When he returned to the court in the second quarter, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to shoot, but was unexpectedly defended by Leonard by 2, which simply made the last thoughts of Lakers fans disappear. Many Lakers fans even turned off their computers and televisions in despair, unable to bear to see the team being swept this season.

Leonard obviously angered the current Kobe, and the 24th immediately entered the "full The.Zone", and then began to attack continuously, causing the Spurs' interior kills in a row. The Spurs' No. 2 defense is indeed getting stronger and stronger, but the person in front of him is also super peak Kobe, under the peak of his body + more than ten years of experience on the field, Kobe Bryant's reading of defensive flaws is almost to a terrifying degree. These balls are like this, and Kobe Bryant is the type of player with the "rage" bonus, so it suddenly made Leonard's single defense a little embarrassed.

But Popovich still didn't let the Spurs change their strategy to defend Kobe, because now that the team's overall situation has been decided, he is no longer thinking about the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Miami Heat or the Indiana Pacers in the Finals. In Popovich's view, the Pacers will be a little easier to deal with than the Heat, because their absolute star is not very good at breaking games, and in this regard, they basically avoid the Spurs' biggest concerns.

As for defense? He doesn't think the Pacers' defense poses any threat to the Spurs this season.

So what I'm most worried about is the old problem, the ability of stars to break the game.

The strengths and weaknesses of the Spurs are all created by him, and no one knows how to handle this degree better than this old man who graduated from the United States Air Force Academy. So in order to avoid this problem to the greatest extent, he needs a super defender to block either James and Wade of the Heat.

Janway, who has blocked one on the outside, and it is difficult for him to beat the San Antonio Spurs this season with the other alone.

Popovich is very confident in this.

So let's get the Spurs' No. 2, Kawai. Leonard's defensive ability has been improved to the limit that can be improved in a short period of time, and his state remains high-pitched, which is bound to be twice the result with half the effort against the Heat. That's why Popovich insisted on letting Leonard and Kobe, who broke out in form, continue to attack and defend one-on-one. Because for players who are growing rapidly, playing against superstars is the biggest gain and wealth. Popovich is not talking about Leonard, but a performance of high expectations for him.

Of course, it is also Popovich who knows that Leonard has a good psychological quality and strong ability to resist blows, otherwise ordinary stars will inevitably have a shadow in their hearts when they are attacked by Kobe Bryant so continuously and single-handedly. To put it mildly, if it weren't for Leonard who defended Kobe, then Kobe would have averaged 50+ per game in this series. This is to say that the Spurs are still continuing the pattern of single-defense and non-inclusion in this series, but without Leonard, Popovich would definitely not play like this.

It is the best policy to deal with joint defense and bag clamping as early as possible.

It's like "putting 2 meters" to deal with James, and it can't be used to deal with Kobe, otherwise the latter will score 50~60 points in one go, which is not unusual at all. Prescribing the right medicine and analyzing specific problems is the most mature approach of a head coach.

If you don't do it, you won't be able to become a famous handsome for the rest of your life.

In this game, the commentary of the Celestial Empire Sports Station was changed back to Zhang Weiping and Meteor Shower.

After seeing Kobe Bryant continue to use his personal ability to score singles, Zhang Weiping kept saying: "This ball is unreasonable~ Ouch~ It's really in~ This ball is too reluctant, Spurs Leonard has done a good job of defense, yo ho~ It's in again?" What a personal ability~~~"

"Coach Zhang, Kobe Bryant's consecutive goals, does it mean that the Lakers are going to get up?" Meteor Shower asked.

"It's too difficult, it's all scored, that's ...... Well? What did you say? Zhang Weiping seemed to have just reacted, and after Meteor Shower said it again with a wry smile, Zhang Weiping said: "That's not the case, the Lakers are now playing Kobe Bryant alone, and it's actually unreasonable to play like this." And the overall defense of the Lakers is loose, except for Kobe Bryant on the inside, the rest of them don't seem to have breakfast, so it is too difficult to turn over the score and defeat the Spurs. ”

Zhang Weiping is right, because it is impossible to keep the state so hot, and as soon as Kobe's hand drops, it is when the Spurs reopen the score gap. If you want to chase points, you can't just attack.

Although both sides slowed down the tempo, the Spurs' team attack still made the Lakers unable to parry.

Well, it's hard to resist even if you defend seriously, let alone the current state of mind and defensive enthusiasm?

. The live room broadcast the game live from Charles. Buckley's words:

The Lakers tonight are like office workers on the eve of work on the weekend, with basketball on their minds, just thinking about finishing the game and enjoying their vacation with ease.

That's a brilliant thing to say, and it's really a thought on the minds of most of the Lakers players right now.

They don't have any ideas about winning, they just want to finish the last game in a decent way, and then go their own way. Some want to go to a nightclub, some want to find flesh and skin, some want to contact the agent in a hurry, some want to have fun, and even go home to sleep for three days and three nights. In short, there are a lot of strange ideas, but few people's minds are still on this round of the series.

This is what makes people feel helpless and hopeless the most.

After all, basketball is still a team sport, it is not a 100-meter sprint, and it is impossible for one person to beat five people.

Nash has been substituted again, and he is not in good shape tonight, so instead of letting him be the Spurs' "ATM", it is better to remove it first. The Canadian mechanically high-fived his substitute teammate, and then sat in a corner, his eyes blank and his expression blank. I don't know if I have watched this game or not.

Not reconciled, but so what? I still lost, and I still haven't touched the floor of the finals.

This may ...... It's fate.

Nash lowered his head slightly, and he didn't even notice that his teammates next to him were talking to him.

Kobe Bryant's hand decline is still one thing, mainly under the continuous attack of No. 24, the No. 2 of the Spurs team, and the state broke out again! Immediately after, it also stepped into the "comprehensive The.Zone".

This is simply adding fuel to the fire for the Lakers.

Damn it! Is there really no way???

Tang Qian yelled inwardly, and his state finally entered the "Defensive The.Zone", which once again brought the Spurs' interior offense to a standstill. This made Popovich nod his head again and again on the sidelines, because he found that from the third game, the rebounding and defense of the eastern center improved again. Basket protection, in particular, has sometimes reached the point where you can rely on your feelings and intuition to make judgments. This situation just curbed the Spurs' flowing offensive transmission ball.

This was something I hadn't considered before, but I didn't expect anyone to really be able to do this level and this realm on the cap.

Perhaps, he is the strongest block king in the league other than Chamberlain and Russell.

It's terrible, if this were on the Spurs, Tim might be completely liberated! Then he used the interior combination of David + Tim to transition, and completely entered the Spurs from the original "GDP era" into the next "era".

If this succeeds, the Spurs will be Larry in recent years. The strongest contender for the O'Brien Cup.

You say the Heat? Isn't the center with a strong basket protector used to restrain the Heat's style of play? As long as it is a breakthrough stream, then there is nothing that does not have a suppressive effect! No. 29 of the Lakers, he is such a baby! With him, at least James and Wade, the Spurs will definitely not be afraid of half a point again.

And the future finals pattern, it is estimated that it will be a long time to fight against the Heat team led by James, if it can be traded to Dongfang Hot, then it will be the most powerful improvement! James isn't good at playing strong interior lines, something Popovich discovered earlier than anyone else. So in 07, when Duncan was still at his peak, he almost made James unable to get off the stage, he was young and vigorous, and he was directly poured into a cold heart.

35.6%+20+69%, which is the data of James' first Finals.

Of course, there is an element that James is too young, but it is also true that James is not good at playing strong interior lines.

In addition to Duncan, the rest of the Spurs that year only had a career 3.7+3.5 and a playoff 2.9+2.8 Dutch center Francisco. Elson, as well as Argentine forward Fabricio, who averaged 3.2+3.5 per game in his career as a non-draft player. Alberto. That's the Spurs' championship interior lineup that year. It's not that strong at all. But it was Duncan who was a pillar on the inside, so that the shortcomings of James's playing style were completely exposed for the first time. The Green Army with Garnett in the back, the same is true, James is difficult to break through, this is still Garnett who has passed his peak, if Garnett was in his 20s, wouldn't it be even worse?

There was no way, in the end, James had consumed all his patience, and he could only engage in the peak huddle and form a super team in order to quickly capture Larry. O'Brien Cup. It's a pity that the league doesn't have such a strong inside line now, Howard? He simply caught up with a good time, and Popovich never felt how strong Howard was, at least his ability to protect the basket was suspected of being exaggerated. It's not as powerful as it seems.

Otherwise, he would have slipped into such a superstar at the age of 28, and it was the first time he had seen Garnett Duncan be 34~35 years old and unusually strong on the defensive end. Perhaps, Howard's power is just a few years, and then, there is no then.

As a result, defending James' all-time best outside basket finishing ability began to become a troublesome thing.

Tim. Duncan is old no matter what he says, he is 38 years old, and it is impossible to still have the peak ability of 24~32 years old. It's the same on the defensive end, so it's not as easy to contain James as it used to be. Of course, Emperor Zhan's own growth is also an immeasurable thing. But right now, there is a super basket protector, and it is exactly the same as Popovich expected, this kind of person is the one who is born to restrain James and Wade, who mainly score under the basket. "The Emperor", this nickname is also extremely appropriate.

Therefore, if the Spurs want to maintain their absolute advantage over James and the Heat, taking the Lakers' No. 29 down is the king.

Took down that Oriental, LeBron. James suddenly became less scary, what could be better than this?

You can simply use your personal basket protection ability to change a team's tactical play, and such a person is a treasure.

It doesn't matter what era it is, it's the same.

Seeing that Tang Qian was in a big state under the basket again, the Spurs immediately learned to be obedient, decisively changed the formation, and began to try not to enter the inside line to shoot, to enter the inside line to shoot, and also chose to avoid the defensive focus area of No. 29 and go to the other side to score. This is some of the targeted training and arrangements that Popovich carried out after the third game, and the president of the mountain, as the historical coach, is not unreasonable, not in vain.

In this way, although the scoring efficiency will decrease, the Spurs can afford this loss.

After all, the current Lakers, except for No. 24 and No. 29, the rest of the people tend to "cope with things" and tend to "play soy sauce". In that case, what is the difficulty? 2 people, definitely can't defend the Spurs 5 people.

In this way, it can also appropriately "weaken" the Lakers' No. 29 basket protection ability and basket protection status.

It was in this situation that the Lakers called another timeout. Although, Mike. D'Antoni himself didn't know what the point of calling this timeout was. However, the situation has been unfavorable for a long time, and as the head coach of the Lakers, he has to do something about it, otherwise, his face and conscience will be a little unbearable.

At this time, it is useless to talk too much, and there are few people on the Lakers who are listening attentively.

They brought their ears, but the ears are now without electricity and can't hear anything.

Mike. D'Antoni didn't speak for a few seconds before his voice waned in disgrace.

There's no way, just the current state of the team, if you want to win, isn't that a dream?

Still turning the tables? If you can only lose 10 points in this game, then you will win.

Yes, the situation right now, it's so bad, it's so bad.

It's not him, D'Antony, who can solve it.

And at this moment, Kobe Bryant suddenly said to Tang Qian:

"Hot, I need you to step up and help me."

"Because I can see that now this Lakers team, only you and me, still want to win."

"Isn't it? Scald? ”

PS: The plot is slowly unfolding, don't worry, don't be impatient~ This was thought of a long time ago, and when Xiaozi writes it out, everyone will know~ The cliff is not temporary, haha~

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