"It's really hard to imagine that the Lakers are going to play like this this season."

After the start of the second half of the game, on the Lakers side, D'Antoni did not let Kobe, who played almost the entire first half, continue to play, but arranged for Pau Gasol and Ron Artest to play with a bench lineup, as for the Spurs, Meng Xu also sat on the sidelines and rested, and Tim Duncan, who barely played much in the second quarter, came on the court with Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard.

The main lineup versus the rotation lineup, it stands to reason that the Lakers should be pressed to the ground by the Spurs to rub it, but after the start of the third quarter of the game, the situation on the court was the opposite, the bench lineup led by Pau Gasol and Ron Artest not only was not pressed on the ground by the Spurs, but played back and forth with the Spurs, and even faintly gained the upper hand in the confrontation with the Spurs.

Paul Gasol, who was at a loss when the main lineup was all on the field, could finally play in the way he was good at after not having the restrictions of the run-and-bomb framework, and Ron Artest, who basically had no chance to shoot in the starting lineup, finally had a place to use after playing with the substitute lineup, especially the connection between Artest and Gasol, which played very tacitly.

Pau Gasol and Ron Artest with a bunch of substitutes can be on par with the Spurs' main lineup that only lacks Meng Xu, but when Dwight Howard, Paul Gasol, Ron Artest, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash five All-Star level players played at the same time, but they were pressed to the ground by the Spurs without suspense and rubbed wantonly, such a stark gap had to make the audience and reporters wonder.

"yes, why is my team playing like this?" Not only the audience, but even Kobe Bryant, who is sitting on the sidelines at this moment, is also thinking about this problem, although the Lakers' main lineup looks a little older, but in terms of staffing, it is necessary to have an interior line, to be organized, to defend and defend, to score and score, and there is also a group of bench bandits led by All-Stars, but it is such a team that looks almost perfect, but it has played the worst start of the Lakers in recent seasons.

"Hey." Just when Kobe was still thinking about why the Lakers played like this, Nash, who was sitting next to Kobe, also inadvertently lamented, the reason why Nash came to the Lakers was first because of the championship, and secondly, D'Antoni, but after coming to the Lakers, Nash found himself on a broken boat, head coach D'Antoni did not arrange the means of so many stars, nor did he have the ability to combine various stars with different styles, and then accompanied by the boss battle between Howard and Kobe, This Lakers team is not to mention the championship, even the playoffs have gradually drifted away, if after the halfway point of the season, the Lakers are still in this chaotic and half-dead appearance, then the Lakers really don't even have a playoff game.

"Steve, this season has just begun, we still have plenty of time and opportunities, and trust me, we're definitely going to make the playoffs!" Kobe Bryant, who was still in deep thought, turned his head to look at Nash after hearing Nash's lament again, and then made a firm promise to Nash that with the current state of the Lakers, the champion Kobe Bryant dare not say, but leading the Lakers to the playoffs, Kobe Bryant can definitely do it.

"Hmm!"

After Kobe finished speaking, Nash also nodded to Kobe with a firm face.

Just when Kobe and Nash were still cheering each other on, the third quarter of the game was already halfway through, although the bench lineup led by Pau Gasol and Ron Artest played very well on the court, and even helped the Lakers equalize at one point, but after the official timeout, D'Antoni still resolutely replaced Pau Gasol and Ron Artest, and sent Steve Nash, Kobe, Antoine Jamison, Earl Clark, Dwight Howard such a new main lineup.

After the main lineup came on, the Lakers reverted to the tactics of the first quarter, with Nash and Howard blocking at the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant and Antoine Jamison playing off the ball, and Earl Clarke moving back and forth between the left and right corners, waiting to shoot a three-pointer.

However, the Lakers' seemingly reasonable tactics are not so reasonable to use on the court, Howard has always been resistant to blocking and dismantling, and Nash is not the son of the wind he used to be, so the blocking and dismantling effect between Nash and Howard is not very good, the foundation is crooked, can you still expect to build a high-rise building?

"Mike is still so stubborn, Meng, don't learn from him in the future." The game on the field was in full swing, but Popovich, who was sitting on the bench, had a breezy expression, and while observing the game, he also made a joke with Meng Xu who was sitting next to him. D'Antoni and Popovich have a deep relationship with the Spurs, D'Antoni played for the Spurs when he was a player, and when D'Antoni came to the NBA again as a coach, he also served as a scout for the Spurs and assisted Popovich in his work, so Popovich is very familiar with D'Antoni's personality and coaching style.

"Huh?" Meng Xu was also confused after hearing Popovich's words, D'Antoni's stubbornness, Meng Xu also saw it, there are so many stars under his hands, but he has to stick to the run-and-bomb tactics that are not suitable for most people, the Lakers can have the current bad situation, D'Antoni is absolutely responsible for most of the responsibility, but this doesn't seem to have anything to do with Meng Xu, could it be that Popovich heard that Meng Xu wants to coach a team after retiring, and now he is ready to teach Meng Xu a little experience?

The more he thought about it, the more strange Meng Xu became, and after pondering for a few seconds, he looked at Popovich who was sitting beside him, but Meng Xu didn't see anything from Popovich's calm face and deep eyes.

The head coaches in this league can be roughly divided into three types, the first is the so-called nanny coach, this kind of coach can have tactics or no tactics, for them, as long as there is a superstar, and then the tactics are arranged around this superstar. The second is to have a tactical system that you are good at, and then according to the tactical system you are good at, to find suitable players and integrate them into your own tactics, and the current head coach of the Lakers, D'Antoni, is obviously this type. If the second type of head coach is to watch the dishes on the plate, then the third type of head coach is the type of dish that does whatever the ingredients are, no matter what tactics are not tactics, anyway, what type of players in his hands will play whatever type of tactics, and will never stick to a certain tactic, Pat Riley of the Heat, and Popovich sitting next to Meng Xu are both this type of coach.

But Meng Xu really hasn't thought about the future now, although after saying those words to Larry Bird, Meng Xu really moved his mind to become a head coach after retiring, but Meng Xu, who doesn't know when he will retire, doesn't have the time or energy to think so much now, but while he hasn't retired yet, follow Popovich to learn first, in fact, there's nothing wrong with it, right, Meng Xu thought about it, and the thoughts in his mind flew farther and farther.

Just when Meng Xu thought about it because of Popovich's joke, the game on the court had begun to develop in the direction of the Spurs, and after the Lakers failed to score on three consecutive offenses, the difference between the two sides was widened to 7 points again, which led to Kobe Bryant and Gasol's hard work and efforts in the previous games were all in vain, and in desperation, D'Antoni could only call a timeout less than two minutes after the official timeout ended, and adjusted the Lakers' lineup again.

Although Meng Xu has not been a head coach, nor has coaching experience and experience, but there are some problems Meng Xu can still see, let Howard and Nash to block and dismantle, it is definitely the biggest failure of the Lakers, Howard has no mid-range, he and Nash are completely useless after blocking and dismantling, neither can use their height advantage to form a misplaced opportunity to shoot, nor can they fight for rebounds in the front court, let him block and dismantle It is better to leave him under the basket and let Pau Gasol pull out to block and dismantle, Pau Gasol at least has a mid-range shot, And Gasol's ability to respond is also something that Howard can't catch up with, as for letting Pau Gasol shoot three points in the bottom corner, Meng Xu can't understand what D'Antoni thinks, maybe Meng Xu really has no coaching experience and can't understand this unfathomable operation.

Anyway, in Meng Xu's opinion, it is one point, if D'Antoni still stubbornly insists on this unfathomable operation, then the Lakers will not talk about the championship, and even the playoffs will be enough.