"The change in the second lineup is the first factor why the Lakers have been leading today. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Popovich said, "In addition, there is another. ”

As everyone listened, they couldn't help but look at the Lakers, thoughtful.

Seeing this, Popovich knew that everyone had understood, and said: "This other one is Chen, who has scored 14 points and 8 assists today. At half-time, he already had almost a double-double, which is enough to show how good he was today. ”

In fact, he did much more than the data suggests. ”

"Before All-Star Weekend, Chan was also very good, but more of a Kobe Bryant-led, more of a playmaker, a driving team, and a perfect offensive role. "But now, what I see is a leader." ”

Hearing the word "leader", the Spurs players changed color slightly, but they didn't expect Popovich to have such a high opinion of Chen Feng. At the same time, they can't help but be surprised, because the word "leader" and "promoter" are very different, one is auxiliary, the other is dominant, one can only promote, the other can lead, and they can lead the whole team by themselves.

For a rookie, those three words may seem inappropriate.

can think of Chen Feng's performance in the first half, and a group of Spurs players don't know how to refute it, saying that he is a "leader", which seems to be right.

Popovich added: "This Chinese young man is really surprising, an all-star has made him transform again. His performance, combined with Williams' outburst, is the key factor in why the Lakers have been able to stay ahead today. ”

"And what about Kobe?" asked Leonard.

"Kobe Bryant is still the leader of the Lakers. "Kobe Bryant has scored 15 points today, which is the highest on the Lakers team. But if it's just Kobe, the Lakers can't always stay ahead, we have Leonard you, we have Aldridge, there's Parker, it's not Kobe Bryant alone. ”

"What I want to say is that Kobe Bryant is still strong, but what makes the Lakers different is Chan and Williams, who make the Lakers stronger as a whole. If the Lakers are compared to a triangle, then the three of them are three corners. If it's just Kobe, it's just a horn, it's a knife, it's an arrow, you can cut through thorns and thorns, and you can't move forward, but it's not terrible. ”

"Only when the three corners are combined is the most stable triangle. Popovich sighed, "That's the Lakers today." ”

When everyone listened, their hearts couldn't help but shake.

Maybe they have long realized that the Lakers are no longer the Lakers of last year, and that the Lakers have become very powerful today, but it is only at this time that they understand that unconsciously, the Lakers have become so powerful that people feel terrible.

Such a Laker seems to be enough to hit the championship!

Duncan's expression was also a little touched, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked, "Coach, what do we do? I mean, how do we go about beating the Lakers?"

Parker, Leonard, Aldridge and others also looked at Popovich, and this issue is the focus at the moment.

"The Lakers today aren't the Lakers they used to be, but we're not going to lose to them. Popovich looked solemn, "Wait a minute, we have to do two things." ”

"First, restricting Chen in the matchup of the first lineup, even if Kobe Bryant is crazy alone, it can't make Chen so easy. ”

"Second, when the second team is on the court, he is the only core of the second team, and if he is strangled, the Lakers' second team will be a mess again. ”

The Spurs players nodded their heads.

Popovich added: "At the same time, slow down the pace on offense, don't follow the rhythm of the opponent, try to play as much inside as possible, and protect the rebound." As long as we protect the rebounds and don't give the opponent a quick counter-attack, we have already won half the game. ”

"Yes. ”

"Understood. ”

"Got it, Coach. ”

A group of Spurs players said one after another, their eyes sharpened.

......

The twenty-minute halftime passed quickly and the second half began.

As soon as both sides sent their starting lineups, the Spurs' possession of the ball, Parker advanced to the frontcourt, but he was not in a hurry to attack, but first smashed the ball outside, ripped the Lakers' defense apart, and then waited until more than half of the 24 seconds before passing the ball to the inside and giving it to Aldridge.

"Hmph. Larry Nance Jr. quickly pasted it on.

Aldridge lifted the ball, dribbled his back inward, turned abruptly, jumped up and threw his hand with a slight back.

"Huh!"

The ball goes in.

Little Larry Nance smiled helplessly, with Aldridge's height, he still turned and leaned back, he really had no choice but to stare dryly.

Converting the ball, Chen Feng quickly arrived in the front court, Parker pounced for the first time, and Leonard in the back also stared at Chen Feng, waiting for an opportunity to move.

A pressure hit, Chen Feng frowned slightly, hesitated, or passed the ball to Kobe, who directly hit it.

On the sidelines, Popovich nodded secretly, although Kobe Bryant threw in, but the tactics he had previously arranged had been executed, and that was enough.

......

In the next few minutes, the Spurs defended Chen Feng more strictly, but relaxed a little against Kobe.

As a result, Chen Feng on the Lakers' side naturally reduced his shots, while Kobe Bryant subconsciously increased the number of singles and cut a few points in a row.

Looking at this situation, Scott couldn't help frowning, Kobe Bryant was scoring again and again, but the Spurs were also scoring again and again, and the scoring efficiency was even higher.

Under the advantages of the other, the score was unconsciously narrowed to only 3 points!

At this time, halfway through the third quarter, Scott simply replaced Chen Feng and Kobe Bryant successively, and replaced Williams and Nick Young successively to enter the personnel rotation.

It's the same with Spurs, going into the rotation.

As soon as he came up, the Spurs began to defend Williams tightly, and did not hesitate to use the trap tactic, even if others missed it, and were bent on strangling Williams.

Seeing this, Scott's face changed, he looked at Popovich, his pupils contracted, although he knew that sooner or later he would be guessed by the other party, but he didn't expect Popovich to guess it so quickly, and counterattacked so fiercely, directly to Williams.

"It's Popovich, it doesn't seem like it's going to be easy to beat Spurs today. Scott shook his head and sighed silently.

Today is the first time Williams has participated in the game as the core of the second team, both mentality and state are still unstable, the Spurs are wrapping him at this time, giving him so much pressure, Williams will mess up nine times out of ten.

In this way, Spurs have a chance!