Contrary to the expectations of Li Yang and others, Popovich did not scold, he came to the sidelines with a gloomy face, and when the Spurs players were waiting for Popovich to scold, Popovich just called the names of a few players, and then directly called the players on the court. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Popovich's lineup adjustment is also completely in accordance with the team's normal rotation, Dio, Li Yang, Belinelli, Ginobili, Mills.

It seems that Popovich is not angry at all. However, in the eyes of Li Yang and others, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and at this time, Popovich should be full of "fu-ck" without scolding, which is very abnormal in the eyes of Li Yang and others.

"Hey man, Pop must be very angry at this point. Li Yang and Ginobili walked up to the stage and muttered quietly.

"I'm sure after the game in the dressing room we have to listen to at least fifteen minutes of the hour yelling, I mean if we win, if we lose, I think it could have been increased to 30. ”

Li Yang and Ginobili glanced at each other and reached a consensus. It's not just because they avoided putting up with Popovich's scolding, but because the Spurs players were actually a little depressed at this time, and before that, they had always felt that they were playing well, with good shooting percentage, hand feel, etc., and there were also a lot of difficult offenses.

However, there were not only all kinds of inexplicable mistakes in the game, but also 11 points behind until now, so naturally I didn't have the same mood as at the beginning.

It's just that Li Yang and Ginobili thought badly, Popovich was really not angry at this time, he did think about scolding the Spurs players angrily before, but after thinking about it, he dispelled this idea again.

It's normal for a player to have ups and downs over the course of a season, and it's better to have a bad game or even lose in the first round than to lose in the Western Conference Finals or the Finals.

Popovich didn't forget that last season's second-round game against the Warriors was a terrible first game, but he woke up to win the game, and then the Spurs played even worse in the second game and eventually lost. So Popovich doesn't think it's necessarily a good thing to lose one or two games in this series.

Li Yang, Ginobili and others didn't know what Popovich was thinking at this time, and their faces were full of seriousness when they walked on the court, which was very consistent with the passive situation of the Spurs at this time.

The Spurs took the lead in attacking, Mills controlled the ball to the halftime and handed it to Ginobili, Li Yang played a role similar to that of a big forward in this big four lineup, so at this time he did not step forward to receive the ball at the first time, but cut directly to the basket.

Ginobili rushed to the inside with the help of Dio's blocking, and after seeing Li Yang cut into the basket, he immediately thought about passing the ball with a ground pass, but after seeing that the Mavericks players were reaching out and stretching their legs to intercept at this time, Ginobili did not take any risks, he slowed down the pace of the breakthrough and stabilized the rhythm.

Li Yang, who cut into the inside line and did not receive the ball, did not stop, and continued to run to the bottom line to receive Ginobili's pass from the middle distance.

After receiving the ball and shooting, Li Yang chose the most secure way to score, and scored two points with a mid-range shot.

The Mavericks also used a large and four small lineup at this time, and only arranged Blair, the short center who played for the Spurs last season, and then paired with Marion, Vince Carter, Ellis and Harris.

It was this lineup that caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs when the Spurs' offense was not going well at the end of the third quarter.

Knowing that the Mavericks' lineup is strong in the ability to counterattack, after completing the attack, Li Yang retreated into the half court with his teammates early, and his eyes were tightly locked on Ellis, who was rushing in a hurry.

Ellis is the most attacking player in the Mavericks' lineup, and the task of defending him naturally falls to Li Yang.

In defense, Li Yang gave full play to his previous offensive style, and did not use too aggressive defensive methods, but steadily pressed the opponent.

When Li Yang used such a defensive style, it was almost difficult for Ellis to find a hole in Li Yang's defense, and in the end he could only choose to face Li Yang's defense for a pull-up jump shot.

"Bang!" Under Li Yang's interference, Ellis's shooting basket was distributed.

Dior grabbed the rebound on the inside, and the ball was handed to Li Yang, who was in the middle of the field, and Li Yang, who got the ball, immediately rushed to the other half with the ball.

Li Yang's impact was very fast, completely driving the players of both teams, for this the Mavericks were obviously prepared, they retreated in a very timely manner, and when Li Yang rushed into the free throw line, there were already two defenders staying under the basket.

"Li Yang's advance speed is very fast, but beware of mistakes......"

Looking at the two people who were waiting on the inside, Li Yang did not try to force the basket, and after finding that the Mavericks players were also keeping a close eye on several other outside teammates, Li Yang also handed the ball directly back to Dio, who fell to the high post.

At this time, Zhang Weiping, who was commentating in China, couldn't help but praise: "Li Yang's choice is right, there is no good opportunity to transition and reorganize the attack, the previous game Spurs are too fast to pursue, but the result is a series of mistakes." ”

Passing the ball out, Li Yang ran back to the three-point line, took Dior's hand to pass the ball, and after Dior stood up to block and dismantle, Li Yang once again controlled the ball and launched an impact on the inside.

Although it was Li Yang who broke through with the dribble, but Li Yang's pass suddenly, the Maverick's defense was also disturbed, and when he broke through to the basket with the ball again, there was a trace of hole in the Maverick's defense.

In the bottom corner of the other side, Belinelli had a good chance, considering the danger of throwing the ball from long distances and the Mavericks' aggressiveness in breaking the ball today, Li Yang did not choose to throw the ball to Belinelli, but passed the ball to Ginobili who had just shaken off the defender outside the three-point line.

It turned out that Li Yang's choice was extremely correct, and the next moment, a defender suddenly popped out in front of Belinelli, who seemed to be vacant, and if Li Yang threw the ball out, it was very likely to be another mistake.

Ginobili received the ball at the three-point line, and the opportunity was not too good, because Carter rushed over at this time, but Ginobili still chose to shoot.

Li Yang broke through the ball, Ginobili's three-point ...... There were, and the Spurs scored five straight points after the start of the fourth quarter!"

"Huh!" outside the three-point line, Ginobili shot and hit a solid three-pointer.

In fact, the Spurs players have been in excellent hands today, shooting over 50 percent of the game in every quarter, but that damn mistake has left them completely on the back foot.

However, at this time, after Ginobili and Li Yang, the two most important substitutes of the Spurs, began to stabilize their offense, the Spurs began to take some initiative.

At 87:81, with Li Yang and Ginobili each hitting a goal, the difference between the two teams narrowed to 6 points.

This made Popovich muttered in his heart, he didn't scold, why did this group of people suddenly open up again. (To be continued.) )