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Under Stephen's excellent performance, the Spurs quickly overtook the score, and then never gave the Kings any chance. The Kings didn't even have a chance to close the gap and the game ended, although Wells scored 25 points Seventeen rebounds, but the Kings still lost.

The night after the game, the Spurs returned to San Antonio and prepared for the fifth game with peace of mind. The score of [-] to [-] means that the Spurs have won the match point. As long as they win another game, the Spurs will enter the next round , and in the fourth game, the Spurs used their performance to prove that there is no problem with their strength. The loss in the previous game was just a small nap.

So far, among all the playoff teams, except for the Mavericks who swept the opponent Grizzlies, none of the other teams have swept. The Nuggets are already one to three behind, and they are about to enter the elimination The ranks of the sun, and the sun does not have the style of the second in the west. Except for the first game, they have lost three games in a row and reached the edge of the cliff.

It is really unexpected that the Suns have reached this level. As the No. [-] in the West in name, but the No. [-] in reality, the Suns should not be so weak, but Phil Jackson's old-fashioned and experienced What was shown in the game was unobstructed. Although Kobe is not as crazy as scoring in the regular season, as long as he stays on the court, he can pose a great threat to the Suns, restrain the Suns' energy, and give others Chance.

These few games have further proved Phil Jackson's ability and D'Antoni's insufficiency. Even though Nash played well, even though it was rumored that Nash would win the player of the season award again, the performance of the Suns made people a little doubtful. Is there any reason for everything to be obtained.

The Eastern Conference continues to be in full swing. Except for the Heat and the Bulls who played [-]-[-], the others are [-]-[-]. The Pistons, Cavaliers, and Nets are leading respectively. In these games, the Cavaliers The most intense game against the Wizards.

In the middle of the game, the league named the best defensive player again. Ben Wallace averaged [-] rebounds, [-] blocks and [-] steals per game (the league did not publish his scoring average). Bruce Bowen, Kirilenko, and Artest won this award. This is the fourth time he has won this award in five years, because he is the only player in the league who averaged rebounds, blocks, and steals per game. Top ten players in the league.

Stephen was mentioned in the seventh place in the voting, and next to him is Duncan, plus Bruce Bowen. This is the first time since the Bulls that a team has three players in the top ten, and then the league announced The best defensive team.

As the best defensive player, Ben Wallace is naturally in the first team of the best defensive team, then Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest, Kirilenko, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, second The lineup is Duncan, Camby, Garnett, Prince, Billups.

After the best defensive team is announced, the league should announce the best rookie award, and then the best team and best player, which has nothing to do with Stephen, and Stephen has no extravagant hope that he can be selected into the best team.

Early the next morning, Stephen received calls from many people, telling him that the league had just been announced, and Stephen beat Chris Paul, Bogut, Villanueva and others with 480 votes. When it came to this award, Stephen was also selected to the best rookie team.

The Best Rookie Award is also called the "Eddie Gottlieb Award". It is named after the head coach Eddie Gottlieb who once led the 76ers to the championship. However, the trophy is very simple. A clear crystal plate bearing the logo of the league and the year and Stephen's name on the lower base.

However, the trophy will not be awarded until the game against the Kings. This is the first time the Spurs have won this award again in the nine years since Duncan won the best rookie. I am happy, and at the same time, the Spurs have prepared a lot of fun rewards and rich activities for this award to be dedicated to the fans.

In this atmosphere of celebration and joy, the fifth game between the Spurs and the Kings began. The Kings' starting lineup did not make any adjustments. The ankle joint is a little uncomfortable, so he can't play this game, and Muhammad said that he is not in good physical condition. After consideration, Coach Popovich decided to use Robert Horry to cooperate with Duncan. In this way, Duncan is equivalent to Became the center of the team.

Duncan's technical characteristics are no problem whether he plays the two positions of center or power forward, but when he plays power forward, he usually faces opponents who are not as tall or physically as himself, but if he plays center, he has to face opponents. I have opponents at the same level, especially now that centers are becoming more and more blue-collar, playing center is really not a good choice for Duncan.

Star players are not afraid to match up with star players, because generally as long as the restraint is not too strong, the two sides can only be regarded as mutual explosions at best, like Duncan and Garnett, and then the other players of the Spurs are superior, and the Spurs will win Yes, but if you come across those muscles and sticks that are used to pestering people, pestering them will only waste your energy.

Why did Garnett deliberately say that his height is two centimeters lower? Why did he not follow the coach's request to increase his weight? He just didn't want to play the center position and get entangled with those muscles and sticks in the paint. But now it's hard to find a good center , So although Popovich knew this, he still put Duncan in the center position.

Another reason is that the Kings are different from other players. Kings center Brad Miller is a supporting player, while power forward Kenny Thomas plays very tough. Just staggered with each other.

The reason why Popovich put Robert Horry up instead of Oberto was because he hoped to make a surprise attack. This move must have been beyond Adelman's imagination. Adelman, who is good at commanding on the spot, must be scratching his head when he saw this.

Sure enough, Adelman really didn't know how to deal with the Spurs sending out an inside combination like Duncan and Robert Horry. This combination is rarely seen in the regular season, because both of them have some support Ability, although one offense focuses on the inside and the other focuses on the outside, but in the team's tactics, they can play basically the same role, so Robert Horry has always been Duncan's substitute, but both of them are put on. What are you doing?

No wonder Adelman is puzzled, even the Spurs players are a little confused. When these two people are on the court, who will handle the ball, and who will come up to cover during the pick-and-roll? Duncan's screen quality is higher. , but Robert Horry can go straight to the three-point line to shoot from the screen. After the misplaced defense after the pick-and-roll, the opponent has no defense ability against his three-pointers at all. Give it to the outside line.

However, Popovich quickly told everyone that with Robert Horry as the main player, he continued to play high-post pick-and-roll tactics, and Adelman also responded with a constant response to all changes. This is a good way to say, In fact, there is no way out of the way.

However, on both the offensive and defensive ends, Robert Horry has similar technical characteristics to Duncan. At this time, when Duncan goes to rest, the Spurs do not need much tactical change, and maintain the team's inherent style and tactics. So when the Spurs players came to the field and played their habitual tactics, they found that the team didn't feel a little stagnant.

At the same time, everyone also discovered that after Robert Horry assumed the role of support, he liberated Duncan. All Duncan had to do was to take a position in the interior, then received a pass from Robert Horry, and put the ball in. The Spurs' offense was more balanced and difficult to defend because Duncan had all the offensive tools around the rim and an unlimited offensive zone.

In the past, when Duncan served as a supporting role, because the inside players who cooperated with him did not have similar offensive capabilities, they had to let the inside line out, and Tony Parker, Ginobili, Stephen and others broke through inside, and then created threats, or went up. Basket or pass, all they can do is sneak attack occasionally, which can't play a big role.

But Duncan is different. He and Robert Horry played high and low coordination. Although the power is still very unfamiliar because of this kind of play at the beginning, it vaguely has the demeanor of the Spurs' "inside twin towers". People can't help but admire Popovich's magic.

But others don't know, Popovich knows that this is just a brainstorming idea of ​​his own. A team with a strong center, or a Pistons team with players like Ben Wallace, this lineup is not very good. After all, Duncan's body is no longer suitable for such an offensive tactic for a long time, and Robert Horry's ability has also reached It is not a problem to play this long-familiar tactic without meeting the requirements of the inside twin towers.

It can be said that Robert Horry's age can't last long, at most two or three years, he can't keep it when he is old, and he is prone to serious injuries, so even if Popovich sees the power of the two people's cooperation, he will not fight for it. When they go to design tactics, they should use it as a surprise soldier like today.

The Spurs' three consecutive offenses were completed by the two of them, which also made Duncan seem to have found the feeling of cooperating with David Robinson back then. Duncan was in good condition immediately, and Brad Miller was not defensive. Known for being good, it is immediately set off as if there is no defense.

At this time, Wells stepped forward again. He succeeded in a single against Michael Finley, and at the same time caused Michael Finley to foul and make a free throw. He made a shot from outside the three-point line and grabbed a rebound from Robert Horry. , literally everywhere.