Legendary star

Chapter 836 Despair
"Greg, do you want to replace Boris, Thiago's movement is too slow."

After winning two away games in a row, the road to promotion for the Spurs is already very clear, so after returning home, Popovich began to adjust the lineup and prepare for the finals in advance. Inside, the Pacers and Heat, who are playing in the Eastern Conference Finals, their inside strength will be much stronger, whether it is the inside combination of the Pacers' Darko Milicic and Kwame Brown, or the Heat's Chris Bosh Gaudunis-Haslem's inside combination is at least one level better than the Thunder, so Popovich is now trying the Tim-Duncan Gatiago-Split combination.

Compared with Boris Diaw, Thiago Split has absolute advantages in terms of height, wingspan, and weight, and Thiago Split is also younger, but Thiago Split Preet also has his own shortcomings, that is, his moving speed is slow, and compared to Boris Diaw, who has been in this league for more than a dozen seasons, Thiago Split has more experience in major competitions. There are also obvious deficiencies.

In the last game, Kevin Durant also played the 4th position, although Boris Diaw, who was facing Durant, failed to put Durant on the [-]th position like Meng Xu did in the first game. The efficiency of the restriction is greatly reduced, but relying on his old defensive experience and decent moving speed, Boris Diaw will basically not lose his position when defending Durant, but Thiago Splitter It's different. Facing Durant who has repeatedly pulled mid-range and long-range shots, Thiago Splitter's footsteps simply couldn't keep up.

The results of Thiago Splitter and Boris Diaw's defense against Durant fully proved Durant's advantages, that is, those who are taller than me are not as fast as me, and those who are faster than me are not as fast as me. I am tall, and my height and speed advantages make Durant have a dislocation advantage when facing most players in the fourth position.
"No, let Thiago try it first, maybe he will have to defend LeBron in the future, let him adapt first." Although Kevin Durant's state burst in the first quarter However, Popovich is not in a hurry, because the current situation on the field is still beneficial to the Spurs as a whole.

"Defend LeBron?" After hearing Popovich say that he was going to let Thiago Split defend LeBron James, Brett Brown was puzzled. Isn't James playing the 3rd position?Even if the Heat can join the Spurs in the Finals, it will not be Tiago Splitter's turn to defend him, but after seeing Popovich's inscrutable smile, Brett Brown knows that Popovich Qi will definitely not be aimless, maybe James really, like Durant, also changed to the fourth position.

Kevin Durant playing the [-]th position means that the Thunder's already weak inside line is even more unbearable. Although Serge Ibaka's defense is very good, he cannot support the Thunder alone. Inside defense, because Ibaka's strengths are assist defense and flank defense, rather than face-to-face defensive deterrence at the basket, so while Durant scored repeatedly, the Thunder's inside line also became a breakthrough for the Spurs. - Under the impact of Duncan and Thiago Splitter in turn, Serge Ibaka can only take care of one thing and lose another.

Popovich faced this game with a very relaxed attitude, but as the team behind in total score, Scott Brooks was not as relaxed as Popovich. Regarding the reversal or something, Scott Brooks -Brooks doesn't dare to think about it yet, but trying to win two games, at least not being swept, has become Scott Brooks' current goal, but whether it is to avoid being swept, or to win two games The game, the Thunder must win today's game. As for the consequences of losing this game, everyone knows.

Since he performed well after switching to the fourth position in the last game, Scott Brooks continued to put Durant in the fourth position in today's game, and pinned all his hopes on Durant was on him, and Durant's performance in the first quarter did not live up to Scott Brooks' expectations. Before the first quarter was over, Durant had already made 9 of 6 shots. In the game, scored 14 points, but not only did the Thunder fail to establish a lead, but they were still behind the Spurs, which was very embarrassing.

When the first quarter of the game was over, looking at the 25-28 score on the scoreboard, Scott Brooks' brows were already wrinkled into a plain word. The performance of the Thunder in the first quarter , Not to mention how good it is, but at least it is above the average level, especially Kevin Durant, who has almost achieved the ultimate, but the Thunder still can't overwhelm the Spurs in the situation and take the lead in the score. Scott Brooks, the head coach, also took out all his methods and made the most daring changes, but everything seemed to be the same.

"The current situation of the Thunder looks very bad. Although Durant performed very well in the first quarter, the Thunder has never been able to take the lead in the score. If in the next game, the Thunder still has no way If they change the situation on the court, it will be difficult for them to take the victory away from the Spurs’ home court.” After both players started to leave the field, Kenny Smith, who was on the sidelines, looked at the scoreboard and shook it again. Shaking my head, although the playoffs are a stage for superstars, it would be child's play to expect a superstar's super-level performance to defeat the opponent.

"Letting Durant play the fourth position can be said to be a very effective adjustment for Scott Brooks. He doesn't have to entangle with Meng Xu on both ends of the offense and defense, which allows Durant to devote more energy and physical strength. On the offensive end, but after Durant plays the [-]th position, the Thunder will face insufficient height inside and poor defensive strength. At the same time, it will be difficult to pose an effective threat to the Spurs at the basket. These problems are also enough for the Thunder. deadly."

If the score in the first quarter and the situation on the court only made Scott Brooks feel anxious, then when the halftime ended and the score of 51 to 58 was over, Scott Brooks' face was astonishing. It was very ugly. Kevin Durant played the full 24 minutes of the first half, but he was still unable to reverse the situation on the field. The Spurs were desperately stable.

(End of this chapter)