On June 4, 2014, the finals Game2 continued to be held at the Wells Fargo Center Bank Arena in Philadelphia.

With Game1's fight, the Spurs have a preliminary understanding of the opponents they face.

They will not bend forward and backward, and honestly go back and forth with the 76ers. It can be foreseen that their coaching staff will definitely arrange different personnel to deal with Wei Xia and Cousins, and will constantly switch between "suppressing Wei Xia" and "release Wei Xia to suppress others", and will release some new pick-and-roll methods, and will try to use Green and Leonard to alternately defend Wei Xia and Cousins ​​to destroy the 76ers' offensive rhythm.

They know how they lost the first game.

The fact that Wei Xia scored 40 after six years of his debut in the finals shows that Leonard could not limit Wei Xia alone.

However, if you do not grasp the measurement properly, it is easy to cause accidents.

The Spurs fully realized how ugly they lost in the last game.

The silence of the outside shooter is the key to the situation getting out of control.

They were forced to play a one-on-one fight with the 76ers.

But it's more than a one-on-one fight, that's the knowledge that even the Heat dares not greet the 76ers. Wei Xia has been the strongest offensive player in the league since 2012.

Playing a one-on-one fight with 76ers is the way to die.

At the same time, the 76ers' forward line surprised the Spurs. Their restrictions on the outside transmission made it difficult for the Spurs to find opportunities in the first game.

So in the second game, before the Spurs pass today, several dribbling players traveled one or two steps horizontally or passed, pulling the neutral gear and then plugging the neutral gear.

It can be seen that Tim Duncan is responsible for opening up the situation for the Spurs.

The Spurs knew that when Duncan was full of energy, they could still beat any inside player in the league.

This is such a nonsense era. The 38-year-old Duncan played a destructive power in the penalty area that he could not even be able to do at the age of 28. Ten years ago, there were countless middle-aged and seniors in the league, and the Sharks could still show their power. Duncan strongly had a full-scale influence on the Spurs system. Today, 10 years later, the rules are like shackles that limit the performance of seniors, so these old and capable players began to show a trend of reverse growth.

Duncan faced Cousins, hit 100% in a single quarter, scored all free throws, and scored 8 points alone.

What's different today and the day before yesterday is that Cousins ​​did not get killed.

He gave a full response to Duncan's attack.

Duncan scored 8 points in a single quarter, Cousins ​​made 4 of 5 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointer, scoring 9 points alone, and 1 point more than Duncan.

What made the 76ers feel tricky was Ginobili who came out of the bench.

Originally, the 76ers rely on Wei Xia and Cousins' joint efforts to score 20 points to establish their advantage in the first quarter.

In the connection period, Wei Xia and Cousins ​​left the court for a break, but Ginobili broke out from the field. He played for 5 minutes in the first quarter, but scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. This comprehensive data reflects a fact that every second he plays is valuable.

The Spurs thus reversed the situation of being dominated by the 76ers inside and outside the nucleus.

32 to 26

They entered the second quarter with a 6-point lead.

"I think the Spurs game should be made into an NBA promotional video, which is much more useful than a powerful dunk."

"Even people without talent can understand the beauty of basketball from their games."

Wright calmly gave Weisha and Cousins ​​a rest.

If it were other head coaches, if the Spurs had a substitute, they would definitely send one of the core players to the field to consolidate the situation. But he chose to believe in this team that created 71 wins.

Judging from the final result, Wright was overconfident.

But he can't blame him. This is how the 76ers came from the beginning of the season.

Jay Wright wants to build a system to get rid of the absolute dependence of the 76ers on Wei Xia. With Wei Xia deliberately delegating power, Cousins ​​grew into a center, Hayward was selected as an All-Star for the first time, the 76ers scored 71 wins, and they have won all the playoffs so far. These results make Wright believe that even if Wei Xia and Cousins ​​are temporarily missing, the 76ers are still a team that can compete with the Spurs.

The cunning Popovich saw this.

One of the biggest problems during Wright's rotation was that he liked to let Wei Xia and Cousins ​​go off the court together.

Because the 76ers also have the third core Hayward.

But before Hayward was alone, he could not suddenly take on the burden of pulling seedlings and promoting growth in the finals.

The defending champion Heat, who was sent out of the playoffs by the 76ers, will never let James and Wade take a break together.

They always let James or Wade partner Bosh lead the second team.

Popovich saw this clearly, so the Spurs in the second quarter put up such a lineup: Parker, Leonard, Ginobili, Split, and Dior.

If Split is replaced by Duncan, this lineup is the ace lineup where the Spurs will fight their opponents to life and death.

Moreover, their approach to letting Leonard defend Hayward alone is a wonderful move.

Although Leonard was beaten to death by Wei Xia, he came to defend Hayward and every point was correctly covered.

At the same time, Nash continued to fight, and Holiday's breakthrough route was guessed.

The incredible Ginobili continued to tease Holiday, who could not control his desire with a coquettish little rhythm. Several real and fake passes, and even swung the young man with fake moves, and actually rushed in and dunked a basket.

He is 37 years old!

When the second team was beaten by the Spurs and the score difference widened to 14 points, Wright couldn't sit still.

He called out Rondo, Weisha and Farid, and asked Cousins ​​to continue to rest, using small lineups and speed to defeat the Spurs.

Wright, who had always acted like a super famous coach who had debuted at the peak, showed his timidity in front of Popovich.

Yes, his plan was guessed.

The Spurs' most targeted arrangement tonight is to use the small lineup to defeat themselves with running and bombardment when they knew that the 76ers were behind double digits, so they decisively gave up the strategy of "I don't want the frontcourt rebounds anymore, and it's the most important thing to defend the base camp" in the first game.

Is this strategy wrong? That's right. The Celtics liked to do this.

However, the Spurs quickly recognized the facts.

No matter how hard they tried to retreat, the 76ers were faster than them.

So, Popovich changed his strategy and allowed the team to adopt an aggressive rebounding strategy.

The most feared thing for a small lineup is to lose rebounds. Only by grabbing the rebound can you ensure the counterattack. The Spurs have an absolute height advantage. Suddenly, they do not retreat and compete with you for rebounds. Such a radical routine has allowed the Spurs to catch 19 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game, and even Green got 4.

When you lose 19 offensive rebounds in a game, how many counterattacks can you play?

Fortunately, Wei Xia took over the game in time, scoring 12 consecutive points to catch the gap to 9 points, and the 76ers did not let the Spurs kill him in one wave.

The first half of the game came to an end.

The 76ers were 9 points behind the Spurs, allowing the opponent to take the lead in their home court.

Jay Wright was a little anxious. The midfielder's interview with reporters actually said: "We will have a whirlwind in the second half!"

This means that you need to continue to push the rhythm.

The 76ers who were obsessed with running to death at the Spurs at speed fell into the opponent's trap.

The more you pay attention to speed, the more likely you lose the strength of the defensive end, because everyone wants to finish the defense quickly and then get off quickly.

Wright's starting lineup will be in the second half of the standard 41 lineup: Rondo, Holiday, Weisha, Hayward and Cousins.

Since the 76ers launched the 41 system, this lineup has been in good shape.

But today, they were blown up by the Spurs' transfer ball and tsunami-like three-pointer rain that was fluent in words.

In the second half, the Spurs had four key figures, Leonard, Ginobili, Green and Dior.

The Spurs' coaching staff asked Ginobili and Parker to connect, but the result was that the two of them made a total of 12 shots and 14 assists in halftime, while Leonard made 17 shots.

The Spurs' transfer ball today is very enchanting, and the main reason is the large number of cross-transfers mentioned earlier.

The 76ers' defense was on the side, and Wei Xia wandered a lot, giving Leonard many opportunities. This expressionless face paralyzed man scored several three-pointers, and he received the ball and started the shot. The 76ers' assisted defense didn't even have time to raise the center of gravity.

There were also several crosses from Parker and Ginobili at the bottom line, breaking through the weak side and then falling. The risks are high, but the returns are high: the Spurs make three-pointers from outside and rebound from inside, which is a great pleasure.

Dior's unparalleled ball dealer makes the Spurs' offense smooth and gorgeous like a beautiful music.

They once led the 76ers by 19 points.

In the fourth quarter, Wei Xia and Cousins ​​fought back together.

Their crazy counterattack made the game not enter garbage time, but they were too far behind, and the Spurs' outside line was already an uncontrollable explosion.

The 76 people who were chasing with all their might did not give up until the last moment.

And the result may have been destined.

113 to 102

With an 11-point gap, the Spurs stole the home advantage from the 76ers and interrupted the opponent's playoff winning streak.

At this point, the finals tied 1-1.

The 76ers' unbeaten golden body has been broken by the Spurs this season.

Wei Xia scored 38 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, while Cousins' 32 points, 9 rebounds were useless.

Both of the 76ers' core players have performed well enough.

The winning side did not get carried away.
Chapter completed!