Unfortunately, Guo Xu was slapped in the face at home in San Antonio. The Spurs won two consecutive games and tied the total score 2-2.

The score difference between the two times was not big, the Spurs won 10 points and 7 points respectively.

The Spurs gave up the tactics against the Suns and instead competed for the star. Duncan increased his moves and played for 42 minutes in both games, pounding the Suns inside.

In the third game, Duncan scored 40 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, and in the fourth game, 32 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, dominating the penalty area on both ends of the offense and defense. However, he also had some controversy, because he made 17 of 23 free throws in the third game, and he got too many free throws. The Suns would be called a foul if they were a little bigger inside.

The Spurs' defensive strategy is to strictly prevent the Suns' outside shooting, and Duncan defends the basket alone, allowing two points from the middle distance and low post. D'Antoni saw through this and increased Josh Howard's shooting rights. He can shoot mid-range and play from low posts. He scored 20 points and 24 points respectively in these two games.

Unfortunately, Howard is not Kobe after all. If the Spurs insist on defending alone, Kobe can score 3 or 40 points and can still attract double-teams at low posts. The Spurs don't need to double-team Howard, just one Bowen will solve it.

In order to maintain mobility and keep up with the speed of most swingers, Bowen chose to lose weight. He is now 201cm tall and weighs only 84 kilograms. He is not good at preventing strong swingers from attacking the low position. Howard is 201cm tall and weighs 95 kilograms, and his back is not that strong.

Even if Howard is now with Payton as a teacher, his offensive skills tend to face the three-face threat, breakthrough or mid-range shot. Because the core of his partner is Guo Xu, the team needs him to develop in this direction, and to open up space instead of running to the low post to get the ball behind the back.

Howard is not inefficient, but Bowen is good at playing style, but he is not afraid, and can interfere with shooting.

D'Antoni's tactical system also exposed a flaw, the proportion of three-point shooting is too high. The Suns' best record in the regular season is to lose their opponents from the defense and three-point line, and throw themselves to death when they feel bad.

When the opponent's formation expands externally, and when the mid-range distance is used to prevent three-pointers, Guo Xu is uncomfortable and the Suns are uncomfortable, so he has to give up the familiar rhythm. The Suns players are determined to catch the ball according to the coach's arrangement, but the Spurs' interference plays a role. The mentality of the role players is not as strong as Guo Xu, and they can only complete simple tasks and cannot adjust their playing style.

The Suns' offensive mission is mainly on Guo Xu and Josh Howard, and it is easy to be targeted. The Bulls in the latter three consecutive times will also encounter this situation. They can send Kukochi to the third offensive point. The Suns also have Brother Qi in charge, but they are Brother Qi who is about to retire.

Guo Xu increased his shots, and his shooting percentage was not high under strict prevention. His shooting percentage was only 45% in both games, 5 of 13 shots and 4 of 12 shots. In the third game, he scored 40 points and 7 assists, and in the fourth game, 36 points and 10 assists. This shooting percentage was not as effective as it was difficult for his teammates to stand up.

The Suns lost in the depth of the inside, and the scoring was almost entirely up to the outside players. Several big men were not good at attacking the penalty area.

**Vic arranged small ball tactics, and Finley played a guest role in power forward to fight against the Suns' running and bombing tactics. He became a surprise soldier of the Spurs. He worked very hard on the defensive end, reducing the scoring efficiency of running and bombing. Once he landed in the position, the Spurs had more advantages.

David Lee averaged 16 minutes per game in the series, scoring only 5 points and 4.5 rebounds, which was completely different from the regular season. His mid-range shooting percentage dropped to 31.7%. Duncan was not easy to attack the basket while guarding the penalty area, so he could only cover the gap and cut the basket with an efficient move.

A rookie with potential is also a rookie. Duncan is as easy as Guo Xu's regular season picking up Deron Williams when playing the Jazz.

The only big man in the Suns who is good at defending the penalty area is Valaijo. Diop, who made Duncan a little uncomfortable last season, was poached.

The Spurs players intentionally made Valejo fouls when playing pick-and-roll. Valejo only played 19 minutes in the third game, with 5 fouls on his back, and Valejo played 24 minutes in the fourth game, leaving the court 6 times. It was not that he couldn't control the fouls well, but some fake falls that made offensive fouls at home were called a blocking foul at home, even if he fell to the ground.

Valaijo can play small at a low post with a clear advantage.

Haslem is a power forward who plays a guest center, defending Nowitzki and Garnett, a big man who relies on shooting, is very disadvantaged when facing Duncan, who is heading into the inside. If he can't stand it, he can only use fouls to stop Duncan. His free throw shooting percentage is 71.8% qualified.

Duncan averaged 6.7 free throws per game in the regular season and only made 4.2 free throws, with a shooting percentage of 62.9%. The playoff free throws rose to 10.1, with 7.2 hits.

His playoff data averaged 26 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage increased to 57.3%. His playing time also increased significantly, and he suddenly returned to his peak period.

This is the role of a superstar. Duncan is a person who doesn't like to talk. He will not promote his injuries everywhere, hype up and down, and then he will be active as soon as he goes on the court, jump up and down, and then fight like shit and then let his teammates take the blame. He will only do the job arranged by the coach and try his best to help the team win.

People are ruthless and don’t talk much, they are talking about Duncan.

The online gangsters have become more energetic and have started posting to mock Guo Xu for being overrated, saying that the Suns will definitely be eliminated by the Spurs, etc. Whoever beats the Suns will be whose fans, their transformation ability is better than the Transformers, and their alien robots have to scan the QR code first.

When Marion was just injured in the regular season, he jumped out and criticized Guo Xu for winning because of his teammates. This group of people who cannot make it into the playoffs are also the ones who cannot make it into the playoffs. Now that the Suns cannot make it into the finals, Guo Xu is overrated.

The ancient superstar who had evaluated Guo Xu before, and the basketball celebrities were relieved. They all hope that the Spurs would continue to work hard and eliminate the Suns in the Western Conference Finals. It doesn’t matter who wins the championship in the end, as long as it’s not the Suns.

Guo Xu won the championship with this kind of lineup, and they will not be able to question it anymore, and they also find it incredible.

Scott Pippen, a bull legend who looks down on Guo Xu the most, is also paying attention to the news. He has refused to accept any interviews recently and has not even held up activities at home. He has accumulated rich experience in evaluating Guo Xu and will not speak easily.

In the past, Pippen liked to be serious nonsense, without logic or analysis of data. What he pursued was the kind of "Emperor of Understanding the Football" with a firm tone, which made him look unique, unique, and extraordinary.

He is good at creating a profound and unfathomable feeling. To put it bluntly, he is a severe second-hand illness and must be different from what his opponent says, and then he acts like "I'm talking about the truth, you are all lol."

Ball blind people are easily frightened and think what Pippen said makes sense. If he talks with him, he will embark on a path of no return.

Recently, Pippen began to understand that he would not have a good ending underestimation. He felt that Guo Xu would surpass Jordan in the future, and even the ring and honor were indispensable. There was nothing to be bad about the Suns equalized by the Spurs. He was the only All-Star in the team, and the Spurs were the GDP combination.

Pippen feels that Guo Xu and Howard are the team's main scoring points, which is definitely not comparable to the Bulls and Jordan back then. The Suns' role players are either rookies or fringe people. The two veterans are famous and should retire. It is simply unreasonable to win the championship in this lineup.

But the Suns still have the possibility of eliminating the Spurs. Wasn’t the Timberwolves backed the Suns 2-0 and weren’t they reversed?
Chapter completed!