lakers championship

Chapter 411 Dogmatism and Liberalism

Popovich's words sounded like he was telling the truth in a joking way. Simmons, as a die-hard Celtics fan, questioned that Tianyang was not qualified to get a defensive player, but it was other teams who suffered. Talking without back pain.

In fact, Tianyang's situation is almost exactly the same as that of LeBron at his peak. The two performed so well on offense that the media and fans would automatically ignore their defensive contributions. It's just as difficult as climbing the sky.

On the contrary, players like Noah who popped up suddenly and performed well under the support of the team's good offensive and defensive systems are more likely to win the love of fans and the media, and finally won the double first team and the best defensive player.

With this feat, Noah signed a four-year $4 million contract with the Knicks, and then quickly declined. He was also suspended for 7200 games for violating the anti-doping regulations, which once again confirmed the fact that the Knicks owner is stupid and rich .

But unlike Popovich's depressed feelings, Simmons' questioning gave the media and fans a chance to pay attention to Tianyang's performance on the defensive end. As long as he can perform well in recent games, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

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At 7 o'clock, the game between the two teams officially started. The ATT Center, which used to be in the middle and lower reaches of the league in attendance, was suddenly full because the Lakers were a guest, and even some local Lakers fans appeared. The Spurs may also get a TNT national live broadcast because of this. Opportunity.

In the live broadcast room, the group of four chatted happily for a while at the beginning. Ernie suddenly changed the subject and said, "Recently, there have been many discussions about whether Tianyang can nominate the best defensive player. What do you three think about this?"

Kenny curled his lips, Barkley shook his head, O'Neill frowned, and the three spoke one after another.

"I don't think so."

"He's almost mean."

"There are better candidates than him."

Ernie was taken aback when he heard the words. He really didn't expect the three of them to express their opposition in different ways. He pushed his glasses, stared at Kenny with interest and asked, "Why do you think he can't do it?"

Kenny shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "COME ON! Tianyang often has some wonderful defensive highlights, such as the previous All-Star game, consecutive blocks and steals Durant, but in fact his long-term contribution on the defensive end is relatively small, and he cannot compete with the Olympic team. Compared to guards like Ladibo and Beverley."

Barkley continued to shake his head: "Popovich's previous interview was a bit exaggerated. In fact, when I was still in the league, I never saw that awesome defensive player who couldn't be measured by data. There are still many high-level data, such as Why is it losing points per [-] rounds, why is SkyOcean still not at the top of these statistics?"

O'Neal seemed to sigh helplessly: "I want to emphasize, I don't think he is bad, I think he is very good, but the media and fans don't know much about it, they only look at the statistics, he will definitely not get the best defensive player. "

"Oh? Shaq, you mean me?" Barkley raised his eyebrows, showing a posture ready to debate.

O'Neal was about to speak when Ernie suddenly said, "Instead of the two of you talking about the outcome, why don't you take a closer look at the duel between Tianyang and Leonard on the court, and now let's look at the starting lineup of both sides."

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On the field, players from both teams entered the field one after another.

Rose played point guard against Mills; Tianyang played shooting guard against Murray; Tatum played small forward against Leonard; Kuzma played power forward against Alder; Lopez played center and Join Gasol for a jump ball in the middle circle.

The referee walked into the circle, gestured briefly to explain, and then threw the ball up.

Gasol touches the ball first and slams it into the backcourt. Mills picks up the ball and the Spurs go first.

In the frontcourt, Murray led Tianyang all the way to the left baseline, then suddenly stopped and ran back to the left elbow, stopped Lopez, and made an off-ball screen for Gasol who was catching up, forcing Tianyang switch.At the same time, Adelaide, who was originally on the right baseline, rushed to the left baseline, and Leonard took Tatum to the right 45 degrees.

Gasol circled to the left at 45 degrees, received the pass from Mills, and by virtue of his height advantage, passed the ball to Adelaide easily against Tianyang, and then ran to the right 45 degrees to get rid of Tianyang with the help of Murray's cover. Set an off-ball screen for Leonard.

In an instant, only Adelaide and Kuzma remained in the entire left half.

If the Lakers shrink the defense, Aldridge can pass to Leonard and Gasol on the right sideline, and can also pass back to Mills at the top of the arc. It is very difficult for the Lakers to defend; if they do not shrink the defense, then Aldridge can Using weight and skills to steadily eat Kuzma alone can be said to be a perfect offensive situation, and it is very difficult for the Lakers to defend.

Faced with this situation, Tianyang decided to give it a try and directly double-team and steal the ball.

After making up his mind, Tianyang immediately made eye contact with Ross, and then immediately slid towards Adelaide.

Adelaide passed the ball to Murray without haste, but Rose, who had been waiting for a long time, swooped directly to steal it.

Tianyang turned around and ran to the frontcourt. After receiving a pass from Ross on the center line, he accelerated towards the hoop.But Leonard is fast enough to catch up, and he is parallel to him at the three-point line. If he continues to rush to the basket, there is a high probability of confronting Leonard in the air.

He can pull out the shot, but there is a Mills interference next to him, and the chance of success will be relatively low. After thinking about it, he decided to stop and take the initiative to face Leonard, leaving the opportunity to Tatum.

After thinking about this, it only took a moment for Tianyang to stop and turn around, dribbled the ball in big strides and rushed to the top of the arc, and at the same time gave Tatum the look that was about to cut to the basket.

Tatum nodded to make it clear.But what I never expected was that Leonard strictly abided by Popovich's defensive requirements, but ignored Tianyang and stayed by Tatum's side all the time.

Tianyang suddenly felt pain, and could only turn sideways and rush towards the basket, but after such a delay, Adelaide and Gasol were already guarding the basket, and the difficulty of breaking through increased sharply.

In desperation, Tianyang dribbled the ball back to the right wing, and with the help of Lopez's pick-and-roll, he misplaced and singled Gasol.

Seeing that the two were facing each other, Kuzma hurriedly withdrew from the inside line, leaving a lot of space.

For an elderly big man like Gasol, Tianyang made a simple change of direction and easily entered the inside lane.

Ade made up the defense, Tianyang decisively scored the ball, but as soon as Kuzma got the ball, Leonard completed the replacement.

Kuzma didn't play hard either, and continued to score the ball to the top of the arc.Tatum received the ball, and the offensive time was running out. With Gasol interfering, he could only take two steps and shoot directly.

Dang, hit the iron with a shot.

There was only Tianyang a Lakers player under the basket, and Adelaide got the rebound easily.Murray received the pass and made a quick pass. Lopez, who had previously formed a matchup due to the pick-and-roll, was naturally difficult to catch up. Mills followed up at the same time, and the Spurs formed a fast break advantage.

Rose and Tatum chased wildly, but because of the loss of a slow start, Murray finally let Murray score a layup.

In the live broadcast room, Barkley said: "Did you see that the defense of the two teams just now, the Spurs are strictly implementing Popovich's defensive tactics, Leonard should do whatever he wants, unlike Tianyang who suddenly came up with a good idea and directly played Disrupting the original supplementary defense plan, so that others cannot find the rhythm they should have."

Kenny: "Indeed, Leonard didn't double-team Tianyang just now. If it wasn't for Popovich's request, it's hard to believe that player would play like this. It looks like a steal at the door."

O'Neill: "This is the difference between dogmatism and liberalism. One has a high lower limit and the other has a high upper limit. It's hard to explain what a round is. Let's continue to read."

(End of this chapter)