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Surprised, at this time, all the people on the court looked at the young player who was just playing under the Los Angeles Lakers basket, and at this time, the SBC Center Arena, which had become crazy because of the Spurs' momentum, fell silent again, and at this time, the air above the arena could even hear the inhalation of some fans, at this time there were some fans in the stands of the SBC Arena gasping cold, and at this time as the focus of everyone, Josh Smith, who had just come on the court, looked around with his head raised and shook his head, as if his things just now seemed to be insignificant.

And in fact, at this time, the young player who has just been ordered to play is also extremely excited, you know, he just sturdily fanned out the best interior line in the NBA, his idol Duncan's shot, as a Georgian, he is an authentic ACC league fan, as a post-85 generation, when he can remember, or when his basketball talent began to show, that time was the NBA Bulls Dynasty era and the NCAA Wake Forest era, As players their age, their idol is either Jordan or Carter or Duncan, just as Paul's idol has always been Carter, and Josh Smith's idol has always been Duncan.

Joining the NBA directly after graduating from Oak Hill High School this season is a big challenge for him, in fact, it is a big challenge for any high school student to go straight to the NBA, although he is the best high school graduate in the country, although his tactical literacy is much stronger than many high school students. But obviously. No matter how strong his tactical ability is. It is also difficult for him to meet the standards of the NBA, especially the standards of a championship-contending team like the Lakers, in this case, he was extremely tragic in the early period, and even in some of the previous games he could not even make the game squad.

Of course, there is no doubt that he has always considered himself a talent, and in fact he is a talent. It's just that he also knows that there are too many Lakers geniuses at present, if he doesn't satisfy the team's head coach Zhuang Fei, then he is likely to play a season of soy sauce this year, after all, for the Lakers, this team does not have time to give him too much time to improve slowly, and this team does not need a team to cultivate a genius, this is a giant team, this is not a lottery team, so his status has been very embarrassing since he came to the Lakers, and his ability is not bad compared to most of the Lakers' bench players. In particular, the superhuman physical fitness is even more amazing, but it's a pity. Even when players like Nocioni, who were inferior to him in his opinion, could get stable playing opportunities, he was left out by Zhuang Fei.

In the face of Zhuang Fei, he didn't have too many complaints, it is no exaggeration to say that he and Paul are players who grew up watching Zhuang Fei and Wake Forest play, for Zhuang Fei, he has a strong respect, in this case, since Zhuang Fei doesn't use him, then he can't go to Zhuang Fei to theorize, and then put pressure on Zhuang Fei, he doesn't dare to do this and won't do it, and in the end he can only rest assured or have no way to guard the team's water dispenser. This is actually a very helpless thing for Josh Smith, a self-proclaimed talent, who doesn't want to be a water cooler manager all the time.

It's just that whether he wants to or not, just like the team's assistant coach Green said to him, as long as his offense and defense can't be integrated into the Lakers' system, then it will be difficult for him to get a chance, which is also for the overall needs of the Lakers, and for Zhuang Fei's strict offensive running and defensive system positioning, this young talented player is actually a headache, he doesn't believe that anyone can complete Zhuang Fei's arrangements, because it is too difficult, but what surprised him is that most of the team can do it, Of course, Josh Smith doesn't understand this kind of ball quotient thing, he just knows that slowly, his position in the team is becoming more and more marginalized.

It's not easy to even get into the team's 12-man activation lineup, and finally this game was put on the lineup, but he didn't play a minute in the first half, in this case, he also knows that he can only be in garbage time, and in this game, it is difficult to have any garbage time in this game. After all, the Spurs are not a weak team.

It's just that what he never expected was that he didn't get a chance to play in garbage time in this game, but was sent by Zhuang Fei in the third quarter of the game, and the head coach actually assigned him separate tasks and requirements before he played, you know, the general team's ordinary rotation player The head coach won't say anything more when you let you play, only the team's important players, the head coach will tell things alone, Josh Smith doesn't think that he is now an important player for the Lakers, But in this game, he did come on the field with a very important task.

And the task given to him by the head coach is to let him be the scavenger of the team's interior, that is, to assist Webb in defending the interior, and the most important defender is naturally his idol Duncan, when Duncan forced Webber to complete the hook shot under the basket, I am afraid Duncan himself did not expect that his shot would be turned back by Josh Smith, who had just come on the court and was still defending Scola.

"That kid from the Lakers is a rookie?" Popovich on the sidelines looked at the Lakers basket at this time, and Josh Smith, who was a little arrogant and had an under-beaten expression, said in a stunned voice, and at this time, the assistant next to him also nodded and responded, which also made Popovich a little surprised, this kid's speed, bounce and arm span are rare in this position at the No. 4 position.

"The Lakers are really a bunch of spring people," the Spurs head coach said helplessly. And when the Spurs sent the baseline ball again, this time Kidd handed the ball to Duncan again, and at this time, the Spurs' leading player once again directly faced Webb, and at this time, in order to respond to Duncan, it was also to make Duncan open up more space. Scola also deliberately pulled out again. At this time, Lakers assistant coach Green began to shout to the court constantly. It was obvious that this was Zhuang Fei's instructions.

"Chris, don't jump, don't try to block him, just stand in your position, don't worry about his shot, yes, that's it, just hold him off"

In fact, Webb himself was a little embarrassed to listen to his assistant coach calling in from the sidelines. After all, his defense is not good, especially poor defensive awareness and poor defensive judgment are known to the whole world, but shouting at him so directly also makes his face a little unbearable now, but although his face can't hang up, he still chooses to listen to Green's instructions, and the block of Josh Smith just now also gave him some confidence.

"If you don't jump, don't jump" At this time, Weber was also wrestling with Duncan, Duncan's strength was indeed stronger than him, even if he had completely exhausted his strength, but Duncan was still able to force him to complete the hook shot, although this hook was still not in the position of the bottom of the basket.

And to everyone's surprise. When everyone thought that Duncan could score this ball, but suddenly the ball was pressed on the rebound by a big hand again in the air, which was a big hat, and at this time Popovich on the sidelines almost opened his mouth and didn't know how to describe it, and the other Spurs players on the court did the same.

It's just that when these people were stunned, the young forward player also threw it directly to the front court after picking up this rebound. At this time, Kobe, the star of the Lakers, was already on a fast break, and all the Spurs defenders were not in place, knowing that Kobe Bryant was unguarded and dunked the ball before these Spurs players and fans reacted, at this time, in the face of Kobe, who was extremely arrogant after the successful dunk, the fans in the audience gave a huge boo, but unlike the fans, the Spurs players on the court and Popovich on the sidelines had some solemnity on their faces, At this time, the Lakers players on the court began to torture the hair of Josh Smith who had been giggling, even Paul who was replaced with Josh Smith, he replaced Grant Hill, and now the Lakers' lineup on the court is organization guard Paul, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Hardaway, big forward Josh Smith, and center Webb.

"Didn't you slow down and hit Duncan? Then I'll get you a spring man to play with you," Zhuang Fei glanced at Popovich not far away with a smile on his face at this time, and thought happily in his heart.

If it is according to the Spurs' ordinary offense, or if it is a very beautiful tactical match, Zhuang Fei will not go to Josh Smith, because he will be beaten, this guy's tactical literacy is now lower than that of Xiao Aodu, as long as one or two simple combinations can make him lose his position in defense, but if the Spurs want to rely on Duncan's strong play to eat the Lakers, Zhuang Fei can let him be a surprise soldier, Webb is in front of him, and he is waiting for an opportunity in the back. It's also about fully utilizing his physical gifts and athleticism, without worrying about his defensive misalignment.

"Duncan now needs to change the offensive defense, or to eat deeper under the basket, or to change the range of his shots, which will definitely reduce the shooting rate, and another is to directly attack the frame, but if he chooses to attack the frame, then he will run into the Lakers' bag and net, so that the Lakers' defense will take the initiative" Kenny Smith looked at the two teams on the court and said thoughtfully.

"Either way, one of Coach Z's substitutions changed the situation on the court again, and now Popovich needs to change, or continue to play Duncan or start over with another offensive approach?"

Almost not long after Kenny Smith raised his question, the Spurs attacked again, this time it was still Duncan's inside shot, and when Josh Smith blocked the ball again, it was blown by the referee to interfere with the ball, the ball was already falling, and it was obvious that Duncan changed the size of the shot.

It's just a little surprising that although the ball was blown this time, neither the Lakers players on the court nor Zhuang Fei on the sidelines had any sense of anger, and even the Lakers players on the court were still giving Josh Smith a thumbs up, it was obvious that Josh Smith had changed Duncan's offensive habits, which was considered a success, allowing Duncan to attack with an unfamiliar offensive way and then reduce its shooting rate, which is what Zhuang Fei wanted.

"Coach Z's move to Josh Smith is good for this team's defense, but why bring Hill down? Is it going to let Paul and Webb play the pick-and-roll? Duncan is one of the best defensive pick-and-rolls in the league."

As soon as Kenny Smith finished speaking, the Lakers' offense began. Webb, who had been standing under the basket in this game, compressing Duncan and making up space outside, was brought to the free throw line. And at this time, Duncan also followed. It seems that he is not worried about the Spurs' interior line being emptied, but in fact, for Duncan, he has always been very confident, as long as he does not go outside the three-point line, he has the ability to return to his defensive position as quickly as possible from any position, so one of his favorite positions is one step below the free throw line, in this position it can control any corner of the three-point line, which is why Zhuang Fei asked Webb to go to the basket in this game. is to allow the Lakers' perimeter offense to play, and it is also to compress Duncan's defensive space. So in this game, although the Lakers' basket offense was a mess, the perimeter offense has always been good, but this time Webber's mention did make Popovich on the sidelines a little stunned, but at this time the Lakers' cooperation quickly came out.

Just through a cover from Webber, Paul went directly into the basket, at this time Kidd was directly blocked by Webb, and at this time in the face of Paul's single knife, Duncan also followed, he was confident that he could block Paul's layup, and when Paul threw the ball into the air, Duncan also jumped high, and at this time when he flew in the air to prepare for a block. found that the ball actually flew high to the top edge of the rebound, and Duncan, who was flying in the air at this time, couldn't reach the bridge ball at all. Obviously, this is not a flying layup, but a pass across the bridge, but by this time Duncan found it too late, and at this time Josh Smith on the right appeared on the left side of the basket, and then received the ball with both hands and was ready to press it into the basket.

"I dunked the ball" Josh Smith is very excited now, he and Paul have a tacit understanding since high school, and at this time Paul's passing is too good, this is the offensive defense he is most familiar with, the impact basket from the wings 45 degrees, also deceived Duncan, and when the excited Lakers player was about to press the ball into the basket, he found that when he pressed the double kill down, it seemed to be blocked by a wall, and then the Lakers player looked down, Duncan in the fall is his right hand directly blocked the basketball from below, at this time Josh Smith is like a ghost, and then Duncan below is a little force, the basketball comes out of Josh Smith's hand, and at this time, the Lakers' young forward also flew out directly from behind, I'm afraid the forward can't figure out how Duncan can still risk him, and Paul under the basket is also dumbfounded when he sees this scene, which can be prevented? There is also Zhuang Fei who is similar to Paul, he knows that Duncan is a defensive 100 in this game, but he didn't expect it to be so rebellious, if he used this group of breakthrough players of the word team to directly challenge Duncan at the beginning of the game, then the Lakers may have been tragic at this time.

Of course, Duncan's one-defense and two-piece block is very beautiful, but at this time the basketball is flying to the court, Duncan is also ready to jump up again to grab the rebound when he falls to the ground, if this rebound is grabbed by him again, it is estimated that the Lakers will have to cry, and the Spurs fans on the scene are also ready to cheer, but at this time, Duncan suddenly found himself flying up two figures on his side, one is his teammate Ragabel, and the other is a Lakers player, And when Duncan looked at the back of the Lakers player, a number 8 caught his eye.

A basketball, three hands to scramble, and at this time Duncan, who jumped at the end, did not grab the ball again, the ball flew directly to the basket after being stabbed by Ragabel, and at this time Ragabel had fallen, he did his best, but at this time Kobe Bryant, who was jumping with him, was still flying to the basket, at this time Ragabel and Duncan could only watch Kobe grab the basketball that was plucked by Ragabel with his right hand, and then press it into the basket fiercely.

With a bang, the Spurs fans who were originally going to cheer for Duncan were directly silenced, and at this time, the sky above the SBC Center was full of Kobe's roar.

It's just that at this time, in the face of Kobe's roar like venting after dunking, Zhuang Fei wiped the cold sweat on his forehead on the sidelines.

"It's too tough to play, and Duncan's 100 defense is horrible"

Of course, there is no doubt that this goal is very good for the morale of the Lakers, at this time, Josh Smith, who had fallen to the ground from the air, saw Kobe Bryant's domineering dunk and stood up directly from the ground, and the other Lakers players also slapped Kobe Bryant one after another, compared with the celebration of the Lakers players, a Spurs player who was excited about the score just now was a little silent.

With Kobe Bryant's dunk on the ground, the Lakers took the lead again, and at this time, Popovich on the sidelines frowned again.

"Greg, are we going to use that tactic" At this time, the assistant beside him asked with some concern, and Popovich's face changed several times after hearing the assistant's reminder, and finally shook his head.

And in the end, at the end of the third quarter of this game, the Los Angeles Lakers once again established their lead, 91-85, and entered the fourth quarter with a six-point advantage.

"The offense on both sides is in a stalemate again, and if the Spurs can't find a new way in the fourth quarter, the Lakers are likely to win" Kenny Smith looked at the situation on the court with some concern and said, Lakers win Spurs? I'm afraid many people didn't think of it.

And when the game was finally over, the scoreboard on the sidelines was 120-114 showing everyone that the Lakers had really won against the Spurs.

"Who said Spurs were our nemesis?" When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Zhuang Fei thought fiercely in his heart, and at this time, a shackle in his heart seemed to have disappeared. (To be continued.) )