Did Popovich figure it out?

Still not yet.

Two days later, the second game between the two teams was played at Staples Arena, home of the Lakers.

When Shen Huan scored 51 points, 12 assists, 15 rebounds, 25 steals and 13 blocks, helping the Lakers defeat the Spurs with a score of 122-103 again, the Lakers' overall score has reached 2:0.

At this point, both Popovich and the players of the team knew that it would not work without drastic changes.

Hitting Shen Huan directly is definitely not possible.

In the second game, not only Ginobili got 6 fouls in Shen Huan, but even Duncan had 5 fouls.

And this time Ginobili went down earlier, in the second quarter, otherwise Duncan would not have fouled so many times.

But you can see the results that Duncan can't stop Shen Huan's scoring.

Even after spending his energy on the confrontation with Shen Huan, Duncan almost lost more than half of his offense.

Shen Huan gave 3 caps to Duncan, which made Shi Buddha helpless.

Duncan couldn't play, and with Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard, he couldn't support the Spurs' offense at all.

The Lakers' Louis Williams, Roy Hibbert and Clarkson may not be able to attack offensively, but there is still a set of strict defense.

As long as they can cut off the line of these two attackers, they can break the Spurs' offensive routine.

The Spurs' defense is different, Duncan and Ginobili will never let go of Shen Huan and defend others.

Even if those two people are called Kobe and Iverson.

But because they are Kobe and Iverson, they are still very powerful in offense, which makes other players on the Spurs miserable.

In fact, to really put it mildly, the Lakers have one more Shen Huan than the Spurs.

If Shen Huan is invited out of the court, then basically the Lakers will have nothing to do.

But Shen Huan played really cleanly, and basically relied on strength to crush the opponent.

Even if he fought back against Ginobili's various small actions, he did it more concealed than Ginobili, and the referee couldn't detect it if he didn't watch the video back.

But this level of confrontation is commonplace in the NBA, and if there is no small action at all, it is not a basketball game.

As long as it is not malicious injury and bloodshed, the referee generally does not care.

Not to mention that Shen Huan never took the initiative to find fault, it was only when Ginobili wanted to act against Shen Huan that Shen Huan fought back one step ahead.

There is no way to invite Shen Huan out of the competition normally, so what about using some means?

Even Popovich did not dare to think about this.

You only have to think about the fate of the three Trail Blazers players to think like that.

If you dare to maliciously hurt Shen Huan, as long as you don't kill Shen Huan on the spot, then you have to worry that all your players will be seriously injured and sent to the hospital.

With Shen Huan's strength and the level of violence when he was violated, it was not an injury that could be healed in a month or two.

Maybe I won't be able to play again.

Popovich definitely did not dare to take this risk, nor did he dare to lose this face.

The dignified No. 1 coach in the NBA, if he wants to rely on this means to kill his opponent, isn't that ruining his reputation for a lifetime?

Thankfully, there was a three-day break for the next day.

The third round of the game at the Spurs' home stadium will not start until four days later, which gives the Spurs a respite.

......

Shen Huan didn't know what they thought, when the third round of the game officially began, Ginobili, who had always been attached to him like a dogskin plaster, didn't keep up.

Duncan, as always, stayed under the basket to prevent his offense.

But without Ginobili, the 40-year-old Duncan alone would not be able to defend Shen Huan.

As long as Shen Huan accelerated the line change and spin, he threw Duncan away, jumped up and held it with his hand, and steadily sent the ball into the basket.

In the next game, with Duncan and Ginobili and others still in good physical condition, they obviously strengthened their attack.

Duncan actually took over Ginobili's work, blocking Shen Huan and doing blocking and dismantling for his teammates.

But even Barkley shook his head and sighed, "If Tim wants to do this, he can't last 6 minutes per quarter, and he has to go down and rest." ”

However, before 6 minutes had passed, an unexpected situation occurred.

The Spurs' offense missed, and Shen Huan grabbed a backcourt rebound and threw it to Kobe Bryant, who was running to the left.

Before the ball hit the ground, it was taken off the air by Kobe.

At this time, there was only one Duncan in front of Kobe, who was desperately running to the basket.

Bryant ran wild with the ball, and Iverson also wanted to follow up quickly.

But just as he ran forward, Ginobili, who was running ahead of him, raised his elbow seemingly inadvertently the moment Iverson skimmed him.

Because Iverson was shorter than him, the elbow hit Iverson in the face.

"Ahh

Iverson screamed in pain, and immediately collapsed, covering his face with his hands.

I saw an obvious stream of blood flowing down the crack in his hand.

"Shh

The referee blew the whistle as soon as possible.

it!

Kobe Bryant didn't even care about the offense, and threw the ball directly and rushed to Ginobili.

The Spurs players on the side hurriedly rushed forward and stopped Kobe.

"What are you doing? What have you done to him!? You're killing someone, aren't you? You bastard!"

Kobe Bryant was blocked and couldn't hit someone, so he yelled at Ginobili.

Ginobili's face looked terrified, and he kept spreading his hands, indicating that he didn't know what was going on.

Anyway, now that he is in full view, it is impossible for him to do it again.

Besides, he is still facing Kobe, and if he hurts another superstar, I'm afraid the fans won't let him walk out of this court tonight.

But Shen Huan could see it clearly, the moment Iverson passed him just now, Ginobili in front of him stopped for a moment before raising his elbow.

This proves that he was premeditated and deliberate.

Deliberately hurting a widow's friend?

These people are too dirty, aren't they?

Playing basketball fouls can be forgiven, but is it true that you are so unscrupulous?

Shen Huan also had a sense of anger at this time.

He was right next to his bench at the moment, and the benches for the players were empty.

Shen Huan thought about it, picked up a chair in one hand, and slowly walked towards Ginobili.

Hitting someone empty-handed, Shen Huan was worried that he would be killed, so it was better to use a weapon, so that at least he could see the severity of the strength when he continued to fight, and he would not cause any big trouble.

Ginobili saw Shen Huan's movements, his eyes widened, and he thought to himself, this guy won't hit me with a chair, right?

Thinking of Shen Huan's terrifying power, Ginobili trembled a little in his heart.

But the next moment, his heart exploded directly.

Because Ginobili and countless people present saw it, Shen Huan raised the chair flat as he walked, and then pulled his hands to both sides.

"Smack!"

The back and frame of the chair made of steel were easily torn in two by Shen Huan.

The person who wanted to rush over and snatch the chair that Shen Huan was holding instantly felt as if he had been nailed!

I grass!

Do you want to exaggerate that?

Do you want to be so brutal?

Is this acting in a movie or a dream!?

And Shen Huan really seemed to be tearing a piece of paper at random.

It felt like there was no force at all, this skeleton made of steel was like a piece of paper in front of Shen Huan's Mo Dadao.

Shen Huan, who was carrying two pieces, seemed to be a soldier holding two knives preparing to go to the battlefield.

Thinking that Shen Huan's strength could easily tear apart the steel, Ginobili trembled involuntarily.

What is he going to do?

You can't try to beat me to death with a chair, right!?