Tonight, Ginobili was like an invisible man on the offensive end in the first half of the quarter, with no shots, no assists, nothing.

The key is that Duncan only made 1 of 4 shots! He only scored 2 points and 1 assist. In addition to his two points, the only assist he sent was to help Brent Barry, who came on the bench, score two points.

7 to 5, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by two points and entered the official timeout!

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"Boss, you are so awesome. Just like you said, Duncan's shooting from the middle is terrible..."

Kwame Brown excitedly expressed his admiration for Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu felt that the brain of the number one parallel draft pick was really... quite strange, but yes, for defensive players like Kwame Brown, this kind of game might be more enjoyable for them.

Seeing the parallel import number one pick so happy, Liu Xiu, as the boss, felt a little proud, letting his teammates love the game and enjoy the game, which feels very good.

As for Duncan's shortcomings on the offensive end, it is not a secret. It has always been there, and it has always been a point that every team takes advantage of.

But! There are only a few people in the entire league who can force Duncan to go online in most one-on-one situations.

Kwame Brown was able to limit the Spurs to only 5 points in half a quarter, and Kwame Brown was indispensable!

When Maurice Cheeks made adjustments during the break, he praised Kwame Brown several times, which made Kwame Brown even more excited.

Adjustments during inter-session rests emphasize defense, defense, defense, offense, routine adjustments, and encouragement.

After the timeout was over and he was about to go on the court, Maurice Cheeks patted Liu Xiu on the shoulder and asked: "Warden, can you handle the offensive end?"

"Maybe."

"Oh! You have to give me a definite answer. This is not your style, warden."

"Yes, this is my style."

"Fake..."

Healing points, you can earn a little bit. Liu Xiu teased the coach before going on the court, earned dozens of healing points, and played with Payton, Outlaw, Raheem, and Kwame Brown.

On the other side, the Spurs sent a combination of Udrih, Ginobili, Bowen, Horry and Duncan.

If the coaching staff can't do anything, it's up to the players to find ways to solve the offensive problems on their own. This can be regarded as a clear division of labor.

In comparison, the Spurs players are more experienced in this kind of game!

After the timeout, the Spurs attacked, Udrih and Duncan broke through the pick-and-roll, Ginobili received the ball in the right corner and hit the top arc. Horry connected with the three-pointer and the Spurs took the lead 8-7.

With such a breakthrough, of course the Spurs must seize it and play even harder on the defensive end. On the offensive end, the three-core play of Udrih, Duncan, and Ginobili is not efficient, but it is effective at least.

After coming down, they played a 7-2 wave. At 10 minutes and 03 seconds, the score was 15-9. The Spurs' lead reached 6 points, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout!

The timeout was called by Liu Xiu. He returned to the bench. He took over the tactical board and asked a few teammates to write and draw. There was nothing to adjust on the defensive end and the lineup remained unchanged. The Spurs were 10-2 with 7

The points were scored by Horry. Horry made 3 of 5 shots from mid-range and long range. If he could still make the shot, Liu Xiu would admit it.

This timeout was called because the score difference reached 6 points, and it was necessary to call a timeout to adjust and interrupt the opponent. Also, the opponent's on-the-spot response on the offensive end gave him ideas.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers made no substitutions. The Spurs only replaced Bowen, Udrih, Ginobili, Horry and Duncan with Barry.

The Trail Blazers attacked. After Liu Xiu handed the ball to Rahim in the high position on the right side of the free throw line, he ran to the right baseline. Kwame Brown pulled out and cooperated with Liu Xiu in a pick-and-roll without the ball. Rahim took a step to the middle.

, a fierce thrust!

Duncan received the frame protection in the middle. Rahim just saw Duncan there and felt that the basket was covered. Fortunately, it was not him who attacked the frame. He passed it to the right side of the three-second zone. Duncan shrank in time.

Returning to the basket, the ball was blocked... "Vacoyo!"

Kwame Brown caught the ball and took off in one step. He rushed up and smashed the ball into the basket through Duncan!

This is different from what Duncan thought!

Duncan blocked Raheem's direct pass to the basket, preventing Kwame Brown from directly eating the pie. He believed that Kwame Brown's move to the mid-range of the baseline was to help Liu Xiu pick and roll, and Liu Xiu made an outside shot.

, it has nothing to do with him being a center, there is nothing he can do if he scores, there is enough confrontation, and he tries his best to interfere, but Liu Xiu cuts into the attacking frame from the bottom line, and he has enough confidence to defend it.

But I didn’t expect Kwame Brown to start sprinting from the middle distance!

This is not a difficult play, it’s just about finding out how to play like this, and it’s very restrictive. Duncan only needs to stay at the bottom line. He can still greatly interfere with opponents attacking the frame in the middle, but

It's not enough to lock the opponent's center like we did in the previous 10 minutes.

Following this breakthrough, in the next round of attack, Liu Xiu received a pass from Rahim from the wing and hit a three-pointer with a knife in hand, chasing the score to 14 to 15.

The last time the Spurs attacked, Liu Xiu's adjustment of "I admit Horry can still score" was successful. Horry made a three-pointer. This time, Ginobili came by himself and broke into the paint.

Eurostep avoided Kwame Brown's defense and hit a backhand layup.

The last move of Yaodao's European step was a jump step. Kwame Brown questioned the referee about the possibility of walking. The pace of the game was already slow enough. The referee did not want to stop the clock to watch the replay at this time, so he ignored Kwame Brown's question.

, Kwame Brown was unconvinced, complained endlessly, and finally received a technical foul.

Ginobili also scored an extra penalty, creating an unusual 2+1.

Liu Xiu guessed the reason why the referee called a technical foul. He had not seen much of the world, so he realized that there were benefits to playing hard on defense and playing at a slow pace.

It was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack, and Raheem's strong attack continued. Liu Xiu moved without the ball, pulling the Spurs' defense.

The Spurs chose to block Raheem and Liu Xiu, and Kwame Brown got another chance, catching the ball and hitting the basket.

In the last attack of the first quarter, a Spurs player, Udrih quickly advanced to the frontcourt in 7 seconds, and after taking advantage of the pick-and-roll, he missed Kwame Brown's three-point shot.

After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers trailed the Spurs by 2 points, 16-18, entering the inter-quarter break!

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Chapter completed!