Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 94 Popovich's Showdown

I have to say that Tang Shuai, who once led the Mosaic team to two championships, has really nothing to say about his tactical ability.

The Lakers re-entered the game, and Butler, who had played the whole quarter, could finally go down and rest for a while.

Now it is Terry Brown, Kobe Bryant, Zhao Hao, Odom and Grant.

Originally, this time should be the time for Mihm to play, but this game was directly removed by Tang Shuai.

After all, he was facing a champion like the Spurs, and Tang Shuai didn't dare to take risks.

Even if Mihm, the defensive colander, is allowed to stay on the court for one more minute, the Lakers will have one more point at risk of being blown up.

On the Spurs side, they also sent their substitute lineup.

As Tang Shuai expected, he was really pretending to be up and down.

Point guard Beno Udri, shooting guard Brent Barry, small forward Malik Rose, power forward Robert Horry, center Nazr Mohammed.

If you say that this lineup is strong, no one in it can average 10 points per game. If you say it is not strong, there are really few teams in the league whose bench lineups dare to guarantee that they can beat them.

Therefore, in the final analysis, it is not these players who are strong, but the tactical system created by the old man.

The Lakers attacked first, and Kobe went around the screen and scored a layup.

27:26
Go-ahead!
This ball was too easy for Kobe. Without Bruce Bowen, the Spurs really didn't have a player who could defend him one-on-one.

Switch offense.

Zhao Hao, who returned to defense, couldn't help but take a look at the Spurs' positions on the court, yo, Nazr Mohammed is actually in a high-level organization.

And Zhao Hao also discovered one thing, that is, all the Spurs players except Nazr Muhammad actually all performed off-ball runs and pick-and-rolls in the bottom corners and penalty areas.

Isn't this the Princeton tactic known as the top-level offensive tactic?
Hey, you old man Popovich really knows how to play. You deliberately took out five pure substitute lineups to face the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. If you can’t beat it, it’s normal. If you beat it.
Doesn't that highlight that you, Popovich, use soldiers like a god?

How can there be such a thing as using soldiers like a god!Isn't Princeton a system that maximizes the abilities of ordinary players? You don't need to care about how good the players are, as long as they can run, drill, and grab.

After all, the center has been taken out, and the inside line is completely empty. A cut is an opportunity to score an easy layup.

Of course, if Princeton wants to play this tactic well, it is not as easy as believed.

The most critical point is to maintain a certain threat from the outside, otherwise no matter how hard your role player drills, it is impossible to get a chance inside.

So, Brent Barry.
Only then did Zhao Hao remember that the Spurs shooting guard Brent Barry has a terrible three-point ability. He averaged 40.6% of his three-pointers per game in his career, compared with sharp shooters like Ray Allen and Korver. They don't give way too much.

More importantly, Brent Barry's three-pointers are not only accurate, but also extremely stable. He has maintained a three-pointer percentage of more than 8% in almost half of the eight seasons of his career.

Do you dare to let go of such an accurate head?
Sure enough, the Spurs created a corner three-pointer for Brent Barry in the first round.

Bryant was blocked by small forward Malik Rose, one block behind Brent Barry.

Fortunately, Zhao Hao figured out this tactic in advance, and rushed over.

Brent Barry hesitated for a moment, feeling that this opportunity was not very good, but he still had to throw the ball.

Because as long as this goal is scored, then the Spurs' internal cut tactics can be opened very well.

This is also the only possibility for their bench lineup to hope to defeat Kobe's leadership.

Take a deep breath, take off, raise your hand, dial
What the hell, this big hand that covers the sky and the sun is too exaggerated!
Snapped!
A hot pot feast is served.

After all, Brent Barry is not a black man, and his shooting jump is too short, and his shot is not fast enough, so he was directly blocked by Zhao Hao.

Kobe grabbed the rebound and went straight to the fast break!

Are you afraid of Black Mamba's fast break?
beep!beep!
The referee blew the whistle, and the Spurs point guard Beno Udry was a fine individual, and he directly made an early foul, destroying the fast-break counterattack.

But the referee did not indicate that this was an ordinary foul, but Clear Path Foul!Referred to as offside foul.

At this time, the NBA has not stepped up efforts to encourage offense, so offside fouls are not two free throws and one throw like in the future, but one free throw and one throw.

Benno Udri, who was convicted of offside, held his head and looked helplessly at Popovich, the head coach of the Spurs coaching bench.

The old man looked down and glared at him.

Benno Youdri was scared, thinking that after this game, he might be dealt with by the old man by military law.

"Nice job, it's a good hat." Kobe, who got a free throw, came over and touched Zhao Hao's chest and said.

Zhao Hao's chest hurts from being hit, and it turns out that Corvo has practiced this part a lot.

Well, what a big murder weapon!

The game continues.

The Lakers' small lineup offense is a big killer, and the Spurs' bench lineup at this time on the court is simply impossible to defend.

What's more, now they have not only failed to defend the Lakers' offense, but their own Princeton system has not been opened at all.

So between one and two rounds, the Spurs have fallen behind by 5 points.

35:30
beep!beep!
The referee's whistle blows.

The old man Popovich couldn't stand it anymore, he just waved his hand, and he went up and down again, taking all the starting lineup up.

The Spurs are on a two-game winning streak so far, but not once have they started all games in the second quarter.

It seems that Popovich is determined to win this game.

That's right, after all, the Lakers blocked the chances of winning the championship several times before. How could the old man swallow this breath.

Popovich originally wanted to use the bench lineup to humiliate the Lakers. After all, the strength of the Lakers is really a cliff-like decline compared with last season.

But what the old man didn't expect was that this time he pretended to be big. The Lakers' five small lineup led by Kobe is really so awesome.

So, the old man stopped pretending, I have three carriages and I have a showdown.

On the coaching bench of the Lakers, Tang Shuai also waved his hand and joined the most powerful lineup of the dead five.

With Odom as the center and Butler as the power forward, the super dead five.

This lineup basically gave up the inside defense, relying entirely on double-teaming and assisting defense to support the entire team's defensive rotation, but the offense is so terrifying that it has no boundaries.

Five people on the court can shoot three-pointers, how dare you provoke them?

Atkins, Kobe, Odom, Butler, a total of four ball-holding points, can be singles or organized, how do you defend the Spurs?
There is also a big shot two meters away from the three-point line on the outside. With this offensive space, no matter how good your Spurs' defense is, it is impossible to turn around.

(PS: The weather is getting colder, everyone pay attention to your health, of course, the most important thing to say is to rectify the recommendation tickets.)
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