When the Spurs were conducting the home players' appearance ceremony, Li Kaiming also looked up at the top of the At&t Center.
There are 4 championship flags hanging there.
There is only one championship in the history of the Wizards, and it was in 1978. That championship was not called the Wizards but the Washington Bullets.
In fact, the Spurs were a championship-less team before they drafted Duncan. The Spurs only began to rise after drafting Duncan in 1997. Under the leadership of Daidai, the Spurs won their first championship in team history in 1999. Since then, the Spurs have become an evergreen tree in the NBA. After acquiring Duncan, the Spurs have never fallen out of the playoffs.
This is the terrifying strength of the number one power forward in history. Even though he looks like a boring old man off the court, on the court, he can transform into a man-eating beast at any time.
Of course Li Kaiming also wants to be someone like Duncan. Who doesn't want to lead his team to win the championship? Do some people like to change teams everywhere to help other teams win the championship? And it’s not one, not two, not three, not four?
No way?
After Duncan played, the fans at the At&t Center burst into applause and cheers for a minute, which shows Duncan's influence in San Antonio.
After the lights in the stadium returned to normal, the starting lineups of both sides were listed on the big screen above the stadium.
San Antonio Spurs: Point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Jason Richardson, power forward Tim Duncan, center DeJuan Blair.
Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Nick Young, small forward Sun Yue, power forward Li Kaiming, center Andre Blach.
Tonight's commentators are veteran commentators from the At&t Center, Craig Sager and Bill Shuning. The combination of one old and one new seems to be very balanced.
"Tonight the second generation of Duncan met the real Duncan. Bill, what do you think of the duel between Li and Tim? Who do you think will have the upper hand?" Sager took the lead and asked a question to test the young Shu Ning. commentator.
Shu Ning smiled and replied confidently, "Of course I am optimistic about Tim Duncan. In the past ten years, he has shown his ability as a superstar countless times. Whether it is offense or defense, he is very good." Gets the job done well!”
"Let me remind you, Li Kaiming is the current scoring leader in the league. He averages 35 points per game and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 45%. I think it is difficult to restrict such a player." Sager reminded warmly. Take a moment of soothing.
However, Shu Ning did not appreciate it and continued to go his own way, saying, "In my eyes, Lee may be a very good scorer, but facing such a Spurs, tonight's victory still belongs to San Antonio. We are not afraid of any team. Team or one person!”
Sagar nodded with satisfaction after hearing Shu Ning's answer. It turned out that he thought so too, just to test Shu Ning's reaction.
As I get older, I need to train a successor as soon as possible.
Just as the two commentators were having a routine pre-match exchange, the players on both sides of the court were already standing on both sides of the center circle.
After the referee's whistle, Brac immediately pulled up on the spot and slapped the ball into Li Kaiming's hand with one hand.
Li Kaiming handed the ball to Hinrich, and the Wizards won the ball for the first attack.
After halftime, the Wizards still used running tactics. Li Kaiming provided a screen for his teammates, and his teammates used the screen to move and take away the people around him.
As soon as Li Kaiming turned around, Hinrich's pass had arrived.
The moment Li Kaiming caught the ball, the funny idiot before the game was already standing in front of him, but now Duncan no longer had the funny expression before the game, and he was very serious.
He stood one step away from Li Kaiming and stretched out his right hand to cover Li Kaiming's face.
This first offense could have used other tactics, but Li Kaiming couldn't wait to play with Duncan to see how valuable the legendary 8-time All-Defensive First Team was!
After he caught the ball, he saw that Duncan did not come up to defend, but let him go. He seemed to be quite afraid of his breakthrough.
However, in this case, Li Kaiming will choose a jump shot. He is not the person who only works under the basket. With such a big open space, is it difficult to go to the basket without taking a shot?
But when he suddenly pulled up and shot, he understood why this person who looked like an idiot would make Cardinal Auerbach look down on him!
As soon as he jumped together, Duncan seemed to have expected that he was going to take action. He immediately jumped forward and jumped slightly. He stretched out his hand to reach for the basketball in Li Kaiming's hand!
Duncan's official height is only 211cm, not much different from Li Kaiming, but his wingspan is 230cm, and his standing reach is as high as 288cm!
With the blessing of this super static quality, Duncan can interfere with Li Kaiming's shooting without having to jump very hard.
With a crisp sound of iron, Spurs center Blair picked off the rebound under the basket.
Shu Ning and Sager in the commentary box looked at each other and smiled. Duncan can indeed defeat all opponents!
Tony Parker dribbled the ball across half court. Facing Hinrich's defense, he asked Duncan to come up to cover, and then made a small change of direction and directly threw Hinrich away and entered the inside.
Seeing that Hinrich was passed, Li Kaiming gritted his teeth and went to defend Parker. He knew that Parker was fast, so he didn't dare to stick too close to the ground. He took a step back, raised his arms high and shouted to his teammates to pay attention while sliding. Step defense.
But after Parker entered the paint, he scurried around like a mouse in a corner.
Yes, it was a rat. The main reason was that Parker was short, his skin was dark but not particularly dark, and he was fast. Li Kaiming immediately thought of the kind of gray rats that scurry around the city's garbage bins.
Such a sensitive player, and Li Kaiming was limited by his poor defensive lateral movement and was too big to keep up. Parker took the opportunity to speed up and rush to the basket, facing Brac's defense with a fake move to point out the latter. , and then scored an easy layup!
2 to 0!
The Spurs home audience cheered and cheered. Their home team lost the first ball but scored the first point. It seemed to be a better start.
Looking back, the Wizards attacked. This time Li Kaiming did not rashly choose to play Duncan in singles. Although the idiot is not young and his body is not that good, but the defensive awareness and physical hardware are here, it is a bit stupid to choose to play Duncan in singles.
So this time the Wizards played a tactic. Li Kaiming, as the screener, moved down after the pick-and-roll, attracting a double-team from the Spurs. Hinrich took the opportunity to break through inside, compressing the Spurs' defensive formation, and then distributed the ball to the outside. Sun Yue.
This open opportunity was very good, but Sun Yue failed to grasp it. The Spurs can also be regarded as the devil's home court. The folk customs of Texas are strong and put a lot of pressure on the visiting team players.
Duncan protected the backcourt rebounds, and after Parker dribbled to the frontcourt, he handed the ball directly to Ginobili.
Relatively speaking, Parker still prefers to play at a fast pace. When caught in a positional battle, Ginobili will step up and assume the task of controlling the ball.
However, the Spurs' pass was not intended to allow Ginobili to single out Nick Young. After Ginobili got the ball, Li Kaiming suddenly discovered that Duncan, who was doing nothing on the baseline, suddenly burst out with a powerful force and directly hit the ball. Opened him, then stuck him behind with his broad shoulders.
All these actions seemed to be practiced thousands of times. Li Kaiming didn't even have time to counterattack. He was directly stuck behind Duncan. Not to mention trying to prevent Duncan from catching the ball, he couldn't even see what was going on in front of him, because Duncan's body is so wide!
The Spurs' cooperation was also flawless. After Duncan completed a series of blocking moves, Ginobili on the outside seemed to have a tacit understanding and passed a direct pass to Duncan on the inside!
After Duncan got the ball, he didn't make any fancy moves. He simply took the ball and arched his back. Then he leaned on Li Kaiming and turned around. He raised the ball and hit the board. The basketball fell into the bag!
4 to 0!
There were no fancy moves or trash talk in the whole process. Li Kaiming only felt that his vision went dark, and Duncan was stuck. Then a huge force came from Duncan's back, making him take a step back. Then Duncan was extremely sophisticated. He turned around and scored a cricket ball!
He didn't even react during the process. When Duncan finally took action, he wanted to jump up and block the shot, but found that his body was tightly suppressed by Duncan and he was completely unable to leave the ground.
So that's why, some of Duncan's inside shots are from a very low point, but the opponents can't block them. Is that because the opponents don't want to block them? It's impossible to jump at all!
This is a great basic skill!
The heavy sword has no edge, and it is skillful but not workmanlike. This describes Duncan's style of play. All movements are for the final goal. In addition, he will not waste any effort on any gorgeous movements.
This is the purest competitive sport!
After seeing Duncan easily suppress Li Kaiming and score at the basket, Shu Ning in the commentary box said directly, "The game is over!"
Even your best fighters have been suppressed, how can you make waves?
But Li Kaiming will not give up easily. If he surrenders after being beaten by the opponent, then he is no longer Li Kaiming. Besides, the first round is just a test, and he has not yet shown his true strength!
The Wizards served and attacked from the bottom line. After reaching the frontcourt, Li Kaiming picked and rolled directly outside the three-point line!
The Spurs must have known to defend Li Kaiming's three-pointer, so Duncan quickly followed. However, this was Li Kaiming's strategy to lure the snake out of the hole.
After the first round of the contest, he knew that it would be very difficult to score against Duncan at the basket. This guy's defensive position was too sharp. He might have missed the ball by then and would have been caught by him. Offensive foul.
So there are only two ways to score points on Duncan. One is to throw a three-pointer from the outside, and the other is to pull it out first, and then suddenly make an air cut to catch Duncan off guard!
Although Duncan's defensive position is unparalleled, he is still old and has been injured, so his speed will definitely not be as fast as him!
After seeing Duncan defend, Li Kaiming suddenly accelerated and reached the three-point line. Hinrich in front turned around and gave the ball to Li Kaiming. The latter took the ball and took three steps directly. Duncan was half a body behind and pursued the defense with all his strength.
When Blair, the Spurs' big center, saw this situation, he volunteered and pounced on him, vowing to take pictures of Li Kaiming with Duncan!
However, Li Kaiming passed the ball without looking at anyone and immediately turned Blair into a self-centered clown. Facing the empty basket, Blair pulled up his hands to abuse the basket and scored the Wizards' first point. !
4 to 2!
