Popovich didn't know if his strategy for this game was right, and the reality that the Lakers could beat the Spurs even after leaving Kobe Bryant after the last game told him that he had to do it now, whether it was the right decision or not, and he wouldn't regret it no matter what the final result was.

Because this is his choice, when he makes this choice, he has no way out, and there is no need to retreat, in the past he has encountered many such crisis moments, at that time, his last gambling strategy sometimes succeeded, but sometimes failed, and this time there is also the possibility of success and failure, and the cost of failure and success is more expensive than ever.

"Raja, don't let him go anymore, stick to him, don't give him a chance to shoot, let him break through, give him to Dwight"

At this time, Popovich was a little anxious, after the start of this game, he felt that this Laker was a little different from the past, and the most different thing was that the leader of this team, Kobe Bryant, was not a little more decisive than before, and when he removed Duncan and turned the players who hit it into Ragabel and Howard, the Lakers' leading player seemed to be alive, whether it was a personal breakthrough or a personal shooting, it was much better than the previous games, And the Lakers' dominant player's performance in this game also drove Popovich crazy.

Even at this time, he kept shouting loudly from the sidelines to the court, and the performance of the Spurs players on the court at this time made him a little disappointed, especially the synergy between Ragabel and Howard was obviously not as good as Duncan and Ragabel, the pair of defensive cores inside and outside Wake Forest. It's just that at this time, even if he is dissatisfied with Howard. He's a rookie player after all. His experience is limited, and his abilities have not yet been fully developed, but in this case, his performance is already very good, and in fact, he is not too demanding.

"It would be nice if Howard could be more mature at this time" Popovich looked at Ragabel and Howard, who were choked by Kobe Bryant on the court, and thought with some emotion, he didn't know how many times he sighed Howard would be better if he could be more mature or stronger, but obviously, this is just a good wish.

Although the combination of Howard and Duncan reminded him of the twin towers of Admiral and Duncan back then. Although the current Duncan is stronger than before, Howard is not a little worse than the admiral, and if such a combination really wants to form and exert its power, it will take time from this game.

"That's it, Dwight, don't give him a chance"

In the face of his team's control of Kobe Bryant in this game, the head coach of the Spurs was a little speechless, although sometimes he kept yelling on the sidelines had some effect, but the real effect was limited, which was the same as the Lakers' terminator tactics when Zhuang Fei stood on the side. Of course, there is no comparison between the Spurs and the Lakers now.

"Boy. Well done, almost got capped by you."

Looking at Howard, who was panting for breath in front of him with a look of regret, Kobe Bryant, who had just broken through Rajabel and completed the face in front of Howard, looked at Howard with some contempt and said, and at this time, it was a little painful to face Kobe's contempt for Howard.

It's not that he didn't work hard, he worked hard from the very beginning, but obviously sometimes you don't have to work hard to solve all the problems, obviously, that's not the case now. Even if he really tried, he and Ragabel still couldn't stop Kobe, who was a little crazy from the beginning of this game.

"The Lakers have been on the rise, Kobe's performance in this game is incredible, this game the Lakers still did not play the No. 5 tactic that was analyzed very thoroughly by Popovich, but like Hill and Hardaway in the last game, they have been carrying out extremely resolute individual offense, from now on, the Lakers are doing this very well, although the offensive firepower is not as good as the No. 5 tactic in the heyday, but the Spurs still have no way to take him, and now Popovich still needs to change"

After Kobe Bryant easily hit another two-point shot, Kenny Smith said with some advice, although the Spurs have changed in this game, but judging from the game, the Lakers seem to know the changes in the Spurs, and this is the first time this is the first time this has happened in this series, or the first time that Zhuang Fei has happened in this series.

And this is a reality that has been very ambitious in this series, and for Popovich, who has been very confident in this game, such a reality is a little difficult to accept, after all, at the beginning of the game, the Spurs fell behind, which basically did not appear in the first game of the two sides, after the first quarter of the game, although Popovich and the Spurs also fell behind at the beginning of the last game, but that backwardness was that Popovich did not change, and now it is behind after the change, this nature is completely different, when there is no change, They still have the possibility of changing, and after the change still has no effect, then it is a different situation.

"Coach Z and the Lakers played a fantastic game, looking at that guy's anxious appearance, I feel comfortable"

Facing the Lakers and Kobe Bryant who were crazy after the start of the first quarter, Popovich was a little anxious on the sidelines at this time, but the Lakers fans in the stands had already begun to dance excitedly, and the Lakers celebrity Abdul-Jabbar in the box was even more angry, and he and other Lakers celebrities have been arguing with Popovich in recent times, which made the magician, who has always been very elegant, smile when he saw the Spurs who were getting more and more backward at this time, obviously, this smile was gloating.

"Coach Z really didn't disappoint" In the end, the magician also said with a smile, and after the magician finished speaking, Abdul-Jabbar on the side also nodded constantly, it seems that he agrees with the magician's statement, even if he was extremely optimistic about Zhuang Fei when he became the master, and now he has no such emotions at all.

"It really didn't disappoint, I just wanted a win like this, it's so cool" looked at the score on the longside scoreboard. Abdul-Jabbar said equally excitedly.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers took the initiative. It started with the first failure of the Spurs' pre-game set-up. The Lakers didn't give the Spurs a chance to get back, although Popovich called two timeouts in the first quarter to re-make some fine-tuning of the team, but obviously, judging from the score of 34-26 in the first quarter, such fine-tuning did not have much effect, and the game fell behind by 8 points in the first quarter, which can be called the largest point difference in the first quarter of this series.

"Well done guys. Kobe, well done"

At the end of the first quarter, looking at Kobe Bryant, Paul and Josh Smith and Jackson and Bobby Simmons coming down from the court, Zhuang Fei also said excitedly that in the second half of the first quarter, the Lakers and the Spurs had already begun to rotate, and from the beginning of the rotation, the Lakers also opened the score again.

In fact, in the first few games of this series, the Lakers got a rotation lineup, and it was also an obvious advantage. Basically, regardless of how the Lakers' starters and the Spurs play, these Lakers rotation lineups under Paul and Jackson have been outstanding. This kind of stability is simply terrifying.

"Chris, Stephen, the only purpose after you came back on the court in the second quarter was to attack, and we're going to use offense to beat the Spurs now and let everyone in the world see what you're capable of."

Before the start of the second quarter, looking at Paul and Jackson and others who were about to play, Zhuang Fei also shouted to them excitedly, and at this time, the faces of these Lakers players were also excited.

This game is the most Lakers momentum game played in this round of the series, although the Lakers played very well in the first half of the first game of the two teams, but it was very cool, and the Lakers did not play with too much momentum, after all, in that game the Spurs have actually been dragging the Lakers to play, just like the Lakers were dragging the Raptors to play, but now it is completely different, although the Lakers' offense is no longer as strong as it was at its peak, but the momentum has been completely up.

In this case, for Paul, what they have to do is to maintain the momentum of the team, in this case, it should be the same as the mix, and the rotation time in the first few minutes after the start of the second quarter should also be five up and five down the Spurs, this game kept Kidd on the court during the rotation in the second quarter, so that Kidd took Balbosa to get the rhythm of the game back and suppress the momentum of the Lakers.

Although there is nothing wrong with Popovich's approach, there is obviously something wrong with the specific effect.

At least at the beginning of the second quarter, when Paul, like Kobe, threw a frontal three-pointer in front of Kidd at the beginning, the corners of Popovich's mouth on the sidelines twitched unnaturally.

"FVCK" This round of the series for Popovich, what impressed him most about the Lakers was this group of benches, when facing the Lakers starters, the two sides actually won and lost most of the time, but never won in the face of these Lakers substitutes, in this game, this extremely important game, he gave up his use of bench players this season, leaving Kidd on the court, but when the game started, what made him depressed was that he still did not block the Lakers' bench bandits.

"Bobby, nice buckle"

When Bobby Simmons received Jackson's split from the middle byte to the basket to complete the dunk, and these small lineups of the Lakers could only be stunned and motionless, the Lakers fans on the sidelines once again let out earth-shattering shouts and battle sounds, and at this time, Simmons, who had just successfully dunked, was also a little excited.

Although he didn't play a lot of time when he came to the Lakers, even less than when he was in New York, he liked this kind of basketball, even if he was always a normal character in the rotation, but he enjoyed playing with Paul and Jackson because they knew him very well, and he liked this style.

In fact, how can there be only one player who likes the Lakers' bench lineup and his style of play, such as Josh Smith and Mo Williams, who now firmly occupy the role of an important rotation lineup, this kind of game that runs crazy with Paul and Jackson, constantly dunks, empty picks and shots is the most enjoyable for them.

Perhaps the only regret for them is that a game that doesn't last a long time, and it would be nice if a game could make him play like this for 20 minutes. But I want to have more playing time. But these guys also know their place in the team. No one on the bench other than Jackson and Paul was able to stay on the pitch for 20 minutes, so it was just a dream and a fantasy.

It's just that even if this is a fantasy, these Lakers' bench players are still very happy, because this is the basketball they want, and after Zhuang Fei gave them the capital to survive, they got the basketball they wanted, which was already very lucky.

And when the Lakers on the court were getting more and more excited to play off the bench, watching Josh Smith and Paul complete an aerial relay that is typical of these two. The main Lakers players on the sidelines, Kobe, Webb, Hill, Hardaway and Szczebiak, also all stood up and waved towels wildly into the court. At this moment, these people seem to be like fans of those substitutes on the pitch.

"It's a happy thing to have such a group of passionate players" Looking at the Lakers bench players on the court, Zhuang Fei also said excitedly on the sidelines, and at this time, Green on the side also kept nodding in agreement with Zhuang Fei's words.

It's just obvious that for Zhuang Fei, it is a very happy thing to have such a group of players. But for Popovich this is not very happy.

"Where did the Chinese get these crazy people?"

When the rotation time came in the second quarter, even the Spurs, who had replaced the starters, had a difficult time facing the Lakers, who were still in the rotation. The Spurs head coach can't stand it, which is a shame for him and his team, and his main team can't handle the opponent's backup.

Although he also knows that this is because the other party is now in full swing and has gone crazy, but even so, this still makes the Spurs head coach's face a little ugly.

"It's crazy, it's crazy, the Lakers are playing too strong, even their bench, it looks like the Spurs are going to collapse" And at this time, even Kenny Smith, the commentator of TNT who was on the commentary bench, shouted with some excitement when he saw the current situation, and at this time Barkley on the side was already crazy.

And when the main force of the Spurs and the Lakers' bench played on the court for another four minutes, when there were only three minutes left in the first half of the game, Zhuang Fei let the Lakers' main lineup replace the bench lineup.

"Did I get it wrong from the start?" When he saw the Lakers' assistant lineup replacing the Lakers' crazy bench, Popovich on the sidelines was a little distracted, for him, Zhuang Fei's replacement of the Lakers' substitutes made him a little relieved, and he also felt a little ashamed, and even at this time he was thinking that at the beginning of this game, it was not a mistake to transfer Duncan to block other Lakers players and release Kobe Bryant a little.

And judging from the time when Kobe Bryant turned on the offensive mode again after returning to the court and couldn't block it, this was indeed a mistake, but if Duncan was not transferred, what would this game be? Will the Spurs still be beaten so badly by the Lakers? I'm afraid there will never be an answer to this question.

At this time, the Spurs head coach who looked a little dazed looked at the young interior on the court who had almost been beaten by Kobe Bryant, and also sighed, if he could get Howard earlier, this series would definitely not be like this, and if this series could be postponed for a year or two, the final result would not be like this.

It's just clear that such an idea is just a very ethereal dream, and in the reality of this game, such a dream can only be a beautiful dream.

70-54, this is the score of the Los Angeles Lakers and Spurs after the end of the first half of this game, and the difference between the two sides is now 16 points, which is the largest difference between the two teams so far, because Popovich's strategic change at the beginning of the game made the Lakers fully blossom in this game. And the Lakers' 70-point score in the first half of the game is also the second-highest score of the Lakers in this series, Kobe, who was extremely hesitant in the previous games, has scored 30 points in the first half of this game, including 20 points in the first quarter of the first quarter, neither Ragabel nor Howard can stop him now, and from now on. The Spurs want to freeze him or limit him, so they can only use Wake Forest's defensive combination Ragabel to pair up with Duncan. But it's a bit late to see it.

"70 points at halftime. Facing the Spurs, they scored 70 points in the half again, and now the Spurs have completely collapsed, although it is difficult for them to be defeated with Duncan, but from any point of view, the winner of this game is the Lakers, and the door to the Finals is already open to them"

After the halftime of this game, Kenny Smith also shouted with some excitement that Duncan had not yet taken over the game at this time. But it's clear that even if Duncan takes over the game, it won't necessarily do anything to the Lakers.

Don't forget, Kobe Bryant at this time, when cooperating with the Terminator tactics, his finishing ability is definitely only stronger than Duncan, even if he takes over the game, Duncan may not be able to compare with Kobe.

And in fact, it is true, at the beginning of the second half, when Duncan frantically attacked the Lakers' weak interior, the Lakers also turned on the Terminator tactics. Popovich and the Spurs, who were preparing for the last fight, only found out after the end of the third quarter that they were not able to succeed. On the contrary, it fell behind more, 112-86, the Los Angeles Lakers led by 26 points after the end of the third quarter, and in this quarter of the game, all 42 points of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant alone accounted for 28 points, in the terminator tactics, he scored 178 points in a single quarter in the first three games, but this game was 28 points, almost tying the highest score in a single quarter of the playoffs, and after three quarters of the game, his score also came to 58 points, if he wants, there is no problem at all if he wants to cut 60 points in this game, However, after the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers' leading player has not played again, and of course, Duncan on the Spurs' side has not played again.

"Kobe, it's okay" Zhuang Fei looked at Kobe Bryant, who was sitting on the bench and was a little shaky, and asked worriedly, Zhuang Fei used the Terminator tactics in every game of this series, which was a bit expensive for Kobe.

"It's okay, coach, it's just a little dizzy and nauseous, it's okay to slow down a little" In the face of Zhuang Fei's worries, Kobe Bryant also reluctantly showed a smile and said, even if he feels unwell in this game, he is also very happy, but seeing Kobe like this, Zhuang Fei is thinking that it would be better to use the Terminator tactics less in the future, if it weren't for the Spurs putting too much pressure on the Lakers, he wouldn't have used it so often.

"However, from now on, this pressure will disappear" Finally, Zhuang Fei turned his head to look at the game that had become a substitute battle between the two teams, Zhuang Fei also secretly smiled and thought that the Lakers completely defeated the Spurs in this game, and it also laid the foundation for the Lakers to enter the finals, after this game, it is not so easy for the Spurs to get back on their feet, thinking of this, Zhuang Fei also looked at Popovich on the side with some pride, at this time the Spurs head coach was squatting on the side of the court, The figure looked a little lonely.

He has paid a lot and done a lot for this series, in fact, he has done well enough, blocking the Lakers' offense has been a constant slogan in other people's mouths since the regular season, but no one has really done it, and he did it in this series, but in the end, it was still a failure.

"If Howard is allowed to grow up, this Spurs will indeed be difficult to deal with, but no matter what, the winner of this game is still me, and the winner of this series is also me" At this time, when thinking of this, Zhuang Fei looked at Popovich without a trace of sympathy, only full of thick coldness, because Zhuang Fei knew that his old opponent did not need anyone's sympathy at all, he would quickly stand up, and then rush up again with a new weapon. And this is Popovich, this person is Zhuang Fei's biggest opponent in the NBA, Zhuang Fei has always been very clear that he is still far away from completely defeating him, maybe when Zhuang Fei really defeats Popovich completely, the two can become real calm friends as McBrown said.

And now, the two are still the worst enemies who never die.

In the end, the final score was 146-110 at the end of the game, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Spurs by 36 points at home, which was also the biggest loss margin for the Spurs in the playoffs this season, and after the game, the Los Angeles Lakers fans shouted the names of MVP and Zhuang Fei, who the MVP is is naturally self-evident, and in the same way, these Lakers fans are reluctant to leave this arena for a long time even after the game, because they know, It's time to start celebrating.

"It's not the most points and the most points the Lakers have won this season, but it's the craziest game the Lakers have won this season, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the best team in history, is the craziest win I've ever seen."

In the TNT commentary booth after the game, looking at the Lakers fans and players who were already celebrating wildly on the court, Kenny Smith shouted with some excitement.

At this time, his excited voice also spread to thousands of households in the United States and all corners of the world with the TV festival.

And after this game, I'm afraid everyone will remember Kenny Smith's words, the Los Angeles Lakers, deservedly the strongest team in history. (To be continued......)