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Chapter 208 208. Unexpected Again
The defense is like an iron gate, and the offense is like a rabbit. This is the current Spurs.

Diaw's high ball handling and Duncan's pick and roll!After two inside pick-and-rolls, the Lakers were forced to shrink in from the outside, and then passed to Danny Green for a three-pointer.

54 to 58, the Spurs are only four points behind!

D'Antoni looked at Dior enviously. In his mind, the best insider is Dior, who can handle the ball, score, shoot three-pointers, and play center!

Thinking of this, D'Antoni glanced at Draymond Green in a suit behind him. Green's offensive end is a very ideal type in D'Antoni's mind. As for Green's more admirable defense, he can't appreciate it.

When it came time for the Lakers to attack again, Liu Ren was sure that he had been tricked by the opponent. For a while, he still couldn’t figure out how to deal with the Spurs. It took the Clippers 2015 games in the 7 playoffs to break through the Spurs. It's really difficult for him to find a solution. Didn't you see Kobe and Nash frowning?
Any team has a stable style of play. Like D’Antoni, no matter who is replaced, the first goal is to attack. Van Gundy and Larry Brown no matter who is replaced, they are all defensive. Like Popovich Such a sudden change of play is very rare, at least for now it is a very novel tactic, Popovich can be regarded as a pioneer out of the two most popular styles of play in the NBA, the old Nelson and Larry Brown!As for the Zen Master Phil Jackson, he is great, but Zen Master's style of play cannot be copied, so it cannot be called a genre.

In the history of the NBA, only Nelson’s offensive style and Larry Brown’s defensive style can be called schools. Most of the current coaches are disciples of these two famous coaches, and Popovich is a part of both schools. The leader of the originator's true biography.

When the team can't play this season, it should be time for Liu Ren to attack to open up the situation, but Liu Ren saw that Leonard was defending him, so he suddenly decided not to attack.

"Kobe, it's up to you! Get rid of the Spurs!" Liu Ren deliberately yelled and passed the ball to Kobe who was one step outside the free throw line.

Kobe was stunned for a moment, a little unexpected, he wanted Liu Ren to perform well and break the doubts of the people in the first two games, but Liu Ren's actions were exactly what he wanted!
When you see the Spurs, you are excited, and you are talking about Kobe!

In fact, to break the Spurs' extremely fast rotation defense, the pick-and-roll is completely useless, and the Heat's pick-and-roll is so powerful that they are defeated.There is only one way to break the Spurs' defensive lineup, and that is to attack from the middle distance!Liu Ren is playing the right game!

Kobe knocked Danny Green back two steps one by one, and then turned over and hit a jumper, as clean as he used to play against the Spurs.

Popovich watched Kobe playing singles, his old face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, and he was very troubled, why did something unexpected happen again?

Every system of Popovich has a big flaw, and this flaw is usually invisible, because there are very few players in the league who can create this flaw ability, which can be counted on one hand, so the normal situation This defect is equal to no.

This shortcoming is that it cannot cope with the mid-range shooting masters who can hit hard in the mid-range!

Among the active players who can be called mid-range shooting masters, and the team has the ability to enter the playoffs, only Nowitzki, Kobe, and Paul are three!
Originally, the Lakers in Liu Ren's memory had no hope of making the playoffs. In the 2014 playoffs, it was the Mavericks led by Nowitzki that caused great trouble to the Spurs. In 2015, the Clippers even killed the Spurs.

Popovich regretted it a little. He felt that he should just give up this regular season. He originally expected that the Lakers' fast break would be hindered, and he wanted to take advantage of this to overtake the score in one fell swoop.Once D'Antoni's offense is blocked, he will only think of ways to respond with a more aggressive offense. Popovich is not afraid of offensive teams at all.But Popovich only now thinks that the opponent has Kobe!Popovich thinks it's no wonder that Kobe will obey D'Antoni's orders!
In the next few rounds, Liu Ren passed the ball to Kobe for singles under Leonard's puzzled eyes. Although Leonard was dissatisfied with Popovich today, he admired Popovich quite a lot. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Popovich's arrangement. Liu Ren should be attacking now. How did he become a pitcher who opened up space?
Kobe became more and more brave as he fought, and he defeated the Spurs' defense alone, hitting 5 shots in a row.

Although the Spurs' offense was still sharp under the support of Duncan and Diaw, they did not further narrow the score in the face of Kobe's strong offensive firepower, and the point difference has been hovering around 5 points.

The Spurs did not dare to double-team Kobe, Nash and Liu Ren, two open three-pointers who were extremely accurate, stood at the two bottom corners, Gasol squatted inside, Antetokounmpo was ready to hit the basket at any time, the Spurs Others did not dare to act presumptuously, they could only watch Kobe ravage Danny Green time and time again.

Finally, Leonard, who didn't say a word today, couldn't help it anymore. After Liu Ren passed the ball to Kobe again, he couldn't help asking: "Why don't you attack?"

Liu Ren glanced at Leonard with eyes full of emotion. The emotion contained regret, loss and sympathy. He was not afraid of going too far. He could see that Leonard was a little too innocent. After all, it was Bobo. Vicki, a guy who grew up in a big greenhouse, glanced at Leonard and immediately turned his gaze to Kobe.

"I want to fight you one-on-one today, but I seem to be bullying you a bit. Forget it, if you don't shoot, I won't shoot either." After speaking, Liu Ren sighed and turned back to defend. At this time, Kobe took the sixth consecutive shot Throw the ball into the hoop.

With 33 seconds left before halftime, the Lakers led the Spurs 70 to 62 by 8 points!
Who would have guessed that this was the score for the Spurs game?The score was so high at halftime, thanks to Popovich's running and bombing for most of the second quarter at the beginning of the second quarter, which improved the score so much at once.

The Spurs attacked, and Mills advanced to the frontcourt and was ready to continue to hand over to Diaw to organize the offense, but it was rare to hear Leonard asking for the ball at the top arc!
"Patty, give it to me!" Leonard said again.

Mills hesitated and gave it to Leonard. As a player who has been wandering in the NBA for many years, he knows that the core of the team cannot be offended. He has been with the Spurs for several years and finally gained a foothold. Leonard didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball once, and it would be too embarrassing if he didn't take the initiative to pass the ball.

Liu Ren was overjoyed to see Leonard holding the ball, and stepped forward to defend.

"Finally going to attack again? Let me see your strength! You should have been unprepared before, but you should be ready now!"

Leonard can't stand the stimulation now, he can't control anything after being provoked by Liu Ren, he only has offense in his eyes!
(End of this chapter)