basketball purple front

Chapter 216

75-75, the two teams started the competition in the fourth quarter.

In China, the studio of Chao.Ting Sports Station.

"Mike Brown is on the full lineup again? It's a little unreasonable. Manu Ginobili hasn't been on the opposite side yet." Zhang Weiping frowned when he saw the Lakers' lineup.

"Maybe it's to expand the score advantage." Meteor Shower added.

"No, the main players of the Lakers have been on the field for too long, and they will definitely be exhausted later in the game. Then the Spurs can take the game away with a wave of GDP as long as they play." Zhang Weiping said: "Mike Brown This game was too rushed."

In fact?

Mike Brown's goal was half achieved. As soon as the Lakers came on the court, Kobe launched an offense. He made sudden shots and scored 5 points in an instant, 80-75. The Black Mamba used his personal ability to help the Lakers establish a lead.On the other hand, the Spurs played unhurriedly and without any hassle, as if they were not affected by Kobe at all, and they played conventional tactical balls at their own pace.

What is Popovich's strategy?It's very simple. To use a Chinese idiom, it's called late strike.

The fourth quarter strategy he set for the Spurs was to focus on defense in the first half, try to consume the opponent's physical strength, and then switch to offense in the second half, exerting strength in one fell swoop, and winning the game.

It's a pity that Mike Brown didn't see it...or he saw it, but didn't have the courage to resolve it.

So what Mike Brown means is that the lead should be established at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and then the lead should be held to steadily run out the game time.

After 3 minutes, the offensive strength of the Lakers gradually declined. In fact, except for Kobe, the others did not make many shots.The Spurs' key defensive ability has been among the best in the league for more than a decade, and it is very good.Bynum was entangled by Duncan, almost crazy, 5 of 0 shots, which is his offensive report card in the fourth quarter, even if he grabbed 4 offensive rebounds at the same time, it was useless.Because of the same, he was blocked by Duncan 3 times at the basket, and he was greatly disturbed twice, and his shots hit the basket.Because of the problem of tactical position, Gasol was completely useless in martial arts, so he could only fight with the "short forward" DeJuan Blair of the Spurs.Roaming around the edge of the penalty area is not what the Spaniard is best at, and he has to compare his mobility with someone who is 12cm shorter than himself, which is "worse."With DeJuan Blair heavily watching, Pau Gasol went 3-for-0 from mid-range and was completely lost.

How could it be possible to last long just relying on the "Old Panman" to continue his life?As Kobe's shooting percentage dropped, the Spurs had a small climax and turned the score over in the blink of an eye.

From 82-85, the Spurs only took about 1 minute, all were passes, all were assists, and all were open.

Just when Mike Brown called a timeout, ready to interrupt the Spurs' offensive state, a "bad news" came out of nowhere.

Let Mike. Brown by surprise.

Paul Gasol, clutching his calf, fell to the ground in pain.

This was a non-confrontation injury, that is to say, it was the Spaniard's body that had problems on its own.

"Team doctor, call the team doctor up!!!" Seeing this situation, Kobe quickly shouted to the Lakers bench.

Without Mike Brown's instructions, the Lakers' chief team doctor Gary Vitti ran up with someone. He first checked Gasol's sore spot, then asked the Spaniard a few questions, and finally gave Preliminary conclusion: Pau Gasol has severe cramp in his right calf and is no longer fit to continue participating in the rest of the fourth quarter.

He made a gesture with Mike Brown, and then led someone to unfold the stretcher and brought the Spaniard back to the locker room.

At the critical moment, the loss of the "general" has virtually cast a shadow over the prospects of the Lakers tonight.

Gasol played too long in this game, and played too long this season. He is a white European, nearly 32 years old, and is no longer suitable for high-intensity confrontation with an average of more than 37 minutes per game.In fact, he was also an "iron man" at the power forward position before. After coming to the Lakers, he played 37+ minutes almost every season.But now, he was getting older, and his body's ability to bear it no longer allowed such a large amount of consumption.

Originally, the Lakers were a bit "at the end of their battle" now, and now there is one less Pau Gasol. The situation is no less than a blow to the team.

"Coach Brown, hurry up and arrange the players, the referee is urging us!" Just as Mike Brown was a little dazed, the assistant coaches of the Lakers reminded him one after another.

"Oh, yes, then who will be sent on the field?" Mike Brown was a little "in a trance" in the face of this "natural and man-made disaster".

He is not the kind of head coach with a particularly strong psychological endurance, so when he thinks of the "verbal criticism" after losing tomorrow, he becomes dizzy and his tongue becomes inexplicably dry.

"Mr. Brown, in my opinion, let China play the game." Lakers assistant coach Mark Madsen suggested.

Mark Madsen was a player of the Lakers during the "three consecutive championships" period. He won the championship ring with the OK combination. After retiring from the Timberwolves in 2009, he joined the NBDL league and became an assistant coach of the Utah Lightning.He just got promoted from NBDL this year and joined the coaching staff of the Lakers.

So he is more emotional to the Los Angeles Lakers than Mike Brown.

"China is hot?" Mike Brown ran his mushy brain for a while, and then said: "His offensive ability is too lacking. Now we need offensive points to open up the situation. Why don't we let Troy Murphy go up, he is worse than China has a hot basket."

"Troy Murphy?" Mark Madsen disagreed: "Mr. Brown, Troy's offensive ability is no longer at its peak, and he is old, and his attack power is almost negligible when he is defended by others." In this way, it is better to send China Iron, his defensive ability can at least provide a certain degree of help to the team at this stage."

"That, that's fine." Mike Brown nodded in frustration. It could be seen that Paul Gasol was injured and retired, which made the Ohio native think of giving up.As for Tang Qian, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Although Mike Brown deprived the Spaniard of his position as the second core as soon as he came to the Lakers, this does not mean that he thinks that the Spaniard is not good. What he did was more to consolidate his team status than to Look down on Pau Gasol's personal ability.

So right now Gasol left early, Mike. Brown felt a little hopeless.

"Thank you, Mr. Madsen, thank you for your recommendation." Tang Qian thanked Mark Madsen after taking off his training clothes.

"You don't need to thank me, I'm just doing my job well." Mark Madsen said, "If you don't perform well, I will also suggest that Coach Brown replace you."

"So just do your best, young man."

"Well, I will, Mr. Madsen." Tang Qian nodded.

PS: This Mark Madsen used to be the "predecessor" of Thackeray of the Lakers, the bench cheerleader. Xiaozi liked this man very much, so he joined the coaching staff of the Lakers one year in advance. I would like to explain.

This is the first update today, and there will be another update tonight, thank you for your support~
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