June 2.

The NBA Finals in the 11-12 season are officially here.

The two teams entering the finals this year are the Spurs and the Wizards, among which the Spurs have achieved the first record in the league in the regular season.

As the biggest dark horse this season, the Wizards should not be underestimated. The most important thing is that Wizards head coach Yang Fan’s coaching journey is very brilliant.

There is a saying that has been circulating among the fans, that is, there is no trouble, offending Yang Fan, you will basically finish the game!!

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why the Wizards were unanimously favored by the outside media in the playoffs was not because of Aldridge, the new MVP, but the main reason was Yang Fan.

Although Yang Fan only had three short years in the NBA, Yang Fan personally rewritten the entire NBA landscape in these three years.

Yang Fan's strength no longer needs to be proved. Whether it is two championships in three years, two consecutive COYs, or bringing out three MVPs in four years, these are indisputable facts.

Since the Spurs achieved the first record in the league in the regular season, both sides started the game at the San Antonio AT Center Arena.

Before the game started, Popovich kept explaining to the players with a tactical board, while Yang Fan instead gave more guidance.

Although the Wizards are not superior in this round of the series, if we only talk about strength, the Wizards are not at all inferior.

What Yang Fan is most worried about is mentality. As a team that has been in the playoffs for many years, the entire team has undoubtedly reached its peak in playoff experience.

On the other hand, except for Yao Ming and Lewis on the bench who reached the finals, there are only Aldridge and Crawford who are barely fine.

Although Grant Hill has rich playoff experience, his playing time in the playoffs is not very high.

Overall, the main players on the Wizards are all new players, especially the backcourt combination, Wall, Thompson, Paul George, these three are new players who have just entered the league.

So on a highly anticipated stage like the finals, no one knows whether young players can withstand the pressure and continue to perform efficiently.

After the game started, the ball was first obtained by the Wizards. The Wizards' starting lineup in this game were: Wall, Thompson, Paul George, Aldridge, and Yao Ming.

The Spurs are: Parker, Neal, Jefferson, Blair, and Duncan.

It is really helpless to be pushed to the starting center position, because the center team lacks the most at present.

Apart from Duncan, there is only Split who can contribute 9 points and 5 rebounds per game in the regular season, which can barely be used.

But Split is a rotation player and has extremely poor frame protection ability.

As a center forward who is two meters tall, Split once scored 0.1 blocks per game in a single season, which is quite outrageous.

For Split, he is probably his most brilliant goal is that he once blocked LeBron James' dunk in the finals.

In addition, Split has no highlights, and has even played in the NBA for only 6 seasons, so Duncan is basically playing in the center position in the Spurs.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the Spurs' starting lineup looks uneven, they are still playing one of the "three troikas" on the bench, Ginobili, Leonard, Mills, and "Red Mamba" Bonner.

Even if Leonard is still just a substitute now, his personal strength is far from being comparable to that of the peak season.

But at this time, Leonard's defensive ability was already excellent enough. If it was just used as a rotation player, it could only be said to be very affordable and cheap.

It is not difficult to see from this that the Spurs have a strong lineup this season. I am afraid that the two teams with the strongest depth in the entire league must be the Spurs and the Wizards.

The two balls in the whole first quarter were relatively dull. In terms of playing style, the Spurs and Wizards mainly focus on cutting and cutting tactics, focusing on team attacks.

The stars will only be allowed to play singles if they have no choice.

However, since the gap between the Wizards and the Spurs is relatively small, and the finals have just started, both sides are not very efficient on the offensive end.

In addition, the Spurs also defended the regional joint defense on the defensive end. At first glance, it seemed to want to deal with the Wizards' offensive cut, but in fact, the Spurs mainly wanted to limit Aldridge's performance on the offensive end through regional joint defense.

Simply put, the joint defense may allow the Wizards to get more and easier to get out of the three-point line, but the offenses of Aldridge and Yao Ming are absolutely limiting.

As we all know, Popovich is one of the coaches who hates the most three-point shooting among all the coaches in the league.

Although the Spurs also have projection tactics specially formulated for "Red Mamba" Bonner outside the three-point line, most of the offensive shots of the entire Spurs still come from within the three-point line.

This season, the Spurs averaged only 11.6 three-point shots per game, which is a very big gap from the Wizards' average 37 times.

So compared to the Wizards' bombardment outside the three-point line, what Popovich wants to limit most is the performance of Aldridge and Yao Ming.

Or maybe Popovich is betting that the Wizards cannot really kill the game through three-pointers.

After all, the coaching philosophy of people like Popovich has been established, and in his subjective consciousness, the distance is far more threatening than the three-pointer.

With the crazy blacksmith between the Spurs and Wizards, the score on the field has been very anxious, and no one can determine the lead.

Until the end of the first quarter, the Spurs only led the Wizards by one point, ending the first quarter between the two sides.

The Spurs and Wizards did not open on the offensive end in the entire first quarter, and the two teams combined only scored 36 points.

You know, this season, the Wizards can average 112.3 points per game, ranking second in the league, so the score is currently being pushed very low.

"Jamar, there are no defenders on the bench with excellent defense, so you can let go of the second quarter."

"A team like the Spurs emphasizes discipline very much, so I hope you can catch it off guard."

"Don't worry, I have always trusted you." During the rest period, Yang Fan patted Crawford's shoulder and said.

In this round of the series, Yang Fan does not intend to use Thomas Jr. because his height of 1.75 meters is easily targeted by the Spurs.

The Spurs are a team that emphasizes discipline very much, so players like Crawford, JR Smith will play a role.

Even when they feel hot, they can become the X factor that affects the trend of the entire series.

When the second quarter came back, the two sides changed into rotational lineups to compete.

The Spurs and Wizards are both teams with a strong team, and during the rotation stage, there are stars leading the team.

Even the offense and defense are balanced at both ends, and even if there are some small flaws, there are no too many loopholes.

This also led to the Spurs and the Wizards still having a very anxious game in the second quarter, and the score difference has been hovering around 5 points.

In the second quarter, Crawford completely took over the offensive banner of the Wizards, and made a splash from inside and outside to help the Wizards complete the reversal. Although he has not been able to establish a leading advantage, at least the Wizards have gained a little advantage.

With Crawford scoring 12 points in the second quarter, at the end of the half, the Wizards overtook the Spurs by 4 points, ending the first half of the match between the two sides.

After returning from the second half, the advantages of the Wizards and the Spurs were exposed. The Wizards' advantage is that they are younger and must be much stronger than the Spurs in terms of physical strength.

The Spurs' advantage is their rich experience, and the cooperation between the teams also seems to be more tacit.

Once the game falls into a state of anxiety, as the time on the field decreases, the Spurs' advantage will become greater and greater.

After all, young people are definitely not as experienced in handling balls at critical moments.

This is also the most worrying issue for Yang Fan, especially when Aldridge and Yao Ming are being taken seriously by the Spurs.

Although the Spurs failed to take away the game in one wave in the entire second half, the Big Three helped the Spurs establish a leading advantage with their better tactical skills.

Even though Yang Fan kept rotating off the court and constantly changed his playing style during the timeout, the Spurs still took the word "stable" to the extreme.

With more than three minutes left before the end of the game, the Wizards not only fell behind the Spurs by 7 points, but even worse, George and Thompson also missed shots one after another, allowing the Spurs to successfully pass the game at home.

In the end, he won the game with an advantage of 8 points and won the best start in the finals.

The Spurs performed very stably throughout the game, especially Tony Parker, who taught Wall a good lesson, using a 27-point, 3 rebounds and 8 assists to beat Wall.

As for Ginobili and Duncan, they also contributed 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, as well as 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks.

For the Wizards, Aldridge will definitely bear the main responsibility when the Wizards lose in this game.

As the leading star of the Wizards and as the MVP of this season, Aldridge only handed in a 14-point and 8 rebounds in the first game of the finals.

Although this data is not very bad, it will definitely not be qualified in such a strong dialogue game in the finals. After all, Aldridge is the core of this Wizards, and his performance can completely affect the upper limit of the entire team.

In addition, Yao Ming performed well in the game. Yao Ming played for a total of 27 minutes in the whole game, making 8 of 13 shots, including 1 of 3 from outside the three-point line and 5 of 5 free throw lines. He contributed a comprehensive data of 22 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the face of Duncan's very tough team.

It can be said that in this round of head-on confrontation with Duncan, Yao Ming not only did not lose the least, but even vaguely gained the upper hand.

It's just a pity that the outside shooter's touch is cold. When Paul George and Thompson jointly missed 12 three-pointers, the Wizards had no choice but to lose.

For others, Crawford, who came on as a substitute, also performed amazingly. With Yang Fan giving him unlimited shooting rights, Crawford scored 24 points and 3 assists in the game, which was considered to be a suppression of the Spurs' bench performance by his own strength.

However, basketball is not a one-person sport, especially on the finals stage. When teammates perform generally sluggishly, losing has become an inevitable result.

It is worth mentioning that Wall only handed in the game with 8 points and 7 assists, and Tony Parker, who was matched, was completely out of the blue and paid a tuition fee.

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"Yes, we lost the first game after the Finals started, but we didn't seem frustrated because the series is far from over."

"The team didn't play very well in this game. The team felt a little cold on the offensive end. We missed a lot of shots that should have hit."

"But the complaints after losing are completely meaningless. I express my pleasure in accepting this loss."

"Because the team did not gain nothing in the game, I realized the shortcomings through this game, which also facilitated me to make adjustments to the next level, thereby avoiding some mistakes that should not have happened."

"What I want to say in the end is that the series is far from over, and the winning or losing of a game does not represent anything."

"It is not a happy thing for the team to lose, but it is also not a frustrating thing." At the post-match press conference, head coach Yang Fan said with a smile.

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As the Spurs took the lead in winning the first game of the finals, the media began to report as if they were changing their minds. The news reported basically revolved around the Spurs, and the Spurs had even defined them as the team that was about to win the championship.

After all, before the finals started, the media believed that the Spurs' chances of winning the championship were far greater than those of the Wizards.

Because the Wizards' rise is too sudden, it gives people the feeling that the foundation is unstable, while the Spurs are in contrast.

As a team that has made it to the playoffs for many years and won the championship, this team seems to have many possibilities.

So after the Spurs won the first game of the finals, the possibility that the Wizards could win the championship began to fall in a straight line.

Even in the latest trading sessions issued by the bookmaker, the Wizards' odds have become higher and higher, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than before the first game started.

All of this seems to confirm that the Spurs are about to win the championship. Even if Washington fans are very dissatisfied with this, the counterattack on the Internet seems too pale.

However, while the outside media reported the first game of the finals, Yang Fan, as the person involved, was not affected at all.

No matter how many people outside question or how many people are waiting to gloat, in Yang Fan's eyes, the finals have just begun.

As for the outside world's doubts and sarcasm, Yang Fan was even more unmoved.

After all, Yang Fan still understands the principle that big trees attract wind.
Chapter completed!