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Chapter 206.
Leonard was replaced by Popovich with Ginobili!
The Lakers were shocked, and no one on the Spurs side could stop Liu Ren from breaking through. Duncan and Leonard's defensive strategy of making dumplings to deal with Liu Ren couldn't be implemented either!

The Lakers replaced Thackeray with Antetokounmpo and started to attack.

Of course, Liu Ren didn't waste this opportunity, and kept using his restraining force to run back inside to force Duncan to shrink inside, unable to go out to defend.

Duncan's inside defense and Leonard's outside defense are the core of the Spurs' defensive system. Without one, the other will not work. Just like in the two seasons of 08-10, the Spurs' defensive system suddenly collapsed after Bowen retired. , can only rely on reducing the tempo to maintain competitiveness. The offense and defense in the 10-11 season were very average, and they were blacked out by the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

Kobe used Antetokounmpo's pick-and-roll from the outside to get a lot of mid-range shots and made consecutive hits. From time to time, Liu Ren took advantage of Duncan's defense and directly pressed Splitter for lobs. For a while, the Lakers' offense was unimpeded.

The Spurs have no choice but to attack the Lakers against Biao.

It's the Lakers offense again.

Liu Renyou walked to the inside, Duncan stepped forward to help defend, Kobe used Antetokounmpo to pick and roll and cut to the inside, Splitter had to go up to defend, at this time Gasol came out to the free throw line to catch the ball, Nash pulled away In the bottom corner, Parker can only follow the past, Gasol is empty!
Duncan was forced to make up for it, Gasol immediately sent the lob pass, and there was only Danny Green in front of Liu Ren!Just ignore the opponent and press the ball into the basket!
37 to 22, the Lakers lead by 15 points!
With Manu Ginobili missing a three-pointer at the buzzer, the Lakers led the Spurs by 15 points in the first quarter. Even the Lakers' own fans didn't expect to start so well!

"Liu, what did you do? You actually let that nonchalant poker face fight you heads-up?" Nick Young asked like a curious baby.

Liu Ren replied with an innocent face: "I just said that I wanted to compete with him in attacking, and then he seemed to agree."

Apparently Nick Yang didn't believe this answer, and Liu Ren was also very helpless. To be honest, no one believed it.

No way, Leonard is too abnormal today. The Spurs have been very hot in the past two years. Some people keep saying that they are underestimated. In fact, when a team is said to be underestimated, this team is already very popular. attention.

The success of the Spurs is very important among the players. Everyone wants their team to be as strong as the Spurs for more than ten years, and they all envy Duncan's career.

But very few superstars are willing to go to the Spurs, the reason is the same, this kind of stable team, unless it has the strength to compete with O'Neal like Duncan at the beginning of the century, otherwise it can only become a team player, stronger than Parker , Ginobili is still just a role player.

Therefore, once there is a core cultivated by the Spurs, it is an alternative existence in the eyes of the players. Leonard has always given his opponents a poker face, saying that he will not talk to you, it is simply a replica of Duncan.

If Liu Ren let such a person choose to go head-to-head regardless of tactics, Nick Young would definitely not believe his words.

On the Spurs bench, if Popovich has any shortcomings, it is that he has a strong desire to control!He wants everything for the team to go according to his plan.

Seeing Leonard's never-before-seen stubborn expression, Popovich was so angry that he didn't change Leonard to play after the start of the second quarter, but used another lineup of his , sent Mills, Joseph, Belinelli, Dior, Baines.

These people have one thing in common, they were all barely able to play at first, especially Baynes, who was brought to the NBA by Popovich at the age of 28. He used to be a player from New Zealand, a place with a population of less than 500 million. , I don’t know how Popovich got this guy into the NBA. After playing for two years, he still has a firm foothold in the Spurs.

Seeing that Popovich didn't replace him, Leonard was even more frustrated. He didn't understand why he wasn't replaced. He thought the coach felt that he was not as good as Liu Ren, so he was even more frustrated.

There are many advantages for Popovich to have complete control over the team. For example, the players feel at ease when they see Popovich one by one, and feel that they will definitely be able to perform well, especially those who were unable to play before, and become very confident.

Whether a player can perform well or even perform exceptionally, self-confidence is a very important factor. Popovich is like a coach with a confidence buff.

But there will also be a problem, that is, the players under Popovich are usually very childish, because Popovich has planned everything, and they don't need to think about it at all, they just need to play well.

Leonard is like this now. The more Popovich wants to suppress him and calm him down, the more he can't calm down. Whenever he thinks of Liu Ren's "disappointed" eyes, he really wants to prove himself.

Obviously, Popovich encountered this situation for the first time, and he couldn't guess that Leonard's thoughts were so simple.

But even without Leonard, the Spurs' offense is still leveraged. In the 10-11 season, there was still no Leonard, and the Spurs' offensive firepower also ranked among the top three in the league.

That's right, Popovich is ready to run with D'Antoni!

Popovich once played soy sauce under the mad scientist Nelson, the originator of bombardment, for several years. He was appreciated by the old Nelson and learned a lot from the old Nelson. Nelson's vision of transformation that was a dozen or 20 years ahead.

Popovich glanced at D'Antoni on the bench next door with disdain, isn't it just running and bombing!Who is afraid of whom!

Supporting the bold and starving the timid, Popovich has never been a timid person!

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced McCollum, Nick Young, Bazemore, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside, wanting to rely on the second team and the Spurs to grind their positions.

But I didn't expect the Spurs to start running suddenly, catching the Lakers by surprise!
The Spurs' two insiders, one at 1.9 meters and the other at [-] meters, can run. The outside trio is a little over [-] meters tall. They are all master runners in the Spurs system. They run extremely fast. Dior, Danny Green, Joseph, and Mills all made good three-pointers, hitting consecutive hits.

The Lakers play their positions in a rigorous manner, Whiteside has a huge advantage inside, Antetokounmpo has a good ability to support the high position, Bazemore maintains Liu Ren's impact at the basket, Nick Young's poor version of Kobe Bryant's wave shot, McCollum still He is the most stable person on the bench. The second team of the Lakers and the second team of the Spurs played equally on the scene!
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