Chapter 236: Strong Spurs

On the first day of the opening game, the NBA was not only the Spurs vs. Warriors game, there was a Magic vs. Pacers game in the East, and the Los Angeles derby Lakers vs. Clippers in the West, but it was clear that the Spurs and Warriors were the real focus of the game, for the simple reason that the Spurs were the champions last season, and the two teams had a fierce battle in the playoffs last season. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just that the process and result of this game surprised everyone, as the defending champions, the outside world speculated that the Spurs, who had barely made much changes to the lineup, should still be strong this season, but the Spurs actually beat the Warriors so much in the first game, which was not expected by everyone.

The Warriors recovered David Lee this summer, and with a strong player like Iguodala joining, in the eyes of the outside world, the strength has also been greatly improved, but as a result, the Warriors were completely beaten by the Spurs and had no power to fight back from beginning to end.

So as soon as the game ended, the outside world was almost overwhelmingly praised, and at this time, who was the happiest, naturally the Chinese media and fans.

With the success of the Spurs winning the championship last season, coupled with Li Yang's fame in the finals, the Spurs in the new season have become one of the most concerned teams in China.

After the game, news about Spurs quickly dominated the headlines of all sports media in the country.

"23 points to win the opening game against the Warriors, the defending champion is coming"

"The Spurs are even more terrifying in the new season, and the Warriors have no power to fight back"

"One quarter of the game will beat the Warriors, and the Spurs' strength is amazing"

"Li Yang scored the highest score in the team, and his outstanding performance helped Spurs get off to a good start"

"Three three-point and five shots, who said Li Yang can't shoot?" ......

The headlines alone are enough to illustrate the attitude of the domestic media towards the game, and it is the Chinese fans who are even more excited.

Li Yang's outstanding performance in the finals, coupled with his Chinese during the whole speech during the China event, has become one of the most watched NBA players in China in the new season, and Li Yang's performance in the first game of the new season has made fans extremely excited.

"Li Yang seems to have practiced a lot in the summer, and he hit all three three-pointers today, and I was stunned. ”

"I can break through, I can fight back, and I can shoot three points, I rely on it, Li Yang is going against the rhythm of the sky. ”

"If Li Yang can maintain such a performance in the next games, with the strength of our Chinese fans, there will be no problem at all in getting into the All-Star. ”............

Of course, there are always two sides to the truth, not all media believe that Spurs can maintain a high level throughout the season, and there are also many media that Li Yang's first game is an extraordinary performance.

In the face of such doubts, both Spurs and Li Yang fought back, and this counterattack was the game.

In the second game, facing last season's third-place Nuggets in the West, the Spurs won 108-92 and won easily again.

Although the margin in this game was not as wide as in the first game, the Spurs took the lead throughout the game against the Nuggets, who fired George Karl, the best coach of the season last season, and also did not give the opponent a chance.

Li Yang, who was considered by the outside world to be an extraordinary performance in the first game, played an excellent performance again in this game, although the score was not as high as the previous game, but Li Yang got a double-double in this game.

Continuing to play as the team's sixth man, Li Yang scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in 27 minutes of playing time, and in this game, Li Yang shot three points again, telling everyone that his three-point shot in the first game was not luck.

After this game, domestic fans were even more excited, and for a while, Li Yang became the most discussed player among Chinese fans after the start of the new season.

The domestic fans were excited, Li Yang in the United States was also very high, he was chatting with Inia very highly, listening to Inya praising her performance in the two games, listening to Inya's last sentence "Yang, I miss you", Li Yang had an urge to buy a ticket and fly directly to France.

However, Li Yang obviously can't fly to France, he flew to Los Angeles, and he will play two games in the city with the team, first against the Lakers and then against the Clippers.

Last season, the Spurs eliminated the Lakers in the first round, Kobe Bryant was injured in the last game, Kobe Bryant, who had major surgery for an Achilles tendon strain, still did not return, and Howard also left Los Angeles for Houston this summer.

Such a Lakers is obviously not a Spurs team, so in this game, Popovich directly rested Duncan and Ginobili.

Although the outside world was very speechless about Popovich's start to rest players in the third game, they have to admit that the Spurs do have such capital.

At 97:85, a 12-point deficit, the Spurs won again and won three in a row after the start of the regular season.

In this game, Li Yang's shooting felt a little cold, and he failed to hit two shots outside the three-point line, but relying on the lethality of breaking through the basket, Li Yang still scored 10 points, and in this game against the Lakers with poor defense, Li Yang's breakthrough point brought great help to the Spurs, and Li Yang got 7 assists in this game, setting a career high.

Staying in Los Angeles, the Spurs welcomed their fourth opponent of the new season, the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Clippers have been equally impressive this season, losing only the first three games to the Lakers, and the next two games against the Warriors and Rockets.

This summer, the Clippers poached Celtics championship coach Doug Rivers, and the team's defense is expected to usher in a big improvement, but in the previous games, the Clippers' offense has made a more impressive impression.

In the win over the Warriors, the Clippers scored 126 points, while in the recent win over the Rockets, the Clippers scored 137 points, and even in the loss to the Lakers, the Clippers scored 103 points.

So in the pre-game arrangement, Popovich was very targeted.

"Danny defends Chris, watch out for their pick-and-roll, Tony, you're going to have to keep up with that pitcher......"

When talking about the key to winning the game, Popovich specifically told Li Yang and Ginobili: "The other side relies on their starting lineup very much, and the time Chris Paul is off the court is our chance to pull up the score!" (To be continued.) )