The world of basketball

Chapter 184
After the loss, Popovich led the players to sum up a lot. Speaking of which, they and the Rockets are also old rivals. In addition to regular encounters in the regular season, they also met in the playoffs last season.

The two sides have their own characteristics and very different styles. The Spurs hit the third place in the regular season, and the Rockets just killed the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. They are both teams of similar strength.

After a game or a series, which team can win the final victory mainly depends on the state of the day, and it depends on which of their teams can control the rhythm of the game on their own side.

Yes, I mentioned the term again, the rhythm of the game, it is very important, especially for the strong teams.

Are the Knicks strong?Of course they are strong. They have the Big Three. Irving and Kaka must be the top ten superstars in the league. Porzingis is also the top twenty superstars in the league. This team is of course very strong.

But they are now zero to two. They played at home in these two games, but they lost both at home. The 76ers' youth army returned to their Philadelphia home court with two victories.

They are only in the first year of forming a team. Although the individual strength is very strong, the personnel allocation is not perfect, and the team's tacit understanding and the playing style between the teammates are not familiar, which greatly limits the strength of the Knicks. Especially in the head-to-head tough battles in the series on the stage of the playoffs.

Is there any team that can achieve a very good record in the first year of formation?Of course there is.

For example, in the first year of the Heat, although the Heat were defeated by the Mavericks 4-2 that year, they were very strong in both the regular season and the playoffs.

Another example is the Celtics, the Celtics led by the Big Four formed by Rondo Garnett Ray Allen Pierce. This lineup allowed Doug Rivers to get a championship ring, but according to O’Neal’s words , It's not disrespect to Rivers, my grandma can win a championship with this lineup.

Another example is the Cavaliers in the first year. James just joined the Cavaliers, traded Wiggins and other players to Kevin Love, and at that time they still had Irving, who was gradually improving, to form a new Big Three.

Although this lineup stumbled during the regular season, they swept the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs when Love was reimbursed for the season, defeated the Bulls [-]-[-], and the Eagles [-]-[-]. Leading the Jedi Seven Samurai Jedi counterattack, although they lost in the end, but as the first year of the Cavaliers team, this year should be considered a good year.

But the Knicks don't seem to have the ability and luck of the above teams, and most importantly, they lack some of the powerful characters in the teams described above.

For example, LeBron James, compared with the Cavaliers, the Knicks seem to just replace Leonard with LeBron and Porzingis with Love, but the reality is different.

James is very strong. His strongest point is that he is a player with his own system. He can greatly improve the lower limit of a team. This is his strongest point and the reason why he can be called a superstar The place.

This is very important, so seeing the Knicks lose two games at home, there is a high probability that this round of the series is hanging.

Another match between the Celtics and the Bucks in the East is also in full swing. The Celtics and the Bucks, two teams with green as the main color, have met many times in the playoffs, and both are Celtics. The Walters won in the end, and Antetokounmpo was like a younger brother who was beaten up by Stevens and his disciples every year.

It may be the same this year. The Celtics have won two games at home. They are about to take the advantage of winning two games against the Bucks. These Celtics have been playing together for a while. The coach and The tacit understanding between players and between players is very good, and the team's style of play is also very clear on both the offensive and defensive ends. A good coach loved by the players.

The Celtics have always had a team tradition of daring to fight and fight, and now they are united. The team's morale is high, ambitious, and sharp-edged.

The Bucks don't know what went wrong here, it seems that they were beaten by the Celtics, and Antetokounmpo is still strong, but apart from Antetokounmpo, Middleton Bledsoe's offensive performance None of them seem to be outstanding, even Cousins' performance in the playoffs was very sluggish.

The Lakers in the West lost at home. They lost to the Nuggets by three points at home. In the end, James missed the game-winning shot to tie the game and lost the game helplessly.

The Nuggets are strong, I've said that more than once, they are really strong.

Not just book strength, they have cultivated their own very good core player Jokic, and have developed a very good style of play and system around Jokic.

Then, they cultivated Gary Harris and Murray, both of whom are very suitable for Jokic's backcourt. The two complement each other, which is very important. Their defensive understanding is also very good, and everyone's single-defense ability It's all said in the past, so their lineup is very strong.

No matter which team it is, it will be a headache to meet the Nuggets. They already had the strength to reach the finals and even win the championship last year, but last year's Cosmic Warriors were too perverted. Strong, let alone this Nuggets team, no matter who comes, probably will not win this Warriors team.

The Lakers are very strong. They are one of the representatives who can achieve very good results in the first year of team formation. However, they still failed to withstand the strong rebound of the Nuggets at home and lost at home.

Popovich made a lot of adjustments, whether it was adjustments to Harden or the entire shooter group against the Rockets, the most important thing was the adjustment on the defensive end.

There is no problem with their offense, whether it is outside catch-and-shoot or inside air cuts, whether it is Mu Xiaobei pulling out space or inside singles, etc., there is no problem.

The most important thing is to defend. In fact, it is not realistic to defend, because no one can defend Harden and their shooters, but at least they must be restricted so that they cannot score so easily and cannot be so easily. The opportunity to get an open shot should not allow them to rush to the basket easily.

Sitting on the bus, the Spurs players came to the Toyota Center in Houston, as if they were in a sea of ​​red. The Rockets fans in Houston were ready to boo and shout for the arrival of the Spurs players.

(End of this chapter)