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Chapter 585 Tianwang Mountain
With 5 minutes and 57 seconds left in the second quarter, the Lakers played again on the 29th. At this time, the Lakers had fallen behind by a full 19 points, 30-49, which is not miserable.With the cheers and booing in the AT&T Center Arena, the morale of the Zijin Army was low.

This is the difference between a fake strong team and a real strong team. Sometimes a team with 50+ or ​​even 60+ wins in the regular season will be revealed as soon as it enters the playoffs, and it will be easily harvested.The most important point is that the team's overall toughness and will have huge flaws.Take the Spurs as an example, no matter what position it is, what stage it is at, whether it is leading or falling behind, there will generally not be a crash or even a crash scenario.Even if it appears a few times occasionally, the frequency is relatively "poor".

And it was more than ten points behind, and there was still not much depression on their faces.

The pseudo-strong team is different. When it reaches the real playoff strength, it is easy to collapse inexplicably, collapse inexplicably, and be taken away by a "wave of flow".What's more, the Lakers are not even considered a pseudo-strong team now, at most they are a second-rate team or a third-rate team.

It’s really not an exaggeration. Without Kobe, Nash, and Ci Shiping, internal chaos, low morale, and most of the team’s “self-satisfaction” and “lack of fighting spirit”. In this situation, it is a second-rate team. Faintly lifted it up.Looking at the combat power of the original time and space, it can be said that Gasol and Howard were two inside stars, but they were swept cleanly in 4 games. The net negative score was 79 points, and the average net negative score was 91. It ended in a disastrous defeat.What a concept, almost every game is a big victory close to 91 points, and almost every game has entered garbage time.

So the good times are good, but if there is a little bit of a reversal, the bubble will collapse in an instant, and the failures will fly, and it will return to its original shape.

The current lineup of the Lakers, the lack of will is unimaginable. With the fall of No. 24, it is not impossible to say that it is the worst of the 16 playoff teams in the league.After all, the Spurs are the team that entered the finals this year. It would be a big joke if they were shot to death in two or three shots.

Do you really think that entering the finals is such an easy thing?
Any team that can reach the finals in one year is strong and should not be underestimated.

The Spurs somewhat underestimated their opponents in the first two games, so the Lakers took advantage of the loopholes and picked up the basket. Now that they are back at home, after a little preparation, they immediately showed the true strength of the holy city.The tacit cooperation, smooth offense, and near-perfect defensive rotation made the Los Angeles Lakers suddenly dry out of "moisture" and become "dried fish".

Tang Qian's activation of "Half God Down to Earth" is very strong, but unfortunately, "Half God Down to Earth" only cares about defense and rebounding. As for offense, he can't use his strength.Besides, the "Demon" in this game has weakened his competitive state by 15%, making it even more difficult to attack.If Steve Nash is still there, there may be some way. Now, Tang Qian on the offensive end can only stare blankly.

But who said you have to be offensive to make the Lakers improve?Do you really think that your "half-god descending to earth" is useless?

Tang Qian also became completely serious, and he wanted to fully unleash the power of "Demigod descending to earth".

The Lakers missed an outside shot, Tang Qian grabbed the offensive rebound, and then continued to shoot again, and if he missed, grab again!
brush~
Finally, Duhon made a three-pointer.

33-49, the Lakers are still 16 points behind their opponents.

The Spurs attacked, still using the pick-and-roll, Leonard slipped out, and the basketball...was slapped by No. 29 of the Lakers!

Then Gasol scored a 2-pointer on the offensive end, 35-49.

The Spurs Duncan made a low shot, was interfered by Tang Qian who came from the defense, and then slid out of the basket. The Lakers got the rebound.

Meeks made a three-pointer and missed it. In fact, his opponent is Danny Green. This is an absolutely top-notch 3D player with a strong defense. Moreover, he is taller than Meeks and has a long wingspan. It is also longer than Meeks, as long as he does not take fake moves, it is difficult for Meeks to attack successfully.What's more, Meeks basically doesn't have the ability to combine sudden shots, he just needs to strangle the outside shot.

Popovich assigned only one task to Danny Green in this game, and that was to stare down the No. 20 of the Lakers, Jody Meeks.The latter can no longer be allowed to have the "big shot and special shot" situation in the first two games.This is a very smart approach. The Lakers now lack a stable 3-point fort, and after Nash and Kobe Ci Shiping were injured one after another, they are even more stretched.Although Darius Morris is young, he really doesn't have an outside basket, and he is extremely unstable outside the 3-point line and cannot be trusted.Chris Duhon needs a lot of open shots to shoot, and the playoffs are fierce, and there are very few opportunities for him to make shots. The current average shooting percentage of 36.4% in the series is not very reliable.Jamison is an outside shooter who doesn't need too many open shots, but since he had a quarrel with No. 29, he has become more and more chaotic, making Mike D'Antoni almost so angry that he directly pressed him on the bench.

So now the most reliable outside shooter for the Lakers is Jody Meeks. He has a certain strong shooting ability, and his open shots are also accurate.The average contribution of more than 20+ points in the first two games is proof.

However, he is only a role player after all. Once he is targeted and taken care of deliberately, his firepower will immediately drop, that is, his combat power will be greatly reduced.And that terrible breakthrough ability also prevented Meeks from breaking through Danny Green's defense. So far in this game, only 3 points have been scored, which is the best evidence.

The stats of 7 of 1 shots are really unattainable, and they are completely different from their performances at home in the previous two games.

But he is just a person with an annual salary of 150 million US dollars, what else do you want?To have two extraordinary performances, the Lakers have already made a lot of money.

At this time, Tang Qian took the initiative to stand up, relying on his terrifying rebounding ability, once again squeezed his opponent away to get this offensive rebound.Then he made a second offensive shot at the basket, trying to catch San Antonio by surprise.It's a pity that this time is different from the previous two games. Tim Duncan's competitive state has improved a lot, so a big hat was slapped on Tang Qian's basketball.

hateful!It was blocked!Does this old guy still have such a quick reaction?

Tang Qian didn't know that in the escalating confrontation, the Spurs No. 21 broke out quietly, which made the Lakers' inside offense difficult.So far in the whole game, he has not scored a few inside goals.

Including Tang Qian's shots this time, they were all blocked by Duncan, so don't look at No. 21 who is two years older than Kobe, but the average 2.7+ blocks per game in the regular season is not fake. After the outbreak, his ability is not bad.At least there is no problem dealing with No. 4.9 of the Lakers, who averaged 29 points per game and were weakened by "inner demons".

However, the Spurs also failed to score. Danny Green's three-pointer was too powerful, so it hit the basket's neck heavily.

Tang Qian jumped high and protected the defensive rebound, and then the Lakers got another chance to attack.

To be on the safe side, Du Honghang gave Gasol an inside attack. Gasol played singles inside, but he was unsuccessful. His shooting touch tonight was really bad enough. It was the worst feeling in the entire series. game.But... the rebound was picked up by No. 29 of the Lakers again, and then the basket was strong. Tim Duncan made up the defense in time and almost blocked the former's ball.

The basketball didn't score, and the Spurs took the rebound.

It can be seen that now it has entered the period of tug-of-war, and both sides are fighting to see who can't hold on first and break the deadlock.

"Boy Dongfang, your rebounding is really domineering, but inside offense, hehe, that's another matter." Although Duncan looked dull, he was definitely not the kind of person who didn't talk trash. Kobe once blew himself up Dao, often sparring trash talk with No. 21 of the Spurs.Therefore, "a person should not be judged by his appearance." As a master of psychology, Duncan's level of trash talk is absolutely high.

Tang Qian knew that this was Duncan's trash talk, so he said to him: "Is your rebounding not as good as the rumors? Could it be that you are old and useless?" Duncan still had a dull face when he heard the words. Said: "Hey, Dongfang boy, who do you think is leading now? As the laggards, shouldn't you be in awe of the leader?"

"It won't be soon!" After Tang Qian finished speaking, he devoted himself to a new round of offense, but the overall defense of the Spurs was too tacit and powerful, which made the Lakers have no good way to score points.It wasn't until the end of the second quarter that the Lakers raised the score to 38 points, but the Spurs were not much better, scoring only 5 points in 2 minutes, 38-51.

The Lakers trailed by 13 points entering the second half.

In the locker room, Mike D'Antoni kept emphasizing the need to attack more decisively and confidently. Unfortunately, his authority in the Lakers is really limited, and he lacks the support of an excellent No. 1 position. tactics".Expecting Du Hong to achieve "7 seconds or less" is even more difficult than meeting aliens.

What kind of basketball are the Lakers playing now?
"Amateur basketball", "talented basketball" and "instinctive basketball" rely on years of basketball experience to play anyway. You can talk about tactics and coordination, but they are all the most basic and simple.In other words, it is the tactics and coordination that amateur players will do.

Relying on this kind of cooperation and tactics, the Lakers can equalize the series score, which seems to be a miracle in itself from the outside world.It's just that "miracles" are just "miracles" after all, and the issue of hard power will not change significantly.

Without Kobe Nash and Metta World Peace, the Lakers scored steadily, and the score was reduced by nearly 52 points at once. You can see clearly, this is a full 52 points!Not 15 and not 25!Why does the outside world think that the Lakers are just spectators in the playoffs, which is directly related to the lack of scoring points.

If the Lakers can score 52 more points, then maybe the situation will be completely different.

At least in terms of scoring, it won't be as ugly as it is now.

The current Lakers have a poor perimeter defense and an extremely lack of scoring ability. Compared with the regular season, this is actually more vulnerable on paper.Therefore, it is almost impossible to win the series.

The American authoritative media headed by ESPN are not completely fabricated, and their data quotations do make sense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, although Tang Qian fought hard on the defensive end and rebounding end, he had a great advantage, but after all, basketball is for five players. No matter how good your inside defense is, it is useless if you can't score.It is said that "offense buys tickets, defense wins", but you also need to score. Complete defense, even if it is an abnormal level, it can't win the ball.

In essence, basketball is still a competitive sport of scoring points.

Halfway through the third quarter, Tang Qian scored 3 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks and 2 assists. He still couldn't stop the Lakers from losing momentum. The score difference was gradually opened up by the San Antonio people. up.This is really an annoying and helpless scene. When the score came to 42-58, the score difference of 16 points forced the Lakers into a timeout again.

You said how good the Spurs scored and how high the shooting percentage was, but it was not always true. They only scored 7 points in the entire half of the game, which is already considered a poor shooting percentage.But the Lakers' offense is worse and worse.

After more than 6 minutes, only 4 points were recorded, which is extremely ugly.

On the one hand, this shows that both sides have strong defenses. On the other hand, it also shows that the Lakers have too few stable offensive points.

Just relying on Gasol, it is impossible to last for a long time.

And tonight, he is still in a bad state and feels bad.

Even though Popovich is not satisfied with the Spurs' offensive efficiency, his defensive efficiency is quite acceptable.Anyway, defensive battles are fine, as long as they win in the end.The Spurs can be stronger offensively than the Lakers, even if they are limited, it is enough.

After winning Tianwang Mountain, Popovich concluded that the Los Angeles Lakers group of "stragglers" will definitely lose their morale, or even collapse, and then they can easily reap the victory in the next game.Although it took more hands and feet than expected, the problem was solved in 6 games, and it was not a bad ending.You can still take 2 to 3 more days of rest to recover your strength.

At the AT&T Center, the voices of "must win" and "promote" slowly sounded. It could be seen that the fans of the Spurs were also full of confidence in the home team's victory over Tianwangshan.

Because fans who have watched the game for a while know that in a defensive battle, a 16-point advantage is equivalent to announcing victory in advance.

In the live broadcast room of ESPN Channel [-], Jay Williams and Jerry Lucas are discussing the game situation, saying:
"The Lakers are basically over. The score difference of 16 points, in the defensive battle, is equivalent to judging the ending in advance."

"Yes, the Spurs are still the third seed in the league after all. Coupled with the team structure that has long been mature and tacit understanding, it is only a matter of time before they want to defeat Los Angeles, which has no rules and approaches." Jerry Lucas Said: "Facts have proved that the outbreak of a small person is only temporary. If you want to completely overturn the situation, you still think too much."

"If the Lakers still have No. 24, then maybe there is still a glimmer of hope, but right now... 99% of them are a dead end."

"The Zijin Army has already failed in their battle for Tianwang Mountain!"

Including many on-site reporters, they were all brewing the first draft in their minds. Congratulations to the people of San Antonio for capturing Tianwang Mountain.

The bench area of ​​the Lakers was silent. Some people did not speak because they were depressed, some did not speak because they "should be like this", and some did not speak because they were "in a dark mood".In short, the current atmosphere of the Lakers is depressed, and no one still has hope on their faces.

Once again, the mood of "I tried my best, and this is enough" appeared again, and this is what made Mike D'Antoni feel powerless the most.

The players have all given up. What can I do as the head coach who "screams" on the sidelines?
In a basketball game, the players are still on the field.

But just before Mike D'Antoni was about to speak, someone took a step forward and said, "Is this your courage? This is your will? Well, even if that's the case." No. 29 suddenly stood up from his seat, He said loudly, "Just follow me, because..."

"I will lead the Lakers to win the top of Tianwang Mountain!"

As soon as the words fell, the Lakers' bench fell into silence again, but unlike the previous time, this time they were surprised and shocked.

He... still has such great confidence in winning?Such a big desire to win?

He...is it real or not!

Everyone in the Zijin Army said in unison in their hearts at the same time.

PS: Thank you Kamu Angbybi for your big reward~ Xiaozi is not feeling well these days, but she will adjust soon~ Just these two days, I will definitely give you a big reward for Kong Fen~ I will never break my promise ~
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