No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 846 - 365. The fourth peak stage Duncan is on the way!

Of course, just because the Spurs gain doesn’t mean the Grizzlies lose.

If they hadn’t traded for Parker, Gerald Wallace wouldn’t have returned, Gasol would have demanded to leave. With the Lakers already having Garnett and not packaging the signing rights of young Gasol for the Grizzlies, no matter what the Grizzlies did next, it would be hard to form the original black-eight lineup, let alone compare with the current core trio of the sports car + the Prince + brother-in-law.

Gerald Wallace is still on his way to the throne... but this time as the Bear King.

The trade between the Spurs and the Grizzlies is now a definite win-win.

Zhang Yang glanced at the big screen and saw the ’C’ next to Duncan’s name... The little giant has gone west, the Big Shark dragged the Suns out of the top four in the West, and the poker-faced one doesn’t even pretend anymore.

At 8 PM, Okafor narrowly won the jump ball against Duncan, and the game started; the Bobcats attack first!

Starting lineup for Spurs: Conley, Guy, Bowen, Oberto, Duncan.

Starting lineup for Bobcats: Felton, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Okafor, Brad Miller.

Zhang Yang received the ball on the right side of the top arc, isolated Guy, strong drive... didn’t shake him off, actively initiated contact at the right of the free throw line, turned to face the basket with his back, left turn then facing back to the basket, Guy quickly retreated diagonally to seal the driving lane...

After shaking off Guy, Zhang Yang dribbled behind him for a left lateral step, reaching the free throw line, jumped, and shot a mid-range shot before Duncan could cover... Scored!

After more than three months, Zhang Yang personally felt Guy’s improvement on the defensive end.

Not as aggressive as before, previously Guy’s defense, putting it nicely was full of aggression, to be direct was just using his body to push, relying on reaction, explosive speed, explosiveness and other physical conditions for hard defense. His physique reacted faster than his brain, which looked intimidating at first, with Bowen on the wing, Duncan under the basket, Guy’s defense worked against weak opponents, but against skilled ones, he was easily outclassed.

Under the guidance of Popovich, Duncan and others for almost a season, Guy now reduced his defensive aggression, improved his positioning, distance control, and timing of contacts, combined with excellent physical attributes - 203 cm height + 221 cm wingspan + athleticism slightly lesser than Raptor Mc, it was easy for Guy to upgrade to an excellent wing defense player.

However, Guy’s defensive progress is significant, but Zhang Yang’s offensive progress is even more!

More impressive breakthrough techniques, post-play techniques, mid-range shooting techniques, combined with the Son of the Wind’s dribbling rhythm (intermediate level), Big Bird’s post-play rhythm (intermediate level), Zhang Yang toyed with Guy, even preventing him from creating a condition for Duncan to cover!

Watching Guy run dejectedly to the frontcourt, Duncan caught up to pat his head for comfort.

From the sidelines, Ginobili watched Zhang Yang violently overpower Guy on the first attack, his eyes lit up - the bad kid’s style is getting bolder, more like mine!

During the Spurs’ offense, the play remained the same, Duncan fell to the low post for a single move, displaying skilled and solid back steps, but Brad Miller wasn’t tricked!

After Duncan stopped dribbling and faked a shot, the opponent didn’t bite, he quickly scanned his teammates, seeing no passing options, he opted to force it, using his wingspan advantage to raise and shoot over for a floater... Missed!

Brad Miller secured the defensive rebound, turned and passed it to Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang pushed the fast break... to no avail.

The Magic Team’s transition defense was already quite excellent, and the Spurs were top-tier, extending, intercepting, and positioning... orderly and in place.

The media’s claim that "Jack’s trailing three is a part of the strategy, not a forced move to break the formation" was confirmed in this possession, the conditions were unfavorable, Zhang Yang slowed down past the mid-circle, waiting for his teammates to position before continuing the isolation.

The previous possession had Zhang Yang playing excessively bold, this time from moving to the top arc position, he was very cautious.

Only one possession in, and Guy was moved to the wing to defend Mike Miller, standing in front of Zhang Yang was Bowen!

Bowen’s positioning and interference threat were so well executed, Zhang Yang had no opportunity from a distance, so he chose to fake a drive into a real one, heading for the paint.

Though Bowen couldn’t stop Zhang Yang’s drive, he didn’t actually lose his position, keeping in range to interfere with Zhang Yang’s stop-and-pop within the distance from the three-point line to the free-throw line.

Just as Zhang Yang was about to enter within the free-throw line distance, where he could shed Bowen with a speed advantage, he chose to pass the ball back to Brad Miller who circled out to the left of the free-throw line.

The wing defender switched to Guy, showing amazing help-defense speed, Zhang Yang had no stop-and-pop opportunity within the free-throw line distance, and Duncan also settled to the left sideline of the three-second zone, if Zhang Yang drove inside, it might turn into a three-man trap, making it hard to distribute, he made the most rational choice immediately.

After Zhang Yang released the ball, Bowen immediately switched to blocking in front of Mike Miller, while Guy stuck to Zhang Yang, showcasing the Spurs’ three-point defensive capability through exquisite help and switch defense!

Brad Miller didn’t blindly search for a direct shooting teammate but instead passed to Felton on the left corner three-point line guarded by Conley.

Felton received the ball for a baseline drive against Conley, drove inside, and floated a shot... missed under Duncan’s help defense.

Duncan turned to block the rushing Okafor, Conley secured the defensive rebound.

As Zhang Yang retreated on defense, the scene of Duncan’s help defense came to mind—he didn’t jump!

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