NBA: I coach Kobe

Before the game, Popovich had locked himself in a room for an afternoon to study how to deal with the Lakers in this final game.

He wanted to force himself to come up with a way to deal with the Lakers through this method.

Before the start of the series, Popovich had thought that his side would win by relying on his own defensive system, but in the first three games of the series, their Spurs’ proud defensive system was ruthlessly torn apart by the Lakers.

And the way I figured out by shutting myself in the house that afternoon was to consume the Lakers’ dual core in the next game.

When the Lakers attack, let Split and Danny Green stick to Howard and Kobe all the time, consuming Howard and Kobe’s physical strength, which is based on the conclusions drawn from the above games, especially after the second game, the pace of the Lakers in the third game is significantly slower, which is that the Lakers may be tired after the second game, and the physical strength after the third game is a little exhausted.

It’s the playoffs, and by Game 4, it’s likely that the Lakers’ side hasn’t recovered yet.

As for Gasol and Nash, Popovich decided to give up targeting after thinking about it, after all, the Big Four want to limit them all, which is unrealistic, and can only give up selectively.

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Today’s jump ball was Split facing Howard.

As a result, Howard actually lost to Split by jumping the ball.

Lin Li shook his head directly when he saw this, it was obvious that today’s players were still a little relaxed.

Tony Parker took the ball through the halftime and observed the defense, Duncan asked for the ball in the low post, but the Lakers were already guarded, directly let Duncan close to it, no chance to pass it.

But watching Duncan fight Howard hand-to-hand, it means that the goal has been achieved.

In the end, Tony Parker directly chose to come by himself, as the engine of GDP, Tony Parker’s state has been very stable.

After making a block with Leonard, he made the illusion of wanting to hit the shot, shook Nash’s center of gravity, and then took a step forward, ready to throw.

However, Howard made a posture to make up for the defense, which made Tony Parker nervous, but the ball still shot, but the height of this ball is too high.

It’s not a throw, but Tony Parker throws the ball higher after seeing Howard coming to make up for it, wanting to have an aerial relay with Duncan.

The stone Buddha may be old, but it is still okay to fly once in a while, and with his height, he does not need to fly too high.

Duncan pressed the ground with both feet, as if there was a rusty spring under his feet, although slow, he still grabbed the ball firmly in the air, and then wanted to pour the basketball into it fiercely.

Duncan did not fly once, but some people did not want him to take off successfully.

“Bang!” Bang!

This sound did not come from his dunk, but from Howard’s block!

Howard’s big palm was like a needle of the sea god, and he directly slapped down the basketball that Duncan was holding tightly with both hands in the air.

Very clean! A clean big hat!

Seems to want to be a Kanu

“Howard’s capping ability is really too strong!” Charles Barkley exclaimed.

“If this ball had been replaced by Duncan’s youth, it would have been poured in!” Kenny Smith regretted Duncan’s old age, and he knew what it was like to be old.

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The basketball was grabbed by Nash.

Just after half of the time when Nash held the ball, Howard found a good position before Duncan could stand up, and Nash did not hesitate to give the ball to Howard again.

Originally, Howard thought that Duncan was defending himself, but it was Split who found that he was defending himself.

“Let this subordinate lose and defend me, it seems that the Spurs have no tricks!” Howard looked at Split in front of him and said with a smile.

Lin Li also looked at the situation on the field with a puzzled expression.

Since Howard lost the jumping ball, the relaxed mentality at the beginning has also disappeared.

“Bang!”

Howard pushed a little harder.

“The strength is still the same as before!”

But at this time, Tony Parker clipped up, and in the face of this sudden situation, Howard had no choice but to pass the ball.

After receiving the ball, Kobe relied on his personal ability to shake a position, and then directly shot it.

This ball, in fact, the angle of the board is very good, but in the end it was a little bit of luck.

Duncan took the rebound and gave the ball to Leonard.

Leonard rarely did not pass, but single-handedly countered and scored easily.

And the general return defense is more positive Howard, because Split’s has always been close, the return defense is not very timely.

Looking back at the Lakers’ offense, Duncan showed his intention to assist in defense when Howard was off the ball, so Nash didn’t give him the ball and wanted to hit another point.

But now Howard is very strange, this fat man called Split has been clinging to himself and giving himself a body, which makes Howard very uncomfortable.

“Is the other side trying to consume yourself?”

Howard thought to himself, but wasn’t sure.

Kobe was also consumed by Danny Green, and he was very uncomfortable.

In the end, the Lakers’ offense this time was ended by Nash’s iron.

The Spurs, on the other hand, relied on Parker to score a throw.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers on the offensive end, Howard and Kobe were continuously consumed by Split and Danny Green, while the rest of the Lakers players in the Spurs ran at all costs, and the offense had two consecutive turnovers.

Consumed by Split and Danny Green, did not stop Howard and Kobe Bryant from scoring, Howard and Kobe Bryant still combined for 12 points in the half quarter, and the rest of the Lakers’ teammates seemed to have a bit of a bad hand today, but the Lakers still maintained the lead.

Leonard is still in relatively good shape today, and his best mid-range shot in the future is now his only trick besides throwing, but it is not very stable now, but today he hit a series of shots to help the Spurs bite the score.

Going into a timeout at the end of the quarter, the Lakers were just 16-11, leading the Spurs by five points.