NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 61 The game begins, against Leonard!

Only then did Duncan realize that it was this stalk.

He also made a rare joke: "I will tell you that sentence after we win today."

The implication is that when James lost to them in the finals, he said the classic words to James.

After a few more pleasantries, Lin Tian followed Kobe to the Spurs bench and hugged other Spurs players.

Compared with other teams, the atmosphere in the Spurs team seems to be more serious.

This has a very close relationship with their head coach Popovich's coaching style.

Popovich used to be in the navy, and he had very strict requirements on the players. When he scolded the team members, he could swear all kinds of bad words.

At this stage, the biggest doormat in the team should be Danny Green.

Lin Tian remembered that in his previous life, Danny Green said these things himself.

Later, Zhang Tielin would leave the Spurs, which also had a lot to do with this. He really couldn't stand Popovich's violent temper.

In the studio at this time, although the game hadn't started yet, the live broadcast interface just recorded the scene where Kobe and the others bent down and laughed.

Barkley said in surprise: "It seems that Kobe is very happy today, did something interesting happen?"

Smith said: "I guess they might have talked about Duncan being ejected by the referee, otherwise they wouldn't have laughed so happily."

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After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Tian returned to the Lakers training half and continued to practice shooting.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Xiaoxue, a female reporter from Penguin Sports.

Behind Xiaoxue was a photographer carrying a camera.

It seems that they may also connect to the Penguin live broadcast room, and then cast the picture here.

But these are not what Lin Tian needs to care about.

After the warm-up, the DJ of the Lakers began to introduce the starting players:
"Let's welcome 6'9" Larry Nance Jr. from Akron!"

"6'6" Kobe Bryant out of Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia!"

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Nance Jr., Kobe Bryant, Hibbert, Russell and Lin Tian took off their training uniforms and appeared on the stage amidst the cheers of the audience.

The Spurs' starting five are: LaMarcus Aldridge, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan.

Among them, Aldridge only came to the Spurs from the Trail Blazers this season. When he was in the Trail Blazers, he scored 20 points for five consecutive seasons.

A luxurious lineup like the Spurs is indeed a big challenge for the Lakers.

The ten players did some simple warm-up moves, then settled down and began to jump the ball in the middle circle.

Duncan was born in 1976. What many people don't know is that he is actually 40 years old this year!Several years older than Hibbert and two years older than Kobe.

But for the jump ball in the middle circle, he jumped even higher than Hibbert, and he caught the basketball in the hands of the French sports car Tony Parker.

Although Tony Parker is only 34 years old, as a point guard, he is no longer at his peak.

Even so, his ability is beyond doubt.

On the first ball, Tony Parker faced Russell's defense and taught the young player a lesson.

He used a very fast breakthrough to shake off Russell, and under the cover of the inside Aldridge and Duncan, he made an easy layup.

Hibbert serves in the corner, passes the ball back to Russell, and lets Russell dribble across half court.

Russell was passed just now, and at this time he also made a tentative breakthrough.

But after rushing inside to see Duncan and Aldridge, Russell quickly distributed the ball to Kobe on the outside.

Kobe catches the ball and throws it, and he hits the iron!Duncan grabs the rebound.

When the ball was switched, Lin Tian quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

He was facing Leonard today, and this guy showed super defensive ability as soon as he came up.

Lin Tian was amazed by his long wingspan.

Leonard's wingspan is more than 20 centimeters longer than his height. This is a very terrifying statistic, which allows him to easily take the ball away when defending.

His movement and awareness are also top-notch when defending off-ball opponents.

It was because Lin Tian was blocked by Leonard just now that Russell passed the ball to Kobe.

Parker dribbled the ball past halftime, this time he didn't attack by himself immediately, but to see if his teammates had any good opportunities.

Aldridge on the inside ran away from Nance Jr. and reached out to Parker for the ball.

Parker pretended to shoot, and after attracting attention, he quickly passed the ball inside.

Aldridge received the ball, jumped up and put the ball into the basket.

The Lakers served from the bottom corner, and this time Lin Tian was about to reach the ball before halftime.

If he doesn't make a move, the point difference will be widened.

As soon as he passed the middle circle with the ball, Leonard stretched out his two long hands to block Lin Tian.

There was no expression on Leonard's face, and no one could even feel any hostility from him.

But his nickname of "facial paralysis" has long been famous all over the world, and it is impossible for Lin Tian to be deceived by his harmless expression.

Without Lin Tian gesturing, the two inside players of the Lakers dispersed, leaving space for the Lakers inside.

Russell and Bryant also started running to confuse opponents.

But the Spurs have strict discipline, and the switching level is impeccable.

At this moment, Lin Tian admired Popovich even more in his heart. He let all the players perform their duties and give full play to their greatest strengths.

At the same time, Popovich also allowed the players' shortcomings to be infinitely reduced.

The former Big Three of the Heat were numb by his tactics.

There were less than ten seconds left on the shot clock.

On the first ball, Lin Tian started to dribble heavily against Leonard.

After a dribble, he suddenly started to the left, extremely fast!

Leonard reacted and quickly followed!However, just as he settled down, Lin Tian dribbled the ball behind his back again and slapped the ball to the right.

The center of gravity returned to the left foot, and when the left foot kicked hard again, the whole person shot to the right like an arrow off the string!

Completing such an action with a height of more than two meters is a great test for Lin Tian's ankle.

Similarly, this is even more of a test for Leonard's ankle!

Leonard has watched Lin Tian's game video many times before, and thinks he can guard Lin Tian.

But video is video, reality is reality!When he faced Lin Tian in reality, he was still shocked by Lin Tian's change of direction!
Although the eyes and brain have reacted, Leonard's feet can no longer keep up.

He could only take out the ball symbolically and make a final effort.

Naturally, he couldn't get that ball!
When Lin Tian used the back dribble and changed direction to pass Leonard, there was a burst of shock in the arena.

Leonard is the most trusted defender of the Spurs. He was passed by Lin Tian, ​​so that Aldridge and Duncan hadn't reacted yet.

By the time the two of them shrunk inside to make up defense, it was already too late.

Lin Tian jumped up suddenly and blew up the audience with a hook!
(End of this chapter)