You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 198 The Dark Side of the Spurs
The Spurs don't seem to know how to deal with Wei Xia.

If Wei Xia is the strongest player for the Lakers, they won't worry about it. They will set up a zone defense against his unstable shooting, and then catch him with the ball to break through and only go to the right. The problem is over.

But he is not the strongest point of the Lakers, not even the second strongest point of the Lakers.

Looking at the tactical status alone, Wei Xia may be the one who has the least tactical status. He basically has no possession of the ball because of the presence of Smush Parker.

Not playing a point guard has the disadvantages of not playing a point guard. With the current positioning of him by the Lakers, he has many difficulties in touching the ball.

Under normal circumstances, a rookie like him who is "arranged" by the head coach will usually have a hard time, and Wei Xia is indeed living in dire straits every day.

Kobe's challenge, the fans' expectations, the influence of Los Angeles itself, Phil Jackson's meticulous supervision and review, plus the mission of facing the opponent's arrow in every game, plus Jim Buss' restless off-court activities.

All kinds of things harassed Wei Xia, but he still found vitality amidst many difficulties.

Currently averaging 14+5+3 per game, maintaining his performance, even if he does not improve, he is still a popular candidate for the best sixth man of the year.

For the Spurs, Weixia carried forward his ability to do everything, fill in everything, and his very presence on both offense and defense. Popovich has since remembered his name.

Ginobili didn't have a three-pointer, and he also suffered from inferior athletic talent and physical fitness as Wei Xia for his breakthrough. His state was adjusted to be worse than Duncan's 9-for-1 in the first quarter.

After the first quarter, the Spurs trailed the Lakers by 14 points.

There is really no excuse for the defending champion to be labeled as such.

In the second quarter, Popovich replaced Manu Ginobili with Michael Finley, and while fighting with Kobe Bryant, he actually asked Bowen to face Weixia.

"Give that active rookie a little bit of trouble." These are Popovich's exact words.

Finley hit a jumper as soon as he came up and made Kobe realize he wasn't here to play.

When the Lakers attacked, Kobe discovered that the Spurs had let Bowen guard Weixia.

Let Kobe, who averaged 34 points per game, not defend, let Bowen defend Weixia, who averaged only 14 points per game.

"What are they doing?"

Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw wondered.

"They want to kill Wish?" Vaughn Weaver had heard of Bowen's reputation, of course the bad part.

Bowen is a typical player who is dragged down by his reputation, just like the man named Green in the future. Many people only remember him chasing eggs, and forget that he is an all-around pocket insider and is the basis for the Warriors to form a five-small lineup.

This is especially true for Bowen. When it comes to him, most fans only remember his sinister stories and rumors, making it difficult to examine this player comprehensively.

Of course, if you want to defeat an evil person, you have to completely deny him, even if it is his achievements, which is the same in any business.

Bowen is a true grassroots player, using all tricky moves.He always stands in a standard posture, bends his knees and picks up his arms, and moves more aggressively than his opponents. He looks nervous and twitches all the time: stepping flat, stepping forward and backward, raising his hands to cover his eyes, waving his hands to interfere, jumping non-stop, shaking his head from time to time, and communicating with his teammates.This action is not good-looking, it makes you feel that he is like an arrow, and he is very nervous at first glance, but this is his style.

Bowen understands very well: the defense in a basketball game depends entirely on the details; every time the opponent breaks through successfully or not, in fact, in the moment before the breakthrough, the steps and positions of both sides have already decided [-] to [-]%.Like Stockton, he has a dull expression as if wearing a mask, but his hands, feet or other parts are choking the opponent's most uncomfortable area.This is probably his image in professional basketball history since then.

Wei Xia, who was playing against Bowen for the first time, would be lying if he said he was not nervous. He was naturally worried that he was like those star players who were injured by Bowen.

Compared with those people, he is not even a dish.

Like his predecessors who did all kinds of crimes before him, Bowen has unusual viciousness and intelligence, mixed with insidious and subtle cunning.

How to allocate physical energy in playing time, how to communicate with teammates, how to determine what to do in various emergencies, his every move is precise and measured.

Wei Xia wanted to cheat him with a counter-run, but he was hardly fooled.Seeing that Wei Xia was about to run, he chased after him, and verbally asked his teammates to slow down Wei Xia's speed. He especially liked to rely on Duncan as a barrier to help him defend.He doesn't give his opponents any opportunity to understand what different opponents hate the most, and he also understands how to maintain a state of being hated by opponents throughout the game.

Bao Wen, who thought he could easily block Wei Xia, did not expect that he would meet the most stubborn man besides Mitsui Shou.

Maybe one day Wei Xia can say with an evil expression like the exhausted Mitsui Shou after running a three-pointer: "My name is Wei Xia, and I am a man who never gives up."

The more Bowen wants to keep him from running out of opportunities, the more he has to run out of opportunities.

His running is fast, large, and long-lasting, and the angle of cutting in and out did not destroy the tactics. He just ran back and forth, moved sideways, and as he ran out of the top of the arc, Odom passed the ball.

Bowen's defense failed to keep up, what Wei Xia wanted was this momentary opportunity.

He shot decisively, and the top three-pointer was his most confident point.

"Shh!"

"The Lakers' rookie Wish has scored 10 points, can't even Bowen stop him?"

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Popovich's face, Bowen knew that his underestimation of rookies would make him suffer.

He decided not to regard Wei Xia as a non-threatening rookie. If he was really non-threatening, how could Popovich let him defend?To let him defend, we must defend him to death and prevent him from psychological shadows. If he sees the Spurs jersey in the future and makes him sick and vomit, that would be great.

The offense and defense of the two sides are alternating.

Kobe was dissatisfied with the Spurs' defensive arrangements. It was outrageous to ask Bowen to defend Wecha and Finley to defend him.

Unwilling, Kobe made a rough move on the defensive end.

The consequence of the rough play is that Finley can earn back 2 points for the Spurs at the free throw line.

"You guys better put someone else on me!" Bryant yelled at Finley.

No one talked to him, which made Kobe even more empty.

The empty Bryant needs some points to fill the loneliness in his heart, and he wants to reawaken the Spurs' fear of him.

Kobe attacked with all his heart, and Wei Xia felt in advance how bad a master defender is from Bowen.

In the dead corner of the referee, Bowen scratched Wei Xia like a cat.

Those scratches were very clear, Wei Xia didn't complain, he ran, ready to get rid of Bowen again.

Kobe turned around and shot.

Wesha uses the hypothetical principle-no matter who shoots, assume that he can't make it.The others stood still and waited for Kobe to make a shot, but Wei Xia seemed to see Kobe missed the shot. Before the ball reached the highest point, he rushed to the basket and jumped up at the fastest speed. His consciousness was ahead of everyone else.

In terms of predicting rebounds, he is not better than anyone else, he just wants to grab rebounds more than others.

The rebound that should have belonged to Duncan was intercepted by Wei Xia in the air.

Wei Xia grabbed the offensive rebound and was about to attack when Bowen attacked from his back.

Bowen is like a psychologist when it comes to doing bad things.The ability to judge fake moves, interfere with shooters, predict the opponent's running route, easily block the opponent's position when defending without the ball, the precise and detailed defensive steps of the ruler scale, and the soft and boneless body.

He studied Wei Xia for a few minutes and deciphered Wei Xia's preferences.

He thinks Wei Xia is a player who is easily injured, and his style of play is too hard.

To guard against such a guy, he has to properly force him into the help trap, make the most accurate press, and force the opponent to receive the ball in an uncomfortable place.

But Wei Xia seems to have endless energy, which he cannot understand or accept.

Wei Xia knows how to use the energy in his body to fight against people who are taller and stronger than him.

Bowen, who raided from behind, confiscated his strength, so he simply refused to take it, as a lesson to Wei Xia: Never leave your back to Bruce Bowen!

Bowen knocked over Wei Xia who was trying to get up from behind.

The referee's whistle clearly reminded the audience.

The fans at the ATT Center booed Bowen enthusiastically. Don't think that they are clear about public and private, and they are arguing for Weixia.In fact, on the day Bowen retired his jersey in the future, the fans of the Holy City also booed him away.Yes, Bowen is the kind of player who enjoys being booed.

Therefore, booing him at this time is precisely to encourage him.

Fans don't care whether Bowen's actions will hurt others or affect their careers.

Chris Mim wanted to help Wei Xia up, but Kobe rushed in from the outside and pushed Bowen away with his chest: "Bruce, you'd better come at me with these methods!"

Bowen played timeless acting, innocent, strange, puzzled, in short he was right, it was Kobe who was too excited.

The referee was fair and gave a flagrant foul.

Wei Xia was not injured, but it was really dangerous just now.

"Thank you." Wei Xia thanked Kobe for helping him.

"Don't think he won't do anything to you just because you're a rookie. You're lucky this time, show me your wit!" Kobe warned rudely.

(End of this chapter)