75-75, the two teams started the fourth quarter competition.
Domestic, imperial sports station studio.
"Mike Brown is on the full lineup again? This is a bit unreasonable. The opponent Ginobili hasn't even been on the lineup yet." Zhang Weiping frowned when he saw the Lakers' lineup.
"Maybe it's to expand the score advantage." Meteor Rain added.
"No, the main players of the Lakers played for too long, and they will definitely be exhausted later in the game. Then the Spurs can take away the game in one wave as long as they send in the GDP combination." Zhang Weiping said: "Mike Brown
This game is too impatient.”
In fact?
Mike Brown achieved half of his goal. As soon as the Lakers came on the court, Kobe launched the offense, making sudden shots and scoring 5 points in an instant, 80-75. The Black Mamba used his personal ability to help the Lakers build a lead. On the other hand,
The Spurs played unhurriedly and strictly, as if they were not affected by Kobe at all, and ran their own routine tactics.
What is Popovich's strategy? It's very simple. To use a Chinese idiom, it's called striking from behind.
The tactics he set for the Spurs in the fourth quarter were to focus on defense in the first half and try to drain the opponent's energy, and then switch from defense to offense in the second half to win the game in one fell swoop.
It's a pity that Mike Brown didn't see it...or he saw it but didn't have the courage to resolve it.
So what Mike Brown means is to establish a lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter, then hold the lead and steadily run out the game time.
After 3 minutes, the Lakers' offensive intensity gradually declined. In fact, except for Kobe, no one else made many shots. The Spurs' key defensive ability has been among the best in the league for more than ten years. Bynum is very good.
Being pestered by Duncan, he almost went crazy. He made 0 of 5 shots, which was his offensive report card in the fourth quarter. Even if he grabbed 4 offensive rebounds at the same time, it was of no use. Because similarly, he was under the basket.
Three of his shots were blocked by Duncan, and the other two were greatly interfered with, causing the shot to hit the rim. Gasol, because of his tactical position and his martial arts, was unable to do anything six or seven, and could only compete with the Spurs' "
The short forward DeJuan Blair has to fight. Walking around the edge of the penalty area is not what the Spaniard is best at, and he has to compete with someone 12cm shorter than himself in terms of mobility. This is even worse. In Germany
Under the strong guard of Juan Blair, Pau Gasol made 0 of 3 mid-range shots and was completely lost.
How can it be possible to survive for a long time just by relying on "Old Wing"? As Kobe's shooting percentage dropped, the Spurs had a small climax and turned the score over in the blink of an eye.
From 82-85, the Spurs only spent nearly 1 minute. All were passes, all were assists, and all were open.
Just when Mike Brown called a timeout and was about to interrupt the Spurs' offensive state, a piece of "bad news" came out of the blue.
Caught Mike Brown off guard.
Pau Gasol, clutching his calf, fell to the ground in pain.
This was an unconfronted injury, which meant that the Spaniard's body had problems of its own.
"Team doctor, call the team doctor up quickly!!!" Seeing this situation, Kobe quickly shouted to the Lakers bench.
Without Mike Brown's instructions, Lakers chief doctor Gary Vitti ran up with someone. He first checked Gasol's pain, then asked the Spaniard a few questions, and finally gave
Preliminary conclusion: Pau Gasol suffered severe cramps in his right calf and is no longer suitable to participate in the remaining fourth quarter of the game.
He made a gesture with Mike Brown, then led someone to unfold the stretcher and took the Spaniard back to the locker room.
Losing a "general" at a critical moment casts a shadow over the Lakers' prospects tonight.
Gasol played too long in this game and played too long this season. He is a white European and nearly 32 years old. He is no longer suitable for high-intensity confrontations averaging more than 37 minutes per game. In fact, he used to be too.
The "iron man" at the power forward position has played 37+ minutes in almost every season since coming to the Lakers. But now, he is older, and his body's endurance no longer allows for such intense exertion.
Originally, the Lakers were already at the end of their game, but now they are missing Pau Gasol. The situation is no less than a blow to the team.
"Coach Brown, hurry up and arrange the players, the referee is urging us!" When Mike Brown was a little dazed, the Lakers assistant coaches reminded him one after another.
"Oh, yes, then who will be sent on the field?" Mike Brown was a little "in a trance" when faced with this "natural and man-made disaster".
He is not the kind of head coach who has a particularly strong mental capacity, so when he thinks of the "verbal and verbal criticism" after losing tomorrow, he becomes dizzy and his tongue becomes inexplicably dry.
"Mr. Brown, in my opinion, let China play." Lakers assistant coach Mark Madsen suggested.
Mark Madsen was a player during the Lakers' "three consecutive championships". He won a championship ring with the O.K. After retiring from the Timberwolves in 2009, he joined the NBDL and became an assistant coach for the Utah Chargers. He just joined the team this year.
He was just promoted from the NBDL and joined the coaching staff of the Lakers.
Therefore, he is more emotional about the Los Angeles Lakers than Mike Brown.
"China Hot?" Mike Brown thought for a moment and then said: "His offensive ability is too lacking. Now we need offensive points to open up the situation. Why not let Troy Murphy go up? He is worse than Chinese ironing has a basket.”
"Troy Murphy?" Mark Madsen disagreed and said: "Mr. Brown, Troy's offensive ability is no longer at its peak. In addition, he is older and his offensive power is almost negligible when he is guarded.
.In this case, it is better to send China Fang, whose defensive ability can at least provide a certain degree of help to the team at this stage."
"Okay, then." Mike Brown nodded with some frustration. It can be seen that Pau Gasol retired due to injury, which made the Ohio man have the idea of giving up. As for Tang Qian, he didn't think of it at all.
One thing.
Although Mike Brown deprived the Spaniard of his second core position as soon as he came to the Lakers, this does not mean that he thinks that the Spaniard is not good. He did that more to consolidate his position in the team than to
Look down on Pau Gasol's personal ability.
So now that Gasol has left the game early, Mike Brown feels a little hopeless of victory.
"Thank you, Mr. Madsen, for your recommendation." After Tang Qian took off his training clothes, he thanked Mark Madsen.
"There's no need to thank me, I'm just doing my job well." Mark Madsen said: "If you don't perform well, I will also suggest Coach Brown to replace you."
"So, just behave, young man."
"Yes, I will, Mr. Madsen." Tang Qian nodded.
PS: This Mark Madsen was once the "predecessor" of Sacre of the Lakers and the bench cheerleader. Xiao Zi liked this person very much, so he joined the Lakers coaching staff a year early. Please explain.
This is the first update today, there will be another update tonight, thank you everyone for your support~