Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 167
Popovich knew that it was impossible for Duncan to pull out to defend Li Tian. The team only had two strong defensive players, Bowen and Duncan, and the defense of the others was average.

After thinking for a long time, Popovich, like Phil just now, made up his mind.

"Barry, you go on the court and defend Kobe." Hearing the coach's arrangement, Barry also tightened his ass and defended Kobe. With my small body, how can I withstand his impact.

Seeing that Barney was ashamed, he continued, "Duncan will help you defend at the basket, and Bowen and Thomas will also help you defend."

Hearing this, Barry turned a little bloody, and nodded.

"Ginobili, take a break off the court first; Parker should pass the ball more and try to get the best shot." It is very helpless to say that.

My own lineup had no advantage in the first place, and they played 12 consecutive games. The Lakers only played 8 games. Originally, Ginobili was allowed to play in the first quarter to gain a certain lead in the first quarter. Too big a difference.

There was a faint feeling of bad premonition in my heart.

The timeout ended and Ginobili was replaced.

Phil boldly replaced Fisher and Kobe. At this time, the Lakers lineup was Odom, Gasol, Li Tian, ​​Vujacic and Farmar.

"My God, what is Phil doing? He actually replaced Kobe and let Gasol lead the team alone." Smith said with emotion.

The Spurs attack, Parker holds the ball and controls the audience.

Duncan goes up, picks and rolls for Parker, passes Farmer, and passes the ball back to Duncan.

Hit the board.

Looking back, Gasol responded in the middle, and Odom stepped forward to help Li Tian pick and roll, throwing off Bowen to chase and defend.

When he came to the three-point line, Gasol also arrived at the ball.

"Touch!" There was another iron strike.

Long rebound, Odom and Bowen are fighting for the rebound.

Vujacic stepped forward to fight, got the rebound and handed it to Farmar to continue the attack.

To Li Tian outside the three-point line, Bowen made up the defense in time.

Seeing that Bowen made up the defense, he didn't hesitate and still shot a three-pointer.

"Touch!" Continue to hit the iron.

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle, indicating that Bowen made a foul and three free throws were made.

"Li's hand feeling is too bad today, he missed three shots in a row. Next, I think Bowen will definitely change his defensive strategy, and maybe he will be emptied from outside the three-point line." Smith keenly noticed Li Tian's poor state .

Popovich and Phil next to him also noticed this.

They responded one after another and explained their players on the field.

Li Tian also realized that he didn't feel good, so he also made changes.

The Spurs' offense is still passing the ball, looking for opportunities.

Bowen got a chance from the outside and hit a three-pointer.

Changing the defensive strategy has weakened his attractiveness on the outside, but the Spurs dare not really let him go. Once he develops a touch, it will be difficult to play.

Feeling bad, he gave up shooting from the outside line and chose to enter the inside line instead.

The Lakers' basket became more crowded.

Gasol still pulled near the free throw line, supporting in the play.

Pass the ball to Li Tian who is defended by Bowen

The outside touch is not there, and the inside footsteps are not lost.

Using his footsteps, Bowen had no time to respond in a hurry, turned around and made a layup.

Phil was also very pleased to see that Li Tian was able to change his offensive strategy so quickly. Not only did he make rapid progress, but he also had such a high golf quotient.

I started to think, what the team should consider next is how to keep him in the Lakers.

Then he turned his attention back to the field.

He missed two consecutive three-pointers from the perimeter, and if he didn't make a shot, he was all emptied. If he didn't make a shot, there would be no threat from the perimeter in this game.

The two teams played at 45:44, and the Lakers were still one point behind.

Phil called a timeout, and Kobe, who had a 5-minute break, needed to play.

"You play center, and you don't feel good on the perimeter today, so just sit under the basket, protect the rebound, and do a good job of covering." Phil looked at Li Tian, ​​and arranged another headache.

This arrangement is undoubtedly the best. If you stay on the outside, you will be emptied. 5 of 0 three-pointers, if you continue to stay on the outside, it will be a hindrance.

"Kobe next, you have to attack the inside more and create opportunities for the outside. Paul and Odom, take a rest after the game." Phil began to change players.

"Phil is really bold. Using a small lineup, Lee was pushed to the center position, and Kobe appeared again. It seems that he wants to take advantage of the decline in the physical strength of the Spurs' main force to recover the score." Smith really looked more and more. I don't understand, it's really a person who is old and a monster.

"This is to deal with Lee's lack of outside touch. Only in this way can this problem be solved." Barkley knew that Phil's doing this was the best way to solve the problem.

Kobe, who rested for 5 minutes, has recovered his physical strength, and the Spurs generals who have been on the court can't stop his full impact at all.

The high hit rate of the breakthrough is better than the Spurs who shot from the outside.

After playing like this for 3 minutes, the Lakers overtook the score. The score of the two teams was 51:54, and the Lakers led by 3 points.

Popovich replaced Duncan and other main players for a rest, arranged for Ginobili to lead the bench, and played the last 2 minutes of the second quarter.

Under Kobe's defense, Ginobili didn't break through so easily, but the strong substitute still managed to bite the score and was not pulled away by the Lakers.

At the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was fixed at 55:58.

In the locker room of the home team, Phil poured chicken soup to the players and encouraged them.

"In the second half, what we have to do is to consume the physical strength of the Spurs players, but we must drag the game to the fourth quarter and give them a glimmer of hope." Looking at the puzzled eyes of the disciples.

Explained, "We won this game easily, but for the sake of the whole series, it is better for us to do so. If they are consumed by us to the fourth quarter, they have just finished the tie-break, and We rested for nearly ten days."

After listening to Phil's explanation, everyone understood, and silently gave a thumbs up in their hearts. This old man can't be offended, he's too insidious. Fortunately, this old man is his head coach.

During the halftime break, everyone stepped forward to ask, do they need to give more assists?

"Haha, it's fine to distribute the ball normally." I don't want my teammates to do it too obviously.

"It's not Phil's arrangement. You want to give the Spurs some hope, so it's just for you to develop your hand." Fisher smiled coldly.

It's too late, this group of guys originally had this idea, obviously for themselves, but let themselves take the blame, and even pretended to help themselves find the hand, these teammates should be pulled out to whip the corpse.

Li Tian, ​​who only sat on the bench for 3 minutes, was arranged by Phil to play again.

"Lee takes Odom off and you come on."

"Man, quickly get the feel back." Odom said.

"Haha, I will."

Defending Duncan, you can feel that when Duncan singles himself, his strength cannot be compared with the regular season.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan held the ball, and singled Li Tian.

"Duncan use more strength, I was already pushed to the basket by you, use more strength." Li Tian wanted to overfulfill Phil's task, and increase Duncan's consumption.

"Rookie, the future belongs to you, now it belongs to us." Duncan, who usually doesn't talk trash, can't stand a rookie saying that he is too weak.

"No, if you believe your nonsense, you will be in the dark. You can only deceive that old man, and you can't deceive me at all." Unmoved.

"Ha." Duncan laughed, and quickly stopped laughing, and then said, "You are much smarter than him."

Duncan knew that in his heyday, he could naturally defeat this rookie, but at this time he had just fought Tyson Chandler in 7 games at the rim, and his physical exertion was serious.

Homeopathic pass the ball outside Ginobili.

Received the pass, broke through with the ball, and was intercepted by Fisher.

The Lakers pushed a fast break and Kobe scored a layup.

62:72 The Lakers lead by 10 points.

The Spurs players are showing signs of exhaustion, and the team is now fully exhausted.

At this time, Popovich kept stroking his chin with his right hand, thinking about how to break the game.

The situation on the field took a turn for the worse. How to solve Kobe's point? It consumes too much for the team. One person can't defend at all. When he gets to the basket, Duncan will go through a hand-to-hand fight with Gasol.

Popovich let out a foul breath, made a decision, and called a timeout.

"Bowen, you defend Kobe, Ginobili, if Li Tian is on the outside, you follow him, if you enter the inside, Thomas, you defend him, don't give him a chance to shoot easily." Changed the defensive strategy, chose to give up on Li Tian Defensively, he is betting that he will not find his touch in this game. If he misses the shot, he will admit it.

For the Lakers, Phil just let them continue to implement the strategy.

"What were you talking to Duncan just now?" Kobe was curious about what trash talk Duncan could say.

"What else can I say, just let him use more strength, and he can push me to the basket to score. But I don't know why, I told him the way, he just use more strength, push me to the basket, some I don't understand." He said with a smirk.

"You're so mean, you know that Duncan's physical reserves are insufficient, and you still say that, that is, he has a good temper, otherwise he will definitely beat you." Kobe was also happy.

"This is how you treat your opponents, I like it." Gasol shook his hair.

"Hahaha." Keeping playing against the Spurs, everyone on the bench felt relaxed.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Lakers continued to maintain the defensive strength just now, without any decline. The only difference is that Li Tian got a lot of outside shots.

There was no change in the result. Throughout the third quarter, 5 of 1, Ginobili still had no time to return to the defense, and there was an open space. The basketball still bounced on the rim playfully a few times before falling into the rim unwillingly. .

Alone, abruptly lowered the Lakers' shooting percentage in the third quarter by 5 points, but the Lakers still had the advantage on the court.

After three quarters, the Lakers hit 68:77 consecutively, and the Spurs approached the score to single digits, leaving the Spurs with a glimmer of hope for victory, but it was actually a cup of poison.

After 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the two teams played all the main players in a tacit understanding, and the Lakers let Li Tian replace the skier.

"Both teams have deployed the strongest lineups, and the decisive moment is about to begin." Barkley likes this kind of game the most. The score has not been stretched, and the score has not been stretched, so that it can attract more spectators.

"The Spurs players have been exhausted. I don't know if they can continue to play this game. I hope they will not suffer from any injuries." Smith prayed that many players were injured because of excessive physical fatigue.

Injuries are as fierce as tigers, and they are the number one obstacle in all competitive sports.

As soon as Kobe came on the court, he broke through the basket with all his strength. Bowen, who was not physically strong, felt like his feet were filled with lead. His consciousness could keep up with Kobe, but he just couldn't move his legs.

In the last 5 minutes, the Spurs only scored 4 points and made 11 of 1 shots. They only scored 4 points thanks to Ginobili's free throw.

The final whistle sounded, and the Lakers won the game at 82:90.

Li Tian played 30 minutes in the whole game, took 15 shots, only hit 4 goals, and scored a measly 10 points. This is the game he scored the fewest points in all the playoffs this season. 10, 11 of 1 three-pointers, that is, because the Spurs relaxed his defense at the basket, he was able to score 10 points.

Five Lakers scored in double figures. Kobe scored the team's highest score of 5 points. Gasol, the skier, and Vujacic also scored in double figures. Fisher was 27 in 9, even worse than Li Tian. Made fun of by Li Tian.The original series scored more than 1 points, but this game only scored 120 points, which shows how miserable the defense of the two teams is.

(End of this chapter)