In the second game between the two sides, D'Antoni arranged small ball tactics at the beginning, Haslem center, James Jones, Laga Bale, Blake, and Guo Xu from the outside.

Except for Haslem, the four players have strong outside shooting ability, and their formation can be completely widened to help Guo Xu create a one-on-one chance. Even if they don’t play pick-and-roll, the Spurs are not easy to double-team.

Popovich also adjusted the lineup, Finley and Ginobili were responsible for the substitute. This was to allow Ginobili to have more ball rights and not match Bale for a period of time.

Bale can reduce his shooting percentage when defending Kobe. The candy defense is a great deal against breakthrough players, forcing the opponent to shoot from a distance from the basket. This season, Bale's first team was praised by the league. He is responsible for the main defense who is good at scoring. Most of the time, he is responsible for the swingman who is good at scoring.

Ginobili has been defended against Bale many times in recent seasons. In 2003-04, he made 0 of 5 shots in the game, barely scored 6 points with free throws. This year, he has been defended twice, with a shooting percentage of less than 30%, 3 of 13 shots and 3 of 11 shots.

Bale signed a long contract with the Suns, and his annual salary was so low that Popovich was envious. He did not realize that this unselected rookie had the potential to become a top 3D player back then.

From Bale, we can also see how nonsense the defensive S data is. Even if he is a recognized defensive strongman in the league, the S statistics are not at all. It is only 1.6 in the regular season. What’s funny is that Guo Xu’s defense s is as high as 3.7, which is as high as Kobe.

Defensive S, stealing and blocking data are very important. When the team's overall defense is relatively strong, the data will rise all of a sudden. Therefore, Marion is the highest in the Suns' statistics, breaking 5 in the regular season many times, and peaking at 6.4.

Guo Xu won the steal king twice, and it is not surprising that the data is high. Iverson once broke 4 in defense for three consecutive seasons from 2001 to 2003. At that time, the 76ers were a famous defensive team. Iverson's data was only slightly inferior to Kidd among star guards, and completely defeated Kobe.

At its peak, Iverson's defense s was as high as 4.5, which was the highest career stat for top outside defenders such as Kobe, Battier, Tony Allen, and Bruce Bowen. Battier, Allen, and Bowen have to thank the team for being defensive, otherwise the S was even more ugly.

If it comes to the opposite of the winning standard, then no matter how good the player's defense is, the data will be ugly. Bale happens to be in this category. Stealing and blocking are average, and the team is offensive. Bale DS who have made the defense this season cannot be called bad. It's simply shit. The Suns have 68 wins, and you're 1.6?

Nash's DS and DS/48 are both higher than Bale this year, and the Hawks have reached a peak of 2.1. Are these two actual defensive abilities at the same level?

Ginobili didn't play, and Bale did a good job in defending Finley. He handed over the simplest Bowen to Blake to deal with. People like Bowen who scored 6.2 points in 34 minutes can just stand in front of him, and he usually only takes action in an open space.

The two sides were evenly matched in the first quarter, with the Spurs playing against Duncan and Parker, constantly using double covers to separate Parker and Guo Xu.

Guo Xu is only good at defending the back, which is his weakness. It is not easy to interfere with shooting or block an empty cut when he is dislocated. Duncan catches the ball at low positions or plays hard at the basket. Haslem can't defend himself, and his skeleton is smaller. Duncan turns around and takes action with his super long arm span. Not many people in the league can block it.

In the second half, the Suns replaced Haslem with Valaijo, with one big strap and four small straps. The tactics are similar to the Spurs' tactics. They constantly use covers to create misalignment opportunities, allowing Guo Xu to hold the ball and break through the big man, or attract double-teams to pass the ball.

Once the formation is widened, it will be difficult for the Spurs to defend against Guo Xu, and the two sides fought to attack in this game.

The substitutes appeared in the second quarter, and the Spurs' rotation lineup led by Ginobili began to play. Stars as the sixth man will become an important Spurs' playing style in the future. It will be difficult for opponents to stand up without defensive experts. Ariza and Howard failed to defend Ginobili.

The Suns' substitute inside David Lee was defended by Mohamed. He was a defensive blue-collar worker with strong mobility. It would be difficult for David Lee to play the opponent at a low post. After entering the playoffs, his mid-range shots were not accurate, and his shooting percentage dropped sharply.

This is the disadvantage of the rookie. David Lee has no playoff experience and is not very strong in his mental quality. He cannot play out 80% of his strength during training when fighting tough battles.

The Suns coaching staff does not expect him to play an important role. The regular season training will allow him to enter the playoffs without being weak, which means he is successful. The Suns rookies have also started from substitutes in the previous few seasons.

The Spurs still couldn't get any advantage in the second quarter because Guo Xu didn't have a rest. He beat Van Exel, which attracted double-teams and passes the ball and assisted his teammates.

In order to reduce Guo Xu's efficiency, Spurs players have strengthened their confrontation. They are particularly fierce when fouls, and they thug or pull people hard, but they are not yet at the level of malicious fouls.

No matter how the Spurs evaluate it, they just want to be ruthless. Popovich stated during training that this was Guo Xu's trick. If the Spurs don't play a little dirty, they have to wait for sweeping. If they only lose one game, they have a high chance of successfully turning the tables.

Popovich asked the players to give full play to what they are good at and ignore evaluations. Even if people say that the Spurs do anything to win, they say that their defensive end is dirty, as winners, it is better than being eliminated.

Popovich has always believed that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. The controversy is only temporary. After winning the championship, how many fans will remember how they won many years later? The championship ring can prove everything better.

The two sides remained stalemate until the fourth quarter. Seeing that Duncan was exhausted by a lot of physical strength, Popovich asked him to rest for a while and sent Nestrovic, who had almost never played.

This substitution became the turning point of the game. The Suns beat the Spurs 11-0 and opened the score. Nestrovic is only good at defending the penalty area, and when he encounters screening, he is always half a beat slower to switch defense.

The Spurs management team signed Nestrovic with a middle-class contract and regretted it. His performance was getting worse every year. He received an annual salary of 7 million yuan this season, but he couldn't stand it even in 10 minutes in the playoffs. This summer, the top priority of the Spurs is to trade Nestrovic, no matter what he exchanged for.

Mohamed is an inside player who lacks attacking power and averages only 12 minutes per game. In this series, it can be said that the Spurs' inside player is supported by Duncan, and it is a bad thing for him to rest after the court. Moreover, he mainly plays as a center, not a power forward, one big leads four small.

Horry has not played for a long time, averaging 17 minutes per game. He is old and cannot run away from the Suns forward. The Spurs are forced to let the small forward play the power forward.

Ariza's attack on power forwards is a killer weapon, with a terrifying speed. He often rushed to the front in a fast attack to form more and less. In this situation, the Spurs could not defend themselves, and it was very difficult to deal with Guo Xu alone.

In the second half of the final quarter, the Suns also replaced Valaijo, who had only played less than 20 minutes per game. He could withstand Duncan and interfere with the shooting, and the Suns gradually opened the score.

On the defensive end, Popovich is not the only one who knows how to be hard, the Suns will do it. Haslem and Valejo are really making small moves, and Ariza, Bale, and Guo Xu also have many small moves on the outside, and Howard has a relatively clean defense.

Not only did Valejo make small moves, he also liked to fake falls. He was knocked down several times in one game. The referee did not call a foul and the home fans booed and put pressure on the Spurs players.

Phoenix City is also recognized as the home court of the devil, winning two championships. Guo Xu's four-game MVP has given fans a terrifying cohesion. The stadiums are full of stadiums and great momentum.

Guo Xu made a key ball in the second half, one three-pointer and one mid-range shot, and one breakthrough, fouled and made two free throws to secure the victory.
Chapter completed!