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After running, Chu Xuan returned home, ate an omelette, a little fruit and a few slices of bread, drank a cup of cereal and milk, and drove to the Staples Center to prepare for work.

Since the opponent in the semifinals was determined, Chu Xuan began to work overtime to prepare for the opponent's countermeasures, and he didn't dare to take the Spurs lightly, because this team was really the most underestimated team in the playoffs.

Even against the Jazz in the first round, the Spurs looked so bad that they didn't decide the winner until Game 7. However, Chu Xuan's attention to the Spurs has not been reduced in the slightest, but has asked the players to prepare more seriously.

You know, after seven big games with the Jazz, the Spurs are definitely in excellent shape, after all, the huge pressure can stimulate their energy to the maximum.

Considering how influentially influential the Spurs have been in playoff history, the Lakers don't seem to have any capital to take lightly.

At noon today, Chu Xuan mainly had two things to do.

The first is to prepare for the warm-up training before the competition. The second is to guide the players and analyze the technical characteristics of the players they want to play, so as to be able to play more efficiently.

When Chu Xuan arrived at the Staples Center, the players were almost there.

According to the training content prepared in advance, today's training class is in full swing.

Under the leadership of Kobe, a group of young people are very dedicated and hard-working in training, which makes Chu Xuan quite pleased. After the series with the Rockets, the Lakers players have now abandoned the bad mood of complacency and corrected the mentality of the playoffs. As Chu Xuan said, this is a good thing, at least the Lakers players can realize how deadly complacency can be for a team.

Because there are still games to play in the evening, the task of today's training session is not heavy, and the players are very relaxed.

Subsequently, Chu Xuan arranged for Phil Webb to call all the players, coaching staff and medical personnel to the conference room to make arrangements before the big game.

"First of all, it's nice that we've been able to take a step forward on this path, but at the same time, we're going to have to face a new opponent, and it's a new challenge. I hope you can put all your energy into the semifinals and take the semifinals seriously, because the Spurs are tougher than the Rockets. ”

The Spurs, a team with great execution and teamwork, this is a team born for the playoffs. No matter how low-key it was during the regular season, history tells all teams that when it comes to the playoffs, the Spurs will be the most uncertain factor in determining the O'Brien Cup.

This season's Spurs stumbled along the way for many reasons, and finally made it to the playoffs. He almost fell in front of the Jazz again. It's really easy to ignore his threats. However, Chu Xuan, who had experience in his previous life, would definitely not make this mistake.

In Chu Xuan's view, the reason why the Spurs are not strong enough is entirely because of the replacement of the old and the new team. As the GDP ages, the contribution it can provide is slowly decreasing, and the new trio "Leonard, Gary Harris, and Danny Green" are in the process of changing roles, which will take time for the new and old trio to complete the fusion, and then stabilize, and the Spurs will return to their previous competitiveness.

Transfusion is a long process, and it takes time for a new trio to develop a tacit understanding.

Popovich is a fantastic coach who is good at building team-oriented teams, and after a season of experimentation, he finally created a new Spurs lineup, Duncan and Parker still start, while rookie Gary Harris and new leader Leonard played as No. 2 and No. 3, and the starting center was the new champion Lang Oden under Popovich. This lineup has excellent defensive ability, and it highlights the offensive ability of Leonard and Parker to a greater extent. Of course, it also makes Spurs' bench more threatening.

If you watch the playoffs between the Jazz and the Spurs, it is not difficult to see that this Spurs team is playing better than one game, and the rotation and execution of tactics are slowly becoming perfect. In particular, the three musketeers on the bench composed of Danny Green, Ginobili and Williams have made the Spurs' bench depth unprecedentedly strong.

And Chu Xuan discovered this, which made him absolutely attach great importance to the Spurs.

According to Chu Xuan's thinking, the Lakers must play a good team offense to have the possibility of beating the Spurs four times. Moreover, an important point is that Chu Xuan needs to consider the issue of bench depth.

Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers' advantage is the starter, and the bench firepower is slightly lacking. Although Jeremy Lin, Gasol and Yi Jian United are all good, it is still unknown what Jeremy Lin and Yi Jian United can play against the Spurs. Therefore, it can be said that the only person Chu Xuan can trust is Gasol.

On the other hand, the Spurs, the three musketeers are all amazingly projective, and this season Danny Green has shot a career-high shooting percentage, averaging about 12 points per game with extremely limited shots. This kind of firepower is completely lacking on the Lakers bench.

It's not hard to imagine that the presence of the Big Three will be the X-factor that will dominate the Lakers and Spurs series.

Chu Xuan is not worried about the main force, but what he is worried about is the defense of the substitutes. Although the Lakers only allowed the Rockets to score 86.8 points per game in the first round, that was because the Lakers' main and bench were better than the Rockets. And now facing the Spurs, the Lakers' advantage in the starting line is not particularly obvious, and the bench is slightly inferior. So in this series, if the Lakers' bench defense is not good enough, then the situation in the series is definitely not optimistic.

In order to avoid the emergence of such an unfavorable situation, Chu Xuan had a new plan after careful consideration.

"The team's offense is absolutely top-notch among the 30 teams in the league, they have a great coach and it's not possible for us to limit them too defensively. So, my idea is to focus on the offense and as long as we can keep winning and scoring goals, it's going to be easy to beat them. ”

As soon as Chu Xuan said his thoughts, there was immediately a discussion in the conference room.

As the saying goes, defense wins the championship, but I didn't expect Chu Xuan to think about starting with offense in the face of a strong enemy.

This is somewhat surprising, after all, defense has always been what the Spurs are good at, and if the Lakers can't open up the offense and don't have a good way to defend, they will definitely lose.

Likely, the attention to concentrate on solving the game with offense doesn't seem so good.

"Chu, I think Greg Popovich will definitely be very well prepared defensively. To be on the safe side, I think we should be more conservative and put defense first. Payton suggested.

Chu Xuan looked at Gary Payton and didn't respond immediately. Payton is a defensive person, and his proposal was expected by Chu Xuan. However, Chu Xuan felt that maybe not everyone thought so, and he moved his gaze to Nash and Phil Webb, who seemed to be thinking.

"I think Chu's method can be tried to let Giannis attack the inside more often, and his physical advantage can cause a lot of trouble for Kawaii. At the same time, we have to increase the offense on the inside, so that our outside line can get more opportunities to shoot from medium to long range. Nash began.

Phil Webber is now a guy behind the scenes, and his main job is to develop players, and the whole person is very relaxed. For this reason, Chu Xuan teased him many times, saying that he was waiting for the mixed championship ring. However, this time, Phil Webber said it very well, which made Chu Xuan laugh.

"Yes, the Spurs' height at the 1~3 position has a big disadvantage compared to us, and if the rotation is timely, our outside projection will be very threatening."

Indeed, as Webb said, the Spurs have a big height disadvantage.

However, there is another important point: "Why do you think the Spurs' defense is a threat to us?" Actually, all I'm worried about is their attacking threat. On the Spurs' interior line, Greg is clumsy, and Tim Duncan is a small old man, and the two of them can only sit on the inside, and his mobility ability prevents them from providing a wide range of help defenses. So, we can shoot more in the middle and long range. Also, as Steve and Phil said, the Spurs don't have enough height from the outside, which would give us a big shooting advantage. So, why give up such good offensive conditions? ”

As soon as Chu Xuan said this, everyone couldn't help but suddenly realize that the situation was indeed as Chu Xuan said.

Leonard, Parker and Harris's defense is indeed very good, but their height is very lacking compared with the Lakers' No. 1~3 position, and the Lakers can use their height advantage to shoot quickly and cut to end the offense. After all, the Spurs can't provide help defense inside, which will give the Lakers a great opportunity to attack.

"Gary Harris's going to be our breaking point, Zach, if necessary, you and Giannis switch positions, you come to draw the attention of Kawaii's defense and let Giannis shoot in front of Gary Harris. As for Kobe, today you will have unlimited firing, and I'm sure Tony Parker is completely out of any trouble for you. ”

Chu Xuan's self-confidence changed from the tactics he had arranged. The Spurs' outside line relies on nothing more than Leonard's terrifying defense, but after all, Leonard has only one person, he can only defend one of Kobe, LaVine and Antetokounmpo, and at that time, no matter what, the other two points will become the breakthrough point of the Lakers' offense. (To be continued.) )