Scored 15 points in a row! The Tyrant finished off the Spurs tonight! - Los Angeles Times.
This is not an exaggeration, I have always felt that this is his strength! - Bleachers
Duncan lost, and the first and second halves were completely different! The power of a new era has begun? No, maybe the next game on the 21st will bottom out! - ESPN
He is the new king of the Lakers! His name is Dongfang Hot! - Laker Nation.
Amazing performance! He is the new flag of the Lakers! - "Magic" Johnson.
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At the same time, other semifinals continued. The Trail Blazers met the 73-win team. The Warriors defeated the former in the first game at Oracle Arena. Even though Damian Lillard scored 30 points,
It was useless. Because the opponent Thompson scored 37 points, and Green also scored a triple-double of 23 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, so even if Curry did not play, he still won the game.
.Lillard was guarded like a dog, making 8 of 26 shots, a shooting percentage of 30.8%, which almost fell below 30%. It would be awesome to win like this. 118-106, the Warriors won their first victory in the conference semifinals with 12 points
On May 2, the Cavaliers met the Hawks again. Just like last year, James easily led the team to defeat the opponent. The Celtic giants played stably and once again exceeded 60 points. 104-93. The Hawks had no chance of winning.
Hope. The outside world says that if Atlanta can win one game this time, it will be considered a victory.
On May 2, the Lakers ushered in the second game of the conference semifinals. Because the Lakers were the first team to play in the semifinals, they played the fastest this time. Because of the home court advantage, this time
The game is still held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Spurs have also made some pre-game adjustments, but Popovich also knows from the last game that this series will not be easy to play. Larry
.Brown will definitely not let go of his team's goal and force a single.
Such a game will become very fluid, with a lot of singles, but it is indeed detrimental to the Spurs.
The Spurs are known as the "double-German combination" era this season, but Leonard is the leading player in his first year, averaging only 21 points per game. This kind of scoring ability is similar to that of Butler of the Lakers. You can
It is said that he is slightly more efficient than Butler, but the pressure stabilization is not suitable because the Lakers are a slow-paced team. If you look at the points ratio, you will find it magical. Leonard's team points ratio is not as good as Butler's
Averaging 20+ points per game.
Aldridge is the only one to rely on. He has to play the 4th position to be effective. Playing the 5th position is basically useless. But in this way, Duncan's off-ball support and off-ball pick-and-roll must be sacrificed on the offensive end. And less
Without Duncan's intangible contributions, the Spurs' overall offensive operation will be suppressed. This is basically a dilemma. How to solve it, Popovich has not yet thought of a perfect solution.
At the beginning, I was a little conservative, wanting to see if my off-ball offensive operation was really unable to open up the opponent. As expected, it was exactly the same as the last game. Really, it was impossible to open up. The Lakers have now made it clear.
That is, I won’t talk nonsense to you. Everyone should not play smooth conduction and off-ball operation, but focus on superstar ball and singles ball. Why the Lakers do this, Popovich also knows very well, although everyone knows the empty space.
The cutting and defensive conversion efficiency is higher, but this is the strongest point for the Spurs. Although the Lakers can do it, they are obviously not as good as the Spurs. So, Larry Brown might as well give up this and play the Thunder.
It’s a different style of play. It’s the kind of thing that, in the last round, he kept saying, it’s the “original style of play” and “original tactics”.
Because, this is actually a strength for the Lakers, at least better than the Spurs.
Learning from strengths and avoiding weaknesses is also a basic rule in basketball.
As long as you can win, it doesn't matter whether you are "original" or "advanced". In competitive sports, winning is the ultimate goal of everything. I said this before, that's because the Lakers and Larry Brown are
Winner. If they lose, who else will say that the Lakers play as a team? Wouldn't they all praise the Thunder's two teenagers?
Even the so-called James system, how magical and mysterious do you think it really is? Isn’t it just that James can win with this all-inclusive approach? Otherwise, people would have long been scolded as a grandchild. Therefore, can
Just win.
The rest is just a matter of the butt deciding the head.
The Spurs still made a change. They deployed Box.And1 from the beginning to strengthen their defense in the low post. As for the Lakers, after Tang Qian felt bad after playing a few games, he quickly changed to attracting passes and one outside player.
In the second pass, Rondo shot a three-pointer from the top of the arc. It was a big open space, so his hit rate was not bad. Rondo's open three-pointers have also improved a lot now. Although his shots are limited, he will definitely not shoot if there is no big open space, but once he has it,
, he will not be as timid and afraid to take action as he was a few seasons ago.
This is progress.
Forget about a few goals. This time the Spurs defensive end adopted a sudden attack on the line, forcing Rondo to play the ball. But Rondo reacted quickly and threw it in. Tang Qian cut in without the ball, got the ball, and hit it.
The Spurs still relied on Duncan to commit an offensive foul. But, Tang Qian is not very angry now. Because he was given a way in the last game. Duncan is indeed the strongest inside position awareness, footwork and
His positioning is also recognized as abnormally strong. Otherwise, how could he have maintained such ability to protect the basket for so many years with his matchbox bounce? Duncan is determined to cause offensive fouls, and there will definitely be a few in each game.
However, Duncan is now physically exhausted, and he has invested so much energy in defending Tang Qian that he has no energy left to shine in other areas. Such a Spurs team actually sacrifices a lot.
But the problem is, if you don’t sacrifice, it won’t work! The Lakers will blow it up on the 29th! Did you see it in the last round? How did the Lakers rely on the 29th to defeat the Thunder step by step? 58 points in the second game of the series
, except for the first game where the tactics required only 22 points, have you ever scored 30 points in the rest of the games? The average is 37 points per game. Just asking if you are afraid!
So the Spurs had to do this. They also had to sacrifice No. 21, Tim Duncan.
What Tang Qian has to do now is to adjust his mentality and how to fight. When the second half comes, the goddess of victory will naturally let him "lift up his skirt". Duncan also knows the opponent's plan, but he really has no idea.
There's a solution. The difference in strength is too big, and he's too old. If you want to defend No. 29 at the 5th position, you really need to concentrate all the time. Otherwise, you will inevitably be penetrated.
Without Duncan in the Spurs' offense, the overall power off the ball has dropped a lot. Let the others split the attack, and the Lakers' defensive point is very strong, so the Spurs are in a dilemma. They can only take advantage of Duncan's delay in the first half.
At this time, try to increase the score as much as possible, otherwise, when Duncan gets tired, the inside defense will collapse.
No way, in order to gain more points, now we can only grab a wave of points, how to grab it? It’s the same method as in the last game! Use the "waste" style of play to grab points! As many as you can grab! We will find a way in the second half.
.But this time, Larry Brown had already made a plan, so when he saw the Spurs doing this, he immediately changed his tactics and used the method of shrinking the basket to block the opponent's breakthrough. The Spurs played for a while and didn't feel very good afterward.
.Popovich has a lot of shooters. Even if this old man keeps saying that he "doesn't like three-pointers" and "hates three-pointers", when he really wants to use them, he is not ambiguous. What a duplicitous guy!
I can’t believe his lies!
Play like this? It's simple. Block the star's receiving route, and then continue to shrink and consolidate the penalty area, so that your attacks can be concentrated in the 2-point area. Playing like this, it will not be so easy to pass the ball to the star. Otherwise, it is easy to make mistakes.
Being intercepted in the middle. If you don't give it, then the defense in the 2-point area is relatively loose. In this way, do you play or not? No? The other way is even more difficult! If you do, the CIC now has no role players in the Spurs.
The master of mid-range shooting. Again, you can rely on muscle memory practice and forcefully stack up three-pointers, and you will improve quickly, but mid-range shooting is different! There are too many shooting points in mid-range shooting, and you can't roughly strengthen them all.
Look at the three-point masters of the Spurs, the powerful 3D player Danny Green. His career three-pointers are close to 40%, and his career three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs exceeds 41%! He is an absolute three-point master! But
Sorry, CIC! In his regular season career, his shooting rate was less than 30% from 10 to 16 feet, and 38% from 16 to 23 feet. And this season, his shooting rate from this distance is less than 35%, only 34%! Comparison
It’s low! Let alone the playoffs, it’s only in the early 30s, which is completely unreliable! If you want to kill people with mid-range, that’s even more of a pipe dream!
The same goes for Ginobili. The 3-point shot is also better than the mid-range shot! His mid-range regular season career is about 38%, and the mid-range and long-range is 16 to 23 feet, just over 34%. The playoffs are even better.
Poor, less than 30%! So he, the ace sixth man of the Spurs for many years, is not qualified! The French fat Diaw is good in the mid-range. But in the regular season and in the playoffs, the mid-range suddenly declined, and he was only 2 points from the mid-range.
38%, 2 points from mid-range and 35% from mid-range. Veterans like David West and Andre Miller are stable and solid in the mid-range. But, these two are too slow and they are very old.
There is nothing to say about his physical strength, but he can no longer move. If the ball is passed, there is a good chance that the Lakers can make up for it again.
The main reason is that after struggling for so long, the score difference still cannot be widened, and the main players have been making wedding dresses. It is impossible to feel better after a long time. Once the mentality changes, unpredictable situations will occur for the entire offense and defense. Furthermore,
The Lakers were not without points, and the Spurs were even more tired of defending them. During the first substitute time, the Spurs' Manu Ginobili had a bad touch. In this way, the Spurs finally managed to open up a few points in the main time.
All the substitute time was in vain. The Lakers' substitutes have too much firepower. Nick Young + Pierce + Lance Stephenson are all people who still have strong firepower on the bench. If they are on different teams, each team has a lot of firepower.
Everyone is a firepower bench, averaging double-digit points per game is not a problem. In addition, the Lakers' bench lineup also has no shortage of defensive experts. In this case, it will be very difficult to fight against the opponent.
Unknowingly, Larry Brown increased the Lakers' bench scoring firepower to an extremely strong level, and the Lakers' overall thickness increased again. This team is really not that easy to beat. There are too many to use.
There are so many chess pieces, so many lineups that can be combined, and all of them are cheap. This is really, really annoying.
The most eye-catching aspects of the Lakers' operations over the years have been covered up. Bosh is very strong and a star player, but what really made this team rise strongly was the transactions they signed that were not very promising. These people,
They have formed a seemingly inconspicuous Lakers team, but their internal strength is already strong. Why do you say that Larry Brown is so ambitious this season? This is not a vain slogan. He is prepared to do just that.
In the third quarter, after returning to the main force, the Spurs had the same problem as before. They gradually began to be unable to defend the Lakers' No. 29. As Duncan became tired and exhausted, Tang Qian's offensive pressure
It's getting smaller and smaller. In this case, there is nothing to say, just start the game. One person scored 9 points in one breath, directly forcing the score difference to 2 digits. As for the Spurs, because the mid-range shot was hit
The rate drops, and as soon as you relax a little, the opportunity is seized and suppressed directly.
To prevent a repeat of what happened in the last game, Spurs coach Popovich quickly called a timeout.
Immediately, he began to arrange the offensive end and deepen the details. Because the Lakers made it clear in these games that they wanted to pass the ball and operate without the ball, the Spurs made a lot of mistakes. They forced the ball.
The effect was not good. In response to this, Popovich immediately made an adjustment: before passing the ball, don’t directly release the ball on the spot. Look here, dribble a few times before releasing the ball! Do you understand? This can be properly dispersed
The Lakers' defensive attention opens up gaps in the Lakers' defensive lineup! Therefore, don't pass the ball so directly! The Lakers are a very strong defensive team, and the overall interference is absolutely top-notch. We have to see what we can do.
Did you hear that clearly?
As for the defensive end, Tim is also tired. Everyone, go and help! Don’t let him do it alone anymore! Otherwise, the situation in the last game will be a repeat! He will take away the victory alone again! Everyone, go and help.
Help Tim! See the right moment to strike! Do you understand???
Popovich was really anxious, and he just started to dig into the details. Otherwise, he knew very well that this game could not be played. The opponent's overall response and overall restraint were all aimed at the Spurs, and he did not make any
To adjust is to fail.
He can't just watch the team lose 2 games in a row!