Instead of stopping Leonard's singles, Popovich created conditions for him.

The point guard was replaced by Patty Mills, who used Mills' open cut threat to give Leonard a better one-on-one opportunity, Danny Green opened up space, and Aldridge and David West had a scoring strategy......

It looks like the Spurs' lineup is a copy of the Lakers!

D'Antoni is an attacking maniac and naturally knows how to create the best single space for Liu Ren, so these players are sent.

Popovich is no worse than D'Antoni on the offensive end, and he has made a similar style of play.

At this time, it is really a complete fight for Liu Ren and Leonard's personal ability.

Liu Ren was puzzled, but quickly got into the groove, and was ****** by Leonard when he came back from the pause, and he became more motivated.

This kind of infinite one-on-one, Liu Ren's advantage is too great, he and Leonard are half a pound and two on the defensive end, Leonard's defensive habits are better, but Liu Ren's physical fitness is better.

Leonard couldn't defend against Liu Ren on the defensive end, and his teammates pulled one-on-one without Duncan's help, and the effect of restriction was not much.

But Leonard's singles ability is much worse than Liu Renke, he can't guard against Liu Ren, and he can't even give too many restrictions, but Liu Ren can give Leonard a lot of restrictions.

Although I don't understand why this happens, Liu Ren plays very well, this way of playing ten years ago, although it is very unscientific and very backward in this era, but I have to say that superstars will play very coolly, and fans are also very happy, the reason why the stars ten years ago can have so many die-hard fans is that they are attracted by their style of play, and the 03 generation also caught up with the last train of that era.

Why has Curry been crazy to attract fans in recent years, is it because of accurate shooting? Obviously not, Durant is just as accurate, but Durant's popularity has always been okay, and it is okay to occasionally start as an All-Star, but it is definitely not the top, Curry is different, Curry is already a top five popular superstar in the league.

The main reason is that Curry's style of play is too similar to the popular style of play ten years ago, and he is afraid of everything......

Once this kind of one-on-one scores a goal, he will be very excited, and once he defends the opponent, he will also be very excited, and Liu Ren is so excited to catch Leonard and ravage.

Leonard is one of the top two defensive players in the league's small forwards, and in the evaluation of fans and the media, he and Liu Ren can't say who is better defensively, but there is never a small forward in the league who doesn't defend better.

At the same time, both of them have an average of 25+ strength per game, that is, first-line scorers.

The matchup between two first-line scorers and super defensive giants at the same time, Staples Center fans were thrilled from the start.

Though...... Playing and fighting, it became Liu Ren's one-sided attack on Leonard, but it was the opponent who was blown up, and Liu Ren was the guy who might steal the first team of his best defensive lineup, and the fans at the scene were even more excited!

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"POP, Kehuai is going to be beaten and cried." Duncan said expressionlessly.

"Oh," Popovich finally looked at Leonard with his eyes on the tactical board, then lowered his head and continued to look for better singles tactics, casually responding, "Isn't this still crying!" Tell me again when you cry. ”

"Pop, your sneer joke is cold, Ke Huai will be beaten by the kid on the other side to lose confidence." The old man's poker face can't even make a worried expression, he is still expressionless, maybe his only expression is a smile that will be blown a technical foul by the referee......

"Really?" Popovich finally reacted, he glanced at Duncan and said, "This is his own choice, I am fulfilling his request, isn't it?" ”

"Greg, Kowai is still just a child, he will be ignorant at times, but letting him be bullied by that little imp of the Lakers like this will ruin him." Parker spoke more directly than Duncan.

"The boss of the Lakers is indeed much stronger than Kowy," Popovich said without hesitation: "But no problem, right, Tim, didn't you survive when you met O'Neal." ”

Duncan looked at the Lakers' 17 championship flags above the arena and thought about it, nodded and said, "Yes, I don't think we have to worry, I was blown up by O'Neal before 99, but then I won in the playoffs." ”

O'Neal and Duncan have won 18 of their regular season games and Duncan 14, but in the playoffs the two have the same percentage of wins, and overall Duncan has eliminated O'Neal more times in the playoffs.

"......" Parker didn't expect Duncan to defect to the camp all of a sudden, and said anxiously: "Kewai and Tim, you are different!" You've been the best player from the start, and Kawhi isn't. ”

"That's why it's because of this that I want him to go through these things, and Tim needs to go through those things to grow up, let alone Kehuai?" Popovich is finally interested in explaining, "We took care of Kawhi too well, he hasn't been too badly abused by a player, we need to give him that experience, otherwise he sometimes doesn't know the importance of the team, because he never lacks a team, and I hope he will take that seriously." ”

"Moreover, I don't think he will be beaten by that Chinese Liu to lose confidence, the last time he was beaten by the Chinese Liu has improved a lot, locked James in the finals, I am looking forward to what kind of improvement Kehuai will have after this time......"

Popovich knew from the beginning of the game that he was overshadowed by D'Antoni, who had such a super scorer as Liu Ren and dug such a hole, so he would naturally use it to the end.

At first, Popovich really wanted to correct Leonard's idea, but after calming down, he gave up, and then let Leonard go to fight Liu Ren to create the best singles opportunity for Leonard as much as possible.

And Popovich did even better, Liu Ren played, Leonard played, Liu Ren rested, Leonard rested.

And Leonard is the core player of the Spurs at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and his role is irreplaceable for the Spurs.

Decisively, Leonard was abused by Liu Ren, and he was abused very badly, Liu Ren scored 45 points in the half, and 20+ in a single quarter for two consecutive quarters.

Leonard, on the other hand, scored just 15 points on 6-of-24 shooting in the half.

In this way, Popovich let the game go on and lost, and the Lakers led the Spurs by 22 points at halftime, 65-43.

Originally, Popovich didn't want to lose to the Lakers in this game, but the current situation is very different, and the focus of fans and players on both sides is not on the strength of the two teams, but on the individual abilities of Liu Ren and Leonard.

There is no doubt that Leonard's scoring ability is not as good as Liu Ren's, and his defense is also half-hearted, Leonard was pressed and beaten by Liu Ren, and the Spurs fell behind by a large score and were about to lose.

Yes, the Spurs are going to lose, but people don't think that the Spurs are going to lose, but Leonard is going to fight against Liu Ren, which causes the Spurs to lose, which will not affect the morale of the Spurs, but at the same time, the Spurs have been pulled away by the Lakers and won't be so conspicuous......