Chapter 1220 Tang·Lianying·Tian

The on-site photographer also reacted quickly and found Duncan among the crowd in the stands.

This guy is grinning from ear to ear right now!

He should laugh.

Davis is his direct disciple and is now performing well on the court. He is happy from the bottom of his heart.

It was Ginobili who reacted quickly. When he saw two people appearing on the LED screen, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to look up.

Only then did Duncan stop smiling.

I'm happy for Davis, but they are now at the Spurs' home court, and he is now a Spurs star.

As if he saw Crawford, he quickly stopped smiling and his expression suddenly became serious.

This scene made Ginobili laugh.

He and Duncan have been together for so many years, how come he didn't realize that this guy is also a drama star!

The game continued on the court. George missed a three-pointer from the outside and Davis protected the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans advanced to the frontcourt and Davis continued to play in the low post.

This time the Spurs shrank, but Davis reacted quickly and immediately passed the ball to Harrell under the basket.

After Harrell caught the ball, he took a step and used his strength to violently abuse the frame with both hands!

There was an uproar.

Davis not only showed off his personal offense, but also revitalized the Pelicans!

He really wore Pippen tonight!

Popovich reached out and called a timeout.

Tang Tian was originally restricted, but Gasol was injured again. This was a great opportunity for the Spurs to open up the score and win the game.

But he didn't expect Davis to suddenly come out and completely disrupt his plan.

After the timeout, the Spurs made substitution adjustments, and Forbes came on to replace Baynes.

Popovich switched back to their regular lineup.

The Pelicans had no substitutions, but before going on the court, Stevens saw the Spurs' adjustments and turned around to call Siakam up.

With one senior and four juniors facing off against one senior and four juniors, Stevens saw that Davis had an advantage against Aldridge, so he took advantage of this.

The reaction speed is also really fast.

After the timeout, the Spurs attacked first. Leonard's off-ball movement, using Aldridge's pick-and-roll, received a pass from White and cut for a layup and scored two points.

Switching back to the regular lineup, the Spurs feel significantly better on the offensive end.

16 to 21, the Spurs also narrowed the point difference to 5 points again.

"Defense! defense!"

At this time, the fans at the scene also shouted in unison to cheer for the home team, led by the host.

Tang Tian was still double-teamed by two people when receiving the ball in the frontcourt, but he was replaced by Forbes George from George Leonard.

This is a very subtle adjustment, and it is also Popovich's tactical strategy, using people in the second and third positions to mark Tang Tian.

After seeing this, Tang Tian directly chose to break through from the right.

After a series of butterfly steps, George followed, but Forbes was thrown away.

Tang Tian squeezed past George and made a shot to the basket, which also caused a defensive foul by Aldridge.

Facts have proved that Tang Tian is not afraid of double-teaming at all, but his efficiency is relatively low when being double-teamed by two top wings in George Leonard.

Tang Tianjia made a steady hit from free throws, helping the Pelicans open the point difference to 8 points.

Aldridge cooperated with Leonard in the frontcourt in a pick-and-roll, and after splitting, he returned the pass and scored from the mid-range.

The offense of the Spurs' lineup is really strong, which is one of the important reasons why they were able to win 70 games and break the regular season record in team history.

Looking back, the Spurs changed their defense again, and George and Leonard were marking Tang Tian again.

But Tang Tian was just a coach on the field, and he directly stretched out his hand to make tactical gestures.

Davis and Siakam had an off-ball pick-and-roll under the basket. Brogdon's lob was timely. After Davis received the ball, the person guarding him was Forbes.

The Spurs have a lineup with one player and four players. George and Leonard, as the third and fourth positions, are guarding Tang Tian. No matter how fast they rotate, there will definitely be mismatches under the basket.

Siakam stuck Aldridge, and Davis must be facing the defender.

Davis caught the ball and ran directly over Forbes, scoring the ball easily.

The Spurs' frontcourt attack failed, and the Pelicans turned around and used the same tactics.

Under Popovich's shout from the sidelines, the Spurs did not change this time, but asked Leonard to move in as much as possible.

But the rotation speed couldn't keep up. Davis took a step after catching the ball and dunked directly with both hands to score.

28 to 18, the Pelicans opened the point difference to double digits!

Popovich rubbed his forehead with his hand, turned around and called Cunningham up.

Cunningham came on to replace Forbes.

Leonard's post-up shot in the frontcourt squeezed past Green, but his turnaround layup was almost blocked by Davis' defensive interference.

After Davis successfully defended, he jumped up and grabbed defensive rebounds.

He was on fire tonight.

Looking back, Davis caught the ball in the low post and hit Cunningham with his back.

Cunningham's defense is very tough, and Popovich sent him up to restrict Davis.

However, after continuous physical confrontation, Davis turned around and scored again with a small hook shot.

There was an uproar on the sidelines.

Davis has scored 14 points in this quarter alone!

Aldridge, Forbes, Cunningham... no one on the Spurs can guard him!

The scene gave Popovich a shot on the sidelines.

The old man put his hands on his hips and looked at the field motionless, with a dull expression.

The Spurs were passive defensively tonight.

It's not that Popovich's tactics are bad or that the Spurs have problems with execution, but Davis is in great shape tonight!

Originally, based on the Spurs' experience against the Pelicans in the regular season, as long as Tang Tian was restricted, the Pelicans' offense could be defended.

Davis can score, but his scoring alone cannot keep up with the Spurs' team scoring.

But Davis was in really good shape tonight, making every shot after the start, and more importantly, revitalizing the entire Pelicans' offense.

Popovich has made all the adjustments he can, but there's still nothing he can do.

And it's impossible for him to use double teams to defend Davis, because the Pelicans still have Tang Tian!

In fact, not to mention double-teaming, he just asked Leonard to guard Davis on the previous ball, and Tang Tian used 2+1 to tell him that wouldn't work!

As a result, the Spurs were unable to solve their defensive problems all night.

The score difference is also widened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After halftime, the Pelicans already led the Spurs by 15 points, 55-40!

Davis scored 28 points in half alone! More than the average score on the entire team!

Although Davis' touch dropped in the second half, the Pelicans played steadily and maintained their lead until the end.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Spurs 106-93 on the road and won their first victory in the Western Conference semifinals!

Davis made 18 of 28 shots and scored a game-high 45 points, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals, playing the most glorious game of his career!

As for Tang Tian, ​​he only took 15 shots in the game, hit 7 goals, and scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Compared to his season statistics and performance, he completely lost tonight.