Chapter 334
Popovich always seems to be able to see things and always seem to be able to anticipate the enemy, but he has been able to do so successfully as a coach and, more importantly, he never takes chances on something bad that he doesn't want to see.
"No matter how bad it is, it's the worst if you don't solve it!"
Chamberlain's ability to control rebounds seriously exceeded his original estimates, and it also caused a lot of damage to his tactical arrangement.
"We still underestimated him, his scoring and his control over the rebound. ”
"Yes, so what are we going to do?"
"I don't know, but there's always a way!"
With that, Popovich called a timeout and gathered his teammates to his side.
"Obviously, we're in a bit of a bad situation right now, there's my responsibility here, I thought Tim could handle it, but I was wrong....."
The old guy was agitating again, but Duncan ate this set, and he looked his eyes at Popovich very seriously.
There was always such a tacit understanding between them, Popovich was the "king" here, ruling everything here, and as soon as Duncan looked at him like that, he would immediately shut up.
This time it was the same, Popovich changed the subject.
"To make up for my mistakes, I'm going to adjust our tactical set-up, Lahew, you swap defenders with Tim, mind you, you're not just a super scorer, you're a rebounder, he's a rebounder, he's able to judge where the rebound is before all of you, so all you have to do is keep up with him, remember, in defense, that's your only job. And Tim, you need to control our rebounds, you're now a guy who almost ends up in a hospital bed forever, can you do that? Of course, you also need to help Rahoff defend Zhang, who shot four times and scored eight points, which means that your defense is all useless, and hopefully, you can make it a little bit more useful!"
"The rest of the guys did a good job, but Bruce, you've got your opponent to play two fast-break games, and you need to be a little bit more serious. ”
Popovich finished making arrangements, the timeout was over, and seeing the players return to the court, the assistant coach next to him couldn't help but ask Popovich, who looked confident: "You found a solution to the problem so quickly?"
"Of course not, but how do you know if you don't try!"
When answering this question, Popovich still looked calm, but in his heart, it was not easy at all.
He knew that they were in big trouble.
Chamberlain's ability to grab rebounds reminded Popovich of Rodman, what kind of depth does this small rebounding king have studied rebounds?
He was even able to calculate where the rebound would land based on the difference in spin of the basketball.
And Popovich now suspects that Chamberlain also spent a season training such an ability in order to solve his physical defects.
Rodman is not scary, what is scary is that Rodman adds Webster Robinson, and there may be a strengthened version!
"Alright, timeout is over, game restarts, Spurs possession!"
Duncan resolutely stuck his position on the inside, and Mourning could only rush over to help Chamberlain share the defensive pressure, but Parker made a fake pass, shook off Redno, and drilled directly to the basket.
Duncan changed his position almost at the same time, lying between the SuperSonics' two interior linemen and the basket, allowing Parker to easily make a layup without any defensive pressure.
The terrifying tacit understanding allowed the Spurs, who were in dire need of scoring, to successfully stop the bleeding.
Supersonic launched an attack, looking at the "old friend" who was tightly wrapped around him, in order to facilitate receiving the pass, Chamberlain chose to turn his back to the basket.
"Back Singles!"
Popovich: "......."
"Hey, Kenny, see, that's my brother's offensive talent, he's pretty much proficient in all offensive tactics, look at how standard this back shot is!
Barkley was also in a hurry, and what he said could not be heard by the people on the pitch except for the audience in front of the TV series.
However, his full tone of speech, and Chamberlain's movements at almost the same time, gave people the illusion that the two of them had a heart.
Duncan had just come up when Chamberlain suddenly turned around, and then immediately jumped.
Duncan slammed the floor and jumped after him.
"You can't cast blindly, right?"
And then....... Once again, Chamberlain drifted away.
"Back-to-back jumper!"
Popovich: "......."
Popovich wants to make a substitution now, but ...... He has no one to change!
"This time the trouble seems to be more than expected!"
"Good shot, Chamberlain shot by name again, and now his personal score has broken through double digits, it seems that Chamberlain is rushing to break his own playoff personal scoring record today!"
"Zhang was great today, he looked like a shooting machine, no one could stop him, not even Duncan and the Spurs!"
There was a jubilant atmosphere in CCTV5's live broadcast room, and Director Zhang and Brown exclaimed one after another, but Director Gong was worthy of leading the national team to participate in international competitions, and he calmly analyzed the reasons why Chamberlain repeatedly beat him.
"Oxlade-Chamberlain played very smartly, although he looked a little lonely, but he had a deep tactical thinking. He wants to force the Spurs to wrap him up by constantly hitting him, so as to force the Spurs' seamless defense, so that the supersonic outside line will definitely get more opportunities, and their tactics will be opened, and now it's up to the Spurs to solve this problem, whether to let Chamberlain score or shrink the defense?
Shrinking the defense? Popovich is not stupid to give the supersonic super-strong perimeter group a chance, and he knows that won't solve anything.
Popovich began to shake his head.
From an answer to a question, it took Chamberlain a season, and Popovich thought it would be a few years later when he let Chamberlain go!
"Tim, you're defending like an old man!"
"Tim, it's just a simple jump shot, what are you doing?"
Popovich can only force Duncan now, he hopes that this natural cornerstone of the team can solve this problem, but Chamberlain has too many offensive means!
"Oh, jump shot!"
"Oh, Skyhook!"
"Oh, step back and drop back jumper!"
"Oh........"
"Hey, Charles, can you shut up? I know every single one of them!"
"I just wanted to tell you that this is our Barkley family's terrifying offensive genetic inheritance, do you envy it?"