PNB Chapter 192: Crash and Slam, the "Stone Buddha" is Shattered?!
Chapter 192: Crash and Slam, the "Stone Buddha" is Shattered?!
"Snapped!"
Duncan's talent is so great that Su Hao has to take him seriously.
That.
Take a serious jump.
Su Hao easily lobbed the basketball over Duncan's head, giving the Clippers their first possession of the game.
Curry pushes forward.
He positioned himself at the top of the key, trying to find Su Hao, but he was surrounded by Duncan and McDyess, who could also play both power forward and center positions.
Peak period.
He was one of the "Big Four" power forwards, surpassing Garnett and Rasheed Wallace, with a vertical leap of over 100 centimeters and a wingspan of 229 centimeters.
His talent is off the charts.
But he was even more low-key than Duncan.
Now, plagued by injuries, he is gradually declining in performance.
On the defensive end, he can still contribute. Tonight, he is the second line of defense that wears down Su Hao, and now he is working alongside Duncan.
They put Su Hao under intense pressure from the very beginning of the match.
Curry had no chance to pass the ball, so he lobbed it to David Lee under the basket on the other side. If no one was guarding him, he could have attacked the rim directly.
Duncan stuck to him.
"boom!"
David Lee attempted to push past Duncan and attack the basket during a lateral movement.
But... Duncan's muscles, which didn't look very strong, were incredibly powerful, and David Lee couldn't push him at all.
Three major horizontal steps were initiated.
David Lee made a side hook shot, and Duncan leaped up to block it, his amazing long arms causing considerable disruption to David Lee's game.
"Bang!"
David Lee's hook shot went wide, and quite lopsidedly.
It's not that his skills are lacking, but rather... "The Stone Buddha" Duncan's defense in the paint is truly fierce.
Excellent defense.
When Duncan secures rebounds, his presence in the paint makes Spurs players and fans feel completely at ease.
Switch to offense.
Parker pushes the ball over, uses a screen to drive to the right wing, draws the defense, and passes to Ginobili on the right high post.
The opportunity is good.
Ginobili sprinted further to draw fouls.
He continued to attack the basket and passed to Richard Jefferson in the right corner, where the opportunity was fully presented, and the latter raised his hand and made a three-pointer.
"Shh!"
Hollow hit.
Their passing and movement are fluid and seamless, and each player has the ability to finish, making it difficult for the opponent to find the ball or figure out who will finish.
This is the strength of team basketball.
That's what makes the Spurs so great.
Clippers 0:3 Spurs.
In the first two offensive possessions, the Spurs appeared to have more control of the game.
Transition of possession.
Curry pushed the ball over again, and Su Hao was still surrounded by two people, but he didn't intend to sit idly by. He came up and set an off-ball screen for Gordon.
Then provide Curry with a massive, mountain-like shield.
"Wang Defa?!"
Parker bumped into Su Hao while moving sideways, and after taking two steps, he still couldn't get around Su Hao. In surprise, he couldn't help but swear.
Curry drove to the top of the right arc.
An opportunity?
No.
The Spurs have a strong and aggressive defense.
Ginobili's help defense was timely, following up to guard Curry, while Richard Jefferson also switched to guard the running Gordon.
no chance.
None of the Clippers players had a good chance.
How to break?
Curry's eyes narrowed. Since there weren't any good opportunities, he decided to forcefully pass the ball to "The Hulk" Su Hao and let him make a strong save.
A high pass to Su Hao on the left high post.
On the perimeter, Su Hao has always been able to receive the ball relatively comfortably. Without a mid-range shot, he would be unable to receive the ball on the perimeter.
Then the opponent can't play either.
"Snapped!"
He took the ball and faced Duncan, glanced at the basket, assessed the distance, and observed the positions of his teammates and opponents.
Turn sideways and pass the ball.
"boom!"
He lowered his shoulder to give Duncan a chance to contest.
It looks like the intensity of the confrontation that David Lee gave Duncan is much lower, but... the strength is more than one level higher.
"Kick!"
Just one collision.
Even a player as strong as "The Stone Buddha" Duncan had to retire.
"This power?!"
Duncan was shocked.
He had known for a long time that Su Hao was very powerful, and he did not underestimate him at all.
Even so, only after truly confronting him can one truly feel Su Hao's formidable power, which is like that of the "Hulk".
"320 kg bench press, that's really impressive."
Despite his outwardly somewhat dazed appearance, Duncan was inwardly turbulent, his expression hardening slightly before he lunged forward once more.
"boom!"
Su Hao countered again, moving laterally, just like David Lee had broken through, only in a different direction.
Three major horizontal steps.
Su Hao, positioned in the center of the basket, raised the basketball high, flicked his wrist, and hooked the ball out.
Duncan followed up, maintaining his position and making a full-fledged block, jumping with even more seriousness than when he blocked David Lee earlier.
but.
"Shh!"
Su Hao's "Skyhook" still hit its mark.
no way.
Su Hao's hook is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's "skyhook," and besides... his hook shot from 243 centimeters long is effective even without double-teaming.
One-on-one is really impossible to defend against.
Can I get in?
It had nothing to do with defense; it was all based on Su Hao's personal touch.
With defense reminiscent of Duncan, David Lee was nearly blocked, but Su Hao was able to ignore the defense and accurately hit a stylish hook shot.
The gap is obvious.
Transition of possession.
Duncan was in the low post on the left, facing off against Su Hao. As the "best power forward in the league," Duncan had to respond at least slightly.
"Bang bang bang!"
He tried to forcefully break through Su Hao's defenses several times, but it was like hitting a mountain; he couldn't get through at all.
This was also within Duncan's expectations. The confrontation was also a way to find the rhythm. Knowing that he couldn't break through, he gave it another chance to test the strength of the force.
Duncan suddenly spun upwards, throwing Su Hao to his side.
Raise your hand to hook it.
Su Hao chased after him.
Duncan's eyes narrowed, waiting for Su Hao to pounce. He then turned around and returned to the low post, knocking Su Hao away with his signature 45-degree backboard shot.
"Have it!"
Ginobili smiled.
Parker, looking every bit the victor, said, "The coach was right after all. Only by using footwork and rhythm in our offense can we score against Duncan."
then.
next moment.
"boom!"
Su Hao chased after them and confiscated the basketball.
"what?!"
Duncan was shocked. "I faked him out, and he still managed to follow up and block my shot? Is there any logic to this?"
Yes.
Su Hao is just being unreasonable.
During the transition offense, Su Hao, who could only receive the ball on the perimeter once again, was subjected to continuous collisions and impacts, which even someone as strong as Duncan could not withstand.
One step back.
The second time... Duncan was knocked down and fell directly under the basket.
"boom!"
Su Hao jumped up with the ball, and just as McDyess came up to help defend, Su Hao delivered a powerful one-handed dunk.
"wooow~"
In the commentary box.
Reggie Miller exclaimed, "Blocking Duncan on defense and knocking him down on offense, that's the Hulk's terrifying dominance in the paint."
Too powerful.
Indiscriminate crushing.
Even "The Big Fundamental" Duncan seems inadequate, but the game has only just begun, and the outcome cannot be easily determined.
Reggie Miller wanted to make the match more suspenseful.
Who knows.
Just one minute later.
Su Hao and Curry executed a split play, with Curry driving in, attacking the basket, and making a stylish behind-the-back pass when faced with a flurry of help defense.
He passed the ball to Su Hao behind him, who was originally planning to protect the rim.
Catching the ball is an opportunity; combining the ball means leaping high.
"It's a pass!"
Duncan was a moment too slow to see through it, and hurriedly turned around, only to feel a dark shadow looming over the sky. He was about to pounce on it to block the shot.
"boom!"
The Hulk descended from the sky.
He straddled Duncan and delivered a bloody dunk!