I Am in the Same Year as Duncan Show - Vol 2 Chapter 41

Chapter 41 The team’s right to shoot in the 90s

In the same game, Duncan also fully proved that he is a qualified No. 1 pick, and even an excellent No. 1 pick.

Duncan played 38 minutes in the game, scoring 31 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 3 turnovers.

It is rare in the entire NBA history to be able to get 30+10+5 in the first show.

And Duncan used this game to prove that he is a top-level inside player who is close to maturity and has no shortcomings.

Even if Duncan is not very proficient in mid-range shooting, he has a certain degree of compensation because of the 45° angle on the left and right sides of the board.

In fact, this game really surprised reporters and commentators, but it was not Duncan.

After all, Duncan himself is the No. 1 pick, and there are still four years of NCAA bottoming. Everyone knows that Duncan is difficult to lose.

Duncan is not necessarily the top super rookie in history, but at least he will be a qualified or even high-quality No. 1 pick.

For Duncan to get very good data in the first game, everyone has expectations and expectations.

Although I did not expect Duncan to obtain such excellent data, the surprise brought by Duncan’s performance is not as good as Xu Liang, who was previously unknown, and even the No. 21 show that has been degraded for a while.

Xu Liang actually exposed some problems in this game.

The first point is the physical problem. Just after 15 minutes of playing, Xu Liang’s physical stamina was visibly exhausted.

Of course, it can also be said that the latter half of the game has gradually increased to the intensity of the playoffs.

So for Xu Liang, a newcomer who is a yellow race international player, the intensity of the game is a bit high.

But this still shows Xu Liang’s physical fitness, which is not a big disadvantage when dealing with high-intensity competitions.

The reason why Xu Liang is not big or small is that Xu Liang’s current status in the Spurs is obvious, just a substitute.

For a substitute, a game of this intensity can last up to ten or twenty minutes.

Obviously, although Xu Liang has problems with his physical fitness, he still has no big problems dealing with the ten to twenty minutes of the game.

It’s just that people’s strength and expectations for Xu Liang in this game are no longer just a core substitute.

After all, excellent shooting range, good tactical execution ability, and qualified inside singles skills.

Putting these on the inside line of a 20-year-old rookie can already make this rookie worthy of being expected to achieve higher achievements in the future.

The shortcoming of physical fitness should not exist for a player who will achieve at least an All-Star or even higher achievement in the future.

Whether Xu Liang can overcome this shortcoming, he needs to be continuously verified and certified in future competitions.

In addition to Duncan and Xu Liang, the three insiders of the Spurs in this game also include David Robinson.

David Robinson played 36 minutes in this game, scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers.

This is one rebound and one assist. David Robinson also almost finished in this game, 20+10+5.

This statistic may only be considered quite satisfactory for David Robinson, after all, as the four major centers.

points, rebounds should not be this data, especially 36 minutes of playing.

It’s just that David Robinson gave more of the inside position in this game, giving it to Duncan and Xu Liang.

And David Robinson cruised more outside the three-second zone.

This will naturally make his rebounding data and offensive data decline.

But in the same way, because of the excellent performance of Duncan and Xu Liang, David Robinson’s offense has also brought better space and better opportunities.

directly allowed David Robinson to hit 65% of his field goals in this game.

This is also the number of shots David Robinson took in this game, which is less than his average shots per game in the past few seasons.

is still an important reason for getting good scoring data.

In addition to the three core insiders of the Spurs, two other players scored double-digit points.

One is Jalen Jackson who scored 13 points. One is Avery Johnson who scored 15 points.

The Spurs are relying on five people to score in double figures, one scores 20, and one scores 30 offensive performance.

After nearly 47 minutes of fighting, he won this difficult game against the Jazz, the runner-up team last season.

On the Jazz side, Malone played 46 minutes in this game, scoring 31 points and 13 rebounds.

Stockton played 41 minutes, scored 36 points, 12 assists, and 3 steals.

Stockton’s three steals, two of which were contributed by Xu Liang.

is a newcomer to the league after all. After all, it is the first time to play center, after all, it is the first time to play a game of this level in the NBA.

So Xu Liang still had some loopholes in his pass, so Stockton seized these opportunities to complete the steal.

In addition to the two elders, the Jazz also had two other players who scored in double figures.

Byron Russell played 37 minutes and scored 12 points.

Jeff Hornace played 39 minutes and scored 15 points.

And from the score distribution of these two teams in this game, it can be seen that the NBA teams in this era are very concentrated.

Each team’s shot rights will be placed in the hands of the core players of the team, and the other players are more of a puller of the offensive space.

Not only that, the playoffs of this era have more shot choices and core players are also biased towards the inside.

After all, in this era of NBA, all teams believe in a theorem very much.

is closer to the basket, easier to score, closer to the basket, higher hit rate.

There is another sentence, whoever wins the basket wins the world.

And all NBA teams in this era also believe in one point, defensively wins the championship.

As for the defensive influence of a team, the inside line is obviously more advantageous than the outside line.

After all, the defense of the inside players is the last defensive barrier of the team in the entire team.

If the defense of some outside players is weak or there are loopholes, inside players can make up for it by defending.

And if there is a huge problem in the defense of the inside player, the outside line is too late to make up and make up for it.

Therefore, it can be said that inside players have more influence on the team’s defense, and it can also be said that the consequences of loopholes in the defense of inside players are more serious.

This led to the super interior in the 90s. Not to mention that the defensive strength must be strong enough to explode, but it will not be too weak.

And an inside line that can only attack but not defend is impossible to become a super inside line and the core of a team.

Insiders, or inside superstars, can be biased on offense and defense.

However, any inside star player must at least be defensive and reach a level above the qualified level in the league.