204. Leonard wavered
But because Leonard's defense is so good, he has to find a way to deal with the Spurs in the remaining two games of the regular season!
The Spurs are the biggest opponent of the Lakers in the playoffs, the Lakers have won other strong teams in the West, and the Clippers, who were invincible for a while, are now collapsing, leaving only the Spurs as an opponent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's not easy to deal with this year's Spurs, Liu Ren has seen the Spurs' dominance in the 2014 playoffs, and the kind of dominance that far surpasses all other teams in the league is terrifying!
But the more terrifying the opponent, the more challenging! Liu Ren wants to find a breakthrough point!
This breakthrough point is the young Leonard!
Leonard's key point in the 2014 Finals for the Spurs against the Heat, and his keeping James out of the free throw line was an important tactic for the Spurs, so he also won the Finals MVP.
However, Leonard's offense is very average now, and it was not until the 2015-2016 season that he made significant progress because the offensive core was transferred to him, and Liu Ren saw from the Spurs in the 2015-2016 season that Leonard has always had an offensive heart, but he has been suppressed by Popovich, allowing him to first strengthen the defense and then polish the offense.
"Kehuai? It seems like I'm talking to you for the first time, and it's a good feeling to play against you, so let's have an offensive showdown! After Liu Ren finished speaking, he didn't care about the opponent's untouchable poker face, and began to dribble under his crotch continuously.
Leonard didn't hesitate to go up, ready to pull the ball out at any time, and his frontal steal and Liu Ren had to fight.
Liu Ren slammed into Leonard the moment he came up, knocking Leonard back a step, and then rushed into the inside.
The first line of defense passed without a hitch! But Liu Ren is not a little relaxed and proud, and the next defense is the key!
Duncan appeared at the free throw line for the first time and didn't save, he was smarter than Howard and Jordan Jr. who relied on physical defense, and he knew very well that Liu Ren had no mid-range ability! He opened his arms to block Liu Ren's pass to Gasol inside.
Leonard was not discouraged by being crushed by Liu Ren, and quickly rushed in to form a front and back attack with Duncan, and Danny Green appeared in Liu Ren's and Kobe Bryant's passing lane.
Just when the Spurs' dumpling-making tactics were about to take shape, Liu Ren turned around and ran outside! Rub shoulders with Leonard who rushed in!
Leonard quickly turned around, but bumped into a wall of flesh!
Thackeray!
Thackeray saw Liu Ren point at Liu Ren when he broke through, and he pointed to the arc outside the free throw line, and he walked around the other side without thinking, just in time to block Leonard!
Liu Ren ran out of the three-point line, and no one defended the three-point shot!
Pretend-force action begins! Liu Ren felt very good when he shot, and he turned around and didn't look back after the shot.
"Huh"
Three-point hit!
As the so-called invisible pretending is the most deadly, Liu Ren's goal immediately detonated the Staples Center, and the fans cheered loudly!
Leonard looked at Liu Ren's back and his heart was churning, but thinking of what the coach had been saying to him, he quickly calmed himself down.
The Spurs attacked, Parker possessed the ball, and it was Kobe Bryant who defended him.
The Spurs suffered a loss in the first attack on Kobe, this time he let Parker take a step, one meter away from Parker, and broke through the main defense, as for Parker to shoot three points or not, Kobe Bryant didn't care at all.
Liu Ren followed Leonard who was running, and asked in a puzzled tone as he ran, "Kehuai, why don't you attack and keep running?" Won't you attack? β
Liu Ren's tone was filled with regret, which made Leonard's originally calm heart start churning again.
The Spurs are very different from the Spurs 10 years ago, Parker was absolutely scolded to death by Popovich if he shot three points before 2010, but now the Spurs' offensive tactics are to shoot when he has the opportunity, although Parker often only shoots twenty or thirty three-pointers a season in his career, and only takes 0.9 three-pointers per game on average this season, but at this time Kobe Bryant is obviously not ready to defend him, he immediately chooses three-point shooting!
βbangβ
Decisive miss!
Gasol pressed Duncan to grab a defensive rebound!
Liu Ren quickly and quickly!
The Spurs quickly retreated, unaffected by the offensive setback, and Nash did not rush to pass to the fast Liu Ren, but pressed down with his right hand to indicate that the tempo was reduced.
If it were another team, Liu Ren would have passed three Nash as soon as possible, but this is the Spurs, and Nash knows very well that the Spurs are defensive.
Nash advanced to the front court and then handed it to Liu Ren, who came to the top arc to ask for the ball.
Regardless of whether Leonard said or not, Liu Ren continued: "I'm coming, it seems that you don't have an offensive position in the Spurs, I'd better shoot three points, just like you, let's have a three-point duel, if I don't break through, I'll shoot here." β
Saying that, Liu Ren made a move to prepare to shoot.
Leonard immediately stepped forward to reach out to interfere with Liu Ren's dribbling, ready to steal at any time, his biggest defensive feature is that he can return to the defensive position at any time when he makes a steal, without affecting his defensive breakthrough, his super long arms are simply born defensive, Popovich took a fancy to him back then.
This time Leonard didn't stick so tightly, for fear of being knocked away by Liu Ren and passing away, Liu Ren's ability to play simple balls is too strong, the simpler the offense, the more difficult it is to defend, because the simpler the offensive routine, the less likely the offensive player will make mistakes, but the more dependent on personal ability; The more complex the offense, the more flawed it is, and the defense is a little more troublesome, but it is easier to find a way to defend.
Both have their own advantages, and in Leonard's opinion, a player with super individual offensive ability like Liu Ren can be more difficult to defend than a team player!
And Leonard didn't believe Liu Ren at all when he said that he would shoot defensively against him, in his opinion, Liu Ren couldn't do that kind of stupid thing......
Just when Leonard stretched out his hand to the ball that Liu Ren was dribbling and wanted to interfere or even steal directly, Liu Ren really picked up the ball and jumped out!
And Liu Ren deliberately stretched out his hand to Leonard's outstretched hand!
Leonard couldn't dodge and slapped Liu Ren's hand!
"Beep"
The referee's whistle blows, the thug fouls!
Leonard clapped his hands in annoyance, he didn't expect Liu Ren to really vote!
In Leonard's opinion, Liu Ren should be the kind of person who looks down on the "porcelain" style of play, he blames himself for being too arbitrary, the other party really wants to compare with him to shoot at a fixed point, and it seems that he wants to let him shoot against the defense!
At the same time, Leonard felt humiliated, the other party actually looked down on him so much!
And Leonard saw that the rest of the Lakers, including Kobe, Gasol, and Nash, the three veterans, didn't care about Liu Ren's "willful" shooting, and he was very envious in his heart, and even had a trace of jealousy.
is also a rookie who was not ranked high in 2011, and Liu Ren is treated much better than Leonard, so he can't help but be envious.