Chapter 324 Chapter 339+Chapter 10 Chase Me, Clay! (2+3/10)

Chapter 324 Chapter 339+Chapter 10 Chase me, Clay! (2+310)

After the game against the Rockets, the Spurs got on a plane to Oakland early the next morning.

They will have back-to-back games against the Warriors there.

The Warriors have made rapid progress this season, and their record of 8 wins and 4 losses so far is very eye-catching.

After Bogut returned from injury, Mark Jackson's defensive system was finally perfected.

Couple that with Curry and David Lee both fully healthy, Klay Thompson making rapid progress, and rookie Barnes playing solidly, and they have great hopes of making the playoffs this season.

Before the start of the game, Klay Thompson and Tang Tian greeted each other as usual.

"Don, this time I can finally stand in the same position as you and defeat you!"

Thompson came up with confidence.

Obviously, the current record and staffing of the Warriors have given him a lot of confidence.

"Klay, don't talk too much before the game. I still remember that you only scored 6 points last season."

Tang Tian also had an expression of arguing that I deserve you.

"Look! This time is different from before!"

Thompson also looked like I'm not afraid of you.

The warm-up before the game is over, and the starters of both sides have appeared one after another.

On the Warriors' side, Curry and Thompson on the outside, Barnes and David Lee on the striker, and Bogut on the center.

For the Spurs, Tang Tian returned to the starting lineup for this game, Parker and Tang Tian on the outside, Leonard and Duncan on the front line, and Splitter on the center.

The Warriors have an excellent record now, and the attendance rate of Oracle Arena is also very high, exceeding 80%.

After the opening ceremony, the atmosphere at the scene was strong, which was several times stronger than the previous Toyota Center.

Tang Tian suddenly felt that playing in such an arena was also a very good experience.

Speaking of which, Ajiali Ranadive had recruited him to the Warriors before.

"Don, you guard Stephen Curry."

Popovich's words brought him back to his thoughts.

Tang Tian nodded after listening.

It seems that after his excellent defensive performance in the last game, Popovich has forgotten that he scored 20+ points in ten consecutive games.

But that's okay, he hasn't fully adapted to the ability of the no-fly zone (Mutombo), just needs the game to practice.

At the beginning of the game, Bogut got the first attack opportunity for the Warriors.

Curry dribbled the ball upfield and gave it to David Lee at the free throw line.

Lee turned around and hit Duncan, and after a beautiful move, he wiped the board and scored.

After Duncan gets older, he is at a disadvantage against such a technical big man.

The Spurs attacked the hammer tactics in the frontcourt, Thompson was close to Tang Tian, ​​and Parker's breakthrough was directly blocked by Bogut.

The Warriors pushed the defensive counterattack at the first time, and Curry passed the ball to Barnes, who made a fast break layup.

The Warriors look different from last season. Mark Jackson began to implant more defensive counterattack concepts for this team.

In the first year, the idea of ​​focusing on defense was implanted, and in the second year, defensive counterattack was added.

Mark Jackson's coaching is based on the overall situation, and his coaching ability has been underestimated by many people.

"I won't give you a chance!"

Thompson clung to Tang Tian on the defensive end.

At this time, Tang Tian somewhat understood what Thompson meant by the difference.

With Barnes and Curry, Thompson can desperately find offensive opportunities without driving. If he defends with all his strength, he is also the best in the league.

Leonard made a layup with a pass from Parker, but was blocked by Bogut.

The Warriors played a defensive counterattack again, Thompson threw Parker to the frontcourt, received a pass from Curry and shot a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

During the offseason, he practiced hard with Tang Tian. Although his three-pointers were not as good as Tang Tian's, they became more and more stable.

There were whistles on the sidelines, and the Warriors started 7-0 directly!

They are really different from before.

"Tony, they are familiar with hammer tactics."

When pushing forward, Tang Tian called out to Parker.

In the words of Mark Jackson, he is a defensive coach. The Spurs played hammer tactics for a season, and the Warriors must have done a lot in this regard.

Parker nodded, and went to the frontcourt to signal for pick-and-roll tactics.

Hammer tactics are the new signature of the Spurs, but they don't just know that set of tactics!

Duncan and Splitter's high-post double pick-and-roll tactics.

Leonard opened up space in the bottom corner, and while Parker broke through, Tang Tian also cut into the basket from the three-point line and then cut out.

This is one of the most common tactics in the NBA.

"I won't lose you!"

Thompson only cared about Tang Tian and ignored everyone else.

Tang Tian received the ball, and Thompson rushed over quickly.

However, Tang Tian didn't really make a shot. After catching the ball, he directly flicked his hand and passed the ball to the low post on the right.

Parker's breakthrough and Tang Tian's running position attracted almost all the Warriors' defensive attention. No one noticed that Leonard, who originally opened up the space, had already cut to the basket at this time!

With a just-right pass, Leonard's eyes widened after receiving the ball, and he accelerated directly to the basket and scored a layup.

The Spurs broke the scoring drought!

Thompson looked back with a stunned expression.

"Klay, it's not long since the offseason, you won't forget it so soon? I'm different too."

Tang Tian reminded.

They played training games during the offseason, but he and Thompson have been facing each other. Thompson knows that his passing has become stronger.

"Yes, I remember."

Thompson turned around, his eyes more wary.

The Warriors' offense, Thompson and Barnes stretched the wings.

Curry chose to greet Bogut's pick-and-roll with this ball.

Bogut's pick-and-roll quality is high, much higher than Asik's.

But it still didn't stop Tang Tian.

Tang Tian is like a slimy loach.

Curry was almost cut off.

He chose to break through the basket.

With Curry now, he is still an attacking guard with a combination of breakthroughs.

However, unlike the previous seasons, he changed his way of exerting force, which allowed him to exert his full strength when breaking through.

high speed!

The timing of the breakthrough was perfect!

His average of 23.5 points per game this season is a career high!

He is becoming the new core of the Warriors!

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp sound.

Tang Tian's steal!

Curry's breakthrough is all too familiar.

After Walker was injured at UConn, what Tang Tian taught him was to use his hips and thighs to exert force.

The same way of exerting force, the same rhythm.

Even Walker's first step is faster than Curry.

Getting used to Walker, Tang Tian completely saw through Curry's breakthrough.

Curry has no focus on his hand, and he loses his center of gravity, unable to grab back at all.

Tang Tian dribbled the ball directly for a fast break, and after seeing Thompson approaching, he flicked the ball to Parker.

Parker dribbled one-stop to the frontcourt for a layup.

The Warriors played a wave of 7-0 at the beginning, and the Spurs immediately returned a wave of 4-0!

Curry attacked again in the frontcourt, this time he took advantage of Bogut's pick-and-roll gap to make a quick shot.

The fastest shot is 0.4 seconds!

Shooting fast is his characteristic!

"boom!"

But he underestimated Tang Tian's speed around the pick-and-roll.

Moreover, Tang Tian knew very well the difference between Curry and Harden, so he didn't have to worry about Curry making fouls intentionally.

After avoiding the pick-and-roll, Tang Tian fought hard to save.

"boom!"

A big frontal hat that covers the head and face!

There was an uproar at the scene.

Steal first, block later!

Tang Tian completely suppressed Curry!

Just like suppressing Harden in the last game!

If they just had a little feeling in the last game, then now they really realized that Tang Tian's defense had become stronger!

When a player who defends the second team becomes stronger, he will really become terrifying on the defensive end!

Warriors throw-in.

Curry received the ball, but he didn't attack Tang Tian again.

He is different from Harden, he has no grievances with Tang Tian, ​​and he plays very smartly.

The ball was given to David Lee.

Lee continued to turn around and hit Duncan. After attracting Splitter's double-team under the basket, he split the ball to Bogut.

Bogut's rebound at the basket.

In Lee's words, the average assists per game this season is a career high, and the points and rebounds also exceed the career average.

He is on his way back to the top after returning from injury.

9 to 4.

The Warriors still hold the lead on the court.

Duncan's rebound shot was interfered by Bogut and missed, and the rebound was also accepted by Lee.

With Bogut, the Warriors' defense in the penalty area is no weaker than that of the Spurs.

"Come on! Warriors!"

The fans at the scene took the initiative to cheer and cheer, and the Warriors are going to start.

Lee continued to hold the ball in the high post, and Leonard came to help.

Lee gave the ball straight to Barnes.

Barnes catches the ball and flies to the layup.

"boom!"

But at the moment Barnes made a shot, a figure flew over and directly hit the nail plate with a big hat!

Tang Tian!

Barnes was stunned. He had no idea that Tang Tian, ​​who was defending Curry from the outside, would rush to the inside to make up the defense!

Doesn't he know that Curry's open three-pointer is very stable?

Of course Tang Tian knew!

But he also knows that this Warriors team is not the Warriors team with unlimited passes in later generations. Curry may have a chance, but the probability of Barnes passing is very small!

Now the offensive tactics of this Warriors team are very monotonous, and there is very little echo between each other during offense!

This is also the reason why Mark Jackson in his previous life was eventually fired even though he did such a good job.

He can't fully utilize the offensive talents of this team!

After Tang Tian got the rebound, he passed it to Parker immediately, and the Spurs counterattacked defensively.

He followed suit this time, four-on-three in the frontcourt, and he caught Parker's pass and made a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

The hand rises and the knife falls.

7 to 9!

The Spurs have narrowed the point difference to 2 points!

In the Warriors' offense, Lee was successfully defended by Dior. He is also a technical big man, and Dior is obviously more adaptable to defend.

Duncan protected the defensive rebound.

The Spurs advanced to the frontcourt, Tang Tian's running three-pointer attracted the defense, and directly found Diaw who was open at the top of the arc.

Dior's grandpa three-pointer.

"boom!"

The basketball bounced into the net pocket.

10 to 9!

The Spurs scored 2 three-pointers in a row and directly overtook the score!

Thompson's counter-run under the basket, Curry's second pass.

Thompson flew for a layup, but at the moment of the shot, he smelled an extremely familiar smell in the air.

"boom!"

Tang Tian's defense cap directly blocked the ball out of bounds!

The Oracle Arena was silent. This was Tang Tian's third block in this quarter!

Nima, this is a defender!

Can this be covered better than Wade?

Thompson's expression was a little numb after being exposed.

He originally thought that after his teammates became stronger, he would finally be able to perform at his fingertips, and he would finally have a chance to defeat Tang Tian.

But after these few rounds, he realized that he was wrong!

Big mistake!

Tang Tian's presence on both offensive and defensive ends is too strong!

Even in terms of performance in this period, it is not an exaggeration to say that Tang Tian is leading the Spurs!

It turned out that Tang Tian had reservations about the offseason training match.

That's right, Tang Tian just came back from the Olympics, so how could he give his all in the training match.

He also needs to rest!

The more Thompson thought about it, the more powerless he became, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he felt!

Tang Tian's consecutive steals and blocks drove the team's defense. Popovich also replaced Splitter with Diaw in a timely manner. The Spurs' defensive strength improved significantly.

Lee suffered repeated setbacks in the interior, and Curry was strangled to death by Tang Tian. The Warriors couldn't open up the offense, and it was difficult to stalemate the Spurs with defense alone.

93 to 79.

The Spurs eventually beat the Warriors on the road in back-to-back games, extending their winning streak to 12 games.

The start of the season with 12 wins and 0 losses also marked the best start of the season for the Spurs!

Tang Tian played 30 minutes in this game, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 6 blocks on 5 of 10 shots!

He had a mini five-double for the second straight game!

These two games are different from the previous ten games. He used the strongest defensive posture to help the team win the game!

After the game, Tang Tian found that Thompson's expression was obviously different from what he had seen before.

Obviously, the strength of this game hit Thompson hard.

Thompson made 3 of 10 three-pointers, 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. His performance is obviously not his normal level this season.

No matter how tenacious and positive people are, in the face of continuous failure, they obviously begin to doubt themselves.

Seeing this, Tang Tian pulled him back after shaking hands.

"Clay, do you know who is the worst woman in China?"

Thompson was depressed, and when Tang Tian asked about this, he was not interested at all.

"Ma Po."

"Who is that?"

"It doesn't matter who she is, what matters is that we have a dish in China called Mapo Tofu, and Mapo is eaten every day."

"..."

Thompson shuddered.

Apparently the joke was a bit cold, and he didn't know what mapo tofu was.

"I can take you to try eating next time."

Tang Tian smiled and thumped Thompson's chest, as if Thompson was really mapo and he was eating tofu.

"Catch me, Clay!"

After Tang Tian finished beating, his expression suddenly became serious.

"If the current me makes you feel the gap, then chase me!"

"I am your target and your challenger. Treat me as the boss in the game, come after me and challenge me!"

Tang Tian's words blasted towards Thompson like continuous cannonballs.

Thompson looked at Tang Tian, ​​he could see that Tang Tian was serious.

Yes, in the past, he was Xiaoqiang who would never admit defeat, thinking that he would finally defeat Tang Tian one day.

It wasn't until tonight that he realized that the gap between the two of them was so big that he began to doubt himself.

But Tang Tian was right, he realized the gap, and then what?

self-doubt? Give up on yourself?

No, he wants to chase Tang Tian!

In the past, he wanted to beat Tang Tian wholeheartedly, but now, with Tang Tian as his goal, he will try his best to catch up!

That's him, Klay Thompson!

"Yes, you wait, I will catch up with you! Overtake you!"

After Thompson finished speaking, he also punched Tang Tian in the chest.

Maybe it was a little excited, but the strength of this punch was not small.

Tang Tian coughed after being beaten.

Fuck! Public revenge!

I let you chase me, I didn't let you hit me, hey!

But when he recovered, a smile appeared on his face again.

Such Thompson deserves to continue to be his opponent.