The next day, reports were everywhere that the Lakers were defeated.
Miserable defeat! The Lakers finally showed their fatigue? - Los Angeles Times.
Offense 90, defense 111, D'Antoni met his nemesis again?——Beach bleachers.
We are the kings of the west! - San Antonio Express.
In the post-game press conference, Mike D'Antoni only said curtly that the team did not perform as well as it should have, and then the rest was perfunctory. But some people got excited, and they were some media outlets, mainly ESPN.
Unlike the previous round when the Lakers were swept by the Lakers, who "couldn't hold back a fart for a long time", this time it seemed that they had finally waited for the carrion ants, and ESPN collectively exploded. Full of firepower. Why did the Lakers lose miserably and they are just a pseudo-strong team?
This is a result that has been expected for a long time. The Lakers are not as good as the Spurs at all. Kobe Bryant is a cancer, the Lakers' twin towers collapsed and so on. Most of them are "eyeball-catching fast food headlines" without any nutrition. Do you think this is
Is this the first domestic portal website? No, no, no, these "unscrupulous editors" in China have all learned the routines of foreign "unscrupulous editors". This set was not initially caused by the domestic rise, but by the popularity of the Internet.
It has long been higher than domestic Europe and the United States.
Clickbait, they are the king.
Moreover, they also have a special routine to fight against "clickbait partisans", which has not yet become popular in China, so I will not go into details. In particular, their "well-known expert" Henry Abbott wrote a column saying:
Kobe's illusion, he is actually not that strong in singles! Without Nash, he is still the same person! His efficiency is generally low!
Then he usually quoted several data out of context to prove his own point of view.
First of all, this big expert completely ignored the excellent defensive performance of the Spurs' No. 2 third-year player. The defense he showed last night has actually reached the upper reaches of the first defense! It is no longer the strength of the second defense in the regular season! This is in the Spurs
There were signs when the team defeated the Thunder. He allowed Durant to only score 25 points in the Western Conference semifinals, and his shooting percentage dropped a lot from the regular season. Of course, professional basketball games cannot be exclusively one-on-one.
In one-on-one offense and defense, there are a lot of mismatches, pick-and-rolls, and off-ball attacks. However, Popovich asked him to mark Durant at critical moments, and Durant's key single-kill ability declined significantly. This is also true.
The most important thing is the Spurs' iron barrel formation on the outside. This season, it is simply the team with the strongest overall defensive ability on the outside that Tang Qian has ever seen.
From individual defense to tactical system defense, Leonard + Danny Green + Parker, this defensive line, ordinary outside line, is really a headache to play. Do you think Durant's shooting percentage is okay? First of all, it is lower than the regular season.
, is an indisputable fact, and... As a super scorer who can average 32+ points per game in the regular season, you can only average 25 points per game in the series, and the decline has reached a full 7+ points. This is already several times.
The grade has dropped! I must quote it again here, scoring! is the highest level statistic in basketball! Because basketball is a game of scoring.
If Durant can't provide points when the team needs it most, how can he be called a super scorer? The Thunder didn't set him up as a bait for the team and decided to focus on offense inside, right? Essentially, when the team really needs it,
Durant failed in attacking tough situations. At this time, it's not about the shooting percentage. The key is to be able to score.
Otherwise, if you average 25+ points per game, which is considered to be a 50% shooting rate, but lose in the end, wouldn't it be better than averaging 30+ points per game, with a 35% shooting rate, and winning in the end? Besides, Durant except for the postseason in the 11-12 season
In the game, he never posted a shooting percentage of more than 46% in the playoffs with the Thunder. The highest was 46%. What do you mean by efficient? Complete nonsense.
It’s useless not to believe it. In the original time and space, Durant and the Spurs played 6 games. Except for the big defeat in the second game, he didn’t even play in the fourth quarter. In the first game, he shot 1 of 4 in the fourth quarter and hit 25%.
In the fourth quarter of the game, he made 2 of 5 shots and 40% of them. In the fourth game, he shot 0 of 4 shots and 0% of his shots. In the fifth game, he shot 1 of 2 and made 50% of his shots. In the last game, he shot 3 of 4 and made 75% of his shots.
Do you think this is saying that Durant’s shooting percentage in the fourth quarter is unstable and not very good? No, no, no, that’s not the key. The shooting percentage is not the point at all. The point is Durant’s few fourth quarters.
The scores were dazzling 3 points, 4 points, 4 points, 2 points, and 11 points. If it hadn't been for the heroic performance in the last game, the fourth quarter scoring of this series would have been impossible to watch. Even this
11 points is actually a bit watered down, because the game was played in overtime in the original time and space. In the overtime, Durant was sluggish again, making 0 of 3 shots and scoring 0 points. From this point of view, Durant’s key score is
...Not as good as his "third brother" Harden.
It doesn't matter if your shooting percentage is low, it doesn't matter if you hit the mark and score points.
So this year's Spurs, even if they are super scorers, their perimeter is strong enough to resist.
This kind of collective confidence and belief has gone beyond the ranks of ordinary strong teams. Therefore, the Spurs in the 13-14 season are recognized as one of the strongest teams in history. They will be called "one of the legendary teams" by many experts and reporters in the future.
one".
The finals can be described as beating the Heat, no joke, not only the offense, but also the super defense.
Secondly, Henry Abbott is simply guiding randomly and comparing shooting percentages by different positions. Are you sure you are not kidding? Even if he is better than Jordan, his shooting rate in the playoffs is only 48%+. 45% shooting rate in the points
Among them, it is an excellent level! Otherwise, look at other points? Look at Harden later? You will know how difficult it is to maintain this hit rate with a large number of shots. Why don't you use the inside to compare the hit rate? But this
There was a sentence in it that made Kobe angry, that is, Henry Abbott thought that the third-year Leonard could defend No. 24 in Los Angeles.
This kind of irritated Kobe.
Kobe was angry and decided to beat his opponent in the next game.
He wants to fight back against doubts.
After a day off on May 20, the Lakers continued to face the San Antonio Spurs at home on the 21st. D'Antoni emphasized before the game that we must speed up, we must fight, and we must not fight against the Spurs. These words
It also made Kobe a little unhappy, because he was the king of positional battles from the outside and was best at attacking tough positions. However, due to the face of coach D'Antoni, the Lakers did not have an attack on the 24th.
But after the first quarter, D'Antoni finally got a little annoyed. He looked at the score and said loudly: "Tell me, what are you playing? What are you playing? I said speed up, speed up, don't slow down, don't play.
Positional battle, didn't you hear it???" Actually, this is a bit too much, because this series is no longer something the Lakers can speed up if they want. The backcourt engine is blocked and the Lakers' team is weak.
It was immediately exposed.
In this situation, you still want to play fast? How to play fast???
Popovich's calculations are accurate and he is decisive. Without Steve Nash to control the situation, it is impossible for the Lakers to play the exquisite team offense that they did in the last round of the series. Averaged 120+ per game? That is even more delusional.
The current San Antonio Spurs team is extremely experienced in defending pick-and-roll attacks from the outside. This has fully exposed Nash's aging and personal decline. Without pick-and-rolls, the 40-year-old Son of the Wind is already difficult to match up with.
Breaking through the defense of his opponent Tony Parker. And full-court control and positioning. Sorry, that is Jason Kidd's strength, not his.
And a very important point is that if the offense is stagnant, the Canadians' defensive black hole attributes will completely explode, and they will be constantly caught and beaten by the Spurs.
Without the offensive bonus, Nash is just a cash machine on the defensive end, and Tony Parker will not show mercy at all.
Popovich also gave him unlimited firepower against Steve Nash.
In this case, Nash's situation is a bit embarrassing. When he is on the court, the side effects begin to outweigh the positive effects.
At least until he comes up with a proper solution, Nash is in a bit of a bad situation.
But D'Antoni just doesn't give up, because replacing Nash means that his system and tactics will collapse in the Lakers. As the head coach of the Lakers, how could he not know that this Lakers team would have been without Nash's forced connection?
, what will happen? The result is probably that it will be torn into pieces. Let alone running and gunning and small ball, it will be difficult to play as a whole.
He fantasized that the situation could turn around, but his tactics were completely seen through by the Spurs, fully anticipated and targeted, and he had no corresponding tactics to crack them. How could a turnaround happen easily? At the end of the half, the Lakers were already lagging behind the Spurs.
The team had 18 points and was on its way to another 20 points. It was 40-60 at halftime, and Parker actually scored 23 points at halftime! This is already exaggerated and amazing for him!
The Lakers either double-team or make substitutions. D'Antoni is not a defensive coach, and he has no defensive tricks or adaptability. This is also the biggest reason that restricts him from going further. He is too lame. The playoffs are not the regular season.
With the penalty scale and the opponent's targeted research and arrangement, his approach is a bit one-dimensional.
The regular season is a marathon, and few people waste energy and energy to fight for you 100%, but the playoffs are different, 100%? Sometimes 150% is light! The situation here is completely different from the regular season!
D'Antoni bit the bullet and came up with a few outside double-team tactics, but what kind of team are the Spurs? Especially this Spurs team, they are a super team with "everyone is a soldier". Do you think they are afraid of being double-teamed?
Is it? Double-teaming is what they want most. Because as long as you double-team, there will be an opening. The Spurs' ability to catch such mistakes and openings has always been unparalleled in the league and has few opponents.
Therefore, doing this, with the Spurs' ability to conduct and transfer the ball, will allow them to play a more beautiful and high-quality offense. It is completely a bad move!
D'Antoni has this problem, and it was the same with the Suns back then. Once the No. 1 position is stuck, it's like grabbing his throat, and he suddenly changes from a martial arts master to a useless mortal. This is of course an exaggeration, but
His "V-shaped offense" caused a bloody storm in the league that year, and the first one to break its myth was none other than the San Antonio Spurs.
This year, Nash has changed from being in his early 30s to 40 years old. Almost ten years have passed. His personal abilities, mainly physical fitness, have inevitably declined significantly. As a result, his dependence on pick-and-rolls has also become invisible.
The center is getting higher and higher. Fortunately, the Lakers' current No. 5 position is Tang Qian. With his mobility and enthusiasm, the front has greatly covered up Nash's shortcomings, so it seems that Nash is still prosperous and has assists in the playoffs.
The numbers are no worse than those at his peak. But there are many factors involved. First of all, we must explain that if it is the peak version of Nash, then joining this Lakers team will only average more assists per game! It is necessary to be higher than now!
Secondly, the Lakers' lineup and singles ability are better than the original Suns, and the shooters are basically in place. However, this cannot fool some people's eyes.
For example, Gregg Popovich was not deceived by the Lakers' performance at all. He carefully analyzed a large number of videos and data and found out several major shortcomings of the Lakers. This is also his view of this game.
Round series, full of reasons for confidence.
One of the drawbacks is that Steve Nash is aging and needs to rely on a lot of pick-and-rolls to be effective. As it happens, the Spurs team in front of them is the best team in defending pick-and-rolls in the entire league this season. Whether it is low or high.
, all killed.
The second disadvantage is Steve Nash. Once the attack cannot be opened, his defensive attributes will immediately become a "black hole", and it is impossible to hide it no matter how hard it is covered. And it just so happens that the Spurs' No. 1 position
Tony Parker is a good attacker, so it's perfect for him to attack the Lakers' defensive vulnerability.
In a word, as long as Nash dares to play, Popovich will dare to attack Tony Parker.
He is not that kind of mediocre head coach. Tactics are tactics, but if there is an easier way to win, he will never refuse it stupidly. And many people may have forgotten that the Frenchman's regular season scoring record in a single game
, is the tallest in the Spurs lineup. He is taller than Duncan. The same is true in the playoffs. Therefore, if you underestimate his scoring ability, you will definitely be severely beaten.
If the Lakers continue to play Steve Nash before they figure out a way, then Parker will probably exceed 40 points in a single game tonight.
As for other disadvantages, we will mention them later.
Trailing by 20 points! The Lakers returned to the home locker room at halftime, and the atmosphere was depressing.
If they lose two games in a row at home, then this round of games will probably be doomed. The Spurs' home court is one of the "devil's home stadiums" in the league. It is not easy to win in the playoffs. And once it is lost,
After two home games, they were still defeated by huge scores, which was a big blow to the morale of the Lakers.
Kobe knew this, and so did Nash, so in the second half Nash took the initiative to take a break and take the opportunity to calm down. After the series started, he was a little confused by the Spurs' targeted play.
Lost.
D'Antoni saw that Nash had said this himself, so he could only nod in agreement and asked the Lakers to replace him with Jordan Farmar.
Although Jordan Farmar is not as good as Nash in terms of organizational ability, independent offensive ability, etc., he is young after all. He is only 27 or 28 years old this year. So as long as he works hard, his defense will be much better than that of the 40-year-old Nash. It’s just that
As a result, D'Antoni's conditions for implementing "seven seconds or less" or "V-shaped offense" in the Lakers are no longer sufficient.
To put it simply, it’s Jordan Farmar, not Steve Nash, it’s that simple.
Therefore, the Lakers must adjust their offensive focus. This important task naturally falls on No. 24 Kobe Bryant.
Now facing the Spurs, no one's independent offensive ability can break the game. And San Antonio, according to history and tradition, what they fear the most is a super scorer like Kobe who has strong single-point explosive power and completely unreasonable scoring shots.
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Kobe was indeed a "killer" for the Spurs in history. His statistics and shooting percentage were much higher than his career shooting percentage in the playoffs. Especially after he matured, after the millennium, Kobe played against the Spurs 5 times.
, the worst was 26+ points. In that era, the pace of playing with the Spurs was frighteningly slow, and 100 points in a playoff game was considered a high score. For example, in the 2001-02 playoffs, the highest score between the two teams was 99 in a game.
The second high was 93, and then there was no game with more than 90 points. Most of the scores from both sides were around 80 points. Calculating the scoring ratio in this way, 26+ points accounted for a very high proportion of the team's scoring. After all, O'Neal was that year.
In the series, he only averaged 21.4 points per game, and his shooting percentage was less than 45%.
This 26+ is more valuable than the current 30+ points per game.
So if the series is the finals, then it is very likely that Kobe will be the FMVP.
Because his performance in the second half and the fourth quarter was extremely good. For example, he scored 17 points in the second half of the elimination game, and scored 10 points and 3 assists in the fourth quarter. You have to know that Kobe only had 26 points in the whole game, and he scored 17 points in the second half.
He scored more than half of the points. For example, in the last game of the elimination game, Kobe also scored 19 points in the second half, 12 points in the fourth quarter, and 10 points in the last five minutes, helping the Lakers win by 2 points and take away the game.
.15 points in the second half of the third game, 11 points in the fourth quarter, 100% shooting. 20 points in the second half of the second game, 8 points in the fourth quarter. 13 points in the second half of the first game, 5 points in the fourth quarter, and 3 points in the last 120 seconds.
To put it all together, the team boss O'Neal scored in the fourth quarter: 13 points, 7 points, 0 points, 1 point, 4 points. The last three crucial games were basically invisible, and they completely lost the appearance of killing everyone in the finals.
.Do you think it’s because O’Neal didn’t have a chance to shoot? No, after the Spurs adjusted their defensive methods and intensity, his shooting percentage plummeted. He made 4 of 9 shots in the fourth quarter of the first game, 2 of 3 in the second game, and 2 of 3 in the third.
He made 0 of 4 shots in the fourth game, 0 of 3 in the fourth game, and 1 of 2 in the fifth game. In other words, except for the 2 of 3 shots in the first game, which reached his average shooting percentage in the playoffs, the rest were all.
Lower than his average shooting percentage in the playoffs. His shooting percentage in the fourth quarter of the five games was 32.22%, which was about half of his career playoff shooting percentage. Kobe's shooting percentage in the fourth quarter after five games was 50.
%+50%+100%+50%+57.1%, the combined average hit rate is 61.42%.
And Kobe's shooting percentage in this series is only 45.5%. The fourth quarter of the playoffs can be called the most intense moment of fighting. It was still the Spurs of that era. You will know what real high-end statistics are. Just watch the game.
The average statistics, shooting percentage or so-called efficiency value completely fail to show how terrible Kobe is in his 20s in this series.
In the fourth quarter, the scores were high, the shots were high, the hits were high, and a wave of attacks took away the game. What else can be argued?
You have to know that Duncan, who averaged nearly 29+17+5+3+1 in the series that year, only had an overall shooting percentage of 42.5%. Duncan was still inside.
This doesn’t mean that Kobe was wronged for not winning the FMVP. After all, it’s still the same saying that he didn’t get it. Or is he just a bit inferior in strength and luck? That’s also a kind of strength. Whoever calls the Eastern Conference insiders is letting them down?
What about O'Neal's abuse? Even if Jordan comes and plays with O'Neal in recent years, it can't stop O'Neal from winning FMVP in those years. Compared with outside and inside shooting? Compared with kills? Or O'Neal? Can Jordan win in the finals?
He shot close to 60% and averaged 36+12+4+3? How could Jordan shoot 61.1% in the finals and averaged 38+17+2+3+1? That’s weird. Qiao Shen is strong.
, but with this kind of efficiency and data, outside players, no matter who they are, will never be able to play in the finals. Not to mention the weakened version of Kobe? So here I just want to say that Kobe really has the effect of a killer and a tough hand for the Spurs.
That's it. In fact, it was like this until 2008, when he played the Spurs for the last time in the playoffs. His statistics were extremely beautiful, and he basically never missed a beat at critical moments.
This can be regarded as the only shot in the arm for Lakers fans and Mike D'Antoni.
However, is the result really so smooth?
In this game, Tang Qian, whose competitive status was weakened by 23% due to the "inner demon", did not have a good premonition.
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