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Chapter 261 261. Western Conference Finals 16
Kobe took the ball from Liu Ren, broke out at the critical moment, and forced Ginobili to go inside. Ginobili couldn't help but fell to the floor with a bang. Ignoring the fall completely, Kobe went inside to face Duncan and Diaw's help defense, turned around and stuck the two behind him, and hit a small hook.

97 to 99, the Lakers are only two points behind!

Ginobili got up and clenched his fists. This game cannot be lost!

Spurs attack!

With his old arms and old legs, Ginobili made a strong European step. As a left-hander, his footsteps were too weird. He passed Kobe into the inside line in one step, and swayed Whiteside and Gasol in another step. Easy pick and hit.

The two key men, Kobe and Ginobili, started the confrontation at the critical moment!
At this point, it depends on the superstar's personal ability!Everyone's physical fitness is approaching the limit, and the referee will not interfere too much in the game. You can get in if you can. If you don't get in, it's because of your lack of strength!
Kobe and Ginobili are both the key men who can be ranked in the top five in the new century. The last 2 minutes became a stage for the two to perform. basket.

With 26 seconds left in the clock, the Spurs have the ball and the Spurs still maintain a one-point lead. Just now Kobe hit Leonard with a 2+1, narrowing the point difference to one point!
The key goal, the Spurs basically won the game, and the Lakers returned to Los Angeles with a series record of 2 win and 0 loss. If they don’t enter the Lakers, they still have a theoretical chance to counterattack, and they may return to Los Angeles with a [-] wins and [-] losses. , In this way, the possibility of the Lakers winning the Western Conference Finals will increase dramatically!
The division finals were led 2-0, a rare precedent in history!
At this time, the difference between the head coaches of the two teams can be seen. D'Antoni yelled at the defense on the long side, but Popovich sat on the side as firmly as Mount Tai, giving the Spurs players great confidence.

After Parker dribbled for more than ten seconds, the Spurs started to move!

Danny Green has had a breakout year this year. Both his running position and shooting ability are better than last season. This time he once again used his teammates to get a three-point gap from the top arc!
The Spurs have always passed the ball quickly and accurately, and the ball came to Danny Green as soon as he was in his position.

Like a cold-blooded killer, Danny Green made a three-pointer before the 24-second timer sounded!
111 to 107, the Spurs led by 4 points, and only 4 seconds left for the Lakers!

The Spurs couldn't defend, D'Antoni sat on the ground in frustration, didn't even call a timeout, and there were still 4 seconds behind by four points, unless someone in the Spurs was out of their minds and fouled the Lakers when they shot a three-pointer and the Lakers still had to make a shot equalize.

But this situation obviously will not happen. In the end, Nash missed a long three-pointer. The Lakers regretted losing to the Spurs 107-111 away.

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In this game, Popovich used strategy and team strength to forcibly knock down the high morale of the Lakers. Both players and fans can see that D'Antoni is not Popovich at all in terms of on-the-spot reaction and overall view. odd opponent.

Winning is only part of the game, hitting the morale of the Lakers is the most important thing!
With one win and one loss in the two games, it was still at home. The Spurs seemed to be at a disadvantage from the big score, but Popovich achieved what he wanted.

After the Lakers won the first game, the media favored the Lakers one-sidedly. The psychological pressure on the Spurs players was huge, so Popovich must win the second game. The Lakers, regain the team's focus and confidence.

The Lakers' two major scorers scored 45 points in the second game, and played well at a critical moment. In this case, they both defeated the Lakers. It gave the Spurs players a huge boost in confidence. In turn, the Lakers were a little shaken , especially questioning D'Antoni's commanding ability in positional warfare...

The second game is the turning point of this series. The Spurs are better than the Lakers in terms of strength and coaching. Maybe the young people of the Lakers are more talented, and the veterans are also very experienced, but the young are still too young. The coach is also not very useful. Although Kobe has a certain coaching ability, he is a player after all, and he cannot do the focused planning and tactics like Popovich.

The away record of 1 win and 1 loss did not bring any advantage to the Lakers. Instead, the Spurs focused on playing the Western Conference Finals as the Finals.

At this time, Popovich no longer hides his strength, and completely sacrifices the rhythm change style of play that the Spurs have hidden for a season. On the 23rd, the Spurs defeated the Lakers in an away game to regain their home court advantage.

People thought it was another fierce game, but unexpectedly the Spurs won a big victory!
After two games, Popovich has thoroughly studied the Lakers. The Lakers have too many young people and lack experience in the playoffs. Only Kobe, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Nash can truly show their strength. Popovich is very relaxed. He found a way to beat the Lakers and expanded the advantage he played in the second game.

Coming back from the away game 1-1 and playing 1-2 at home, being robbed of the home court advantage is a huge blow to the Lakers.

On the 25th, the Spurs made another victory and beat the Lakers 97-90, expanding the score to 3-1!

Objectively speaking, the Spurs this season are the strongest in Spurs history!Even the Spurs led by Duncan at their peak were not as good as the current team!

On the 26th, the Lakers came to San Antonio again, and the original vigor was gone...

The next day at five o'clock in the afternoon, the game was about to start. Liu Ren looked at the Spurs Arena with black and white as the main color, feeling a little bitter in his heart.

Although he has known for a long time that the Spurs this season are as strong as if they are on the hook, reaching the pinnacle of the team, but he refuses to admit defeat and wants to beat the Spurs.

After the first game, he had great confidence in winning the series. In the second game, he worked very hard, but unexpectedly, it was the opponent's trap!

After the third and fourth games, Liu Ren fully understood that Popovich deliberately let him play singles continuously, constantly consuming his strength, using the overall strength of the Spurs to consume him. , And disrupt the Lakers' offensive strategy, and then defeat them.

He tried to trap his opponent with a trap, but he was caught by an even bigger trap instead. Liu Ren's current mood can be described as bad.

The media is a fool. A week ago, the Lakers were going to overthrow the Spurs. After the Spurs regained home court advantage, they praised the Spurs one-sidedly. Efficiency, overall strength, and scoring balance can be ranked in the forefront of the entire NBA history, and some even rank first in history!

A wave of Spurs fanaticism is spreading in the basketball circles all over the world, and no one is optimistic about the Lakers.

"I don't care if they are a team that can be compared with the OK combination in 01, whether they can compete with the Bulls in the 96 season, whether they are the team with the strongest overall strength in the past 20 years, I must win !must!"

Liu Ren is different from other teammates who were knocked out of their wits by the Spurs, he is now as angry as an angry lion!

(End of this chapter)