Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 74 Advantages of a Gold Medal Coach
How to describe him?
Let’s put it this way, some players who make bigger moves are described as “dirty” by others, but the name “Bruce Bowen” can be used to describe “dirty”.

For most outside players in the NBA, this is a name that is enough to make them grit their teeth.

In this period of time in the league, there are few outside players who have not suffered at the hands of Bowen.

Hitting the ground, stepping on the feet, grabbing the genitals, kicking the crotch...

No matter how dirty it is, it's fine!
He has ruined countless players, the most famous of whom should be Vince Carter.

His explosive power disappeared as Bowen tripped him again and again.

The most disgusting thing is:

Bruce Bowen directly admitted in his retirement press conference that he did these things on purpose.

Not ashamed, but proud!

This is the despicable Bruce Bowen!

When the jump ball came, Tim Duncan used a fake move to trick O'Neal and successfully took the first attack. As expected of a doctor of psychology, O'Neal, a high school student, looked a little stupid standing in front of him.

Tony Parker dribbled across half court, and Tim Duncan took his place to direct his teammates to their positions.

What is the treatment of "son"?

That's it.

As the point guard, Tony Parker only needs to consider how to break through with the ball, but Tim Duncan has to consider more. In addition to his personal offense, he also has to organize his teammates' movement and set pick-and-rolls.

Fake "One to Five": Kevin Garnett;
The real “position 1 to position 5”: Tim Duncan!

Tinsley also made sufficient preparations for this game. He started with close defense because he knew that confrontation was Tony Parker's weak point.

The Pacers' positioning tonight was also very targeted at Tony Parker, and they were very tight.

The "French Sports Car" has strong breakthrough ability, but his shooting is unstable.

Tim Duncan, who was originally preparing to go forward for a screen, gave up the idea. Ginobili came out from the side to receive the ball. Facing Suwan, he did not hesitate to show his unique "snake breakthrough", like a loach sliding past.

This was the first time Su Wan faced such a strange pace, and he had only one feeling:
Without opening "The zone", he would never be able to stop Ginobili.

Is this the peak “Demon Sword Princess”?

It's time to cut it!

Fortunately, O'Neal Jr. intercepted the ball early under the basket and blocked Ginobili's "necessary path" for breakthrough.

Ok……

From Suwan's perspective, that was also the "inevitable path" for Ginobili to break through, but Ginobili turned his feet, twisted his body, and just slipped past O'Neal, just like when he broke through Suwan just now.

"Shh!"

The first attack at the beginning was easily successful.

Tim Duncan watched Ginobili complete the "1 vs. 2" and immediately reached out to ruffle Manu's hair.

It's just that Popovich was muttering something on the sidelines in dissatisfaction.

He didn't like Ginobili's show-off style of attack. He could have passed the ball to Tim Duncan just now, and there was an easy chance to score a goal under the basket. But Ginobili always used exaggerated goals to hold back what he hadn't said yet.

Even Popovich has to admit:

As long as the ball goes into the basket, it's a good shot!
It was the Pacers' turn to attack, and the first attack was given to Tinsley.

Tony Parker's defense is definitely a weak link for the Spurs on the defensive end.

Rick Carlisle's tactics tonight also revolve around this point.

Tinsley did not disappoint Carlisle and successfully broke through Tony Parker. Tim Duncan came out and Tinsley passed the ball to his left side at this time.

Suwan cuts to the basket and scores a layup! Tinsley's breakthrough is the first part of Carlisle's plan.

Then Tinsley passes the ball to Suwan on the outside for a second cut, or Stephen Jackson's shot, to O'Neal inside to complete the attack, which is the second part.

This was also a temporary change. The original tactic of passing the ball to Suwan for an open cut and passing the ball to O'Neal was too simple. Rick Carlisle was also worried about how to add another offensive arrangement. Who would have thought that at this time, the league announced the lifting of the ban on Stephen Jackson. As a result, there were both open cuts and long shots from the outside, and the Spurs had no time to make changes in a short period of time.

After formulating the tactics, Rick Carlisle was very confident.

This was indeed the case. The Pacers started the game with a very smooth offensive momentum, scoring consecutive shots. The first missed attack tonight was at 4 minutes and 45 seconds in the first quarter. At this time, they were leading by 10 points with 6 to 4.

Popovich's face looked a little bad, and his drooping eyes were about to show his dissatisfaction. He rubbed his rosacea vigorously and shouted, "Switch defense quickly!"

In fact, the Spurs failed to defend the Pacers' offense at the beginning tonight, except that Stephen Jackson's sudden comeback made the Pacers' firepower more abundant.

And one more thing:

Many of Popovich's defensive arrangements tonight were aimed at Suwan. However, the Pacers, whose core tactics in the past period of time were based on Suwan's one-on-one plays, did not prepare any one-on-one tactics for Suwan tonight.

Tinsley had most of the ball possession. His breakthrough passes allowed O'Neal Jr. to get 3 points, Suwan to get 4 points, and Stephen Jackson to get 2 points.

It feels like punching cotton. Don’t even mention how uncomfortable it is!
However, as a "gold medal head coach", Popovich's advantages were reflected. He could attribute the team's lagging problem to the players' lack of active movement on the court.

When Tim Duncan saw him like this, he knew that his "Uncle" had arrived, and like before, he began to run harder on the court, setting an example and driving the entire Spurs team's defense.

From this round on, the Spurs' defensive switching became more frequent.

Tinsley no longer has easy opportunities to match up with Tony Parker.

"beep!"

Facing Ginobili's offensive round, Tinsley was careless and did not "dodge", and Ginobili took advantage of his fake fall to create an "offensive foul".

"I didn't even touch him!" Tinsley muttered as he returned to defense.

It is really frustrating to be called for an offensive foul due to a "fake fall".

"beep!"

But then, Tony Parker, with the help of Tim Duncan's pick-and-roll, got rid of Tinsley and rushed to the basket. Suwan suddenly appeared and stood in front of the white line of the legal collision zone. Parker, who had no time to "brake", bumped into Suwan.

Suwan fell straight to the ground, forcing the Spurs to return the "offensive foul".

"Nice, man!" Tinsley was the first to rush to Su Wan, cheerfully giving him a thumbs up before reaching out to pull him up. He felt so relieved watching this ball.

On the Spurs side, Tony Parker was scolded by Popovich.

However, he has also gotten used to it. Since joining the Spurs, every step of his growth has been stained with Popovich's saliva.

Damn rookie!
Tony Parker blamed Suwan for this.

In this game, he must definitely cause Su Wan to commit a "defensive foul".

But before he could get his revenge on Su Wan, during the Pacers' offensive round, Su Wan faced him in a mismatch, and like a train moving at full speed, he drove into the basket against him and completed a layup.

Once again, he was humiliated.

Why is it a humiliation...

Because Su Wan could obviously push him away, but he didn't do so directly. Instead, he "dragged" him all the way to the basket before pushing him away.

Then Tony Parker realized that Tim Duncan was right behind him, waiting to defend him, but Suwan used him as a "human shield", and Tim Duncan, who was on the same side with him, couldn't get up at all.

"Three grams of oil!" Su Wan also thanked Tony Parker with a smile.

"Don't be so proud, boy. Soon you won't be able to laugh anymore!" Tony Parker retorted angrily.

Unexpectedly, Su Wan's smile became even brighter.

(End of this chapter)