Basketball starts with breathing

Popovich first told the media about the tactics the Spurs might play in the end, saying that they would double-team Lu Yu and let others shoot, so that they could beat the Suns, who were too dependent on Lu Yu.

Then he began to put pressure on the Suns players, citing the surprising performance of the Suns players when Lu Yu was on the court and when he was not on the court, saying that the Suns were doomed.

Listening to Popovich's tone, the other players of the Suns except Lu Yu are useless. Without Lu Yu, they are not the same fart. This is nonsense.

But for the current Suns, these words are a bit heartbreaking. They still had home court advantage, but they lost the game inexplicably in the last game.

Although I also knew in my heart that it was the Spurs' sudden explosion, I lost, and it was impossible for the Spurs to perform like this every game. As long as I played normally, the Spurs would definitely not win the Suns.

But there will still be different changes in my heart.

Popovich took advantage of this. Doesn't he know that the Spurs' scoring efficiency is simply against the sky? If only in this way can the Spurs win, then in this round of the series, the Spurs will wait for death.

Only by verbally attacking the opponent and causing psychological changes to the Suns players can the Spurs have a little chance of winning the game.

D'Antoni said: "San Antonio is not the devil's home court. We won the game there this season, so we will win the home court advantage."

Lu Yu glanced at him. There was a reason why D'Antoni didn't win the championship in his previous life.

He can't make chicken soup.

The reason why Rivers can become a championship coach is not because of how good his tactics are, but because he can cook chicken soup.

Of course, chicken soup can only be used once or twice, because if you drink too much chicken soup, it will become poisonous chicken soup.

So Rivers won a championship once, and after that, he often became the king of comebacks.

Another coach who can cook chicken soup is Director Lu.

Does Director Lu have any tactics?
I can't say that there is no, but there are not too many, but the chicken soup is good.

Lu Yu saw that going on like this would not work. If his teammates lost their self-confidence and went to the Spurs home court, if they came back after losing two games and the score became 3-1, they would easily lose this round of the series.

"Isn't it just losing a game?"

Lu Yu put down the basketball in his hand, stopped training, and chatted with his teammates: "Popovich thinks they won a game, it's great, he looks down on anyone, and those who don't know think they It's a win."

"I really want to ride on his head, give him a hard slap, let him know that he is wrong, we are the best team, our players are the best players in the league, and they are the Spurs. Shit, Popovich was always proud that the Spurs were the best team in the league."

"I'm playing against a strong team!"

Lu Yu's words made the eyes of the other team members look fierce.

One day later, at the Spurs' home court, Popovich seemed to find that the Suns were a little different. According to his prediction, the Suns players must have some internal conflicts.

...

But the Suns players at the scene felt like they were going to eat themselves.

He's still a little guilty.

There's nothing wrong with these guys' orientation, right?

I can't help tossing about my old arms and legs.

At the beginning of the third game, Nesterovic couldn't jump the ball to Lu Yu at all. The Suns easily got the ball. Nash dribbled the ball across half court.

Nash's speed has always been his advantage when playing other teams, but when he played against the Spurs and met a small sports car, his speed was no longer an advantage.

Silly Pa's speed is not fast speed. From the perspective of the senses alone, players like Westbrook, Irving, and Rose are faster than Parker with or without the ball. I can't stop it, Owen's movement speed is too fast, others can't keep up with his movement changes.

And Parker's fastness is actually the same type as Nash and 077.

Looking at their speed and speed, they didn't feel very explosive, but the people around him always felt half a beat slower than them, and they found space to score the ball from this half-beat time difference. Fast is a top-level sense of rhythm.It's not that people are really slow, but that this kind of opportunity is at that moment. They see and can seize the opportunity, while others may not see the opportunity or fail to grasp the opportunity.

Those who can play in the NBA are already among the 400 best basketball players in the world. Among them are many talented men with top physical fitness. Few players like Rose.However, those who can also possess top qualities in terms of coordination, human-ball combination ability, soft touch, etc., can become the next Rose and Westbrook.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Swift of the Rockets was a typical player whose physical fitness exploded but others were in a mess.

However, Parker, Nash, and 077 have top-notch brains when their body speed is not top-notch, and they are also top-notch in other aspects, so they become this type.

I remember reading a joke before, saying that when the magician first became a coach, he always yelled at the players on the court, asking why he didn't pass the ball when he had a good chance.Until one day, his assistant coach told him: "Maggie, he can't see the opportunity you just mentioned. Not only him, but I can't see it, including other people in this arena. We can't see it. Only you can see, so you are the magician."

Of course, Lu Yu is the player who can see that opportunity.

So Lu Yu is now No.1 in the league.

Nash did not choose to break through Parker, but passed the ball to Marion on the sideline, and Marion lobbed the ball to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu started hitting back?

This season, Lu Yu has always started to attack from the outside, and there are very few cases of back-ups. This game actually entered the back-up mode at the beginning, which is so strange.

Lu Yu hit back continuously, and Nesterovic couldn't bear it at all.

Duncan on the side saw that the situation was wrong, so he hurried up to help pinch. As soon as he helped, the Haslem he was defending on the other side was empty. Bruce Bowen could only shrink the line of defense to prevent Haslem from receiving the ball.

Haslem has the ability to shoot the ball, and the threat of receiving the ball is still relatively large.

...

But he didn't catch the ball, but mentioned that the high position blocked Bowen who was about to come down and shrink. On the other side, Marion was also covering Richardson at the same time. , This series of dazzling moves directly confused the Spurs players.

Who guards whom?
Ginobili bit the bullet and followed Marion, letting go of Richardson who was defending himself, because Marion's air cut threat was too great, and Marion who went to the basket could score directly as long as he received a pass from Lu Yu .

Bowen wanted to defend Richardson, but he couldn't get around if he was blocked.

When everyone thought that Richardson would receive a pass from Lu Yu, Lu Yu finally passed the ball, but the direction of the pass was... Nash?

At this time, the fans discovered that when Richardson had a loophole, Parker's defensive position had shifted, and he wanted to make up for Richardson.

But he made up Richardson, and Nash missed it again.

The tactics of the Suns are really old sows wearing that, one set after another.

When the basketball was passed to Nash, Popovich on the sidelines knew it was over.

Many people know that Nash's passing is very good, but few people have noticed that Nash's shooting percentage is actually very high.

Nash's physical talent is not outstanding, and his physique is relatively thin. Therefore, Nash suffers a lot on the defensive end, but Nash performs very well on the offensive end. His shooting ability is very strong. His training methods are worth learning for younger generations to improve themselves Ability.

Including Durant and Curry later, they all trained shooting skills with Nash.

Nash's shooting is accurate, not only fixed-point shooting, catching and shooting, but also his dribbling and shooting. He can connect various extraordinary movements and cooperate with his own extraordinary movements. Just when the opponent hesitated, Nash had already completed the shot.

In Lu Yu's previous life, when many people heard about Nash, the first thing they thought of was his passing. After all, he was the NBA's five-time assist leader, and his career assists ranked third in history.

Winning the regular season mvp twice in a row also proves that he is a good player.

It may be that his assists are so good that everyone ignores his offense.

Nash should be the most underrated pitcher in the NBA. Although his career scoring average was only 18.8 points per game, his breakthroughs, three-pointers, emergency stop jumpers and small hits are mostly top-notch.

But Nash is more willing to give up scoring opportunities to others, so it's not that Nash's offensive ability is not good. If he is more selfish and takes a few more shots, it will definitely be no problem to average 20 or even 25 points per game.

A total of 4 seasons in his career have entered the "180 club", that is to say, in 4 seasons, he has hit 50% from the field, 40% from three-pointers, and 90% from free throws.There are many players who can enter the 180 club in history, but only Nash has done it 4 times.

So Lu Yu often reminds Nash to take more shots, because his shots are really accurate.

Nash made a steady three-point shot and took the lead in hitting a goal.

If you only look at Lu Yu and Nash in this tactic, it is actually nothing more than Lu Yu's inside singles, attracting flanking attacks, and then passing to Nash who is open, but fans who understand the ball can see how many changes have taken place in the middle.

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3 is better than 0
Lu Yu got his first assist.

The Spurs attack, they mainly focus on Duncan, and Duncan is much better than Nowitzki when he plays Haslem. Compared with Nowitzki, Haslem is much more tired defending Duncan.

Lu Yu could only help him defend, but Duncan still made a mid-range shot.

3 is better than 2
Duncan's touch also looks good this time.

The Suns attacked, and Lu Yu continued to dig deep inside. Nesterovic couldn't stand it, so he could only call his teammates to help defend, but the two of them couldn't come over, and Lu Yu still couldn't hold back. Lu Yu was just one Jumping into the basket, Bowen finally couldn't bear it and came to help defend.

But when he arrived, the ball in Lu Yu's hand was gone.

Outside the three-point line, Richardson made a steady shot without haste, and the basketball hit the net.

6 is better than 2
Lu Yu got the second assist.

Popovich on the sidelines frowned and shouted: "Don't help defend, don't pinch, let him fight alone, I don't believe he can get [-] points, he can beat us alone."

When Lu Yu returned to defense, he shouted to Popovich on the sidelines: "Hey, didn't you say you were going to pinch me before the game? How can you lie, you are an excellent coach."

The Suns players finally relaxed and played two rounds. They also felt that what Popovich said before the game was completely a cover.

Marion even ran up to Popovich and raised a disdainful finger.

Although Popovich didn't speak, his face was already purple with anger.

The Spurs attacked, Parker broke through Nash, turned around for a layup, and Lu Yu slapped the ball out. Nash grabbed the ball, pushed his hands forward, and the basketball crossed the midfield.

No one thought that it was Haslem who ran in the front.

Haslem was like a bull full of fighting spirit. He took three steps directly after getting the ball, then soared into the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with a bang.

8 is better than 2
Within minutes of the opening, the Spurs were beaten 8-2 by the Suns
And Lu Yu didn't score, only got two assists and one block.

It was all the other Suns players who scored, and the players became more and more confident. They remembered what Lu Yu said before the game. The Spurs coach Popovich was just talking, and they had to ride on Popovich as Lu Yu said. on Vicki's head, and gave him a big mouth.

To put it bluntly, the Spurs are still a defensive team.

In the playoffs, their style of play will not be much better than that of the Pistons, but in the last game, the three of GDP broke out collectively. Even if they were exhausted, they couldn't perform like that.

In Lu Yu's previous life, were the Spurs strong?Strong, especially strong?uncertain.

The biggest feature of the Spurs is their stability. They are so stable that they scare themselves. They have maintained a stable inheritance and style of play for 20 years.

If you run into a very good team, they won't be the championship that year.

But if that year, other teams in the league can't do it, then they are the championship.

The purpose of the Spurs is that I may not be the best team, but I am the most stable team. As long as you are not good, then this season, I will be the best team.

Because of the stability, even if they fall behind, they will not get confused.

So Popovich didn't call a timeout.

For Lu Yu, what he has to do is to lead the players to play with confidence.

Because he looks at the longer term, far from this game, not this round of the series, or even this season's championship.

Without the energetic team, will the Suns still be able to help them win the championship in the future?
This is what Lu Yu values.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker held the ball steadily for halftime, and he was still looking for an opportunity to beat the Suns.

Basketball starts with breathing