basketball purple front

Chapter 856
On May 5th, US time, today is the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals.

This game is still played at the home court of the Spurs.

As soon as they walked into the AT&T Center Arena in San Antonio, the entire Lakers team felt a great pressure. The relaxed and even slightly cheerful atmosphere made people uncomfortable and uncomfortable.It's as if the series is over.

Of course, in a sense, this is the end.

After falling behind by a big score of 0-3, there has never been a record of a comeback in NBA history.

Not once.

That's why ESPN is so arrogant, James is secretly happy, and the diehard Lakers fans are so downcast.

There's no way, it's come to this point, who really thinks there's a chance to turn things around?

In the hearts of the Lakers players, there are actually few people who still have faith.

The 1.7-second lore of the last game almost destroyed the last resistance of the Lakers.

Now, more players just get the job done and end the series, the season, like the walking dead.

Among them, even Nash and Gasol are not very motivated. After all, the big score of 0-3 is really shocking.It's not something you can change by saying something stupid like "I'm dying".Reality is reality, and it's useless if you don't admit defeat.

The Lakers, this season, have been eliminated.

Even "Lakers Nation" and "Los Angeles Times" have all begun to adjust the focus of their narratives, starting the season summary in advance.

This all means that no one is optimistic about this Lakers team.

99% of the people in the world feel that the Lakers will definitely lose this round of the series.

Before D'Antoni's game, he was a little "weak" in the locker room, although the Western Conference Finals had exceeded his original season expectations too much.However, we have come to this point, who doesn't want to go a little further?Especially him, he also hopes to use a Larry O'Brien Cup to prove his coaching ability.

But, no but, after the big score fell behind 0-3, the suspense has disappeared.

The last 1.7 seconds of the last game was when the Lakers fell to the ground.

This game, alas...

As I said before, this Lakers team was not built according to the championship team at all, so there are a lot of "mercenaries" and "temporary workers" in it.There are just a few of the basic salary of a veteran for a year.When this kind of team wins, it's okay to say, once they lose, once they fall into adversity, there will be internal problems in an instant.That's the case with the Lakers right now.

Many players are a bit "uninterested in fighting".

Especially some people who only signed a one-year short contract and a veteran's basic salary, they all began to shift their minds off the field, and shifted to how to get the next contract after the end of the season.In fact, there is nothing wrong with it, and you can't criticize and blame them too much.After all, compared to star players, they don't have any endorsements, and they just rely on this "dead salary" to support their families.Moreover, their sports lifespan cannot be as long as that of star players, and many of them will fade out of the league in their 30s.

Under such circumstances, since there is no hope of advancing, their center of gravity will naturally begin to shift.

Negotiations, contract extensions, or entering the free market to test the waters, etc., are the top priorities.

In this way, before the Lakers game started, it seemed that people were panicked and people were scattered.

This is also the real professional basketball, the real NBA, sometimes if you want to win, you don't just need to consider on-court factors.

Before you see hope, whatever slogans you shout at them, what chicken blood you slap on them, probably won't have much effect.Everyone is an adult, and in the face of a meaningless future, of course, a real contract and a dollar are more attractive.

When Kobe saw this scene, his expression was extremely bad, but he also knew that it was useless to say anything now.

Just do your best and don't regret it.

However, if you really try your best, can you have no regrets?
My last season, my hard-won last all-round peak season, is about to fall here?
How much, still not quite reconciled, right?
Kobe took a deep breath, and the moment he walked out of the player tunnel, he suddenly said in his heart:

If this is the last game of my career, I will definitely give it my all and I will not hold back any more.

Players from both sides came on the court, and Tang Qian couldn't laugh at all when he listened to the light-hearted jokes and jokes of the Spurs' on-site commentator.

Like Kobe, he doesn't want to lose yet.

So as soon as he came up, he made up his mind to explode early.Although this is not easy.But it is also something that players at the superstar level and above should do.

The Spurs used No. 1 Parker as an attack point as soon as they came up. This is almost a must-do for a team with a No. 1 offensive strongman this season to deal with the Lakers. The 40-year-old Nash, what's the matter, his defensive end is completely scumbag, and there is absolutely no injustice in saying that he is a "cash machine".

The aging of physical functions is unstoppable. Even if you are the God of Joe, after the age of 40, in the last season of the Wizards, the defense is also too weak.It's a far cry from his last season with the Bulls.

This is the case with Jordan's physical talent and anti-aging ability, let alone Steve Nash, who is originally of average physical fitness and ordinary defense?The Spurs did this, there is nothing to be contemptuous of, professional basketball, everything is about winning, how can there be any "sympathy"?If you want to sympathize, that is also an off-court thing.On the field, absolutely impossible.

In particular, this team is still the San Antonio Spurs, known for their execution and discipline.

Parker singled out Steve Nash in the opening game, and with a not particularly strong change of direction, he passed Nash cleanly.Note that it is really clean, completely broken through, and there is no shadow left.Then Parker made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot, and the basketball went into the net accurately without interference.

The Frenchman Tony Parker is no longer the stunned young man who only made breakthroughs. Over the years, the three-pointer is hard to say, but the mid-range is completely developed, and it is nothing like it used to be.His current mid-to-long distance basket shot rate is as high as almost 3/1 of the total shot rate, specifically 36.9%, and his shooting rate is as high as 45%!

This is already a super-accurate hit rate in the CIC.

For middle and long distances, more than 4% is considered excellent.

After all, CIC cannot rely on the simple muscle memory of practicing three-pointers to quickly improve, so Parker was able to go from an unreliable CIC to a hidden CIC master. This transformation, he definitely made it unknown hard work.

Soon the Spurs relied on Parker's 4 of 3 shots in the opening game, plus a free throw to score 7 points. What about the Lakers?Still zero points, or duck eggs.This opening situation caused the entire AT&T Center Arena to burst into a lot of cheers. Tang Qian could clearly feel that the atmosphere in this arena was becoming more relaxed and more conducive to the performance of the Spurs players.

For the Lakers players, they made mistakes again and again at the beginning of the game, distracted, lack of concentration, and low-level mistakes. These are all unacceptable things.But tonight, it seemed as if the entire Lakers team was possessed, one person infecting another person. Even the experienced Steve Nash felt a little "absent-minded".

This is undoubtedly disastrous for a team, especially a team that is behind by a large score.

The Spurs beat the Lakers 15-6 in half a quarter, leading by 9 points. In the end, it was only because of D'Antoni's timeout that they temporarily slowed down, and then walked away jokingly.What about the Lakers?He made 4 turnovers at the beginning of the game, hit the iron without thinking, passed the ball in time, and other problems, the list is endless.

It's ridiculous to want to win the Spurs in such a situation.

In fact, this is Tang Qian's defensive performance in the penalty area. Otherwise, the score is probably far more than that.

But Tang Qian didn't feel anything to be proud of, because now the Lakers have reached the cliff, no, one foot has already stepped off the edge of the cliff, and if they retreat, they will fall directly to the cliff, without a place to die.

But what can he do?All he can do is defend and rebound.

And as if the heavens were going to embarrass him and make the Lakers' misfortunes never come singly, tonight's "inner demon" immediately deducted a full 25% of Tang Qian's competitive state.This means that even if he inspired the "half-god descending to earth", the effect would be a weakened version.

After using it, it is not as powerful as the original one.

Fortunately, Tang Qian's state quickly exploded, which slowed down a bit, but it was not enough, just defending the explosion was not enough.

Because of the 25% "Demon discount", this is a bit much by any means.

A higher state must be exploded.

And it will last!Time can't be short!
hateful!Can't just give up!Be sure to fight this game! ! !
In the second half of the first quarter, after Kobe passed a few more balls to Gasol, he couldn't hold back completely, and the whole person suddenly entered the state of "scoring The.Zone".But who knew that the "Third Year with Facial Paralysis" on the opposite side didn't show any weakness, and followed immediately into the "Defense The.Zone".

This makes Kobe only 4 of 2 shots, and it is not impossible to say, but from Kobe's expectations and the current needs of the Lakers, it is far from enough.He also needs more firepower input to improve firepower.

Seeing this, Popovich is really thankful that he traded Leonard. Otherwise, without this defensive genius, the Spurs might really be caused by the number 24 on the opposite side and cause big trouble.After all, No. 24's style of play originally restrained the Spurs' style of play and system.

This cannot but be said to be a "luck element" of the Spurs.

In fact, even in the regular season, Leonard does not have the current defensive energy. In the playoffs, he seems to be suddenly stimulated by some acupoints and meridians. It will be a round of series, or even a few games. Climbed a step.This speed of progress has already surprised Popovich a little.To put it bluntly, when he chose Kawhi Leonard, the Spurs as a whole were a little dissatisfied.Because the person who was exchanged was originally a 3D player with good defense. Besides, he had been with the Spurs for a long time, and he was familiar with the operation of skills, tactics and system. A pure rookie, no matter how you look at it, it feels a bit at a disadvantage.

Because the 15th pick is no longer a small green house, such rookies are lost every year, countless.

What's more, Leonard's dynamic physical test is still very poor. He is not a 3rd position with particularly strong athletic ability. In addition, some words in the scout report, such as the future positioning prediction is blue-collar, poor athletic ability, and the offensive selection is very bad. It's a bit "independent", so his final draft template is...Gerald Wallace.

You must know that the Spurs are a very collective team, with poor offensive choices and "too independent". This is a point of natural psychological resistance among Spurs fans.Therefore, it was Popovich's personal arbitrariness to exchange George Hill for rookie Leonard.Of course, time has proved everything now. This young man with a personality similar to Duncan has far more amazing potential than what the scouts saw at the beginning.

Even Popovich himself probably didn't expect Leonard to grow so fast at first.Especially on the defensive end. Judging from his current vision, this guy is close to or even reached the level of Ron Artest at that time.And the Ron Artest he is talking about here is the Ron Artest in the season when he got DPOY as an outside player.

It's just a pity...

Popovich looked at the No. 29 inside the Lakers, shook his head with regret and said:

There is a blue-collar monster in the league, a blue-collar superstar, otherwise this DPOY, the Spurs No. 2 will not have a chance to be contaminated.

However, if the No. 29 can be dug over, and then form a combined defensive lineup with Leonard, the Spurs will be the strongest defensive team in the league for at least the next five years.none of them.

Thinking of this, Popovich moved his mind again. As for Tang Qian's repeated solicitation of Duncan, he didn't care.

Because in the league of the NBA, "anything is possible" is emphasized on the court, and the same is true off the court.

In the classic thinking of Americans, well, there is nothing that is really not for sale, and there is nothing that can't really work.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed the San Antonio Spurs by 9 points, 25-16, and entered the second quarter.

However, the lag in the first quarter seems to give them a reason to "give up" and "indulge" for the Lakers.

It seems that this is the case anyway, and the broken jars are harmless, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

The big score is 0-3 behind, and now the fourth game is also behind at the beginning. The Lakers should also end this season.

Many Lakers players began to have such thoughts in their hearts.

PS: This is the first update, to make up for yesterday's, Xiaozi will continue to write the second update, and will not break his promise~ Thank you for your understanding yesterday~
Continue to continue~~~ I can’t wait to get up and watch it tomorrow morning~~~ I guess it’s going to be very late~~~
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