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"Chang, are you sure you want McDermott to defend Mobley?" Sochan was the first to ask, in his opinion, although McDermott was a little higher than Keldon, his strength was far worse than Keldon, and he didn't think that having McDermott defend Mobley would achieve better results.

"Keldon, do you think you can stop Mobley?" Chang Tiancheng didn't answer Sohan's question, but turned his head to ask Keldon first.

Keldon thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, if he doesn't have the ability to shoot, I can still top it." But he can roll over and lean back, and with the difference in height, if he plays like that every ball, I really can't defend.

"But if you go and guard against Mitchell, you can cover him completely." Chang Tiancheng said.

His words made Keldon suddenly realize that Chang Tiancheng meant to let himself keep an eye on the opponent's previous offensive core, and in this way, Chang Tiancheng's strategy does have merit. After all, Mitchell's height is less than 190 cm, but Keldon is about two meters, and with a strong body, he can indeed put a lot of pressure on Mitchell on the defensive end.

Popovich nodded and agreed with Chang Tiancheng's defensive strategy arrangement: "Chang's idea is very good, I originally wanted to arrange it this way.

With that, Popovich took the tactics board from the assistant coach and began to write and draw on it: "You see, as long as Mitchell is limited, then the opponent's offense can only rely on Garland to instigate, but he is not a pure playmaker, so there will definitely be mistakes at that time." The

five players who started gathered around and listened to Popovich talk about his setup.

"Although their two interior players are not weak in terms of overall strength, they still have a lot of problems at least on the offensive end. The most obvious point is that they are not very good at attacking on their own. Popovich continued, "Allen has no independent offensive ability at all, and Mobley can play two with the ball on his own, but his offensive efficiency can't kill us after all." The

generals nodded their heads in understanding Popovich's tactical arrangements. At this time, the referee also came to remind that the timeout was about to end and the game was going to continue.

"Go on, boys, you can do as you normally do on the field, I trust you. Popovich waved his hand and signaled that the starters were ready to play.

The referee's whistle blows and the game continues.

Chang Tiancheng came to the Cavaliers' half court with the ball, and then called Sochan to block for himself, looking at Allen behind Sohan, Chang Tiancheng had already thought of the offensive tricks in his heart.

I saw that after he bypassed Sochan's defense, he suddenly paused in place in the face of the tall Allen, and then held the ball in one hand and threw the ball upwards gently, and the basketball passed Allen's defense and fell neatly into the basket.

Chang Tiancheng used another skill that he had not used at all in the previous game - throwing. Speaking of which, this is what he learned from Trae Young in his last game against the Hawks.

The Cavaliers attacked, and the Spurs defended according to the arrangement that Chang Tiancheng had said before. Mitchell looked a little helpless in the face of Sohan, who was a whole circle older than him. After repeated attempts to break through several times to no avail, he still chose to pass the ball to Mobley on the inside.

Mobley received the ball and faced McDermott, but did not choose to rely on his physical advantage to play with his back, but continued to do the same as against Keldon, and chose to make a retreat shot.

As Popovich said, Mobley's offense with the ball has been inconsistent, and this season's shooting has ended in iron.

Sochan immediately defended the defensive rebound, and then quickly sprinted to the front court of the Cavaliers. The Spurs' seven-second offense was finally used for the first time in this game.

In the open space, Chang Tiancheng easily found an opportunity to break through the ball, and finally passed the ball to Vassell in the bottom left corner to complete a three-point shot.

At 20:19, the Spurs, who came back from a timeout, immediately closed the gap to just one point.

Garland advanced with the ball, but found that Mitchell had been completely stuck to Keldon, and he was afraid that the opponent would steal the pass rashly, so he chose to launch the attack by himself.

He first called Mobley to block for himself, and then broke through the defense of McDermott, who had switched to the defense, came to the Spurs' restricted area, and also learned from Chang Tiancheng to make a throw, making the score 22:19.

Chang Tiancheng came to the Cavaliers' half with the ball, first made a high block with Keldon, and then feigned a pass to Keldon, who cut inside, and deceived the sight of Mobley who switched over for a moment, and then took advantage of this gap to shoot a three-pointer again, 22:22, after each side experienced a wave of offensive mini-climaxes, the score was finally tied.

But the Spurs have mastered the way to deal with the Cavaliers, and in the next round, because Mitchell is still closely watched by Keldon, the Cavaliers can only do the same, attacking from Garland's side, but this time his shot failed to score, and the Spurs once again protected the defensive rebound, directly launched a fast break, and finally ended the offense with a three-point shot by McDermott.

At this time, the first quarter of the game is also coming to an end. Watching the time pass little by little, Mitchell was also very anxious, seeing that he would not be able to get rid of Keldon's defense for a while, he chose to push Keldon when the referee was not paying attention.

Keldon's first reaction was to ask the referee for an explanation, but the referee ignored it. Mitchell took advantage of this time to finally shake off Keldon, who had been sticking to him, and got a chance to catch the ball.

Seeing this, Garland quickly passed the ball over, and Mitchell did not hesitate, and directly shot a three-pointer one meter outside the three-point line, and the basketball went into the net, 25:25, and the score of the two teams was still not opened.

Seeing that the time of the first quarter of the game was about to run out, Chang Tiancheng accelerated his dribbling speed and planned to complete another rush. However, Mobley defended quickly this time, so Chang Tiancheng was forced to slow down, and it was this change in rhythm that Garland seized the opportunity and broke the ball directly from Chang Tiancheng's hand.

Fortunately, the first quarter of the game was just over, and before Garland could make a shot, the timer was already lit up, and the players from both sides returned to their respective teams' benches to rest.