super small forward

Chapter 260 260. Western Conference Finals 15
For example, if you are willing to defend three-pointers, you are called a 3D player. If you can only defend and do nothing else, you are called a defensive vanguard.

Duncan misses it very much. Like the fans, he misses the era when both inside and outside lines were prosperous at the beginning of the century. The NBA also entered the world in those years and truly became a super league. The NBA championship has also become the world champion in the players' minds. Every team has stars and the games are exciting.

Now that the stars are all in a group, Duncan only plays a few serious games a year. He was very excited to play against the Lakers this time and showed his full strength.

Duncan will definitely return after being beaten. It is much easier for him to play the Lakers inside than the Lakers. He does not need to play tricks and use tactics, but use the perfect combination of technology and body to make a breakthrough and easily get open pick baskets.

The Lakers continued to attack, and Liu Ren leaned on Duncan again after rushing in, hitting back with all his strength.

Reapplying the old technique?

Duncan met Liu Ren's first impact with all his strength, and then he was ready to move to the left or left at any time to prevent Liu Ren's turning and cutting, but his center of gravity and strength were not enough to resist Liu Ren's impact!
Liu Ren judged Duncan's defensive intentions, so he didn't stop. The second impact was beyond Duncan's expectation, and he hit it directly. Because Duncan was not ready for the impact, he was knocked back a big step, and Duncan was not given a chance to react. , Liu Ren's third and fourth hits followed immediately, and Duncan was knocked back steadily.

Liu Ren pushed Duncan into a reasonable collision zone!
Liu Ren counted from the back up. At the last moment of the 5-second time limit for the back up, he immediately turned over, hit the board with a high throw, and hit the short-range shot easily.

"Although I'm not good at technology, I'm no worse than you in terms of taking advantage of my body. I'll be a candidate for the strongest small forward in history just like you!" Liu Ren didn't say anything, but he was very proud of himself.

Liu Ren and Duncan fell into a stalemate. They were basically equal in terms of breaking the opponent's defense. You hit one and I hit the other, and the two basically canceled out.

But Popovich still sat on the bench in a godly way, not in a hurry, but his old opponent D'Antoni seemed restless. He didn't want to understand what medicine Popovich sold in his gourd!

Finally, in the second half, D'Antoni knew that Popovich was deliberately disrupting the rhythm of the Lakers with various styles of play, and it succeeded!

The bench lineup composed of McCollum, Nick Young, Bazemore, Antetokounmpo, Thackeray, etc. is very strong against other teams, but against the Spurs, it is at best half a catty, and did not play as usual in the third quarter. advantage, was bitten by the Spurs.

In the fourth quarter, Liu Ren, the most powerful point in the Lakers lineup, was offset by Duncan, the strongest point of the Spurs. It was switched to the isolated Liu Ren, and Liu Ren was asked to confront Duncan.

Liu Ren came on, Duncan went on, and the two were exhausted one-on-one like this. The Lakers' offensive rhythm was completely disrupted. The advantages of the Spurs' offensive system were reflected, and the point difference was gradually widened.

The most important thing is that the rhythm has completely entered the rhythm of the Spurs!However, the Spurs conduct rhythm training in constant training, making the rhythm unpredictable. If they want to change the running and gunning, they will change immediately, and if they want to change the position, they can return to the dragging style of play.

The Lakers slowly fell into a passive position and were pulled away by the Spurs.

At the critical moment of the fourth quarter, the Spurs led by 97 points 84-13.

It's the Lakers offense again.

Liu Ren and Kobe cooperated, Gasol supported at the high position on the other side of the rebound, White Cedar came out to pick and roll Liu Ren, Liu Ren held the ball strong, attracted Danny Green who was defending Kobe to double-team, and blocked Leonard Whiteside went to do an off-the-ball pick-and-roll for Kobe, and Liu Ren gave the ball to Gasol immediately, and Gasol shot the ball directly to a 45-degree angle behind him without stopping, and Kobe received a pass from Gasol for three points hit.

87 to 97, the point difference finally caught up to 10 points, with 3 minutes left in the game, there is still a chance.

Then there was a wave of chasing points, relying on Liu Ren and Kobe taking turns to score in singles, the point difference was caught up to 4 points!
Liu Ren, who has never felt tired, is exhausted today!He finally felt the feeling of a strong team in the playoffs, the strength of a championship-level team, much stronger than the Thunder with only Durant!

With 41 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Liu Ren got comprehensive and crazy statistics. He scored almost half of the team's points and almost half of the team's assists. The statistics are astonishing, but also exhausting.

Also tired is Duncan!

Duncan panted heavily to defend Liu Ren. From the second quarter, the two continued to confront in the interior, muscle collisions, strength contests, and the sweat that flowed down could take a bath.Duncan was old after all, and his legs were about to cramp from exhaustion.

Duncan is too tired, scoring depends on him, defense depends on him, he is so old, no matter how good his condition is, he will still be old after all, thanks to Diaw inside, otherwise it depends on him to organize the team's offense.

But Popovich achieved his goal. Popovich knew that the Lakers really relied on Kobe and Liu Ren. These two people are unreasonable to say that they score. If one of them gets tired, The other one he can find a way to guard against.

"Duncan is tired. You can see that he can't keep up with Liu Ren's inside defense." Ke Fan, the commentator of a certain wave, said what Duncan wanted to say now.

"It's not just that Duncan is tired and his physical fitness is declining. He sometimes plays like this in the regular season, but those opponents are not as physically fit as Liu Ren, but Liu Ren is not much better now. Facing the number one player in history He is also tired of playing forward defense." Guest commentator Su Qun explained.

Ke Fan looks at things on the surface, but only a truly professional person like Su Qun can see the deeper side.

"Teacher Su Qun is right, it seems to be the case." Ke Fan's look of sudden realization made Su Qun very useful. Ke Fan's expression is not lacking in acting elements. Who calls him a junior, he should flatter his seniors more .

"Look at Liu Ren's confrontation with Duncan today. He consumes no less energy than Duncan when attacking. Even though he is young, he has to deal with Leonard's defense on the outside. The speed and strength of the explosion also consume energy. We have to face Duncan on the inside, and he is almost exhausted now." Su Qun was thirsty as he spoke, took out his black thermos and took a sip of water.

"Ke Fan, look at Liu Ren's offensive style today. From the second quarter, Liu Ren basically squatted inside and attacked Duncan with his back for the whole game. Now he can't play anymore."

Just like what the two discussed, because Liu Ren was caught by Popovich's trick to go against the entire Spurs team, he put all his physical fitness into it, and now he really can't move!

but!

The Lakers still have a key man!
Kobe!

(End of this chapter)