The Spurs and Lakers had a meeting before this season, and in that meeting, the Los Angeles Lakers attacked from the perimeter almost the whole game, almost throwing the Spurs to death, and every player of the Lakers was able to use their excellent individual ability to find offensive opportunities on the perimeter.

And what impressed Popovich the most in that game was that although the Spurs were fast enough, they were still a little short of the Lakers, and although the gap between this was Duncan's interior invincibility, there was no way to make up for such a gap.

Especially after the Mavericks were almost swept by the Lakers' bench lineup on the road in the last game, Popovich was even more dizzy, he had estimated the Lakers enough, and the strength of this team had been put on the same level as the Celtics who beat them that year, that is, a complete championship team, but in the end he found that this Lakers were actually stronger than the Boston Celtics at that time.

Of course, this is just a personal delusion, but it is extremely difficult for him, because it can disrupt almost all of his set-ups this season.

This year, Popovich expected his team to have only one opponent in the West this year, and that was the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that used the Twin Towers to kill them last season, and this season, almost all of his strategy has been directed against this team.

Because of this, Popovich has a strong confidence that he will achieve better results this season than last season, and the departure of Zhuang Fei from the Boston Celtics has weakened the top strength in the East a lot, which means that their chance to win the championship is coming again.

I just didn't expect that. Although this Chinese left the Boston Celtics. But the Lakers played so frighteningly. Even a frightening performance, and he finally found out again that his biggest enemy this year is no longer the Timberwolves, still the Chinese, and in the face of that Chinese, how to beat his team is still an extremely important issue, at least the current Lakers are very headaches.

But, no matter how headache-inducing. Now Popovich has only one thought in his heart, that is, he must defeat this Chinese, no matter what method, is to beat this Chinese, if he can't beat him, then everything is played, for him and the Spurs, their goal has always been the championship.

"No matter what, I'm going to beat you" Watching the situation on the court slowly become anxious, Popovich also thought to himself. At this time, he also skimmed Zhuang Fei who was not far away, but at this time, Zhuang Fei was calmly clasping his hands around his chest. It seemed that the match was still going according to the trajectory he had expected.

Of course, Popovich didn't know if this game was going on according to Zhuang Fei's expected trajectory, but Popovich understood that the current trajectory of this game was going according to his expectations, and when he thought of this, the head coach of the Spurs was also steady, and in terms of the current situation, the Spurs' performance was not bad.

"It's a wonderful game, Popovich's Spurs after the opening run-and-shoot tactics are very skillful, I definitely don't believe this is what they have come out of recently, although Kidd is a little less personal offensive than Nash, but in other aspects it is not worse than Nash, especially in this kind of small-ball organization mistakes are much better than Nash, I still remember when the Wizards played with the Lakers this season, although Nash's performance was amazing, but many mistakes were caught by the Lakers to counterattack, But so far in this game, Kidd has not given the Lakers a chance to counterattack, which is really a miracle."

Kenny Smith on the commentary bench looked at the game between the Lakers and the Spurs with some amazement and said, this game was expected to be a very intense and exciting game before the game, and after the game started, it also confirmed their thoughts, Popovich's preparation for this game is indeed very sufficient, and the Lakers choked to death, you know, for this back-to-back game, the Lakers almost all-second lineup to play against the Mavericks in the last game.

It is precisely because of this that although Popovich and the Spurs changed their style of play in this game, the Lakers were not very comfortable at first, but slowly the Lakers also chased the score back, and now the two teams are also in a stalemate, and this stalemate is a real evenly matched stalemate.

"Duncan's ability to suppress the inside is too strong, the Spurs' big and four small in this game, except for Duncan, are all three-point shooters The configuration is very bold but very effective, just like the game between the Lakers and the New York Knicks not long ago, New York was also in this configuration in that game, but the three-point shooters in New York in that game were not as reliable as the Spurs' game." Finally, Kenny Smith also said with great appreciation when he saw Hawley once again shoot a three-pointer in front of his old club with Duncan's ball.

Compared to the Lakers, the Spurs are more rigorous, and their players are also more rigorous and reliable. This is also the reason why the Lakers are in big trouble in this game, and in fact, as long as the opponent has a very dominant interior line, the Lakers will always be in trouble, it depends on whether this team can finally use their athleticism to solve such a problem, after all, before this game, the Lakers faced such a scene not less, and they all survived.

The Los Angeles Lakers are indeed in trouble in this game, and the Spurs' tactics in this game are to maximize their interior advantages, and they are also to maximize their athleticism to restrain the Lakers' athletic talent, which is a typical best tactic, that is, to restrain the opponent's advantages and play their own advantages, and this game Popovich did it.

Whether it is the Spurs leading the Lakers by 4 points at 36-32 after the end of the first quarter of this game, or the Spurs still leading the Lakers by two points at the end of the half, the Spurs are still 70-68 or not, as far as the situation on the court is concerned, the two teams have indeed reached a certain sense of dynamic balance, although the Spurs are enough to suppress the Lakers, but there is still no way to really suppress the Lakers, after all, the Lakers' offense this season has too many methods, it can be fast and slow, and it can also be inside and out. Duncan was not increased by 5% in this game, so Zhuang Fei did not ask the Lakers players to avoid him.

Of course, it is precisely because both teams have bitten from the beginning of this game, so whether it is Zhuang Fei of the Lakers or Popovich of the Spurs, there are not too many other arrangements in the game, basically the two teams spread out the shelf and directly bombard each other, and this is also the theme of this game.

Even at the beginning of the third quarter after the halftime break, this was also very happy for the Lakers fans at the scene, because such a game is indeed the favorite of the fans, the offense is beautiful, and the two teams play fiercely, such a game is not easy to find.

"Coach, that guy from the Spurs is too powerful, right, and he has completed this realm of running and bombing tactics?" However, for the two teams on the court that have run up the shelf, although Zhuang Fei can indifferently hand over the results of the game to the players on the court to solve, but the Lakers assistant coach Green next to Zhuang Fei is not very calm, it is obvious that the tactical ability of the Spurs head coach makes him, the coach who built the Timberwolves running and bombing system with D'Antoni, feel a little unbelievable.

"Well, that guy is really powerful, so it's not very strange for anything to happen to him" Zhuang Fei also nodded with a smile after hearing Green's exclamation, and at this time, the situation on the court has taken a new turn.

"The Los Angeles Lakers are picking up speed again, and the Spurs look a little out of place"

Kenny Smith also frowned as he looked at the two teams on the court where the competition had reached the white heat, and the Lakers began to pick up again after entering the second half of the third quarter, and it seemed that the Spurs were about to be dragged to the ground.

In fact, the biggest problem of the Lakers' opponents when they play against the Lakers is that they can't stop after the Lakers bring up the speed, and at this time the Spurs are like this, this team has been competing with the Lakers after playing the run-and-run bomb, in the first half, the speed of the two teams is equal, but the Lakers' offensive speed will change or improve every while, and in the second half of the third quarter, it is almost maximized.

If the Spurs want to suppress the speed of the Lakers, they must reduce their perimeter shooting, and this is impossible for the current team that is playing run and shoot, in this case, it depends on whether the Spurs can break through their limits again to keep up with the Lakers, if they can't keep up with the end they can only be forced to slow down, then the situation of the game will be completely controlled by the Lakers.

"Kenny, I remember when the Timberwolves were back, their running and shooting could be fast and slow, and they could be adjusted at will, and they didn't seem to be like the Spurs now, as if they had no brakes," Barkley also asked with some confusion after his partner finished speaking, but Kenny Smith didn't answer his question positively.

"So, many people are now only one Timberwolves, and the team that can beat the current Lakers is the Timberwolves of the year" Kenny Smith also sighed after thinking about it for a while, this statement is not unreasonable, this game Popovich has tested this statement, but although he is very strong, he is still not strong enough to do everything that Zhuang Fei did in the Timberwolves, so he only caused trouble to the Lakers, but was not able to completely defeat the Lakers.

"It's a pity," Kenny Smith finally shook his head helplessly as he looked at Popovich, who kept shouting into the arena. This is the one who is most likely to defeat Zhuang Fei, and he still failed this time.

The final result of this game was that the Lakers defeated the Spurs 138-128 at home, and after beating the Spurs, the Lakers' winning streak this season reached 31 games, and the day after this game, almost all the front page headlines in the United States were only one sentence.

"Who can beat them?" (To be continued.) )