If Tang Qian could hear Howard's words, he would definitely sneer at it, because it is obvious that he is not good enough, so he wants to "kill people with a borrowed knife", which is obscene. For the rest of the second quarter, the two sides entered into a stalemate.
The score is very tight.
At the end of the second quarter, 48-50, the Spurs led by 2 points entering the second half.
After returning to the locker room, Popovich looked at Duncan and said: "Tim, is that kid really so fierce on defense? Did you almost give up on low-post attacks and switch to low-post turn shots?" Duncan took a sip of exercise.
Drink, and then said: "It's really good. It's much better than the last time we played. Although the starting point is not high, the growth rate is good." You must know that Duncan is the No. 4 position in NBA history, even if he can't be said to be arrogant.
, but pride is inevitable. Therefore, there are not many young people in the league who can be truly praised by him as "not bad".
Gregg Popovich nodded and suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Then with your full power, can you suppress him?"
Popovich knows Duncan very well. After the age of 30, Duncan will basically withdraw his strength in the regular season and will not explode with all his strength. The benefits of this are undoubtedly that it can better protect the body, extend his career, and enter the field.
After the playoffs, you can have more energy to improve your state and explode. Of course, the most important thing is that the Spurs are as stable as a dog, and conditions allow Duncan to be a little "lazy" in the regular season.
Duncan currently only averages 17+ points per game, and his rebounds have dropped below 10+, but if you look at his average playing time per game, you will find that this set of data is completed in around 30 minutes. If you extend him to normal
36+ minutes, then the average data per game will become a terrifying offensive and defensive data close to 21+12+3+3.
And the most frightening thing is that in 36+ minutes this season, only old Duncan can reach 20+10+3+3 inside numbers. The rest of them are either not up to standard in terms of blocks and assists, or their scoring and rebounding are not good enough. So.
When Duncan truly broke out and liberated himself, he was undoubtedly the league's No. 1 power forward this season. It's just that for the playoffs, the championship, and his career, he chose to stay on the second line temporarily instead of being with a bunch of young people.
Steal the show in the regular season.
Well, even so, Tang Qian remembers that he still won the honors of first team and second defense this season, and he can be called a monster.
Anyone who can still provide first-team defense at the age of 37 is one of the best in NBA history.
That's why Popovich asked.
"Of course, it's not a big problem." Duncan said this, his expression neither arrogant nor reserved, as calm as a windless lake.
In the Lakers locker room, Mike D'Antoni praised Tang Qian's performance in the second quarter. After all, he was able to suppress his opponent Duncan's shooting percentage below 40%, which is definitely good enough. You must know that Duncan's shooting percentage this season is
Those that exceeded 50% suddenly dropped by more than ten percentage points, and Tang Qian's defense took the greatest credit.
The data of 4 blocks, 2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter are comprehensive enough.
So D'Antoni doesn't hesitate to praise him at all.
Maybe, we can really win this game and really enter the playoffs, but that's not necessarily the case.
Mike D'Antoni thought this way, but in the second half, the Spurs gave the Lakers a blow in the head.
In just 5 minutes, the Lakers were defeated.
The Spurs went on a 16-0 run, which made the fans at Staples Center boo.
If you look closely, you can see that San Antonio didn't actually have any explosive individual performances. Everyone just scored 2 to 3 points, and then the score was instantly widened. Howard had already made D'Antoni feel desperate. He originally thought that "Warcraft"
At least it can be used as a stable scoring point, but tonight... the Spurs' overall defense inside made Howard and D'Antoni understand what teamwork and team defense are.
With Tim Duncan as the core of the defense, the others cooperate tacitly, making it difficult for the Lakers to score inside, no, even inside shots. Besides, you also know Howard, he has no sense of passing at all. This season
It gets even worse. As long as you hold the ball in the low post, there are three situations.
Either take a shot, commit a foul (including being fouled and committing an offensive foul yourself), or make a mistake.
Once the ball is in his hands, it is extremely difficult to pass it out.
The Lakers were already in a precarious situation and were on the verge of falling apart. The tailwind was fine, but once they entered a headwind situation, their loose nature would be wildly amplified and they would become an absolute underdog in the NBA. The score was widened to 18 in an instant.
At this moment, Mike D'Antoni's heart suddenly cooled down and became extremely cold.
Sure enough... I still think too much.
As long as the Spurs get a little serious, the gap between them and this Lakers team will be as big as heaven and earth.
Now there is no independent offensive point on the outside, and Howard, his biggest reliance, has also been targeted and restricted. He feels that it will be difficult to win tonight.
In fact, when Steve Nash was injured, D'Antoni's tactical system basically collapsed, but he could still win the game, but Kobe was forced to hang up in one breath to prevent the Lakers from dying. But when 24 also collapsed,
What's left for the Lakers?
D'Antoni can no longer forcefully inject anything into this team. He can only watch helplessly every time and let the Lakers players on the court decide their own destiny.
This is definitely the tragedy of the head coach, but...what can he do now?
He is the head coach who took over midway and has not even run in with the team in a complete training camp, so he has already tried his best to be able to play like this. If Nash is still there, then D'Antoni can still come up with something.
But Nash is gone, and Steve Blake can't do anything with just Steve Blake. He can't do any magic.
Alternatively, if he were allowed to lead the team from the beginning and have a complete pre-game training camp to inject his own tactical system into the Lakers, there would still be some way. But now, it is too late to say anything.
Being helpless and powerless is the truest portrayal of Mike D'Antoni's mood at this moment.
"Mr. D'Antoni, please change someone. If Howard can't do it, let me come in." Just as D'Antoni's mood was ups and downs, a voice sounded beside him. D'Antoni turned around and said slightly confused: "Hom? It's you.
?Can you change this?"
I thought I would get an answer of silence or denial, but unexpectedly...
"Of course, sir, I won't let the Lakers be eliminated, and I won't let you be eliminated either." Tang Qian said seriously, which made D'Antoni stunned for a few seconds before he continued: "
You, why are you so confident?"
"I'm not confident, sir." Tang Qian blurted out: "I just promised a lot of people, so I have to work hard and win."
I don't know why, but Mike D'Antoni suddenly remembered a short story about Jordan.
It’s about Jordan and former Bulls head coach Doug Collins, and it goes something like this:
In the opening game of the 1986-1987 season, the Bulls played against the New York Knicks. It was also this season that the Bulls' head coach was changed from Stan Albeck to the young Doug Collins. In this game, Collins was also the Bulls' head coach.
The team's first "opening game". So Collins was a little nervous after seeing New York go ahead in the fourth quarter. He might be afraid of losing in the first game with the new team. At this time, it was the head coach who should have comforted him.
Players, but they didn't expect the Bulls to suddenly walk up to Collins on the 23rd and said something very famous throughout the NBA: "Don't worry, coach, I won't let you lose the first game."
Then Jordan really took off, scoring the team's last 11 points and taking away the game with 50 points, giving Doug Collins a valuable victory in his first game coaching the Bulls.
Doug Collins was only 35 years old this year, and Jordan was even younger, only 23 years old. However, this conversation became a classic topic that the NBA later talked about. I don’t know why, but Mike D’Antoni suddenly thought of it.
When he arrived here, he looked at the tall figure of No. 29 and gave the substitution order, which he later felt "very lucky".
Howard left the game and Tang Qian came on, once again reducing "Warcraft"'s playing time.
Howard looked very angry, but in front of Tang Qian, he could only look ugly and said, "I dare not speak out if I dare to be angry."
As soon as Tang Qian came on the court, the Lakers changed. The main reason was that No. 29's playing style was extremely selfless and did not stick to the ball at all. This immediately doubled the number of outside shooting opportunities. However, the Lakers' outside shooting percentage was
It wasn't very good. The Spurs didn't defend well on several shots, but they couldn't shoot the basketball into the basket either.
However, Tang Qian's appearance on the court has strengthened the Lakers' intensity in grabbing offensive rebounds. Without Duncan on the court, just Thiago Split, who averages 6+ rebounds per game, cannot stop No. 29 at all. So.
Through several offensive rebounds, although the Lakers' shooting percentage was not high, they still made use of their numbers and scored two three-pointers.
54-66, the Lakers finally broke the scoring drought in this quarter and narrowed the score difference by 6 points in one breath.
The Spurs' inside shot was strongly interfered by Tang Qian. Even if he didn't hit the hat, it destroyed the shooter's original shooting rhythm. Gasol pressed Matt Bonner to protect the defensive rebound. The opponent's height
With only 208cm Bonner, Gasol still has a big advantage. Not to mention that Bonner only averaged 1.9 rebounds per game this season.
Bonner has been able to stay in the NBA for so many years because of his ability and reasons. However, he has never been good at rebounding. To describe it as failing would not be too biased. So let him be the top rebounder.
It's okay to top people, but if you compare it with Gasol, who averaged 8+ rebounds per game this season, you will only be completely overwhelmed. Moreover, Gasol's rebounding ability seems to be declining this season, but in fact it is completely hindered by his tactical position.
Tang Qian knew that he would be able to average 11+ rebounds per game even in a few years.
So it's a matter of course that defensive rebounds suppress Matt Bonner.
The Lakers attacked again. Gasol got the ball and shot inside. Thiago Splitter defended the ball very hard and judged the jump well, so it really hindered the Spaniard's shooting point. The basketball slipped out of the basket.
.
Okay, one of them was defended!
Just when Parker was about to catch the ball and make a quick push, the rebound was picked off by...No. 29 of the Lakers.
Then Steve Blake passed the ball from outside and made a three-pointer.
Of course, Steve Blake is the most accurate three-point shooter for the Lakers on the court, and he is also good at making three-pointers in his career. Unfortunately, this shot still missed a bit.
Shi.t! This didn’t even make it in! Damn it!
Steve Blake shook his hand in annoyance, seeming very depressed.
However, the rebound was again picked off by Lakers No. 29. On the defensive end, in order to control the Lakers' scoring, Popovich asked Thiago Splitter at No. 5 to face Gasol. This was originally a
It's a very correct tactical fine-tuning, because No. 29's independent offensive ability is almost negligible and is far less powerful than Gasol, so there is nothing wrong with letting Splitter, who is taller and better at defense, defend the Lakers' No. 4 position. But
What Popovich didn't expect was that he successfully defended Gasol, but the rebound...
Although it has been said before that offensive rebounds are about 4 times harder to grab than defensive rebounds, Bonner is too weak to hold him back. He averaged 3+ rebounds per game in his career. This season is even more pitiful, not even 2+ left.
Even if this is quadrupled, it is still no match for Lakers No. 29. To put it bluntly, if this matchup lasted the entire game, Tang Qian would probably have the Spurs' rebounds blown away.
So not to mention 100% of grabbing offensive rebounds, at least more than 80% of them are possible every time. This probability is simply bullying a child.
So Tang Qian picked the rebound off again and threw it to Steve Blake in the corner.
This time Blake did not disappoint the fans in the audience. He hit a 3-pointer and the Lakers scored another 3-pointer!
Seeing this, Popovich immediately called a timeout. He wanted to make lineup adjustments and interrupt the Lakers' rising momentum.
57-66, the 18-point advantage suddenly became 9 points, only half of it was left.
This made Popovich a little unhappy and said: "What's going on? I know your rebounding ability is not very good, but Matt, you can't protect every defensive rebound. This is a bit unreasonable, right? Don't you
Are you really not as good as that Oriental guy?" Matt Bonner was also aggrieved. Although he usually wasn't good at rebounding, he could still get a few defensive rebounds, so he wouldn't be completely blown away like tonight.
"Sir, I'm sorry, I..."
"Forget it, Greg, don't make it difficult for Matt. It's not that Matt didn't try his best, it's just that he really couldn't stop the Eastern center." Duncan sat on the bench and interjected: "After all, he is second in the rebounding list this season.
When Matt goes against a player, he really suffers from rebounding." Popovich said: "How do you think his rebounding ability is? Is it on par with Howard?"
Duncan thought for a while and said: "No, I think Howard is not his opponent in rebounding now. Although it seems that there are 0.1 more rebounds than the latter in the rebound list, he also plays more minutes than the latter.
A lot. If you put it this way, he is not as good as this Easterner." "Where is Howard at his peak? Has he reached that level?" Popovich has a vicious look, but he is the coach after all, so he still has to ask the players.
Intuitive feeling, more accurate and comprehensive.
"It's hard to say." Duncan said: "You have to know the average rebounds per game. It doesn't mean that the more playing time you have, it will explode. When it is too little, of course it will increase as the playing time increases, but after a certain point
, this is not the competition. Most of the time, Feng is playing against substitutes, and his ability is likely to be maximized. But..." Duncan paused and then said: "I think his average rebounds per game
His ability is already comparable to that of Howard at his peak."
As good as peak Howard? Duncan's words made everyone in the Spurs pay attention. Because with the further decline of the center, he can now dominate with an average of 12+ rebounds per game. But what about peak Howard?
He averages 14+ per game, and unlike "big brush" Love, his rebounds per game have very few non-confrontational rebounds, and most of them are confrontational rebounds. This shows that Howard at his peak is truly capable of rebounding.
A dominant inside player.
At least in this era, that's right.
Otherwise, how many do you think Love and Howard can get if they get stuck under the basket at the same time and compete for rebounds?
Howard at his peak would be so explosive that even his mother wouldn't recognize him.
This is the real power of 14+ rebounds, which is far from what Love can compare to.
And Duncan actually said that the rebounding ability of No. 29 is comparable to that of Howard at his peak? Isn't this a bit shocking?
"Tim, is this too exaggerated? Is he even better at rebounding than you were at your peak?" Corey Joseph of the Spurs said in disbelief. Duncan smiled and replied: "During the regular season
, I am definitely not as good as him, but in the playoffs, he is not on the same level as me and Howard. Of course, you have to know that I am talking about the peak period, not now."
Duncan's words, everyone present understands that some people will not let their condition explode too quickly in the regular season, so as not to be unable to follow up in the playoffs. Moreover, the playoffs are the stage where the difficulty escalates. Many regular season rebounders are good.
People, in the playoffs, their rebounds per game dropped drastically, and their performance was far inferior to that of the regular season.
This is the so-called "playoff state". At his peak, Duncan was a monster who averaged 15+ rebounds per game all the way to the finals! In this regard, Tang Qian is not as good as him for the time being.
But that was Duncan many years ago, and now he is no longer in that peak state.
"So, you still want to go?" Popovich asked.
"Of course, I want to try him. If possible..." Duncan suddenly said to Popovich: "I want the Spurs to sign him after the season."
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