Sure enough, as Popovich expected, after the Lakers' timeout in the first quarter ended, Kobe's offensive frenzy came.

Quite simply, he received the ball from the outside on the right side, got to the free throw line with a cover from Gasol, and hit a pull-up jumper.

It's that simple, it's so chic, it's just that you can't help it.

Popovich's defensive philosophy hasn't changed much over the years, pinching the inside, pinching three-pointers, less packing, high-speed rotation, and a continuous defense with medium intensity and high tenacity.

This kind of defense is like a shield machine, no matter what I encounter in front of me, I just press forward steadily.

It's not fast, but it doesn't matter if you're dirt, rock, or fossil, I can slowly push you over and highlight a steady word.

Therefore, the Spurs are always particularly stable in abusing vegetables, because the team's offense encounters this kind of well-trained, well-advanced and retreating defense, and often loses their armor.

To break down this solid defence, you have to have a very sharp knife in a certain position, especially in the middle range where they are the weakest defence.

The mid-range shooting is the least efficient of all positions, and there is no stability under the basket and no more points than the three-point line.

Therefore, in the long regular season, the Spurs gave up the pressure on the mid-range, allowing the opponent to score points inefficiently and ensure the winning rate.

But in the playoffs, when it comes to series where every ball counts to win, the mid-range is the knife that kills.

Take a look at the list of people who have caused big trouble for the Spurs: Kobe, Nowitzki, Paul, Durant, Houston.

Which one isn't a top killer in the middle distance?

As for those who are not good in the middle distance, such as LeBron James, he was given a big bald head in '07.

In this list, the number one person is Kobe Bryant, and he is "that man" in San Antonio.

Popovich knew that what should come would always come, so Kobe Bryant could only let him vote.

This cunning old man knows that Kobe Bryant's mid-range will inevitably hurt the team, but if the Lakers can't open the three-point line and the inside, he still has a lot of confidence that he can win this game.

The Lakers don't have a reliable three-point shooter...... Oh no, there is one, still sitting on the bench, I don't know where the Chinese fell from the sky, the three-point shot is extremely accurate.

If it weren't for his three-point shot in the first few games, it is estimated that the Lakers would have been more than lucky in several games.

But Popovich has already figured out how to deal with him, he saw it in the summer league, and when he plays, it will be nice to have him.

At this time, Li Liang was still sitting on the bench, watching the Lakers slowly close the score difference on the court.

Bryant hit another three-pointer on the counterattack, a 45-degree pull-up three-pointer on the right side!

Sure enough, it was still the most suitable for him to attack by himself, and as soon as Kobe Bryant opened, the Lakers at least didn't have to be chased and beaten by Tony Parker on the defensive end.

After falling into the position, the Lakers' current lineup is not very afraid of the Spurs, and the Spurs only have Parker as an offensive initiation point on the outside.

Duncan can only play once in a while in the low post and can no longer be a regular life-saving tactic.

The Spurs' offensive efficiency began to decline, and Kobe Bryant became more and more courageous, and after hitting a mid-range jumper in the bottom corner, the Lakers erased the 8-point difference!

Bryant scored seven points in a row, plus Howard made two free throws inside, and the two sides were evenly divided.

Another adjustment the Lakers made on the defensive end was to pinch the Spurs' two wings, Leonard and Danny Green.

Clear the way from the outside to the inside, give Parker a walk, and let Howard deal with him.

Kobe Bryant and Ci Shiping on the wing no longer blocked the middle, and the two were already slow in their legs and feet, and then they were led by Parker's nose, and the result was to let Leonard and Danny Green shoot three points.

The move worked, but Howard was still very defensive and deterrent, and Parker missed both strong attacks against Howard after hitting the inside.

The Lakers fought back, and Bryant had attracted enough defensive attention by this time.

Bryant took the ball with his back in the low post to face Danny Green's defense, and Howard wanted to come over and cover.

Kobe Bryant gave a look, Howard immediately ran back into the inside line, Kobe Bryant made a hanging pass with his back, and Howard won the air relay with a violent dunk!

The Lakers overtook it!

The Spurs, for their part, went into the personnel rotation, and after a dead ball, Popovich made a substitution.

Boris Dior was used for Split, and Stephen Jackson was replaced by Leonard, and the big four was played.

The Spurs wanted to slow down the tempo, and after the Lakers' efficiency on the offensive end was improved, the Spurs slowed down the tempo and couldn't score continuously in positional battles.

This is not the Spurs of the past, who like to play positional, because they have Tim Duncan, the weapon of positional warfare.

Now they have to play fast, play unsteady, and hit behind the Lakers' twin towers.

With a quick serve in the backcourt, Tony Parker rushed to the basket again, attracted the defense and passed outside the three-point line.

Stephen Jackson missed a three-point shot, and the Lakers controlled the rebound.

Morris replaced Dujon at this point, and he passed the ball to Howard.

Howard was about to go deep under the basket and squeezed Duncan away with another shoulder flick and swapped it for a left-handed hook shot.

It's on, Kobe Bryant is open, and even Howard is open.

The current Lakers are not the Lakers who have won three consecutive championships, in the O'Neal era, the Lakers let O'Neal open first, and after attracting defense, the outside line naturally followed.

Nowadays, Howard can't have O'Neal's offensive power, so he needs Kobe Bryant on the outside to open first, and Howard on the inside to have space and a chance to succeed in singles.

The truth is understood, but it is not easy to do, thanks to whom?

Isn't it thanks to Li Liang's scolding during the pause?

Seeing that the game on the field was extremely exciting and intense, Li Liang couldn't sit still, his butt began to itch, and his mouth itched even more.

He poked Brown and said, "Hey, shouldn't you let me go?" ”

Brown looked up at the timer and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is still a while, bear with me, we are playing well." “

The Lakers did play well on the court, and the Spurs fell into a scoring drought all of a sudden.

Parker was heavily defended by Morris, and his offensive time was consumed, and he finally had to pass the ball to Duncan on the baseline.

Duncan's strong shot from a zero angle misses and the ball is knocked out of bounds by Danny Green.

The Lakers possessed the ball, and Kobe Bryant turned around and made a simple pass-through match with Gasol on the outside.

Pass, return the ball to adjust, and then shoot directly from inside the three-point line!

Hit!

Kobe Bryant shook his finger in the air, he felt it, and he couldn't stop it.

At 16:10, the Lakers went from being eight points behind to six points ahead!

Brown applauded the players on the sidelines, cheered loudly, and then saw Li Liang sitting on the bench ready to go, thinking, why don't you come to be a coach in the future, Lao Tzu will play on the court.

The Spurs, for their part, finally broke the scoring drought.

Parker handed the ball to Danny Green in the high post and then made a baseline crossover screen with Dio.

Use cover to run inside, then drop back suddenly, shake Morris off and create an open space in the bottom corner.

Danny Green immediately passed the ball to Parker, who received the ball unguarded and hit a mid-range jumper.

At 12:16, a very beautiful zipper tactic, Parker's running was like pulling a zipper and pulling the Lakers' defense apart.

The goal took advantage of Gasol's lack of quick reinforcement on the defensive end.

If Gasol fills in, the inside line will form a misplaced single from Dio against Morris, and it will be easy to score.

From this goal, it is enough to see the tactical literacy of the Spurs on the offensive end, and now it is not so easy for the NBA to directly run out of empty positions.

It's not easy to run out like the Lakers, but they don't need it, what are you running?

Bryant dribbled to the frontcourt, suddenly accelerated past Danny Green, and with the help of Gasol's cover, he shot a jumper at a 45-degree angle on the left side.

Again!

The Ox Horn Grim Reaper lives up to its name.

Popovich was a little panicked, sweating on his forehead.

But the Spurs have eased up through Parker's goal.

This time it was Duncan's turn, and the Spurs player cleared the left side for Duncan to single Howard one-on-one.

Duncan faced Howard in the basket and after a series of tentative steps, he suddenly made a jump shot!

A 45-degree board that I haven't seen for a long time!

Since 05 years, Duncan's trick has slowly been used less, and it was his killer weapon before 05 years.

This time I may have met Kobe, an old friend, and I need to use an old trick to entertain him.

Li Liang's anxious butt on the bench is about to catch fire, why don't you let me get on, Mike Brown, what are you doing?

The substitution key is broken again? If you are ahead, you won't let me play? Look at the people who tired the world, and you are responsible for the tiredness of people, and you support his wife and children? Do you dare to raise?

Sitting on the bench, Li Liang was babbling again, and Mike Brown felt that his heart was dead.

That's when Gasol saved him.

The Lakers made a mistake on the offensive end and was cut off, Gasol kicked the ball, the referee blew the whistle, the ball was dead, and the two sides made substitutions.

Mike Brown drove Li Liang into the court like a duck, you should go to the court and play a role, your ears can't bear it, you can't stand it.

At this time, Spurs' bench has also been waiting on the sidelines for a long time, and it is none other than their sixth man, Manu Ginobili.

The once long-haired Pampas eagle had less and less hair on his head and had become a pampas vulture.

You can see a round bald spot on the top of your head, shining with the brilliance of wisdom.

Ginobili replaced Danny Green, Li Liang replaced Ci Shiping, and Brown took Dujon on to replace Morris.

As for the point guard position, it is now difficult for Brown to die.

The moment Li Liang appeared on the stage, the Staples Center burst into cheers, and he is now a popular fried chicken in Los Angeles.

But in the face of the old Spurs, can he continue his previous magical performance?

Li Liang noticed that the person who was opposite him on the court was Stephen Jackson, who was known as the "Martial Saint".

The villain who once beat a fan in the Auburn Hills palace incident and was banned, and there were constant off-field incidents, and he played fiercely on the court, which was a gift from Popovich to Li Liang for the Lake-horse War.