"Huh, it's too cold outside, I don't know if I need to train today. ∽↗" As soon as I got into the bus, the old fried dough stick Di Brown shouted.

Rick Pitino heard this and responded with a smile: "You can't train, don't play in the evening games." As soon as he said this, Di Brown immediately became depressed. Now Di Brown is Joni's main substitute, and he can spend about ten minutes in every game. For veterans like Di Brown, playing for ten minutes in every game and then seeing the team win is what he loves the most.

If he can't play the game, it's better to retire for Di Brown. So when Rick Pitino "threatened" him, Di Brown naturally became disgusted.

When the bus drove to the hotel, the snow was getting heavier and heavier. As expected, there was a trend of blizzards. However, the Celtic players were not so worried. They returned to the hotel, put down their luggage, and after lunch, they went to the stadium to conduct preparatory training, and then waited for the game to begin in the stadium.

The home stadium of the San Antonio Spurs is called the At&T Stadium. It is an iconic stadium that treats the visiting team very poorly. There is no hot water in the away team's locker room, and the air conditioning is sometimes effective. However, the Celtics' visiting team's locker room is not much better, so the Celtics players have long been disdainful of this, but Joni did not choose to stay in the locker room, so he chose to shoot a few three-pointers on the court.

At this time, there were not many spectators at the At&T Arena, but the audience was entering one after another. Joni didn't take these Spurs fans seriously, looking around and occasionally making three-pointers.

Soon, a tall man appeared in the stadium passage. When he saw Joni shooting in the visiting team training suit on the court, he was a little stunned. Then he pretended that he didn't see it and started practicing basketball.

And when he appeared, there were fragments of shouts on the sidelines.

"Tim, sign me!"

"Come on Tim!"

Joni also looked there, but Tim Duncan turned his head and the two looked at each other. They didn't know that they were about to become enemies of their lives.

Joni didn't know much about the dazed big man in front of him. After all, Tim Duncan was just a rookie at this time. Tim Duncan didn't know Joni very well. By the same token, Tim Duncan was just a rookie and he didn't know too much about the situation in the NBA. All he knew about Joni was: Joni was a very powerful scorer.

But Jonny didn't match him. Tim Duncan didn't know Jonny anymore.

After the two looked at each other, they did not communicate. Tim Duncan signed the fans there, and Joni was practicing. But soon several Chinese fans came to the sidelines, and Joni also started signing the fans.

Soon, the At&T stadium was filled with fans coming one after another, and other players from the two teams also came out to warm up one after another. Soon, Rick Pitino arranged the tactics of this game, and it was still a fast-fighting fast break. Faced with a team with the double tower as the core, we naturally had to stick to the fast-fighting fast break. The team's starting lineup was still the same as the usual lineup. Point guard Chang Si Billups, shooting guard Joni Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tri Cummings, and center Ben Wallace.

On the Spurs, the starting point guard is Avery Johnson, shooting guard Jaren Jackson, small forward Sean Elliott, power forward Tim Duncan, center David Robinson. Joni is not familiar with this Spurs at all. Last season, the Spurs' starting lineup was not like this, only Avery Johnson and Sean Elliott were part of the Spurs' lineup last year.

David Robinson was injured for a whole season, Tim Duncan was still in Wake Forest at that time, and Jaren Jackson played for the Wizards, who was still called Washington Bullet last season. Joni's biggest impression of the Spurs is that the Spurs were still second in the West in the 95-96 season, and in the 96-97 season, the Spurs became third from the bottom in the league, and this season, the Spurs became second in the West. The ups and downs of the results made Joni speechless.

Such a team is just very difficult to deal with. The Spurs, who played badly last season, did not have a fixed tactic, and they would lose anyway. This season is the second season coached by Spurs head coach Greg Vicky. It started almost two months ago. Vicky himself is also exploring the team's playing style, so other teams don't want to study the Spurs' tactical style.

So in this game, the Celtics did not make targeted arrangements for the Spurs. Rick Pitino just asked to play the team's own rhythm. Logically speaking, playing the team's own rhythm and using fast hits and fast breaks to deal with the Spurs, a team that relies on double towers. The idea is correct, but the Celtics still underestimated **Vic's ability to coach the team.

At the beginning of the game, the Celtics did use their fast-fighting and fast-breaking to attack the Spurs. The two towers moved slowly, and the team had to rely on these two people to guard the inside, allowing the Spurs to score consecutive goals by the Celtics, but the Celtics could not defend against the Spurs' offense. Avery Johnson's role was undoubtedly reflected at the beginning of the game. He frequently lobted the ball to the inside, allowing Tim Duncan and David Robinson to play singles, and the Spurs bit the score.

Soon, they also began to adapt to the Celtics' fast-fighting and fast-attack tactics.

"The Celtics' fast break is coming again. The Spurs are controlled by their double towers and are slow to return to defense." At the beginning, the commentator of the game still thought slowly, but after a while, he shouted in surprise: "Oh! No! Tim Duncan! His speed is very fast! He actually caught up with Chaunci Billups, a big hat chasing! Beautiful!"

The dazed Tim Duncan quickly showed his outstanding talent. During the adjustment of **Vic, Tim Duncan began to accelerate on the defensive end, and his defender-like skills began to show his strength. David Robinson was still so slow at the beginning to defend, but Tim Duncan got up quickly. One Tim Duncan was enough to stop the Celtics' fast break.

Once the Celtics' fast attack stagnates, they will naturally appear more often in positional offense, and the Celtics can only find opportunities for fast attack in defense.

The Spurs' outside group are old and have poor strength. Starting shooting guard Jaren Jackson has entered the end of his career. Facing Jonny Lee's extremely aggressive defense, Jaren Jackson seems to be very difficult. Avery Johnson passes the ball to Jaren Jackson, but then Jaren Jackson is squeezed away by Jonny, and the ball is also grabbed by Jonny.

Fast attack! Joni noticed Tim Duncan this time, and he ran to the frontcourt frantically. Tim Duncan, who had pulled to the high position to make up for defense at the beginning, quickly caught up. The two began their first matchup in their careers!

"Jonny Lee rushed into the inside, but Tim Duncan followed him tightly. Jonny made a layup and was about to cover it! No! Jonny avoided, Duncan hit the ball, Jonny scored 2+1!"
Chapter completed!