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Chapter 207 207. Popovich's Strange Move

The Lakers second team did not take advantage of the Spurs. This is normal. The Lakers and the Spurs second team have similar evaluations in the league. become.

"Manu, do you feel that something is wrong on the field!" Duncan suddenly turned his head and said to Ginobili.

Duncan said something out of the blue, still in that hard tone. If it were someone else, he would definitely be taken aback and maybe shrivel, but Ginobili has long been used to it. He touched the top of his poor head and asked casually. Said: "What's wrong?"

"Why do I feel like we are the Lakers, and the Lakers are like us?"

Duncan's expression was still the same as stone, and his tone was still the same, but Ginobili felt from Duncan's stiff tone and the same dull eyes as usual that Duncan was really curious.

Ginobili, who was thinking about what song to record tomorrow at the recording studio in Los Angeles after today's game, looked curiously at the field.

Well, Ginobili, a 37-year-old veteran, doesn't care about such a regular season at all. He will play hard on the court, but he really doesn't care at all. Even if the opponent is Kobe, he has played against Kobe for seven times. Eighty times, the freshness has long since passed, he is not James, he can only play against Kobe twice a year, and the number of times James and Kobe have played against each other plus the All-Stars is only about [-] times.

Ginobili watched a few rounds on the court, and suddenly realized that something was wrong!

He found that everyone on his side ran wildly, shot when they had the opportunity, and implemented the run-and-gun tactics very thoroughly, while the Lakers' offense was very organized, with power forwards supporting, shooting guards chaotic, small forwards daring to fight, The point guard plays steadily, the center focuses on rebounding and defending at the basket, and the offense and defense are very organized!
The Lakers players are pitiful to say the least. The coaches don’t pay much attention to defense and never practice defense. Especially in the current lineup, if the small forward is replaced by Liu Ren, it is basically the best defensive lineup for the Lakers, and it is very effective against ordinary teams.

Ginobili said in surprise: "Why does it seem that we have become the Lakers, and we fight all over, but the Lakers have become our ground?"

"Manu, what do you think the kid on the other side did to Kawhi? Kawhi doesn't seem quite right today?"

Duncan suddenly changed the subject, which made Ginobili very uncomfortable, but he was too used to Duncan, and he would be even more uncomfortable if Duncan didn't do this.

Ginobili replied honestly: "I don't know, what do you think?"

Duncan shook his head: "I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing,
"Do you think we should educate this kid?" Ginobili's hands were itchy.

"I'm not interested, it's just the regular season, so tired." Duncan said proudly.

"It's really boring. When will it be the playoffs? It's too boring for Greg to keep us playing all day long." Ginobili touched his poor bald head as he spoke. He thought his baldness was all due to the stone face next to him. It's broken.

For the Lakers, Liu Ren is also suspicious of his life. He actually saw that his team, the Lakers, has become so "mature and stable", playing steadily and making no mistakes.

Of course, this is set off by their peers, the Spurs are playing too unrestrainedly now!
The audience on the scene and more than 100 TV stations were also surprised. The two teams seemed to be playing with different jerseys.

Moreover, the running and bombing of the Spurs is no worse than that of D'Antoni's men, relying on crazy fast breaks to slowly catch up with the score!

The scene was lively, but the point difference was eroded a little bit, and D'Antoni's face began to flush again.

The development of this plot did not go according to D'Antoni's idea. Liu Ren performed so well today and got rid of the opponent's best outside line. According to D'Antoni's idea, he should come off the bench to further open the score, because the previous two times Playing against the Spurs, the Lakers' bench lineup has an advantage against the Spurs' bench. I didn't expect it to be completely different today. The starter led so much, but the bench was suppressed by the opponent.

Seeing that the point difference was forced to be within 10 points, D'Antoni couldn't sit still. At the 7th minute of the second quarter, he called a timeout and planned to make an early substitution. Originally, only Liu Ren was here in the second quarter. It was time to be replaced with the rounds and the lineup finished the remaining time before halftime.

Popovich smiled. He was going to change to a lineup that restrained running and bombing. D'Antoni was careful and Popovich guessed it clearly.

"Patty, Danny, Kawhi, Tim, Chris, you go on the court, lower the tempo, Kawhi, you have to know what you should do, and don't do what you shouldn't do! The Lakers will definitely play fast break, after being blocked by us That Liu will definitely break through the situation with his personal ability as before, you have to lock him up with Tim! Remember not to do what you shouldn’t do!” Popovich called a few names, and finally mentioned Renner emphatically Germany.

Leonard's expression didn't change, but he clenched his fists and silently expressed his dissatisfaction. Unfortunately, Popovich didn't notice this. Popovich thought that the players he trained would definitely obey the arrangement.

The Lakers replaced Nash, Kobe, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, Gasol, and a brisk lineup. D'Antoni's idea was very clear, to increase his speed to deal with the Spurs' fast break.

However, after Liu Ren came on the field, he saw that the lineups of the two sides were not good, and D'Antoni definitely fell into the trap of the opponent!

The Spurs are a team that Liu Ren is very concerned about. He watched six games in the 2014 playoffs. The Heat's small fast-break lineup was played around by the Spurs lineup!
Liu Ren knew very well that D'Antoni had only one tactic, which was offense, and he knew that there was nothing in D'Antoni's mind that offense could not solve.

This must have been taken advantage of by that old fox Popovich!
The Lakers have the ball, and Liu Ren, who originally planned to attack after playing, decided to change his strategy!
The Lakers attack, and the Spurs' three outsiders use oppressive defense to restrain the Lakers' outside running. Duncan shrinks inside and cannot come out. He uses his defensive range covering the entire three-second zone to guard the inside. Diaw actively roams in the three-second zone , Do not give the Lakers a little room to score.

That is to say, Popovich's team can achieve this kind of play that suddenly changes all tactics, from running and bombing regardless of ignorance to a rhythmic positional battle. This is the first time the Spurs have played such a strange move. Povic planned to use it in the playoffs or even the finals, but it was used early today!
This kind of sudden change of formation actually has a big disadvantage, that is, after using it a few times, it is no longer so effective, just like the Spurs in the 14-15 season, they just won the championship and the second year is not so powerful. , because everything about them has been thoroughly studied by their opponents.

However, Popovich can't control so much now. There is a trace of something out of his control on the team, just like Stephen Jackson back then. Factors out of his control made him a little crazy. Sai Zai's strange trick was used.

Sure enough, the Spurs' sudden oppressive defense caught the Lakers by surprise. The Lakers have gotten used to the Spurs' undefended style of play just now.

(End of this chapter)