Leonard's performance tonight surprised the Spurs.

Finally, he showed his courage and dared to play the three threats learned from Jordan and Kobe's game video, playing the self-taught step-down mid-range shot; he dared to play the three-pointer like Green and Ginobili, which made Popovich angry.

This is the meaning of the big stage.

When you stand on the highest stage in the world and perform well, you will naturally have a kind of confidence and it seems that nothing can stump you again.

Leonard was never afraid to face anyone. When the team gave him freedom, he suddenly became more arrogant than anyone else. In the second quarter, he dared to be so arrogant with Wei Xia, and his nose tips were not instantly facing each other at the tip of the nose. In today's league, there are only Kobe, James, Durant, Anthony and others before the injury.

The problem of the 76ers' offensive efficiency has not been resolved.

After Wei Xia completed the free link in the first quarter, he did not find any feeling when he made two moves in the second quarter.

Sometimes, he seems not playing against the Spurs, but playing against the heavy pressure on his body.

The interference from off-field prevented him from focusing on the game, and these effects were intuitively reflected in his shooting.

The offense is not good, but the defense is not affected.

He cooperated with his teammates and blocked the Spurs' passes many times.

The Spurs are most afraid of two things. One is to speed up the opponent, which will run to the veterans in the death squad; the other is to fall into a situation of a large number of singles.

Why did they play seven games with the Mavericks in the first round of the Western Conference? Because the Mavericks not only successfully accelerated, but also used the tactical arrangement of more ball-holding points to force the Spurs to make a large number of defense replacements and fight one-on-one games.

When the tactics cannot be opened, single-handed fight is the only solution.

It was in that case that the Spurs and the Mavericks played seven games in total.

However, the Mavericks are also an old team, so they played until the seventh game, and the Spurs scorers broke out. They were willing to accept the loss, and they still won the loss even if they lost.

The 76ers' offense started tonight, and Wei Xia returned after resting for most of the quarter and still had no shooting touch. Her tough defense forced the Spurs to pass the ball to Leonard.

Leonard's way of receiving the ball is interesting. He originally wanted to take the ball from the basket, but found that his strength could not resist Wei Xia. He simply used this behavior as an offensive tendency to make Wei Xia mistakenly think that he really wanted to catch the ball at the basket.

Suddenly, he turned around and came out of the paint area with Wei Xia's body as a fulcrum.

Teammate's ball flew over.

Leonard received the ball and used three threats cleanly. His three threats were not that deterrent, because his combination of surprise shots was not excellent, and Wei Xia did not take his three threats seriously.

He didn't expect that Leonard Three's threat shook slightly, as if he was not aiming to shake people, but simply to find the rhythm to use this move.

After he swung over, he started to make a move.

Wei Xia's defense was in place, but the ball was still in.

37 to 42

The Spurs chased after 5 points, and Leonard didn't say a word. Maybe he didn't even know that it was amazing to score such a goal on Wei Xia's head.

Being scored by Leonard like this ignited Wei Xia's fighting spirit.

His switch was pressed by his opponent.

He had to respond, this was his arrogance in his bones and a bad habit that Kobe taught him.

So when the 76ers' offensive round, Wei Xia ran and received the ball. His three threats were much more powerful than Leonard. He shook the defense away in an instant, and he also made a quick stop jump shot. His shooting rhythm was better.

The feeling of the cold for a long time finally showed signs of warming up.

"Swish!"

44 to 37

Not yet, Wei Xia responded to Leonard's next round and quickly retreated to the penalty area to assist in defense and block Parker's breakthrough layup.

It was just that the 76ers' counterattack was not good.

Odom's old problem was caused, and the classic three-attack and one fast attack was out of bounds and smashed the audience.

He sneered embarrassedly, hoping that the audience could forgive him.

For his fewer cases this year, the audience gave more applause and encouragement.

Wei Xia's serious chain reaction increased the defensive intensity of the 76ers by several levels.

The Spurs began to feel bad like the 76ers, and their situation was more difficult. Because they were the chasing side, if they could not find the feel as soon as possible, the game would be more difficult.

To alleviate this problem, Popovich called Duncan off the bench.

No matter what happens, as long as something doesn't work, it's called Duncan, which is Popovich's habit.

The Spurs' generals are already used to relying on him.

But before the dead ball comes, they still have to stabilize the situation.

The wonderful transfer ball, from the top of the arc to the bottom corner, Parker beautifully moved the left bottom corner after breaking through, and it was completely empty, and Danny Green made a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

He still can't score goals, just like the rest of the Spurs.

The long rebound was caught by Wei Xia, and Leonard wanted to make a foul. Before he took action, Wei Xia sideways avoided his first foul action and actually threw the ball far from the backcourt to Andre Robertson in front with a back pass.

“magic    mov!”

Robertson received the ball in the frontcourt and dunked directly.

The back pass that crossed the game also avoided Leonard's foul.

46 to 37

The score difference then returned to 9 points, and Leonard discovered that this terrible opponent was finally about to wake up. Is this a good thing for them?

Who can be happy when facing such a powerful enemy?

At this time, Danny Green from the right wing tried another three-pointer.

His fifth goal tonight still missed!

Wei Xia's prediction of long rebounds was obviously higher than that of the others on the court, and he grabbed the rebound.

Although Leonard didn't know where the long rebound would fall, he insisted that as long as he kept up with Wei Xia, everything would be fine.

All he was behind Wei Xia, no longer giving him the chance to show off his skills, tactical fouls, stopping fast attacks, and letting Duncan play.

This is just Leonard's second foul tonight.

Compared to the previous game, his foul numbers were well controlled in this game.

Ginobili and Dior returned to the game with Duncan.

The Spurs wanted to transfer the ball and fulcrum more invasively, and on the other hand, the 76ers also changed back to the main lineup.

Both sides have already pushed their trump card out of the way.

Sure enough, Duncan was reused as soon as he came up.

He is in a low position and his teammates pass the ball.

From the first game of the series to this game, the 76ers have never let Duncan go.

This 38-year-old veteran can ask for them as long as he is physically fit.

He pushed hard, making Cousins ​​mistakenly think he was going in, and suddenly turned around and leaned back to the basket and jumped in, and the ball entered.

39 to 46

The 76ers attacked for a long time, but they broke through and almost hit Duncan's arms.

After a long time of procrastination, they decided to throw the blame to Wei Xia.

Wei Xia received the bomb ball, but he felt bad now, so he made a strong shot and made a blacksmith.

The Spurs are playing steadily, without any rush, and slowly land on the position.

Duncan was the key position on the left just now. This time he changed to the right. In order to confuse the 76ers, the Spurs also deliberately launched a tactic from the left. As a result, they transferred the ball from the left to the right, cleared the shooter and hung it to Duncan.

They were too deliberate and Wei Xia could see clearly.

Duncan just started to play with his back, and his double-team arrived.

Leonard was in Duncan's sight and thought of passing the ball with his hands. This idea could not be concealed by his face that had been dull throughout his career.

Wei Xia knew what Duncan was going to do, and even expected his pilling opportunity, so he started to slap the ball.

The ball was photographed on the ground, and Duncan rescued the ball with his long arms, but the time was not long, so he could only force his attack with his height.

Of course, this kind of ball cannot be entered.

Leonard also did not stand there and wait stupidly. He did the most risky and rewarding thing - touching the penalty area to grab rebounds.

He chose the right position so that his hand could touch the rebound and he could make up for it as soon as possible.

41 to 46

Two robots with few expressions on their faces dominated the competition.

Cousins ​​wants to learn from Duncan to dominate the inside, but he is not as clear as Duncan, the closer he gets to the basket, the higher he is.

He was keen to show off his skills, so he took a dream dance step and took an oversized hook.

Failed.
To be continued...