Mo Williams is the most important scoring point on the bench for the Trail Blazers this year. The reason why Terry Stotts suggested that the management sign him has only one purpose, and that is to make him score efficiently.

He has lived up to expectations. During the 9-game winning streak, he was able to provide stable firepower output between rotations. At certain moments, he was even able to perform several difficult superstar balls.

Just now, Ginobili had just entered the Trail Blazers penalty area and hit a layup with a snake-like dance.

Turning his head, Mo Williams stopped the ball one step beyond the three-point line. Under the watch of Spurs backup guard Patrick Mills, he made a long three-pointer, and the basketball went hollow into the net!

After this goal, the score became 21:21.

But the crisis is far from over. There are now 17.7 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. There is still plenty of time for the last attack, and the Spurs control it.

"Patrick, go mark No. 20 on the opposite side and lock him down!" Head coach Terry Stotts shouted on the sidelines to direct the defense.

"Will, you're in charge of the Italian!"

Terry Stotts then pointed at Spurs backup guard Marco Belinelli.

"Oh, is that No. 3 the player that the Trail Blazers traded from Mosaic not long ago?"

On the other side, Sima Weiwei asked the assistant coach next to him.

The assistant coach nodded: "Yes, his name is Patrick Beverley. He served for a period of time last year when Mosaic's main defender Jeremy Lin was injured. The advantage is that he is good at defense."

"It seems that the Trail Blazers are very confident in his defense." Simavici smiled.

He believes in Ginobili more than Beverley. Although the latter always likes to make some incredible choices, he is still very reliable in many cases.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle and Mills controlled the ball and advanced.

As soon as Ginobili passed halftime, he found that he couldn't move. Beverley actually started to adopt a close-pressing defensive strategy against Ginobili without the ball near the midfield line.

Ginobili is known as the "20-minute Jordan", which also reflects his physical shortcomings.

Trying to consume Ginobili's physical energy as much as possible was the result of Beverley's extensive research before playing.

Ginobili didn't expect Beverley to be so active and raise his intensity to the highest level right from the start. What surprised him even more was that after several off-the-ball movement tactics, Beverley could still bite him without mercy.

Behind you.

The 17-second attack time was almost halfway consumed. With 9 seconds left, Ginobili ran from the high post to the top of the key and reached out to Mills for the ball.

There was no time, so he ignored his movement and chose to organize the attack himself.

Mills was at a 45-degree angle on the left wing and was closely pressed by Mo Williams. After seeing Ginobili's movement, Mills quickly released the ball.

"It's now!"

Beverley, who was following Ginobili, suddenly changed direction and rushed into the passing path of Mills and Ginobili.

Seeing the basketball getting closer and closer, Beverly cursed angrily in his heart: It's still close, damn it!

The next moment, Beverley made an astonishing move, jumped up, and flew straight towards the basketball.

"What?"

"oh!"

This scene shocked Simavici and the fans in the stands. No. 3 on the opposite side suddenly threw himself in the air and intercepted the pass accurately like a big black mouse.

"Snapped!"

Beverly stole the ball, and the price was that he fell heavily to the ground.

"Fight back!"

Terry Stotts jumped up from his chair excitedly and shouted excitedly from the players on the court.

Facing the sky, Beverley held the basketball tightly with both hands, listening to his upper body, and heard teammate Will Barton shouting in his ears:

"Brother, here!"

Turning his head to the left, Will Barton waved near the center circle, and Beverley immediately passed the ball.

"let's go!"

"Come on!"

Wang Zelin and other major players also stood up and kept waving towels.

Show time!

Dribbling the ball across the center line, there was no one in front of him, and there were still 5 seconds left in the attack time. Will Patton knew that his moment of performance had come.

Ginobili and Mias went hand in hand and returned to defense at full speed, but from the perspective of the audience, everything was just in vain.

To be selected by an NBA team, Will Barton has nothing but enough athletic ability.

The moment he stepped into the three-point line, he looked up and saw that the basket was getting closer and closer. He sprinted towards the penalty area like the wind and took off...

Upon seeing this, Ginobili and Mills slowly stopped and helplessly watched Will Barton wreak havoc on their own basket.

"boom!"

He split Huashan hard and dunked with one hand.

soon.

The moment the Spurs fired the baseline kick, the last 1.7 seconds ran out and the first quarter ended.

At 23:21, after the first quarter, the Trail Blazers temporarily led by two points.

On his way back to the bench, Ginobili looked back at the Trail Blazers' No. 3 from time to time. By the way, the coach said his name was Patrick Beverley.

The first quarter only played 3 minutes, and Beverley didn't score a point. However, during the Spurs' final attack, he made a key steal that moved everyone, helping the Trail Blazers complete the final lead.

It only took one steal, and all the Spurs home fans remembered the substitute guard wearing No. 3 jersey.

Trail Blazers bench.

Beverly, who had just returned to his seat, was immediately treated like a hero before he could sit down.

"Well done! Rookie! I love your desperate drive!"

As soon as Batum came up, he hugged Beverly's neck and rubbed the latter's hair vigorously with his right hand.

"Hey man, calm down."

Even so, Beverly still felt a little sincerely moved in her heart.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The crowd roared with laughter.

Beverly smiled and thought to himself: It seems that being traded to this team was not a wrong choice.

At least in Houston, he didn't feel such an atmosphere.

Howard and Harden, the team's only two bosses, like to lead the players outside to have fun all day long, which makes Beverley very unhappy.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He knows very well that he does not have the extraordinary talents of Howard and Harden. If he wants to gain a foothold in the NBA, he has to put in far more effort and sweat than others think.

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Therefore, he always had a kind of disgust from deep in his heart towards the two people's squandering of their talents.

In Portland, except for the two old guys Garnett and Mo Williams, most of them are young people. As the core players of the team, Wang Zelin, Aldridge and Lillard will show their actions in daily training.

, whose level of effort can rank among the top five in the team.

Especially Aldridge, his self-discipline is the best in the team.

If the big guys set an example, the atmosphere of the entire team will naturally improve.

After personally experiencing and feeling all this, Beverley no longer felt as unhappy as when he first arrived at the Portland Trail Blazers a few days ago.

"Bah bang bang!"

Terry Stotts patted the tactical board to attract everyone's attention.

"In the second quarter, we changed to the second set of tactics."

Then, he began to draw on the tactical board.

The second set of tactics is to temporarily put Beverley into the main lineup and play Lillard's position. This lineup has been tested many times in the team's training games these days, and its defensive effect has been unanimous.

Recognition.

The coach is preparing to use the Spurs as a whetstone!

Looking at the league, I'm afraid only the Portland Trail Blazers can

Have such confidence.

Lillard asked: "Coach, the experimental period for the second set of tactics is still short after all. Do we really want to use the Spurs as our first actual opponent?"

To be fair, Lillard does not want his playing time to be reduced, and he is right, after all, their opponent tonight is the Spurs, the top team.

"This tactic will come out sooner or later. Instead of picking some weak opponents, it is better to directly choose the strongest Spurs. Trust me and your teammates."

At this point, Lillard did not do much to dissuade him.

"King, whether the tactics can work or not, it depends on you next."

Terry Stotts and his teammates unanimously set their sights on Wang Zelin.

If Wang Zelin's core role in the first set of tactics is not important enough, Lillard and Aldridge share some of it; then in the second set of tactics, Wang Zelin, who is responsible for supporting, must act as the team's pivot, and the team's offense

Whether it is smooth or not is closely related to him.

Therefore, as the absolute core of the second set of tactics, he needs to consider all factors on the field, and the psychological pressure is less than that of the first set of tactics.
To be continued...