chang Tiancheng's wave of defensive command, Popovich nodded with satisfaction: Sure enough, his previous worries were still too redundant, even if Chang's offense was limited by Murray, what could he do? As long as he is still on the court, he can contribute to the team in various ways.

In the face of the Spurs' defense, Murray found that the most effective offensive points were himself and Capela on the inside. However, he had just managed to become a Chang Tiancheng before, and it was obviously a better choice to continue to attack by himself.

So he made a quick decision and continued to choose to forcibly break through Chang Tiancheng's defense. However, Chang Tiancheng was also prepared this time, and stuck to his body the moment Murray broke through the starting speed.

Murray looked at Chang Tiancheng with a surprised expression on his face. What is the situation? Didn't he just get a step by me? Why did he follow so easily this time...

Seeing that he could no longer use his speed advantage to directly impact the Spurs' basket, Murray thought about a confrontation with Chang Tiancheng, but the moment his shoulder touched Chang Tiancheng's body, his whole person was instantly ejected a few steps backwards.

The referee immediately blew the whistle and blew a foul for Murray's walking.

Murray was surprised by Chang Tiancheng's physical strength, and on the other hand, he took care of his own face, and desperately asked the referee for an explanation: "Referee, you see, did he really not have a defensive foul just now? I feel that he took the lead!"

The referee glanced at Murray and ignored it. Murray had to make a helpless expression, then shrugged his shoulders. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that he had not fought against others just now, it was like hitting a wall. However, so many fans are watching, he naturally can't admit so easily that the gap between his physical fitness and Chang Tiancheng will be so obvious.

After Chang Tiancheng received the ball from Sohan, he did not signal his teammates on the offensive end, which made the other four people a little unsure of what to do, so they could only trot behind Chang Tiancheng.

Who knew that Chang Tiancheng just crossed the halfcourt and directly shot a three-pointer, and the basketball fell into the basket safely after crossing a perfect parabola.

At 5-9, the Spurs once again extended their lead.