For Mo Williams, who has only been an Eastern Conference All-Star substitute once in his career, the Sixth Man of the Year award is very tempting.

The Spurs' Manu Ginobili happens to be a regular on the list of strong contenders for the Sixth Man of the Season award.

What kind of sparks will collide between the two will be revealed only after the game starts.

In the player tunnel, players from the two teams met.

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Seeing Spurs No. 21, Wang Zelin couldn't help but joked.

"..."

Duncan remained silent and slowly walked away, but there was a smell of embarrassment in the air.

Both of them knew very well that in the game, Tiago Split would not be able to guard Wang Zelin. The person who mainly defended Wang Zelin would have to be Duncan, but this guy was in the power forward position on the roster...

It’s no wonder that Wang Zelin made fun of Duncan like this just now.

After the game started, Tiago Split was naturally no match for Wang Zelin.

As soon as they came up, Duncan and Wang Zelin began to fight hand-to-hand without even showing off for a while. Tiago Sprit completed the jump ball and took the initiative to find Aldridge.

Duncan's stance was extremely tricky and he used both hands and feet to prevent Wang Zelin from receiving the ball in a comfortable position. In the playoffs last season, he used this method to make Wang Zelin very uncomfortable.

"How does it feel to be eliminated in the Western Conference Finals?" After struggling with Wang Zelin for a while, Duncan took the initiative to speak out.

Duncan is... anxious?

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Zelin suddenly laughed out loud.

An NBA game lasts 48 minutes. Of course, no one can stay silent for an entire game, and Duncan is certainly no exception.

However, he is always fully focused during the game and is proficient in psychology, so he is rarely stimulated by his opponents.

Maybe it was the loss in last season's finals, or maybe it was the emerging team the Blazers who showed their strength to the outside world, but Lian Shifo finally felt the pressure.

Deng Cheng knows that the Spurs' players are even better integrated this year than last year, which is a key year for winning the championship. If there is no success this year, GDP will be another year older, and the hope of winning will become increasingly slim... He does not want to miss this opportunity

Year.

Wang Zelin, who vaguely understood Duncan's psychological changes, responded with an indifferent expression: "So what? You are not the championship. Essentially, you are a loser like us!"

After responding, he suddenly raised his position to cover Lillard.

Lillard took the opportunity to break through so fast that the team's defense had no time to react.

This is the new task Terry Stotts has set for Wang Zelin: increase the frequency of high-post screens and side responses, and temporarily reduce the number of low-post attacks.

Wang Zelin has no objections to the coach's arrangements.

Basketball is a game for five people. Not to mention that he does not have the NBA ceiling strength of the basketball god Jordan. Even if he did, he would not be able to play for 48 minutes from beginning to end by himself.

So, good teammates are really important!

After Lillard broke into the three-second zone, Leonard immediately came up to block it. Lillard stopped the ball and just passed it to Batum, who was in the open. Tony Parker had already connected.

This is evident in the speed with which the Spurs switch defenses.

The Blazers passed the ball down and there was not much time left.

"here!"

Suddenly Wang Zelin's shout came, and Batum on the wing immediately took the ball and passed it to Wang Zelin in the short corner on the right wing.

Duncan stretched out his hand to cover his face, and Wang Zelin completed his shooting gesture, ignored the interference, and sent the ball into the basket.

2:0, the Trail Blazers took the lead and the players retreated quickly.

The reason why Wang Zelin agreed to coach Terry and implement his new tactic was because he discovered in several previous team training matches that sometimes it is not necessary to attack the frame in the low post to have an offensive threat.

After being pulled out, Wang Zelin, who has a high shooting threat, will force the opposing players to follow him. At this time, the opponent's penalty area will be vacated, and the breakthroughs of outside players such as Lillard, Batum, and Matthews will be useful.

The place of martial arts...

Because Wang Zelin's passing ability has been recognized by everyone on the team, he can find teammates who have opportunities as soon as possible and accurately guide the basketball to his teammates.

Moreover, both Lillard, Batum and Matthews have very good ball-playing abilities. If they are blocked, they can transfer the ball to teammates with better opportunities as soon as possible.

Such a style of play will increase the number of times the team passes the ball, increase the team's overall assists, and also make teammates' statistics look better...

As for Wang Zelin, his scoring may drop, but his assists will rise.

However, if this can make the team win more easily, he doesn't mind this kind of tactical play. After all, this kind of play is more healthy and more conducive to protecting the body than playing hard in the low post.

There was no way around it. The city of Portland had so many players who had suffered from the "injury curse" that he couldn't help but feel frightened.

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens!

Of course, when necessary, when the team's key ball needs someone to step up and handle it, Coach Terry will still choose to let Wang Zelin use his most reliable low-post attack to attack the frame.

After serving the baseline ball, Duncan shook his head secretly in his mind. Even though the ball seemed to be blocked in time, it was actually more than one beat too late.

Duncan, who has old arms and legs, can no longer keep up with Wang Zelin's movement speed.

Spurs attack.

Coming to the low post on the left wing, the ball was indeed handed to Duncan.

The 37-year-old Duncan may need help from his teammates on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, he is still as stable as he was when he was 27 years old.

Sitting in the low post, Wang Zelin pushed inward with his back arched. When he got closer to the basket, Duncan immediately turned right and tried to slip into the bottom corner.

Wang Zelin reacted and turned around immediately.

But at this moment, Duncan made an emergency stop, turned left, stepped on the edge of the paint area, and shot a two-pointer from close range at a 45-degree angle.

"Bang~swish!"

Hit the board.

2:2, the Spurs tied at home.

"Oh! Tim hit the board over the head of Trail Blazers No. 36. Is this the defense of the league's No. 1 center?"

It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, Barkley started shouting jokingly.

"This is Tim, this is the charm of the Stone Buddha! As unpretentious as ever, his opponents can't stop him!" Kenny Smith exclaimed.

When Wang Zelin and Duncan faced off, Barkley and Smith on the TNT commentary desk couldn't help but gradually favored the old guy who started playing football in the last century.

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It's the Trail Blazers' offensive round.

It was a familiar pick-and-roll again. Lillard used the screen to break through. After being blocked by Danny Green, he handed the ball to Matthews.

Matthews dribbled the ball and took two steps in. Tony Parker switched defense and blocked the forward path...

The familiar voice sounded again, Matthews shot the ball, Wang Zelin responded from a high position, and completed the shot in front of Duncan...

The next moment, Trail Blazers No. 88 came out from the baseline, jumped when he was close to the basket, caught the ball with his right hand and pushed it into the basket.

"Bang! Blind Karaka!!!"

"Alley-oop!!!"

Barkley and Kenny Smith exclaimed simultaneously.

Outside the court, Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts showed a satisfied smile.

If you want to defeat the Spurs, you must first defeat Duncan.

Looking back at Shi Fo's playing history, who can really gain the absolute upper hand in his matchup? The most impressive thing for fans is the first of the five games between the Suns and the Spurs in the 2005 Western Conference Finals.

The little bully Stoudemire averaged 37 points.

It was a playoff round that was easily memorable, and even led to the legend of "Suns Stoudemire beating Duncan at his peak" in the mouths of many fans.

In fact, the Spurs won the Western Conference Finals that year.

Because from the Spurs' point of view, there is no need for them to pair Duncan and Stoudemire. Investing too much energy on the defensive end may lead to insufficient offensive energy, not to mention that Duncan has not lost weight at that time.

However, when looking back at past game videos, Terry Stotts still got some inspiration.

On the defensive end, Duncan relies on first-class anticipation and a strong body. His super wingspan allows him to block the sky at the basket; his strong body allows O'Neal to not get any advantage when facing Duncan, and

Duncan also has excellent coping skills.

After talking about the advantages, let’s move on to the disadvantages.

The lateral movement speed is relatively average, which makes it difficult for Duncan to defend himself against opponents with fast feet and excellent shooting ability. This is an undeniable fact.

When Duncan faced off against Stoudemire when he was young, he allowed the latter to score high scores many times, which is proof of this.

Of course, when Duncan was focused on defense, his opponents would not score so many points. But at that time, Simavici did not allow him to focus on defense, and the Spurs still needed him to score.

But now, Duncan is old. Whether he wants to or not, he won't be able to guard against Stoudemire in the Suns era again.

The Trail Blazers don't have the little bully Stoudemire, but they have a stronger Wang Zelin.

The latter possesses all of Stoudemire's offensive abilities, and his personal offensive and support abilities with the ball are stronger than Stoudemire's...

Using an enhanced version of the Bully to beat Duncan was the strategy the Trail Blazers coach worked out for several nights.
Chapter completed!