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When we arrived in Oakland, it was not early in the morning. This is because the distance between Seattle and Oakland is not too far. The players got on the bus in a daze, and then went to the hotel in a daze. They threw their bodies on the bed and fell asleep. .

After the game, you have to fly immediately, and then you have to participate in light training the next morning, and then after a rest in the afternoon, you have to continue the game in the evening. This kind of schedule is not to mention those older players, even young players. I'm a bit overwhelmed, so this back-to-back away game is the most painful.

This state is reflected in the game, that is, the players can't put all their energy into the game, and they always feel that their bodies are not right. Even Stephen feels that when he jumps up, he is not as high as he used to be. He used to be very casual. Actions must be deliberately strengthened to complete.

This season, the head coach of the Warriors was replaced by Nelson, another master of Popovich. Popovich's eclectic and changeable offensive system was inherited from Nelson. The head coach who combines Larry Brown's defense and Old Nelson's offense is the second general Avery Johnson.

Although it was only this season that he started coaching the Golden State Warriors, the effect that Nelson brought to the Warriors was immediate. The team waits for the strong team.

It was still the same group of players and the same team. After the old Nelson made a facelift to the team, the combat effectiveness suddenly improved. This kind of change made Popovich see it, and he couldn't help but admire the old man's boldness. For reasons of basketball philosophy, he does not agree with this approach, but there is no doubt that the old Nelson's change is very effective, and it is also very popular among fans, at least it can be seen from the crowded Oracle Arena.

Ao Guzhuang’s football market is very good. Although it is only a small town in name, it is only separated from San Francisco by a cross-sea bridge. It is a metropolitan area. The diverse cultural atmosphere also stimulates the needs of the people here.

The Golden State Warriors is also a very traditional team, one of the eleven teams established in the league, the owner of the first championship, the well-known Chamberlain Zhang Dashuai made his debut here, but that Back then it was called the Philadelphia Warriors.

In addition to the old Nelson being Popovich's master, there is also Rick Barry's jersey hanging above the Oracle Arena. Brent Barry's father, Rick Barry, the inventor of the inverted toilet free throw method, led the team to win the The third championship.

However, since then, the Warriors have never won a championship again, and their most glorious period was under the coaching of the old Nelson, leading the current general manager Chris Mullin to enter the playoffs four times, but due to the record Still unable to break through, the old Nelson was fired and went to the Knicks.

In the Knicks, the old Nelson was boycotted by players and fans because he proposed to use Patrick Ewing, the symbol of the team, to replace O'Neal, who had just debuted at the time, and then left sadly. Popovich wanted him to come over To coach the Spurs, he chose the Mavericks.After building the Mavericks into a strong team, Mark Cuban was kicked out of the Mavericks.

It is precisely because of this reason that the Warriors chose him to coach this team again. Of course, "God's Left Hand" Chris Mullin also contributed a lot, and the Warriors players are also very excited about the arrival of Old Nelson. Like, everyone knows that to play on Nelson, you don't need to defend, you just need to be able to run and shoot. Of course, it would be better if you can play multiple positions.

Although there are three main players on the injury list in this game, including Barron Davis, who is the team's No. 1 in strength and fame, the Warriors' offense is still very crazy. Yes, they can only use crazy Said that no matter who gets the ball, the first choice is to shoot, and it doesn’t matter what lineup, there is no difference in position, you see a big man two meters away standing outside the three-point line and shoot, a Small players want to get under the basket, there is no doubt that this is the current Warriors.

And these people all just shoot and go, they don't think about rebounding at all, unless it just falls on his head, their offense is very fast, but they don't play as organized as the Suns. Like a bunch of headless chickens, as for defense, there has never been this word in the old Nelson's dictionary.

But this is the tactic. The Spurs have no temper. The defense that has always been effective is useless in front of the Warriors. How to play offensively, after returning, people still play like this.

Your defense is useless at all, and slowly you will naturally give up defense. Seeing that the entire league is struggling to break through the Spurs' defense, who would have thought that it would be so easy to break through. At this time, Stephen thought of himself I once read in a martial arts book that the highest state of martial arts is "to win without moves, to have moves".

You can’t use targeted tactics to deal with it without tricks. Of course, the Warriors’ tactics are not at the highest level of no tricks. Just can't handle it.

The scores of the two sides have been rising alternately. Stephen still didn't play in the second quarter. The two sides played at the end of the first half. It turned out to be a [-]-[-] tie, but everyone who played on the Spurs side had already run away. He was out of breath, but he still looked energetic on the other side.

At this time, Popovich already felt that the team might fail. Although he and Nelson are both teachers and friends, it does not mean that he is willing to lose to the opponent, so as soon as the third quarter opened, he sent A group of young and strong players such as Stephen and Udic.

But it was useless, although Stephen scored [-] points in this quarter, and although Udic also scored [-] points, the Spurs still only scored one point more than the Warriors. Not being ahead makes no difference.

Stephen is already doing his best. In this state, his defensive ability can't be used at all. The opponent basically just runs over and shoots, and there is no way to decide who will shoot. You don't have to focus on marking. No, he is not like the Suns, who have Nash's fixed distribution of the ball. They seem to let the ball pass back and forth between players at will, and then they can't decide who will shoot the ball.

There must be some tricks in it. This is still a tactic, but if you can’t catch the flaws in it, you can’t defend your opponent. You can only pray that the opponent’s shots don’t go in. In this non-defensive situation Under the circumstances, the test is all about the feel, but one is forced and unaccustomed, and the other is skilled and accustomed.

In the fourth quarter, although Popovich replaced Duncan and Tony Parker again and maintained his strongest lineup on the court, he still hadn't passed. Within a few minutes, he couldn't keep up with the Warriors. If you run, if you can keep up, even if you don't defend, you can at least keep them as far away from the basket as possible when shooting.

In this quarter, the Spurs lost [-] points in a single quarter, and Stephen only scored [-] points. Although the score was still more than [-] points, the team's failure made everything meaningless. The loss to the Warriors last season was still in the league. Bottom team.

After each failure, criticisms followed. The famous Spurs black, "Quds Express" reporter Kevin put forward direct criticism of Popovich's lineup in his column, thinking that Popovich Odd shouldn't have made the change at all and put Stephen in the third quarter.

He used a lot of facts and data as a reason to analyze, and came to a conclusion that as long as Stephen gave the team an advantage in the second quarter, the Spurs would win the game, and the Spurs would be strong if they were strong On the bench, and for the average team, the second quarter is the time for the bench lineup to play.

Popovich gave up his advantage in the second quarter for nothing, put Stephen in the third quarter, and did not let Ginobili play in the third quarter. He has already listed it before, and it works best with Stephen. Ginobili is the most comfortable passer, wasting Stephen's ability in vain.

Of course, he would not say that the Spurs suffered back-to-back away games, nor that the current Warriors are not the same team as before. He just caught a problem, and then chased it fiercely, infinitely zoomed in, and attracted attention. , Of course, this is the consistent style of the media.

If his criticism is barely justified, the appearance of another person over there is the instigation of Hong Guoguo. Brunny Kwinter published an article on several media called "Swinging Left and Right" San Antonio Spurs".

He pointedly pointed out that the Spurs have been vacillating between the team's old system and Stephen as the main point of attack on the outside, and have not settled on a fixed principle. Although the two seem to have no conflict, the Spurs also Won the championship last season and broke the two curses, but in the long run, it will be a kind of damage to the players of both sides.

If a player has no playing time, he has no data, and without data, he cannot prove himself. Ginobili is in his prime, and Stephen is a potential new star. The biggest effect can be seen from the decline in Ginobili's average points per game. Last season, he was in a bad state, but it is still possible. This season has fully recovered, but it is still the same. Although his assists It has risen, but for a player like him, offense is what he should do most.

As for Stephen, Brennyak Winter even used a lot of space to praise Stephen, who blushed. In the article, Brennyakwinter believed that Stephen is the kind of genius player that happens once in a century, and the Spurs Not to mention that he was quickly determined to use him as the core of the team, but it is still vacillating. Could it be said that the internal and external combination of Stephen and Duncan is not as good as the troika of Duncan, Tony Parker, and Ginobili, let alone a Stephen plus Duncan? The combination of Duncan and Tony Parker, the three of them have no conflict.

According to Stephen's scoring efficiency, if Stephen's playing time is increased to that of players at the level of Kobe, Iverson, and James, Stephen's scoring average should be more than 35 points per game, which is undoubtedly the league's scoring leader. The average data of thirty plus seven plus seven should also be no problem.

Such Stephen is the dream of any team in the entire league, and Stephen is not an exclusive player. From his average assists per game, it can be seen that such a player is still swinging by the Spurs. People don't understand whether Popovich is too nostalgic, or he can't tolerate Stephen's slight personality flaws.