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Chapter 1335 Digging out the details?
Scored 15 points in a row!The tyrant is hot to end the Spurs tonight! —Los Angeles Times.

This is not an exaggeration, I always think this is his strength! - bleachers

Duncan fell, and the first and second half were different!A new era of power begins?No, maybe the next game on the 21st will bottom out! ——ESPN
He is the new king of the Lakers!His name is Dongfang Tang! — Lakers Nation.

Amazing performance!He is the new banner of the Lakers! — "Magic" Johnson.

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Meanwhile the other semifinals continued, with the Trail Blazers meeting the 73-win team, which the Warriors defeated in their opening game at Oracle Arena.Not even Damian Lillard scoring 30 points.Because Thompson scored 37 points on the opposite side, and Green also scored 23 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in a triple-double, so even if Curry didn't play, he won.Lillard was defended as an iron dog, 26 of 8 shots, 30.8% shooting, almost fell below 3%.That's the only way to win. 118-106, the Warriors scored their first victory in the conference semifinals with 12 points. On May 5, the Cavaliers met the Eagles again.Like last year, James easily led the team to defeat the opponent, and the Big Three played steadily and combined to exceed 2 points again. 60-104, the Eagles have no hope of winning.The outside world said that if Atlanta can win a game this time, it is considered a victory.

On May 5, the Lakers ushered in the second game of the conference semifinals.Because the Lakers were the first team to play in the semifinals, they played the fastest this time.Because of the home field advantage, this game will still be held in the Staples Center in Los Angeles.The Spurs also made some pre-match adjustments, but Popovich also knew from the last game that this round of the series may not be easy to play.Larry Brown will definitely not let go of his team's cover and force singles.

Such a game will become very fluid, with a lot of singles, but it is indeed not good for the Spurs.

The Spurs this season is known as the era of the "dual virtue combination", but Leonard is the first year to take the lead, averaging only 21 points per game.This scoring ability is similar to that of Butler of the Lakers.You can say that he is slightly more efficient than Butler, but the pressure stabilization is not suitable, because the Lakers are a slow-paced team. If you look at the percentage of points, you will find magic.Leonard's team's percentage of points is not as good as Butler's 20+ points per game.

Aldridge, this is the only thing to rely on. He needs to play the 4th position to be able to play, and the 5th position is basically useless.But in this way, Duncan's off-ball support and off-ball pick-and-roll must be sacrificed on the offensive end.Without Duncan's intangible contributions, the overall operation of the Spurs' offensive end will be suppressed. This is basically a dilemma.How to solve it, Popovich himself has not thought of a surefire solution.

At the beginning, I was a little conservative. I wanted to see if my off-the-ball offensive operation really couldn't beat the opponent. In the end, it turned out to be the same as the previous game.Really, can't open it.The Lakers have now made it clear that, I will not talk nonsense with you, everyone should not play smooth conduction and off-ball movement, and focus on superstars and singles.Popovich is also very clear why the Lakers did this. Although they all know that air cuts and defensive conversions are more efficient, this is the strongest point for the Spurs.Although the Lakers will do it, they are obviously not as good as the Spurs.So, Larry Brown simply gave up on this and played the style and style of the Thunder.That's the kind, he kept saying in the last round, it was "primitive play" and "original tactics".

Because, for the Lakers, this is actually a strong point, at least better than the Spurs.

Learning from strengths and avoiding weaknesses is also a basic rule in basketball.

As long as you can win, it doesn't matter what "primitive" or "advanced" you are.In competitive sports, winning is the ultimate king of everything.I said this before because the Lakers and Larry Brown were the winners.If they lose, look at who else said that the Lakers played as a team?Don't they all praise Thunder and Thunder for their talent!

Even the so-called James system, how magical and mysterious do you think it really is?Isn't it just that James can win with this all-inclusive approach?Otherwise, he would have been scolded as a grandson long ago.Therefore, only if you can win.

The rest is just a matter of the ass deciding the head.

The Spurs still made changes, placing Box.And1 at the beginning to strengthen the defense against the low post.As for the Lakers, after Tang Qian felt bad after playing a few times, he quickly changed to an attractive pass. An outside player made a setter, and Rondo made a three-pointer from the top arc.It's a big open, so the hit rate is okay.Rondo's open three-pointers have also improved a lot now. Although his shots are limited, he will definitely not shoot if there is no wide open, but once he has one, he will not be afraid to shoot like he was a few seasons ago.

This is progress.

A few balls are fine. The Spurs' defensive end adopted a sudden attack on the line this time, forcing Rondo to take the ball, but Rondo reacted quickly and threw it in. Tang Qian cut in without the ball and got the ball. He went up and hit the ball. .The Spurs still relied on Duncan and made an offensive foul.But, Tang Qian is not very angry now.Because the last game gave him a way.Duncan is indeed the strongest insider position perception in history, and his footsteps and stance are also recognized as abnormally strong. Otherwise, with his matchbox bounce, how could he maintain this ability to protect the basket for so many years?Duncan intends to make offensive fouls, and there must be a few in one game.

However, Duncan's physical fitness is not good now, and he has devoted too much energy to defending Tang Qian, so that he has no energy left to shine in the rest of the place.Such a Spurs team actually sacrificed a lot.But the problem is, if you don't sacrifice, it's even worse!The Lakers will blow it up on the 29th!Did you see it last round?How did the Lakers rely on No. 29 to beat the Thunder step by step?The second game of the series had 58 points, except for the first tactical game which required only 22 points. In the rest, did you score 30 points in one game?Averaged 37 points per game, just ask if you are afraid!
So the Spurs had to do it.Also had to sacrifice No. 21, Tim Duncan.

What Tang Qian has to do now is to adjust his mentality, how to play how to play, and wait until the second half, and naturally, the goddess of victory will let herself "lift her skirt".Duncan also knew the other side's plan, but he was really helpless.The strength gap is too big, and he is too old. To defend the 5th at the 29th position, it really needs to be concentrated all the time.Otherwise, it will inevitably be pierced.

The Spurs' offense lacks Duncan, and the overall off-ball power has dropped a lot.Let the rest split the attack, and the Lakers' defense is very strong, so the Spurs are in a dilemma.We can only take advantage of Duncan's delay in the first half to increase the score as much as possible. Otherwise, when Duncan is tired, it will be the time when the inside defense collapses.

No way, in order to get more points, now we can only grab points, how to grab them?Still the method of the last game!Use the "violent waste" style of play to grab points!You can grab as much as you want!Think about it in the second half.But this time, Larry Brown had already made arrangements, so when he saw the Spurs doing this, he immediately changed his tactics and used the method of shrinking the basket to block the opponent's breakthrough.The Spurs played for a while and didn't feel good after that.Popovich played a bunch of shooters.Even if the old man said "I don't like three-pointers" and "I hate three-pointers", he was unambiguous if he really wanted to use it.What a duplicity guy!
I can't believe his nonsense!

So fight?It's also simple, block the star's receiving route, and then continue to shrink and consolidate the penalty area, so that your attacks can be concentrated in the 2-point area.Playing like this, it is not so easy to pass the ball to the star. If it is given, it is easy to make mistakes and be intercepted midway.If you don't give it, then only the defense in the 2-point area is looser.So, are you going to fight or not?Do not hit?It is even more difficult to do it in other ways!Hit, CIC Now the Spurs don't have a CIC master of role players.Still the same sentence, three-pointers can rely on muscle memory practice, forcibly piled up, and improve quickly, but CIC is different!There are too many shots in the CIC, and you can't roughly strengthen them all.Look at the three-pointer of the Spurs, the strong 3D player Danny Green.The career three-pointer is close to 4%, and the playoff career three-pointer rate exceeds 4%!An absolute three-pointer!But CIC is sorry!During the regular season, 1 to 10 feet, the hit rate is less than 16%, 3 to 16 feet, that is, 23%.And at this distance this season, his shooting percentage is less than 3%, only 8%!It's lower!Not to mention the playoffs, they are only in the early 35s, which is completely unreliable!Wanting to kill people at a medium distance is even more like a daydream!
The same is true for Ginobili, who is also better at 3-pointers than mid-range shots!His mid-range regular season career is about 3%, and the mid-range distance is 8 to 16 feet, which is only 23%.The playoffs were even worse, less than 3%!So he, the ace sixth man of the Spurs for many years, is also incompetent!Fat Frenchman Dior is good in the middle distance, very reliable in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the middle distance immediately declined, only 4 points 2% for the middle distance, and 3 points 8% for the middle and long distance.On the contrary, veterans like David West and Andre Miller are stable and solid in the middle distance.But, these two people are too slow to move, and they are both very old. There is nothing to say about their physical strength, but they can no longer move.It is passed that the Lakers still have a good chance to make up for it again.

The main reason is that after being entangled for so long, the score difference still cannot be opened, and the main players have been making wedding dresses, so it is impossible to feel comfortable after this long time.Once the mentality changes, there will be unpredictable situations for the entire offense and defense.Furthermore, the Lakers are not without scoring, and the Spurs are even more tired defending them.During the first substitute time, Manu Ginobili of the Spurs didn't feel good. In this way, the Spurs finally opened up a little point in the main time, and when the substitute time came, it was all gone.The Lakers' bench firepower is too fierce. Nick Young + Pierce + Lance Stephenson are all people with strong firepower on the bench.If they are separated in different teams, everyone is a firepower bench, and averaging double-digit points per game is not a problem.In addition, there is no shortage of defensive masters in the Lakers' bench lineup. In this case, it will be very difficult for the opponent to fight.

Unknowingly, Larry Brown raised the Lakers' bench scoring firepower to a very strong level, and the overall thickness of the Lakers team improved again.This team is really not that easy to beat.There are too many chess pieces that can be used, too many lineups that can be combined, and they are all cheap people.This is really, maddening.

The most eye-catching aspects of the Lakers' operations in recent years have been covered up. Bosh is very strong and a star player, but it is what really made this team rise strongly.It's still these deals that were signed in the past that were not very optimistic.These people form a seemingly inconspicuous Lakers with strong internal strength.Why is it said that Larry Brown is ambitious this season? This is not an empty slogan.He was prepared to do so.

In the third quarter, after switching to the main force again, the Spurs had the problem of the previous one. They began to gradually lose the ability to defend the No. 29 of the Lakers.As Duncan was exhausted and his energy was exhausted, Tang Qian's attacking pressure became less and less.One person scored 9 points in one breath, directly pulling the score difference to double digits.As for the Spurs, because of the drop in mid-range shots, they were seized and directly suppressed as soon as they let go.

In order to prevent a repeat of the last game, Spurs coach Popovich quickly called a timeout.

As soon as he started to line up, on the offensive end, he strengthened the in-depth details. Because the Lakers made it clear in these few games that they wanted to pass the ball and run without the ball, the Spurs made a lot of mistakes.Forced passes don't work well.In response to this, Popovich immediately made adjustments: Don't play the ball directly on the spot before passing the ball, look here, dribble a few times before sending the ball!Do you understand?This can properly distract the Lakers' defensive attention and open up the gap in the Lakers' defensive lineup!So, don't pass the ball so directly!The Lakers are a very strong defensive team, and the overall interference is absolutely top-notch. We have to see each other, do you hear clearly?

As for the defensive end, Tim is also tired, everyone should help!Don't let him stand alone anymore!Otherwise, what happened in the previous game would be a repeat!He will take away the victory alone!Go help Tim!Look at the right time to start!Understand? ? ?

Popovich was really anxious, and he just started digging out the details.Otherwise, he knows very well that this game cannot be played.The opponent's overall response and overall restraint are all aimed at the Spurs. If he does not make adjustments, he will fail.

He can't just watch the team lose 2 games in a row!

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(End of this chapter)