Although the Lakers called a timeout, it did not prevent the Spurs from widening the margin to double digits, and although the Lakers later reduced the margin to less than 10 points, the Spurs still led by eight points at halftime. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At 47:55, after the end of the first half, the Spurs had scored 55 points, and the Lakers' defense was indeed not very good.

Li Yang, who came on as a substitute, performed well in the first half of the game, as a substitute, he took on the responsibility of defending Kobe Bryant well when Leonard and Green were off, and also performed well on the offensive end.

Against the Lakers, whose defense slipped last season, Li Yang's advantage in counterattacking became more and more obvious, and after the first half of the game, Li Yang had scored 7 points.

As Li Yang expected, after showing his defensive ability, Popovich gave Li Yang a chance in the playoffs, and Li Yang also believes that with his performance in the first half, there should be a lot of playing time in the second half.

Fifteen minutes after the break, Popovich did not make tactical adjustments, the Spurs are now doing well on both offensive and defensive ends, they play well on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, they did not let the Lakers play too much, forcing the Lakers to rely on individual star singles, for the Spurs, such a defense is successful.

Because of this, the Spurs will not take the initiative to make too many adjustments, if the Lakers do not adjust in the second half, then this game will be completely according to the rhythm of the Spurs, which is what Popovich wants to see, if the Lakers will make adjustments, it is not too late for the Spurs to make adjustments.

After the start of the second half, the Lakers did not make too obvious adjustments, and D'Antoni still seemed to hope that Nash could bring the Lakers' offense, so on the offensive end, he still used Nash's blocking and pick-and-roll of Howard and Gasol to launch tactics.

However, for the Lakers' tactics, the Spurs studied very thoroughly and prepared well before the game, plus Nash, Howard, and Gasol's state has declined to varying degrees this season, and the Spurs are not too difficult on the defensive end.

Therefore, after the start of the second half, the Lakers were not able to turn the situation around, although the Spurs' offensive success rate decreased during this period, but the Lakers were unable to narrow the difference.

After playing half a quarter like this, D'Antoni finally couldn't sit still, and after the Lakers gained offensive rights, he took the initiative to call a timeout.

"Steve, play, replace Paul!"

The first thing D'Antoni did when the Lakers players came to the sidelines was a substitution, and he replaced Pau Gasol with Steve Blake.

Speaking of which, Gasol has been a little unhappy with the Lakers this season, and among these people, he is the most unsuitable for the D'Antoni system, so he has struggled extremely this season, and even been directly reduced to a bench many times.

For example, at this time, when D'Antoni made lineup adjustments, Gasol was directly replaced.

"Steve, Kobe, we need to bring the rhythm up and look for more attacking opportunities......"

After making lineup adjustments, D'Antoni immediately made tactical arrangements to several players, but at this time, the Steve he was talking about was not Blake, but Steve Nash.

The Lakers made lineup changes, and on the other end, the Spurs also made lineup changes.

"Young, go on the field and replace Thiago!"

Popovich is obviously very familiar with D'Antoni, and has also studied the Lakers' tactics, and when making lineup adjustments, he even arranged a large and four small lineup, Li Yang played, but not to replace Leonard or Green, but to replace Split.

'It's very likely that the opposition will play with a big four lineup, so at this point, we need to be good enough when we defend. ”

Popovich said his judgment, then looked up at Duncan and said, "Tim, at any time, your only task is to pester Dwight Howard, don't give the other party a chance to rush to grab the rebound, I want you to keep him out of the three-second zone." ”

After Duncan nodded, Popovich continued: "Kowai, you continue to keep an eye on Kobe, note that he will increase the pace of his shots, and Danny will pay attention to the defense. ”

Popovich then told Parker to pay attention to Nash's defense, and finally set his eyes on Li Yang.

"Young, you're in charge of taking on that backup point guard, get him, don't let him have any shots. ”

Popovich paused, and after Li Yang nodded, he immediately continued: "Of course, your most important task is not this, your most important task is to rush for rebounds!"

"After Thiem blocks their center, you have to pay attention to rushing to protect the backcourt rebound, and then counterattack!

Popovich spoke, his pen heavily on the tactical board.

Popovich could guess D'Antoni's next move, he was all too familiar with the opponent's style, but even before in the Suns, D'Antoni had so many excellent players who were suitable for running and shooting that were restrained by the Spurs, let alone now.

In terms of running, can Howard, Z Shiping, Kobe, Blake, and Nash on the opposite side compare to this side, Duncan, Leonard, Li Yang, Green, Parker, this is the most athletic lineup in the Spurs lineup now.

Popovich was ready to play D'Antoni and tell him that his team could run and play better.

For this reason, Popovich deliberately liberated Li Yang, who has the strongest impact in the team, from the defensive end, and used him to defend Blake, who is the least threatening, in order to let Li Yang's impact completely bring up the rhythm.

Popovich felt that the only shortcoming was that Li Yang's passing was a little worse, otherwise, the impact of this lineup would be stronger.

"Maybe we should develop Yang's organizational skills. This thought flashed through Popovich's mind, the Spurs are actually doing it now, but there is no targeted action, more to guide Li Yang to pass the ball in a small area after the breakthrough, and Li Yang is weaker in organizing the attack on the whole court.

However, Popovich believes that the defense against this Lakers should be enough!

Li Yang nodded heavily after Popovich finished speaking, and he quickly understood Popovich's role in this tactic, responsible for promoting counterattacks, which is an important task.

"Both teams have changed to a big and four small lineups......"

Looking at the lineup of the two sides on the court, Mike Brin on the sidelines shouted, while D'Antoni turned his head to look at the bench at the other end and found that the Spurs were also sent to a large or small lineup, and he had a faint sense of foreboding.