Leonard was replaced by Popovich with Ginobili!

The Lakers' side was suddenly shocked, no one on the Spurs' side could stop Liu Ren from breaking through, and Duncan and Leonard's defensive strategy of making dumplings against Liu Ren was impossible to implement!

The Lakers replaced Thackeray with Antetokounmpo and began to attack. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, Liu Ren did not waste this opportunity, and constantly used his containment power to reverse the inside line to force Duncan to shrink on the inside line and unable to go out to make up for the defense.

Duncan's interior defense and Leonard's outside defense are the core of the Spurs' defensive system, and one without the other can't be played, just like the two seasons of 08-10, after Bowen retired, the Spurs' defensive system collapsed suddenly, and they could only rely on reducing the pace to stay competitive, but the offensive defense in the 10-11 season was very average, and the playoffs were blackened by the Grizzlies.

Kobe Bryant borrowed Antetokounmpo to block and get a lot of shooting opportunities on the outside, and hit continuously, Liu Ren took advantage of Duncan's defense from time to time to directly press Split's air catch, and for a time the Lakers' offense was unimpeded.

The Spurs had no choice but to attack the Lakers.

It's the Lakers offense again.

Liu Renyou walked to the inside, Duncan stepped forward to help defend, Kobe Bryant cut into the inside line after blocking and dismantling Antetokounmpo, Split could only go up to make up for the defense, at this time Gasol went around to the free throw line to catch the ball, Nash pulled the bottom corner, Parker could only follow, Gasol was empty!

Duncan was forced to make up for it, and Gasol immediately sent an empty pass, and there was only Danny Green in front of Liu Ren! Ignore the opponent and press the ball into the basket!

37-22, the Lakers lead by 15 points!

With Ginobili missing a three-point shot at the whistle, the Lakers led the Spurs by 15 points in the first quarter, and even the Lakers' own fans didn't expect to start the game so well!

"Liu, what did you do? Actually let that poker face who doesn't eat oil and salt ignore you and go head-to-head? Nick Young asked like a curious baby.

Liu Ren replied with an innocent face: "I just said that I wanted to attack him, and then he seemed to agree." ”

Obviously, Nick Yang didn't believe this answer, and Liu Ren was also helpless, and to be honest, no one believed it.

No way, today's Leonard is too abnormal, the Spurs have been quite hot in the past two years, and some people keep saying that they are underestimated, in fact, when a team is said to be underestimated, this team has already attracted a lot of attention.

The success of the Spurs is highly regarded among the players, and everyone wants their team to be as strong as the Spurs for more than a decade, and they all envy Duncan's career.

But few superstars are willing to go to the Spurs, for the same reason, this kind of stable team, unless there is a strength like Duncan at the beginning of the century that can compete with O'Neal, otherwise it can only be a team player, as strong as Parker, Ginobili is still just a role player.

Therefore, once there is a core that has been focused on cultivating by the Spurs, it is an alternative existence in the eyes of the players, Leonard has always given the opponent a poker face, and he will not pay attention to you if he says anything, which is simply a copy of Duncan.

Liu Ren let such a person choose to go head-to-head regardless of tactics, and Nick Young will definitely not believe him.

On the Spurs bench, if there is any shortcoming of Popovich, it is that he is too controlling! He wants everything to go according to his plan.

Seeing Leonard's stubborn expression that he had never seen before, Popovich was so angry that he didn't play anywhere, and after the start of the second quarter, he still didn't replace Leonard, but used his other lineup, sending Mills, Joseph, Belinelli, Dior, and Baines.

These people have a common characteristic, they were all originally almost unable to play, especially Baines, who was brought to the NBA by Popovich at the age of 28, he turned out to be a player in New Zealand, a place with a population of less than 5 million in New Zealand, I don't know how Popovich got this guy into the NBA, and he played for two years and gained a foothold in the Spurs.

Seeing that Popovich did not replace himself, Leonard was even more frustrated, he did not understand why he was not substituted, and he thought that the coach felt that he was not as good as Liu Ren, so he was even more frustrated.

There are many advantages to Popovich's desire to take full control of the team, such as the fact that the players are relieved to see Popovich one by one and feel that they will definitely be able to play well, especially those who could not play in the first place, and become very confident.

Whether a player can play well or even play extraordinarily, self-confidence is a very important factor, and Popovich is like a coach with a self-confidence buff.

But there will also be a problem, which is that Popovich's players are usually very childish, because Popovich has everything planned, they don't need to think about it at all, they just need to play well.

Leonard is like this now, the more Popovich wants to suppress him and calm him down, the more he can't calm down, and when he thinks of Liu Ren's "disappointed" eyes, he wants to prove himself.

Popovich was obviously the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he had no guess that Leonard's mind was so simple.

However, even without Leonard, the Spurs' offense is still very good, and there is still no Leonard in the 10-11 season, and the Spurs' offensive firepower is also in the top three in the league.

That's right, Popovich is ready to run with D'Antoni!

Popovich once played soy sauce for several years under the bombardment originator mad scientist Nelson Sr., and won the appreciation of Nelson Sr., and learned the old Nelson's set, and his transformation of the Spurs in recent years is based on the old Nelson's vision that was more than ten or twenty years ahead of time.

Popovich glanced at D'Antoni on the bench next door with disdain, isn't it just running and bombing! Who's afraid of whom!

Hold up the bold and starve the cowardly, Popovich has never been a person who is afraid of things!

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced McCollum, Nick Young, Bazemore, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside, wanting to rely on the second team and the Spurs to grind the position.

But I didn't expect the Spurs to suddenly start and bang and catch the Lakers off guard!

The Spurs' two interior lines, one two meters and three and one two meters and eight, are very capable of running, and the outside trio is a little more than one meter nine, and they are all running masters in the Spurs system.

The Lakers' side plays a position with a board and a glance, Whiteside has a huge advantage inside, Antetokounmpo has a good ability to respond to the high position, Bazemore maintains Liu Ren's impact under the basket, Nick Young poor version of Kobe Bryant throws a wave, McCollum is still the calmest person on the bench, and the Lakers' second team and the Spurs' second team play on the same level on the court!