Super Role Player

　　 The seventh game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers, the Memphis FedEx Arena was packed.

　　 Chris Paul gritted his teeth and struggled. Under the pressure of the Grizzlies, Blake Griffin was already misfired, and Tony Allen’s defense made Chris Paul’s offense more difficult.

　　 Win the tiebreaker? It was very difficult, but Chris Paul still did not give up. What did he join the Clippers for? Isn't it just going one step further in the playoffs? Chris Paul played in the first round of the playoffs, and Chris Paul also played in the Western Conference semifinals, but after coming to the Clippers, wouldn't it be possible to play in the Western Conference semifinals? Is the floor of the Western Conference that hard to touch?

　　 A drop of sweat dripped from Chris Paul's cheek, he pulled up a three-pointer, bang!

　　 "The key three-pointer missed! The Clippers are going far!"

　　 The Grizzlies started to exert their strength on the inside. Chris Paul looked at Blake Griffin, who was completely misfired on the offensive end, with a helpless expression on his face. The game was over...

　　 "The Grizzlies won the tiebreaker! They defended this series with a grinding disc-like defense!"

　　 "Congratulations to the Grizzlies, they have advanced! And their opponent Clippers also deserve our applause, the two teams dedicated a great series!"

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San Antonio, Spurs players watched this tie-break in the locker room. The two Western Conference tie-breaks have all ended. Not surprisingly, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets to advance to the Western Conference semifinals, but the Clippers were guarded by the Grizzlies. In the first round of the playoffs.

　　Then, the Western Conference semifinals matchup is out. The Spurs are facing the Grizzlies, their old opponents; and the Thunder's opponent will be the Lakers, and Kobe will lead the Lakers against the young Thunder Four in the downturn.

What Anxi doesn’t know is that his little butterfly has begun to affect history more or less. For example, in the original history, the Heat did not sweep the Knicks. The Knicks grabbed a victory in the fourth game and refused to sweep. ; For another example, the Grizzlies did enter the tie-break with the Clippers, but they did not win the tie-break. It was the Clippers who advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.

　　 And why did the Grizzlies advance to the Western Conference semifinals and why didn't the Knicks complete the refusal to sweep? In fact, the reason is all related to Anxi. Why did the Knicks not refuse to sweep? The reason is simple. In the original history, the Knicks also had conflicts in the team, but they have been hidden in the dark. But because of Anxi, the Knicks' conflicts broke out. , Become very serious, a team with serious internal conflicts, it is difficult to beat a super strong team like the Heat in the playoffs, even if it only beats once.

As for why the Grizzlies can beat the Clippers, it is actually related to Anxi, but this kind of connection happened in the dark. No one has discovered this. Except for Popovich, of course, Popovich will not think. This change of Grizzlies will be related to Anxi.

Popovich watched the Clippers and Grizzlies tie-break in the office. Amidst the narrator’s excited roar, Mike Budenholzer turned off the TV with a snap, and several Spurs’ assistants. , Sit around in the office.

　　 Popovich was silent for a while, he knocked on the table, and then said, "Have you noticed a change in Grizzlies' tactics?"

　　 "Defensive end?" Brett Brown was a little uncertain, until Popovich nodded.

　　 "Do any of you have such a discovery?" Popovich asked again. In fact, he just wanted to verify whether the Grizzlies' defense has undergone such a change.

　　 "I also found out. It seems that the Grizzlies' defense is more systematic than last season." Chad Forsier also said, but he said more than Brett Brown.

　　 After he finished speaking, Mike Budenholzer and the others nodded. Now Popovich is convinced that the Grizzlies' defense has indeed changed.

　　 "Brett, let's talk about it." Brett Brown is now responsible for the structure of the defensive system within the Spurs. Popovich signaled Brett Brown to talk about the Grizzlies' defensive changes.

“The Grizzlies’ defense, in fact, we’ve said before. Lionel Hollins’s goal for the Grizzlies is to focus on the inside, block the penalty area, control the three-point line, and maintain physical confrontation. This is the old style. The defensive system is good, but because they have Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, Lionel Hollins succeeded in the Grizzlies relying on this old defensive style and defeated us who had just been transformed last year."

　　 "However, this season, the Grizzlies' defense has obviously changed again. Their defense no longer seems to be dominated by the inside." Brett Brown paused. "They began to use the single defense capabilities of Tony Allen and Mike Conley on the outside line to defend from the outside. The two inside lines plus the substitutes also began to move outside. Through the control of outside the penalty area and the plethora of physical confrontations, they delayed the opponent's fall. In the end, a meat grinder-like defense is formed, and we can be sure that the Grizzlies’ defensive system was just formed in the second half of the season."

　　 "For example, in this game against the Clippers, because of the Grizzlies' defensive crushing, Blake Griffin misfired, and Chris Paul also had difficulty finding a chance. The Clippers lost the game like this..."

　　 Brett Brown said in great detail. In fact, neither Popovich nor anyone knows that Lionel Hollins’ defensive system transformation idea originated from the Spurs.

This season, the Spurs' defensive system is actually composed of the outside defense of Anxi, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, plus Tim Duncan's inside defense, so this gives Lionel Hollins a little bit. Inspired, he made a transformation on the Grizzlies and created an upgraded defensive system for the Spurs.

Lionel Hollins replaced the roles of Anxi and Kawhi Leonard with McConley and Tony Allen, and replaced Tim Duncan with Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph~www.ltnovel.com~ both The combination creates the current defensive system of the Grizzlies.

　　 For the Spurs, the Grizzlies they are about to face will be a strong opponent on their way to the championship. Just this defensive system is worthy of Popovich's attention to the Grizzlies.

　　 Several Spurs assistants discussed in Popovich’s office how to crack the Grizzlies’ defensive system.

　　 In the locker room, the Spurs players watched the tiebreaker and watched the league’s official live broadcast for a while, and another award came out.

　　 At the press conference, David Stern announced that the best sixth man winner of the regular season this season is James Harden of the Thunder!

　　 So there was a burst of chuckles in the Spurs locker room, and naturally these chuckles were aimed at Manu Ginobili.

　　 "Manu, you lost to James Harden. As the best sixth man of the older generation, do you have any ideas?" Matt Bonner pretended to be a reporter and interviewed Manu Ginobili.

　　 Even more, such as Tony Parker, who sang directly to Matt Bonner: "Hey, Matt, you should come to interview me, not to interview a loser, okay?"

Then, Matt Bonner came to interview Tony Parker very cooperatively, and Tony Parker continued to say in a serious manner: "Manu lost to James Harden the beard. This is normal, because James Harden has a big beard, and Manu... …No matter how hard he tries, he can't grow the big beard of James Harden because he doesn't even have hair!"

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room. Anxi and the others couldn’t stop laughing. It is worth mentioning that Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard also showed their teeth with smiles~www.ltnovel.com~ Welcome to the book Come and read it with friends, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.ltnovel.com~ For mobile phone users, please go to read.