Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 89 A fierce battle

On November 11, the Lakers played against the San Antonio Spurs at home.

Who is the favorite to win the NBA title this season?

Of course, the Spurs, Pistons, Heat, and Lone Ranger are the four outshining each other.

And the Spurs are ranked No. [-] in the league by ESPN, and they are also the one with the lowest odds among the major gaming centers.

There is no way, who called him the Spurs!
Since Duncan joined the Spurs in 1997, this team has been rated as the top five in the NBA by the outside world.

In the 01-02 season, after Duncan won the first MVP trophy in his career, the Spurs were recognized as the top three in the NBA.

This is arrogance. With Tim Duncan, one of the best power forwards in NBA history, the Spurs have such strength.

Coupled with the rapid growth of Tony Parker in the 02-03 season, the team's best sixth man Ginobili brought the immediate combat power last season.

The Spurs have leapt into a near-dynasty existence.

Of course, Zhao Hao is very clear that the Spurs at this time are not yet fully regarded as a team that can rival the dynasty.

After all, the dominance of the Bulls and Lakers dynasties is still vivid, and the Spurs are far from being able to achieve that kind of confusing picture.

However, as long as this season is over, when the Spurs win the championship without any risk, people will gradually realize that this team may be even more terrifying than imagined.

Because Ginobili and Parker brought new changes to this Spurs team.

This game, of course, was rebroadcasted by CCTV again. After all, it was the classic battle between the Lakers and the Spurs in the playoffs for four consecutive years.

The same major American sports TV stations are also very concerned about this game.

Preview before the game.

CCTV.

"At present, the Lakers have won two consecutive victories. This is something that no one expected since the start of the regular season. Especially in the first game of the opening game, the Lakers were able to beat the star-studded Nuggets. It just slapped countless people in the face.

Director Su thinks how far the Lakers can go this season, and is it possible to make it to the playoffs? "

Yu Jia asked passionately.

"It's a bit uncertain now. At the beginning, everyone was not optimistic about the strength of the Lakers. After all, the inside line is too weak. If you take out any team in the league, the inside lineup is better than the Lakers. .

But the problem now is that the Lakers don't play inside with you. They play a small lineup without a big center for most of the game.

Don't underestimate this lineup, this lineup is killer!
You look at the games of the Nuggets, Jazz and Lakers, they were all killed by this small lineup in the last quarter! "

Director Su said with a well-founded analysis.

The fans who were nervously watching in front of the TV heard the term "small lineup" for the first time, and they immediately remembered this new vocabulary.

All of a sudden, in the penguin groups, there were countless fans bragging about the small lineup.

"Small lineup, what? The most murderous kind!"

"Heh, what are you talking about if a center is not a center? Centers are not popular these days."

"Haven't you guys watched the previous Lakers game? All kinds of three-pointers, cuts, and centers are completely useless!"

On the spot, after receiving guidance from Zhang and an interview with Nami, Zhao Hao started shooting training.

Of course he came today with a small schoolbag on his back. After all, he can't resist life, so he can only enjoy it.

He didn't want the big Hummer full of popcorn every time he went to the garage.

Of course, the most important thing right now is this game!
After warming up for a while, Zhao Hao couldn't help but glance at the Spurs players who were also warming up on the other side of the court.

Duncan, deadpan, Parker, deadpan, Ginobili, deadpan.

It really deserves to be a well-disciplined team, and this expressionless face really came out of training.

This also shattered the last hope in Zhao Hao's heart. He was still praying that the Spurs would be lazy at the beginning because they looked down on the strength of the Lakers.

It now appears that there is little hope for this.

Zhao Hao also saw Popovich sitting on the sidelines at the same time, hey, the old man was looking at him too!
Seeing Popovich smiled at himself, and then nodded in greeting, Zhao Hao suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Could it be that I was being watched by the old man!
Thinking of the scenes of the to.1 little emperor James being tortured by Popovich in the finals, Zhao Hao couldn't help but wobble.

It shouldn't be possible to bully me like this, I'm just a substitute.

The warm-up time ended quickly, and then the live screens displayed the starting lineups of the two teams.

The Lakers are regular starters: Atkins, Kobe, Butler, Odom and Mihm.

The Spurs starting lineup: point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, center Rasunestlovic.

The game starts with a jump ball at the center line.

Mim didn't even bother to jump, after all, the result must have been a failed jump ball.

Rasunestrovic jumps for the ball.

Tony Parker launched an attack with the ball, went directly to the left 45°, and handed the ball to Duncan at the horn.

Odom is a little embarrassed
His defense is not outstanding. What is the difference between asking him to defend Duncan and delivering food.

Sure enough, Duncan didn't even intend to use his body to force Odom, he turned around 45° and hit the board, scoring the goal.

0:2
Zhao Hao on the bench couldn't help but want to cover his eyes.

Watching Duncan play Odom, it's really like a high school student playing a junior high school student.

It's really too simple, too cruel.

Lakers offense.

Atkins held the ball, and after Odom's high pick-and-roll, he directly made a layup!
After seeing Duncan move sideways on the inside to help defend, Atkins missed and passed back directly to Kobe.

After all, it is the shadow of the famous tree of people, and the name of Stone Buddha Duncan is still a bit scary.

Kobe stretched out a finger, and everyone on the Lakers understood and quickly pulled it away.

Ginobili, who was defending Kobe, also quickly took a step back, leaning to the left, leaving Kobe with a breakthrough space on the right.

It really deserves to be the Argentine Demon Sword who defeated the American Dream Team in the international arena!
With this defensive position, he made a breakthrough and sent a long shot, but he blocked Kobe's most threatening mid-range jumper with the ball.

Zhao Hao really didn't expect Ginobili to do it.

You must know that in later generations, the biggest reason why Ginobili was adjusted to the position of the best sixth man on the bench by Popovich was because of defensive hips.

As for what he said in the press conference, what he did was just to improve the firepower of the Spurs' bench lineup.

But looking at it now, Zhao Hao suddenly felt that these words seemed to be true.

After all, Ginobili's defensive awareness and positioning cannot be pretended.

Swish!
Kobe forced a breakthrough from the left, pushed Ginobili's body away, and scored a jumper.

2:2
(End of this chapter)