The next day, there were reports of the Lakers' defeat everywhere.

Fiasco! The Lakers are finally showing fatigue? —Los Angeles Times.

90 in offense, 111 in defense, D'Antoni meets nemesis again? - Bleachers.

We are the kings of the West! —The San Antonio Express.

In the post-match press conference, Mike. D'Antoni only said that the whole team did not play as well as it should, and then the rest was perfunctory. But some people are excited, and they are some media outlets dominated by ESPN.

Unlike the previous round when the Lakers swept "couldn't hold a fart for half a day", this time it seemed that the ants who had finally waited for the carrion, ESPN broke out collectively. Full of firepower. What Lakers fiasco, are they just a pseudo-powerhouse? What this is a result that has long been expected, the Lakers are not at all as good as the Spurs. What Kobe Bryant is a cancer, the Lakers' interior twin towers collapsed and something like that. Most of them are non-nutritious "eye-catching fast food titles". Do you think this domestic portal is the first one? No, no, no, these domestic "unscrupulous editors" are all the routines of foreign "unscrupulous editors" that they have learned. This set was not the rise of China at the beginning, but the Internet penetration rate has long been higher than that of Europe and the United States in China.

Title party, they are king.

Moreover, they also have a set of routines that specialize in scolding the "title party", which has not yet been popularized in China, so I won't go into details. In particular, their "well-known expert" Henry. Abbott wrote an op-ed saying:

Kobe Bryant's illusion, he is actually not very strong in singles! Without Nash, he's still the same person! Inefficient and mediocre!

The convention then takes it out of context, citing several data to prove his point.

First of all, this big expert completely ignored the excellent defensive performance of the Spurs No. 2 third-year student, and the defense he showed last night has actually reached the upper reaches of the first defense! It's not the strength of the second defense in the regular season! This came when the Spurs wiped out the Thunder, and he allowed Durant to score only 25 points in the Western Conference semifinals, and his shooting percentage dropped by a large margin from the regular season. Of course, professional basketball games can't be a dedicated one-on-one heads-up offense and defense, and there are a lot of misalignments, blocking, and off-ball attacks, but at critical moments, Popovich asked him to mark Durant, and it is also true that Durant's key single-kill ability has dropped significantly. The most important thing is the Spurs' iron bucket outside line, this season is simply the strongest team with the strongest overall defensive ability on the outside that Tang Qian has ever seen.

From individual defense to tactical system defense, Leonard + Danny. Green + Parker, this defensive line, the average outside line, is really a headache to fight. You say Durant's shooting percentage is okay? First of all, it is an indisputable fact that it is lower than the regular season, and it is ...... As a super scorer who can average 32+ per game in the regular season, you can only average 25 points per game in the series, and the decline has reached a full 7+, which is already several notches of decline! Here it must be quoted again, score! It's the highest level of basketball data! Because basketball is a game of scoring.

Durant can't provide scoring when the team needs it most, what else is a super scorer? The Thunder didn't give the team a decoy to use him as a bait and decide to focus on offense inside, right? Essentially, to the extent that the team really needs to attack, Durant has failed. At this time, it's not about the shooting percentage, it's the key to be able to score.

Otherwise, if you average 25+ points per game, even if you have a 50% shooting rate, and you lose in the end, isn't it better than averaging 30+ points per game and 35% shooting rate, and finally winning? Moreover, except for the playoffs in the 11-12 season, Durant has never shot more than 46% from the field in the playoffs in the playoffs with the Thunder. The highest is 46%. What to say efficient? Totally.

It's useless not to believe it, Durant and the Spurs have fought 6 games, except for the second big score rout and the fourth quarter didn't play at all. He shot 1-of-4 from 25% in the fourth quarter in the first game, 40% from 2-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter in the third, 0-of-0 from the field on 4-of-4 shooting in the fourth, 50% from 1-of-2 shooting in the fifth, and 75% from the field on 3-of-4 shooting in the finale. And you think this is saying that Durant's fourth-quarter shooting percentage is inconsistent and not very good? No, no, no, it's not the key thing, the hit rate is not the point at all. The focus is on Durant's fourth-quarter scores, which are 3 points, 4 points, 4 points, 2 points, and 11 points respectively. Even if it was this 11 points, it was actually a bit watery, because the game was played in overtime, and Durant was sluggish again in overtime, shooting 0 of 3 and scoring 0 points. From this point of view, Durant's key score is...... It's not as good as his "third brother" Harden.

It doesn't matter if the shooting percentage is low, it's okay to "touch porcelain" and get points.

So this year's Spurs, even if they are super scorers, their outside line is enough to resist.

This kind of group confidence, group belief, has gone beyond the ranks of ordinary strong teams. Therefore, the Spurs in the 13-14 season are recognized as one of the strongest teams in history, and they will be called "one of the legendary teams" by many pundits and journalists in the future.

The finals can be called hanging the Heat, not a joke, not only offense, but also super defense.

Secondly Henry. Abbott is simply leading randomly, distinguishing positions to compare hits, are you sure you're not kidding? Even if it is as strong as Jordan, the playoffs will have a shooting rate of 48%+. The 45% hit rate is in the quartile, which belongs to the level of excellent gear! Why don't you look at the other quantiles? Look at Harden later? You know how difficult it is to keep a lot of shots at this hit rate. Why don't you compare hits on the inside? But there is a sentence in this that makes Kobe angry, and that is Henry. Abbott thinks third-year Leonard defended Los A. 24.

It kind of irritated Kobe.

Kobe Bryant was on fire, and he decided to blow up the opponent in the next game.

He wants to fight back and question.

After a day off on May 20, the Lakers continued to host the San Antonio Spurs on the 21st, and D'Antoni emphasized before the game that he must speed up, must fight, and do not play against the Spurs. This also faintly made Kobe a little unhappy, because he is the king of the outside line of the positional battle, and he is the best at attacking the position, but because of the face of Coach D'Antoni, the Lakers did not attack on the 24th.

But after the first quarter passed, D'Antoni finally got a little annoyed, looked at the score and said loudly: "Tell me, what are you guys playing?" What are you guys fighting??? Didn't you hear me when I said speed up, don't slow down, don't fight positional battles??? In fact, this is a bit excessive, because this round of the series is no longer something that the Lakers can speed up if they want to, the backcourt engine is blocked, and the Lakers' team is weak, which is immediately exposed.

In this case, do you still want to play fast? How to play fast???

Popovich's calculations were accurate, and he hit the nail on the head. Nash was in control, and the Lakers simply couldn't have played the kind of subtle team offense they did in the last series. 120+ per game? That's even more delusional.

At present, the San Antonio Spurs team is extremely experienced in blocking and attacking from the outside, and the defense is extremely experienced, which makes Nash's aging and personal ability decline also fully revealed. Without a pick-and-roll, the 40-year-old Son of the Wind has struggled to break through the opponent Tony one-on-one. Parker's defense. And the full-court control and positional tandem, sorry, that's Jason. Kidd's strengths, not his.

And importantly, if the offense is stagnant, the Canadians' defensive black hole attribute will fully explode and be clawed by the Spurs.

Without an offensive bonus, Nash is an ATM on the defensive end, Tony. Parker won't show mercy at all.

Popovich also gave him a face to Steve. Nash has unlimited power to fire.

In this case, Nash's situation is a little awkward, and when he is on the court, the side effects are starting to outweigh the positives.

At least before he came up with a proper solution, Nash, was in a bit of a bad situation.

But D'Antoni just doesn't give up, because replacing Nash is equivalent to his system and tactics, which will collapse in the Lakers. How could he, as the head coach of the Lakers, not know what this Lakers team would have been like if it weren't for Nash's forced tandem. As a result, it is probably divided, not to mention what kind of running and small balls are played, and it is difficult to play a good whole.

He fantasized that the situation could take a turn, but his tactics were completely seen through by the Spurs, completely expected and targeted, and he didn't have the corresponding tactics to crack, how could there be a turnaround easily? By the end of the half, the Lakers had trailed the Spurs by as many as 18 points. I went for another 20 minutes. 40-60 at halftime, Parker actually scored 23 points in the half! This is already exaggerated and amazing for him!

The Lakers are either a bag or a substitution, and D'Antoni is not a defensive coach and has little defensive tricks and strain. This is also the biggest reason that restricts him from going further, the lame is too bad. The playoffs are not the regular season, and under the scale of punishment and the targeted research of opponents, his set is a bit simple.

The regular season is a marathon, and very few people waste energy and energy to work 100% with you, but the playoffs are different, 100%? Sometimes 150% is light! It's a completely different situation here than it was in the regular season!

D'Antoni came up with a few outside pack tactics, but what team are the Spurs? Especially this Spurs team, they are a super team team with "everyone is a soldier". Do you think they're afraid of being packed? Bag clips are the thing they want most. Because as long as you have a bag of clips, then you can get out of the air, and the Spurs' ability to catch this kind of mistakes and vacancies has always been unbeatable in the league, and there are few opponents.

So doing that, with this Spurs' ability to pass the ball and move the ball, is to make them play a more beautiful and high-quality offense. It's a complete stinky move!

D'Antoni has this problem, and it was the same when he was in the Suns, once the No. 1 position was stuck, it was equivalent to choking his throat, and he suddenly changed from a martial arts master to a useless mortal. Of course, this is an exaggeration, but his "V-shaped offense" caused a bloody storm in the league back then, and the first to break its myth was none other than the San Antonio Spurs.

This year's Nash has changed from his early 30s to 40s, almost ten years later, and his personal ability, mainly physical fitness, has inevitably declined sharply. In this way, his dependence on blocking and dismantling has become higher and higher. Fortunately, the Lakers' current No. 5 position is Tang Qian, with his mobility and enthusiasm, the front greatly covers up Nash's shortcomings, so it seems that Nash is still beautiful, and the number of assists in the playoffs is not worse than at his peak. But there are many factors in this, first of all, let's make it clear that if it is the peak version of Nash, then joining this Lakers team will only average more assists per game! One piece taller than now is a must! Secondly, the Lakers' lineup and singles ability are better than the original Suns, and the shooters are basically in place, and there is no shortage. However, this does not fool some people's eyes.

For example, Greg. Popovich, who was not deceived by the Lakers' performances at all, carefully analyzed from a large number of videos and data, and then identified several major shortcomings of the Lakers. That's why he's so confident about this series.

One of the drawbacks, Steve. Nash is aging and needs to rely on a lot of blocking and pick-and-roll to be powerful, and it just so happens that the Spurs team in front of him is the best defensive pick-and-roll team in the entire league this season. Whether it's low or high, it's all killed.

The second disadvantage is Steve. Nash, once the attack can't be opened, his defensive attributes will immediately be "blackholed", and it is impossible to cover up no matter how you cover it. And it just so happens that the Spurs' No. 1 position, Tony. Parker is a good attacker, and it's only fitting that he can attack the Lakers' defensive hole.

In a word, as long as Nash dares to play, Popovich dares to give Tony. Parker offense.

He's not the kind of mediocre manager, tactics are tactics, but if there was an easier way to win, he would never be stupid to refuse. And many people may forget that the Frenchman's single-game scoring record in the regular season is the highest in the Spurs' roster. Taller than Duncan. The same goes for the playoffs. Therefore, if you underestimate his scoring ability, you will definitely be beaten hard.

If the Lakers continue to play Steve before they figure it out. Nash, Naparker is estimated to be more than 40+ in a single game tonight.

As for the other drawbacks, I will slowly mention them later.

20 points behind! At halftime, the Lakers returned to the home locker room, and the atmosphere was depressing.

If you lose 2 games in a row at home, then this round of games is estimated to be more auspicious, the home of the Spurs, but one of the "devil's home" in the league, it is not easy to win the playoffs. And once they lost 2 home games, they were all big scores, which was a big blow to the morale of the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant understands this, and Nash also understands, so in the second half, Nash took the initiative to ask to rest for a while, and he also had to take the opportunity to calm down and calm his head. After the series began, he was also a little stunned by the Spurs' targeted play.

D'Antoni saw that Nash himself said so, so he could only nod in agreement and let the Lakers replace Jordan. Famal went to take over.

Jordan. Although Famar said that his organizational ability, independent offensive ability, etc., are not as good as Nash, but he is young after all, he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old this year, so as long as he is willing to work hard, the defense is much stronger than the 40-year-old Nash. It's just that this makes D'Antoni not enough to push the "seven seconds or less" or "V-shaped offense" on the Lakers.

To put it simply, it's Jordan. Famar, not Steve. Nash, it's that simple.

Therefore, the Lakers must adjust the focus of attack, and this heavy responsibility naturally falls to No. 24 Kobe. Bryant's body.

Now against the Spurs, no one has the ability to attack on their own to break the game. And San Antonio, according to history and tradition, what they are most afraid of is Kobe Bryant, a super scorer with strong single-point explosiveness and completely unreasonable scoring shots.

Kobe Bryant is indeed a "killer" for the Spurs in history, and his data and shooting percentage are much higher than the playoff career shooting percentage. Especially after maturity, Kobe Bryant after the millennium, 5 times against the Spurs, the worst has 26+ points. In those days, playing with the Spurs was frighteningly slow, and 100 points in a playoff game was considered a high score. For example, in the 01-02 playoffs, the highest score of the two teams was 99, the second highest was 93, and then there was no game that exceeded 90 points. Most of the two sides are around 80 points. This is the scoring ratio, 26+ points, accounting for a very high proportion of the team's scores, after all, O'Neal only averaged 21.4 points per game in the series that year, and his 45% shooting percentage was less.

This 26+ is worth more than the current average of 30+ points per game.

So if the round series is the Finals, then it is very likely to be Kobe's FMVP.

Because in the second half and the fourth quarter, his performance was extremely good, such as scoring 17 points alone in the second half of the knockout game, and cutting 10 points and 3 assists in the fourth quarter. You must know that Kobe Bryant scored 26 points in the whole game, and cut more than half of the points in the second half. For example, in the last game of the knockout game, Kobe Bryant also scored 19 points in the second half, 12 points in the fourth quarter, and 10 points in the last five minutes, helping the Lakers win by 2 points and take away the game. He scored 15 points in the second half of the third game and 11 points in the fourth quarter while shooting 100 percent. 20 points in the second half and 8 points in the fourth quarter. 13 points in the second half of the first game, 5 points in the fourth quarter, and 120 seconds of 3 points in the final game. Sum it up. The team's boss O'Neal scored 13 points, 7 points, 0 points, 1 point, and 4 points in the fourth quarter. The key last three battles are basically invisible, and they are completely no longer the appearance of the finals. Do you think O'Neill didn't have a chance? No, it was the Spurs who adjusted their defensive style and intensity, and his shooting percentage plummeted. He shot 4-of-9 from the fourth quarter in the first game, 2-of-3 from the second, 0-of-4 from the third, 0-of-3 from the fourth, and 1-of-2 from the fifth. In other words, except for 2-of-3 shooting from the field, which reached his playoff average, the rest were all below his playoff shooting average. Combined with a fourth-quarter shooting rate of 32.22% in five games, which is about half of the career playoff shooting rate. Bryant's shooting percentage in the fourth quarter of five games was 50%+50%+100%+50%+57.1%, and the combined average shooting rate was 61.42%.

And Kobe Bryant's shooting rate in this round series is only 45.5%, and the fourth quarter of the playoffs can be called the most intense moment of the fight, or the Spurs of that era, you know what is called real high-level data. Just looking at the average data and shooting percentage per game, or the so-called efficiency value, you can't see the terrible Kobe Bryant in his 20s in this round of the series.

In the fourth quarter, high scores, high shots, high hits, and a wave of attacks took away the game, what else can be argued?

You must know that Duncan, who averaged close to 29+17+5+3+1 series super data per game that year, only shot 42.5% overall. Duncan is still inside.

This doesn't mean that Kobe Bryant was wronged if he didn't get the FMVP, after all, he still didn't get that sentence if he didn't get it, or was his strength a little worse, luck? That's also a kind of strength, who called the Eastern team inside to let O'Neal abuse vegetables? Even if Jordan came and was on the same team as O'Neal in the past few years, it wouldn't stop O'Neal from winning the FMVP in those years. Outside and inside line than hits? Than killing? Or O'Neill? Can Jordan hit nearly 60% shooting rate in the Finals with an average of 36+12+4+3 per game? Can Jordan shoot 61.1% in the finals with an average of 38+17+2+3+1 per game? It's weird. Qiao Shen is strong, but with this kind of efficiency and data, the outside player, no matter who it is, will never be able to play in the finals. Not to mention the weakened version of Kobe? So here is just to say that Kobe Bryant really has a killer and bitter effect for the Spurs, that's all. In fact, until 2008, when he played the Spurs in the last playoff game, it was like this, the statistics were extremely beautiful, and he basically never dropped the chain at critical moments.

It's also kind of a gift for Lakers fans and Mike. D'Antoni is the only invigorator.

But did it really go so well?

Tang Qian, who was weakened by 23% of his competitive state by the "heart demon" in this game, did not have a good premonition.

PS: Tonight's 10,000 words are more complete, Xiao Zi is not lazy at all, get off the plane and go back to sleep~ Thank you for your support~

Xiaozi went home on Friday, and found time to break out again on the weekend~~~ That's right, since it broke out, I begged for a wave~lalala~~~