dmims Chapter 185
Chapter 185
The game was a climax, but the game was a success.
Han Yi agreed with Duncan, but the pressure on Duncan on defense was doubled!
Han Yi's task today was very simple. He didn't need to go to the outside to assist, nor did he need to worry about how to grab rebounds, and even switching defense was not within his consideration. There was only one thing left to do, that is, to defend Duncan, and spend all his defensive energy on Duncan!
And any other defensive tasks that Han Yi usually needs to undertake, now have his teammates to share it.
Duncan's footsteps were faked again in the interior, and he found a gap to take advantage of it. He looked back at the moon. The reason why he chose this twisted and twisted shooting method that made his body spiral was for!
"Snap!"
Another clear block, this time Han Yi blocked the ball directly into McGrady's hands. McGrady rushed forward again and attacked the basket, and ended the attack with another beautiful lightning dunk!
As long as Duncan is restricted, everything else will no longer be a problem for other Celtic players!
With Ben Wallace and Dennis Rodman, two terrifying guys who are ranked in the top ten in rebounding ability in NBA history, as long as Duncan can't score, the rebound will definitely belong to the Celtics.
The Celtics coaching staff had already decided before the game that they would spare no effort to play fast break counterattacks after getting the rebounds, and the one who took on this task was not Han Yi, who usually played the most fast breaks for the Celtics, but McGrady, who was determined to avenge his previous shame in this game!
McGrady's speed is not as fast as Han Yi, but looking at the main rotation of the entire San Antonio Spurs, that is also a level that can be easily beaten, especially even if the Spurs' small guard can keep up with McGrady, the only thing he can do is foul.
Want to get McGrady in the basket without fouling? Absolutely impossible.
With this back and forth, the Celtics' lead quickly expanded!
After the first quarter, 34:17, at the home court of the San Antonio Spurs, in the glorious moment of the first NBA Finals held by the San Antonio AT&T Center, the Spurs, as the home team, scored half as much as the Celtics in the first quarter!
Han Yi: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks!
McGrady: 10 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block!
In the first quarter, the Celtics' duo played well on the offensive end, but this was not the key to the Celtics' leading position. The key was Han Yi's absolute suppression of Duncan on the defensive end!
It's not that Duncan can't beat Han Yi, it's that Duncan's success rate against Han Yi is a bit low. In the first quarter, Duncan took 8 shots against Han Yi and only scored 2 goals. The first goal was scored in the first round against Han Yi, and then the Spurs team was embarrassed to look back at Duncan's 7-for-1!
This season, Duncan's hit rate at the basket is as high as 71.4%. If Duncan is a pure dunker, then this hit rate is not exaggerated, but Duncan, as a technical inside player, can actually raise the inside hit rate to more than 70%, which shows that his skills at the basket are definitely of historical level.
But even with Duncan's so-called historical hit rate, Tim Duncan, who has no dead angle in the inside attack, was suppressed by Han Yi's hit rate to 25% in the first quarter!
Duncan, the biggest reason why the Spurs were able to eliminate the Timberwolves, the Lakers, and the Trail Blazers and advance to the finals, failed in front of Han Yi!
Spurs head coach Popovich was a little confused!
Duncan, who averaged 40+ in the first two games, was silent!
The first quarter was dominated by Duncan, and then Duncan scored 4 points and 2 rebounds. In terms of data alone, this is not as good as Ben Wallace who scored 3 points and 5 rebounds in the first quarter. ·
Is this a joke?
If Duncan can't open up, then the Celtics' defense against other players will naturally become tighter and tighter. The tighter the defense, the less shots they can make. Isn't this game going to be a failure?
Popovich gritted his teeth and arranged the tactics for the second quarter: "Come on, it's just that we are behind by more than ten points in the first quarter. There is still plenty of time. We need to give Duncan more help and we need more three-pointers, but," Popovich turned his eyes to Duncan again:
"In the second quarter, Duncan, don't rest, keep playing, and catch up the score during this time when Han Yi is not here."
If you want to catch up, then Duncan must be on the court. If Duncan is not on the court, then all the so-called efforts to catch up are castles in the air.
Duncan, who played the entire quarter, was naturally very tired, but no matter how tired he was, he would not refuse when it was time for him to do his best, especially
If he didn't catch up now, when would he catch up?
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second quarter, Han Yi sat down to rest. Only two people were left in the first quarter's starting lineup: Ben Wallace and McGrady, two young and powerful guys, one inside and one outside, as the double axis of the substitutes, supplemented by Stephen Jackson, Dell Curry, and Walter McCarty!
Except for Ben Wallace, a pure blue-collar meat shield, the shooting ability of the other four is above the standard. Dell Curry and Walter McCarty use three-point shooting as their only capital to survive in the NBA.
Rick Pidino knew that Han Yi was resting downstairs and it was almost impossible to defend Duncan, so he didn't bother about it. He put Big Ben on to block a little, and the rest was to make up for it from the offensive end!
The Spurs' tactics were also clear, which was to recover all the losses that Duncan suffered in the first quarter in the second quarter, so the lineup was somewhat similar to the Celtics, both of which had four guys who could shoot, but the core was a killer inside!
Although Ben Wallace and Han Yi were both defensive gates inside!
But when Duncan faced Ben Wallace, it was like a wolf seeing a sheep, and he almost drooled!
Ben Wallace's inside single defense was naturally very strong, but compared with Han Yi, it was like a delicious donut. After all, Han Yi always had to be wary of being blocked when playing alone, and the probability of being blocked when playing alone against Ben was much lower!
Duncan came to Ben and started shaking his feet, shaking left and right. Ben was deceived again while silently chanting the mantra of "don't be fooled, don't be fooled" in his heart. After a fake move to shake Ben away, Duncan dunked the rim with both hands and scored his third goal of the game!
Before Duncan could even laugh, McGrady passed the ball to the bottom corner, and Dell Curry made a hard three-pointer despite the opponent's tight defense!
The two sides fought back and forth, and it became a tug-of-war!
In terms of success rate, it is true that Duncan scored a little faster with four pendants as a substitute, but facing a full 17-point difference, if you want to catch up, you have to let the opponent lose power for a few minutes!
Moreover, Han Yi will not wait too long off the court!
When the Spurs narrowed the gap between the two sides to 12 points, and there was only one ball away from a single-digit difference, Han Yi came on the court!
Han Yi pointed at Duncan, who was already sweating profusely:
"Boy, don't leave, let's continue to play!"