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Chapter 186: Are the Spurs invincible? One quarter broke Popovich's mentality!
  Duncan's defense in the first round was quite good, but Ryan still scored against the defense.

Duncan has indeed been able to help defend Ryan wholeheartedly this season, but it doesn't seem to have the effect Popovich expected.

Ryan's current mid-range shooting level will not miss him just because of a little interference.

But Popovich didn't think this shot meant anything. With such a shot, only Jordan could kill the game!

Although it is true that more and more media have recently compared Ryan and Jordan, Popovich feels that it is just hype.

Ryan has only two championships, and he is now called Jordan? joke!
  Popovich is still ignorant. After all, there are people who surpass Jordan in one championship.

The Spurs counterattacked. After Parker and Duncan started a pick-and-roll, Ben directly switched to Parker, not giving the little sports car a chance to easily break through.

Seeing this situation, the Frenchman naturally passed the ball to the stone Buddha who was passing down.

But as soon as Duncan received the basketball, he saw that the long-handed Kirilenko had already covered the basket.

At the same time, Daben also pursued the defense again.

Although the inside combination of Ben + AK is very short, Duncan knows very well that it is not easy to score against them.

So Duncan passed the ball to Harrington again.

But as soon as Harrington received the basketball, he was blocked by Artest. And at the moment Duncan passed the ball, AK47 had already rushed to the outside, staring at Finley who was left open.

The Nuggets' defense is still as high as ever, and all rotations and defense changes are seamless and leak-proof.

It’s no wonder that the slogan of many sports protective products now is “Just release your passion, and we will guard you as tightly as the miners.”

In the end, Harrington could only give the ball back to Duncan and let him play in the low post.

But Ben did everything he could the moment the idiot raised the basketball, swatted the ball away and hit Duncan's legs out of the baseline.

Nuggets right to the ball!

Van Gundy, who was commentating on the game, shrugged:

"Even Tim Duncan had a hard time taking advantage of the Nuggets' defense.

Since AK47 started, the Nuggets' defensive efficiency has been the highest in the league, surpassing the Celtics' Big Three!

Therefore, no one can easily score against the Miners' tenacious defense.

Not even the great Tim! "

Seeing that Duncan was guarded in the first round, Popovich glanced at Ginobili again.

Do you want to use him in advance? Is it too early?

No, wait first.

It’s impossible for the Nuggets to score easily again!

There is no way Ryan can make difficult mid-range shots in two consecutive rounds!
  In this attack, Ryan no longer held the ball, but looked for opportunities without the ball.

But Bowen was very tight. He knew that he couldn't catch up with Ryan simply by relying on speed, so he would pull Ryan's jersey whenever he had the opportunity, making it impossible for Ryan to sprint at full strength.

Bowen's little move prevented Ryan from shaking him off when he caught the basketball, leaving him with no chance to directly catch the ball.

But this is what Ryan wants. The closer Bowen sticks to Ryan, the easier it is for Ryan to break through!
  Ryan started immediately after receiving the ball. Relying on Wade's first step talent, he easily passed the aging Bowen.

In this period, Bowen needs a foothold in confrontation and a foothold in speed.

During this period, his way to deal with Kobe was to pad every ball, but he didn't dare to deal with Ryan like this.

The Nuggets' force value is too high now, and the lessons learned by the Hornets before are still fresh in our minds.

Therefore, Bowen is afraid to use his most powerful defensive weapon.

Therefore, he has no chance of guarding Ryan!
  Ryan passed Bowen in one step, and then faced Duncan's help with another emergency stop!

Duncan's defense is not aggressive. He does not force blocks, but mainly interferes.

This just gave Ryan a fleeting opportunity to take action!

Ryan hit another pull-up mid-range shot, but Duncan's help defense was completely useless!

After the goal, Ryan asked Popovich again: "Are you really not going to send someone to double-team me?"

The image of Ryan spreading his hands and shouting at Popovich was broadcast live on television around the world.

Although fans don't know exactly what Ryan said to Popovich, Ryan's relaxed posture and Popovich's frowning expression said everything.

Crazy, the whole world has seen how crazy Ryan is!

The Spurs, who are extremely strong in the eyes of Lakers fans, seem to be nothing more than that in front of Ryan!
  Popovich suppressed the anger in his heart and kept telling himself, "It's impossible. Even if he can score the second one in a row, it's impossible to score the third one!"

结果
  "The fourth mid-range shot! Ryan made 5 of 4 shots after the start and already scored 8 points!
  15 to 7, are the San Antonio Spurs sure not to change their strategy? They are already 8 points behind!

Duncan's help defense was perfect, and every opportunity and position choice was flawless.

But Ryan breaks through too easily, he can always seize the opportunity to stop and pull!
  The Spurs can no longer let Bowen defend Ryan alone on the outside. This is simply giving away points! "

Popovich was sweating profusely as Van Gundy shouted.

Ryan's mid-range shot against Duncan's defense was completely different from Popovich's expectation!
  He even looks more calm than Kobe!
  Indeed, Kobe is not that fast at this time after all, and it is not that easy to break through Bowen.

So, there are more difficult shots than Ryan.

But Ryan could simply and crudely pass Bowen in one step and then directly pull out, playing with ease!

This is why most rich women like young and strong people, because young and strong people can make people ecstasy just by their momentum, even if they don't use any skills.

After Ryan made the fourth shot, Popovich paused the game.

The insurance policy of "Lian CIC cannot always be efficient" was broken as soon as it came up.

So now, Popovich can only use the second line of his double insurance.

He walked up to the Argentinian and patted Manu on the shoulder: "You know what to do next!"

Popovich secretly made up his mind, in the worst case, we will attack each other!
  After returning from the timeout, Lakers fans became excited to see Ginobili come on the court.

In the last game, the Lakers were actually killed by Ginobili.

After the demon sword comes on the scene, it will definitely change the entire battle situation!

The long-haired Argentinian played confidently. He felt that Ryan only had a good touch in the first quarter, so as long as he can help the team bite the score in the first quarter and prevent the score from being widened, he can create conditions for a subsequent comeback.

As for yourself?

Even against the Nuggets' defense, Yaodao is confident of opening a hole!
  Because Ginobili is not only good at scoring.

He is also very good at passing the ball after tearing apart the defense.

His coquettishness is all-round, from top to bottom!

In the first possession of the game, Ginobili took the ball to the three-point line.

But after he prepared to attack, all the fans saw that it was Ryan who was responsible for defending Ginobili!

Ryan had been guarding Bowen, who had the least offensive threat. He was paddling like crazy to save energy and was waiting for Ginobili here!
  Ryan's defensive task today is to prevent Ginobili from getting excited.

Although Ryan still has to take care of scoring, Ginobili's time is too short, and he won't be able to do it just a few times. So it is not a problem for Ryan to spend some energy to defend him.

Ginobili was not afraid of Ryan. After he opened some distance, he accelerated straight towards Ryan's defense!

Just as he was about to hit Ryan, Ginobili suddenly changed direction and crossed to Ryan's left side.

Although Ryan is still close to Ginobili's side, he still gives Ginobili half a body of space!
  After entering the penalty area, Ginobili, who originally accelerated to the left, suddenly took a European step and immediately changed to piercing to the right.

Ginobili is a player who is known as "the breakthrough direction is always beyond your imagination".

You never know at which moment he will suddenly use a European step to change direction and pass the defense. Even if there is only a small gap, Ginobili can complete a change of direction extremely quickly.

This time the European step changed direction, Ginobili shook off Ryan and went straight for a layup!

But Ryan used his incredible lateral speed to get back in front of Ginobili immediately, and then waved his hand and slapped the demon knife's layup away!
  The Argentinian demon knife struck the Denver miner's hard armor. Not only did it not hurt the miner at all, it even cut a gap in itself!
  Bird shook his head. Ginobili is indeed a monster, and because he is the sixth man, it is difficult for many teams to arrange people to play against him.

But if I reserve the best defensive player on the team to guard your sixth man, how should you respond?

The Nuggets' defensive resources are so abundant that they can save their strongest defender to contain Ginobili!
  So from the beginning, Bird was not afraid of Ginobili getting angry.

With Ryan here, Ginobili has no chance at all!
  Ginobili is the Spurs' only X factor and the Spurs' only breaking point.

And as long as he is strangled to death, there will be no suspense in the game!

After Ryan defended Ginobili, this offense passed Bowen again, and immediately retreated back to a position one step inside the three-point line, avoiding Duncan's defense, and then shot a jumper.

Ryan's mid-range shot is still solid, with 10 points in a single quarter!
  Guarding Ginobili and Ryan's accurate mid-range shot, these two things that Popovich thought would never happen at the same time are becoming a reality!
  Ginobili cursed secretly, this Ryan is really perverted.

His European moves are unparalleled in the world, but Ryan can actually move laterally into position so quickly.

But it turns out that Ginobili can indeed force the Nuggets to change their defensive formation.

At least he could push in.

Since you can't score by yourself, then assist your teammates!
  In this round, Ginobili used a Samgold dribble to pass Ryan.

Ginobili's rhythm is very difficult to catch, so even Ryan can't hold him down completely in the first place.

Ginobili broke through Ryan and once again gained most of the space.

Seeing the Argentinians attacking Huanglong, Daben naturally came up to help defend.

There is Ryan at his side and Ben in front of him. Now, no matter how demonic the demon sword is, it is impossible to score.

But this kind of defense is exactly what Ginobili wants to see.

He has been waiting for this time!

After attracting Ryan and Ben to his side, Ginobili suddenly threw the ball into the air with one hand and passed an alley-oop to the idiot who was temporarily unmarked!

Ginobili's passing has always been elusive, and this time his alley-oop pass was without warning.

But after all, Duncan is a man who has lost all of Ginobili's fur, and he still has a tacit understanding with him.

Others can't predict Ginobili's passing, but Duncan can predict it clearly.

He had already prepared for an alley-oop dunk, so although Ginobili passed the ball suddenly, Duncan still jumped up at the right time to catch the basketball and prepared for a dunk.

Spurs fans and Lakers fans in front of the TV are already cheering. As expected, the desperate situation still requires watching the demon sword!
  As long as Ginobili can help the team keep the score, when Ryan's hand feels cold, the Spurs' counterattack will begin!
  Duncan got the basketball and pressed it into the basket with both hands.

As a result, just a second before the basketball was pushed into the basket, a big hand suddenly reached in front of Duncan's eyes and swatted the basketball away from his hands, blocking Duncan's alley-oop dunk!

Duncan's poker face showed unconcealable surprise. Who the hell took my alley-oop?

Of course Ryan!
  Ginobili's pass was indeed unexpected, and even Ryan couldn't react immediately.

But when Ryan blocks shots now, he has unparalleled bullet speed!
  Therefore, even if Ryan's reaction was half a beat slower, he could still catch up with Duncan in the air after jumping up and complete the block!

Ginobili swallowed his saliva, Ryan's shot blocking was even better than mine!
  After blocking Duncan's alley-oop, the basketball was grabbed by Kirilenko.

AK47 also directly found Ellis with a long pass. Ellis counterattacked and made a layup. The Nuggets led 19 to 7 by 12 points!
  Under the Nuggets' defense, Ginobili's X factor was also restricted!

Popovich is really panicking now. Even if Ryan is a perfect shot, the Nuggets can actually guard against Ginobili?

This is a two-pronged approach!

Lakers fans also opened their mouths. The Spurs, who had beaten the Lakers so badly before, fell behind by 12 points in the first quarter against the Nuggets?
  You are playing me!
  Ginobili still doesn't believe in evil. Although the pass just now was exquisite, it was still passed to someone very close to Ryan.

This time, when the ball is passed to someone far away from Ryan, Ginobili wants to see how Ryan makes up the defense!

Ginobili did not hold the ball in this round, but reached the left corner before catching the ball.

The moment he caught the basketball, Ginobili directly lifted the basketball, and Ryan had to raise his center of gravity and raise his arms to interfere.

Ginobili's shooting is also unreasonable. You don't know when he will suddenly take a shot, so it is best to block every shot.

Seeing Ryan's focus, Ginobili quickly took the ball back and then broke through along the baseline!
  After getting to the basket and jumping up, Ginobili did not make a layup. Instead, he threw the ball 45° outside the three-point line, getting rid of Bowen who came out to catch the ball from Artest's back pocket!
  Just when Ginobili broke through, Bowen suddenly started without the ball and connected with Yaodao.

Artest was a little distracted, and Parker also set up a screen for Bowen, so he missed the target.

Seeing that Bowen received the basketball and was completely unguarded, AK47, which was originally staring at Harrington, had to make up for it.

Bowen also passed the ball to Harrington in the bottom corner when AK rushed forward. This should lead to a big gap, right?

But when Harrington caught the ball, Ryan had already rushed over from the basket.

Seeing this situation, Harrington chose to dribble and break through, forcing Ryan to retreat.

When Harrington broke through, Ginobili ran along the baseline to where Harrington was just now!
  Therefore, as soon as Harrington attracted Ryan to retreat, he immediately gave the ball to Ginobili!
  This series of smooth conduction already has a shadow of the Spurs in the future.

They patiently shared the ball, eventually allowing Ginobili to get an open shot.

Ginobili took the shot directly after receiving the basketball, but the moment he took the shot, Ryan's palm was still blocking him and the basket, so Ginobili could only shoot hastily!
  Relying on his wingspan and speed advantages, Ryan defended Harrington's breakthrough and immediately stepped in front of Ginobili when he passed the ball, finally forcing Ginobili to hit a three-pointer! This round between Ryan and AK is equivalent to completing a partial defense of 2 and 3!

An offense that is difficult to defend for other teams is easy for the Nuggets to resolve!
  Ginobili's passing and running were deadly enough, but he still couldn't penetrate the Denver Miners' tough defense!

Manu hit a three-pointer, and Popovich's X factor completely failed!

Again, Ginobili can thrive under the Lakers' defense, but he may not be able to do the same under the Nuggets' defense!
  The Spurs were able to beat the Lakers in the last game, not because of Kobe's lack of production, but because of Ginobili's sudden outburst, which left Kobe unable to recover.

But today, when Ryan can achieve Kobe’s efficiency and production, he can also guard Gino Belgium at the same time.
  Get the Spurs? anytime!
  After Big Ben grabbed the rebound, he handed the ball to Ryan.

The Spurs retreated quickly and did not press, so Ryan could calmly dribble across half court.

So, while dribbling, Ryan looked at Popovich with a smile:
  "Otherwise, you should ask someone to double-team me, right? This is your last resort! It's really not that difficult to admit that I am the overlord of the Alliance!"

Popovich, the old man who was once so angry that Ryan fainted, in order to vent his dissatisfaction, turned around and kicked him on the bench: "We played like shit, can we defend for one round? Please!"

Can Popovich not be angry? In his opinion, the occurrence rate was close to zero, but Ryan easily realized it!

Seeing Popovich's abnormally embarrassed look, everyone knew that the scheming Popovich's mentality had been shattered before he even finished the first quarter!

The Spurs, who were considered extremely powerful by Lakers fans, are now helpless and furious!
  The Lakers' illusions about relying on the Spurs to reopen the winning gap were completely shattered.

What the Nuggets are holding on to is not the Spurs' last life-saving straw, but the Lakers' last life-saving straw!

The Denver Miners are unstoppable, and the crown of the Western Conference is about to return to its original owner!

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