In the past three years, Popovich has been pitted very badly by Coach D, the carefully trained tactical system has been cracked, ranked first and ranked eighth and blackened, and even this season, even the GDP combination that has followed him for more than ten years has been broken up by Coach D, and the team has been forced to rebuild.

It's so miserable to meet Coach D, and if you are an ordinary person, you have long accepted the fact that you are not as good as Coach D.

But, do you look at Popovich the way he looks now, does he have any signs of being convinced by Coach D?

Respect Coach D and think that there is no problem with Coach D's achievements and status, but this does not mean that you have to admit that you are inferior to Coach D.

What's more, Popovich never felt worse than Coach D.

Even, Popovich has always felt that the only difference between himself and Coach D is the change in environment.

The environment in the NBA is increasingly encouraging offense.

Although in the past few years, Coach D has been leading the league to make up for it, hoping that the league will not be overly biased towards the offense, and the league has also made some changes.

For example, re-allowing the upper hand to defend and re-allowing post players to defend under the basket without going straight up.

These are all actions to set things right and get the NBA back on defense.

It's just clear that the change in the atmosphere of the alliance is not something that can be changed immediately after the rules return.

Now most teams in the league have actually begun to gamble on three-pointers, most teams have improved their offensive and defensive speed, and most teams have actually begun to accept an environment where offense is greater than defense.

In such an environment, even if the rules are changed back, the effect is not so obvious.

It's just not as unbalanced as it used to be.

But in general, in the NBA, offense is still greater than defense, and in the case of finding back defense, the league still encourages offense.

So, in Popovich's opinion, this is extremely unfriendly to himself.

Because he felt the changes in the league and the environment, he decisively gave up defensive basketball and began to build an offensive system and change his course.

It was forced.

Although he studied under Larry Brown and Nelson Sr., he was good both offensively and defensively, but his background is undoubtedly Larry Brown.

His basketball philosophy is what he said, there should be no such thing as a three-point shot in a basketball game!

Therefore, in the past three years, he has not played against Coach D with his strongest self.

Therefore, for the past three years, he has tied his hands and fought against Coach D!

In the environment of encouraging offense, his strongest defense has always been shackled, because he encourages offense, so he is forced to focus more on the creation of the offensive system in the team, as for the defensive system, as long as the team's defense has no problems, instead of building a defensive system with the opponent's offense as the core and premise as before.

Back then, he built a defensive system at the Spurs, hoping that at the end of a game, the score on the field would be 1-0, and it was himself who scored a point, and the opponent was defended by himself without a point.

This kind of basketball can disgust NBA fans and David Stern.

So Larry Brown and Popovich's basketball must die.

The NBA's subsequent frantic encouragement of offense almost upset the balance of offense and defense, and Popovich and Larry Brown were the ones who contributed to it.

Basketball without the frustration of Popovich and Larry Brown, the NBA and David Stern and Adam Shaw don't need to be so frenzied to encourage offense.

According to most people's thoughts, Coach D, as a vested interest, is now suddenly playing defensive basketball, which must have an intention, and Coach D is now the strongest head coach in the NBA.

However, the strongest of Coach D is not the strongest across the board.

Offensive D coaches can be the strongest.

But defense is not.

So, is Coach D's pursuit to be the strongest even in defense?

At this time, the entire Lakers fans on the scene were whispering, it turned out that Coach D sealed Wade, this is the reason!

At this time, all the experts, the commentators, were exclaiming that they had found the right answer.

Even Budenholzer, who was next to Popovich......

"Bobo, is Coach D taking the initiative to fight you on defense in this series? He wants to defend the basketball and beat you! ”

Budenholzer asked as he looked at Popovich in shock.

Sealing Wade, sealing the Lakers' only offensive superstar, Seth Curry did not start this game, which in the eyes of Budenholzer and most expert fans, Coach D was deliberate.

Wade is not injured again, and Seth Curry's three points have always been the biggest threat to the Lakers' offense, although Seth Curry is in a bad offensive situation now, as long as Seth Curry is on the court, there is a threat, and he can contribute to the Lakers' offense.

Now Coach D has banned both of the Lakers' most threatening players.

Isn't this just the initiative to fight Popovich defensively?

"Coach D, what an incredible courage! While we're all laughing at Coach D for going crazy, if you were Coach D, could you make such a choice in order to chase the best?! ”

"What an unbelievable idea to take the initiative to scrap your team's entire offense and use defense to beat Popovich!"

When Coach D expressed his desire to use defensive basketball to beat Popovich in an interview with Miller's sister just now, the whole world laughed at Coach D and felt that Coach D was like a fool.

And when everyone saw that Coach D really even won Seth Curry, the laughter stopped abruptly.

You think Coach D is crazy and stupid.

However, Coach D's behavior is even crazier and more stupid than you think!

At this point, it's hard for you to laugh out, except for shock, or shock.

Even James, who couldn't help shouting that Coach D was a fool just now, was speechless in shock when he listened to O'Neal and Kenny Smith's commentary and watched the Lakers' starters on TV.

Wade and Seth Curry are considered to be the two thighs of the Lakers before and after this season, the super thighs on the offensive end, many people say that without these two people, no matter how strong Coach D is, it is impossible to lead the Lakers to the playoffs, and even, to be able to take the Lakers to the penultimate ranking, it is considered Coach D to be powerful.

And now!

Coach D took the initiative to take down the team's two offensive thighs!

Such a Laker, I'm afraid they don't even have a C- rating, right?

How dare Coach D!

How dare Coach D!

What arrogance, what madness, what arrogance!!

Watching the Lakers start this game on TV, James felt his eyes pop out in shock.

Garnett, Antetokounmpo, Ibanks, Pierce, McCarvey.

This is a real all-defensive lineup!

The whole starter, without any offensive threat!

In this game, in this series, Coach D really doesn't attack!

Coach D is not joking, Coach D is joking!

This season, the two veterans Garnett and Pierce have been very poor in offense, but the defense of the two is really good.

Garnett and Pierce were substitute rotation players, Garnett had 1 steals and blocks on the defensive end, while Pierce also averaged more than 1 steals per game, more than 0.7 blocks per game, and the opposing players averaged less than 36% per game.

This is outstanding.

As for Ibanks and Antetokounmpo, McCarvey's defensive performance is even better.

The Lakers' regular season regular season starter is Seth Curry.

And these are the three who wiped Seth Curry's ass.

The Lakers are among the top five in the league in defensive efficiency this season.

With a defensive black hole like Seth Curry, he can play in the top five defensive efficiency in the league.

"Coach D still has two brushes on defense!"

O'Neill finished with a smile and continued.

"It's just that Coach D may have underestimated Popovich."

"If Coach D is the god of NBA coaching, then Popovich is the god of defense in the NBA coaching world!"

"Kenny, actually, what's even more disadvantageous to Coach D is that even if his defense is as good as Popovich's, the Spurs' offense is much stronger than the Lakers' offense, and in the end the game is won by the Spurs."

After O'Neill finished speaking, Kenny Smith suddenly realized.

"Coach D and the Lakers don't have the slightest chance of winning a game, not even a game!"

Even if Coach D can really make the Lakers' defense S+, the Lakers' offense is only C, and the Spurs' offense is at least A-level.

"Coach D may be able to make the Spurs score 80 points, but the Lakers will probably not score 90 points, but 60 points!"

I have to say that O'Neal's judgment has been recognized by most of them, and even many Lakers fans in front of the TV feel that they are correct.

The Lakers now don't have Wade and Seth Curry, offense, it's really not good, even if the defense is S+, it can't score points!

O'Neal is stealing the limelight now, and at this time, O'Neal's IQ, ball quotient, and judgment on basketball are even very powerful for Kenny Smith next to him.

It's not funny, it's not just bad traffic, Shaq who gets serious, it's terrifying!

It's just that why don't you want Shaq to be in such a big limelight?

"Shaq, you seem to have forgotten the other identity of Coach D, Coach D is the best offensive coach in the history of the league, perhaps, a group of players with only D+ offensive qualifications, under the leadership of Coach D, can play at the level of A+ in the face of S+ defense?"

Kenny Smith's words were so twisted that many fans in front of the TV didn't even react for a while.

But who is O'Neill, I understand in seconds!

There is indeed such a possibility.

But!

This possibility even makes people want to laugh.

In fact, after Kenny Smith finished speaking, O'Neill laughed heartily.

"Hahahaha, if this group of players who can only score 60 points in the next game of defense at the S+ level can really score 90 points, I am willing to kiss Coach D's ass! A Goat with 10,000 voices called Coach D! It's not the coach Goat, it's the basketball Goat! ”

"Shaq, Kobe Bryant dislikes your stinky mouth and won't let you kiss his ass, will Coach D let you? Hahahaha, I just want to take advantage of Coach D, I don't have to beat around the bush so much, hahahaha......"

Kenny Smith thought that O'Neill was invigorating the traffic again this time, so he took the initiative to complain, but ......

Kenny Smith smiled and laughed, and didn't laugh anymore, because, O'Neill looked, not a joke, O'Neal looked, was serious!

Generally speaking, when O'Neal laughs, Kenny Smith laughs along, and that's the atmosphere, and when Kenny Smith laughs, O'Neal will follow.

But this time, O'Neill just looked at Kenny Smith and didn't mean to laugh along.

"Kenny, this time, I'm serious, see the confident smile on Popovich's face at this point? Now, I'm as confident as Popovich is that I can bet anyone, anything, and if Coach D really wants to give up Wade and Seth Curry in this series, then Coach D won't win a single game in this series, and he won't even score more than 70 points in any game! ”

"Popovich is going to make Coach D miserable in this series!"

"And all of this is Coach D's own doing!"

"I respect Coach D's choice, I respect Coach D's courage to climb to the top, but I will also laugh when Coach D falls down from the mountain, this is all Coach D's own fault!"

Yes, this is all caused by Coach D!

Kenny Smith couldn't argue with that.

No one can argue with O'Neill's words tonight.

Even Lakers fans in front of the TV can't refute it.

Coach D is qualified to be above the Lakers.

Coach D can sacrifice the Lakers' victory to pursue his own peak.

In this series, the Lakers couldn't beat the Spurs.

In this case, it is understandable that Coach D chose to sacrifice the Lakers to pursue his peak and fight defense with Popovich.

It's kind of finding some meaning in a series that doesn't make any sense.

So, Lakers fans support, not oppose.

It's just that......

"It's so hard for Coach D to find the meaning of this series......"

In front of the TV, Danzi, who was still in Los Angeles but didn't go to the scene, sighed.

It's really hard!

And that's when the game began.

The Spurs starters for this game are Duncan, Biyombo, Leonard, Danny Green and Finson.

It's also a super defensive lineup.

Duncan, Leonard, Danny Green, and Finson won't talk about it.

Let's talk about Biyombo, when he was in the Bobcats, he was a block maniac, and on the bench, he could even average 1.8 blocks per game.

It's not just a defense, but even this is a person who can defend James alone, in the two games between the Celtics and the Spurs this season, Biyombo gave James, Paul, and thick eyebrows together to send five blocks, and one of the games even blocked James, Irving and thick eyebrows in a row.

More importantly, this year, is the contract year of Biyombo!

Therefore, the Spurs lineup was laid out, and I don't know how many NBA head coaches who followed this game in front of the TV were sweating in their palms.

The Spurs' lineup is really not good offensively, and the offense can only be driven by Duncan and Leonard's singles.

But the defense, that's really strong!

The lineup is strong, the coach is still Popovich, such a defensive lineup is simply inexplicable, and there are no dead ends in all directions.

The game officially began, and Antetokounmpo earned the Lakers the first chance of the game.

After McCarvey received the ball, he did not wait for his teammates to settle down, but used his speed to attack directly.

Playing such a spur and landing a position is only a dead end.

McCarvey was not wrong in his choice, nor was he wrong in his judgment.

But!

Bang!

Duncan is not so fast!

But, Biyombo, that's really fast!

McCarvey pinned the basketball to the rebound after facing Leonard's help defensive lever and was pinned to the rebound by Biyombo, who was chasing back from behind.

"Let's not talk about the defensive duel, let's talk about the offense, Lakers, can this game be scored under the defense of the Spurs?"

After Dream Green finished speaking, Curry, Allian, Klay, Brother Yi and Lefu next to him were all silent for a while.

The Spurs' defensive lineup that doesn't attack is really powerful, even if it is the Warriors, they may be able to beat them, but it is not easy to score 90 points on their heads.

More importantly, compared to the Spurs' defense, as O'Neal said, the Spurs' offense, it's not that bad.

At least, there are Duncan's basket offense and Leonner's triangle offense.

Compared to the Lakers' completely unfocused offense, the Spurs' offense is actually pretty good.

"I can't play at all, I really don't know what Coach D's head thinks!"

Dream Chaser complained.

This time, there was still no one around to refute it,

The UAE can't refute it, the UAE wants to refute it, but, it seems, what Dream Chaser said this time is not right.

He didn't know what the coach was thinking.

But he knows that the coach is not a person who puts himself above the team, so he definitely doesn't believe what O'Neal said, even if the Lakers really have no chance of winning this series, and it really doesn't matter in terms of victory or defeat, but the coach will not put himself above the team.

The Spurs' first defense was wonderful.

In the case of McCarvey's sudden attack, he directly gave McCarvey a pegboard hat.

Such a defense is not only brilliant, but also intimidating.

This made Popovich very satisfied.

Listen to the exclamations of the Lakers fans on the scene and the silence after the exclamations.

Popovich's face had a victor's smile.

Then, Popovich looked to the side triumphantly.

Coach D next to him clasped his hands to his chest and smiled, as if he didn't see it.

Hum!

Wisdom beads in hand?

Coach D, you may not know what kind of hell you are up against!

Biyombo got the backcourt rebound, and Finson is also a guy who likes to break fast, so he wants to break fast.

But Popovich on the sidelines pressed down with his hands and shouted from the sidelines, stopping Finsen's fast break.

Fast break is indeed a better choice, the Lakers' defense is not bad, the Spurs' offense is not so good, the positional battle is not easy to play, if you look at it from the offensive point of view, behind the two veterans like Garnett and Pierce, it is no problem to mention speed.

But!

Don't forget who I Popovich is!

Fight with me to defend?

Now I'm going to tell you what my defense looks like!

Seeing Popovich block Finson's fast-break opportunity, many new fans in front of the TV felt that it was a pity.

What a chance!

But O'Neill, Kenny Smith, all shouted at this point!

"There it is! The Popovich-esque defense that brought David Stern to the ground was revealed!! ”

"Popovich's defense, when attacking, has already started to defend!!"

"Popovich's defense, offense is not about scoring, it's about preventing the opponent from scoring!!"

Attacking is not about scoring, it's about preventing your opponent from scoring!

Kenny Smith's words stunned many new fans in front of the TV!

They've never heard anything like that, and they've never seen basketball like this in the NBA today!

And David Stern, who was in front of the TV, had a very ugly expression on his face at this time.

Of course, Adam Xiao Hua on the other side also had a very ugly look on his face.

In terms of hating Popovich, he is the same as David Stern.

It's not that I hate Popovich the person.

But......

Nima's offense is for defense!

"This kind of basketball should be damned!"

It's just that Coach D has resurrected this kind of basketball!

O'Neal and Kenny Smith's defensive basketball summary of Popovich was too scary.

In front of the TV, many new Lakers fans were scared out.

Not to mention the fans, even Nash, the biggest victim of this kind of basketball, has a very ugly face at this time.

In fact, he is not optimistic about the Lakers, very unoptimistic!

Because!

"With Duncan and Popovich defending, Popovich's kind of basketball is invincible!"

"Duncan is this kind of environment, this kind of basketball king, this kind of basketball is for Duncan! It's what Popovich prepared for Duncan! ”

Slow tempo, slow tempo, Duncan can control the game in rhythm, offense and defense!

Even if it's him, it's controlled by Duncan!

And now, the Lakers, only Garnett!

Looking at Duncan on the court, Popovich smiled excitedly.

"Tim, the strongest Duncan, I can let the world see the strongest Duncan again!

Coach D, you'll soon see just how strong Tim Duncan is!

Soon, you'll know how big the gap between Garnett and Tim is! ”

A game of luck is a basketball that goes to the sky?

Popovich looked disdainfully at Garnett, who was clenched in fists at this time on the court, and smiled, a mocking laugh.

"Tim, let's kill!"

Damn basketball is back!

The devil on the pitch is back!

"Coach D, thank you so much!"

"So, go die!"

(End of chapter)