RNP Chapter 149
Chapter 149
The three of them discussed for a while about "Giannis might go to the Golden State", and then Popovich left Wembanyama's villa with Chang Tiancheng.
Sending Chang Tiancheng to the door of his apartment, Popovich was about to leave in the car, but he poked his head out of the car window: "Chang, in fact, I think you are more mature than Victor, so you have to help him grow quickly on the court." "
I would be the coach. Chang Tiancheng gave Popovich a "reassuring" gesture, and Popovich left in a car.
The next day, the Spurs host the Sacramento Kings.
As a Western Conference team that returned to the playoffs after many years last season, the Kings have shown strength in the playoffs to dazzle everyone, and they can even cause a lot of problems for the defending champion Warriors, so it can be said that their strength has grown enough to be expected.
Their starting guard Daron Fox's biggest selling point is his extraordinary speed and the fact that he has a big heart as the team's big man. Among the players who scored more than 20 points in the fourth quarter last season, Fox tied for second with Damian Lillard, the famous big heart of the Trail Blazers, and Kyrie Irving, a player who can directly tear apart the opponent's defense on the offensive end, speaks volumes about Fox's ability.
At the same time, the Kings also have an excellent group of shooters, whether it is Monk on the bench or Keegan Murray in the starting lineup, players such as Keegan Murray can provide the team with a consistent three-point shot.
And on the inside, they also have an excellent All-Star-caliber forward: Sabonis Jr. The player had just played a friendly with Chang Tien Seng and Wembanyama the other day. Both of them also know something about his strength.
The game started quickly, and Wembanyama helped the Spurs get the ball as always.
Chang Tiancheng came to the King's half with the ball, and to his surprise, the opponent's Fox was very motivated today, and this was the first round, and Fox began to try to steal the ball in his hand. Chang Tiancheng naturally wouldn't let the ball be snatched away so easily, and a dexterous back luck resolved the crisis. And Fox also lost his defensive position because of this gambling steal, which gave Chang Tiancheng an opportunity to easily break into the opponent's interior.
Seeing this, Kevin Huerter, the big forward of the Kings, could only put Wembanyama on his own defense and go to Chang Tiancheng, who came to the front.
Of course, Chang Tiancheng would not let go of this opportunity, and directly made a pass to the ground, passing the ball under Huerter's crotch and giving it to Wembanyama behind him.
Wembanyama received the ball and turned to the basket, but found that the opponent's Sabonis Jr. had excellent defensive awareness and had already stood under the basket in advance, so that he could no longer continue to break through.
Just when Wembanyama was about to shoot directly on the spot, Chang Tiancheng shouted outside the three-point line: "Victor, don't rush, play slowly."
After hearing Chang Tiancheng's prompt, Wembanyama gave up the idea of mid-range shooting, he raised the ball high with both hands, observed the opponent's interior defense, and then dropped the ball and began to play the opponent's Sabonis with his back to the opponent.
And Huerter no longer cared about Chang Tiancheng at this time, but directly turned around and began to wrap Wembanyama with Sabonis Jr.
Wembanyama saw that the opponent's Huerter was already about to come over to cover him, so he decisively opened his left hand and made a left-handed hook shot before Huerter's hand stretched out.
However, the angle of the ball was still a little off, and it was not able to score, but it grazed out of the other side of the basket.
Seeing this, Collins immediately picked up the frontcourt rebound, but Sabonis Jr.'s defense also followed quickly, which made Collins grab the offensive rebound, but it was difficult to directly launch a second attack on the inside, and in desperation, he had to pass the ball back to Chang Tiancheng on the outside again.
Chang Tiancheng made a calm gesture, signaling everyone not to rush to attack, and then watched Sohan come from the bottom corner and passed the ball over.
After receiving the ball, Sochan faced Barnes, who was the same size as him, first strode the ball inside, and then took a blow on the spot, shaking Barnes a little distance away from him, and then made a decisive shot.
However, Sochan's ball-holding shooting was not very good, and this time he lacked the bonus of Chang Tiancheng's point guard god skills, which also made this shot even more unspectacular.
Sure enough, the arc of the basketball was a little crooked, and it smashed directly on the rebound on the left side of the basket.
Sabonis Jr. laughed at the rebound and then gave the ball to Fox with one hand.
This situation is one of Fox's favorites, seeing him quickly start counterattacking with the ball, and his natural speed advantage made him unbeatable, and none of the other Spurs players could keep up with his speed, and he easily scored a fast-break one-handed dunk.
2:0, as soon as the Kings came up, they gave full play to their team's style, which can be regarded as giving the Spurs a disadvantage.
Chang Tiancheng carried the ball unhurriedly, and after arriving in the front court, he still waited for Wembanyama to settle down, and then passed the ball to him.
This time, Wembanyama knew that as long as he exposed the idea of playing alone on the inside, the opponent would choose to trap him as much as possible, which also made him enjoy his team's approach to Giannis in the last game.
Wembanyama dribbled the ball, and sure enough, he found that Sabonis Jr. had turned around and looked in his direction, so he stood inside and gave the ball to Keldon in the bottom corner.
Keldon received the ball and dummered a shot, but was not able to pick up Keegan Murray, who was defending him, so he only symbolically broke through two steps to the inside, and then gave the ball to Chang Tiancheng at the top of the arc.
Chang Tiancheng understood that it was not a reasonable choice to let his own players rely on their personal ability to score an attack first, so he quickly called Wembanyama to block and dismantle for himself while there was still half of the offensive time.
And this is the area that the Spurs are familiar with, after bypassing Wembanyama's cover, the opposing Huerter and Fox are a little dazed, and their brains are down at the same time, as if they don't know how to defend at all.
And Chang Tiancheng took advantage of this momentary defensive void and stuffed the ball between the two to Wembanyama.
After Wembanyama received the ball, he jumped directly and completed a crisp two-handed split, which was so fast that Sabonis Jr. had no time to react.