lakers championship

Chapter 413 Robot Leonard
It is naturally Popovich's arrangement to replace Green.

It is said that he has coached for more than 20 years, experienced the despair of Fisher's 0.4-second lore, witnessed Manu's stupid malicious foul, and was eliminated by the Grizzlies.

Why can't it be stable?
Tianyang could only see the appearance, but couldn't guess the reason.

However, the three of O'Neill also discovered this.

"You said, why did Greg take the initiative to change?" O'Neill asked.

"Want to win, he really wants to win. Since the Lakers acquired Cousins ​​last season, the Spurs have lost 7 games in a row to the Lakers. If they lose again, they will not be able to hold the ball securely when they meet the Lakers in the playoffs this year." ’ said Kenny.

"In my memory, there has never been a team that can suppress the Spurs so thoroughly. Greg is not happy, and it happens to use Leonard's comeback to complete self-proof and redemption." Barkley said.

...

Between the words of the three, Rose has rushed to the frontcourt with the ball.

Tianyang received the ball at the top of the arc, thinking of making it for Kuzma, he immediately beckoned.

Kurz immediately went forward to make a pick-and-roll, and cut to the basket after the block; Tianyang dribbled the ball to the left, and made a 45-degree emergency stop to pass.

Kuzma received the ball and wanted to go deeper, but Green, who switched defenses, made a strong top and could only use his height advantage to throw shots.

bass!Hit, the Lakers scored 17 points.

The Spurs attacked, Murray held the ball at the top of the arc and waited, and all the Spurs players concentrated to the left.

Green started from the left bottom corner, used Alder and Gasol's double screen on the left elbow to rush to the left 45 degrees, then received a hand-off from Murray and ran to the right 45 degrees, and then entered the inside line in one step .

At this time, in the entire right basket area, the Lakers only have Lopez, who is relatively slow, to defend, but the space under the basket is relatively small, which may pose a threat to Green. Leonard may have considered this and strode forward decisively. , exerted strength to withstand Lopez, allowing Green to rush to the basket without any scruples, and easily scored a layup.

"Leonard's core strength at the small forward position is too scary, even a heavy center like Lopez is stronger, tsk tsk tsk." Kenny shook his head slightly and sighed.

...

The Lakers attacked, Tianyang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and continued to find Kuzma for a pick-and-roll.

But the Spurs are a team with very high tactical literacy. It is not easy to take advantage of them twice. Popovich waved his hand on the sidelines, Green delayed ahead of time, and Alder went around to defend Kuzma. , Do everything possible to prevent pick-and-rolls and passes.

Kuzma was already in a fit of anger, and it was rare to play for him, so he was not willing to give up easily.

I saw him running backwards, quickly got rid of Adelaide, rushed to the three-point line, and went straight to Green. Tianyang immediately dribbled the ball to the left, rushed to 45 degrees with Adelaide who changed defense, turned around and gave the ball he.

Kuzma just received the ball at the top of the arc, and Green defended directly close to him, without giving him any room to drop the ball. He could only twist his body to find a position, but he turned around and never had a good chance.

Seeing this, Tianyang hurriedly waved to the bottom corner, and Tatum understood it and immediately raised it.

The two screened each other off the ball in the elbow area, Tianyang took the opportunity to cut to the basket, and Leonard quickly switched defenses.

But Leonard just moved a step, suddenly turned around and fell to the ground strangely, miraculously stealing the basketball passed by Kuzma to Tatum.

The Lakers were taken aback, Leonard took the opportunity to hand over the ball, Murray caught the ball and ran wildly.

Rose rushed to catch up, but Green followed up at the same time. The Spurs played 2 to 1 in the frontcourt and scored easily. They completed a 18-17 overtake.

O'Neal exclaimed: "It seems that the rumors on the Internet are true, Leonard is a robot!"

Kenny didn't know it was a stalk, and asked seriously and slightly surprised: "Why?"

Barkley said with a smile: "Because of the steal just now, only eyes in the back of the head can do it."

Kenny finally reacted and said with a smile: "It should be that Kuzma's pass is too obvious. He has been deadlocked for too long before."

...

On the court, the Lakers attacked, and Tianyang caught the ball and stopped at the top of the arc.

The entire ATT center was filled with deafening, uniform, and continuous 'defensive' shouts. Tianyang knew that the Spurs had already played momentum in the two offenses just now, and they had to be suppressed, and a single-handed goal was one of the best options. .

After making up his mind, Tianyang stretched out his hand to signal for everyone to pull away, and the fans booed immediately.

Bending over, changing hands under the crotch, speeding up, turning to a cross-step dribble, and speeding up again, Green finally lost his defensive position, Tianyang decisively rushed inside, facing Gasol who was defending, he took two steps in a row, high and low. Leap up!
Gasol took off without any fear; Tianyang violently smashed the frame, and Gasol reached out to block it!
bang!The basketball dunk flew! Cheers erupted from the ATT Center.

The basketball rebounded and flew far away, Leonard snatched it, and brought it to the frontcourt one-stop, Kuzma, who was following the defense with a European step, and Tatum, who dunked head-on to supplement the defense, even caused a foul and won an additional penalty!

ATT Center is booming!

From the point of view of Spurs fans, with the same offensive method, if Leonard succeeds, Tianyang fails, and the judgment will be judged!

At this time, Tianyang walked to the technical platform and said to the referee on duty: "Just now Gasol fouled me."

The referee nodded: "Really? I didn't see it."

Tianyang wanted to say a few more words, but the referee walked away, and he could only shrug his shoulders and spread his hands to express his helplessness.

...

On the other side of the court, Leonard made an extra free throw and the Spurs led 21-17.

Lopez picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line, and Rose took the ball forward.

Popovich waved again on the sidelines, and the returning Spurs stopped and turned around.

Murray and Pau Gasol joined hands to press, Rose was unprepared for a moment and was almost cut off, Tianyang hurried forward to respond.

But as soon as Tianyang got the ball, Green and Murray double-teamed him again.Obviously, the Spurs want to press the whole court and must quickly bring the ball across the half court.Realizing this, Tianyang resolutely dribbled the ball behind his back and strode sideways to get rid of the two, but immediately saw Leonard's expressionless face appearing in front of him.

The three were besieging, and they were all defensive elites. If they were in the frontcourt, they could make a three-pointer, but in the backcourt, Tianyang was helpless and had to stop and pass the ball.

Fortunately, Tatum reacted quickly enough, rushed to the three-point line to catch the ball, turned around and rushed to the frontcourt.

Speaking of which, he got rid of the siege, but Tianyang frowned while following up, because Tatum was too close to catch the ball and did not keep a distance from the Spurs defenders. If he rushed all the way to the bottom, the effect might not be very good.

In the blink of an eye, Tatum had rushed to the front basket and launched a three-step layup against Murray's defense.

Tianyang's secret path is bad.

Both Tatum's speed and height were affected by Murray's delay. After taking off, Danny Green was able to complete the peg board cap.

But it wasn't over yet, Leonard followed suit, and before the basketball rebounded, he took a second nail-biting blow!

The basketball rebounded and landed in Murray's hands.Seeing this, Tianyang hurried back to defend.

But Gasol was still on the three-point line in the backcourt at this time. After receiving a pass from Murray, he turned around and scored a three-pointer.

Hit!The Spurs led 24 to 17, and Walton got up and called a timeout.

Kenny nodded and said: "Leonard is indeed a robot. Green has already blocked the shot, but he wants to block it again. It should be a set program, and it must be executed once it is started."

Barkley said with a smile: "Shaq, have you seen it? In these few rounds, Leonard's defensive strength is better than Tianyang's? Therefore, Tianyang has no chance to win. Defensive Player of the Year."

O'Neill shook his head and said: "Robots are indeed powerful, but they still cannot defeat humans, and Tianyang is the elite of humans."

(End of this chapter)