: 687: Onion Attack

The San Antonio Spurs have been struggling to catch up with the Grizzlies this season. Whether it is the upstart Clippers of the Western Conference's first echelon or the young and energetic Thunder, their record this season is not as good as the Spurs.
So far in the regular season, the Thunder's record is 25 wins and 9 losses, slightly inferior to the Spurs. The Clippers are even worse, they have lost 13 games this season.
Therefore, only the Spurs can bite the Grizzlies this year.
As a team with older core members, a team that has hardly introduced big-name players in the free agency market and the transfer market. The Spurs are like ivy, never withering.
It's just that the Grizzlies' record this season is really good. Popovich found that no matter how he chased, he just couldn't catch up.
With 31 wins and 2 losses, this is an exaggerated result beyond Popovich's expectations. However, it makes sense to think that the Grizzlies had won 70 wins once last season and were only 2 games short of that great distance.
However, even if the Grizzlies played an exaggerated result of 31 wins and 2 losses, even if the entire league is in panic, Popovich is still not afraid. On the contrary, he is more eager to fight the Grizzlies than everyone else in the league!
Popovich’s pride has been trampled by the Grizzlies to nothing in recent years. He was eliminated by the Grizzlies for two consecutive years. Although he was not eliminated by the Grizzlies in the third year, Popovich could only watch. The team he looked down on held the O'Brien Cup in its palm.
In the opening game of the season, the Spurs have become the biggest background board, allowing Link to hit a beautiful triple-double in the first game of the new season.
Popovich has all this hatred in his head. If you think he is just a kind and humorous old man, you are quite wrong.
This guy has a strong heart for revenge. As a former soldier, his character is stronger than his appearance.
Therefore, in today's game, Popovich has brought his ability to control the team to the extreme. Just like the slaughter of the Clippers at Staples two days ago, the Spurs also played extremely efficiently today.
Even if the Spurs' physical talents are not the worst in the league, they can definitely be regarded as the league's inverse level. If the game can only be opened one-on-one, the Spurs may not be able to beat more than half of the league's teams.
But the magic of the Spurs is that they can rely on seamless teamwork to cover up other deficiencies. The Spurs' offense is like an onion. It's not that their ball looks at spicy eyes, but the Spurs' offense is like an onion. You peel off a layer and there is a layer behind. Layers on top of each other make you uncomfortable, which is the characteristic of their offense.
The Spurs have been relying on such "onion" offenses to ramp up the league. This style of play may make people drowsy, because everyone can't enjoy the superstar performances.
Watching the Spurs air-cutting, conducting, looking for opportunities again and again...These are not unexciting, but they require a certain threshold of appreciation. For many fans who just watch the excitement, the Spurs ball is a bit too boring.
But the Spurs rely on this "boring" system to remain among the best teams in the Western Conference for more than a decade. When the Spurs can gather a bunch of players who can play on this basis, they will instantly become contenders for the championship!
And Link knows that in the original history, the Spurs this season is precisely a championship-level team!
So when this game was going on, Hubby Brown's words made the Spurs' terrible expression vividly and vividly, "The San Antonio Spurs played the ultimate team basketball in the Federal Express Arena!"
The term "extreme team basketball" can't be used casually. Does the Heat play team basketball? Of course they are, but their offense is still based on the personalities of James and Wade.
Do the Grizzlies play team basketball? No doubt so. But the Grizzlies' team basketball is not the ultimate, and there are still more moments that rely on Link's personal ability.
Only teams like the Spurs deserve the title of ultimate team basketball.
The Spurs have too many routines. Except for empty picks, almost all the tactics you can use on the basketball court can be seen in their games. Their positional offense pays attention to a "movement" word, less confrontation and more open cuts, emphasizing opportunities, reducing strong attacks, and paying great attention to the fluency of the ball. And everyone’s tasks are not many. The key lies in the cooperation and timing of each link.
Today, with the support of this ultimate team basketball, the Spurs pushed the Grizzlies into desperation!
Throughout the game, the Spurs made people lose their defensive focus. The Grizzlies’ defense has actually done a good job, but no matter how good the defense is, it’s impossible to be perfect every time.
But for the Spurs, imperfect defense is an opportunity!
The Spurs can always find scoring opportunities through smooth conduction and aggressive running.
Duncan was blocked? Then look for Ginobili! Blocked Parker? Then look for Danny Green from beyond the three-point line!
Everyone needs to know when and where their teammates should be. Everyone knows where to go when entering the next level after playing this level of tactics. Such a tacit understanding and clear thinking cannot be achieved in a day or two.
The more complex the tactics, the lower the execution success rate. The Spurs managed to make the success rate of complex tactics very high!
Fortunately, the Grizzlies' offense is also good. Conley's state is very hot today, scoring more than Link. Link is mainly "specially taken care of" by Leonard and Duncan, and has few chances to score. Conley then carried the scoring banner and led the Grizzlies and Spurs to the end.
At the beginning, Link was full of confidence in this game. He thought he would be able to win the victory today as usual.
But the game has been played until the last 10 seconds, and the winner has not yet been determined.
In the last 10 seconds, Conley's key goal allowed the Grizzlies to tie the score. Today, the offensive efficiency of both sides is too high, and no one can prevent anyone.
But in the last 10 seconds, the Grizzlies must successfully defend in order to guarantee not to lose the game.
Popovich called a timeout in the last 10 seconds, and no one knew what the cunning old man was planning. Georgel is emphasizing unlimited defense.
"No matter how they run or pick-and-roll, I want you to complete the defense as soon as possible! Don't give the Spurs any chance to make easy moves, we will not fail here!"
Georgel roared and pointed to the floor of the Federal Express Arena.
The timeout ended soon. In the last 10 seconds, the fans cheered and hoped to give the Spurs pressure.
However, the old Spurs have experienced countless such desperate moments. Any team in the league may be afraid of this situation, except for the Spurs.
In 10 seconds, the Spurs still executed a not-so-simple tactic.
Ginobili wandered through the complex off-the-ball screens, and Parker broke through and scored the ball, which finally gave the "Demon Knife" a small chance to play.
Randolph faced Ginobili, sweating profusely. The rest of the Grizzlies are also inconvenient to change defense ~EbookFREE.me~ It can only see if Randolph can hold.
However, Ginobili, who is full of anger, will naturally not be bluffed by Randolph. He used a beautiful breakthrough to break into the penalty area, and then before Gasol came back, he threw a shot!
Seeing the basketball hit the net, Link's heart seemed to be hit!
In the past, it was the Grizzlies who killed others. Today, the Grizzlies suffered a fatal blow at a critical moment!
"Ginobili's breakthrough was very beautiful. His variation made Randolph at a loss! The goal was scored, and the San Antonio Spurs scored this crucial goal. They almost won the game! Now, there is only one left until the end of the game. In 4 seconds, the Grizzlies were 2 points behind, and they still have a chance to complete the final blow! However, they may not be as lucky as the Spurs!"
Georgel immediately used the last timeout he left. The last 4 seconds will determine whether the Grizzlies' rampant pace will be stopped.
The pressure, now all came to the defending champion.
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