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Chapter 205. Psychological Warfare

The Spurs are without a doubt Liu Ren's most powerful enemy after entering the NBA, and this enemy's peak is only the last year left. The so-called prosperity must decline not only for a country, but also for the team. He clearly remembers The Spurs did not win the first round of the second year of the championship, and they only ranked No.7 in the regular season. The reason is very simple. The troika still has a strong fighting spirit this year because they lost to the Heat last season.

Liu Ren is now very eager to beat the Spurs. He wants to beat the strongest opponent. There is not much time left for this opportunity. There is only this year. The Spurs may still be strong in the future, but they will never be as strong as this season.

When it came time for the Spurs to attack again, Parker missed two consecutive outside shots, which made Kobe more at ease to shrink inside, and he didn't even make a perfunctory move up.

Danny Green's defense is very good, but the offensive end is just a pitcher. Nash doesn't do anything else and doesn't do anything to help defend, just run with Danny Green. Parker has no choice but to let Leonard come out to catch the ball .

Leonard originally planned to support the ball as usual. His statistics this season are 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. His passing ability has been developed. Popovich's guidance to him is quite methodical and step-by-step.

At this time, Liu Ren said faintly: "Finally I see you have the ball, come on, let's see who is stronger between the two of us, as the strongest outside team of the league's No. [-] and No. [-] teams, who is it?" Are you stronger or am I stronger?"

Leonard was hit hard in his heart. If Liu Ren used a sarcastic tone, he would not be affected at all. Popovich trained him to be a machine that would not be provoked at all, just like Duncan, but it is estimated that Popovich Vicki also didn't expect that someone would speak to Leonard with anticipation instead of sarcasm.

Leonard seemed to have heard Liu Ren's inner expectations, and seemed to feel that he would be disappointed if he didn't attack the opponent.

This unprecedented feeling made it very difficult for Leonard to get used to it, so unaccustomed!
This feeling deeply stimulated Leonard, he chose to single Liu Ren!

Leonard chose to break through!His breakthrough routine is very simple, relying on his body to break through!
Liu Ren stood directly in front of Leonard, abruptly blocking Leonard who was running into him!Leonard bumped into it by himself and staggered himself!
Leonard seemed to feel like he was surrounded by iron gates, no matter what he couldn't get inside!
Normally, Leonard would definitely choose to pass the ball, but now he only has the idea of ​​attacking in his mind, and he doesn't want to be looked down upon by the opponent!
"Snapped"

Liu Ren slapped the ball while Leonard was not paying attention, and stole it head-on!He copied the ball and counterattacked quickly!
Leonard chased after him, and Liu Ren sprinted in front. After entering the free throw line, he jumped to avoid Leonard's block and replaced it with a left-handed dunk.

After landing, Liu Ren looked at Leonard with disappointed eyes and said: "So your offense is so poor, it's useless to look forward to it, let's play team offense, it's boring."

After speaking, Liu Ren ran back to defend without looking back.

Leonard felt as if he was being pitied!
The Spurs attacked, and Parker advanced to the frontcourt. He saw Leonard playing very difficult against Liu Ren in the last round, so he planned to do it himself, and was ready to let Duncan come out to play another tactic.

But Leonard rarely took the initiative to ask for the ball!

Parker hesitated and gave it to Leonard. After all, Leonard's talent is the strongest among all the young people in the Spurs. They can feel that Popovich attaches great importance to Leonard.

So Leonard plunged headlong into Liu Ren's trap again, and was so prevented that it was difficult to take a step forward!

Liu Ren's goal has been achieved, using the opponent's unyielding character to arouse the opponent's desire to prove himself, Leonard's current offensive ability is really mediocre, Liu Ren is like playing around with him.

In the next four rounds, Leonard seemed to be a different person, being applauded by Liu Ren, and kept seeking individual singles, but he didn't score a single time.

On the contrary, the Lakers succeeded in attacking consecutively. After a few rounds, the score became 17 to 6, and the Lakers led by 11 points!
Popovich called a timeout!
"Kawhi, what are you doing? Giving you the ball is not for you to play blindly. You have to cooperate with your teammates and give the ball to teammates who can make the shot!" Popovich yelled at Leonard.

Leonard didn't speak, but he was very upset. When they defeated the Lakers four days ago, Liu Ren played so badly, but D'Antoni kept cheering Liu Ren from the sidelines and let Liu Ren let go of the fight. Don't worry. poor condition.

Why can't I vote here?Leonard was very unbalanced, and felt a deep sting in his heart. He hated himself for not being capable enough. The other party was looking forward to confronting him, but he himself was unable to respond.

Seeing Leonard's stubborn face, Popovich said angrily: "Sit on the bench and calm down, think about what you should do and what you should not do!"

Leonard walked to the bench without saying a word, Duncan came over and patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are still young, you will have a lot of opportunities to score in the future, now you should play according to the coach's arrangement, don't be influenced by the opponent, you are different, your current The job is to defend."

Leonard didn't reply, and sat on the bench by himself, his heart was extremely unbalanced: "Still young? Liu is younger! Why can he, why! His defense is so good, and he can also attack, why can I only do it every day? Practice defense! If I were like him..."

What is certain is that Popovich has trained Leonard to be as tough as a rock in the past two years, allowing him to defend against all trash talk and play in the most stable state.

Popovich trained Leonard completely in the same way as Duncan was trained. If this continues step by step, Leonard will definitely become a generation of superstars in the future. There is no doubt about this.

But Leonard has the same defensive talent as Duncan, but his offensive talent is much worse. Unlike Duncan, who entered the league and has absolute dominance on both ends of the offense and defense, and now the Spurs are not bad at scoring. From the beginning, he made up his mind to suppress Leonard's offensive impulse.

Leonard is also working very hard, walking according to Popovich's plan, training himself to be extremely tough.

But the tougher the person, the weaker point of the heart becomes more vulnerable.

Liu Ren grasped this point. Instead of mocking or provoking, he used challenges to provoke Leonard's inner fragility.

As for whether this will affect Leonard's future development, whether Leonard will grow into a superstar as he remembers in the future, Liu Ren doesn't care at all. If this influence can make the opponent get down, then he is not qualified to become His opponent!
(End of this chapter)