For Bowen? How could Bo Povich not know this, but it’s not time to change Bowen, and Bo Povich won’t be human. If the team hadn’t met with great difficulties, Popovich would never disturb his substitution rhythm at will.
In the fifth minute of the second quarter, after Li Cheng scored his first point in the game, he hit a jumper again. This time, he scored the ball in his favorite way, and at the same time, he also caused Duncan, who came to help defend, to foul.
Li Cheng was sent to the free throw line, while the coaches of both teams began to change people.
The Spurs put on Brewer Bowen, who is known as "Kobe’s killer". His goal is obvious. Naturally, Li Cheng, who is now standing on the free throw line, has sent three assists and scored four points during this period.
The Spurs were replaced here, and the Pacers’ bench was not idle. Tinsley and Granger went into battle in succession.
O ‘Brien is still a little worried about Li Cheng’s defense against Bowen, so he must strengthen the support of other players to Li Cheng.
"Your boy has adjusted so much!" Granger said when he gave Li Cheng a high five before the free throw.
Li Cheng smiled and replied, "Who am I?" Although he said this, he secretly criticized: "If I can’t fucking adjust, my life will be lost. If every player in the league is playing basketball with his life, then there will definitely be no more media reports that’ a star is in no state and seems invisible on the court.’ "
Granger didn’t say anything more. He smiled and stood in his position to prepare for rebounding.
Li Cheng’s free throws hit steadily, and his free throws are always so reassuring.
In the second quarter, the Pacers scored a total of 11 points, which were either scored directly by Li Cheng or assisted by Li Cheng. In these five minutes, the Pacers played a wave of 11-6 against the Spurs, and they succeeded in narrowing it to 4 points. Now the score is 27 to 31. According to the usual practice, the visiting team is in front and the home team is behind.
In the five minutes of the second quarter, although the Pacers were the substitute lineup, they played a very different game from the first quarter. Judging from this period of time, the importance of Li Cheng to this team is self-evident.
"Bowen played, and now this China person is going to feel bad!"
"In the past five minutes, this guy was too arrogant, and now someone can finally punish him."
"I bet he can’t score in double figures after this game. After all, it’s Bowen who defends him."
"I think it’s almost the same. In the first quarter, under Bowen’s defense, he just disappeared!"
In fact, the commentator was right. Bowen did cause enough trouble to Li Cheng. However, Li Cheng also put a lot of pressure on this veteran, and Bowen’s physical strength lost quickly.
However, relatively speaking, Li Cheng’s problems are even greater. Bowen is a tough guy, and Li Cheng is a little upset by him.
This is not to say that Bowen’s defensive skills are really much better than Ginobili’s, mainly because this guy is wholeheartedly involved in defending Li Cheng’s "great cause", and his accomplishments in small moves are deeper than Ginobili’s.
Li Cheng is most afraid of two kinds of players now, one is defensive action and full of strength. The other is a player like Bowen, who moves very frequently.
However, even with Bowen’s restriction, Sung Jae Lee still hit two goals in the remaining time of the second quarter, and there was an assist outside the lead.
After the half-time of the game, the team returned to the locker room. Li Cheng scored 9 points and 4 assists in the second quarter. His data is very good, but for the two commentators, Li Cheng is the most satisfied with the data.
But are there really no problems with what they say? How many players in the league can score in double figures in a single game?
The first two times they rehearsed Li Cheng’s performance, and the results were all shown in the face. This time, they always felt that they had pulled back 10%. However, they are simply looking for trouble for themselves here. Li Cheng has no idea about their actions. What he is thinking about now is to play his own game.
At the end of the half-time, the Pacers didn’t continue to narrow the gap of the score, and the difference remained at 4 points. However, for a team with extremely strong scoring power, it only took a few rounds of attack to completely smooth it out. The next game is the most worth looking forward to.
"How many points do you think China people will get next?"
"What can the China man do under Bowen’s defense?"
These two commentators have already hooked up with Li Chenggang, but the fans in the Holy City are quite satisfied with their statement. Who doesn’t want their team to completely limit their opponents’ sharpest weapons?
"In the locker room, Pokovich must have continued to make adjustments, and as long as the China man is restricted, Indiana will never take away a victory here."
The competition in the third quarter is really developing as the commentator said. Bo Povich continued to make adjustments, and their defensive focus was more on Li Cheng’s side, cutting off the connection between Li Cheng and his teammates and preventing Li Cheng from catching the ball. Bo Povich made a very detailed arrangement for this purpose.
However, bowen is the most important part of his tactics. Bowen’s individual defense ability has added great hardness to the Spurs’ team defense. Duncan’s defense adds a certain softness to the Spurs’ defense.
In the third quarter of the game, the Spurs also showed the Pacers what a championship defense is. During that time, the pacers made frequent mistakes, and they couldn’t even find room to shoot.
"The defense that suffocates the opponent, this is the style of the holy city."
"strangle all your opponents in a suffocating defense."
In fact, to be honest, neither team played very well today. The Spurs just finished their seven-day away trip. They didn’t feel good on offense today, but they still established a double-digit lead by relying on their own defense in the seventh minute of the third quarter.
"When the Pacers came back in the second half, they were directly beaten!"
"They have to collapse, look at Parker! He passed Tinsley, throw it! Enter again! At 14 o’clock, the Pacers are absolutely powerless to return to the sky. "
At the moment, in Indiana, in the face of the sudden change of the situation in the third quarter, the fans in the bar were dumbfounded. They never thought that their team would be beaten so badly in these seven minutes.
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At this time, Li Cheng wiped off the sweat that had left behind with his clothes, and he reluctantly left his mouth. During this period of time, he really saw the gap in the strength of the team, but he was still waiting for the opportunity, just like a hidden killer, waiting for the opportunity to shoot.
Chapter eighty-two Outbreak! Counterattack!
At the beginning of the last game, the Spurs, who were 14 points ahead of the Pacers, had a rare feeling of relaxation. The main reason is that the team’s away game for seven consecutive games consumes too much physical strength, and the first game back at home is not the best.
Pokovich can’t help but think about the team’s next game. After all, their goal is to win the championship, not to win this ordinary regular season.
Bowen and Parker were not on the court at this time, and Li Cheng suddenly realized that this was an opportunity.
Without Parker, the Spurs’ offense will be organized by Ginobili, and Ginobili, who wants to organize the offense, can’t put more energy into defense.
At this time, it was the attack of the Pacers, and Li Cheng continued to walk through the gaps in the position of the Spurs players. He stopped suddenly, shouldered Ginobili very invisibly, and then he broke out at full speed and ran to the left side of the basket.
At the same time, Tinsley’s dancing pace also stirred the Spurs’ defense, and then his scalpel-like direct pass cut the Spurs’ defense. The ball is here! People arrive!
Li Cheng’s right foot came to a halt, and then he quickly turned around and rose directly into the air facing the basket. After the jump, he adjusted his hand shape. When he reached the top, the ball was thrown by him.
A series of actions were done in one go, and the tacit understanding between Li Cheng and Tinsley was also revealed.
It was a beautiful goal, although the Pacers were still 12 points behind after scoring this goal. But the fans in Indiana are drinking beer happily. They believe that Li Cheng’s goal is the horn of the Pacers’ counterattack.