"Understood".

"Well, it's very good, so the next game, let's just put it like this?, Lin, you play the small forward position, George and Tony, the two of you play back to your position, and Duncan rest!, the next inside line, will be handed over to Split, do you have confidence?", the old man nodded and said.

"We know, it's just that old man, if you let the boss rest, will the inside line really give up?", Lin Yi asked.

Popovich shook his head and said: "Of course this is impossible, our Spurs have always relied on the inside team, how can we give up the inside line?, Duncan is normal to rest because he is tired, and the Thunder's Ibaka because of foul problems, he can't play too crazy in the next game, as long as he can't be crazy, then there will be no problem in the next game."

"Old man, are you sure there really is no problem?, I explained that although Ibaka is troubled by fouls, but the next game is only about two minutes left, no matter what, it is impossible to leave the court with six fouls, right?, the Thunder will definitely fight once", Lin Yi said.

This is his own thoughts, he thinks that the Thunder can't care about these things, after all, the game is only about two minutes left, Lin Yi's own understanding, knows that the Thunder is very important to this game, can you get rid of the Memphis Grizzlies, run to the front, don't meet the Spurs in the playoffs just look at today, if you win, then there will be no problem, they can be fixed in seventh place, and the Memphis Grizzlies can only be in eighth.

(This is just the ranking of the book, the real playoff ranking of the year, I didn't look it up, so don't care)

Otherwise, the Thunder would not be so desperate to win today's game, that is, they want to rely on this game to get the seventh position, no matter what the Memphis Grizzlies will do in tomorrow's game, they can only be ranked eighth, so the Thunder will not look at Ibaka's foul, just in the fourth quarter of the game, the reason why Ibaka did not play is to keep Ibaka on the inside, waiting for this time.

Ibaka is only three fouls, not four, if it is the latter, the Thunder will definitely pay attention, so as long as Ibaka did not come up to play just now, it is for this time.

"I also know what you said, but I think the Thunder want to fight right, but they don't have to rely on the inside, they rely on Durant and Westbrook, these two outside lines, if the next game, if I guess correctly, Harden should appear, they must use the starting lineup", the old man said softly.

For the problem that Lin Yi said, the old man has already thought clearly, he knows what will happen in the next game, but it seems too early to say this, if Durant and their shooting rate has always been like this, then the Spurs really have no hope, but once Durant's shooting rate declines, then the Thunder will be finished, and the help of the inside line will never be as big as the outside line.

Although the old man doesn't like the outside offense, he still has his own way to defend that kind of defense, Ray Allen, Curry, his father, and the returning sharpshooter, the old man has faced it, so for players like defense, the old man also has a way, otherwise the Spurs would not have been able to stand still for so many years.

Duncan has achieved the honor of the Spurs, Popovich has achieved the glory of the Spurs, if there is no Popovich Duncan's historical status may not have changed much, but the number of championships is not necessarily so much, so as long as the old man sees it, he will definitely find a way to solve it.

"Of course, Harden was originally the super sixth man of the Thunder, what he wanted was his shooting rate, but Harden had rested for so long, and it was not certain whether the shooting rate could be recovered, but Durant's shooting rate has always been maintained like this, so then our problem will be big", Lin Yi said helplessly.

Of course, he is also clear about what the old man said, if the Thunder give up using Harden, then their coach is a fool, a super sixth man, a great scorer does not use, but relies on Durant and Westbrook, these two players who no longer have much physical strength, breaking through everything is already a problem, how to play the next game? .

"Hehe, I know, it's for George to limit Harden, for Harden's defense, George should have a way, right?, I played well just now, now it's up to you", the old man smiled and looked at George Hill, which means that it's time for your performance next, don't let me down.

George Hill also saw the old man's eyes, nodded hurriedly and said: "This old man can rest assured!, for Harden's defense, I know what to do next, I can't get close to him, but he may not be able to throw the ball in, Harden's shooting is stable, but the shooting percentage really doesn't know how, as long as it's a little interference, he has some deviations, but I just don't know if the boss can defend Durant?".

Lin shrugged indifferently and said: "Look at what you said, it seems that you found a way to defend Harden, okay, believe me, I must be able to defend Durant, I can't have two problems in one person, I don't believe it, he Durant can really take this victory."

"Hehe, very good, then it's up to you to perform, don't let me down, we don't have to win, but we have to teach the Thunder a lesson, come to the home court of the Spurs and give me a good restraint", the old man smiled.

After everything was explained, the old man asked them to go back to rest, there were still a few minutes left, the old man called a long timeout, the Thunder no longer had many timeouts, they only had two short timeouts, and it was only a few tens of seconds, that in order to prevent it, the Spurs continued to lead, so they had to stay.

The Spurs' plan has been announced, and Durant, who has returned to the Thunder, is also listening to their coach's plan there, not to rest when they come back, now is a tense moment, and their coach does not dare to relax easily.

After encouraging his teammates, he began to lay out the plan: " In the next game, we need to play like this, Ibaka you have to card the players on the inside, don't let them receive the ball, the Spurs can't open on the outside, and now they are still leading us by three points, so we can only turn the target back to the inside, Duncan has been stuck there with our score just now, if not, we are already ahead of the Spurs, so the next game is to look at your interior defense, and the next game is, Harden's next game, you will shoot on the outside, shoot desperately, try to pull the score back for me, understand？”。

(End of chapter)