Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 328

Before the game, Mike Brown enthusiastically came to the Spurs coach's bench and greeted Popovich and the three carriages respectively.

As a former Spurs assistant coach, Mike Brown is now very proud.

Because his ability has reached the point where he can compete with his former mentor Popovich, and he is still on the highest stage of the world's men's basketball team like the finals!
This can only show that his coaching ability is really good!

Thinking of this, Mike Brown nodded triumphantly frequently, "If I can still win the championship from Popovich, then the picture should be even better!"

And Mike Brown also knows clearly that he just won the league's best coach award. This is also the second head coach in the history of the Cavaliers to win this award.

If he can still lead the Cavaliers to win the first championship in team history, it will undoubtedly fill in a strong stroke on his resume.

Because this is a champion bishop!
"The Spurs' defense was built by me!

I can't be more aware of the strengths and weaknesses of this lineup.

So now that the Spurs have met me, it doesn't mean they have to be beaten to death!
And after I become a champion bishop, I'm afraid my salary will have to be doubled by 4 or 5 times!

Hehe~, buy a big house, marry a foreign wife, tsk tsk! "

Seeing that his former proud disciple was making money in front of him, Popovich pursed his lips a little bitterly.

After all, he is a disciple taught by his subordinates, how could he not know what kind of virtue this is!
And Mike Brown has a few brushes in his stomach, and Popovich knows it all too well.

So, if you like Mike Brown, Popovich is really not afraid of him!

It's just that at this time, Popovich happened to see Zhao Hao who was warming up on the court.

"This kid, I met him again!"

Thinking back to last season's playoffs, Zhao Hao, who was still on the Lakers, caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs.

However, the Lakers were able to win two games from the Spurs with such a lineup with obvious weaknesses. Zhao Hao owed a lot of credit to this!

Therefore, in this round of the series, Popovich also has a hunch that the process will not be too easy.

Even though the overall strength of the Spurs is obviously better than that of the Cavaliers, the overall strength of the Heat is also stronger than that of the Cavaliers.
Therefore, Popovich is very clear that strength is part of victory, but there is something other than strength in winning the playoffs.

beep!beep!
This time the game begins!
As the world-famous NBA Finals, this game also attracted journalists and media from countless countries to come and report, showing the world's top basketball demeanor.

Among them were journalists from Greece and Argentina.

"Argentines come to the NBA for interviews and game broadcasts because we have the Argentine Eagles here. What are you doing here?"

The Greek reporter smiled when he heard this and did not explain, but then took out an extremely thick notebook and kept writing and drawing.

Of course the Argentinian reporter couldn't understand Greek, so he snorted after a glance and stopped paying attention.

on the field.

The Spurs started with point guard Parker, shooting guard Ginobili, small forward Bowen, power forward Michael Finley and center Duncan.

And Mike Brown has been completely addicted since he played a one-star lineup in the last round.

So he also arranged this lineup for this game.

Of course, although Duncan's lethality in the interior is not as intuitive as O'Neill's devastating, but it is also powerful!

So Mike Brown arranged for Marshall to go outside to contain it, which didn't seem to be a problem.

With a jump ball at the center line, the Cavaliers without the big Z would naturally not be able to skip Duncan.

The Spurs' first wave of possession!
Like the Heat, the Spurs also saw that the Cavaliers were empty inside, so the first ball was also given to Duncan for singles.

It's just that unlike O'Neal's singles in the paint, Duncan's singles position is near the waist and free throw line.

Although Duncan's height is only 211cm, he is 5cm shorter than O'Neal.

In this way, it seems that he is going to singles against the 206cm Marshall. It seems that the gap is not that big, and it may be difficult to produce a dominant effect.

But, who the hell knows that O'Neal's wingspan is only 230cm, but Duncan's wingspan is also 230cm!

Therefore, don't think that Duncan's nickname in the NBA is Stone Buddha, because people are kind and bullying, and humans and animals are harmless.

In fact, Duncan's nickname in college was Flying Devil!
When this guy was young, he was also a master of flying and escaping from the ground, but now he is old and his knee was injured before, so he has changed to a floor style of play.

He is not weaker than O'Neill!

Swish!
After Duncan made three threats from the free throw line, he broke through directly to the inside and scored with a small hook at a 45° angle with Marshall on his back.

"Although Duncan's offense looks soft and unthreatening, but also scored two points, his offense looks so light and easy.

On the contrary, it is more efficient! "

Switch offense.

When James got the ball from the center line and was about to kill inside, Bowen, the defensive champion in front of him, stepped back from the three-point line to the free throw line!
Fully emptied James 3 meters away!

"What does it mean?"

Seeing this scene, Kenny Smith was stunned.

You must know that James this season has significantly improved his three-point shooting percentage compared to before.

The hit rate has reached 35%!

And James' shooting has gradually become stable.

So now the Spurs dare to defend his three-pointers like this, isn't that asking for trouble?

After a season of hard training and study, James didn't hesitate in the face of such a situation, and he just raised his hand and scored a three-pointer.

Swish!
The first goal is scored!
After seeing such a picture, Popovich on the sidelines smiled and raised two thumbs up to signal James to come on.

James:
Therefore, in this game, Popovich intends to completely release James' three-point shooting!
Seeing this scene, Zhao Hao was not surprised at all.

After all, in the James 12-13 season during the Heat period in the future, at that time, the old James had already made 40% of his three-pointers in the season.

But in the finals, the Spurs still dared to defend him like this and let him shoot three-pointers.

And in the first few games of the finals, because of this defense, the Spurs did receive good results.

Therefore, even James at that time was so emptied by Popovich to defend, let alone now!
After the Spurs lost that round of the finals, when facing James, who made 10 of 5 three-pointers in the crucial tiebreaker, Popovich accepted the interview and was very calm.

"If I didn't defend him like this, maybe the Spurs would have been eliminated 4:0!"

listen!Is this what people say!

Zhao Hao also wanted to say that Popovich really knows James too well.

Because James has never been a player with the goal of scoring, his way of playing is to drive his teammates on the court.

In addition to this point, in terms of James' trump card and the most threatening point, it is naturally to break through and reach the basket!
Therefore, what Popovich defends now is to break through the basket and let James attack alone, completely cutting off the connection with his teammates.

And there is another advantage to doing this, that is, the Cavaliers have a star-studded lineup at this time.

Duncan was pulled far away by Marshall to the bottom corner, so the Spurs were empty inside to defend!
Allowing James to frequently shoot from the outside can also perfectly cover up this shortcoming!
Zhao Hao also wanted to say, Zhuge Weiqi's tactical level is really not simple!
(End of this chapter)