The San Antonio Spurs were the NBA champions last season, with a strong lineup and powerful strength. Since Duncan entered the league, they have been the strongest team in the league.
Before the season started, David Robinson, Danny Ferry and Steve Kerr retired, Speedy Claxton signed with the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Jackson signed with the Atlanta Hawks, and Steve Smith signed with the New Orleans Hornets team signing. However, the Spurs received Hedo Turkoglu and Ron Morsell in the trade, while also signing free agent Robert Horry (who won championships with the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers) and center Lado Slav Nesterovich.
Coupled with the continued improvement of Tony Parker and Ginobili, the Spurs are actually stronger this season than last season.
However, the Pacers defeated them on the road.
Before the game started, Suhi persuaded Rick Carlisle to adopt a two-point guard strategy. And did a good job of Reggie Miller's ideological work.
Miller has always been very supportive of Su Xi's ideas. He likes Su Xi very much and has great expectations for Su Xi. He believes that only Su Xi can help him realize his dream. In the face of the huge temptation of a championship, he can make any sacrifice.
The first thing Su Xi did when he debuted was to pester Ginobili. Su Xi loved Ginobili deeply.
Ginobili's flexibility, coordination, and talent are fully utilized. His breakthroughs are very rhythmic, his shooting is also very clever, and his passing is also full of imagination.
In the past few games, Su Xi had trouble controlling this 'sophomore'.
Popovich instructed Ginobili to single out Suhi. Ginobili scored consecutive goals at the beginning. He even used a fake move to trick Suhi into taking off. Then he snaked into the penalty area with graceful steps and hit the ball with his left hand. The throw hit.
However, during this process, Su Xi's super coordination talent improved by leaps and bounds, and soon climbed to 92 points.
As her coordination talent improved, Su Xi's strength improved further. His super entanglement talent has jumped to 95% due to the improvement of coordination talent. The single defense strength that Suxi can now exert has surpassed Payton's peak, not even by a little bit.
Ginobili became uncomfortable, and his efficiency began to decline under Suhi's high-intensity winding collision, and the Argentine's smart output began to be compromised. As his efficiency declined, Popovich quickly handed over the offensive power to the interior core Duncan.
There is no doubt about Duncan's strength. He is very efficient in beating O'Neal in the penalty area, and he drives the Spurs' overall offense from the inside out.
However, as Suhi returned to the No. 1 position and joined forces with Ron Artest to carry out defensive sweeps from the outside, and Suhi sometimes entered the penalty area and decisively attacked Duncan, the Spurs' offensive slowed down.
At the same time, the Spurs also encountered problems on the defensive end due to Su Xi's "messing around".
Popovich studied under Larry Brown, so their defensive lines are the same, and the core concept is 'pressure'. It's just that the Pistons led by Larry Brown exerted fierce and sturdy pressure, punching to the core.
The Spurs are more mellow. They often adopt a leading defense against the outside ball holders. They focus on blocking the breakthrough route at the top of the arc and forcing the opponent to go to both sides. Once the opponent enters with the ball, the inside line will quickly cover up the defense, compressing the opponent's passing field of vision, and at the same time forcing the opponent to be unable to pass the ball nearby. In this way, the opponent will either make a sudden mid-range shot or pass the ball across the court in a wide range.
The Spurs' defensive system is based on Duncan's strong penalty area protection, and Bruce Bowen and Ginobili are both good at using their feet to drive away opponents.
This set of defensive ideas is top-notch, and it has good restrictions on breakthrough players and fixed-point shooters. In the future, Ajan will fall into trouble with this set of defensive strategies.
From normal logic, Su Xi and the Pacers' play style should be completely restricted. However, the results were completely different.
Because Su Xi took the simplest and most direct way to crack it: pick-and-roll, and relay assault.
Su Xi and O'Neal played a pick-and-roll, and he used his super strength to open up the situation. Even if he ran into Duncan, he had a chance to squeeze out the defense. He frequently broke into the penalty area from the center and caused damage.
At the same time, O'Brien has the ability to punish opponents in the mid-range: What the Spurs fear most is the mid-range, which is why Kobe's statistics are good when playing against the Spurs. As Su Xi entered the penalty area, Xiaoao, Batty, Henderson and others made achievements in the mid-range, and Miller on the outside also produced firepower.
Artest didn't feel good tonight, but he served as Su Xi's wingman perfectly. He quickly followed up on the wing and formed a back-and-forth power rush with Su Xi.
The Spurs' defensive end was deflated, and their offensive end suffered from a cold feeling in the second half.
Popovich was such a rogue that he simply replaced all the main players and stopped playing.
The Spurs have never pursued regular season results, nor do they want to consume too much energy in the regular season.
Breaking through San Antonio, the Pacers continued to expand their league-leading record advantage.
Then in Dallas, the Pacers won another victory, which was nothing to praise. The Pacers suppressed the Mavericks from the first minute. The Mavericks had no ability to resist the rough and powerful Indiana and soon fell flat.
Su Xi's performance in this game was mediocre, with 15 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, and the team did not need him to perform. And the focus of this game is to reintegrate Kenny Anderson into the Pacers' new tactical system.
Then, the Pacers came to Houston.
This is Su Xi's second time in Houston. Last time he came to sing a song.
This time, reporters started making fun of him.
"Hey, Jack. Is this game more important to you, Yao Ming or Scarlett Johansson?"
A CCTV reporter interviewed Su Xi at the Pacers' hotel. Before starting the interview, he asked a question that would not be broadcast on TV, and the atmosphere became lively.
Su Xi glanced at Huang Xiaoman, who was also smiling.
Huang Xiaoman's tolerance always surprises Su Xi.
Of course, she also had her moments of jealousy. In Miami, she pestered Susie every night until she suffered the consequences and was forced to lie in bed.
"Winning is the most important thing." Su Xi said seriously.
Then, the camera was turned on and the CCTV reporter began the formal interview. They first congratulated Su Xi for becoming the all-star voting leader in history, and then they asked some professional questions.
What's the difference between playing for the Pacers and playing for the Cavaliers?
"It's easier to play in the Pacers and the winning rate is higher." Su Xi did not discuss this issue in depth. There are too many analyzes in the media and the Internet. As a party involved, he has no need to amplify this dispute.
Before the last Chinese Derby, you were traded. Are you worried about not being able to win the Chinese Derby this time?
"Larry Bird has promised me that he will turn off his cell phone for the next two days. The Pacers will never be able to fly a fly." Su Xi said humorously.
This year is the Olympic year. Have you ever thought about joining the national team, going to Athens to join forces with Yao Ming, and create the best record in the history of the national team? You know, many fans in China are now looking forward to you and Yao Ming, the two NBA star players, to break through the men's basketball Olympic medals to zero.
"Of course I am very willing. As long as the national team calls me up, I will definitely play in the Olympics. However, I have to correct you. We also have another NBA star, his name is Wang, who plays in Miami. I am in Miami After a week, he’s very capable and I think he’s a good fit for the Olympics.”
"If Wang, Yao and I join forces, I think the probability of winning a medal is very high."
Su Xi said seriously.
He was completely unaware that Huang Xiaoman outside the camera was waving his hand vigorously at him. The reporter also had an embarrassed expression on his face.
At this time, Wang was still a figure not quite allowed to appear on domestic television.
However, Su Xi is not very clear about the twists and turns. He only starts from the perspective of basketball.
The reporter did not go into depth on this issue.
He then asked Su Xi about his expectations for the Chinese Derby and the great significance of rising to this level for Chinese basketball.
Su Xi didn't quite understand the great significance of Chinese basketball. He just said that he would do his best to defeat the Rockets and would definitely inspire a stronger Yao Ming.
Su Xi only accepted interviews with the media CCTV before the Chinese Derby.
As Su Xi plays better and better in the NBA and becomes more and more famous, Su Xi's influence in the country is growing. He has a tendency to surpass Yao Ming and become the number one basketball superstar.
Moreover, Su Xi's popularity has exploded not only in mainland China, but also in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Su Xi became a wave sweeping East Asia, a trend between a star and an idol. Some people like him because of his skills, some people like him because of his face, and some people like him because of his American girlfriends...
This can be seen from the fact that Huang Xiaoman and Mike O'Connor continue to bring back commercial quotes from Japan and South Korea. The quotes from these merchants are rising rapidly.
"In fact, this is not just a derby. This is a PK between you and Yao Ming." Huang Xiaoman said: "I think the influence of you and Yao Ming in the country has reached a substantial boundary. , you need a head-on victory to widen the gap and consolidate your advantage.”
"The difference between the first person and the second person is very obvious." Huang Xiaoman continued: "People all know that the highest peak in the world is Mount Everest, but not many people pay attention to what the second highest peak in the world is. ?”
Su Xi nodded. Although he knew that the second highest peak was K2, there was no need to compete here.
"I'm going to Los Angeles later. I'm going to meet with domestic investment funds and South African investment funds. I will help you get at least one company before March," Huang Xiaoman said.
Before leaving, she emphasized again: "No matter how they fight or fight, I am the boss."
Su Xi checked the information and found out what Dafang meant. He nodded quickly: "Of course, it must be!"
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(End of chapter)
