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Chapter 390 Finals, against the Spurs [-]
Chapter 4 and Three Finals, against the Spurs
If there is no Pacers, then the San Antonio Spurs really won the championship this season.

Judging from the development trajectory of Fatty's previous life, it should have been not the Pacers who qualified, but the Pistons who entered the finals for two consecutive years.

The Pistons will also meet the Pistons in the finals, and defeat the Pistons in the finals to defend their title.

The duel between the Pistons and the Spurs, although it was called box office poison at the time, however, in the eyes of those who know the ball, this is the greatest and most classic matchup in the past ten years.

The strength of the Spurs and the Pistons is about the same, the difference is not big, it can be said that they are evenly matched, they are the two teams with the closest strength, and it is precisely because their strength is not much different, so they also staged the most intense competition of the finals.

Because they are both extremely good at defense, they also contributed seven suffocating matchups to the fans.

Defending like an impregnable wall, musicians shouting with heavy metal, fans blazing with enthusiasm, both sides have no hesitation, both sides are united...

Those who have watched the game, I believe that no one will forget the greatest performance of Robert Hawley's career - 3 points in the first three quarters of the Battle of Tianwangshan, 20 points in the fourth quarter + overtime.

At the last moment, he took off from the right front of the free throw line and dunked 2+1 with one arm, flying over Auburn Hills;

The suffocating timeout and anti-timeout before the last shot; the dunk caused the left arm ligament to be strained and still made the last 3-pointer to kill the Pistons.

You also seem to be able to hear the 'unbelievable' commentary.

It was a pinnacle duel, although the Spurs were a little lucky in the end. They stood at the end and won the O'Brien Trophy that they had lost for four years in San Antonio.

Duncan also won his second championship ring. At that time, the Spurs really established a tactical system with Manu, Parker and Duncan as the core, so the Spurs also established their status in the arena from that time.

The Spurs' strength should not be underestimated.

Although, the Pacers overturned the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, they still have to take it lightly against the Spurs.

The Pistons' specialty is defense, and they are the kind of team that will bring a championship through defense, so this also makes them very strong.

Although the Spurs also firmly believe that defense is important, however, they are not just defensive.

Spurs coach Popovich is extremely flexible. He not only firmly believes that defense can bring championships, but he firmly believes that the balance of offense and defense is the last word in winning. Defense and offense are both sharp tools for winning. He will not ignore anything. party.

In his view, defense without offense will not last long, and offense without defense is just useless work. Therefore, what he believes is that offense and defense must always be maintained in the same state. State, this won't work, this won't work.

This is a very bad existence, very bad, very bad.

And the Spurs did just that.

It is not unexpected that the Spurs can win the championship without the rise of the Pacers.

In the regular season, many people may be attracted by the Pacers' victory, and they are always in a state of ignoring the Spurs. However, if you look closely, you will also find that the current Spurs cannot be underestimated. Of the 82 regular season games, they won 63 of them. Moreover, they were always in the best condition to win. The Spurs' winning was always extremely simple. The Big Three would do it, and their Big Three would always win. It's just an inertial three-quarter check-in.

The Spurs have no shortage of people.

And it is not without reason that the Spurs can do this.

As early as this summer, the Spurs had already expected all this.

Before they won the Western Conference championship and entered the finals, in fact, they also achieved another victory in the game, that is, they successfully recalled veteran Finley.The star who was waived by the Dallas Mavericks due to the new terms of the league, in order to pursue his dream of a championship, he rejected the invitations of the Suns, the Heat, etc., and resolutely chose to join the Spurs, which made people have to be surprised by the Spurs With the strength of the new lineup, the defending champion was regarded as the number one favorite to win this season at the beginning of the season.

In fact, the strongest point of the Spurs is not that they recalled veteran Finley, but their stability, no, it should be said that they are steadily improving.

The Spurs have been a strong contender for the championship in recent years, and this year is no exception.

The Spurs can do this because they have maintained their original core lineup, and outside of the main lineup, they have added fresh blood.

The Spurs in the new season still have established a general tactical deployment centered on Duncan, Parker and Ginobili, three players from three different countries.

Except for these few people who have not changed, there are still a large number of powerful fighters in their camp.

Defensive iron cloth leopard, center center Nesterovic are roles that should not be underestimated.

In addition, the recalled veteran Finley and Robert Hawley, who has always been stored in the team, are all killers at critical moments.

They don't lack experience, and they can also bring out their characteristics to the fullest.

It has been said before that the most powerful part of the Spurs is not their defense or their offense, but their offensive and defensive balance.

The Spurs are one of the very few teams in the NBA that can combine the two with solid defense and quick drive.

In terms of defense, the legacy of the "twin towers" formed by Duncan and Robinson is still there. Although Robinson is gone, Duncan's defensive ability still makes opponents fearful.

With Duncan's height and long arms, ordinary people would not dare to make mistakes in front of him.

Although he played as a power forward, he has the body of a center forward, the nimble footwork of a power forward, and the height and weight of a center forward.

This is why Duncan can be so good.

No matter who he faces, Duncan will always have an advantage.

Use it directly against the small man as a center forward, and play against the big man's power forward. If you don't match up with you, then the advantage will naturally come out.

There is nothing to say about Duncan's strength. He was rated as one of the greatest power forwards in the history of the league. Where do you think his strength can be?
In addition to Duncan, small forward Leopard is also a ruthless role.

He also tops the league with his defensive ability, and many outstanding swingmen also fall under his defense. The former half-man, half-god Carter was also pulled directly from the air back to the ground by him.

In addition, he also won the title of "Kobe Terminator". Not many people can get such a title. Who is Kobe? Kobe is the top scorer in the league. What, it can be called that, its strength is naturally extraordinary.

Of course, it is impossible for him to just defend Kobe well. No matter who it is, it is extremely difficult to score easily under his defense.

The reason why the defense can be so good is also because the Spurs have such a thick staffing, otherwise there is no way to do this.

In addition to defense, on the offensive end, the Spurs' combat power should not be underestimated.

Especially on the offensive end.

On the offensive end, the best thing about the Spurs is their fast break, to be exact, the counterattack after defense.

This is also their most common and most powerful scoring method.

Among the Spurs' main lineup, the backcourt composed of Parker and Ginobili has superb speed, and the success rate of fast breaks launched by them is extremely high.

If you don't retreat very fast, then you will definitely be deflated under their hands, and you will definitely die.

The Spurs will not let go of any chance to hit the opponent hard and wreak havoc on the opponent.

This is also the biggest guarantee for the Spurs on the offensive end.

In this season, the Spurs not only maintained the original characteristics, but also strengthened their outside scoring methods.

The introduction of Brent Barry is also a very successful transaction for them.

Before the Spurs lost to the Lakers, a large part of the reason was that the Spurs' three-pointers were not stable enough, which caused them to lose.

And in this season, they also strengthened against this loophole.

The introduction of Brent Barry is their major move.With Brent Barry, the Spurs' outside scoring firepower, which was not weak, has been enhanced.

You know, Barry made 45.2% of his three-pointers last season, ranking second in the NBA.In the desperate playoffs, such a shooter is definitely a deadly killer.

With Hawley and Barry, the Spurs have plenty of vitality on the outside, and now they don't have to worry about misfiring outside the three-point line.

From this point of view, it is not without reason that the Spurs can dominate the Western Conference.

If you want to attack and attack, you must defend and defend. In the west, O'Neal has also left for Miami. As the top insider in the league, Duncan can be unscrupulous. It can be said that the strongest insider in the west is now the Spurs dare to say the second , no one dares to say number one.

Coupled with the decline in the strength of the original strong teams Kings and Mavericks, the Lakers have too many variables, and it is not too much for the Spurs to aim for the championship.Only the Timberwolves can compete with them in the West.

But the Timberwolves' incomplete lineup tried to wrestle with the Spurs, which is not too difficult.

The Spurs started the new season with low-key and tepid performance as usual. They are still habitually ignored. When it was amazing, when he relied on his lightning-like speed to continuously use breakthroughs to attack the basket and score with layups, they also began to realize the horror of the Spurs.

The Spurs are indeed terrifying.

With the super giant Duncan, Parker is still making progress on the road to becoming a superstar. France has strengthened his weakness in the past, mid-range shooting, and his shooting percentage has been greatly improved. This also makes his sharpness surpass Duncan and become the Spurs The most shining existence.

Although the record was once behind the rival Mavericks in the same division, no one doubts the strength of the Spurs.

This is also where the Spurs are most awesome.

There is nothing to say about the strength of the main lineup, and the lineup on the bench is deep enough. When the Spurs are the most, the Spurs can rotate up to 12 people, and the average team can rotate up to 9 people. This is already very good, very good. The ground is not bad, but the Spurs have reached such a level, which shows how powerful the Spurs are.

Throughout the entire season of the Spurs, the Spurs are indeed unsatisfactory for a certain period of time. For example, the Spurs once lost the defending champion Pistons by a big score at their home court, because the strength of the Spurs also suffered. When people questioned, Duncan was in a sluggish state due to a foot injury, and Ginobili's ankle was always causing trouble. In addition, it was difficult to find a role player on the bench except for Finley and Horry. The Spurs The team's prospects of defending the title suddenly became not optimistic.

However, the biggest hero of the Spurs, Spurs coach Popovich also played the role of his head coach.

It can be said that the San Antonio Spurs, in a small place, can achieve such results in a small ball market. This has an inevitable connection with Popovich, who is both the coach and the Spurs management team. Forming such an iron-blooded team today, the Spurs cannot achieve such results.

After the downturn, it was the biggest explosion of the Spurs this season. Although they couldn't achieve the Pacers' 42 consecutive victories, he also continued to grind in the game and gradually found the state of the playoffs. During February, they played an outstanding performance of 14 games and 13 wins, which made them one of the top positions in the Western Conference.

Although they lost consecutive away games to the Cavaliers and 76ers, the Spurs quickly returned to track with a seven-game winning streak.

Since 99, the Spurs have become the team that knows how to play the playoffs best.Although the overall age of the team is relatively old, sufficient bench depth and low injury rate will not affect the Spurs' status in the playoffs.On the Spurs bench, there are playoff regulars such as Hawley, Finley, and Van Exel, and the Spurs can win by experience.

This is why at the sprint stage at the end of the season, when other teams have repeated, the performance of the Spurs is extremely stable, extremely stable, they won almost all the games that should be won, 63 wins and 19 losses are the Spurs Best record in team history.

If the Spurs like this aren't good enough to use the word great, then no team can be said to be great.

The Pistons and Spurs meet in the playoffs, and it won't be an easy battle.

If the Spurs can beat the Pistons and the Pacers can beat the Pistons, the Pacers and the Spurs are still about the same in strength, but if you analyze the above, then the Pacers are really far behind.

The Pacers' greatest fate lies in instability and lack of experience, and these are the biggest characteristics of the Spurs.

Duncan and Popovich know better than anyone how to meet the challenge of the playoffs.

The Pacers' meeting with the Spurs in the Finals was no easy fight.

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