Chapter 838: Are Nuclear Weapons Useless in the Playoffs?
The news that the Lakers lost 2 home games in a row spread at the speed of light in the Internet era in an instant, and almost at the same time, all those who followed this game got the answers they wanted through the Internet media.
The Los Angeles Lakers lost 2 games in a row at home, and trailed the San Antonio Spurs 0-2.
All of a sudden, the Internet is frying, whether it is China or the United States.
In addition to the Lakers fans in the United States, more fans are neutral, and the Spurs fans are even more effective in smiling from ear to ear:
It's all said that San Antonio is invincible tonight! No one can beat it! Los Angeles? Miami? Neither!!
Didn't the Lakers claim to have averaged 120+ points per game in the last round? Why didn't there be two games that broke 100?
The Spurs will be slaughtered! Swept the Lakers!!
Haha~ It's like this every year, sincerely, all around me is "Oh, the Spurs are aging, the Spurs are hopeless, the Spurs are going to rebuild", and then it's the regular season record that dominates the league every year, all the way!
Domestically, Lakers fans make up the majority:
How did Nash do it? I was blown up by my opponent! 3 assists in a single game, that's too little, isn't it? What about the majesty ahead?
Donkey also didn't play well, the Spurs' protection of the interior line was too exaggerated, they were a nightmare for shooting under the basket, I don't seem to have seen a single round in which Donkey and Gasol faced two hands! This consciousness is a bit like a hanging!
Seriously, I think the Spurs are still playing hard, at least not being forced to come out with all their might!
Could it be that this series is really over? No, it's the boss's last season!
Didn't you see the boss score 45 points? My teammates can't take it.
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There are all kinds of people on the Internet, and there is an obvious sign, that is, too much rush and too much argumentation. This is also the characteristic of the so-called "impetuousness of the Internet". In fact, isn't this a microcosm of human society? Impetuous people will always occupy the majority, and those who are sober-minded and firm will always be in the minority. Why? It's very simple, what's behind these online messages? Is it the machines and the network themselves? No, they're all human.
In order to avoid excessive pressure, D'Antoni has simply closed his doors in the past few days and not allowed any reporters to open training interviews, because let alone the players, even if he is the head coach, he is almost squeezed out by the pressure from the outside. In big cities, there are many spotlights, praises, and beautiful knives, and at the same time, naturally there are many doubts, denigrations, and pressures.
At the same time, the main thing, not yet the outside world, is Mike. D'Antoni didn't really come up with a way to free Nash and restore Nash and his team. The Spurs, the study of the Lakers is too thorough, and their lineup is really a bit restrained in their own coaching system. If only Nash were 10 years younger!
In the end, D'Antoni couldn't help but think so.
Thinking like this often means that there is no way, and the donkey skills are exhausted, so they start praying and daydreaming.
Seeing that the Lakers have lost 2 games in a row, the ESPN group of people are like seeing a stripped beauty, their eyes are full of wolf, and they can't wait to burst out the "power of the wilderness" that has been aggrieved for a long time.
The Lakers are at the end of their rope! The stats prove that they are not a strong team at all, no match for the San Antonios!
D'Antoni's limitations, the ceiling of his leadership may be the division finals!
Kobe Bryant threw too much! When he plays like this, he is throwing a bomb at the Lakers himself!
Great team! The individualism of the Lakers can't win against the San Antonio Spurs, who have already touched the essence of basketball!
The Lakers' interior twin towers have been in a slump, with a shooting percentage of less than 4 percent? Are you sure that's what an interior player should be able to do?
Under the bombardment of ESPN and Sports Illustrated, no one on the Lakers survived, and all of them participated. In particular, Kobe Bryant and Tang Qian, who have a grudge against ESPN, are the targets of their wanton attacks. The quotation of various out-of-context data has made the public opinion of American fans deviate greatly.
Sports Illustrated even said directly:
The probability of the Lakers advancing is no more than 2 percent, and the principle of defeat of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Los Angeles has taken effect again.
The funny thing is that at the beginning of the season, it was also their group of people who advocated the Spurs' "dying old" argument, but now it seems that they are really the last cheeky, and they don't care about the embarrassment of "backsliding" and "slapping themselves in the face". It seems that if you want to become the so-called "authoritative media", shamelessness is also a sufficient and necessary condition.
However, Tang Qian still has a certain amount of confidence, that is, he still has the "playoffs demigod descending to earth" that has not been used.
It's just that this one, he originally wanted to save it for the finals, but now it'......
The plan can't catch up with the changes, let's kill the Spurs first! This Spurs team was originally the champion of the original time and space!
Let's take it one step at a time.
After the Pacers won the first game, the Heat won the second game soon after, and the current score between the two sides is tied 1-1.
The third game of the Lakers vs Spurs playoffs was moved to San Antonio, and the Lakers had to win at least one of the two away games. And the first one, you have to take it down, otherwise you will fall behind 0-3 and it will be completely over.
There is no Lakers player who doesn't understand this, so some role players even have an excessive sense of pressure in advance.
Such a feeling is actually quite detrimental to the upcoming key game.
Forget it, I can't wait, let's open it tonight, I can't pass the Spurs, what follow-up are you talking about? What else are you talking about in the finals?
Before the game, Kobe Bryant carried out a "dark ritual" in the locker room, but Tang Qian felt that the effect was not good, but he was ready to stand up, so he said: "We will definitely win tonight!" Believe in ourselves! ”
"Bryant! I'll take care of the defensive end! Attack, you have to come on! ”
Kobe glanced at Tang Qian and nodded: "Hot, no matter what, this one really can't lose anymore, it's time to break out." ”
"I know, Bryant, we're going to win! We're going to take out the Spurs! 0-2 is not without a record in history? ”
"Good! One two three! To win!! ”
“! GOGOGO!!! ”
But the Spurs are not something that the Lakers can beat with a few slogans, their stability is second to none in the history of the NBA, and this year is particularly united, how can it be easy to turn the tables? In the first quarter, the Lakers and Spurs fell into a fierce fight! But unfortunately, the Spurs still led the Lakers by 4 points and entered the second quarter. If Nash can't solve this point, then it will be difficult to easily reduce the Spurs' scoring.
There was no way, Nash could only be removed in the second quarter, and the Lakers returned to a chaotic offensive system dominated by individual singles.
But Kobe Bryant learned to be obedient this quarter, and he didn't play Leonard with the ball head-on, as in the previous game, but ......
Hold the ball in the wing position, and then start to pull away in the low and mid post and play.
One top and one shake and one withdrawal, Kobe Bryant leaned back and stretched out his hand, brushed ~, and the basketball accurately entered the net.
Kobe Bryant is the strongest back master on the outside except for Jordan, the back here is not only the back back, but also a series of back steps, he is recognized as the king of the outside back. And doing so, it is equivalent to Kobe Bryant's admission that the "facial paralysis" young man in the opposite position has extremely strong defensive skills and is extremely good, because attacking with his back is equivalent to a way of playing that ignores defense the most.
And the most ignored is equal to Leonard's defense, which requires Kobe Bryant to use such tricks to maintain a stable shooting rate and attack.
Bryant watched Leonard's defensive video of the season many times afterwards, then focused on it dozens of times in the playoffs, and finally defended his last game. He suddenly came to the conclusion that this third-year student of the Spurs team is very likely to become the future DPOY! He definitely has that potential! And it feels faintly ...... He was defensively better than Ron. Artest is more powerful and powerful!
If it weren't for the monster of you in the league, I think he would have a good chance of getting the long-lost outside player DPOY.
Kobe Bryant said this to Tang Qian once in training.
Tang thought to himself, your idea is right, because if it weren't for me, this matter would be the truth.
That young man of the Spurs, he is indeed the winner of the outside DPOY again after Ci Shiping! And, just next season!
However, Tang Qian didn't know that next season, it would still be the DPOY trophy of Spurs No. 2!
This kind of ability to connect with the village is a bit shocking.
This means that among the outside players, his defense has reached the point where it is the strongest in history!
Purely compared to defense, it is even stronger than the peak Kobe!
This is an indisputable fact! Because 2 DPOY! It's still an outside line, and the difficulty is a bit shocking!
Not an exaggeration at all! At least until Leonard was born, who would have dared to imagine that an outside player would be able to win the Defensive Player of the Year in the modern era? However, this is really happening. So if nothing else, Leonard is a rare genius in history for outside defense! This is not a compliment! That's the truth!
Because he did something that fans couldn't have imagined before.
That's a huge achievement.
And No. 24 playing like this also means that the Black Mamba has to do something between 07-10, and he has to rely on his singles to lead the team and create opportunities for the rest of the team. Because it's very simple, his back is not something that Leonard can defend, even if Jordan comes, it's the same. Kobe Bryant can't guard Jordan's back, and Jordan can't guard Kobe's back either.
When it came to the strongest ranks in history, it was not sealed.
It depends on the feel and mutual explosion who can survive to the end, and Kobe's back-to-back singles shooting rate has always been terrifying, taking the 06-07 season as an example, the shooting rate is as high as 50.7%! This season's regular season has increased to 54.9%! So Kobe Bryant's back-to-back singles are the most destructive weapons! In the early stage, the tonnage is enough to have enough strength, and it is directly a strong push + foot + lean, and the weight loss in the later stage becomes a footstep + lean. The lack of strength is also one of the gaps between Kobe Bryant's back and Jordan's back in the later period.
Because Joe's three consecutive championships were the opposite, not only did not lose weight, but increased all the way, and in the last year of the Bulls, he even reached the maximum weight of his career. This is the main reason why Jordan used more back-to-back play than Kobe Bryant in the later period. If the weight is not enough, frequent back plays, just the card for confrontation, it will take too much extra physical strength, Kobe Bryant obviously has such a high hit rate in the back singles, and he doesn't dare to use it all the time in the later stages of his career, obviously the rate after 10 years is not as good as 10 years ago. Besides, with less tonnage, his back is thrown back, and he often can't go deep into the top of the person, and he can't eat the position, so it is easier for the opponent to stick it up to interfere and block. It's just that Kobe Bryant's own back-to-back singles skills are too good and cover up some problems.
But at the moment, Kobe Bryant has no scruples in this regard, because now his weight has also recovered to the "Little Polon" period, with his more than ten years of superb back playing skills, the biggest playoff killer has appeared. And the Spurs' No. 2 is also the first defensive player to let Kobe Bryant do this on his own initiative this season.
Regarding back-to-back singles, there is a famous saying in the NBA that back-to-back singles are tactical weapons in the regular season and nuclear weapons in the playoffs.
Because the defensive scale and defensive intensity of the playoffs far exceed the regular season, even if it is the current "body hair era", it is the same. Therefore, under greater confrontation intensity and physical contact, back play is the best choice for attacking.
It's just that this technique can't be practiced by ordinary people, even if it's a supergiant, it's the same.
To put it mildly, if James has the level of Kobe Jordan on his back, then his offensive and physical advantages will be magnified several times. The first person in history, Qiao Shen will not be able to sit steadily. It's a pity that Zhan Huang's back fight still stays at the level of "tank back hit", which is because he went to Olajuwon to practice hard for several offseasons, otherwise he didn't master the "tank back hit" before. For example, the 2011 finals were obvious flaws. I can't move my back so much shorter......
Compared with Kobe, who was only about 200 pounds last season, Kobe Bryant, who is now more than 230+ pounds, is the time to play the strongest power of the back hit. This time Kehuai. Leonard was finally parried and began to be hit in succession.
It stands to reason that at this time, the Spurs should change their defensive tactics, because the reason why back-to-back singles are called nuclear weapons in the playoffs is not only its offensive ability, but also ...... The back-to-back master is not only strong in attack, but also in vision and tandem. For example, when Olajuwon, O'Neal, Kobe, Jordan and others play on their backs, do you pack the clip or not? Don't wrap the clip? That's the end, at the peak, they basically have a super high success rate of eating alone. And once you're packed, the back play will also be able to play in time because of the wide field of vision, so that their teammates can get a chance.
One pass, two passes, basically the defense line will be torn apart, because on the basketball court, there can only be five people on one side in total.
The Spurs are strong, but in the case of Kobe Bryant's back, it is impossible to completely not leak people and not be available.
That's why the back hit is also called the king of attack technology.
There is no real master of back play who can only attack and cannot pass and play the ball, so the power of back play is equivalent to reducing by more than half. Basically, if you're a top-notch back-to-back player, then one-on-one is raw and a bag is passing. It sounds easy, but the timing and grasp of the ball are very important, otherwise it will be a waste of time and opportunity.
Kobe Bryant has beaten several times on his back, and the shooting rate has been maintained at a very high level, and Kobe Bryant is singles on his back, but he is recognized as the only man on the outside second only to Qiao Shen. This kind of nuclear weapon, he really used it very easily. However, the Spurs did not have the imaginary change of formation.
still insists on No. 2 alone defense Kobe.
It's kind of incredible! It's unconventional! Even Kobe Bryant and D'Antoni are a little confused!
I know it's hard for one person to defend my back-to-back singles, so why do you insist on not wrapping up? No joint defense? Is this gambling?
Gambling? No, this is also Popovich's coping strategy, if it was the previous Spurs, or even last year's Spurs, he would not dare to be so "big". But this year, and against the Lakers, he's confident enough to do that.
Play it this way.
What do you mean? Meaning......
The Lakers also can't defend against the Spurs' offense!
Even if Tang Qian blocked it a few times, it didn't hurt, because the overall passing ball simply split the Lakers' fragile defense. Unlike the rest of the teams this season against the Lakers, the Spurs in this series do not rely on long-range shooting or sports shocks, but rather steady positional attacks throughout the game.
And unlike the lineup attack in the ordinary impression, the Spurs' positional offense has reached a smooth level. They don't rely on the players to lead the basketball to break the game, but rely on the basketball to lead the players to break the game.
In other words, this Spurs' style of play is to "lead people with the ball" instead of the traditional "dribble with the ball" attack.
They basically do this by constantly moving the ball, sharing it, and then looking for an opportunity to shoot! Seriously, this can be played to this extent in the defensive intensity and defensive scale of the playoffs! This Spurs team is the second! But it's the strongest one!
Compared to the king at the beginning of the 21st century, it is many times stronger.
Everyone knows that the playoffs are different from the regular season, playing hard, stagnating, and not playing smoothly is almost the norm. Whether it's the Lakers' "" or the Bulls' "2 dynasties", no one in the playoffs has been playing like this all over the court.
It's not that I don't want to, or I can't.
And even the Kings that year, weren't they wiped out by the Lakers, and didn't they be able to break out of the West?
So their model has not entered the realm, and the same is true for the peak bulls, so in the end, they still rely on the stars to solve the problem. The 13-14 Spurs are a real exception, and for the first time, they have shown the world that they can reach the top even if they don't rely on the so-called Pistons' iron-blooded defense.
This even involves the aspect of the team's culture, in short, this Spurs team has reached a certain level that Popovich really wants to achieve.
Without superstars, you can solve the problem, beat all the strong teams along the way, and win to the end.
Before the Lakers Nash was on the court, the Spurs were the main attacker, and when Nash was gone, they returned to the attacking mode that can be called fluid this season.
It seems to be a simple handling of the ball, sharing the ball, making the ball, passing, and then shooting as it should be, but it can do it with the intensity of the playoffs and even the Finals, and this is the only Spurs in history. That's why Emperor Zhan was helpless, and the Heat Dynasty was slaughtered at the last step.
If you actually watch the Finals that year, you'll see that even with the championship along the way, the Spurs are relaxed. Seems...... On the opposite side, the Heat, who won two consecutive championships, and Zhan Huang, who had the highest offensive efficiency in the finals, were unable to create a little trouble for them.
It was like, I didn't give it my full strength and you went down, and it was the same.
Because of this confidence, Popovich did not make sense to wrap Kobe, but instead allowed the Spurs' third-year students to continue one-on-one defense. After all, such a strong opponent and such a strong individual attack superman is a wonderful opportunity to improve your defensive ability and defensive experience. Perhaps, it is not impossible to never have such an opportunity again in a lifetime.
Therefore, Popovich has reached the Western Conference finals, and he still has the idea and plan of "training and upgrading", for San Antonio, who has retired from the GDP portfolio in the future.
It sounds really arrogant, really arrogant.
And this also allowed the Lakers to finish the second quarter with 55-63 points, trailing their opponents.
Compared with the first quarter, the score difference has not narrowed, but has gradually widened.
A thick haze began to gather in the Spurs' visiting locker room.
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