NBA: I coach Kobe

Popovich did not call another timeout because the first quarter ended quickly.

With Gasol’s steady three-point shooting causing trouble for the Lakers’ defense, the Lakers led the Lakers by 10 points 34-24.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides first replaced the bench, and the Spurs’ backup thigh Ginobili did not play with the bench in the second quarter because he played too early in the first quarter, but the Lakers’ side Yi Jianlian was on the court and did whatever he wanted.

The matchup between the two teams came off the bench and ended with the Lakers by a narrow margin.

Popovich’s defense changed when the two sides were back in the main line, and when Gasol pulled on the outside, he let the outside players assist in the defense.

But for the Lakers, no matter who will defend Gasol’s three points, the effect will not be too good, as long as who comes to assist in defense, there will be empty space, which does not require Gasol’s superb passing skills, who will help defend me, I will pass the ball to the person who is empty.

In this way, the Lakers extended their lead, and by halftime, the 10-point lead turned into 16 points.

“At halftime, the Lakers led the Spurs by 16 points, who would have thought that a highly anticipated Western Conference final would be played like this, and the Spurs would be able to compete with the Lakers in the first quarter, and there was nothing they could do with the Lakers later!” Charles Barkley lamented at halftime

“That’s right, and from the scene, the Lakers completely suppressed the Spurs, it seems that the Spurs may be swept out by the Lakers like the Thunder.” Kenny Smith sighed, from the bottom of his heart, he still didn’t want to see the Spurs lose the game, at least not to see the Spurs so easily killed by the Lakers.

And the newsroom of the Penguin Sports News Department on the other side of the ocean has long been in full swing and began to write a new draft of the Lakers and Spurs series, with the headline: “Under the leadership of Lin Li, the Lakers once again appeared super-god performance, Yi Jianlian can also contribute steadily, and the Lakers lead the Spurs 1-0 on aggregate!” ”

The content is self-evident, it must be all kinds of Qua Hu people, Qua Linli and Yi Jianlian, the focus of which is Qua Linli, how to cow bi, how to blow, anyway, are all Chinese people, we do not boast, who will boast.

In the second half of the game, the usually magical Popovich could not do anything.

He can only shout from the sidelines, but the situation on the court has not changed, and the game has long been in the rhythm of the Lakers.

In the third quarter, Gasol made two more three-pointers, and the Lakers continued to extend their lead, taking the biggest lead of the game in the middle of the third quarter, with a 25-point advantage.

In the fourth quarter, both sides symbolically went to the main force and walked through the scene.

In the end, the game was over, the Spurs did not retain their first home-court advantage, and the Lakers won the final game.

At the end of the game, the scoreboard said 117 and 95, and the Lakers won by 22 points, and although the Spurs are one of the fastest and most offensive teams in the entire league, they are all built on their excellent defense, and when their defense goes wrong, their proud offense can’t be played.

Coupled with Gasol, who played so well today, it is normal for the Spurs to be won so much.

He made 17 shots in the game, including 8 three-pointers, hitting 7 of them, 8-of-9 from the other two-pointers, and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, scoring a total of 39 points and nearly breaking the 40-point mark.

This scoring data is amazing, and it is the highest individual score of a Lakers player so far in this year’s playoffs, and even Kobe and Howard, who have performed well before, have not scored such high points.

So today the reporters have long interviewed Gasol about the preparation of the pikes and cannons, asking him about the secret of the outbreak.

After the game, Gasol walked a little tired into the dressing room, where a group of reporters had been waiting.

Gasol sat down in his place, and at this time reporters began to flock to Gasol, piling microphones in front of Gasol, and several were eager to stuff microphones into Gasol’s mouth.

Gasol waved his hand: “Don’t worry, don’t worry, ask one by one.” ”

A reporter from ESPN first spoke: “Gasol, is your three-point shot your Lakers’ secret weapon?” After all, you didn’t hit a single three-point shot in the last series, but today you are full of firepower! ”

Gasol had already anticipated this problem and said with a smile: “Actually, I didn’t really believe in my three-point shooting ability, but our head coach made me more confident and shoot more threes, I believed him, and the result was like this.” ”

“Lin Li’s advice?”

The reporters began to write down in their small notebooks, ready to ask Lin Li.

Then the reporters answered the questions one after another, and after answering, the reporters ran over to find Lin Li.

“Mr. Head Coach, did you ask Gasol to shoot three points? How do you think he would shoot so well from threes? The reporter asked.

“Yes, I let it, Paul will go to practice three points every day, so why not let him use it in training? Normal training is reflected in the competition! ”

Lin Li responded to such a problem very easily.

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After Lin Li and Gasol’s locker room interviews, Popovich on the Spurs side also attended the press conference with GDP.

“Head coach Popovich, what do you think of today’s defeat?”

Popovich shook his head: “We just lost the first game of the series, there are still many games below, if we lose, what can you think, go back and summarize well, and play the following games.” ”

“So Duncan, what do you think of Gasol’s three-point performance?”

“To be honest, I didn’t expect him to be so accurate!” Duncan has always spoken succinctly.

“In the next game, will you limit his three points?”

Duncan was silent for a while, and then said, “We’ll keep the entire Lakers back!” ”