Buddha's light illuminates NBA

Chapter 140 Winning seven consecutive victories

Playing again, Lu Ming could clearly feel that the old thief Popovich had slightly changed his defense against himself and the Knicks.

"It's the first time we've met. As for messing with me?" Lu Ming looked at Popovich speechlessly while holding the ball.

Unexpectedly, his glance made Popovich stunned.

When Lu Ming looked at him, he was telling Popovich that you can't hide your micromanagement from my eyes.

"This kid, doesn't he have such a deep understanding of tactics? My changes are very small. That old guy D'Antoni shouldn't be able to see it." Popovich was full of doubts.

This kind of change is like throwing a small dead leaf on the surface of a calm lake. Although there are ripples, it is difficult to see this change if you don't look closely.

Then I didn't realize that when the ripples swayed round and round and turned back again, the intersection points of many ripples appeared at different positions, and the resulting linkage reaction must be different from the effect when the dead leaf fell.

This is an extreme on-the-spot operation that tests the skill of a team's head coach and the hard work of the players' daily training.

It is necessary to be familiar with every combat position before it can be deployed.

There are roughly three types of current coaches in the league.

One is that the tactics formulated before the game are awesome, and the changes on the spot are stupid. Players must play in the correct way.For example, Larry Brown of the Jazz and D'Antoni of the Knicks probably fall into this category.

The second is that I don't know what tactics are at all, but I can cook good chicken soup on and off the field to calm the players.For example, Rivers of the Celtics is an outstanding representative of this kind.

The third is Popovich, who can formulate first-class tactics and make changes on the spot and can be called a master of micromanagement.

Now that one has seen through the changes, there must be a way to crack them.

Plus, tactics are dead, but people are alive.

Just like the Spurs' tactics, facing a superstar like Kobe, sometimes they are always powerless.

The so-called "one power down ten meetings" probably refers to this kind of thing.

Facing Popovich's micromanagement, facing Bogans who was standing in the defensive position again, and Parker who could see at a glance that he was going to double-team at any time, Lu Ming responded with several consecutive three-threats and the mid-range after breaking through.

"Such a player should be selected by me." Popovich thought regretfully.

Until the end of the second quarter, he did not make any changes, just like an audience sitting on the sidelines enjoying the performance of the players on the field, except that he did not give applause.

After the second quarter, Lu Ming, who had completely recovered his touch, led the Knicks to the Spurs by 6 points.

This is by far the biggest point difference on the field.

At halftime, Popovich was interviewed by Mike Breen from the sidelines.

Obviously ESPN also knows that a rookie like Miyagawa Maya cannot deal with the cunning Popovich.

Van Gundy Jr. took the halftime data and asked, "Greg, do you have anything to say about the team currently trailing by 6 points?"

"No." Popovich didn't give Van Gundy any face.

Van Gundy Jr. knew this would be the case, and he was not embarrassed, as if he had got the best answer, and then asked, "The No. 8 rookie of the Knicks, under the defense of the Spurs, Lu has already scored 18 points and 7 assists in the half. How do you evaluate the defensive effect of the players on the field against Lu?"

"We will work hard to limit him to get another 62 points." Popovich looked serious.

Van Gundy Jr. nodded and asked again, "The last question, David Lee currently has the Knicks' highest score of 21 points, while the Knicks' third scoring point is currently limited to only 5 points. Squeezing the opponent's third scoring point. Is this the Spurs' pre-game tactical arrangement?"

"No." Popovich finished, turned and left.

Van Gundy Jr. shrugged, knowing that if he asked again, the old man would say, "You're wasting my time."

So I started to make a summary after the interview.

During the intermission, D'Antoni's anxiety was finally less.

Because he probably also saw that the back-to-back Spurs played against each other for the first time in the season, and [-]% of the time they might not meet in the playoffs, they didn't use their full strength at all.

It's a bit humiliating for me to worry about gains and losses during the season, but the opponent doesn't care about winning or losing at all.

Until the end of the game, D'Antoni's feeling did not disappear.

Although, the Knicks won the game with a 5-point advantage.

"Greg, congratulations, let GDP play a recuperating game." After the game, the two coaches shook hands, and D'Antoni was a little bit weird.

But the one who takes the initiative to speak is often the loser.

Popovich couldn't see the frustration of losing at all. Although he was yelling almost all over the court during the game, once the game ended, the overall person was very calm.

Faced with D'Antoni's ambiguity, Popovich responded with a smile, "It's just an ordinary game, and it doesn't have to be a life-and-death situation. Why did the organizer play for so long? You see, as a rookie, Lu's average playing time is 37 or 8 minutes per game, which is very unreasonable."

"Sorry, with the team's tactical secrets, I can't tell you this." D'Antoni said with a cold face.

"Well then, alas, it's a pity." After Popovich finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Ming, who had a friendly chat with Ginobili after the match, before turning around and leaving.

"..." D'Antoni was so angry that he almost vomited blood at the behavior of saying only half a sentence.

Atkinson came over to comfort him, "Mike, why do you have to be angry with Popovich? That old guy, in terms of annoying people, is definitely a master-level master."

"Yes, we are the winning side, I shouldn't fight with him." D'Antoni tried to calm himself.

But that's right, so angry.

Here, after Lu Ming finished speaking with the Argentine vulture, Duncan appeared without a sound.

He reached out to touch Lu Ming's head, but when he was dodged, he felt a little embarrassed, "That's right, I didn't think of blocking me today."

"Tim, do you want to say that the future is mine?" Lu Ming asked.

"Ha, how did you know?" Duncan looked surprised and stunned, and he couldn't tell that he was acting.

"Just ask, is there anyone in the entire league who doesn't know? Tim Duncan, you like to wholesale this sentence after the game." Lu Ming asked back.

"Uh, is that so?" Duncan couldn't believe it.

Lu Ming scored 25 points in this game. Seeing that his teammates felt good in the second half, he reduced the number of shots. After all, he took too many shots in the last game, although it was not as good as Kobe.

Another 12 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 interrupts and 1 block.

This time, the block was on Ginobili.

But the best of the game was awarded to David Lee.

In this game, David Lee scored a double-double of 15 points and 32 rebounds in only 11 shots, which can be described as extremely efficient, and all of them were mid-range shots near the basket, and one person penetrated the Spurs' inside lane.

This kind of performance will greatly benefit his prospects of being selected as an All-Star.

After the game, Lu Ming, David Lee and Harrington attended the press conference.

Although the score is not the highest, Lu Ming, who has been very popular recently, has become the focus of reporters' interviews, not surprisingly.

"Lu, Coach Popovich evaluated you as a once-in-a-century genius in the NBA. Do you think his evaluation is a bit inflated?" A reporter asked.

"It's not inflated."

Lu Ming said calmly, and after the uproar stopped, he continued, "I think this is a once-in-a-thousand-year genius coach, telling me that before a thousand years, a hundred years is nothing more."

Isn't it poisonous milk?It's like who can't.

Moreover, even if Popovich doesn't give a comment, the other 29 teams in the league may not despise Lu Ming when they meet him.

When the reporter saw that the two started to praise each other in the air, they really shifted the topic to other places, and also took care of David Lee and Harrington who were present.

It was almost ten o'clock when the press conference ended.

Rest overnight and continue training the next day.

Another day, early in the morning, the Knicks flew to Detroit to play against the Pistons.

At this time, the Pistons no longer have the energy and vigor of the seven games against the Spurs in the 04-05 Finals. The slightly bigger names in the team are Richard Hamilton, the masked man, and Ben Wallace. If there is one, Ben Gordon can barely count as one.

Hamilton and Big Ben are both at the end of their careers at this time.

The Pistons are already on the road to rebuilding. So far this season, they have lost one more game than the 76ers, ranking third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

Facing such a Pistons, the Knicks will naturally not hold back.

A 110:87 victory, won a season-high six-game winning streak.

In this game, Lu Ming and David Lee both scored 30+ double-doubles, Lu Ming had 10 assists, and David Lee also got 12 rebounds.

A day later, the Knicks flew to East Rutherford for an away game against the New Jersey Nets.

In this match, Lu Ming and Yi Jianlian finally competed together.

Originally, D'Antoni wanted to arrange for Lu Ming to play a few minutes less, but during the game, when two Chinese players appeared on the field, the enthusiasm in the audience made him only let Lu Ming play a few more games.

In this game, Yi Jianlian, who came back for the third game, performed well. In two consecutive games, he scored 25+ high points. He made 19 of 11 shots and scored 28 points and 7 rebounds.

However, Lu Ming on the opposite side easily scored 35 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers at the Nets' home court.

In the end, the Knicks 110:106, double-killed the New Jersey Nets this season, winning 7 consecutive victories.

Also on this day, the NBA officially announced the voting results of the third stage of the All-Star Game.

Lu Ming held on to the top spot with 168 million votes, followed closely by Kobe with 160 million votes, and James ranked third with a difference of more than 2 votes.

In other positions, the ranking did not change.

Despite David Lee's consecutive 25+10 double-double performance in these few games, he still lags behind James and Garnett in the Eastern Conference forward position, and lags behind Garnett by 20 votes.

Not surprisingly, the fourth stage will not change much.

(End of this chapter)