Chapter 61: The Japanese Shark is a Technical Job
At 3:30 a.m. domestic time on May 3, the Spurs, who had rested for seven days, waited for his opponent in the Western Conference semifinals, the Los Angeles Lakers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Lakers, who seem to have a gorgeous lineup this season, are actually not having a good time, the "OK" combination that fits their hearts, the "Postman" who was injured at the beginning, and has not been able to integrate into the team's "gloves", so that this team has experienced a stumbling regular season, and only got a qualified score for them - fourth in the league.
In the playoffs, the Lakers did not go well, their opponent in the first round, which was not a powerful Rocket, caused them big trouble, a loss, a 72-71, and an overtime, if Yao Ming had not exhausted his physical strength at the end, the result would have been very doubtful.
Their opponents, the Spurs, were the opposite, as they lost their "twin towers" that dominated the league due to the retirement of David Robinson, and had to change tactics early in the season. In the year when Parker and Ginobili had not fully grown up, Duncan seemed particularly lonely.
It's a round of third-to-fourth in the league, but no one equals them. In fact, even in those seasons with the "Admiral", the Spurs only defeated the Lakers once last year!
Defense is the Spurs' strongest magic weapon, and they started with the tightest defense.
Here I have to mention Nesterovich, who has never been tough, and he actually continued his toughness against the Grizzlies, and the "Shark Cut" was extremely resolute.
In the first quarter, the Lakers scored just 14 points to the Spurs' 21.
No matter how vicious Bowen's defense is, the small actions are so hidden that the opponent is caught off guard, Kobe Bryant is not something anyone can prevent, when O'Neal was in a slump, Kobe broke out, if it weren't for Duncan's continuous singles against the success of the old Malone, the game might have entered the rhythm of the Lakers.
In the second quarter, the score was 20 for the Spurs and 19 for the Lakers.
In the third quarter, O'Neal seemed to wake up from his sleep, and the Lakers' scoring frenzy began, with Nesterovic committing 4 fouls in this quarter, and Popovich ignored Chamberlain's excited eyes and replaced Willis. The score is 32 for the Lakers and 21 for the Spurs.
Perhaps because the Spurs' defense was more ferocious, the Lakers felt cold and kept hitting the iron, bringing the game into garbage time.
At 88:78, the Spurs took the win with an auspicious number. Duncan had 30 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. The shooting rate of 12 of 18 shots made Kobe Bryant of 10 of 26 shots and O'Neal of 8 of 14 shots embarrassed.
On May 6, in the SBC center, the Spurs gave the comeback Lakers another blow to the head, leading the Lakers by 16 points at 33:17 in the first quarter. Nesterovic was still holding on, and his defensive decisiveness was no less than in the first game, but he tragically met O'Neill's high... Tide.
You know, high... The tide is always accompanied by a very strong shock wave.....! Please have our "little umbrella" Parker!
In this quarter, Parker's strong outburst was the biggest contributor, of course, such a big score was also scored thanks to the Lakers' gorgeous blacksmiths, Kobe Bryant, Malone's shots were not reliable.
The Lakers' game is so tangled, digging a big pit and jumping down at the beginning, sleeping for a while, and only starting to jump out in the second and third quarters. Of course, the premise is that the opponent does not completely bury them.
28:28 in the second quarter and 23:12 in the third quarter.
The fourth quarter should have belonged to Ginobili and Turkoglou, and the two combined to score put out the Lakers' raging lust.
95:85, the point difference is still so neat - 10 points, the Spurs get the match point 2:0.
O'Neal scored 32 points plus Bryant's 15 points, Malone's 13 points, lost to Duncan's 24 points, Parker's 30 points, and Ginobili's 15 points. Peyton, the great swimmer, continued to dive, and as he got older, his lung capacity increased.
In the past few days, six other teams have also played, the Pistons easily defeated the Nets 78-56, their tenacious defense attracted attention at this time, but still not many people think they can break through the Pacers' block! Their lineup is really bad, the main point guard is the league's famous "parallel goods" Billups.
Could it be that they are addicted to collecting "parallel goods"?
The Timberwolves lost to the Kings 98-104 at home, and the game between the Pacers and the Heat also started on the second day of the Spurs' second round, 94-81, Wade's 22-point high score, did not help the team win.
Chamberlain calmed down, in the first game with the Lakers, Chamberlain still had the idea of being able to play, especially in the third quarter of the big loss, he hoped that Popovich would think of him and think of the "small ball tactics" that could save lives. But in the second game, he deeply understood Popovich's stubbornness, the same scene, and the same replacement with Willis, who could not bring much help to the team, Chamberlain knew that his fate with the Spurs and Popovich, no matter what, would not continue to the next season.
However, Chamberlain also knows that his days of watching the road are coming to an end, and he will challenge the Lakers on the road, maybe later, but he will definitely play, and he can be included in the 12-man squad after the fight, and the cunning Popovich is what he did to deal with the Sharks, if history has not changed.
For this reason, during the four days of the offseason, Chamberlain carefully watched all the games O'Neal has played since entering the league, studying O'Neal's technical characteristics.
O'Neal is the biggest player in the NBA, but his huge body contains a flexibility that others don't have, not inferior to Carter's bounce and James's explosiveness, which makes him the biggest bug on the court.
When attacking, O'Neal's low-post stunt is called "jumping": turning around and using the elbow as a lever to boost himself when hitting the back in the low post can give him a very high chance of a slam dunk, and there is also a trick that is a jump hook with his right hand when he is close to the basket.
O'Neal on the defensive end is equally powerful, "Little Fish" once described his BT arm span as "When O'Neal spreads his arms, he looks like he sees a Boeing 747", but this is not Chamberlain's problem, he only needs to deal with the "shark" on the offensive end.
How to defend O'Neill's "jump" and "small hook"?
Chamberlain entered the "dream space" in his mind and opened his own property page.
Positioning, dismantling, anticipation, inside ball, inside foot, toughness, talent - level 1 entertainment function, these are all the capital that Chamberlain has.
Which item can effectively stop the "shark", Chamberlain began to think about and eliminate.