Richard noticed the bearded man's face, smiled and did not speak.

"Jermaine, you get out of the game first, and then let them try our new tactics!" Richard said to Xiao Ao with a smile.

"Next, when you play center, you will sit in the penalty area for me and protect our rebounds!"

"I don't think your rebounds will lose to Duncan, right?"

"Impossible! I'll admit that Duncan is a bit better than me, but I'm still confident that I'm better than him in rebounding! Big Ben said confidently.

Richard nodded, and it was good that Big Ben had confidence......

In fact, Richard is also quite confident in Big Ben's rebounding, in his opinion, Big Ben is comparable to Rodman's all-time top rebounding strength, and it is impossible to be worse than Duncan.

If the two of them play against each other alone under the basket, Big Ben will definitely have the advantage in rebounding.

……

"Driver, next you come to play the power forward position!" Richard turned to Nowitzki again and smiled.

This sentence directly made Nowitzki dumbfounded......

Power Forward?!

What is a power forward? Can I eat it......

I've been with the Trailblazers for more than two years, and I haven't fucking played a big forward!

Seeing Nowitzki's bewildered expression, Richard coughed lightly......

"Ahem, the general style of play is similar to now, on the offensive end, you still mainly attack the outside, as for the defensive end, you go to the inside line to mix and mix, and slightly defend against David Robinson......"

"Robinson is not as good as a year now, don't worry, he can't score too many points on your head!"

"The position you play, I'm going to say, should be called a space power forward, you know what I mean?"

Richard said with a smile.

Nowitzki nodded, he understood the meaning, but he was still playing the drum in his heart, he really had never played the power forward position, so he rashly went to play the big forward, and he felt very unsteady in his heart.

……

"Ron, you play small forward!"

"But I need you to defend the opposing quarterback Anderson, not Bowen!"

"Michael, you're in the quarterback position! The main thing is to defend Bowen's empty three-point, this job is not too difficult for you, just run with Bowen as much as possible! ”

"Ginobili, you go point guard, use your speed and breakthrough ability, I need you to open up the situation for us!"

Richard made a transfer of troops and directly replaced the two players on the field, replacing Reed and Ginobili.

The generals nodded, and the newcomer Reed felt suffocated with excitement at the moment.

He didn't expect that he would get the opportunity to play in the first quarter when both sides were anxious!

This is the opening game against the Spurs, and the Trail Blazers are bound to win!

When both sides were anxious, he was sent on the field, which is enough to show that Richard attaches great importance to himself!

Originally, he thought that in his first year with the Trail Blazers, he would exist as a fringe player, and it was even very likely that he would reunite with Lewis and the Air Brothers.

But now it seems that he still has quite a status in Richard's heart!

……

After the timeout, several players from the Trail Blazers made Popovich frown.

Richard actually took Xiao Ao down?!

What does he want to do?! Does he think Big Ben can deal with the Spurs Twin Towers alone?!

It's ridiculous......

The game continued, and soon Popovich felt that Richard was not so ridiculous to take Rio.

It's mainly Nowitzki's floating style of play that makes the Spurs Twin Towers very uncomfortable.

Both of them are pure traditional insiders......

Nowitzki is floating on the outside, so you can't just let him shoot, right? The Spurs twin towers must have come out of the box to defend Nowitzki.

Who's coming out?!

It certainly can't be Duncan anyway......

If Duncan comes out, David Robinson will greet Big Ben alone under the basket, and it is no exaggeration to say that Big Instinct will blow up the old David in front of him on the rebounding end.

And if Duncan stays inside, although the rebounds are still a disadvantage, the disadvantage is not so big, maybe when Big Ben grabs five rebounds, Duncan can grab four.

In the case of David Robinson, Big Ben may grab five rebounds, and David Sr. can only grab two and a half ......

That's a big gap.

Besides, there is only one old David in the forbidden area, and Ginobili's breakthrough will be even more unscrupulous!

So David Robinson had to get out of the box to defend Nowitzki.

……

In the first round of the pairing, Nowitzki didn't move outside the three-point line, and after receiving a pass from Ginobili, he shot directly at David Robinson's defense.

"Huh!" Three-point hit.

……

Facing David Robinson's defense and hitting a three-pointer, Nowitzki clenched his fists excitedly and roared.

As a result, the next second he heard Richard shouting on the sidelines.

"Get moving, driver!"

"Run for me!"

Nowitzki didn't understand what Richard meant at first, and he ran? Do you need to run for this offensive routine?

It's just taking off your pants and farting, and that's more!

But on second thought, Richard must have had other purposes.

Glancing at David Robinson in front of him, Nowitzki roughly guessed Richard's intentions......

Drain David Robinson's physical energy!

Definitely for this purpose!

David Robinson is already a veteran, and at his age, he can barely hold out for thirty minutes.

After all, the inside line doesn't need to run much, and for veterans like them, it's quite energy-saving.

But on the perimeter, as long as Nowitzki is running, he has to run with him......

In this way, the physical fitness that could last for 30 minutes on the permanent inside line is estimated to only last for 20 minutes!

And Nowitzki's physical fitness is not top-notch, but a young strong guy can't run for twenty minutes, so what kind of basketball does he play......

Now Richard's purpose is really to consume David Robinson's physical energy!

It's a rather insidious trick......

Since David Robinson is coming to defend Nowitzki, he has to make a choice now, whether to defend Nowitzki regardless of physical exertion, or to let Nowitzki have various vacant positions.

With open spots, the Spurs, who can shoot like Nowitzki, are desperate......

And if you keep up with the defense, the physical fitness can't keep up!

The next David Robinson is definitely a dilemma!

The reason why Richard didn't perform this similar tactic in the first two seasons was because David Robinson hadn't aged so much......

Moreover, at that time, he still had the strength to fight on the inside, and Nowitzki couldn't deal with David Robinson on the defensive end.

It may end up stealing chickens and rice, which is counterproductive.

This season, however, it is time to squeeze out such insidious tactics and truly play the role of Nowitzki's spatial power forward!

……

"Big Ben, consume the opponent's physical energy, give me a hard top!"

"Although you can rest assured, you don't have the strength, Xiao Ao will come for you!"

After Richard yelled at Nowitzki, he yelled at Big Ben again.

After targeting David Robinson, Duncan is not ready to let go of Richard!

Aren't you Duncan strong?!

Then I'll use Big Ben and Xiao Ao to fight in wheels and see how much physical energy you can consume!

In order to stand firm against Big Ben, Duncan had to give his best almost every minute and every second on the court.

How long can he last in this state?!

Of course, this kind of confrontation regardless of physical fitness, Big Ben must also have a huge physical consumption, but don't worry, Richard still has a little mystery on hand!

Although Xiao Ao is not as strong as Big Ben, when Duncan is facing Xiao Ao, it must be impossible to easily complete the alignment!

Take out a space power forward, contain David Robinson, and then use a wheel battle against Duncan!

……

Since Richard was shouting these words, Popovich, who was standing on the sidelines of the opposite side, heard it clearly!

Richard's "conspiracy" did not hide the Spurs at all, he just told the Spurs openly, I, Richard, want to you!

Even if your roster improves this season, there are countless ways to sanction you!

For Richard's conspiracy, Popovich's eyes popped out.

He didn't expect Richard to come up with such a disgusting trick......

Make a space power forward, and then use the wheel battle against Duncan!

Duncan is not iron-clad, even if he is iron-clad, under the full confrontation of Big Ben and Xiao Ao, it is estimated that it will be difficult to maintain his heyday until thirty-five minutes away!

Trouble!

For a moment, Popovich's face turned pale!

One of the things he'd been ignoring was that he just thought the Spurs needed to build a starting lineup that could rival the Trail Blazers' main lineup.

That way they have a chance to get rid of the Trail Blazers......

But now it seems that what I think is a little too simple!

It's just a starting lineup comparable to the main lineup of the Trail Blazers, it's not enough!

The main thing is that Richard has now caught the Spurs' life, the physical goal!

What fitness means to a player on the pitch is self-evident!

A player who has no physical fitness can play a five-percent achievement on the field......

Now Richard doesn't want any face at all, and all kinds of tricks consume Spurs' physical energy!

It stands to reason that the Trailblazers have won two consecutive championships, so they have to be a bit of a king......

But in the Trailblazers, Popovich didn't see a little bit of kingly bearing, and he still had the villain style of previous years.

Especially Richard......

Popovich feels that this young boy may not have the word shameless in the dictionary of life, and this guy may not know what shamelessness is at all!

Although Popovich was angry, he couldn't find fault with it.

If you were to be yourself, I am afraid that I will be like Richard, picking on the opponent's life.

……

In the ninth minute of the first quarter, Big Ben and Nowitzki had been playing for a long time, and Richard directly replaced them with a combination of Shaw and Lewis.

"You should know how to do it, right? Jermaine? Richard patted Xiao Ao on the shoulder and asked with a smile.

"Know, drain Tim Duncan's stamina!"

"Don't worry, coach......" Xiao Ao said with a smile.

This kind of rather alternative style of play actually makes Xiao Ao feel very comfortable......

Every time he plays Spurs, in fact, Xiao Ao is under a lot of pressure.

He was afraid that because of his poor performance, he would let the Spurs twin towers explode and cause the Trail Blazers to lose.

Now I'm not afraid at all......

David Robinson was slipped away and couldn't find the north, Duncan was wheeled out, and it is estimated that he won't be able to hold out for too long.

In this case, why should the Spurs win?!

……

"Rassad, you should know what you're doing, right?" Richard looked at Lewis again.

Lewis nodded, he couldn't have been clearer......

When Richard was talking to Nowitzki just now, he mentioned a spatial power forward.

This lifted Lewis's spirits, isn't he a typical spatial power forward?!

When attacking, the space is incomparably wide, comparable to the Pacific Ocean......

When defending, it's more empty than air!

The term space power forward is simply tailor-made for itself.

……

Xiao Ao and Lewis played three minutes on the court, and the effect was definitely not as good as the combination of Big Ben and Nowitzki.

The main thing is that Lewis's defense is real scum, and even far inferior to Nowitzki......

At least Nowitzki can limit David Robinson on the defensive end.

However, Popovich took David Robinson down in the 10th minute of the first quarter and did not dare to stay on the court.

The main thing is that the fitness problem is too big, and after running with Nowitzki for a few minutes, David Robinson is already out of breath.

You know, this is just the first quarter of the game!

There are three more quarters to play!

……

In the next game, when it was the turn of Xiao Ao and Lewis to come on, in order to make up for Lewis's defensive shortcomings, Richard simply let Artest get inside on the defensive end to defend David Robinson.

Not to mention, the effect is really good......

Artest is taller than Big Ben......

Coupled with the strength of the rage and the defense of the mad dog, David Robinson suffered enough for a while!

He has a feeling that he was bullied by dogs in Pingyang, and he thought that when he was at his peak, if he met Artest to defend himself, he felt that he could explode him into scum!

But now it's not good, and I can't stand Artest at all......

……

In the first half of the game, the situation of the Spurs was okay, although they were behind, but the difference between the points behind was not much, only four points!

Such a point difference, in fact, in a game, doesn't mean anything at all.

But Popovich was a little desperate in his heart, and he was quite aware of the state of his players.

David Robinson is going to be overwhelmed......

Duncan's state is also a little bad, Big Ben is like a crazy bull, all kinds of crazy hard Duncan, Duncan wants to play under the basket, he has to consume a lot of physical energy to fight against Big Ben!

If there is only one big book, it is acceptable, after all, the physical strength of the big book is not endless!

But the point is that Richard still has a small mystery on hand......

In the case of a two-pronged approach, if Duncan continues to play like this, it is estimated that he will not be able to bear it after the third quarter of the game.

……

Unless......

Unless Duncan gives up the card position in the restricted area and gives up the rebound, this game has been using mid-range shots to solve the battle, so that it is possible to resist until the end of the game!

But if you do, the Spurs will be finished......

Without the skyrocketing rebounds, what will the Spurs do to fight the Trail Blazers!

Popovich already had a hunch that the next second half of the game would be the point in time when the Spurs collapsed!

The situation in the third quarter was acceptable for the Spurs.

But in the fourth quarter, the Spurs collapsed directly, and David Robinson couldn't run at all, so Popovich had no choice but to replace him.

As for Duncan, he has reached the point of running out of oil at this moment.

In the case of being fought by Big Ben and Little Ao, Duncan only felt soreness at the moment, and it was already difficult to do his best to occupy the penalty area.

Seeing this situation, Richard directly and neatly put all the Auburn combinations back on the court, striving to kill the Spurs in one wave!

David Robinson and Duncan are running out of oil, but Big Ben and Little Ao are alive and well.

After all, the wheel battle is not given for nothing, they have only played for more than 20 minutes in this game so far, and their physical strength is still very full.

……

In front of the vigorous Auburn combination, even Duncan, the No. 1 forward in history, was defeated.

The main thing is that Duncan is now physically exhausted......

With four or five minutes left before the end of the game, Popovich directly replaced the team's main lineup, which can be regarded as a complete abandonment of the game.

If you continue to fight, it will be completely worth the loss.

The first is that there is no chance of winning, with the Trail Blazers leading by 11 points and now having a huge advantage with all the fits on the field.

Secondly, Popovich is also worried that his love will be injured......

This kind of high-intensity game is the most likely to lead to injuries, and Popovich doesn't want to lose his team because of a small regular season.

……

Seeing Popovich give up the game, Richard did not do anything and replaced the main lineup.

If it is not changed, Richard is quite confident that he will play a score difference of more than 20 points in this game!

With more and more high-quality players in the team, and with the increasing number of players in the team, Richard has now reached the point of freewheeling when arranging tactics.

In tonight's game against the Spurs, even if this wheel battle tactic is not applied, Richard actually has other ways to clean up the Spurs.

Anyway, in Richard's view, the trailblazers have been moving forward steadily in the past three years.

The pinnacle of time must be the 98-99 season, this season's Trailblazers are really strong!

So strong that Richard felt that he might not be able to build that kind of lineup in the future......

But that doesn't mean the Trail Blazers will be weak in the next two seasons.

After Kobe, Rashid and Bowen, a lot of high-quality players were added in the follow-up, coupled with the continuous improvement of the strength of the new players in the team, in fact, the Trailblazers in these two seasons are not necessarily worse than in 98!

It was the 98-99 season that played a winning record, which gave fans the illusion that the Trail Blazers were the strongest this season, and the Trail Blazers were on the decline in the next two seasons.

……

In the opening game of the regular season, the Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs quite easily!

This heralds the return of the king of the pioneers, and they are still the invincible army!

Originally, with the improvement of the Spurs' strength this season and the shrinking strength of the Lakers, many fans thought that the Spurs would take over the Lakers' class and become the biggest opponent of the Trail Blazers!

But now it seems that this biggest opponent is still not an opponent......

The only team that has any hope of stopping the Trail Blazers from building a dynasty is still the Lakers!

Mainly because in the offseason, the league has already introduced rules to limit shark cutting.

As Richard expected, this alliance was a straightforward one-step approach!

In every quarter and in the last two minutes of overtime, no fouls are allowed on people without the ball, otherwise the opponent will get a chance to throw a free throw!

That's one free throw, plus one possession!

Then there is no point in cutting the shark in the last two minutes, and after the cut, the ball is still someone else's, so it is still a ball......

Now it's up to the Lakers to challenge the Trail Blazers with this new rule.

PS: The child was hospitalized with bronchopneumonia, and Dahei may have been unstable in the past half a month, so forgive me.