Chapter 502: The Western Rivalry Fights
Playing the Spurs, the Lakers have accumulated some experience!
Against the Spurs, Wharton Jr.'s three-point tactics of deformation last time achieved very good results!
Of course, this tactic can only produce good results at the expense of Sun Dahei's unlimited right to fire!
In general, this tactic is to soar three points, the Lakers throughout the game, almost all offensive methods are carried out with three points, in this case, Sun Dahei naturally has no chance to shoot, and can only carry out a second offense by competing for offensive rebounds......
At the beginning, because of this incident, Wharton Jr. was almost fired by Lakers executives......
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The last time they played against the Spurs, the Lakers had not successfully practiced the three-point tactics in this position, which can be said to be completely Wharton Jr.'s whimsical and thought of the tactic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In this game, the Lakers encountered the Spurs again, and during this time, Wharton Jr. also trained the three-point tactics in the team for a lot of time, and it is conceivable that the effect is definitely much better than last time......
The Spurs are the Lakers' more important playoff opponents, and Wharton Jr. naturally needs to come up with a set of tactics that can restrain the Spurs.
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The result of this game can be imagined, the Spurs only lasted three quarters under the hands of the Lakers before they collapsed!
Popovich didn't continue to field a starting lineup in the fourth quarter, and it looks like he should have given up on this fight!
In fact, Popovich's abandonment of the fight did not surprise fans......
This season, although the situation of the Spurs looks very good, they are currently in second place in the West, and the wins are no different from last season, and they are also an extremely strong team!
However, it looks good, but in fact, the Spurs are also in danger!
This crisis mainly comes from the Lakers and the Warriors! Of course, the Lakers are dominant!
Judging from the current situation of each team, if nothing else, if the Lakers can ensure the integrity of the main lineup, there should be no big problem in sitting in the first position in the West!
In this case, the Warriors and Spurs will definitely slip down the rankings in the Western Conference standings.
The Lakers are first in the West, the Warriors are second in the West, the Spurs are third in the West, and the Rockets should be able to get the fourth place in the West......
In this way, the Spurs will directly meet the Warriors in the second round of the playoffs!
Two teams with more than 60 wins, meeting in the second round of the playoffs?! This is really rare in the history of the NBA!
The two teams, the Spurs and the Warriors, are stronger or weaker in terms of strength, this is really hard to say!
Last season, if it weren't for Sun Dahei's supernatural performance, even if the Warriors had Durant, it would be extremely difficult to defeat the Spurs!
Even if these two teams win the series in the second round of the playoffs, they will definitely be injured, and there is at least an 80% chance that they will fight the tiebreaker!
That's where the Spurs' crisis comes from!
Ideally, the Spurs would have beaten the Big Four in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs over the Big Four......
Immediately afterwards, they will face the Lakers, who have been recuperating for nearly a week, not to mention the difference in strength between the two teams, even if it is only a physical gap, the Spurs have suffered a big loss......
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If last season's Western Conference playoffs were the group of death, this season's Western Conference playoffs are the group of death!
The Lakers, Warriors, Spurs, and Rockets, the top four teams in the West, can imagine what a huge pressure they put on the four teams from fifth to eighth in the West!
It is very likely that they worked hard for a season in the regular season and finally broke into the playoffs, but before they tasted what the playoffs were like, they were directly swept out by the top four teams in the West!
Not to mention breaking into the second round of the playoffs, against these four strong teams, it is very difficult for the weaker teams in the Western Conference to win even one game......
In this case, the teams ranked fifth to eighth in the West are naturally under great pressure, so big that they are a little broken, and they have worked hard for a season in the regular season, not to be used as a stepping stone to enter the playoffs!
They also have big ambitions, and they want to compete for the championship!
But in the current situation of the Western Conference playoffs, they have basically lost the hope of winning the championship!
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For this reason, the owners of these teams have lodged a solemn protest with the NBA league!
There are too many strong teams in the West! There are so many superstars in the West!
The situation of being strong in the west and weak in the east has reached the point where it has to be solved!
The owners of these teams even suggested that the Spurs be divided into the Eastern Conference!
It's not that the bosses have any opinions about the Spurs, mainly because there are too many strong teams in the West, and the three teams with the best records in the NBA this season are all in the West!
The Rockets are also in fifth place on the standings......
In the top five of the record list, four teams belong to the Western Division, and it is no wonder that these Western bosses are crazy!
Can you not go crazy? Some of their teams are in the top four if they are in the east, but in the west, they can only be ranked seven or eight!
Getting the Spurs to the Eastern Conference is of course an impossible thing to do, and if possible, wouldn't the Spurs themselves want to go to the Eastern Conference?
If you go to the Eastern Division, it's hard to say that you will enter the Finals lying down, but with the strength of the Spurs, there is no problem with saying that you will enter the Eastern Conference Finals lying down......
And the Spurs are in the West, not to mention the finals at the moment, whether they can touch the floor of the Western Conference is a very difficult question!
If the Spurs want to touch the floor of the Western Conference finals, the first thing they have to do is beat the Warriors with the Big Four!
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Chris Paul saw the current situation, and his heart was very afraid!
If Chris Paul hadn't agreed to Sun Dahei joining the Lakers, how chaotic would the situation in the West be now?
If Chris Paul doesn't come, the Lakers will definitely continue to bring in other stars, most likely, Paul George will replace Chris Paul and become the Lakers' second-in-command, and in the draft, the Lakers will not choose Josh Jackson, and the most likely should be Lonzo Ball......
After all, the Lakers lack a reliable point guard, and if Chris Paul doesn't come, the Lakers management will definitely have to find a reliable point guard for Sun Dahei......
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And the Clippers will not decline so significantly in the case of having St. Paul, and should be ranked fifth in the West.
Completely impossible!
Even whether the Spurs can touch the floor of the Western Conference this season is a matter of two words, not to mention the Clippers, whose strength is a grade worse than the Spurs......