With 5 minutes and 57 seconds left in the second quarter, the Lakers returned to the court on the 29th, by which time the Lakers had fallen behind by a full 19 points, 30-49, which was not miserable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info With the cheers and inverts at the AT&T Center, the morale of the Purple and Gold was low.

This is the difference between a pseudo-strong team and a real strong team, sometimes a team with 50+ or even 60+ wins in the regular season will be exposed as soon as they enter the playoffs and will be easily harvested. One of the most important points is that the overall resilience and will of the team are hugely flawed. Take the Spurs as an example, no matter what position it is, what stage it is at, leading or falling, there will be no collapse or even collapse in general. Even if it appears a few times occasionally, the number of times is relatively "scarce".

And they are more than a dozen points behind, still on their faces, and they don't see much of a sense of depression.

The pseudo-strong team is different, when it comes to the real playoff intensity, it is easy to collapse inexplicably, collapse inexplicably, and be taken away by a "wave" all of a sudden. What's more, the Lakers are not even a pseudo-strong team now, at most a second-rate team or a third-rate team.

It's really not an exaggeration, without Kobe, Nash, and Ci Shiping, internal disorder, low morale, and most of the team are "self-satisfied" and "lack of fighting spirit". Looking at the combat power of the original time and space, how to say that Gasol and Howard, the two interior stars, were together, but they were swept cleanly in 4 games, with a total net negative score of 79-91, 91-102, 89-120, and 103-82 respectively, with an average net negative score of 18.15. What is the concept, almost every game is close to 20 points of big wins, almost every game has entered garbage time.

So it's okay in good times, a little bit of contrarianism, and the bubble will collapse in an instant, and it will fall back to its original shape.

The current lineup of the Lakers, the difference in will, is unimaginable, with the fall of No. 24, it is not impossible to say that it is the worst of the 16 playoff teams in the league. After all, the Spurs are the team that entered the Finals this year, and it would be a big joke if they were slapped to death in three or two.

Did you really think it would be so easy to reach the finals?

Any team that can reach the finals in any year is strong and not to be underestimated.

In the first two games, the Spurs were a little underwhelmed, so the Lakers took advantage of the loophole to pick up the basket, and now they are back at home, a little refreshed, and immediately showed the strength of the real Holy City. The tacit cooperation, smooth offense, and near-perfect defensive rotation made the Los Angeles Lakers suddenly dried out of "moisture" and became "dried fish".

Tang Qian's activation of the "Demigod Descending to Earth" is very strong, but unfortunately, the "Demigod Descending Mortal" only cares about the defensive end and rebounding, as for the offense, he can't do it. In addition, the "heart demon" in this game weakened 15% of the competitive state, and it was even more difficult to attack. If Steve. Nash is still there, so there may be some way, but now, Tang Qian on the offensive end can only stare dryly.

But who says you have to attack to make the Lakers better? Is it really for nothing that your "demigod descends to earth"?

Tang Qian also became completely serious, he wanted to fully open the power of the "demigod descending to earth".

The Lakers missed the outside shot, Tang Qian grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then continued to shoot again, missed again, and grabbed again!

Brush~

Finally, Duhon made a three-pointer.

At 33-49, the Lakers still trailed their opponents by 16 points.

The Spurs attacked, still using the pick-and-roll, Leonard slipped to the bottom and shot, and the basketball ...... was slapped by the Lakers' No. 29!

Then Gasol scored a 2-pointer on the offensive end, 35-49.

The Spurs' Duncan shot low, was interfered by Tang Qian, who came over to help defend, and then slid out of the basket, and the Lakers got the rebound.

Meeks made a three-point shot and missed, in fact, too, his opponent was Danny. Green, this is an absolutely first-class 3-and-D player, he is very strong defensively, and he is taller than Meeks, and his arm span is longer than Meeks, as long as he doesn't eat feints, it will be difficult for Meeks to attack successfully. Moreover, Meeks basically has no ability to combine sudden shots, and only needs to strangle outside shots.

Popovich gave the match to Danny. Green only assigned one task, and that was to keep an eye on the Lakers' No. 20, Jordi. Meeks. The latter cannot be allowed to have the first two "big shots". It's a smart move, the Lakers are now lacking a solid 3-point battery, and Nashkobi is even more stretched after injuries to Ci Shiping. Darius. Although Morris is young, he really doesn't have an outside basket, and he is extremely unstable and untrustworthy outside the 3-point line. Chris. Dujon needs a large open space to shoot, and the playoffs are fierce, and he has very few opportunities to shoot, and the current series average of 36.4% shooting per game is not very reliable. Jamison is an outside shot that doesn't need too many open spots, but since the falling out with No. 29, he has become more and more chaotic, making Mike . D'Antoni was almost so angry that he just pressed it to the bench.

So now the Lakers' most reliable outside shooter is Jodi. Meeks, he has a certain amount of strong shooting ability, and he shoots in the open position, which can be called accurate. The first two games averaged more than 20+ points per game, as evidenced by this.

However, he is only a role player after all, and once he is targeted and deliberately taken care of, his firepower will immediately decrease, that is, his combat power will be greatly reduced. And that terrible breakthrough ability also made it impossible for Meeks to break through Danny. Green's defense, which has only scored 3 points in this game so far, is the best evidence.

The data of 7 shots and 1 is really unmatched, and the performance of the first two games at home is like two people.

But he's just a guy with an annual salary of $150W, what else do you want to make? Being able to play two games beyond the norm is already a big profit for the Lakers.

At this time, Tang Qian took the initiative to stand up, relying on his terrifying rebounding ability, and once again squeezed away the opponent to get this offensive rebound. Then the basket made a second offensive shot, trying to catch the San Antonio by surprise. It's a pity that this time is different from the previous two, Tim. Duncan's competitive state has improved a lot, so a big hat slapped Tang Qian's basketball.

Damn it! It's actually capped! Does this old guy still have such a quick reaction?

Tang Qian didn't know that in the gradually escalating confrontation, the Spurs' No. 21 quietly broke out, so the Lakers' interior offense was struggling. So far in the game, there have not been a few inside goals.

Including Tang Qian's shot this time, he was also completely sealed by Duncan, so don't look at the age of No. 21 is two years older than Kobe, but the average 2.7+ block per game in the regular season is not fake, and after the outbreak, the ability is not bad. At least against the Lakers No. 29, who averaged 4.9 points per game and weakened "demons", there was no problem.

However, the Spurs were not able to score, and Danny. Green's three-pointer was too powerful, so it slammed into the neck of the basket.

Tang jumped high to protect the defensive rebound, and then the Lakers had another offensive opportunity.

For the sake of safety, Dujon hung to the inside Gasol attack, Gasol singled inside, but it was unsuccessful, his shooting touch tonight was really bad enough, it was the worst game in the whole series. But...... The rebound was again picked up by the Lakers No. 29, and then the basket was strong. Duncan made up for it in time and almost blocked the former's ball.

The basketball didn't go in, and the Spurs took the rebound.

It can be seen that now that we have entered a tug-of-war, both sides are fighting to see who can't hold on first and is broken the deadlock.

"Oriental boy, your rebounding is really domineering, but the inside offense, hehe, that's another story." Although Duncan has a dull face, he is definitely not the kind of person who does not talk trash talk, Kobe Bryant once blew himself up, often exchanging trash talk with the Spurs No. 21. So "people can't look good", Duncan, as a master of psychology, has an absolutely standard level of trash talk.

Tang Qian knew that this was Duncan's trash talk, so he said, "Isn't your rebounding ball as good as rumored?" Could it be that he is old, so he is useless? When Duncan heard this, he still had a dull face, and said, "Hey, Dongfang boy, who do you think is leading now?" Shouldn't you, as laggards, be in awe of the leaders? ”

"Soon it won't be!" After Tang Qian finished speaking, he threw himself into a new round of offense, but the overall defense of the Spurs was too tacit and powerful, which made the Lakers have no good way to score points. It wasn't until the end of the second quarter that the Lakers improved their score to 38 points, but the Spurs weren't much better, scoring just two points in five minutes to make it 38-51.

The Lakers trailed by 13 points heading into the second half.

In the locker room, Mike. D'Antoni constantly emphasizes the need to be more decisive and confident in offense, but unfortunately his authority on the Lakers is really limited, and he lacks the support of the excellent No. 1 position, and the Lakers are not implementing his "run-and-gun tactics" at all. Expecting Dujon to do "7 seconds or less" is even more difficult than meeting aliens.

What kind of basketball are the Lakers playing right now?

"Amateur basketball", "talent basketball" and "instinct basketball", anyway, they rely on years of basketball experience to play. In other words, it's the tactics and coordination that amateur players do.

Relying on this kind of coordination and tactics, the Lakers were able to equalize the series score, which seemed to the outside world to be a miracle in itself. It's just that a "miracle" is just a "miracle" after all, and the problem of hard power will not change significantly.

Without Kobe Nash Ci Shiping, the Lakers' stable scoring points have decreased by nearly 52 points at once, and you can see clearly, this is a full 52 points! Not 15 points, not 25 points! Why the outside world thinks that the Lakers playoffs are just spectators, and there is a direct relationship with the lack of scoring points.

If the Lakers could have scored more than those 52 points, perhaps the situation would be completely different.

At least in terms of scoring, it won't be as ugly as it is right now.

The current Lakers team is sparse on the outside and extremely lacking in scoring ability, which is actually more vulnerable on the books than the regular season. So, it's almost impossible to win the series.

The authoritative media in the United States, led by ESPN, are not completely made up, and their data citation does make some sense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, although Tang latent on the defensive end and rebounding end, he fought hard and occupied a great advantage, but basketball is five people after all, no matter how good your interior defense is, you can't score points, and it's for nothing. It is said that "offense buys votes, defense wins", but you still have to score to do it, complete defense, even if it is a pervert level, you can't win the ball.

Basketball is essentially a competitive sport that counts more points than scored.

Halfway through the third quarter, Tang Qian scored 3 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks and 2 assists, but he still couldn't stop the Lakers' decline. It was a really irritating and helpless scene, and when the score came to 42-58, the 16-point deficit forced the Lakers into a timeout again.

You say how well the Spurs scored and how high the shooting percentage was, but not necessarily, it took only 7 points in the entire half quarter of the game, which is already a very poor shooting percentage. But if you can't stand the Lakers, the offense is worse and worse.

In more than 6 minutes, only 4 points were recorded, which was extremely ugly.

On the one hand, this shows that the defense of both sides is strong, and on the other hand, it also shows that the Lakers' stable offensive points are too few.

Relying on just one Gasol, it is impossible to last long.

And tonight, he was not in good shape and did not feel good.

Even if Popovich is not very satisfied with the offensive efficiency of the Spurs, the defensive efficiency is quite acceptable. Anyway, it's okay to defend the battle, and it's good to win in the end. The Spurs can be stronger than the Lakers offensively, even if it is limited, but it is enough.

After winning Tianwang Mountain, Popovich concluded that the Los Angeles Lakers' group of "stragglers" would definitely collapse and even collapse, and then the next game could easily reap the victory. Although it took a little more effort than expected, solving the problem in 6 games is not too bad an ending. You can still have an extra 2~3 days of rest to recover your strength.

In the AT&T center, the sound of "must win" and "advance" slowly sounded, and it can be seen that the fans on the scene of the Spurs are also full of self-confidence in the home team winning Tianwang Mountain.

Because fans who have watched the game for a little longer know that in the defensive battle, a 16-point advantage is equivalent to declaring victory in advance.

ESPN Channel 2 Live Studio, Jay. Williams and Jerry. Lucas was discussing the results, saying:

"The Lakers are basically finished, and the 16-point score difference is equivalent to deciding the outcome in advance in the defensive battle."

"That's right, the Spurs are still the third seed in the league after all, and with a well-established team structure, it's only a matter of time before they want to beat each other and get close to the undisciplined Los Angeles." Jerry. Lucas said: "Facts have proved that the outbreak of small people is only temporary, and if you want to completely subvert the situation, you still think too much." ”

"If the Lakers still have No. 24 now, then there may still be a chance of life, but now...... 99% is dead. ”

"The Purple Gold Army's battle for Tianwang Mountain has already failed!"

Including many reporters on the spot, the first draft was brewing in their minds, congratulating the San Antonios on taking Tianwang Mountain.

The Lakers' bench area was silent, some people didn't speak because they were down, some didn't speak because they "should have done it a long time ago", and some people didn't speak because they were "secretly happy". In short, the Lakers are now in a depressing atmosphere, and no one is still burning with hope on their faces.

Once again, there was a mood of "I tried my best, it's enough to fight here", which also made Mike. D'Antoni felt most powerless.

The players have given up, what else can he, the head coach who is "shouting" on the sidelines, stand up to?

In a basketball game, it's still the players who play.

But just in Mike. On the eve of D'Antoni's speech, someone took the lead and said, "This is your courage? Is this your will? Well, even so. The 29th suddenly stood up from his seat and said loudly, "Just follow me, because ......"

"I will lead the Lakers to take the top of Tianwang Mountain!"

As soon as the words landed, the Lakers' bench fell into silence again, but unlike the previous time, this time it was surprised and shocked.

He...... And with so much confidence to win? Such a big desire to win?

He...... It's really fake!

Everyone in the Purple Gold Army rang out in their hearts at the same time.

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