As soon as the Lakers came up, there was an obvious change. Kobe immediately entered the "Comprehensive The.Zone" and began to attack and defend his opponent Leonard. Although Leonard quickly entered the "Defensive The.Zone"
, but compared to the explosive state of No. 24, it is still a bit worse, and the original hard ability is worse than the former. Therefore, Kobe continued to attack and play in singles! The attitude of No. 24 is already very clear. If you are the Spurs
If I make up my mind to rely on this third grader for defense tonight, I will stick with him to the end and make up my mind to beat him one on one! This will leave him with a psychological shadow from now on!
Popovich did not take too many actions, because in his opinion, as long as the Spurs are still scoring goals, it will be enough to offset the destructive power of No. 24's singles. As for worrying about whether the Spurs No. 2 will be scored consecutively
It is superfluous to cause psychological problems due to suppression! Because Popovich firmly believes that this guy has the personality of "Duncan" and is extremely mentally strong. Even if he is really beaten by Kobe! He won 40+50 points by Kobe
+! That won’t have much of a psychological impact on him!
He, Kawhi Leonard, is such a "facial paralysis man".
This is 100% OK.
In order to provoke the young man's anger, Kobe even started to talk trash, but... there was no feedback at all. It was like you were talking to a stone. After talking for a long time, you felt tired and bored.
Looking at his expression, it was the same as when he first faced Kobe Bryant. His face was expressionless, he was just being serious and meticulously watching.
Such a young man, such a mentality, is really rare! Kobe has only seen it in Duncan of the Spurs before. Unexpectedly, after so many years, the Spurs actually got another one! This is really surprising!
The look in this guy's eyes even seemed to say:
Why are you talking trash to me? Why are you trolling me? I don’t know what you are talking about! I can’t understand human language! I am a stone! I have facial paralysis...
However, it is precisely because of this mentality and emotion that Leonard can remain calm at all times. For a super defensive player, this is already a "special attribute" and "special talent" gifted by God. After all, you
There is a big difference between pretending that there is no fluctuation on the surface and actually not having much fluctuation in the heart. This Spurs No. 2 and third-year student falls into the latter category.
No matter what time, you can maintain a calm defensive posture. If this is not a super talent, what is it?
Kobe and Jordan don't even have this talent attribute.
This is why Popovich attaches great importance to this third-year player. He believes that the latter has great potential in the future, and this mental attribute is also extremely consistent with the Spurs' team culture. Now the GDP combination has aged, and the new core
We also need to start cultivating. Otherwise, in the future, it will be easy to be inactive and there will be a vacuum period of team power transition. Other teams can understand, but the Spurs have no need to waste time.
As I said before, fine-tuning and slowly rejuvenating the body is Popovich's specialty.
In the entire league, only the current Spurs team has this strength and foundation.
Any other branch can only envy, envy and hate.
Now Kobe has done well enough on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, he has also made it difficult for his opponents to move. No matter who he is facing from the Spurs, he is confident that he will stick to him with "noh brown candy" and then wrap around him like crazy.
Make it collapse. Because the Spurs also have no one on the perimeter who can attack and penetrate his defense one-on-one. Whether it is Parker, Ginobili or Leonard, it is the same, No. 24 is at his all-round peak.
In front of them, their attack capabilities are a bit "indefensible".
However, Kobe is only one person, so what if he tried his best to defend one? What's more, the Spurs don't compete with his personal ability at all, they are pick-and-roll and ball-passing offense, which makes Kobe unable to do anything. As a perimeter player, he has no
There is a way to take care of several people. When Jordan comes, it will be the same.
As long as they are on the outside, they have limitations. This is why outside players cannot be the core of defense, but can only be the defensive gate.
Therefore, at this time, we can only pray that No. 29 on the inside can also show his power. Otherwise, this game...
Seeing that the Spurs continued to use the ball to easily tear apart the Lakers' fragile defense, Tang Qian held his breath and concentrated. He began to act as the last line of defense for Los Angeles, guarding the paint basket. The Spurs' offense was too smooth,
It’s not surprising that the Lakers’ defensive ability and tacit understanding are unstoppable. Isn’t it the same for the Miami Heat in the original time and space? They were easily eliminated by the Spurs? Isn’t it possible that James + Wade’s perimeter defense is not strong?
? But, what’s the use?
In the finals, they still led by an average of more than ten points per game and were defeated across the board.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that they do not have a super inside man. Bosh is only a power forward and a space player. If you want him to shoulder the defensive burden of the entire Heat team, his shoulders are too small. If
The Heat's Bosh is replaced by Garnett. All it takes is Garnett, who was at the top of his game in the Celtics era, and the team's defense will soar in an instant.
Because if you want to become a super defensive team, you generally need an inside line as the core of defense.
Unless you can be like Jordan Pippen, both are super defensive players, which is still possible.
It's a pity that the defense of James + Wade is far inferior to Jordan + Pippen, so they don't want to be easily overthrown. Even if they met the peak Bulls in the finals that year, the Spurs would still be able to fight.
After all, they are also recognized as a "historical championship team" by later generations.
Not to mention the Lakers, Kobe + Nick Young + Meeks, no matter how you look at it, it is still a perimeter lineup full of defensive holes.
Kobe Bryant alone cannot withstand the firepower of the entire perimeter.
However, Tang Qian has this opportunity, it depends on whether he can seize it.
The Spurs still cut in with a pick-and-roll, and then disturbed the Lakers' defensive front. If it were the Spurs themselves at this time, they would definitely be performing their own duties, and everyone would have their own clear and clear defensive tasks and intentions. But it is a pity.
, the Lakers don't have it at all, D'Antoni has never been a defensive coach, and even if everyone in the Lakers is determined to strengthen defense, it will become a mess due to tacit understanding, mentality, chemical reaction, lack of practice, etc.
One's defense can be strengthened easily.
But the defense of a whole team, I'm sorry to say, is much more difficult than a single player.
It can be said that if the Lakers did not have Tang Qian this season, they would probably be No. 1 in the league in points per game.
Therefore, there is a reason why D'Antoni values Tang Qian so much. Without him, the Lakers' defense will completely collapse.
Kobe, whose defense is superb, and Gasol, whose defense has declined, cannot afford to support the other three Lakers players whose defense is below the league average.
"Hot! Guard this ball!" Kobe turned around and said. He had no choice but to pray like this.
Gasol wanted to defend the ball, but as soon as he moved over, the basketball moved away in time. Not long after, at the right time, a Spurs player appeared under the Lakers' basket, ready to take an easy layup.
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"You have a beautiful idea!" Tang Qian jumped up and blocked the ball, but Parker closed his abdomen and passed the basketball under his chest with both hands. At this time, the basketball was in Duncan's hands.
Gasol was pulled out a few steps and could no longer look back.
The simplest and most basic truth on the basketball court is that people are never as fast as the ball.
Duncan didn't even take off much, and shot the ball quickly. This kind of shot extremely saves time, making it difficult for the opponent's defender to return to defend and block the shot. In other words, if you don't interfere in the first place, the basketball will have no chance to interfere.
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This is also a manifestation of Duncan's basic skills. The whole process was as if it had been calculated by a machine. There was no unnecessary movement at all. Everything was just right. With a "pop", the basketball hit the board and hit the net.
The ball goes in.
This is the power of this Spurs team. They use the ball to drive people's movement. No matter how fast you defend people, can they still be faster than the speed of passing the ball? It sounds simple, but it can be done in the playoffs.
It is unique in the history of the NBA that this kind of confrontation intensity and penalty scale are well accomplished. The Spurs in the 13-14 season are the strongest among them.
none of them.
Even the king back then had to bow down before them.
This is why James of the original time and space could only shake his head after the game and feel desperate, because this kind of offensive method is basically unstoppable. Their level of conduction and sharing of the ball can always make your defense torn and pierced.
.People cannot catch the ball quickly, and the overall defense line moves even more.
When Kobe saw this, he could only slap the basketball hard with some annoyance, but he also knew that the ball just made was not to blame on the defense of anyone inside the Lakers. He could only blame the opponent for everything, everything was so smooth and complemented each other.
The next ball on No. 24 didn't go in. It wasn't because he had activated a plug-in or used his abilities. How could he have hit the ball? It was perfectly normal for the ball to miss a few times. And that Spurs No. 2 seemed to be constantly absorbing
The opponent's offensive energy is the same, and it seems that every few rounds, his defense will slightly adjust and improve.
It was very small, but Kobe still felt it.
This is not an illusion.
It’s this year’s playoffs, this third-year student’s breakthrough season, so...that’s why Popovich will always let him play against himself in one-on-one defense? Damn it!!! Damn old man!!! Damn Spurs!!
!
After Kobe Bryant missed the shot, it was the Spurs' turn to attack. If this ball was scored again, the score difference would expand to double digits.
This is undoubtedly a powerful blow to the morale of the Lakers team.
But, how to block this attack? Who can? How? Mike D'Antoni off the court has no clue at all.
He suddenly felt that he was still a long way from being a truly famous coach.
Because he had never seen such calculation and helplessness on the face of the other old man.
Doesn’t this just prove that I am inferior to him?
It’s not that D’Antoni hasn’t racked his brains, it’s just that his coaching ability and tactical adaptability on the defensive end are this ability, and this is the level. Unless he is suddenly opened up to the "Rent and Governor", otherwise, on the defensive end, he is basically
Don't put too much hope in it.
The morale of the Lakers has also begun to be gradually suppressed by the Spurs. Everyone's actions and mentality have become slightly rigid and sluggish due to nervousness. This is also an inevitable consequence of suppressed morale, although there are no specific attributes in the real world.
The changes can be summarized, but as long as you watch more football, you can definitely observe this change.
The actions, feel, awareness, reactions, etc. of a side with high morale will be significantly better than that of a side with suppressed morale.
If you are playing a game, it means that high morale means being blessed with buff magic, while low morale or being suppressed means suffering from negative magic. Therefore, there is a completely different difference between downwind ball and headwind ball.
What should I do? Is this the end?
Tang Qian kept watching the Spurs move the ball, and his mind was working rapidly, but no matter how he thought, it seemed difficult to break the situation. Even if he wanted to use Rockets to block shots, first of all, there was a range
It's restricted. It's impossible for you to fly to the other end of the penalty area to block shots while you're still at one end of the penalty area. This is something that doesn't exist in the game.
The Spurs' current move of the ball is like a magic trick, making it impossible for Tang Qian to catch the last person and point.
No! You have to stay calm! You need a stronger defense!
I can't control the outside line, so should the inside line be slaughtered so easily by my opponents?
Is this the territory that I, Tang Qian, am currently guarding?
I'm the starting center for the Lakers.
Seeing the Spurs constantly passing the ball to find open spaces and opportunities, Tang Qian became highly concentrated, and then he began to silently judge in his mind where and where the end point of this attack would be. Other balls
It's easy to say that every team has at least a main attack point, but this Spurs team doesn't have one at all. So finding this out has become a top priority.
Who? Who is it? Parker? Leonard moving over? Or...
Damn it!!! The balls are being conducted too fast and too frequently!!! I can’t tell at all!!!
How can I do it??? My eyes can’t keep up???
Hmm??? Eyes??? Yes, yes, remember Rodman and Moses Malone both said that when rebounding reaches a certain level, the eyes become the second source of reaction! The first reaction is feeling.
Intuition and body instinct!!!
Now I have nine full blocks of blocking crystal tiles and defensive crystal tiles. With the addition of "demigod descending to earth", can't I still do it?
If you can’t do it, you can only try now!!!
Must try!!!
Tang Qian suddenly gave up his eyes' constant movement and capture, and began to...
PS: Thank you for the reminder, book friend. There was indeed a clerical error in the online discussion in the previous chapter. Kobe Bryant did not publicly announce his retirement~
Thank you everyone for the reminder~~~Xiao Zi will pay more attention to it later~Thank you~~~