Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 107
Facing the Spurs without Duncan, the Kings took the lead in the first quarter and then played mediocre again. Just like Jimmy Butler's performance, he exploded in the first quarter and then returned to his original form , Jimmy's performance is a portrayal of the Kings' halftime performance.

After halftime, the Kings led the Spurs by 53 points 51-2.

Back in the locker room, coach Westphal stood in front of everyone with a serious face. He held his chin and thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Listen everyone, although the score is leading in the first half, the team doesn't care. From any point of view, it is not dominant. Today our regular offense is not good. If it were not for Jimmy's performance in the first quarter, we would not be able to lead the Spurs until now. In the second half, everyone adjusts their state and concentrates , the next game will not be easy to deal with..."

Speaking of Coach Westphal, he looked at Tyreke and Cousins. Today, the two core cores of the team, inside and outside, did not play as they should. lost.

Tyreke made 11 of 3 shots and scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. The shooting percentage was less than [-]%, which shows that Tyreke was not in a good state in this game. At the same time, the Spurs also did a good job of defending Tyreke. .

考辛斯目前8投仅2中，4分4板的数据对于这名目前场均20+10的超级中锋来说显然是不合格的，马刺队的布莱尔与斯普利特轮流顶防考辛斯，尤其是替补登场的斯普利特。

Brazilian center Splitter was selected by the Spurs in 2007, but Splitter, who still has a contract with the Spanish team, did not join the team until 2010.As the double MVP of the regular season finals of the 2010 Spanish La Liga, Split has comprehensive inside skills and outstanding defensive strength.

Although Blair played as the starter in this game, it was Splitter who got more playing time in this game. Splitter, who has been tempered in Europe for many years, restricted Cousins ​​to death in this game. It was difficult inside Going in, Splitter defended in the middle distance, and Cousins ​​was completely locked.

At the same time, on the offensive end, Splitter also fully played his own characteristics. Today, his touch is also very good. He has repeatedly succeeded in singles inside. Both ends completely exploded Cousins.

In this game, even though Jimmy Butler unexpectedly exploded, the Kings still couldn't close the gap with the Spurs. The big reason was that Tyreke and Cousins ​​didn't fully play, and Splitter The Kings' big men can do whatever they want.

Facing the Spurs, if no one takes the lead in attacking and wants to rely on teamwork to compete with the old-fashioned Spurs, this is obviously not good for the young Kings. The Kings are still a little immature in front of the Spurs. In the second half, the Kings The personal abilities of Tyreke and Cousins ​​are needed, or other people need to stand up.

Coach Westphal is also a coach with rich coaching experience. He led the Phoenix Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals in his first season of coaching. Played the first "small ball offensive" in history. He is very familiar with this highly mobile attack mode, which is very consistent with Tyrek's memory of the future trend of the league's small ball era.Combining the personal abilities of Tyreke and Cousins, the Kings are now also leaning towards small ball play. The record of 14 wins and 1 loss also has a lot to do with coach Westphal.

Facing the situation facing the team at this time, coach Westphal needs to make adjustments. Although Jimmy's touch was overwhelming in the first half, the team also fell into a situation of blind feeding the ball. The best fast break rhythm did not Playing it out, coupled with the targeted defense of the Spurs, made the Kings fall too much into the half-court offense.So coach Westphal removed Jimmy Butler and West in the second half and replaced Garcia and Casspi to strengthen the team's mobility and ability to open up space.

Sure enough, this change has achieved good results. Splitter, who played the best in the Spurs team in the first half, was particularly uncomfortable. Although his height and jumping are very good, but his mobility is average. His deficiencies are highlighted in offense and defense.

The king's first team and four juniors quickly hit the Spurs' pain points. Caron Butler, Garcia, and Casspi fully opened up the space, and Cousins ​​also basically responded near the high position. This gave Terry Gram full breakthrough space.At the same time, Tyreke, as the ball-holding point, must be the focus of the Spurs' defense, and the rest of the players also have the possibility of running out of positions.Relying on a fast whirlwind, the Spurs' slow positional battle lineup on the court was instantly stunned...

After all, the Spurs have the legendary coach Gregg Popovich. The sudden turn of the situation on the court at this moment made him roar and call a timeout immediately.

After the timeout, the Spurs also made changes. At this time, the Spurs' lineup was Parker, Green, Leonard, Jefferson, and Bonner.This season, the Spurs and Duncan complement each other to gradually complete the transformation, and the Spurs have gradually started running and bombing. However, due to Duncan's absence in this game, the Spurs have played the best position attack ever.

Originally, the Spurs brought the rhythm well in a direction that was beneficial to them, but the change of the Kings after the halftime break forced the Spurs to make adjustments at this moment.With the four outsiders and Bonner, an atypical insider who is completely floating on the outside, this seemingly non-mainstream small lineup actually played an extremely unexpected effect.

When attacking, the Spurs opened up more space than the Kings. At the same time, with Parker as the offensive engine, they played a mercury-like offensive wave. Facing the Kings' lineup, the Spurs' small lineup's outside attack Stronger, the overall offensive ability is actually stronger than the Kings.

On the defensive end, the Spurs have completely given up the orthodox inside defense, but at this time the Kings are also empty inside, and the two teams also use various misplaced defenses and rotation defenses.

In the small lineup competition between the two teams, Bonner played an unexpected effect. This man, who is called the Red Mamba by the fans, has a strong tactical execution ability and fully implements the intention of the head coach. His three-pointer Deterrence completely restrained Cousins. Due to the small lineup on the defensive end, the positioning between positions was vague, and frequent defenses and changes were made. Bonner was heavy enough to withstand Cousins, and the defect of slow movement was hidden by the team.

With a quick advance from Parker of the Spurs, the ball was given to Bonner in the bottom corner. Bonner hit a three-pointer with a "cannon-carrying" posture. The Spurs actually opened the difference between the two teams to 7 points. many……

(End of this chapter)