Davis adjusted his breathing and hit the penalty.

7 to 9.

After experiencing the loss of the opening game, the Pelicans finally found their game state.

Parker's gyro layup breaking through the basket was interfered by Davis and missed, and Whiteside protected the defensive rebound.

Ariza's three-pointer received was interfered by Leonard, and Gasol, who was stuck with Whiteside, accepted the rebound.

After experiencing mutual attack and defense in the opening stage, the situation on the field began to fall into a stalemate.

The Spurs are strong this season, but the Pelicans are ranked second in the West due to their own strength.

As long as they perform normally, they have the capital to play against the Spurs.

After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 23.

If the teams I played before were not enough to explain the problem, then the performance of the Pelicans in this quarter is impressive.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the main players on both sides rested off the court.

The Spurs are led by Ginobili, plus Joseph, Belinelli, Dior and Baynes.

Jokic led the Pelicans, plus Cole, Gordon, Moro and Amino.

The Spurs came up and attacked first, and Belinelli's three-pointer missed.

Jokic protects the defensive rebounds.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, Jokic assisted the free throw line and passed the ball to Gordon's layup.

"beep!"

Just then, a whistle came from the sidelines. It turned out that the Spurs called a timeout!

All the teammates on the field were stunned for a moment.

In the second quarter, it only took less than two and a half minutes to play, and the Spurs actually called a timeout?!

Tang Tian was a little confused when he sat on the sidelines, but when he turned around and saw Popovich with an unhappy look, he seemed to understand again.

This old man has done everything he killed O'Neal in the 6-second start, and he can't do anything.

Because the tactics had just been arranged during the break during the holidays, Williams just reminded the players to pay more attention to defense.

The timeout comes back, the Spurs' offense.

They suddenly stopped fighting the hammer tactics, and Joseph directly called Baines' pick-and-roll, and after being misaligned, Jokic was hit.

Jokic has been losing weight during this period and has poor control over his body. When he was chasing him, he blocked and hit Joseph.

Joseph got two free throws.

He made both free throws with interference, and the Spurs tied the score again.

Back on the defensive end, the Spurs focused on the Pelicans' off-ball cooperation, and Jokic's support failed to play, and he turned around to play Baynes.

Baines is strong in size, has a tough defense, and defends Jokic's strong attack.

The Spurs advanced to the frontcourt, and Ginobili also had the pick-and-roll, and misplaced against Jokic and continued to break through.

His snake-shaped breakthrough successfully shook Jokic away and scored at the basket.

One foul was committed and another one was shaken. It was obvious that Jokic was arranged by the Spurs.

When Jokic came to the Pelicans, Tang Tian was worried that he would be targeted due to defensive issues, so he started to lose weight early.

Now that the weight loss has not been completed, I am going to the Spurs in advance, and Popovich gave him a "rookie wall" gift.

Cole's catch and layup was disturbed by Embes, and he turned around and Dior's steps under the basket recreated a Jokic thug.

Williams called Reggie Evans up.

In this game, Jokic was targeted by the Spurs too obviously, so there shouldn't be too many opportunities.

Although Popovich played two rounds in the second quarter, he called a timeout, but when he looked back, the time to call the timeout was just right.

Jokic cannot play, and the Pelicans' substitute firepower is a bit unreachable. The Spurs have extended their lead to 8 points in a few consecutive waves of offense and defense.

Williams called for a timeout. After the timeout came back, he replaced the main players one after another.

Tang Tian made a three-pointer when he came back, but Gasol immediately responded to a big two-pointer at the free throw line.

Davis made a strong attack at the basket, and turned around and Green also made a three-pointer with Gasol hand-passed.

After a season of training last season, Green and Leonard have grown to the strength of the Spurs team 13 to 14 in history.

Add to that, Gasol, the Spurs are really strong this year.

After halftime, the Spurs led the Pelicans 53-41.

This is the most difficult halftime the Pelicans have encountered since the beginning of the season.

During the intermission, the players on both sides returned to the locker room one after another.

The atmosphere in the Pelicans' locker room is a bit dull.

They only lost one game before, but they lost the game in that game when they performed poorly in the last quarter, which is different from the situation where they were being suppressed and played.

This is the characteristic of young teams, and all emotions are written on the face.

Tang Tian was not too surprised to see his teammates' reaction.

The Pelicans just formed a team last season, and the whole team was full of energy. They didn't want to do anything and just did it. They lost and won, and they won.

That is a real newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

However, after the strength this season, everyone has expectations for the results and their inner thoughts will definitely be different.

This is a good thing, after all, it is impossible to win the championship with just a savage spirit.

But the situation in front of me is a bit depressing.

"Guys."

Tang Tian stood up at this time.

He spoke, and everyone else in the locker room looked at him.

He is now the boss of the team and the soul of the team.

"Do you know? When Coach Williams said last season that our goal was to win the championship, I supported him, but I can't imagine the scene when we won the championship, because we were really a bit far from the championship at that time.

But when he said that after the training camp this season, I already had that picture in my mind, the same picture as when I was in San Antonio, because this season, we really have that strength."

After Tang Tian finished speaking these two sentences, some of the team members nodded and some were smiling.

It was obvious that Tang Tian’s words resonated with them.

"But the road to winning the championship is always full of difficulties and ups and downs."

When he said this, he suddenly changed his mind.

"Our game against the Spurs is not just the game in front of us, or we should not focus on the outcome of the game in front of us."

He said in a stronger tone.

"If we want to win the championship, we will definitely encounter the Spurs in the playoffs, whether in the semi-finals or the finals, we will definitely meet them.

At that time, what we were going to play was a series, with 7 games.

They are the strongest team this season, and Popovich is the most experienced and capable coach.

Trust me, we will definitely experience a more difficult situation than we see.

We want to win them, one game, two games, one series, and what we have to learn is how to play this kind of game.

We must have a firm heart, a heart that is good at every detail, a heart that never gives up, and do everything perfectly so that we can defeat them.

They also refer to the Spurs, perhaps other teams that are stronger than the Spurs.
Chapter completed!