You'd better wrap me

Chapter 286

Popovich's remarks were quickly presented to fans across the United States through ESPN live broadcast, and heated discussions broke out.

Kevin Pelton, a well-known Soviet fan, tweeted: "I have never seen Popovich so aggressive, and he said that in public. I think he wants to give Su Yang a psychological hint. Threatening Su Yang not to try to hit the Spurs' basket, and at the same time not giving the Spurs players a way out, requiring a fierce and confrontational style of play, no luck, and must be tough to the end."

Well-known Su Hei Bill Simmons tweeted: "This is not normal Popovich, normal Popovich doesn't talk like that, I think he is crazy, but crazy is better, as strict as him It is difficult for the coach who executes the tactics to continue to attack according to the previous pattern against a player who does not take the usual path like Su Yang, but he can't find any other special method.

Only strengthening the confrontation is always feasible! "

TNT commentator Charles Barkley commented on the program: "Su Yang has never been the kind of player who can be intimidated. High-intensity confrontation will make him excited, but I think Popovich's purpose is not to threaten Su Yang. Instead, they want to induce Su Yang to rush to the basket more, try to prove the dunk more, and then disrupt the normal offensive system of the Clippers. If you commit a flagrant foul, the same goes for everyone else, so be careful.

I think that's a very smart move, especially in the context of Tim Duncan getting the Defensive Player of the Year. "

Fans in various forums were also surprised by Popovich's harsh words, and they predicted that the game between the two teams would be exciting.

Seeing the interview with Popovich, Su Yang smiled slightly and continued training on his own.As old opponents, the Spurs know each other too well, and there is almost no special prepared strategy. They pull out the usual routines used in previous games and run a few times, waiting for the scene.

At the same time as the training, ESPN held a roundtable meeting with 13 commentators to predict the Clippers and Spurs. Eight of them predicted that the Clippers would advance, and the other five predicted that the Spurs would advance, and all five of them believed that the Spurs needed to play seven games. .

After training in the afternoon, Su Yang was interviewed on the sidelines as usual. Talking about Popovich’s speech, he said: “I am very happy that he said that, because if I forcefully pull down the dunk, the referee will know very clearly. That was a flagrant foul."

The reporter asked if he was worried that Popovich said that on purpose, Su Yang shrugged slightly: "Don't bother thinking about it, as long as he is happy."

On the [-]th of the next day, the second-round matchup between the Clippers and the Spurs in the Western Conference playoffs started at the Los Angeles YouTube Center.

The game will be broadcast live on TNT, with host Marvin Abbott and former NBA players Steven Kerr and Reggie Miller commenting.After the regular opening broadcast, the screen of Bruce Bowen being interviewed appeared on the monitor in the commentary booth.

[To be honest, I feel that I am about to retire. This year may be my last season. I am ready to give everything. Popovich let me return to the starting position in the playoffs. All I have to do is to do my best Limit Su Yang. 】

After the screen was broadcast, Marvin asked, "Reggie, as a player who just retired, what do you think of Bowen's statement?"

Miller curled his lips slightly: "Given what Bruce Bowen has done in the past, I think this is also a psychological implication. He doesn't necessarily need Su Yang to hear his remarks, and other Clippers players, including the Clippers coach. Teams, even playing the Clippers uniforms can have an effect, in short, it implies that they will play very tough, there will be malicious fouls, and the Clippers will be afraid."

Steve Kerr answered: "As an old teammate, I think Bruce said that more for deterrence. He may make relatively large fouls, but more is to give the Clippers, including Su Yang. Player deterrence, trying to make it difficult for Clippers players to let go of their hands and feet to play [-]% when they enter, the Clippers must have done a similar analysis internally, and the two teams have already started a psychological game."

During the conversation, the MVP award ceremony began. Stern stood in the middle circle and picked up the microphone and said: "Good evening! Clippers fans in Los Angeles and all over the world, as well as non-Clippers fans, and Su Yang's black fans, I Congratulations from the bottom of my heart.

Congratulations to Su Yang, who has won three consecutive MVPs in scoring, assists, and steals for three consecutive seasons, and averaged a triple-double this season. You may not have experienced the era when Larry Bird and the Magician confronted each other. , You may not have witnessed the era of Michael Jordan's reign, but you are participating in every minute and every second of Su Yang's GOAT.

Su Yang is an award bestowed by God on basketball. Let's cheer, shout, and celebrate Su Yang's three consecutive MVPs! "

After the voice fell, cheers erupted in the Youtube Center.

With "Enemy" playing, Su Yang stepped into the arena to receive the MVP trophy from Stern, raised his hand high and showed it around the court, aiming at Alba, Ivanka and other women, Jimmy Fox and Downey Jr. Friends, politicians such as Obama and Schwarzenegger, colleagues such as Lu Qi and Sandberg, partners such as Chuangpu and Sterling, gave quick glances.

"Thank you! Thank you to all the fans and naysayers, thank you Iguodala and all the teammates, thank you Coach Spoelstra, thank you for going through this amazing journey with me, this is a sign of our greatness, and we will continue to go .”

The cheers resounded through the arena again. Su Yang handed over the trophy to the staff and put it away. Then he followed the announcer and stood with his teammates at the Clippers' half court. The scene entered the national anthem performance ceremony. Newcomer singer Taylor Swift Take the lead.

Maybe he was a little nervous, or maybe his singing skills were mediocre, but Taylor actually sang broken notes continuously, and everyone at the scene couldn't help but not laugh.

The performance ended in a blink of an eye, and the long whistle sounded.

The game entered the final preparation stage, Su Yang walked to the technical stage, and was about to give Duncan a high-five.Unexpectedly, Parker coaxed and coaxed Duncan aside forcibly, and stopped Francisco Elson who was trying to shake hands with Su Yang by the way, which was quite cold.

Su Yang didn't care, he walked to the middle circle and stood still, and the central big screen simultaneously showed the matchup relationship: point guard Su Yang vs. Parker, shooting guard Ray Allen vs. Finley, small forward Iguodala vs. Bowen, Power forward Hill vs. Duncan, center Milley vs. Elson.

Hill's role as the starting power forward is a bold change on the spot. After discussing with Su Yang and Spoelstra, they decided that the Spurs would participate in the battle within 24 hours after the tiebreaker. The Spurs' starting center Elson basically has no offensive ability, and Milicic can completely switch to Duncan as a power forward on the defensive end.

Anyway, try it first, Varejao fully understands and supports it, if the effect is not good, you can stop early and replace it.

While thinking about it, the announcer yelled a jump ball.

The referee James threw the ball lightly, and Milicic jumped up, touched the ball first and then vigorously moved it.

Su Yang picked up the basketball, raised his hand and made a long pass, and Iguodala rushed to the basket at the same time with the cover of Hill's back. He retreated and didn't give the fast break an empty catch.

But because of the quick retreat, Bowen chased Iguodala, all the way to the basket, and then moved to the right corner.

Parker was forced to defend alone at the top of the arc, and Finley dared not change positions.

Su Yang then dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, swayed to the left, and saw that Parker was about to block the right and put the left. He bowed decisively, lowered his right hand and lowered his right hand to switch to the left, and then rushed two steps to the free throw line. Inside, facing Elson, he moved laterally to make up defense and flew to take off.

bang!Su Yang succeeded in dunking Elson.

The cheers burst instantly. Presidential candidate Obama took the lead in standing ovation, and many fans followed suit.

Who would have thought that the first attack in the opening game would explode like this!

Su Yang directly dunks Spurs center Elson!
Popovich also said before the game to avoid dunks at all costs. Elson did reach out, but it was obviously too slow.

Slap in the face on the spot!

In the transition between offense and defense, Parker took the ball and ran to the right wing of the frontcourt, handed it to Duncan at the top of the arc, then rushed to the free throw line, used Elson and Bowen to make an 'Iverson crosscut', and ran to the left wing position , Receive the pass back, and find Elson who followed up to play a pick-and-roll, and Duncan simultaneously used Bowen to cover and go down, creating the threat of a sling pass and rushing to the basket, forcing Iguodala to switch defenses immediately.

Iguodala decisively switched defenses, while Milicic boldly gave up chasing Bowen and stayed at the free throw line to double-team.

After a moment of hesitation, Parker was overtaken by Su Yang. He completely lost the opportunity to break through, and simply threw the ball to Bowen who was vacant at the top of the arc.

Bowen caught the ball and made a fake shot. He was embarrassed to find Milicic motionless, so he had to bite the bullet and shoot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Iguodala jumped up and pushed the ball out against Duncan. He had no intention of grabbing the rebound by himself. He just thought that it would be difficult for him to catch Duncan. He had to create conditions for his teammates, and the basketball was successfully sent to the left 45 In front of Su Yang who is at a high degree.

Cheers erupted in the arena. Su Yang caught the ball and changed hands behind his back to avoid Parker. Guang caught a glimpse of Bowen moving sideways to grab, and directly slammed the ball around the top to avoid it, and then took a step to meet Elson, who was moving sideways and had not yet stood still, and flew up to take off, aiming at the basket and smashing.

bang!The basketball exploded into the net.

At the same time, the referee blew the whistle and punished Elson for blocking the foul, indicating that Su Yang's two points were valid, and gave an additional penalty.

Presidential candidate Obama stood up and applauded again, and among the many shouts, Chuang Pu raised his hand and gave Ivanka a thumbs up, as if praising a good job. He obviously appreciated Su Yang's violent dunk just now, and thought that this son-in-law Really awesome.

In the live broadcast, Miller spread his hands: "This is the result of Popovich and Bruce Bowen playing psychological warfare. They should have expected such a scene. After all, Su Yang jumped over Iverson to dunk Duncan at the last moment of the Olympic final. The world's number one hunk.

I'm looking forward to subsequent performances. "

Cole nodded: "You may think that Chairman Stern's praise of Su Yang as God's reward for basketball is too exaggerated, but after two dunks in the opening game, I think everyone will admit that those remarks are very correct. Su Yang's fans, or Su Yang's haters, will definitely admit that he is invincible in playing basketball, and Nike's nearly [-] million signings were worth it."

(End of this chapter)