NBA: Strongest In The History Of Holding A Large Ball

And Mobley, who was originally in charge of defending Wembanyama, felt a little difficult at this time. When we played against the Spurs last season, the opponent's interior was a partnership like Keldon + Sochan, and the main focus was on the fast break of a small-ball lineup. Then he and Allen can be what the Spurs can ask for on the inside.

And now, the Spurs' interior line has suddenly become Wembanyama + Drummond, who doesn't play small ball with you, but instead fights positional battles.

The Cavaliers' original interior advantage has come to naught at the moment, and in the face of Wembanyama's defense, the shorter Mobley didn't even dare to ask for the ball alone, so he could only take the initiative to go to the line and cover for Wembanyama.

Mitchell bypassed Mobley's defense and rushed towards the Spurs' basket with an acceleration to use his speed advantage to leave Wembanyama behind. At this time, Allen and Drummond on the inside line have fallen into a state of hand-to-hand combat, although Allen's body is not as strong as Drummond, but after all, he is quite strong, and he actually stuck Drummond alive, so that he could not help Mitchell.

And Mitchell did get rid of Wembanyama, at least from his own perspective.

Just when Mitchell was about to open his hand and prepare for a tomahawk split, he was forced down by Wembanyama behind him.

It turned out that although Mitchell had indeed surpassed Wembanyama just now, Wembanyama's arms were too long, and he took a slight step forward and entered the range of his block.

Chang Tiancheng picked up the ball and quickly launched an attack on the Cavaliers' halfcourt, and the other two outside players of the Cavaliers saw this and immediately returned to defense, and their eyes were invariably attracted by Chang Tiancheng, and ignored Keldon who sprinted from the other side.

Chang Tiancheng directly threw the ball up high, and Keldon took advantage of the situation to catch the ball, pressed the ball into the basket, and completed an empty dunk.

This seems to have become an inherent offensive mode at the beginning of the Spurs, that is: after Wembanyama completes the block, Chang Tiancheng gets the rebound and directly promotes the fast-break counterattack, attracts the opponent's outside players to defend, and then passes the ball to the follow-up Keldon, who finishes it.

It may seem like a difficult routine to achieve, but the Spurs can play almost every game. The main reason is that Wembanyama's interior defense is too strong, and he can almost block the opponent at the beginning of the defensive end with a stable game.

On the other hand, Chang Tiancheng is really attractive on the offensive end, and opponents are generally very afraid of his three-point shot, but they dare not let him break through, so he can attract at least two defensive targets.

This naturally gives Keldon room to play, and under normal circumstances, as long as Chang Tiancheng successfully attracts the defense, with his power forward-level finishing ability, he can naturally receive Chang Tiancheng's pass and complete the finish.

5:0, the Cavaliers were firmly suppressed by the Spurs at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends as soon as they opened.

Mitchell felt depressed in his heart, but he also deliberately found Chang Tiancheng to mention the agreement before the game, and now it seems that he is afraid that he is not going to be the loser.

Driven by this belief, Mitchell asked for the ball from Garland's hand, and first broke through against Keldon, although he didn't go too far to Kyle's top (after all, Keldon used to play power forward, and his physical fitness is still much better than Mitchell's. But I managed to create a little bit of shooting space for myself. Taking advantage of this gap, Mitchell pulled up directly and made a difficult mid-range shot, accompanied by the cheers of the audience, the ball went into the basket safely.

Mitchelton, who scored a difficult goal, felt that the unhappiness in his heart was expressed. Although his team's interior advantage no longer exists, as long as he plays well today, he can still win against Spurs!

What Mitchell didn't realize was that he had subconsciously seen the Spurs as a challenge, rather than being taken lightly as he did last season.

But the Spurs didn't seem to want to give the Cavaliers a chance to be imposing, and in the next round, Chang Tiancheng gave the ball directly to Wembanyama.

Drummond learned Allen's defensive moves just now, and directly stuck Allen behind him, giving Wembanyama the opportunity to single out Mobley.

Mobley looked at Wembanyama's back in front of him, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, although he had long known that Wembanyama's figure was extremely exaggerated, but in fact, it seemed to be even more terrifying than on TV.

Wembanyama made an extremely fast shoulder shake, so that Mobley, who was already a little nervous and afraid, lost his defensive center of gravity in an instant, Wembanyama turned around, and across Mobley, came a two-handed slam dunk!

7-2, the Spurs continued their pressing.

Mitchell turned his head and shot a three-pointer straight from the outside, but the basketball hit the front line, bounced high and didn't make the shot.

At this time, Mobley and Allen lowered their focus, hoping to grab this frontcourt rebound to boost the team's morale.

Unexpectedly, Wembanyama didn't want to give them this opportunity at all, and when the starting height was about the same, Wembanyama easily picked up these rebounds with his arm span advantage, and then passed the ball directly to Chang Tiancheng with both hands.

After Chang Tiancheng received the ball, regardless of Wembanyama and Drummond behind him, he directly continued to hold the ball and attack quickly. He knows that although his two inner lines may not be able to keep up with his rhythm, the other party's two inner lines can't keep up either, so he is actually still three to three, and he does not suffer.

Because he knew that his shot should not go in this time, Mitchell was directly ready to return to the defense after the shot, so his return speed this time was very fast, when Chang Tiancheng just arrived at the three-point line, he had already stood under the basket and made a defensive posture, as long as Chang Tiancheng dared to rush to the frame, he would make his offensive foul.

And Garland also caught up with Chang Tiancheng, blocking the space for him to shoot three-pointers, and the two of them forcibly stopped Chang Tiancheng inside and outside.

But Mitchell voluntarily chose to stand on the inside, ignoring the bottom corner where he should have defended. Chang Tiancheng directly passed the ball without looking at people and passed the ball to the bottom left corner of the Cavaliers.

After Keldon received the ball, he raised his hand and hit a three-pointer.

The god of point guards, triggered.

With the blessing of Chang Tiancheng's system skills, Keldon once again easily hit a three-pointer.

At 10:2, the Cavaliers were on the verge of trailing by double digits shortly after the opening period.

Seeing this, the head coach of the Cavaliers, Bickerstaff, quickly requested a timeout.