super legend

Chapter 92 The Spurs in Suspicion

In the first game of the series, at the home court of the Spurs, the Spurs were supposed to be the one driving the tempo. They didn’t expect to be played so passively by the opponent’s rookie. Popovich inevitably reprimanded the players in the halftime lounge , To try to complete the counterattack in the second half, however, when Kobe is serious, Popovich is always difficult to get what he wants.

"Phil implying that Sun is more efficient from the [-] than me, are he and Shaq going to tell Buzz that? My [-]-point shooting is not as good as Sun's? Just kidding, what defense he faced, what I faced Defense! But even if no one is defending, Sun You has such a good shooting percentage, and I have to choose the timing of my shots carefully."

Kobe wanted to continue to shoot three-pointers in the second half, but he didn't make strong shots for the sake of competition. If that was the case, it would have fulfilled Popovich's wish.

As soon as the second half started, Kobe became very serious. He took over the offense and expanded the score. In addition, Sun Zhuo shot a three-point shot from time to time. Expand the point difference to close to 20 points!
The first game of the series is about to collapse!

The fans at the scene were all surprised and sighed.

"The Lakers beat us in the first game! It was really unexpected. Even if there is a gap between the Spurs and the Lakers, it is definitely not a team that will be beaten in three quarters!"

"All of this was done by the Lakers' No. 24. He was terrible. He quietly brought out the rhythm of the Lakers' offense, but we didn't even notice it. After this game, the Spurs must pay more attention to Sun. Yeah, especially his [-]-point shot."

Popovich originally thought that Sun Zhuo would be a trap and would give them benefits, and he also wanted to let the players steal his ball, but he didn't expect that Sun Zhuo would not go to the basket at all, and he rarely held the ball in other positions, so he went to both sides Running from the bottom corner, and shooting immediately after taking the ball, or dribbling the ball while shaking the defensive player, the Spurs players have no way to intercept his ball.

Popovich has sat quietly on the bench, giving up any hope for this game.

"Son's prediction was completely wrong, he has a very good catch and shoot ability, once he finds a rhythm, the shooting rate is terrible, and his long-range shooting will help Shaq and Kobe score easier, especially when he When he played well, he could actually stimulate Kobe to play even better. This series seems to be very difficult!"

Popovich has already realized the difficulty of advancing in this series. Without Sun Zhuo, the Spurs could not last seven games. Now that Sun Zhuo is the baseline three-pointer, the Spurs want to limit the It is too difficult to restrict Sun Zhuo under O'Neal Kobe's situation.

The current Lakers team is actually a bit similar to the Golden State Warriors in 2017. Durant, Klay Thompson, and Stephen Curry have three points, all of which have no solution. It is impossible for you to let these three people not play at the same time. of.

Sun Zhuo is actually a person who likes challenges. If he knew that he would be reborn if he just picked a team in the game, he might not choose the Lakers with a luxurious lineup.

With Sun Zhuo's future development, the Lakers team in 2004 will definitely be listed as one of the strongest teams in NBA history.

After the first game, the Lakers won the first game at the Spurs home court with a 20-point victory!
Sun Zhuo scored 20 points in the game, and his average score in the playoffs easily exceeded 10 points. As long as he has a stable performance in the future, Artest's ass is definitely his own.

Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 33 points, and O'Neal also scored 22 points.

Sun Zhuo continued to win easily in the playoffs, but Wade, without superstar teammates, did not feel so good in the semifinals. In today's game, the Heat fought hard to the end, but still lost to the Hornets.

Many people will be confused by the name "Hornets", and they will always be unsure which team it is when it is mentioned.

Today's Hornets team is the New Orleans Pelicans where Anthony Davis was later. This is the predecessor of the Pelicans. When it comes to this, some people will be confused again. ?How did you play the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Heat?
The 2003-2004 season happened to be the last time the Hornets appeared as an Eastern team. It was not until the next season that the Hornets were divided into a Western team.

The next day was the game between the Nets and the Pistons. The Nets played a terrible game. The Pistons deserved to be the team that can win the championship. They even beat the Nets to only score 56 points. Yes, the whole game Only 56 points were scored in the game.

The defense of the Pistons made the Nets all iron gods. The most iron one was Richard Jefferson, who later teamed up with James to win the championship. He made 12 shots and only hit one ball. Kidd made 13 of them. 4 is not much better, and there is another 7 for 0 on the bench...

Afterwards, the game between the Hornets and the Heat continued. This time the Heat tied the score, and in the game between the Kings and the Timberwolves, the Kings won.

Soon, it will be the second game between the Spurs and the Lakers.

After the first game, both sides summed up their experience, especially the Spurs on the losing side.

At the end of a training session, Popovich said calmly to everyone: "I have a lot of responsibility for losing the first game. I should have guessed that Phil would keep a hand against us. He is very cunning and very cunning. Bold, deliberately exposed Sun’s three-point ability in advance in the series against the Rockets. I thought that if Sun really had three-point ability, Phil would let him wait until we used it. After all, they can easily advance without Sun .”

Tony Parker is a player with the potential to be a coach. He often steals from Popovich. Seeing that Popovich took the responsibility on himself, he said: "Sun is just a little bit on the corner three-pointer. No shot from position, we just need to pay more attention to his running to the corner."

Popovich didn't think things would be so simple, "I'm also thinking about this question, is Sun only good at three-pointers from the corner, or can he do it in any position, but the three-pointer from the corner is more accurate? Will you only focus on the three-pointer? I don’t think you guys are going to do that, and likewise, Sun wouldn’t only be training corner threes. I wonder if he purposely only shot corner threes in Game [-], so that We made the mistake of thinking he could only hit threes from the corner, and wait until Game [-], and he’s going to play somewhere else, and he caught us off guard just like Game [-]."

Everyone doesn't know much about Sun Zhuo, and no one can guarantee whether Sun Zhuo will hide his three-point ability in other positions. After all, since entering the NBA, people have discovered that he has hidden his ability to rely on hitting, jumping and dunking, and corners. Three-point ability.

Popovich looked at Turkoglu and said: "In the second game, Phil will definitely repeat the same tricks and let Sun Xian lead the rhythm from the outside. Be sure to pay attention to his three-pointers in other positions. Don't think that if Sun is not in the corner, there is no threat!"

　Thank you Rose Old Testament for your reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)