248. Western Conference Finals 3
Attract to the bag clip! That's what Gasol wants, and he immediately splits the ball to Leonard's Liu Ren, who is supposed to be defending. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Liu Ren received the ball outside the three-point line and made a jumper, shooting very easily, and his body naturally made the action repeated countless times during training, and the ball crossed a beautiful arc and fell into the basket.
6-3, the Lakers led again.
"Liu's three-point shooting is already at a very good level, you must know that the first two seasons were not allowed to go to the basket, which is amazing, I don't know how much training he has done to improve now." Popovich and Buford discussed the game on the sidelines and couldn't help but sigh when they saw Liu Ren's weighty three-pointer.
"If I had been decisive and recruited him with an annual salary of 10 million yuan, he might have been our player." Buford still regrets it.
"Haha, it's okay Richard, we still have a chance, besides, Liu's personality is too prominent, now let him come to our team to serve as the task of Kehuai or Manu, he may make more trouble than now!" Popovich laughed.
"Greg, don't you believe the Lakers are really infighting?" Buford asked curiously.
"What's the use of not believing me? It's our players who play, don't you really believe it when you don't see Chris? He's a little bit unclear about his position now and I think we're going to have something to do with this game. Popovich said.
"Something's going to happen? Greg, you're not worried at all? Buford asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, four wins in the series are a real win, and we have no problem." Popovich shrugged and said he didn't care at all.
Well, Buford could only hold back his uneasiness and watch the game.
Looking back on the field, Gasol still didn't stand up to defend this time, he wanted to see if Dior's ball just now was lucky, or if he felt really good today.
What Gasol didn't want to happen came along, and Dio hit a second three-pointer in a row.
"See it, don't see it......" Dior kept spitting next to Gasol.
Gasol ignored Dio, he was thinking about the defensive end.
On the offensive end, he has no pressure at all, even if it is different from what was discussed before the game, he suddenly becomes the tactical core, he has no problem, no one can play hard, and someone will pass the ball to Liu Ren after attracting the bag.
Sure enough, Leonard went to wrap Gasol again, and Gasol passed it to Liu Ren.
As the team's strongest defensive player, Leonard not only has to defend the opponent's strongest offensive player, but also has to be responsible for helping defense. It doesn't look like it's the core to do at all, and Liu Ren has also used this to get a victory for Leonard.
But now it seems that Leonard has come out of that blow and is more determined, which makes Liu Ren quite sigh, and the psychological quality of people who want to become real superstars is not covered!
Liu Ren received the ball and just wanted to make an easy jump shot, when suddenly a short guy wearing a No. 2 black jersey appeared in front of him.
Leonard! This guy is really positive in making up for defense! As soon as he was still on the inside, he immediately followed the ball out!
But Liu Ren didn't have the slightest pressure.
"Hey, Kehuai, I'm going to go." Liu Ren didn't make any pauses, and was already dribbling the ball as he spoke.
Liu Ren took the initiative to stick up and lean his back against Leonard, suddenly turned around and squeezed Leonard away with his strength, and quickly entered the inside, Duncan was ready to make up for the defense and was blocked by Green, Liu Ren entered the three-second zone and flew to the basket, and the ball fell steadily into the basket.
Leonard defends aggressively, but sometimes it's useless to be positive, and his defense doesn't interfere with Liu Ren at all.
Green's biggest characteristic is that he has good awareness, whether it is offensive or defensive, he can have super awareness, and he is worthy of being called the representative of the most modern interior line.
Looking at the speed and explosiveness of the other party, Leonard felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Every time I fight him, I'm so weak, I have to catch up with him!" Leonard said firmly.
It's time for the Spurs offense again.
Dio hit back-to-back three-pointers from the outside, forcing Gasol to come out of the interior and prevent Dio from continuing to shoot in the open space.
Parker saw that Gasol did not pass the ball to Dior after following Dior out and continued to throw, beckoning Leonard to come over and block for him.
Pick-and-roll is a tactic that Leonard used to play with Parker often, Leonard's strong body is very strong from point guard to small forward, and every time he is like a scale, he blocks opposing defenders to the death.
This time was no exception, Nash's thin body hit Leonard, and he was knocked into a lot of meat, almost not falling to the ground.
Liu Ren was originally defending Leonard, and after Leonard blocked Parker, he had to let go of Leonard to make up for Parker, and if Parker successfully entered the interior line with no one to defend at all, he could throw it directly.
Parker's throw is no joke, once the young James' Cavaliers pitched a 4-0 alive, beating Duncan and Ginobili to win the Finals Most Valuable Player.
At this moment, Leonard was empty, cutting under the basket, Gasol had already discovered Leonard's attempt, and several big strides blocked in front of Leonard to prevent Leonard from cutting into the basket.
At that moment, Parker hit the ball and passed it to the inside, who was it?
It's Dior! He quickly rushed to the basket when Gasol went to make up for Leonard's off-ball run.
After receiving the ball, Dio twisted his hand for a fat-waisted rolling layup, and then glanced at Gasol proudly.
The game got a bit of a problem, today Dior had a good long-range shot, Popovich is a very good coach, he is not only good on the spot, he will make a lot of preparation before the game, so that every player remembers their own strengths and the strengths of their teammates when they train, and then play them one by one.
Dior, as before, has always been a meat ball that can only run until the playoffs, but he still figured out how to use Dior's advantages.
Dior's strongest advantage is that he can be inside and outside, can also soar three points, has soft hands, and is very accurate on the inside.
Popovich sent such a lineup, only sending Duncan as a real interior player, in order to pull out the opponent's center, and then play the breakthrough ability of Parker, Leonard, Dior, Ginobili and others.
And Duncan completely plays the role of a decoy, although he is not as dazzling as before, but the deterrent is still there, the players on the Lakers' side, like other teams, are still used to treating Duncan as a superstar, and there is always someone next to him on the defensive end.
And Gasol really can't prevent Dio after pulling to the outside, Dio is very meaty, the speed is a little faster than Gasol, and the feint is empty and Gasol can't pull it, if Gasol takes a step to stop Dio from cutting in the air, Dio will immediately ask for the ball to shoot three points, the key is that Dio feels very good today, how to shoot.
There is no problem with the Lakers' offense, Gasol's dominance under the basket, Liu Ren and Kobe's super offensive ability, as well as Nash, who opens up space, and Green, who has excellent strategy, are not worried about scoring.
But the Lakers got into trouble on the defensive end, allowing the Spurs to score back-to-back points, and the first quarter ended with the Lakers trailing by six points, 27-33.