Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 368

At this time, the thunderous applause in the arena happened to be for Zhao Hao and James, and Popovich could only grit his teeth and applaud in the same way.

"What I lost last year, I must get it back this year."

But, the premise is that the Spurs have to make it out of the Western Conference Finals!

Thinking of this incident, Popovich felt sour.

Because this year's west is really too crazy to dance with demons!
Fortunately, Popovich has found a solution, and he has also found the key to completely release the Spurs.

At this time, the honest little Dada Duncan also came over and hugged Zhao Hao.

As the opponent in the finals, Daidai also admired the young player Zhao Hao very much.

"The Cavaliers are happy in the Eastern Conference this year. There are no threatening opponents at all. I really hope we can meet again in the finals.

This time, I will never lose to you again. "

Zhao Hao patted Duncan on the shoulder, but said nothing.

There's no way, it's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he really has nothing to say.

Just this year's Western Conference, hey, don't talk about rushing out of the Western Conference for the Spurs, let's talk about the record.

It would be embarrassing if they didn't even make it to the playoffs!

After all the activities are over, the competition officially begins!
After the Spurs have gone through the entire offseason, compared with last season, there has not been a particularly big change in personnel.

With their current salary conditions, coupled with a small ball market like San Antonio, it is difficult for them to make particularly big changes.

This is a bit of the same problem as the Cavaliers.

Of course, Popovich, who shoulders the president of basketball operations of the Spurs, still made some adjustments to the lineup during the off-season.

They first picked up the 31st pick rookie who was cut this year in the free market, James White.

At the same time, after the team's backup center Nazr Mohamed was taken away by the Pistons for 5 years and 3200 million dollars.

Popovich quickly signed center players like Francisco Elson in the free market.

Needless to say, James White has first-class physical talent and running and jumping ability, but he is a bit mentally retarded in playing.

If it can develop a good projection ability, it will also have the potential to become a top 3D player in the future.

Francisco Elson has height and wingspan, and his defense is extremely fierce, but his offense is a rough guy.

His inside offensive level is probably a little worse than Big Ben's.

It's just that the Spurs don't need his offense at all, as long as the defense is in place.

Therefore, the wily and calculating Zhuge Weiqi is quite capable.

"No! For this game, the Spurs' starting lineup has been adjusted!"

Kenny Smith quickly noticed something was wrong on the field.

That is, the starting shooting guard of the Spurs is not Ginobili, but Michael Finley!
Although in the Spurs' games in previous years, Ginobili sometimes appeared on the bench.

But at that time, Guillobili was just a rookie in the league and hadn't fully demonstrated his strength.

And when Ginobili had shown good strength in the regular season in his rookie season, he also became the team's starter directly in the playoffs that year.

After that, the number of substitute games became less and less.

"And, this is the opening match!

I haven't heard of Ginobili's injury before, so is it too much to arrange him to play as a substitute? "

Steve Kerr did not directly name Popovich by name, but everyone understood that what he said was that Popovich was too much!

After all, Ginobili was an All-Star!

He also made great contributions to the Spurs in the playoffs.

Is this how Popovich treats heroes?

After seeing this scene, Zhao Hao couldn't help heaving a long sigh.

"Are you early again?"

The original Ginobili will indeed experience the allusion of three ins and three outs on the bench.

The reason why this happened is because Ginobili's defense did not reach the league's average level.

So in order to balance the defensive ability of the starting players, Popovich has repeatedly put Ginobili on the bench.

The Spurs' arrangement also went through a long period of time, until Popovich discovered that Ginobili's offense was so good that he was really reluctant to let it go.

So, put him back in the starting lineup again.

Such a change lasted for more than a season.

And this season, he was transferred back to the bench again.
"Is Popovich worried that Ginobili can't guard you?" James also subconsciously guessed at this time.

After all, James has a deep understanding of how fierce Zhao Hao's attack power is now.

He also believes that Popovich has already seen it during the finals, so there will be such a change.

Zhao Hao shook his head and said negatively, "No, because even if Manu Ginobili is replaced, no one in the Spurs can guard against me.

Unless he uses Bowen on you against me.

But in this way, the picture of you running away in the finals will reappear.

Popovich is not that stupid! "

James also frowned in confusion at this time, "Then what does he mean by doing this?
Taking down Ginobili will not be able to keep up with us on the offensive end.

Is this the level of Popovich? "

Of course, Popovich's level will not stop there.

Zhao Hao wanted to say that this should be the strongest Spurs in 07 who appeared ahead of schedule!
Although there have been many debates about the strongest Spurs in later generations, many people also think that the 14 Spurs are the strongest.

But Duncan was 38 years old that year, and Ginobili was 37 years old, and the dominance of the two on the court was obviously not as good as before.

And the reason why he was able to win the championship this year is naturally indispensable to the restriction of the defensive pioneer robot Leonard on James, and Danny Green's three-pointer in the finals.

In particular, Danny Green's 27 three-pointers in the finals were simply astonishing, and they directly defeated the Heat's infinite rotation defense system on the outside.

This also directly led to the Spurs' seven players averaging in double figures and a smooth offense in the finals.

It can also be regarded as a miracle in the finals.

Therefore, compared to the 13-14 season when Zhang Tielin suddenly broke out in the finals, in most eyes, the strongest Spurs team is this season!

06-07 season!

And the strength of the Spurs this season is that they put Ginobili on the bench!

Game start.

Big Z jumped to get the ball.

Honest Mike Brown didn't play center for Marshall directly in this game.

After all, when Duncan is not the main attacker, Big Z's role on the court is better than Marshall's.

Therefore, Mike Brown also wants to take a gamble to see if Popovich will directly unlock Duncan's seal in this regular season.

On the first ball, James held the ball in a high position and played Big Z's outside pick-and-roll.

Such a gear immediately attracted the Spurs' three-man double-team.

No way, the Spurs are too familiar with James.

Especially after James has developed a certain long-range shooting, they can't even use the only retreat defensive strategy.

So now I can only double-team James when encountering a pick-and-roll.

But at this moment, James threw the ball directly into the sky, and Zhao Hao flew past.

After spreading his wings in the air with a full bow, Zhao Hao scored the first point of the new season for the team with a turtle and battle ax dunk!
"The Cavaliers' offense is really smooth!

They also perfectly demonstrated why they were the championship team last season. "

Kerr also wanted to say that last season's Cavaliers were good enough in terms of cooperation. After all, there are two players with such excellent basketball IQs in the team, James and Zhao Hao.

But this season, just from the ball just now, Cole can see that the Cavaliers' cooperation is even better!
Compared with last season, all members of the Cavaliers this season are also full of tacit understanding.

On the ball that James passed to Zhao Hao just now, Damon Jones of the Cavaliers stood firmly in the bottom corner to ambush.

The moment Zhao Hao hit the basket, Drew Gooden also tacitly rushed in from outside the three-point line to grab the rebound.

At the same time, James and Big Z on the outside are also ready. If there is a mistake in cooperation, they will immediately defend the opponent's counterattack.

This defense!
This tacit understanding!
Cole wanted to give a thumbs up!

"Although the Cavaliers have experienced a 7-game losing streak in the preseason, when James and Zhao Hao are on the court at the same time, they still proved that they are still one of the best teams in this league."

At this time, it was the Spurs' turn to attack.

Here comes the change!

Duncan didn't play low post singles, but made a pick and roll for Parker in the high post!
"The Spurs are playing a bit like the Cavaliers!
They also stretched the penalty area wide, giving outside players a lot of room to break through.

But the Cavaliers play like this because they don't have top insiders. Isn't your Spurs self-defeating martial arts by playing like this? "

　Useless, useless.

　　Today is five chapters.

　　Continue to explode the day after tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)