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298 playoff double lore Spurs 5

Fan: Barkley, I don't watch football, don't lie to me.

Barkley later explained, "Duncan's rim protection is the foundation of the Spurs' defensive system. Why is Duncan the cornerstone of the Spurs' team building? It is because of Duncan.

But now, in order to limit Liu Xing, Bobo had to let Duncan face Liu Xing.And Liu Xing has 3 points. As long as Liu Xing stands outside the 3-point line, Duncan has to step on the [-]-point line to defend. Once Duncan does this, it means that his back door is open to the opponent. "

……

Barkley said that for no reason.

For most of the third quarter, although Liu Xing didn't make a shot, at his height, he was only at the top of the three-point arc, and Duncan had to follow him.

Even if Liu Xing did nothing, Duncan had to follow.

This is equivalent to saying that within the 3-point line, the Lakers and Spurs are 4vs4, and the Lakers' inside penalty area is infinitely wide.

The insider Gasol can ask for anything.

Odom turned into a magician.

Ariza didn't think he could dunk like that.

Kobe was originally a killer, but in the third quarter he became a killer plus, omnipotent.

The Lakers scored 41 points in a single quarter and took the game away in a wave.

41 points in a single quarter also set a new high in NBA history in a single playoff quarter.

You must know that in this era, defense is emphasized. The NBA playoffs averaged 26.8 points per game, and the Lakers scored 13.2 points more in the third quarter.

The existence of Liu Xing made Duncan very uncomfortable, even, to say the least, very uncomfortable.

Facing his opponent slaughtering his compatriots, he is helpless. This is like, in a movie, the protagonist is tied up and watches the villain ravage his girlfriend.

Humiliation is not reconciled.

unstoppable.

At the end of the third quarter, Duncan hung his head in frustration and sighed.From these details, it is not difficult to see that Duncan's mentality of being tortured is a bit broken.

For the first time, he doubted Popovich's coaching. Is there a problem with Popovich's coaching?

Is it right to do so?

Duncan looked at Popovich with doubts, and the meaning of his eyes seemed to say, Popovich did this?Can it work?

Popovich was unmoved, and he still performed this operation in the fourth quarter.

The core strategy has been changed once, and Popovich knows that this may be wrong, but he must continue to implement it.

Because, he knew that to beat the Lakers, there were two bottles of poison, and he had to drink the next one.And these two bottles of poison are Duncan defending Liu Xing?Or is Duncan not defending Liu Xing?

Now, go and see.

Duncan went to defend Liu Xing. This bottle of poison was so poisonous that he couldn't bear it at first.

But Popovich insisted.

As it turns out, this strategy doesn't work.

As soon as G2 changed, the Spurs were beaten violently.

In the end, the lengthy final whistle sounded, the game ended, and the Lakers beat the Spurs by 21 points.

The big score led 2-0.

After the game, Popovich was also interviewed and asked: "Is it right to do this? This strategy seems unfeasible? Will you continue to do this in the next game?"

The reporter said, how could Popovich not understand?I was in a bad mood after losing the game, and he came to expose his scars. Of course, Popovich didn't have a good face, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Later, Popovich added, "This is a tactical secret, no comment."

Duncan was also asked, is Popovich's tactical adjustment reasonable?The reporter is digging a hole for Duncan, why doesn't Duncan know?

Duncan said, "Bobo, there must be a reason for Bobo to do this."

……

After the game, Liu Xing was once hyped to the sky. After all, it was also because of him that the Lakers won g2 so easily.

Lakers star Kobe Bryant also said after the game, "Liu made the game easier."

Zen master also said, "Liu's score may not be the highest, but he is the key to our easy game."

In fact, Liu Xing's score in this battle is not low, second only to Kobe Bryant's 32 points.

Liu Xing scored 24 points in this battle, plus 13 rebounds and 8 assists. These statistics are impressive, if Liu Xing does not compare with himself.

As for his high-level data, he holds the first place, with a plus-minus value of +30.

Can be called outstanding.The next day, the Los Angeles media also called it "Liu Xing, he dominated the game, and Kobe was convinced"

……

It has been 2 days since the failure of the tiebreaker, and James still can't calm down for a long time.

Fail, fail, fail...

The word failure has always been hanging in the sky above his head, lingering for a long time.

In the tiebreaker, although James scored 45 points, they lost.

Winning can cover up all problems. On the contrary, once you lose, you will be picked up by the media, placed on a magnifying glass, and zoomed in frame by frame to observe, criticize, and complain.

Although, the local media in Cleveland had nothing to say to James.

But the media in other places except Cleveland complained about James to death.

People say he is not a man, a softie.

Data Brush.

At critical moments, dare not take responsibility.

A brush that only eats butter, not bread.

……

James, who has always pursued perfection, suffered successive failures, which once made him collapse.

It has been 2 years, and since last year, the media has started to complain about him. He is already tired, tired of losing day after day, tired of losing day after day.

After getting drunk, he still wanted to find a drink. He turned on the computer in the room, turned on the computer, and there was a news bulletin.

There are dozens of news bulletins, all with keywords such as Lakers, Liu Xing, and Kobe.

Among them, there was an article that particularly attracted James' attention. The title of the article was "Liu Xing proves that MVP is also hydrating." "

……

After reading the newspaper, James gritted his teeth angrily.

He directly crushed the newspaper, and then threw it into the trash can...

He thought: It's time, to think about it, to decide for the future.

Although, he still has 2 years left on his contract with the Cavaliers, and the last year is a player option.However, he felt that he was responsible for himself.

In Cleveland, a small ball market that doesn't shit, it's hard to recruit helpers.

If you want to win, you can't rely on him alone.

Therefore, he had to find a helper.

But what if Cleveland can't recruit people?

What else can I do?

How else can we say that James is an exquisite egoist?

I can't come over the mountain, but I will go there.

So, he called his agent, and without waiting for the agent to speak, James said directly, I have a decision.

……

Lakers vs. Spurs.Game [-] starts in San Antonio.

This game is the Spurs' Tianwangshan.

The Spurs are on their home court, vowing to win a game.

Before the game, the Spurs generals also expressed their determination to win.

When the game really started, the Spurs' strategy remained unchanged, and Duncan was still allowed to face Liu Xing.

This can scare anyone's jaws off.