Talk about trading.
When you wake up, you realize that the Spurs are actually involved in the transaction! The Spurs sent Hernan to cut the wheat in exchange for a second-round pick for the Blazers' Tomash Satoransky and the Jazz.
Let's make another squeeze, that is, this is equivalent to Afo's return to Satoransky's expired contract + two second rounds.
Boy! Good one "Forever Moving Fu"!
Now, whoever still dares to say bad things about Ah Fu will be anxious with whomever I want. Wright's "empty glove white wolf" is really sneaky! Don't look down on these two second rounds, when you want to make a deal with another team in the future, having a sign in hand and not signing are two different things. Let's talk about Satoransky, the main defender of the Czech team at the World Championships that year, when he and Xiaobai's American team passed, this guy played quite fiercely, last season in the Bulls on the bench also averaged 7.7 points/4.7 assists and 35% of the level of three-pointers per game, 201 height to play guard, the vision is ok, just see if the Spurs have the heart to use and then rescue it.
Assuming there is no intention of using it, his expiring contract is also good. All in all, the deal is good for the Spurs. Back to the game. After the big victory over the Rockets, the Spurs rested for 4 days, perhaps too long a rest, resulting in poor state of the crowd, the first game of the 8 consecutive aways, against the Cavaliers, a strong team in the East, in addition to the first energy-saving resistance, the other three quarters were rubbed by the Cavaliers. In the second quarter, in particular, it was a 18-28, and at its most, it was 23 points behind the Cavaliers. In the last two quarters, although the loss was a little less, it was also a loss, just to save a little decline.
In the fourth quarter, there was a wave of counterattack, taking advantage of the Cavaliers' feel a little down for a while, the Spurs narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points, or even only 5 points, helplessly at the critical moment was another wave of power outages, and the Cavaliers seized the opportunity to pull the score apart again. The Cavaliers still put up a three-high lineup: 213 Mobley + 211 Allen + 206 Wade, this combination, making the Spurs' interior offense quite uncomfortable, who rushed in is frustrated. The leak was in the rain overnight, just today the Spurs' three-point shot was not shot, the shooting rate, can only be described as miserable, only Johnson threw a normal level in the first half, the whole game, Johnson 9 of 3, White 5 of 2, knife brother 3 of 0, Vassell 7 of 2, Primo 5 of 0, the whole team 33 of 8.
There were a number of empty opportunities that they failed to grasp. As a result, the Cavaliers confidently contracted the inside line, thanks to the height advantage, the Cavaliers covered the inside line to be airtight, so no matter how the Spurs impacted, it could not cause much damage, and the Cavaliers only had 12 fouls in the whole game, and did not give spurs players much opportunity to go to the free throw line. Garland played quite well, exaggerated to say that he single-handedly defeated the Spurs, knowing that the Spurs' outside defense is good, well, then I will use the block to dismantle, call you Peltel out to face me, so this scene happened many times, Peltl faced Garland, neither dared to push too close, but also could not be too far.
Too close, Garland sped past, the Spurs back air defense, there is no one to make up; too far away, Garland can use his mid-range to punish Pelter well. There is a sentence in the commentary that speaks of pain points, which is the demonstration of playing Peltel, pulling you out of the restricted area, using the advantages of footsteps and speed to restrain you, so that you are not sticking or not, dilemma. At this time, the importance of the 3rd and 4th positions of defense is reflected, the Spurs' 3rd and 4th positions have always been Johnson + knife brothers, it just so that the defense of these two brothers is not very good, so once the opponent passes the double lock in the backcourt, against Peltel who comes out of the box, it is basically time to score.
This question, we can only look forward to the comeback of the handsome Collins, I hope that he will find the form and speed, will be the answer to the No. 4 position. Collins didn't play much time today, about 18 minutes, 5 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, the hand that transferred the ball was really good, the defense was also quite fierce, the whole game fought 4 fouls, 7 rebounds in 3 front boards, now, he needs time, slowly find the state and confidence. Johnson in the three-point shot did not shoot, chose to kill inside, although the success rate is not high, but at least the young man's thinking is right, but today met a tall person, a big long arm that covers the sky inside is waiting there, think about it, the young man is not easy, this humble figure to play the 3rd and 4th position, usually it is good, meet the knight like this, really wronged you.
Although Vassell did not shoot three points today, he shot well, but also dared to kill the inside, relying on the third quarter of the single quarter 11 points, he won the same team-high 18 points as Johnson, but he is still a little frizzy, the defensive end is more prone to mistakes, I hope that the young man continues to improve, complete the transformation, you are the answer to the future No. 3 position. So this defeat, said unjustly, indeed the Cavaliers are much stronger than us, whether it is the internal configuration or the outside firepower, we are too much difference, the fourth quarter of the counterattack, did let us see a glimmer of hope, but the key moment of the offensive power outage, this is a temporary insurmountable problem, can only slowly wait for our young people to grow up. The next game, it's going to blow yang, are you scared?