NBA: The Talent Burst from the Start

How dirty this player is, Bowen can be described as too many words to describe.

As a defensive player for the Spurs, Bowen also contributed to the team's three previous championships.

Before joining the Spurs, Bowen played for the Miami Heat, the Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers, before finally moving to the Spurs.

In the following years he also won the first team of the NBA All-Defensive Team for five consecutive years with the Spurs.

If these honors were exchanged for an ordinary player, it would be very dazzling and extremely inspirational.

But for the Spurs and Bowen, it is a great irony.

His average score may only be a few points per game, but in defense, he has a lot of small moves. Under the circumstance of average physical fitness, he completely relies on various small moves and black hands to defend.

When Vince Carter, who was still at his peak, took off, Bowen had no way to defend, so he took the initiative to put his foot where Carter landed, causing Carter to fall on the spot when he landed.

And he deliberately quit, making Carter's injury aggravated by 11, and almost ruining his career.

Later Francis and Steve Nash, including the No. 1 pick Allen Iverson in 1996, these well-known figures, have encountered Bowen's poisonous hands.

The worst is the Pistons' Hamilton.

In the finals of the 2004-05 season, Bowen was responsible for defending Hamilton. The tall and thin jumper ran so fast that Bowen couldn't catch up at all. In order to defend Hamilton, he reached out and poked Hamilton's eyes.

And when James was swept by the Cavaliers in 2007, he couldn't help complaining to the media.

"Bowen is such a disgusting guy. He hit me with his knee when he was defending me, and he quietly kicked his black foot. As long as I exert force, I will definitely get injured!"

For the Spurs, it is a good thing to have such a player, but it is also a side note:

Bowen's defensive style would never have been possible without Popovich's prior permission.

With Bowen retiring, the Spurs have already lacked a defensive core on the perimeter. In the past two years, when facing the Lakers, they will not be able to limit their perimeter as before.

With the appearance of Leonard, it naturally made up for this shortcoming, but Popovich still gave orders in private.

It is forbidden for any player to have too much interaction with the opposing players on the field. It must be cold-blooded and very positive, otherwise anyone will be substituted.

Fortunately, it was Tim Duncan who supported Lin Lei. If it was any other person, I am afraid that Popovich would not hesitate to replace him and give him a good reprimand.

But even so, Tim Duncan was gently scolded by the old man, and his expression began to become very serious again.

Duncan's defense just now not only didn't play a role, but instead made Lin Lei 2+1. With the free throws scored, the score has reached 10:5. In the blink of an eye, the Spurs are already 5 points behind.

In the first 10 points of the Lakers, 4 points were obtained by Dayao through dunks and the other 6 points were all obtained by Lin Lei.

That is to say, the two top players from China swept the Lakers' top 10 points in this game, which makes people feel very excited.

On the next possession, Tim Duncan received a pass from an alien.

This time without outside interference, Tim Duncan will face Pau Gasol.

This season, Tim Duncan averaged only 13.4 points per game in the regular season.

Before that, Gasol and Duncan had played 45 games in the regular season, and their record was completely crushed, with only 15 wins, but in terms of data, it seemed that Duncan could average 17 points and 8.9 rebounds without losing much. and 1.7 blocks.

And Tim Duncan is 18.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2 blocks of data, the shooting rate also remained at about 50%.

Duncan faced Paul Gasol's defense with the ball, and first used a back to play Paul Gasol.

Because the position has been occupied, and Duncan's technical characteristics are also very familiar, so this time he was beaten and did not achieve good results.

However, when Duncan looked like he was going to perform a second back fight against Gasol, he actually turned around and raised his hand.

Seeing this picture, it was too late for Gasol to catch up. Duncan is best at 45-degree rebounding shots.

Once Duncan chooses this scoring method, the success rate of interior scoring can even be as high as 70%

Seeing that Gasol could no longer defend Duncan, Bynum, who was on the inside, also took a step forward.

Since Dayao joined the Lakers, Bynum has also fully realized where his own problems lie. He has become a lot harder, and recently lost three kilograms.

The purpose of doing this is to make your knees less stressed and at the same time increase your speed.

After losing weight, Bynum's speed has indeed improved a lot. Although it is not at the peak level, it is different from before.

Seeing that Duncan is about to complete the score, Bynum is also full of joy and wants to take this shot directly.

Who knew that at the moment when Bynum was about to block Duncan, Duncan suddenly changed hands and moved forward at the same time.

At this moment, the Lakers' inside line is also wide open, Duncan jumped directly, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!

Duncan actually dunked, and he still shook off the powerful dunk of the two!

This time Duncan's dunk is very powerful, and even the basket has been deformed, making a loud "bang".

With his dunk this time, the score came to 7:10, the Spurs were still three points behind, but the audience at the scene was completely boiling......

"Is this still the stone Buddha I know?"

"Yeah, do you remember the last time Duncan showed such a domineering dunk?"

"I haven't seen one since I watched basketball.

"Youth is back!!!"

The reason why the audience was so excited was not because they had not seen the world, but because they had not seen Duncan dunk for a long time.

Even Van Gundy, the commentator at the scene, couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart: "Because of Lin Lei's incredible score just now, Duncan's fighting spirit has also awakened!"