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Chapter 204 204. Leonard Shaken
But because Leonard's defense is so good, he must find a way to deal with their defense in the remaining two games against the Spurs in the regular season!
The Spurs are the biggest opponent of the Lakers in the playoffs. The Lakers, other strong teams in the West, have won. The Clippers, who were invincible some time ago, have also collapsed, leaving only the Spurs as their opponent.

It is not easy to deal with this year's Spurs. Liu Ren has seen the Spurs' dominance in the playoffs in 2014. The dominance far surpassing all other teams in the league is really terrifying!
But the more terrifying the opponent is, the more challenging it is!Liu Ren wanted to find a breakthrough point!

This breakthrough point is the young Leonard!
Leonard was the key point for the Spurs to deal with the Heat in the 2014 Finals. He blocked James from beyond the free throw line is an important tactic for the Spurs, so he also won the Finals MVP.

However, Leonard's offense is very average now. It was not until the 2015-2016 season that the core of the offense was transferred to him and he made significant progress. Moreover, Liu Ren can see from the Spurs' games in the 2015-2016 season that Leonard has always had an offense. His heart, but has been suppressed by Popovich, let him first solidify the defense and then polish the offense.

"Kahuai? It seems like it's the first time I've talked to you. It feels really good to play against you. Let's have an offensive duel!" After finishing speaking, Liu Ren ignored the opponent's unshakable poker face and began to dribble continuously under his crotch.

Leonard went forward without hesitation, ready to take out the ball at any time, and his frontal steal was as good as Liu Ren's.

Liu Ren slammed into Leonard the moment he came up on top, knocking Leonard back a step, and then took advantage of the momentum to break into the inside lane.

The first defense passed smoothly!But Liu Ren didn't relax and feel complacent, the defense he faced next was the key!
Duncan appeared within the free throw line at the first time, and he didn't make a save. He was smarter than Howard and Jordan who relied on physical defense. He knew very well that Liu Ren had no mid-range ability!He opened his arms to block Liu Ren's pass to the inside line of Gasol.

Leonard was not discouraged by being crushed and broken by Liu Ren, and quickly rushed in to form a back and forth flank with Duncan. Danny Green appeared on the passing route of Liu Ren and Kobe.

Just when the Spurs' dumpling-making tactics were about to take shape, Liu Ren turned and ran outside!Passed by Leonard who rushed in!

Leonard turned around quickly, but bumped into a wall of meat!
Thackeray!
When Liu Ren made a breakthrough, Thackeray saw Liu Ren pointing at him and then pointing at the arc outside the free throw line, he circled out from the other side without thinking, and just blocked Leonard at this time!

Liu Ren ran out of the three-point line and made an unguarded three-point shot!
Pretending to force the action to begin!Liu Ren felt very good when he took the shot. After the shot, he turned around and returned to the defense without looking back.

"Swish"

Three point hit!

As the so-called invisible pretense is the most deadly, Liu Ren's ball immediately detonated the Staples Center, and the fans cheered loudly!

Leonard looked at Liu Ren's back and his heart was churning, but thinking of what the coach had been saying to him, he quickly calmed himself down.

The Spurs attack, Parker has the ball, and Kobe defends him.

The Spurs suffered a disadvantage in attacking Kobe for the first time. This time, he let Parker take a step, one meter away from Parker, and mainly defended the opponent's breakthrough. Kobe didn't care whether Parker shot a three-pointer or not.

Liu Ren followed Leonard who was running, and asked in a puzzled tone while running: "Kawhi, why don't you attack and keep running? Don't you know how to attack?"

There was regret in Liu Ren's tone, which made Leonard's calm heart start to churn again.

The Spurs are very different from the Spurs 10 years ago. If Parker shot a three-pointer before 2010, he would definitely be scolded by Popovich. But now the Spurs’ offensive tactics are to shoot when there is an opportunity, although Parker often only takes one shot in a season in his career. Twenty or thirty three-pointers, and this season, he only took 0.9 three-pointers per game on average, but at this time Kobe was obviously not going to guard him, and he immediately chose a three-pointer!

"bang"

Decisive miss!
Gasol beat Duncan to grab a defensive rebound!
Liu Ren, get off quickly!
The Spurs retreated quickly and were not affected by the offensive setback. Nash did not rush to pass to Liu Ren who was going down quickly, but pressed down with his right hand, indicating to slow down the tempo.

If it was any other team, Liu Ren would play the next three and Nash would still pass, but this is the Spurs, and Nash knew very well that the Spurs defended well.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and then handed it to Liu Ren who came to the top arc to ask for the ball.

Regardless of whether Leonard said or not, Liu Ren continued: "I'm coming, it seems that you don't have an offensive position in the Spurs, I'd better shoot a three-pointer, just like you, let's have a three-point duel, and I won't break through Alright, vote here."

As he spoke, Liu Ren made a gesture of preparing to shoot.

Leonard immediately stepped forward to interfere with Liu Ren's dribble, ready to steal at any time. His greatest defensive feature is that he can return to the defensive position at any time while making a steal, without affecting his defense against breakthroughs. His super long arms are simply Born to be defensive, that's what Popovich saw when he saw him.

This time Leonard didn't stick so tightly, he was afraid of being knocked away by Liu Ren. Liu Ren's ability to play simple balls is too strong. The simpler the offense is, the harder it is to defend, because the simpler the offensive routine, the offensive player will make mistakes. The less likely it is, but the more it depends on personal ability; the more complex the offensive loopholes are, the more troublesome the defense is, but it is easier to find a way to defend.

Both have their own advantages. In Leonard's view, a player with super personal offensive ability like Liu Ren is more difficult to guard than a team player!

Moreover, Leonard didn't believe Liu Ren's words that he would defend against him and shoot. In his opinion, Liu Ren couldn't do such a stupid thing...

Just when Leonard reached out to Liu Ren's dribbling ball to interfere or even directly steal it, Liu Ren really picked up the ball and took off!

Moreover, Liu Ren deliberately stretched out his hand towards Leonard's hand!

Leonard couldn't dodge in time, and slapped Liu Ren's hand!
"beep"

The referee whistles, the thugs foul!
Leonard clapped his hands annoyed, he didn't expect that Liu Ren actually voted!

In Leonard's view, Liu Ren should be the kind of person who doesn't like the "Pengci" style of play. He blames himself for being too arbitrary. Shoot against the defense!
While annoyed, Leonard felt humiliated that the other party looked down on him so much!
Moreover, Leonard saw that the rest of the Lakers, including Kobe, Gasol, and Nash, did not care about Liu Ren's "willful" shooting. He was very envious, and even a little bit jealous.

As a rookie with a low pick in 2011, Liu Ren received much better treatment than Leonard, so he couldn't help being envious.

(End of this chapter)