207. Popovich's trick
The Lakers' second team did not take advantage of the Spurs, which is normal, the Lakers and the Spurs' second team are similar in the league, the Lakers rely on the talent of players that others want to see, and the Spurs have Popovich's system bonus. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Manu, do you think something is wrong on the field?" Duncan suddenly turned to Ginobili and said.
Duncan said coldly, still in that kind of hard tone, if it were someone else, he would definitely be startled, maybe wilted, but Ginobili had long been used to it, he touched the top of his poor head and asked casually, "What's wrong?" ”
"Why do I feel like we're like the Lakers, and the Lakers are like us?"
Duncan's expression was still like a stone, and his tone was still sound, but Ginobili could sense that Duncan was indeed curious from Duncan's hard tone and the same wooden eyes as usual.
Ginobili, who was thinking about what song to record in the Los Angeles studio tomorrow after today's game, looked at the field curiously.
Well, Ginobili, a veteran who is already thirty-seven or eighteen, doesn't care about such a regular season game at all, he will play the court, but he really doesn't care at all, even if the opponent is Kobe, but he has played Kobe Bryant seventy or eighty times, the freshness has long passed, he is not James, he can only play Kobe twice a year, and the number of times James and Kobe Bryant have played against each other plus All-Star is only about thirty times.
Ginobili watched a few rounds on the field and immediately realized that something was wrong!
He found that he was running crazy on his side, shooting when he had the opportunity, and implementing the run-and-bomb tactics very thoroughly, while the Lakers' offense was very orderly, the big forward responded, the scoring guard was chaotic, the small forward dared to fight, the point guard was steady and steady, the center focused on rebounding and basket defense, and the offense and defense were very organized!
The Lakers players are also pitiful, the coach doesn't pay attention to defense, and never trains defense, they have no choice but to explore how to defend by themselves, and slowly they really found a tacit understanding for defense, and the defense is also decent, especially now this lineup, if the small forward is replaced by Liu Ren, it is basically the best lineup for the Lakers' defense, and the effect is very good against ordinary teams.
Ginobili said in surprise: "Why does it seem that we have become the Lakers, all the time we fight, but the Lakers have become our grinding position?" ”
"Manu, what did you say the kid on the other side did to Kehuai? Kehuai doesn't seem to be quite right today? ”
Duncan's sudden change of subject made Ginobili very uncomfortable, but he was too used to Duncan, and if Duncan didn't do it, he would be even more uncomfortable.
Ginobili replied honestly, "I don't know, what do you think?" ”
Duncan shook his head: "I don't know, but it's certainly not a good thing,
"Do you think we're going to educate this kid?" Ginobili had some itchy hands.
"I'm not interested, it's just the regular season, so tired." Duncan said proudly.
"It's boring, when is the playoffs? Greg was so boring to keep us playing all day. Ginobili said and touched his poor baldness, which he thought was all due to the stone face next to him.
On the Lakers' side, Liu Ren was also doubting life, and he actually saw that his own team, the Lakers, had become so "mature and steady", playing steadily one by one without making any mistakes.
Of course, this is by relying on peers, and the Spurs are playing too unrestrained now!
The audience at the scene and more than 100 TV stations were equally amazed, as if the two teams were playing with a change of jersey.
And the running and bombing on the Spurs' side was no worse than the running and bombing under D'Antony, and they slowly caught up with the score by relying on crazy fast breaks!
The scene was lively, but the score difference was eaten away little by little, and D'Antoni's face began to turn red again.
This plot development is not in accordance with D'Antoni's idea, Liu Ren performed so well today, and got the opponent's best outside line, according to D'Antoni's idea, it should be a substitute to further open the score, because the previous two games with the Spurs Lakers bench lineup has an advantage in the face of the Spurs substitute, but I didn't expect it to be completely different today, the starting lead is so much, but the substitute is pressed by the opponent all the time.
Seeing that the point difference was forced to close to within 10 points, D'Antoni couldn't sit still, and in the seventh minute of the second quarter, he called a timeout and prepared to make an early substitution.
Popovich smiled, he was ready to change to a lineup that restrained running and shooting, and D'Antoni was careful to think about Popovich to guess clearly.
"Patty, Danny, Kowhi, Tim, Chris, you guys go on the pitch, down the tempo, Kowhi, you have to know what you have to do and don't do what you shouldn't do! The Lakers will definitely play a fast break, and after being blocked by us, that Liu will definitely rely on his personal ability to break through the situation as before, and you have to lock him up with Tim! Remember not to do things you shouldn't do! Popovich called out a few names, and finally highlighted Leonard.
Leonard's expression did not change, but he clenched his fists and silently expressed his dissatisfaction, but unfortunately Popovich did not notice this, and Popovich thought that the players he had cultivated would definitely obey the arrangement.
The Lakers replaced Nash, Kobe, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, Gasol, a brisk lineup, and D'Antoni had a clear idea of increasing his speed to deal with the Spurs' fast break.
However, after Liu Ren came on the court, he saw that the lineup comparison between the two sides was not good, and D'Antoni definitely fell into the trap of the other party!
The Spurs are the team that Liu Ren pays attention to, he watched six games in the 2014 playoffs, and the Heat's small fast-break lineup was played by the Spurs' lineup!
Liu Ren knew that D'Antoni had only one tactic, which was to attack, and he knew that there was nothing in D'Antoni's mind that could not be solved by attack.
This must have been exploited by that old fox of Popovich!
The Lakers have the ball, and Liu Ren, who was originally going to attack after going on the court, decided to change his strategy!
The Lakers attacked, the three outside lines on the Spurs' side used pressing defense to restrain the Lakers' outside run, and Duncan on the inside did not come out, he used his defensive range to cover the entire three-second zone to guard the interior, and Dio actively roamed in the three-second zone, not giving the Lakers any space to score.
This is the first time that the Spurs have played a strange move like this, and Popovich was ready to use it again in the playoffs or even the finals, but today it was used in advance!
This kind of sudden change of formation actually has a big drawback, that is, after using it a few times, it doesn't work so well, just like the Spurs in the 14-15 season, they just won the championship and the second year were not so powerful, because everything was studied thoroughly by their opponents.
But Popovich can't control so much now, and the team has a trace of things that are not under his control, like Stephen Jackson back then, who was not under his control, made him a little crazy, and used the tricks that were originally going to be used again in the playoffs.
Sure enough, the Spurs' sudden oppressive defense caught the Lakers off guard, and the Lakers were used to the Spurs' undefended style of play just now, and they were thinking of scoring points on the court, but who knew that the other party suddenly played defense again!