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Chapter 321 Cole is also convinced

On the evening of the [-]th, the Spurs played at the ATT Center.

As the announcer called out Popovich's name, more than 8000 spectators shouted in unison, and the sound wave went straight to the ceiling.

In the TNT commentary seat, old coach Hubie Brown said with a smile: "San Antonio fans are very excited. They beat the Lakers in an away game the day before yesterday, and their confidence in winning the championship has been significantly improved. Now they are back at home, and they look forward to playing the same wonderful performance..."

Host Cassel answered: "According to statistics, the Spurs have maintained a complete home record so far this season!

Steve, what are your predictions for this game? "

Commentator Steve Kerr said: "I think the Spurs have a greater chance of winning, because in terms of lineup, the Spurs are stronger and more reasonable than the Lakers, and in terms of tactics, Popo is more daring than Su Yang. Shows that he really wants to win.

Honestly, I've never seen Pop trust a rookie player so much, and Kawhi Leonard surprised me.

I thought it was just a joke when Pop said Kawhi Leonard reminded him of Michael Jordan..."

In the arena, the long whistle sounded.

The starting players of the two teams entered the field. Su Yang looked towards the Spurs and found that it was indeed DeJuan Blair who returned to serve as the starting power forward for the Spurs, while Duncan returned to the center position. Center forwards are very different.

Different starting lineups have completely different emphasis on offense and defense. Su Yang couldn't guess the intention of the Spurs to make such adjustments.
But he didn't bother to think too much. Before the referee whistled, he pulled Kobe and said, "You can play the ball for Gasol first."

So the reasoning is very simple. Also a power forward, Gasol is nearly 12 centimeters taller than DeJuan Blair.

Bryant nodded to show his understanding, and immediately entered the game, and the other starting lineup for the Lakers was only Goodlock to replace Fisher.

drop!
The short whistle sounded, and the Spurs started the five-man team, with Parker, Green, Leonard, Blair and Duncan also in place.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the Lakers won the jump ball.

Seeing Kobe advance with the ball, Popovich, who was standing on the sidelines, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then raised his hand to direct a big delay.

With that kind of order, he obviously realized that something was wrong, but Popovich couldn't figure out what the routine was for a while.

But no matter what, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a big delay. Give Kobe a round of confrontation first, and then talk about exhausting energy.

"Woooooh..." The Spurs fans booed enthusiastically, and Danny Green stepped close to Kobe to intercept.

With a calm face, Kobe directly dribbled the ball with his back to clear the way, and rushed to the top of the frontcourt with ease.

Artest used Bynum's cover to reach the right three-point line simultaneously, took the basketball and turned around to observe, while Kobe passed the ball and cut into the paint with a big stride, posing a plan to use Bynum's cover, to the right The anxious appearance of the short angle transfer.

The short corner and the waist are areas where Kobe is good at scoring. The Spurs have studied it many times, so they were successfully deceived.

Just as Green was striding forward to grab the cover, Bryant suddenly stopped and teamed up with Bynum to set up the wall.

Gasol on the left took the opportunity to get rid of Blair, and moved across the paint to the right with the help of cover, all the way unimpeded.

Kobe then turned around and ran out, providing a shooting threat to prevent the Spurs from going to encircle Gasol.

In a hurry, Duncan chose to switch to Gasol to prepare for a delay, Green started to catch up with Kobe again, Blair wanted to bypass the screen to catch up with Gasol, the Spurs trio miscommunicated, and it was too late to communicate, and Bynum was left unattended .

Artest saw this and passed the ball to the basket. Bynum stepped to catch the ball, kicked off the ground, and dunked vigorously with both hands.

The basketball exploded into the net, and the Lakers scored two points at the beginning, mainly using Kobe's threat to create an excellent one-on-one opportunity for Gasol, and finally disrupted the Spurs' defensive matchup, which was completed by Bynum. The Spurs are hard to defend against.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Spurs handed over the frontcourt to Duncan to play singles on the right waist, turned around and shot the basket and hit the iron.

But DeJuan Blair is full of strength and has an excellent wingspan. He insisted on getting rid of Gasol through the card position, grabbing offensive rebounds and making a second attack. Unfortunately, his height and weight are flawed. Thor interfered.

The basketball hit the iron, Bynum got the rebound, the Lakers launched a counterattack, and Kobe led the way to the top of the frontcourt.

It was still the opening route, the Spurs chose to communicate in advance, and Kobe and Bynum's screen delay effect was reduced.

The Spurs defense did not appear chaotic, but Gasol still got the ball on the right side of the waist against Blair, who was 12 centimeters shorter than him.

He directly raised and hit high, turned around and sank to the bottom to avoid double-team interference, took off with one foot and swung his right arm to exert force, and shot with a hook.

bass!Hollow into the net, 4 to 0.

Easy-side Spurs attack, Parker finds Duncan as a cover at the top of the arc, pretends to go to the right but actually goes to the left, breaks through Goodlock in an instant, quickly enters the paint area, and deliberately stops and jumps within Bynum's defensive range with some provocation. cast.

Bynum really failed to block the shot, the basketball slammed into the net with a bang, and the Spurs' entire attack took only ten seconds.

"Yeah..." The fans cheered, and everyone on the Spurs bench shouted AND ONE at the referee.

Su Yang could see the corner of his left eye twitching. Parker's first breakthrough in NBA history made it really difficult for Goodlock to defend.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Kobe dribbled forward, and the Lakers continued to open up the tactic, which has not been cracked anyway.

Seeing the Lakers put on the same tactical formation, Popovich yelled twice from the sidelines, and Leonard did not catch up with Artest in time.

But Leonard was not idle, but stayed in the paint, controlled the running route, and helped Green delay Kobe.

With that kind of operation, Kobe couldn't move to the right immediately, whether it was true or false, it would be delayed.

And Kobe couldn't transfer in time, even if he had to continue to cover Gasol, the Spurs had time to adjust.

All operations are nothing more than relying on Artest's difficulty in making a three-pointer. Even if he catches the ball, Leonard can block it in time.

The situation of the Lakers suddenly became a little unfavorable, but Kobe's advantage as a point guard was reflected. Without Su Yang shouting, Kobe relied on his super high level of reading and defense, decisively gave up the opening tactic, and directly asked Artest to cooperate with the high pick-and-roll.

Green hurriedly tried to squeeze through the cover to catch up, but Artest has a generous body and strong strength, and he is good at delays.

Leonard hurriedly switched defenses, but this time, unlike the previous game, Kobe had already controlled the ball in advance.

Only Jia Kobe rushed into the three-point line with a big stride, and did not hesitate to use his signature skill-one step within the three-point line to grab the shot.

Leonard didn't control the rhythm well, his center of gravity was too high, and it was difficult for him to take off for the second time. He watched Kobe take off and shoot.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 6 to 2.

"Honestly speaking, this is a bad shot selection. Kobe's personal performance has dropped to C-..." Su Yang casually joked about the 2K personal mode mechanism, Mike Brown and other assistant coaches looked blank, only Ebanks and Jeremy Lin chuckled go along.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, the Spurs started with an inside and four outside formation, and made a figure-of-eight transmission from right to left, and moved in a wide range.

Leonard then cut into the inside from the left, first set a positioning screen for Blair, then turned around and used Duncan to screen, turned around and ran to the top of the arc to try to catch the ball, and linked to form a set of STS screens, supplemented by down screens and horizontal screens Complicated moves.

For ordinary people, it takes several times to understand the overall perspective.

And Artest, who was in charge of chasing Leonard, was dumbfounded and froze in the paint like a fool.

Fortunately, Kobe reacted quickly enough, decisively gave up Green in the bottom corner on the right, and switched defenses to catch up with Leonard who rushed to the top of the arc.

Such a choice can be said to be perfect.

However, Parker had been prepared for a long time, and he threw a long pass boldly, throwing the ball directly from the left wing to the right corner.

Artest was still in a shutdown state, until Su Yang shouted a reminder at the top of his voice, and then rushed to the bottom corner on the right as if he had just woken up from a dream.

But it was too late, Green took off the ball decisively, faced the cheers of the audience, and made a steady three-pointer.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 6 to 5.

Artest turned around sullenly and walked towards the frontcourt. Seeing this, Su Yang clapped his hands and encouraged him: "Ron, stay focused!"

Between the words, Kobe dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and continued to execute the opening tactics. The Spurs still let Leonard delay the defense.

Kobe used Artest's cover to rush to the right waist, then reversed his steps and backed up against Leonard, and began to sit hard.

After shaking for several times in a row, Leonard, who was still relatively immature in defense, lost his center of gravity again, and Green quickly shrank from the three-point line to double-team.

Kobe immediately passed the ball, and Artest did not hesitate to catch the ball. He raised his hand and scored a three-pointer. The basketball hit the circle and hit the net.

"Yes!" Su Yang stood up and applauded, happy for Artest's goal, and even more happy for Kobe's success in playing point guard.

The Spurs turned around and ran a high pick-and-roll, but failed to score.

The two teams came and went, and the first quarter of the game was played quickly with 3 minutes left. The Lakers led the Spurs 24 to 20.

The Spurs requested a timeout.In the commentary booth, Hubie Brown said: "The Lakers' ability to adjust is amazing. The strategy of Kobe as point guard effectively solved the problem of Kobe's difficulty in receiving the ball in the last game. Many small-scale tactics can be easily deployed."

Cole nodded quite seriously: "I somewhat underestimated Su Yang's determination, and once again underestimated his ability to make players perform efficiently. At present, the Spurs are relatively difficult to score, mainly relying on Parker's strong breakthrough. It depends on whether the substitute can change the situation... "

　Thanks to "KIRAZLL, the little fat man who loves to work overtime, the fat man's leg hair nickname is fed to the dog" for the reward.

　　
　
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