In the NBA regular season on November 10, the Spurs lost their fifth straight losing streak to the Grizzlies in overtime 122-124, falling to ninth in the West.
In the final six seconds of the game's regular time, after the two sides were drawn, Popovich laid out a masterful killing tactic for Keldon Johnson. After the Spurs players executed it perfectly, it ended with Keldon Johnson's iron, and Popovich on the sidelines also regretted the disciples' missed kill.
In the final 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, the score was 112-112, and the Grizzlies had the offensive ball.
After Morant advanced to the front court with the ball, he pressed the offensive time to 8 seconds, and after blocking with Adams, he decisively "named" Pultel. After breaking through to the basket, without shooting angles, he jumped up and passed the ball to Dillon in the bottom corner on the left. The moment Dillon took the ball, Keldon Johnson quickly made up for the goal, interfering with the three-point shot. Immediately after, Trey Jones and Sohan assisted in the defense. Under the three-man shot, Dillon made a three-shot jumper, and the Grizzlies' offense was blocked as a 24-second violation.
With 6.6 seconds left in the game, the Spurs had a chance to make a final attack. Popovich then called a timeout and arranged the killing tactics.
After returning from a timeout, Popovich put in a five-small lineup of Keldon Johnson, Vassell, Trae Jones, McDermott and Sohan, all of whom could shoot threes. Among them, Sohan has made six three-pointers so far this season, although he has a poor three-point shooting percentage. At the same time, he can compete for second rebounds and seek to make up for baskets.
Four of the five players shot more than 40 percent from three-point range. This kind of arrangement is enough to mislead the defense and make it focus on the three points.
Immediately afterwards, the Spurs player completed the box and Keldon Johnson executed the sideline serve.
Tactical Step 1 – Misleading:
Sohan on the right side of the free-throw line and Vassell on the left side of the free-throw line simultaneously ran downwards to cover McDermott and Trey Jones running towards the top of the arc, respectively. Trey Jones ran to the top of the arc and received a pass from Keldon Johnson.
After McDermott ran to the right 45-degree position, he stopped in place to cover Keldon Johnson to the basket position.
Tactics Part 2 - Offense:
Vassell, who finished covering on the left side of the free throw line, immediately raised the left 45-degree position, received a pass from Trey Jones, and continued to clear the area under the basket.
At the same time, Keldon Johnson, who completed the sideline serve, quickly entered, and with the help of McDermott's cover from the right 45-degree position, he cut to the left side of the paint area, ready to receive Vassell's pass to attack.
In addition, after completing cover, Sohan moved towards the right side of the basket, ready to scramble for a second rebound.
Tactical execution was perfect. After Keldon Johnson received the ball low, he quickly got a low 1v1 heads-up opportunity with the help of the outside line of Vassell, Trey Jones and Mike Demott at the top of the arc.
After Keldon Johnson received the ball, when the Grizzlies did not complete the defense, he immediately hit Dillon with his back, and after throwing his hand, the basketball was on top of the basket, and after two bounces, he fell out of the frame, regretting the iron.
Keldon Johnson's position is his best offensive area this season. Before that shot, he was 35-of-62 from the field.
Using continuous outside misdirection to create interior offensive opportunities for Keldon Johnson in the offensive areas he does best.
This is the idea of Popovich's killer tactics, and the players have executed it perfectly. Unfortunately, at the last moment, the ball that knew the Spurs' "heart of the literary class" still bounced out knowingly.
The moment Keldon shot, Popovich's expression was also extremely rich. He first poked his head out and watched the ball bounce on the basket. After the basketball bounced out, he held his head in his hands and was annoyed. After finishing his chagrin, he quickly lowered his hands and kept swinging, hiding his inner emotions, as if he was indifferent again.
The match also went into extra time.
After the Grizzlies led the Spurs 124-122 in the final five seconds of overtime, Popovich once again laid out a killing tactic for his team.
This time the tactic ended with Vassell's outside three-point jumper.
When Vassell's three-point shot came out, Popovich also bent over his knees, which was a pity.
After the game, most of the Grizzlies' coaching team came to Popovich and talked and laughed with him.
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