The world of basketball

Chapter 41 Dear Jeremy
At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Both the Spurs and Popovich have high hopes for Mudiay, but this season Mudiay and Jeremy Lin's playing time is almost the same.

Mudiay didn't have any particular dissatisfaction or other bad emotions about this, but learned humbly.

The lineup on the Spurs field is Gasol, Kuzma, Bullock, Belinelli and Jeremy Lin. The second lineup is a point-chasing lineup for the Spurs and the fastest lineup for the Spurs.

Although the Spurs' record has been very stable, Popovich has actually been experimenting with the lineup.

Of course, the main lineup will not change. This is also the basis for the Spurs' record to reach third in the West, but this lineup is a big lineup and a very slow lineup.

Well, on the cusp of the small ball trend, Popovich also used this lineup back then. He used Dior to play the fifth position and West to play the fifth position, but now Popovich is against it. Going up the trend and re-playing a big lineup.

But this does not mean that they will not play small players at all. They have a strong group of shooters-Belinelli, Bullock, Kuzma and even Jeremy Lin and Mu Xiaobei.

The current lineup on the court is a lineup that can play space, play fast, and chase points quickly.

But it's also a poor defensive lineup.

The lineup of the Green Army is Rochelle, Jaylen Brown, Hayward, Tatum and Horford. This lineup is very good whether it is singled out, defense, space and position.

The most important thing is that the members of the Green Army's lineup are very disciplined, and they are also very good at defending. The Spurs' lineup did not give full play to their offensive firepower.

However, the offensive mobility of the Green Army's lineup is very good, and the Spurs can't defend it, so, um, the result is that the Green Army beat the Spurs 12 to 4, widening the point difference to 17 points.

"Beep-"

Popovich called a timeout. This lineup was a failure, at least against the Celtics.

"We still have time. Next, Wood, LaMarcus, you replace Paul, Belinelli; then we will do a good job of defense, and we can shoot a three-pointer for Bullock."

"Of course, the most important offensive end is to play Wood and LaMarcus in the low post; on the defensive end, you must do a good job in defense, Jeremy, you can also play Terry more." Popovich Qi commanded.

In many cases, the game is more like a game, but the performance of these chess pieces can affect the victory of the game.

The Spurs and the Celtics are really similar. They are both rigorous and tough, like two machines in silver gray and army green.

While Popovich and Stevens are more like two wise chess players with different styles, Popovich is more like a volcano, his firepower is always erupting, his anger and the Spurs Calmness is the complete opposite, but there is delicateness and stability hidden in his violence and opening and closing.

Stevens is more like the deep sea, unfathomable. His joy and anger on the court never show on the surface. What is contained in it is an unpredictable force, continuous and continuous, and the waves are stronger than the waves.

Mu Xiaobei and Ade actually played a positional battle on the court, that is to say, it was a slow-paced game, which meant that it was difficult to recover the point difference of the game.

At least many people think so, even Stevens head coach thinks so.

But Popovich didn't think so.

In Argentina, a bald man will always be missed, sitting on the carpet with his daughter in his arms watching the game, with a slightly mysterious smile on his lips.

A team always needs a spoiler.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball to face Rochelle, then Mu Xiaobei's screen got rid of Mitchell's defense, and then he directly pulled up from outside the three-point line——

"Shh-"

The three-pointer was hit hollow, and the point difference came to fourteen points.

Rochelle held the ball and passed it to Tatum. Facing Alder's defense, Tatum was confident on the offensive end and put on an Anthony-style three-threat posture.

He stepped forward with his right foot and made a posture to break through, but Ade was not moved by him.

Tatum took another step to the right, but Ade still didn't move.

Tatum stopped making false moves and broke through to the right. Ade moved a little slower, but Mu Xiaobei rushed forward.

Tatum passed the ball to Horford, but Adelaide had already defended in front of Horford. Well, in fact, Adelaide did not defend Tatum after being broken by Tatum just now, but turned directly to defend Horford.

Just now, it was just necessary to delay Tatum a bit, so that Tatum could not pass the ball when Mu Xiaobei and Ade switched defenses.

Sure enough, Horford missed a layup against Adelaide, and Mu Xiaobei received the rebound.

Jeremy Lin got the ball and ignored his teammates. Instead, he rushed directly to the basket in the frontcourt and scored a layup against Rochelle. At this time, the referee blew the whistle for the penalty.

Additional penalties were also added, and Jeremy Lin scored six consecutive points to recover the point difference to eleven points.

"Good job, that's how you play Jeremy and defend well." Popovich encouraged from the side.

Rochelle shot a super long three-pointer, but the basketball hit the basket's neck, and Mu Xiaobei protected the rebound and handed it to Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin took advantage of Mu Xiaobei's pick-and-roll and faked a shot. Horford immediately pounced on him. Jeremy Lin faced Horford and leaned on Horford to shoot a three-pointer.

"Beep-"

The referee blew his whistle and it was a foul from beyond the three-point line.

"bang————"

The ball falls into the net bag after hitting the board.

Jeremy Lin scored three plus one.

After the extra penalty was also scored, Jeremy Lin succeeded in scoring four points, and the Spurs chased the score back to seven points. Coach Stevens immediately called a timeout.

"Great job Jeremy." The teammates stood at the front of the bench and gave high fives to their teammates, and encouraged Jeremy Lin and other teammates.

"I love you so much, Jeremy," Lonnie Walker joked.

"It's really beautiful Jeremy Lin. This is the role that Jeremy Lin really needs to play in the Spurs, just like Manu back then, and today, he is completing his task." Su Qun said.

Jeremy Lin, as the sixth man of the Spurs, as a sixth man with unlimited firepower, the role he plays is that when the Spurs cannot start the situation, he can use his scoring explosiveness to open the team. situation.

The Spurs are stable, but this also determines that it is difficult for the Spurs to break the deadlock spontaneously when they are deadlocked, and Jeremy Lin exists to stand up at this time.

In fact, many times he did his job well.

After a timeout, the Celtics replaced their team's top cards, the Haiou combination and the three-exploration combination. Indeed, apart from Jeremy Lin being too fierce, the reason for Jeremy Lin's explosive performance alone was that the offense was not open.

But, but, when a player enters a zone, when a hero activates Wushuang, how can he calm down so easily?

(End of this chapter)