Chapter 419: Popovich's Limit!
This Finals between the Celtics and the Lakers is becoming more and more legendary in public opinion now.
Both sides have received great praise.
However, the Celtics, who are the winners of G3, are naturally the most touted.
After G3, the entire NBA was full of news about Celtics coaches and players such as Fantastic Monty, James, Paul, Bushy Eyebrows and Randolph.
And the Lakers, as losers, because no one is black, and there are not many people who blow it, so the Lakers now have a feeling of becoming a little transparent.
On a stage like the finals, a team that used to attract the most attention has become a small transparent, which is actually very incredible.
However, for the current Lakers and Popovich, he does want his team to be more transparent.
Now, he just needs no one to disturb his team.
Popovich is a strategic, and Dukan saw the reason why the Lakers lost the last game and the reason why the Celtics won.
Ducon believes Popovich must have seen it too.
The Celtics, under the leadership of Monty Williams, unshackled themselves, let go of the burden of thought, and fought how they wanted, regardless of others, and finally completed the defeat of the god costume against the sky.
And the Lakers are now overwhelmed by the gods.
Wade, Garnett, Antetokounmpo, McCarvey and others, because of their own concerns, are simply killing a thousand people and losing eight hundred, or killing eight hundred and losing a thousand.
The last two games are definitely not a reflection of their true strength.
If they continue to play like this, the Lakers will not have the slightest chance of winning.
How could someone as smart as Popovich not see the problem.
So the day after the game, during the Lakers' practice, Popovich didn't take the players to practice.
Popovich stayed in the hotel with his players to watch the route of the last G3 game.
Looking at these Lakers players, Popovich spoke very straight, and his opening remarks made many Lakers players blush.
"This time, I will let you watch the video of the last game, not to humiliate you, but to show you how much you behaved in the last game, compared to the Celtics, you behaved like a hesitant little woman, and now I can tell you that this is not my purpose, so, don't get me wrong, now, let's start watching the game."
After Popovich explained expressionlessly that the purpose of taking the players to see the video was not to humiliate them, the expressions on the faces of these Lakers players were not relaxed and relieved, but angry, ashamed, and all kinds of not so good-looking faces.
Kobe and Maizi, who are the overseers, look at each other, this is not to humiliate them......
Well, the two didn't know where to start complaining for a while.
At the beginning of the game recap, after Chris Paul went down for two fouls, Popovich pressed a timeout.
Then Popovich looked at Wade.
"Michael, why are you shooting in front of Chris Paul instead of breaking through this offense? You're even more afraid of letting Chris Paul get a third foul than Chris Paul, right? ”
"If you don't answer, then I'll take my guess right, OK, you didn't attend the Boston Celtics celebration last night, they shouldn't have a table, they should give you a Boston Celtics jersey."
Popovich said such murderous words in such a calm tone, McCarvey's eyes widened and he looked at Popovich incredulously.
Seeing McCarvey being complained about by Popovich like this, the faces of the other Lakers players next to him sank again for a while.
Where is this scaring Mai Kawi, this is scaring them all!
In the last game, where was McCarvey's problem, if McCarvey had such a mentality, they all had this mentality.
If McCarvey is wrong to have such a mentality, then none of them will be right.
It's just that Popovich didn't continue to pester McCarvey, but clicked on the timeout and continued to take the Lakers players to watch the video.
Like Popovich said, he really wasn't there to humiliate the Lakers players.
Because he didn't have any of the pleasure of humiliating the players on his face, he was telling some of his thoughts about the game in that very calm tone.
Like McCarvey's problem, like Wade's problem, like Garnett, Seth Curry and Antetokounmpo, Ibanks, etc.
As they themselves say, each of them has a problem.
In fact, Popovich does not need to say that they also knew that they had a problem with their performance after the last game.
More worried than Chris Paul about Paul's three fouls, after the Celtics' core players committed five fouls, they are more worried than Celtics fans about their star players being sent off and others saying they won.
In the end, they are getting softer on offense and softer on the defensive end.
Where is the celebration banquet of the Celts, McCarvey can't have a banquet if he doesn't go, and they can't have a banquet if they don't go.
After taking the Lakers players through the game, Popovich turned off the TV and looked at the Lakers players below, the expression on his face still calm.
"Maybe you were on the pitch last night and you couldn't feel how clumsy your performance was, but now, you should feel it, I think the world is getting very strange now, playing a team that performs like this, from the players to the coach, and no one is criticised, you say, is that right?"
"I don't think that's right."
After Popovich finished speaking, in the eyes of Kobe and Maizi, all the Lakers players squeezed their hands fiercely and clenched them into fists.
It was said that it was not to humiliate them, but it had already made them all out of extreme anger.
You know, Popovich is not Coach D, in the Lakers, Coach D can say anything without a problem, but in the Lakers, Popovich dares to say such a thing.
Kobe Bryant and Maizi were really worried that a Lakers player would suddenly riot at the scene, and then slammed Popovich.
However, to Kobe Bryant's and Maizi's relief, although these Lakers players were extremely angry, no one stood up to anger Popovich.
As Popovich himself said, he didn't take everyone to see the footage to humiliate them.
Finding out the problem and solving the problem is his real goal.
It's easy to find out the problem, and the Lakers players themselves know what their problems are.
It's just that no one has uncovered the scar of this dilemma, and they have always been able to guard the psychological defense line for justice.
Now that Popovich is so ruthlessly exposed, they are like knowing whether Popovich has enough reasons to convince them, and if Popovich has no solution and only finds a problem, it is deliberately humiliating them.
So, they weren't angry, and that's because they were all waiting for Popovich to come up with a way to solve the problem.
And Popovich didn't make these Lakers players wait any longer.
Soon, Popovich took out his solution to the problem.
After hearing the method given by Popovich to help the Lakers players untie the set, all the Lakers players on the scene were stunned!
It's just looking at Popovich with dumbfounded eyes!
In fact, not only these Lakers players, but even Kobe and Maddy, the two overseers, were dumbfounded.
"Everything I've said to you in the past, I hope you don't say it to anyone."
Popovich looked at the stunned Lakers players around him and continued to say seriously.
"Anyone mentioned here includes Coach D."
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"Coach, Popovich didn't go to the gym with the Lakers players and stayed in the hotel all afternoon to watch the video."
After Nash hung up the phone, he said to Du Kang worriedly.
Dukang didn't go to Boston with the team.
With the 232 finals system, the Lakers may not be able to come back to the finals.
However, Dukang believes he can wait in Los Angeles until the Lakers players return.
But the big score of 1-2 behind made Nash and Ham actually very worried.
After winning G3, Celtic's morale is now at its peak.
Now the whole world is touting the Boston Celtics.
Now the whole situation is getting worse and worse for the Lakers.
Although Du Kang told them to believe in Popovich and the Lakers, Nash really couldn't really believe in Popovich and the Lakers.
The next game is really a life-and-death battle for the Lakers.
Won, 2 to 2, lost 1 to 3, if it's really lost, then it really may never come back.
Coach D didn't go to Boston, and the whole world knows that.
That said, Coach D is sure that he will not return before G5.
If G4 is 1-3 and Popovich leads the team to play the last G5, it is obvious to the naked eye that he will be swept by a gentleman.
So, in Nash's opinion, Dukang really shouldn't be so supportive of Popovich.
At the very least, I should go to Boston.
At the very least, you can intervene in the team at any time to prevent the team from suddenly disappearing.
"Coach, I ......"
Even at this time, Nash still wanted to persuade Dukang to go to Boston.
But before Nash could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Du Kang.
"I don't go to Boston, not only to believe in Bobo, but also to support Bobo and the team."
After Du Kang finished speaking, Nash didn't even understand for a while.
Ham and Clifford were also a little confused.
But Aunt Jenny understood in an instant.
After understanding in seconds, Aunt Jenny's eyes when she looked at Du Kang became even more shocked and reverent.
What is the top desire to indulge!
That's it!
What a top prediction!
That's it!
Coach D predicted that G3 would change, that the Celtics would change when they returned to their home court, that Monty Williams would lead the team to win, and that the Celtics would get great prestige.
It is also predicted that this group of capital will get huge benefits.
Capital is greedy, without Coach D, the benefits are so huge, defeat Coach D, Coach D comes back, how terrifying should the interests be?
Greedy capital will even send itself to the gallows!
Coach D is really fighting hard for the Lakers to be able to drag the game into a tie-break, and for the Lakers to win three games when he comes back!
Against Monty Williams and Celtic, no one was confident that Popovich would be able to win three games before Dukang returned.
If you can't win three games and Du Kang comes back, then Du Kang is a failure, and the Lakers are also a failure.
They won't let Du Kang win the second game, and even if they don't whitewash James, they will do anything to beat Coach D.
So, Coach D only has a fair chance to coach one game.
For the sake of the greatest interests, of course, they will not open up the black as soon as they come up, they must hope that the magical Monty and James will use their own strength to defeat Coach D, and then take advantage of the situation to win the championship, and whitewash James and crown Monty Williams, so as to get the greatest benefit.
So, Coach D only has one game to get a fair chance, even, only one quarter, half time, to get a fair chance.
In such a situation, Popovich becomes important.
And in the case that Popovich is obviously inferior to Fantastic Monty, it is almost impossible to play 3-3 or 3-2 in the first six games, so support for Popovich becomes important.
Du Kang expressed his attitude that he did not come out in the first five games, which is the biggest support for Popovich and the Lakers, those greedy capital, or the greedy James, will not send the Lakers out of the first five games without seeing Du Kang.
The Lakers can get at least a 2-3 result back to Los Angeles.
If Du Kang doesn't go to Boston, he can at least get a 2-3 result for the Lakers!
In the current situation, the head coach is really responsible if he is still so sober and puts all the pressure and criticism on his back.
On June 12, 2015, the Lakers and Celtics finals G4 continued at Boston's North Shore Garden.
Before the game began, the entire North Shore Gardens had been turned into the home of the devil's hell.
The victory in the last game brought a lot of confidence to the Boston Celtics, and it also made the Celtics fans go crazy.
In the face of such a situation, the Lakers fans and celebrities who came to the scene can really be described as trembling.
In this situation, the Celtics are simply trying to devour the Lakers.
Before the game, everyone was not optimistic about the Lakers, and now, they are even less optimistic.
As far as the momentum of the North Shore Garden before the game, Nash in front of the TV was sweating his hands.
It can be seen that Nash is nervous now.
The game begins.
The thick eyebrows gave the Celtics their first chance.
The Celtics attacked, Chris Paul hit Seth Curry with his back, turned around, stepped back to the three-point line, and after a feint shook Seth Curry, Seth Curry smoothly bumped into Paul.
At the same time, Paul threw the basketball out of his hand!
A hit with a brush!
3 Hit!
At the same time, the entire North Shore Gardens was chanting 'and one! ’
But the referee on duty didn't say anything.
It's a standard andone, but it's not blown!
With G2, Paul must have started to roar like crazy.
But now, Paul just smiled, as if to say, I was already satisfied that I didn't blow for an offensive foul.
Paul's expression and movements were cheered by all the fans in the stadium.
"Chris Paul continues the hot hand of the last game!!"
"Chris Paul and the Celtics are still in hot form, and the Lakers are in danger!!"
O'Neill started shouting.
He really thinks the Lakers are in danger now!
It seems that the referee helped the Lakers this time, but in fact, the Lakers did not blow it just now because they were burdened with the moral pressure of Coach D to represent justice, which is actually a huge shackle to the Lakers, just like the past two games, which will greatly bind the Lakers.
And just as O'Neal was shouting wildly, the Celtics fans at the scene collectively gasped!
O'Neill set his eyes on the court, his eyes wide as brass bells!
Seth Curry actually picked up Paul as well!!
Seth Curry, who was more worried about Paul's foul than Paul in the past two games, actually faked his moves!!
In the past two games, the Lakers played very softly, so the Celtics' defense did not have any scruples, and the Lakers would not take the initiative to make Celtics fouls, so the seal was simply unscrupulous.
Even the veteran Paul didn't expect Seth Curry to order him!
Brush it up!
It's also a three-point shot!
Beep beep!
At the same time, the referee blew the whistle and added a penalty!
After Seth Curry stood at the free throw line, Seth Curry, who shot more than 85% of the free throws this season, didn't make any free throws!
Even a direct air balloon fell directly into the hands of thick eyebrows!
"Deliberately, Seth Curry was deliberately missed!!"
Chris Paul stared at Seth Curry with wide eyes!
And right now!
Seth Curry didn't hesitate to hug Paul, who received a pass from thick eyebrows!
Yes, hold on, it's a foul that the referee can't afford not to blow!
Moreover, it was a senseless foul!
Seth Curry, with a deliberate free throw miss, a deliberate active needless foul, paid back all the money owed to Paul!!
"Oh my God!!"
At this point, it's not just the live Celtic DJs who are frantically shouting my God.
Even O'Neill, who was shouting frantically at this time.
"Incredible Seth Curry, incredible Los Angeles Lakers, do they know what they're doing?!!!"
"No, they know what they're doing!! The Los Angeles Lakers also opened their shackles!! The Los Angeles Lakers are also back!!! ”
The scene was going crazy, and even the Celtics fans and DJs were exclaiming about the incredible choice of the Lakers.
And in front of the TV, even Du Kang stood up in shock.
Then, a moment later, there was only excitement and joy on Du Kang's face.
He knew that Popovich would have a way, but he didn't expect Popovich's method to be so bold and just!!
Even Nash and Hamm were watching Popovich on TV in amazement.
"Bobo, it's really you, I really didn't see the wrong person!!"
Du Kang's fists clenched tightly.
North Shore Gardens.
Looking at the Lakers who were playing, or even pressing the Celtics, Popovich had an excited smile on his face.
"Show me your limits!!"
Let everyone see my limits, too!
I'm Popovich, even if I'm beaten, I'm the NBA head coach who causes the most trouble for Coach D, Popovich!
(End of chapter)