(6,000 words big chapter, so it's late, sorry, ask for a monthly pass and a recommended ticket)

"The Lakers' defense has begun to strengthen, but Barbosa's speed is really fast, but Paul's defense is not bad, so it is difficult for the Spurs' best sixth man this season to get rid of Paul's defense and go straight to the basket, it seems that the Lakers are ready to take the lead in this game"

On November 12, 2004, at the SBC Center Arena, when the first quarter ended and the second quarter began, when the two teams entered the rotation lineup, Spurs fans seemed to be a little worried, because the Lakers' famous full-court pressing appeared again this season, although the Lakers did not use it in the first quarter, it was also because the Lakers were a little worried about the ability of Kidd and Parker to control the ball in the Spurs' starting lineup, coupled with a full-court pressing, Duncan's fulcrum role on the inside, as long as Kidd's passing was accurate enough, If the Lakers hoist the ball to Duncan as soon as they press, then the Lakers will definitely be played to death.

However, there is no such scruple when facing the Spurs bench lineup, although Duncan's ability is very strong, and Kidd's ability is also very strong, but these two cannot stay on the court for the whole 48 minutes, in this case, as long as these two people are off the court at the same time or one of them is off the court, the Lakers can press all over the court, and in fact, after the start of the second quarter, after Duncan, who played the first quarter, went off the court, the Lakers began to press all over the court.

Unlike the Lakers' five-up and five-down rotation this season, most NBA teams also have one or two starters or core players to play with the team when they rotate, and most teams start to rotate in the second half of the first quarter, and at this time, the Spurs' lineup on the court is also Robert Hawley with Eric Williams and Barbosa and Kidd and Maricross on the court.

If in terms of mobility, the Spurs' bench lineup does not have a pure inside player, although the former Lakers' traitor Hawley is hung with the title of big forward, in fact, his playing style is very outward, and the other forward player in the Spurs' rotation lineup, Mari Cross, is also a 2.01 meter forward player, in addition to these two people, Eric Williams and Barbosa and Kidd are all pure outside lines, in this case, the Spurs' rotation lineup is actually a famous offensive combination in the league, This combination is also more offensive than defensive, especially the three-point offense is extremely strong, but in this game, it is obvious that the Spurs' rotation lineup can't play three-point offense, the Lakers almost go up to force when Kidd gets the ball in the backcourt or Barbosa gets the ball in the backcourt, and this defensive range is greatly expanded.

In fact, in terms of the athleticism of the substitutes. The Spurs' lineup is already among the best in the league. But it's still a little worse than the Lakers. Jackson, Nocioni, Dundee Jones, Tony Allen and Paul, these five people who stick to the Spurs have no three-point opportunities at all, especially as the main point of attack of this team's bench, Barbosa, who now has the title of Brazilian Lightning, is known for his speed, especially the kind of straight breakthrough like a scalpel is even more amazing, so many people also think that he is very similar to Mobley of the Raptors, but it is obvious, The sophomore, who was trained by Popovich, had no way to cut the Lakers' defense like a scalpel in this game, because his speed couldn't get rid of Paul's defense at all.

In this case, coupled with Kidd's offensive shortcomings, it will be difficult for this peripheral team of the Spurs to even score, and if it is against other teams, as long as Balbosa breaks through. Other teams will inevitably shrink, and when the time comes, there will be three-point opportunities outside, even if the opponent does not shrink, as long as the opponent's speed cannot keep up with the Spurs, Kidd can still find a lot of shooting opportunities with his passing ability, but now they are tied up when they meet the Lakers' second lineup.

In this game, Popovich has high requirements for the Spurs, in fact, the strength of the Spurs is also extremely satisfactory to him, although in the past few months, the Lakers have been winning continuously, and the team is now being evaluated higher and higher in the outside world, but Popovich does not think that the Lakers have the same strength as the Spurs, although the head coach of the Spurs has been promoting the Spurs' small ball, offense and speed, but in his bones he is still a very traditional head coach, His changes are more because of the need to beat Zhuang Fei, in fact, his style still inherits the style of his teacher Larry Brown, but he is more flexible than Larry Brown, and he can also do anything to win and even change his principles to compromise, but even so, he still thinks that the Spurs with Duncan are not comparable to the Lakers.

Of course. He didn't think his team would lose this game that could be said to be highly anticipated, but he was a little surprised that his team's bench players were comprehensively suppressed by the Lakers. After all, so far this season, the Spurs' bench players have scored in the top five in the league, and the strength is absolutely strong, and under normal circumstances, it is difficult for any team to restrain them, especially when he completely abandons defense and big man in the bench lineup, but it is clear that this time they have met a nemesis.

"They are right, the athleticism of this team is indeed extremely amazing" Popovich looked at the Spurs players on the court who fell into extreme passivity, and at this time the assistant next to him was also a little worried, the two teams were testing each other in the first quarter, this kind of testing can basically determine that the two teams restrain each other, and one of these two teams must change if one side wants to win, and now, Zhuang Fei's Lakers in the second quarter of the rotation lineup has taken the lead in changing, At this time, such a change really choked the sore foot of the Spurs, seeing that the Spurs had fallen into complete passivity, he naturally knew that the Spurs needed to adjust now, and the adjustment method was not very complicated.

"Greg, do we need to put Tim on the pitch now?" The solution to the current Spurs crisis is very simple, that is, to throw Duncan directly, as long as Duncan pokes under the basket, no one in the Lakers can stop him and press Duncan? Duncan is not the Jazz's Pachulia and Al Jefferson, and he has no worse job than a guard. But obviously. That's up to Popovich to choose. After all, for Duncan, he just got off the court, and he needs to rest. So after hearing his assistant's suggestion, Popovich also shook his head as usual.

"I'd like to see how many points they can score in those moments," said Paul, who also looked at Paul, who had just broken the ball from Balbosa and quickly pushed forward. And after Popovich finished speaking, the assistant next to him also nodded slightly, these points are given to the Lakers, and they must be given to the Lakers, if the Spurs forcibly disrupt their deployment, maybe the Lakers will get more benefits. That's what sets Popovich apart from other managers, this guy is extremely persistent, and as long as he thinks of a good strategy, he will never change.

And just after Popovich finished speaking, Paul, the main point guard of the Lakers' second team, after advancing to the front court, faced Kidd, who had retreated in place to prevent him from breaking through, the young point guard was almost an extremely light shake, Kidd took half a step back again, and at this time, the Lakers' backup guard pulled up directly outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, which was a three-point shot in the fast break, and seeing Paul who was pulled up, Kidd also quickly sealed it, he is a good defensive player, Even when he retreated, he was half a step away from Paul to prevent Paul from breaking through him directly, but he was only half a step away from Paul, he was prepared for Paul's three points, but even if he was prepared, in the end, Paul shook off half a step of space, which also gave Paul a chance to shoot. And when he finally pounced, Paul's shot had already been shot, and at this time, the Spurs' playmaker also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead after falling.

"What a great ball control and one-handed change of direction" Kidd looked at the young man who was good at maintaining his shooting posture and was full of amazement, just now Paul shook off his ball control action is a lift and pull of his right hand, the ball was originally broken forward, but in the end the ball retreated with the wrist again, this one-handed change of direction he can also do. But the control was definitely not as good as Paul's, and just as Kidd was thinking about Paul's attack. At this time, the basketball thrown out by Paul also smashed directly to the front rebound, and then the ball also fell into the basket hollow after smashing the board, and the Spurs fans who saw this goal were silent for a while, probably still thinking in their hearts, isn't this the mastery of their team's boss Duncan?

At this time, in addition to these Spurs fans who were silent, the players on the Spurs bench also looked at Duncan who was sitting in the middle for a while, and at this time Duncan felt the gaze of his teammates and finally could only shake his head helplessly, although he knew that he would be able to meet Paul in the NBA soon, but he didn't expect the time to be so fast, Paul and he have known each other for nearly 10 years, and this game is also the first time he has met as opponents.

Of course, in addition to the surprise of the players on the Spurs bench, Popovich was also surprised, he did not watch the video of the Lakers this season, but he just knew that the Spurs had a player who could play the board as well as Duncan, but when he saw this scene, he was still a little unbelievable, of course, he did not plan to throw Duncan at this time. The Spurs' second lineup remains the same.

In fact, as far as the current Spurs bench lineup is concerned, it is extremely strong, although the Lakers' full-court pressing makes them uncomfortable and changes their usual style of play and routines, but obviously, after slowly adapting to this style of play, this team can respond quickly, Kidd's on-court adaptability is too strong, I am afraid this is also the reason why Popovich is willing to believe in his team's rotation lineup, and why not let Parker play with the rotation lineup, but let Kidd play with the rotation lineup.

The Spurs' players adjusted in a timely manner, or very quickly, almost after a few rounds, the team changed the way of playing with far breaks, but began to constantly block and cover, Balbosa no longer held the ball, but continued to cut and run, in this case, the Spurs' scoring drought is also slowly improving, but this is also thanks to Kidd's passing is too accurate, as long as the cover opportunity or Balbosa has an empty cut opportunity, his ball can arrive as soon as possible, And more importantly, although the Lakers did a good job of pressing all over the court, it was problematic to grasp the timing of the full-court pressing to grasp these bench rotation players, at least except for Jackson, everyone else had a big problem. After all, full-court pressing is not a very complicated defensive tactic. But it also takes time to accumulate.

Of course. For now, although the Spurs' bench is out of the predicament, there is no doubt that the Lakers still occupy the absolute initiative, especially in terms of offense, which is obviously easier than the Spurs, Paul may not be as good as Kidd in terms of passing, but Kidd may be far inferior to Paul in terms of self-initiative offense, especially after combining self-offense and organizing teammates. Paul's role is not much worse than Kidd's, coupled with the assistance of Jackson's side, the Lakers' bench lineup has more offensive methods than the Spurs, and it is much easier, and the natural success rate is also much more, three-point, cut-in, aerial relay are all there, and when there are less than 7 minutes left in the second quarter of this game, the two teams began to change the starters one after another. The score on the court has been pulled away by the Lakers.

48 to 40, this is the score after the rotation lineup of the two teams played in the first half of this game, and at this time, when these players got off the field, Zhuang Fei was also very satisfied and patted the shoulders of these players, these players did change some of the trends of the game, but these trends have not yet been able to determine the outcome of this game.

For these two teams, the difference of 8 points is not huge. In fact, for the Lakers, the challenge has just begun.

Of course, after the rotation lineup between the two sides passed, the Los Angeles Lakers changed back to their starting lineup, even Paul was off the court at this time, and in terms of the Spurs, Kidd continued to stay on the court, and it was obvious that he only rested for a short time in the first half, and another change for the Spurs is that the team's guard swingman Eric Williams also continued to stay on the court, and Parker did it on the bench, and seeing the Spurs' lineup, Zhuang Fei naturally understood what it meant.

If Parker stayed on the court to use his ball-handling ability to become the second ball-holding point outside of Kidd to impact the Lakers' basket under Duncan's cover, then Eric Williams' play-up is to throw three-pointers in addition to defense, although his ball-handling ability is good, but now it is not enough to tear apart the Lakers' defense.

And this time Popovich's adjustment is also a big problem for the Lakers, after all, on the defensive end, the Spurs have no so-called loopholes, even if there is a hole like Scola, the Lakers do not have a player like Wang Zhizhi can not catch such a loophole, and Webber alone can't entangle Duncan, so that Duncan can make up for Scola's defense, and when the time comes, whether it is Hill or Hardaway, as long as he breaks through Scola will basically be difficult to do anything under the basket.

And this is also one of the places where Zhuang Fei is most afraid of the Spurs in this game, and it is also a routine that Zhuang Fei rarely plays in the first half, knowing that Duncan's defense is 100, and playing like this is basically sending him to death, of course, in the face of Scola's defense, whether it is Hill or Hardaway, he can choose to shoot from medium and long distances, but in the face of Scola's height, such a shot is not the most sure way to attack, for any defensive player in the NBA, they are at a disadvantage when facing offensive players, After all, they don't know what the opposing team's offensive options are, break or shoot? It's hard to judge, that's why it's passive, but if a player like Scola only needs to make a choice and only needs to defend the opposition's shots, then his defensive picks are still good, and all he lacks is athleticism and physical talent, and Duncan can help him make up for it.

"It's just the Spurs' killer tactics when facing a weak team on the inside, Duncan is a pillar of optimism standing on the inside, a group of three-pointers on the periphery, and Scola is in the high post and ready to receive the ball at any time, although the Lakers' rotation speed is fast, but they don't dare to easily wrap Duncan, I don't know what Coach Z's choice is this time, is it still Webb and Duncan one-on-one heads-up in the low post?" Kenny Smith looked at the Spurs on the court and asked with some curiosity, but at this time, Barkley on the side had some different opinions.

"Now that the Lakers are ahead, Coach Z is interesting to observe the Spurs' offensive capital, and the Lakers' offense is still normal, although they are difficult to block the Spurs now, and even because the Spurs removed Parker and reduced the offensive speed, which makes it difficult for the Lakers to counterattack, but they can still try their positional offense, if they maintain their lead in the first half, they can adjust better in the second half, so there is no need for Coach Z to adjust so quickly now"

And after Barkley finished speaking, Duncan, who held the ball in the low post, pushed Webber away with a tough back, and then in a flash, Webber flew up directly, which also made Zhuang Fei on the sidelines a little helpless, Weber's defensive awareness is worse than Xiao Ao, Xiao Ao used to be easy to shake, and the tactical awareness of defense is not good, but the personal defensive awareness is still very strong, but Webber is not very good in addition to being physically good, whether it is the team's tactical defensive awareness or personal defensive awareness, Encountering a big boss like Kwame Brown can still rely on his body to hard top, but it is a bit difficult to meet a player like Duncan who embroiders under the basket, and after shaking off Webb, the Spurs' star also dunked directly.

Just like Barkley said, Zhuang Fei really has no intention of adjusting, although because of Duncan's deterrence, the Lakers do not have much tactical freedom, plus the Spurs' slowing down and controlling the rhythm, the Lakers are also difficult to play fast offense, in this case, the Lakers did encounter some problems on the offensive end, but these problems were not enough for Zhuang Fei to adjust.

At halftime, the Lakers still led the Spurs by 4 points at 63-59, and the Lakers always maintained the lead with Hill and Hardaway and Kobe Bryant's super individual ability, and when the second half of the two sides began, just at the beginning of the third quarter, as soon as Duncan got the ball, the outside players began to come over and frantically wrap up. This kind of wrap-and-clamp tactic is a tactic adopted by the Lakers in the face of some other players who have no passing ability, but have a strong interior offense, and the current few opponents in front of them have not been used except for a time when they played Kwame Brown, after all, Webber was able to resist Kwame Brown one-on-one, and it can be said that this game is the first time that the Lakers have used it like this. The outside line goes to the inside line, and then the other players rotate wildly, and finally use athleticism to make up for the local number disadvantage.

In theory, this tactic can be effective, the Lakers are all swing people on the outside, and it is simply against the sky in terms of athleticism, and it is absolutely possible for them to use their speed to make up for the team's gaps in the expectation of being able to defend three and four, but it is clear that theory is theory, and when it comes to actual operation, especially against Duncan, it is a little difficult. Because Duncan's passing was too fast, and more importantly, he was too well timed.

In just three minutes, the Lakers, who had a four-point lead after halftime, were immediately overtaken by the Spurs' three three-pointers, and at this time Popovich on the Spurs bench also smiled in front of the TV camera. This is what he wants to see on the sidelines, the team's full blossom from the inside out, and this is also the disadvantage of the outside of Duncan. And he has never worried that Duncan will make the Spurs unable to play because of being trapped, and there are a few people in the league who can't be trapped. Clearly, Duncan is one of them.

Of course, for Zhuang Fei, he was in trouble, because he was afraid of Duncan's defense before the game, so he tried his best to avoid his players to collide with Duncan head-on, so in this game, Zhuang Fei actually blocked Duncan's defense, Duncan's 100 defensive ability did not play much role in this game, not even a block, but on the offensive end, Zhuang Fei needed to find another way, and the outside bag clamp is not feasible now, And when Zhuang Fei signaled Szebiak, who was defending Scola, to do a double inside pack, although the distance of the bag was much closer.

But when Webb slightly let his body and hoped to form a corner with Szzambiak, Duncan directly forced the two to form a bag and get up and forcibly press Szzambiak under the basket to rub the hook, Zhuang Fei was a little helpless, although the distance between the inside package was enough, but the angle was not good, giving Duncan the opportunity to attack directly, and if the two adjusted the angle, I am afraid that the ball in Duncan's hand has already reached Scola's hand.

"Coach, what should I do now?" Green looked at Zhuang Fei with some concern and asked, and at this time Zhuang Fei's brows were also a little tight, although he still has a killer feature, but this is just a regular season, although there is a task, but at this time, is it worth it to fight for a regular season victory? At this time, Zhuang Fei suddenly thought of something, and under Green's surprise, Zhuang Fei immediately looked back at Joshsmith who was sitting next to the water dispenser. (To be continued.) )