Objectively speaking, before the game, analysts and commentators generally believed that the Spurs, who were balanced and in good shape, should be the winner of this game, not looking down on the Lakers, but optimistic about the Spurs - from the beginning of the season to the present, the Spurs have always been considered the favorite to win the championship, and Popovich's team did not disappoint, with an excellent record of nine wins and three losses, second only to the Lakers and Warriors, and indeed lived up to expectations.

This game is the first game of the season for both teams, and Spurs are now in a strong position, giving the impression that they are the favourites.

Of course, analysts and commentators also generally agree that the Lakers are still very competitive, even if the victory may be slightly weaker, but the gap is not large.

But I didn't expect this game to be fought...... Suddenly they couldn't understand it..... 10 points ahead?

5 minutes and 10 seconds, 11-21, the Lakers at home led by as many as 10 points!

An incredible lead.

......

Bay Area.

Curry, who didn't play today, stretched his back to watch the live broadcast of the game between the Lakers and the Spurs, next to him was head coach Kerr and good friend Klay.

"Damn, Clay, I watched that soul fade and push the record back today, damn it, I haven't caught up with him by 15 yet."

Clay shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I didn't ...... either If there are two more of them, then I really don't have the confidence to be able to catch up, think about it, 17 or even 18 three-pointers in a single game...... I wouldn't have dreamed of anything so whimsical. ”

Cole said solemnly: "I have to pray, if Xu Xuan plays like this in the playoffs, it is estimated that we will lose, this guy is too difficult to restrict." Anyway, Stephen, you're going to learn to lean too, right? There's no solution to Kobe's trick, man. ”

"Me?" Curry spread his hands: "I'll forget it, you don't look at how tall that soul fade is now, my height, there is no advantage in leaning back, it is better to play in a familiar way." ”

Cole nodded.

In fact, if you rank the three-point ability of the active players in the league, not to mention anything else, Curry and Klay should be in the same gear as Xu Xuan.

The intensity is the same, but Xu Xuan's offense looks like it's more incomprehensible than them.

Be sharp.

It's not just a matter of three-point ability, because you can't look at a player who only looks at threes.

For example, Xu Xuan's side, he shoots three points ruthlessly, but can you completely ignore Xu Xuan's breakthrough?

Impossible!

When defending, it is inevitable that part of the focus will be on the breakthrough.

Of course, Xu Xuan's shooting style is also one thing, backward jump shots, as long as you use it well, it is almost difficult for the defense to interfere with your rhythm.

......

After the timeout, players from both sides returned to the pitch and the game resumed.

Spurs sideline ball.

Popovich began to adjust.

The current Spurs five-man on the court are Patrick Mills, Manu, Car, David Lee and Ade.

Parker, Danny Green and Big Plus were all replaced.

Now it's a double German combination.

In the first attack after the timeout, Mills, who had just come up, hit a three-pointer directly in the bottom corner to help the team stop the bleeding.

Mills is also a veteran, entering the league in '09 and averaging 8.7 points, 2.3 assists and 0.2 rebounds per game in his career.

He's a small guard who likes to shoot on the outside, and he's only 183 tall, but he's the Spurs' favorite shooter on the bench, shooting 38.9 percent from three-point range in his career.

Come up and score.

14 to 21.

Mills shot beautifully, and Popovich on the sidelines was also relieved.

Just watching the opponent score, his side has not been able to score...... It's uncomfortable.

However, here's the key ...... After the pause, can kawaii change a little!

Or can you prevent Xu Xuan!

The offensive begins!

The Lakers' baseline ball was sent, and Xu Xuan took the ball and took it across the halfcourt.

The Lakers also made substitutions, with Ingram and Nick Young on the court.

This lineup has a strong scoring ability, but the defense is much worse than that of the starting Russell and Barnes.

Frank wants to see how far the Spurs' tactics can go, and really don't let the rest of the Lakers' side have a chance to score?

Xu Xuan led the half.

Greeting the inside line is easy to simplify and block and dismantle...... Don't give you a chance to show kawaii!

This hanging man must be thinking about giving Xu Xuan a hot pot or copying his hands or something in this round...... Xu Xuan did the opposite, directly calling for the demolition......

Yi Jian even blocked it, and the cover was very porcelain.

Kawaii didn't expect Xu Xuan to directly call for blocking, and when he was caught off guard, he was blocked by Yi Jian.

"Oops!"

Kawaii's heart fluttered.

This ball Xu Xuan was empty!

Ade, who was on the inside, did not come up to change the defense in advance, and Xu Xuan was now in an empty position.

Xu Xuan was also very decisive!

This game feels good, then cast!

Throw hard!

He doesn't want to play any tricks of wanting to promote and suppress first, he doesn't want to lose a game he can win!

In the West, with such fierce competition in the playoffs, the Lakers have no capital to promote and suppress!

You have to take advantage of this wave of momentum to win a few more games, and the rest of the games will be easy to play.

Therefore, Xu Xuan didn't even blink his eyes, and as soon as he saw that his front was empty, he threw it directly——!

At this time, it was too late for Ade to come back again, and it was too late to save, so he could only look back at the ball-

Bang!

Crisp and pleasant!

Three points hit again!

7 three-pointers in a single quarter!

Xu Xuan has scored 22 points personally!

14 to 24!

The point difference has also become 10 points again.

Rumble!

The scene once again became a sea of cheers!

Purple and Gold Dynasty fans are in for a treat.

In the past, they watched other people perform, but now they watch their own team throw like this..... It feels so good.

Cheer! 1800 Literature

Whoop!

The sound of "MVP" on the scene has broken through the sky!

Popovich shook his head.

He could see it a little, and Xiaoka's heart was upset.

Although this blocking and dismantling was unexpected, Xiaoka's reaction was not at all that kind of preoccupation and seriousness.

Otherwise, according to his usual level, according to Yi Jianlian's speed, he can go around the block after the blocking and dismantling cover is completed.

But he didn't.

All his energy is now on Xu Xuan, and the outside world ...... He was no longer visible.

This state is not good!

Popovich made a quick decision and gave Mills a look.

Foul ...... And then substitutions!

Xiaoka has to go down to sober up his mind, otherwise he doesn't know what he should do or what he shouldn't do now.

Popovich is not a soft-hearted person, Xiaoka didn't perform well just now, he can say that Xu Xuan performed too well, but now ...... Attention is off track, and it's not a question of whether you're doing well or not.

Mills was also very sensible, nodded, and then drove the ball to the Lakers' side, directly causing Ingram to foul the defense.

The referee gave a penalty and Popovich made a substitution.

Small card down, Danny Green on.

Danny Green and Xiaoka are the strongest points of the Spurs' outside defense, and Danny Green is also a high-quality 3D player who is currently famous in the league, but his three-point strength is strong, but it is a bit similar to JR, a bit of a nerve knife, so he is also ridiculed by many fans in China as "Zhang Tielin" and "Huang Ama".

The first attack that came up was very confident, and the bottom corner three-point bang smashed the iron.

Xu Xuan almost didn't laugh out loud.

Danny Green is actually a bit like the "beggar's low-profile version" of Klay Thompson, who is not as good as others in defense, and his three-point points are not as good as others, and he is not as good as ......

Those who hear are sad, and those who hear are in tears......

However, although "Tielin" was lonely, he was not embarrassed, touched his head, grinned, and a small handful of goatee on his chin shook a little.

But after all, "Tielin" came up with a three-point hit, but the defense is still very serious, and the efficiency is good, at least, the small card just now is not as much pressure as the current Tielin on Xu Xuan.

Why are Spurs strong?

It's because they're very well-balanced offensively and defensively.

There is no weakness in the offense, no weakness in the defense.

The Spurs' defense is actually a variant of the two-three defense in the NBA, relying on the strong side to pile up and the weak side to control the style of play to prevent the opponent from death.

This kind of defense especially restrains those who like to play "flowers", such as this game, the Lakers' next few rounds of offense were deeply stifled by the Spurs' team defense.

It's not a question of whether it feels good or not, because you don't have a chance to make a move.

Ade sits in the middle, Xu Xuan sticks to the outside Tielin single defense and doesn't give a chance to shoot at all, Xu Xuan breaks through, the Spurs' nearest one directly wraps up, the three of them are surrounded, Xu Xuan can't even pass the ball, so Rao is Lakers led by 10 points before, and under such a rhythm, they were slowly chased back.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 24-28, with the Spurs trailing by just four points.

From being 10 points behind at the time of the biggest point difference to now 4 points behind, in just 5 minutes, the Spurs managed to recover 6 points.

Don't underestimate these 6 points, it's not just yourself scoring, it's limiting the Lakers' scoring.

From the time the small card went off the court to the time Danny Green came on the court, the Lakers only scored a total of 4 points, and among these 4 points, Xu Xuan did not have a point, this is the change.

"The Spurs are still strong, I don't praise them, but if it were to be replaced by other teams, it would have been estimated that they would have collapsed long ago, and the Spurs could still hold on, and they could still recover the difference....... Old spicy spurs! ”

The domestic sports channel broadcast the game live, Zhang Li and Yu Jia commented on the game, the Lakers played well at the beginning, Yu Jia did not favor the Lakers, and the commentary was quite passionate.

"The game in the West looks like passion, it's really not who I prefer, the game in the West is really better than the game in the East now, you look at the Spurs, the Warriors, the Lakers...... Once these teams meet, you can't say who wins.

Everyone has an advantage, no one is weak, this game is good to watch and fierce.

And in the East, I estimate that in the East this year, it should be difficult for LeBron to find an opponent. ”

In fact, in the playoffs of this season, James led the team all the way to the finals, defeating the Bucks 4-2 in the first round, sweeping the Raptors 4-0 in the second round, and killing the Celtics 4-1 in the division finals, almost without encountering any strong resistance.

And on the western side, the Clippers, Jazz, Grizzlies, Spurs, ...... The fighting was very fierce.

There is still a gap in strength between the east and the west.

......

On the court, the game entered the second quarter.

Both sides came on as substitutes.

Popovich on the sidelines began to shout, and the content of the shouting was actually to let the Spurs change their offensive intentions to attack the inside, and then focus on outside projection to open up the outside touch.

So on the court, Dajia quickly pulled it out and made a pick-and-roll cover for Parker, and then Parker dodged Lu Wei's defense in one step, jumped directly and hit a 3-pointer with a bang.

It's a normal way for Spurs to play, and it's a way they like it very much.

...... Don't listen to Popovich, the old guy, who says that he cancels the three-pointer, hates the three-point or anything like that, in fact, the Spurs' three-point is more slippery than anyone else's.

was slapped in the face by Parker and shot a three-pointer, how could Lu Wei's temper be bearable.

Coming over with the ball here, he didn't even call for blocking and dismantling directly, just threw it-

Bang!

If you can score such a shot, it will be a ghost......

But neither Frank nor Xu Xuan cared.

On the field, it is impossible to say that players are the same as robots, perfectly executing the best choice at the moment, not to mention people, even robots, it is possible that the program will go wrong.

So it's normal for players to have their own emotions and thoughts on the field, and what the coach has to do is to try to make these small emotions and thoughts a little less so that they don't affect the overall situation.

Take, for example, Odom back then.

This guy is notoriously distracted, and you don't want to get rid of his bad problem when you are an old Zen master?

He thought, but what can you do with Odom's left ear in and his right ear out.

It's not just lip service, the players have their own personality ideas, how can they unify their thoughts to the level of robots?

Inexistent.

The bench lineups on both sides have played very well.

On the Spurs' side, Parker and the "old demon knife" Manu led the team, and they sat in the middle, and it stands to reason that the two starters in this lineup should be stronger than the Lakers' Lwi, Nick Young, and Ingram, but Popovich looked at it on the sidelines for a while, but sighed secretly.

Xu Xuan's performance just now was beyond his expectations, and it was acceptable, but the performance of the Lakers' bench made him feel a little worried......

The Lakers' bench lineup is strong!

It's not lip service, it's really strong, in the face of the bombardment and tacit cooperation of the "new version of GDP", the Lakers' bench lineup actually withstood it, and under the leadership of Lu Wei, it fought back fiercely!

That's what happened.

At this time, Popovich finally knew how the Lakers' 12-game winning streak came about, and finally knew why the Warriors lost at the hands of this Laker.

If the Lakers' bench lineup continues to win like this, it will become a big problem!

And the tactics he arranged before didn't seem to work, the first quarter was limited, but in the second quarter, as soon as the defensive intensity dropped, it instantly changed back to its original shape.

This made Popovich feel a little bad, the Lakers' strong point was originally only Xu Xuan, but now, if these role players don't want to suppress their momentum, then the Lakers will bloom in all directions.