Guoshu basketball

Chapter 183 There is nothing to do
The Spurs are difficult, but the Lakers are not easy either. Although Li Du is so unstoppable now, he is only in the first few minutes. For the rest of the game, Kobe and Gasol still need to lead the team forward.After all, Li Du's current physical strength is still not enough to explode the physical strength of the audience.

Li Du himself reckoned that if he wanted to be able to explode his physical strength throughout the game, he would at least need to achieve Huajin!That is too far away for Li Du, he has not even mastered the dark energy yet.Therefore, the Zen master ordered Li Du to explode his physical strength for three to five minutes at the beginning of the game. Firstly, it was to save energy for the following games, and secondly, it was to come up first to show its prestige, so that the initiative of the game was controlled by the Lakers.

Sure enough, after 5 minutes, Popovich found that Li Du's attack and defense had relaxed.In fact, it is not considered relaxed, but without the aggressive and helpless sense of oppression at the beginning of the game, Li Du still maintains high efficiency.

"What the hell is going on?" Popovich was thinking about this question when the Lakers began to enter the rotation.This was originally a normal rotation. Most of the first quarter passed, and it was time for the main players to rest.

In fact, the Spurs entered the rotation earlier than the Lakers, and Popovich has always maintained the habit of playing core players for about 30 minutes.In this way, the core players can have sufficient physical strength to maintain a competitive state, the team can maintain a stable efficiency, and it can also minimize injuries caused by physical exertion.In fact, this is one of the reasons why the Spurs have remained stable and efficient over the years.

But this time the Lakers entered the rotation, Popovich immediately had a feeling in his heart, could it be that Li Du's miraculous performance at both ends of the offense and defense consumes a lot of energy and also puts a heavy burden on the body?So when the Zen master noticed that Li Du was starting to restrain himself, he replaced him to rest?
As soon as this idea appeared, the more Popovich thought about it, the more likely it became.Li Du's style of play that exploded with superhuman speed and strength is definitely a huge drain on stamina, which is what everyone wants. In this mode, Li Du is indeed almost invincible, but he can't maintain it how long!

"No wonder..." Popovich looked at the Lakers' rest area. He suddenly understood Zen Master's strategy, and couldn't help smiling: "Phil, this guy is really an old fox! But in this case, I can also have countermeasures." Already!"

Thinking of this, Popovich called a timeout, called the substitute lineup to his side, and then ordered them to strengthen their offense, especially Ginobili, who must go all out to grab points!In order to help Ginobili open up space inside, Popovich also deliberately sent Oberto and Horry to the field.

Compared with the Spurs, the depth of the Lakers' bench is more than a little weaker. Among the Lakers, Odom is the only one who can lead the bench, and the offensive and defensive abilities of other substitute players are very average. Unlike the Spurs, Ginobi Li is a superstar figure, and the other substitute players also have their own characteristics, not much weaker than the starting lineup.

In this way, at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs actually overtook the score!The Zen master looked at it and smiled wryly. Popovich is worthy of being a famous NBA coach, and he saw through his arrangement immediately.In fact, Zen Master has no choice. The Lakers' starting lineup is absolutely strong, but the cost is also high.Kobe and Gasol are players with annual salary of tens of millions. Bynum also signed a big contract with annual salary of tens of millions at the beginning of the season. Even Odom's salary is almost more than 700 million.A few of them occupy nearly 70% of the Lakers' salary space, and there is really no room to find other more suitable players.

And this is only this season, and Li Du's contract will expire next season. With Li Du's current performance and popularity, it is definitely another ten million-level contract!At that time, it was not known whether the Lakers could maintain their current lineup.

Sighing, Zen master put these troubles behind him. Although Popovich saw through the tactical strategy, Zen master was not worried at all.No matter how strong the Spurs' bench is, it is impossible to replace the starting role after all. They have done a good job in overtaking the score.
As long as the main players of the Lakers return, the situation can be stabilized at once.Especially in the last quarter of the game, when Li Du can fully explode his physical strength, and Kobe, Gasol and others are present, then it will be the nightmare for all teams playing against the Lakers!
As Zen Master expected, the Lakers were indeed two or three points behind at the beginning of the second quarter, but when Kobe and other main players played in the second half, the situation immediately stabilized. The Lakers and Spurs took the lead alternately, and no one could pull away Points difference.

Seeing the Zen master sitting on the sidelines, Popovich felt very helpless.He saw through the Zen master's strategy, so why didn't the Zen master see through his tactics!If the Lakers did not have Li Du and Gasol, Popovich would have many ways to deal with Kobe. After all, no matter how strong Kobe is, he is only one person without helpers, so it is easy to think of ways.

Now that the Lakers have Li Du and Gasol, the lineup is complete at once, and even the inside and outside lines have become equally terrifying!Zen master didn't need to make any adjustments at all, just played as usual, completely relying on overall strength to crush, no matter how many strategies Popovich had, there was no way to reverse the situation!
At the end of the second quarter, the Spurs still led the Lakers by two points.But Popovich felt sad. He knew that if the point difference could not be opened to more than 10 points in the third quarter, the Spurs would be powerless to recover in the fourth quarter if Li Du and Kobe fired all their firepower.

The game went according to the expectations of the two head coaches. The Spurs tried their best in the third quarter, but they could only lead the Lakers by 5 points and enter the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Li Du, who didn't need to save energy, broke out first, scoring two three-pointers and overtaking the score.Immediately afterwards, Kobe entered the scoring mode and directly took over the game. With Li Du on the defensive end, Kobe could attack wildly without any scruples.

Kobe who entered the scoring mode can be described in three words, unstoppable!No matter how Bowen defended, Kobe could find scoring opportunities.On the defensive end, Li Du faced Parker directly. The strong defensive pressure forced Parker to be careful even when dribbling. No one can score easily!
Being pressured by the Lakers for the entire fourth quarter, the Spurs lost the game without any suspense.The Lakers finally relied on the performance of Kobe and Li Du to defeat the Spurs 103 to 92 and won the crucial fourth game!The total score of the two teams became 3 to 1, and the Spurs were forced to the edge of a cliff.

(End of this chapter)