overlooking the pitch

Chapter 568 An Sheng Dunk Show
After the Clippers' [-]-game winning streak, they once again encountered a test. The Spurs, this year's Kawhi Leonard's state is much better than last year. He has become both offensive and defensive. The best small forward, in the first half of this year, the Spurs gave the Clippers a big challenge. When Brad Stevens let himself go and tested the lineup, they also gave the Clippers Two harsh lessons.

In two consecutive back-to-back home and away games, the Spurs beat the Clippers with two consecutive victories close to 20 points. After those two games, Brad Stevens' coaching level in the forum was simply It fell to an all-time low.

"Greg was so eager to teach Brad in this game that he couldn't be more eager to teach him. The whole process was like teaching a lesson to this young coach who just won his first championship."

"There is also Kawhi. He made An Sheng play the most uncomfortable game this season. He played a very important role in An Sheng's defense throughout the whole process. I think that every time An Sheng received the ball , always standing in front of him is a black-faced god with an expressionless face, which makes Ann very uncomfortable. Kawaii's physical talent is not much inferior to him, and it is more of a problem in lateral speed. But An Sheng didn't get many chances to hold the ball in that game, so how did he use the lateral movement to break through, I think Brad will never have such a bad idea this time!"

This game was held at the Staples Center, home of the Clippers. For the Clippers, this game was a battle of revenge against the Spurs. This season, they only lost 7 games, two of which were This damn Spurs gave it to me. This has become a knot in the hearts of the Clippers players. This is very important. The team that encounters the most every year only plays 4 games. The Clippers must at least win the rest two games.

This time, Brad Stevens did not start to show some of his operations, but from the very beginning, he was firm in the strategy of Chris Paul and Anson holding the ball, using Kawhi from the pick-and-roll of the two · Leonard's lateral speed is not enough, and the advantage of not being able to switch defenses in the pick-and-roll continues to allow Anson to break into the inside and score.

The Spurs' defense is the best in the league, and their interior is a partnership of Tim Duncan and Thiago Splitter!Both of them are not fast. It should be said that the top Tim Duncan is the best in supplementary defense and defense. Although he has never won the award of best defensive player, since the 21st century, in all Among the votes for the best defensive player of the year, he received the highest number of votes among all players combined.

Whether it is Ben Wallace, who won the best defensive player twice in a row, or Dwight Howard, who won three consecutive times last time, they have no way to compare with the votes of the best defensive player. Tim Duncan compared.

All the media are saying that the league owes Tim Duncan the best defensive player, because as Tim Duncan gets older, the honor of the best defensive player is more and more related to this veteran Small, just like the dunk that Anson cut from the side and received a pass from Chris Paul. If it was Tim Duncan's peak, this ball is likely to be directly in this position. It's totally down, but it's different now.

His speed and jumping can't be made up for by experience, not to mention that he is an extremely experienced player, game experience?Since he won the finals MVP in the second year, he has never lacked this kind of thing.

But in the first quarter of this game, An Sheng made an air cut and completed a dunk on his head.Then there was another quick full-court cooperation. Although Tim Duncan had quickly retreated to his first position that needed him to defend at this time, Anson immediately surpassed Tim Duncan by one step and completed a Super beautiful dunk, this has become Anson's dunk show!

The defensive effect that the Spurs originally wanted Thiago Split to play did not appear in this game at all. This is a very embarrassing thing, and he is completely useless on the offensive end.

Gregg Popovich was extremely angry with his team's defensive performance in this game. He couldn't accept that his penalty area was trampled in so straightforwardly by the Clippers again and again. At that time, he suddenly felt that he had made a very big mistake. The biggest mistake was trying to use the defensive end to solve the Clippers.

As the media said in the previous game, the Clippers' offense is very strong, you can only expect him to have a bad touch, but tonight the Clippers seem to have a good touch, and they are here for revenge, so , now all they need is to attack!
The Spurs have always been a strong defensive team, they have played well on the defensive end, but their offense has been neglected, and now Gregg Popovich feels that he needs to show some fangs on the offensive end to give them The Clippers took a look.

At 29:21, the Clippers ended the first quarter with an 8-point lead, but the Spurs did not panic at all. Now they still believe that they have a very big chance, because their coach has not Panic, the Spurs have two pinnacles, one is Tim Duncan, and the other is Gregg Popovich. This may be one of the few teams where the importance of the coach is beyond imagination.

"Hey, guys, I know you guys had a hard time defending in the first quarter, but let me tell you, we're going to play against them in the next quarter. If they dare to test the lineup, so can we. Next It's an offensive battle between us and the team with the highest offensive efficiency in the league, I hope you can be prepared."

"Don't worry! Boss, I've already challenged their defense like Yao!" Tony Parker said with a smile. He played very aggrieved in the first quarter, and was completely restricted by Chris Paul on the offensive end. , he needs a bit of tactics to get out of trouble.

The same is true for Kawhi Leonard, but he and Tim Duncan are completely the type who don't like to talk or show expressions. Everything is just crazily brewing in their hearts. They're looking forward to the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)