Chapter 180: The Spurs take back a city

Meanwhile.

Spurs Video Analysis Room.

Popovich gathered the whole team for a video lesson.

The video analyst spoke, pausing from time to time to make some of the presentations.

When the analyst takes a timeout, he will say which players are not doing well, and these will be said.

Popovich also sat next to the analyst with a stern face, and the sense of oppression was quite great.

The Spurs can afford to joke in their spare time, but Popovich, as a disciple of Larry Brown, still has the severity of that old-school coach.

When he was serious about the class, Popovich's overall atmosphere was very serious.

The whole class was stressful, and everyone was paying attention to what analysts said they were falling short of.

But Popovich was in the whole class, without interjecting, and let the analyst talk there without bothering.

For Popovich, the last game was a shame for him.

It's not just the players' problems, Popovich also admits he has certain problems.

Popovich is a very introspective coach, and when it comes to the players taking video lessons, Popovich is also re-analyzing the video.

Video analysts are mainly correcting problems for players, not coaches.

Speaking of which, the video analyst is still a subordinate of the head coach, and he is not qualified to dictate to the head coach.

For example, Heat coach Spo was a video analyst at the beginning of the Heat, and then became a disciple of Riley and gained Riley's trust before he successfully ascended to the position.

The video analyst didn't dare to lecture Popovich, so Popovich didn't say much, and he was also checking himself.

The video lesson is finally over.

Seeing that the video analyst said that the end of the class, the players felt that the atmosphere was a little relieved.

However, as a person who made a lot of mistakes on the court, he was still in no mood at this time, such as Danny Green.

At this time, Popovich finally stood up.

"If the media were to see you like this, they would write that the Spurs have lost faith in this series, and this is G1."

Popovich said, looking at the crowd.

Hearing Popovich's words, the atmosphere finally eased a little.

Although the Spurs are a disciplined team, they are not the kind of team that loses and the whole team is depressed.

Figuring out how to lose a game has always been a habit for Spurs.

"We'll win the next game."

At this time, Duncan stood up and said.

As the leader of this team, Duncan also played a role at this time.

"Tim is more than you, I'll help you."

Parker also stood up at the same time.

"We're the same, we're not going to let the Timberwolves steal the win from our home court again, we're going to do our best."

At the same time, other Spurs players have also expressed their positions.

For a while, the atmosphere that was originally a little depressing became high-spirited.

Turn pressure into motivation.

When it comes to this, the Spurs will go all out in the next game.

San Antonio.

The Spurs and Timberwolves' G2 are fighting again tonight.

Tonight, the Spurs were all in high spirits, from entering the arena to warming up.

After losing a game at the same time, Spurs fans reacted one by one and became very angry.

Tonight's Spurs fans are also extraordinarily powerful, and the overall atmosphere is even more oppressive than the last game, which is the real Spurs' home oppression.

The Spurs were still a little underweight in the last game, although Popovich has tried to overestimate the Timberwolves after losing to the Warriors last season.

But the Spurs, from coaches to players, from players to fans, still have a more or less clear view of the Timberwolves.

After winning the last game by the Timberwolves, the Spurs knew from top to bottom that the Timberwolves were not an easy opponent to mess with.

The Timberwolves, who can reach the Western Conference Finals, really don't rely on the outside world to analyze those miscellaneous problems.

The Timberwolves are still a very strong team.

And everyone now has a new understanding of the strategy of infinite change of defense on the front.

This cognitive feeling is the same as the three-point system brought by Su Chen when he was in the Warriors last season.

Even from the perspective of impact alone, the Timberwolves' infinite forward line change defense system this time is even more shocking.

There is a saying in the league that offense wins the crowd, defense wins the championship.

However, the Timberwolves' defense played a pleasing feeling, and the rotation fluency and extreme speed of the infinite change of defense made people feel that the defense was gorgeous.

The word flashy is basically used in the league for offense.

Whether it's the gorgeous King Princeton or the gorgeous Suns' seven-second offense, these can be called gorgeous.

But now the Timberwolves' infinite change of defense, described as gorgeous, does not feel disobedient.

After the league has a new understanding of the Timberwolves, now the outside world has begun to have a new view of this game.

Some media said that the Spurs could not adapt to the Timberwolves' infinite rotation system, and the Timberwolves may be able to win the Spurs again in this game.

At the same time, where can those gambling dogs outside hear this, seeing the tempting return ratio of the timberwolves, many people directly pressed the timberwolves.

They want to press the Spurs in the last game, and this one on the Timberwolves' side will earn back with profits.

Soon, the game began.

Su Chen didn't make too many changes, mainly continuing the defensive strategy of the previous game.

But Spurs' video research for so many days was not done in vain.

After the Timberwolves still adopted the strategy of the previous game, the Spurs also laid out more deployments, and many balls began to be disorienting.

At the same time, Butler was also taken care of by the Spurs this time.

Leonard basically stared at Butler, and other people's mid-range shots were still put, but not Butler's mid-range shots.

Leonard is basically a more gifted version of Butler, and Butler looks a little powerless in the face of his deluxe version.

Butler's athleticism isn't bad, and his confrontation isn't bad, but his reach has always limited his ceiling.

Facing Leonard's athleticism, he does not lose to him, and he does not lose to the confrontation, and at the same time, his arm span also crushes his existence.

Butler couldn't fight if he wanted to.

At the same time, in this game, all the Spurs were going all out, and the momentum was very strong.

And I don't know if it's because the home atmosphere is too noisy, Spurs have a more obvious home whistle this time, and the referee's whistle is slightly more biased than the last game.

Butler was heavily guarded, and Su Chen planned to let Giannis Antetokounmpo take on the main task.

But the Spurs are still relatively mid-range, and at the same time, Duncan mainly defends Giannis Antetokounmpo, and also defends Giannis Antetokounmpo a little untempered.

Although the young Giannis Antetokounmpo is faster than Duncan in terms of athleticism, Duncan has a lot of experience and is stuck in Giannis Antetokounmpo's breakthrough route.

Even in the mid-range shot, Duncan is not purely letting Giannis Antetokounmpo shoot or throw.

Not letting Leonard defend Giannis Antetokounmpo, but letting Duncan defend Giannis Antetokounmpo is also a performance that disappointed the Timberwolves.

At the end of the half.

The Timberwolves trailed by 11 points.

This Timberwolves are much more passive, compared to the last game when the Timberwolves bit the score, this time Su Chen didn't dare to go to the rotation lineup for too long because he wanted to chase points.

The main force has a lot of time.

Just like the Spurs in the last game, they didn't dare to rotate long when they fell behind, and then the more they played physically, the more they lost more and more than the opponent.

Su Chen was also a little helpless on the sidelines.

Although he really wanted to do something, the [Eagle Eye] skill was overloaded in the last game, which made Su Chen's mental power not very sufficient.

And the momentum of the Spurs in this game is too much, even if he uses [Hawkeye] again, let the players fight regardless of physical strength.

It may not be possible to win this Spurs.

If you want to change the situation, you still have to break through more, and you can't keep shooting from the middle distance like this.

But this Spurs is the home whistle, the Timberwolves had a lot of breakthroughs in the first half, and the players were pressed down from mid-air, and the referee didn't even blow it.

The Timberwolves' players were pressed, and then the Spurs were able to play a quick transition offense, and the Timberwolves were simply bored with the inside.

After the start of the third quarter.

Su Chen simply used the long rotation to see if the substitute players could break the situation.

Of course, it's not that Su Chen is too aggressive, he just wants the players not to overdraw.

There are so many games left in the series, and the Spurs have already won a home court, and even if they don't win this game, the Timberwolves are still the dominant side.

However, seeing that the Timberwolves let the bench lineup play all the time at the beginning of the second half, many gambling dogs who pressed the Timberwolves began to scold.

Speaking of which, the Timberwolves team has dominated the existence of betting dogs since the regular season.

When you think the Timberwolves can't do it, he can.

Just when you think this Timberwolves team is working, he's going to lose to you right away.

Some gambling dogs that have been pitted by the Timberwolves, even if they see the Timberwolves' attractive return this time, they don't dare to suppress it directly.

But there are still many young gambling dogs, as well as some stubborn gambling dogs, who still choose to suppress the timberwolves.

Soon, after the third quarter, the Timberwolves were already trailing by 16 points.

And in the final quarter, if it wasn't for the game being played too early, the two sides switched to the bench in advance.

The Timberwolves' bench caught up with some points, and the Timberwolves' margin in this game will be even bigger.

Doodoo~!

The buzz at the end of the game fixed the score.

Spurs 109:92 Timberwolves.

The Spurs defended their home court with a 17-point margin.

Big Score To: Spurs 1-1 Timberwolves.

Duncan's performance in this game can be called crazy, and in the case of the Timberwolves, he scored 27 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.

Parker also attracted enough defense because of Duncan's crazy performance, scoring 23 points in this game, and 50 points with Duncan.

Butler, who played well in the last game, felt like hitting the rookie wall this time, scoring only 11 points in the game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is still similar to his last performance, and the young duo of the Timberwolves is pulled together this time.

Losing this game, Su Chen didn't say that he didn't care, but at least he was acceptable.

On the surface, Su Chen's expression was still very calm, just like the losing team was not the Timberwolves.

When the gambling dogs saw Su Chen's expression, they scolded one by one, saying whether Su Chen bought it or not.

"The Spurs adjusted quickly, and in this game the Spurs regained themselves, but the Timberwolves played at a loss a lot of the time."

"In the face of Leonard and Duncan, the core of the Timberwolves can't play at all under its defense, and the young core of the Timberwolves still needs more growth."

Johnson summed up the game.

"It seems that the worry about Popovich's last game is purely superfluous, and Popovich used this to tell the young Su Chen on the opposite side why the Spurs have been able to maintain the ranks of the strong team under his leadership for so many years."

Kenny Smith also continued.

"Indeed, Popovich's adjustment was clever."

"Although it is still mid-range, but hold down Butler, who was the most confident in the mid-range in the last game, and the rest of the Timberwolves' mid-range shooting ability is not as star-level as Butler."

"In the last game, Su Chen personally said that the Spurs were weak in mid-range defense, which belonged to provoking Popovich in person, and this was Popovich's counterattack."

O'Neill said with a smile on the side at this time.

O'Neill's words suddenly reminded many people of what Su Chen said in the last interview.

At that time, Su Chen directly said that the Spurs' mid-range defense was very weak, so the team played a lot of mid-range and then won.

Su Chen won the last game, and he did win in this way.

Although Spurs fans feel unhappy, after all, the Spurs lost the last game, and the outlet is not on their side.

There will be a lot of Spurs fans in the future, and they will taunt Su Chen a lot.

"After playing in the last round of the series, there are many Timberwolves fans or Su Chen's personal fans, who are playing for Su Chen, why is the best coach this season Popovich instead of Su Chen."

"So in this game, Popovich also told those people why Popovich is the best coach of the season."

Kenny Smith continued.

"Hey, the series is still 1-1, and the Timberwolves still won one home game against the Spurs."

"What you're saying makes it look like the Spurs have already beaten the Timberwolves in the series."

Barkley couldn't even look at it.

What Barkley said is of course true, but this game did show Popovich's high tactical quality.

Post-match press conference.

Obviously, a reporter immediately raised the question about the last game.

"Coach Su Chen, in the last game, you said that the Spurs' mid-range defense was very weak, what do you think of it now?"

The questions posed by journalists are poignant.

Su Chen glanced at the reporter's microphone, if he remembered correctly, it was the logo of a local media outlet in San Antonio.

Obviously, this reporter was already planning from the beginning of the last game, how he would ask questions if the Spurs won the game.

"That's a good question, the Spurs were weak in mid-range defense in the last game, and the Spurs' mid-range defense was very organized in this game."

"I think Popovich did a great job, really."

Regarding the reporter's question, Su Chen smiled and said.

When the reporter heard Su Chen's answer, he was obviously stunned for a moment, what kind of answer is this?

Although what Su Chen said was the truth, how did he feel, Su Chen's answer didn't care at all.

Su Chen lost this game, shouldn't he blame himself very much?

(End of chapter)