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Chapter 6 6. Battle Spurs 2
Under the leadership of Howard, the Lakers played very strongly in the first quarter. After playing the entire quarter, Howard led the Lakers to lead the Spurs by a score of 33 to 15 in the first quarter, scoring 15 points and 7 rebounds.

Liu Ren played 7 minutes in the first quarter and scored 8 points and 4 rebounds next to Howard. He experienced the feeling of playing with the Magic players. It is really easy to play next to Howard who has such dominance!
It's a pity that Liu Ren knows that Howard is just a flashback before he slipped to the top. Howard's performance in the Rockets in the next three years will no longer be comparable to his previous performance.

In the second quarter, after Howard left the field, the Lakers lineup became a "devil" lineup with Liu Ren as the main control, Godlock, Ebanks, Clark, and Thackeray. Feeling scared, there is really no one available!
"Liu, you play according to your own ideas, shoot more, don't be afraid, I believe you are no worse than anyone!" D'Antoni said in a similarly bewitching tone. He used this tone to motivate Jeremy Lin, and Jeremy Lin really did. Fucked Kobe Bryant...

Liu Ren didn't know the little girl in D'Antoni's heart. He didn't expect D'Antoni to expect him so much.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs took the lead.

Neal is in charge of the ball. Neal is the undrafted player signed by the Spurs in 10 years. Who would have thought that this undrafted player would be selected as the best rookie team together with Griffin, Cousins, Wall and others? for a while.

Being 18 points behind is nothing to Neal. He thinks they can catch up no matter how much they fall behind. They are the Spurs.

In Neal's career, the Spurs have always been the leader of the Western Conference. Yes, the leader of the Western Conference. The position of the Western Conference regular season champion.

Popovich intends to beat the Lakers for the second time this year, so he deliberately released water. Although anyone with a clear eye can see his sinister intentions, he will definitely not say it, and he will definitely be fined.

Ke Neil is not the kind of discerning person. He thinks it is Popovich's trust in them. He is very confident in his own strength. At least the guy in front of him who is lucky to be the starter is completely despised. He only has the basket in his eyes. .

The yellow race is the kind of weak player. Neil thinks so. The 37-year-old Marbury can become the number one point guard in China, making many players who can't play in the NBA regard the CBA as the best. In their eyes, the gold digging spots where people are stupid and have a lot of money seem like this.

Neil, who was very confident in himself, dribbled the ball to the top arc of the three-point line, ignored Liu Ren and directly made a three-point shot.

Neil didn't have any worries, just like during training, his legs, waist, arms and other muscle groups were fully exerted, and he shot a perfect open jumper...

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

With two beeps, Liu Ren directly swung the ball down, caught it with his other hand, and sent out a hot pot with the cover and grab.

Liu Ren rushed down immediately, no one on the Spurs reacted, even if they did, it was useless, Liu Ren was closer to the Spurs basket than anyone else, and his speed was unmatched by anyone on the Spurs field, stepping into a free throw After the line, he rounded a tomahawk dunk to widen the point difference to 20 points.

"Is he looking for a hat?" Liu Ren was very impressed with Neal. He had the impression that Neal played very well in the Spurs system, and he could even fight against Wade in this year's finals, so he concentrated on defense. Unexpectedly, he directly hated the other party in this way.

35 to 15, the Lakers lead by 20 points!
The Spurs continued to attack, and Neil was stunned. He didn't think that the ball just now was his fault, but he was still a lot more cautious.

Liu Ren followed Neil closely, guarding against Neil's shot at a step in front of him.

This is a top three-point shooter with a career three-point shooting rate of more than [-]%. In the Spurs system, he is a super bench gangster.

Although Neil was a lot more cautious, he was still full of confidence in himself, thinking that it was an accident just now, and he was too careless.

Neal changed direction twice in a row, withdrew from the three-point line after a false breakthrough, and pulled up a three-point shot again.

Generally speaking, Neil’s style of play is very similar to that of Curry. As the first substitute for the Spurs outside, he scored when he came on the court. The role of the Warriors is very similar.

But Curry is Curry, and Neal is just Neal.

The gap between physical fitness and shooting talent is not a little bit big.

Curry's heaven-defying touch and shooting movements allow him to shoot all kinds of incredible shots as he wants. His shooting is similar to that of a female basketball player.

As for Neil, his shooting movements are very stretched. Similarly, he does not have a strong strong shooting ability with ordinary physical talent.

Ever since, in Liu Ren's view, Neal, who only has the ability to bounce like a matchbox and has the speed of a snail, is simply giving away a hat...

"Snapped"

Liu Ren capped the ball again, slapped the frontcourt, and ran to the frontcourt after landing to pick up the ball for a fast break dunk.

With 12 points, Liu Ren set a new career scoring high in less than halftime. Before that, he scored 11 points against the Clippers last season.

37 to 15, the point difference has a growing trend.

Switching to other coaches, playing for only 30 seconds would never call a timeout. That would hurt morale too much. Popovich didn't care about this and just called a timeout.

The old man had a precedent of calling two timeouts in one minute, so he wouldn't think too much about breaking the rules.

On the Spurs side, Popovich sputtered and seemed to be cursing loudly. Although he was ready to let the water go, the loss so badly gave the Lakers confidence. There may be any accidents in the playoffs. What happened to the Mavericks in 07 The old man didn't want the protagonist to become himself.

On the Lakers side, D'Antoni looked happy, as if he had found a treasure again?This is D'Antoni's inner thoughts.

"Liu, you did a great job, try your best to defend, and be firm when attacking!"

Why is it said that Popovich is a generation of amazing handsome, who will change in the opening 30 seconds of a game without injury?He did just that, replacing Neal with Mills as the lead, and the Spurs lineup became Mills, Joseph, Jackson, Leonard, and Diaw.

Mills was much more stable than Neal, and played resolutely according to tactics.

The Spurs' running position was almost unmatched. With precise passing, the Lakers' already weak defense was torn to pieces. Leonard cut into the inside and forced Clark to make a layup, which stopped the bleeding for the Spurs.

(End of this chapter)