NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

"Isaiah Hartenstein, if the Lakers win this game, he will definitely be the team's hero."

O'Neal also said excitedly at the end of the first quarter.

O'Neill's words are definitely not alarmist.

Because in the second half of the first quarter, after the Lakers played Isaiah, the effect was surprisingly good.

Johnson also nodded and said.

"This big man should be a sophomore rookie!"

"It's pretty nice for a big man to have such a soft touch, and it's definitely a good thing for the Lakers' system."

Ginobili also shook his head at this time.

"It is said that the Spurs are very good at training new players, and I think the Lakers are not bad either!"

"The newcomers of the Lakers, Alex Caruso, has grown up, and his defense is enough for the best defensive team!"

"And Brunson made everyone remember him in this playoffs!"

"Now I have to add Isaiah Hartenstein!"

"That means Mitchell Robinson hasn't had a chance to show it yet!"

"But when Robinson played in the regular season, his performance was also very good!"

"With such newcomers, plus Chen Tian, ​​Tucker and the others, the Lakers have already completed their transition from old to new."

As soon as Ginobili said this, O'Neill and Johnson nodded with serious faces.

"It's really like this. Could it be that the future NBA will still be shrouded under the rule of the Lakers."

Johnson felt terrible thinking about it.

You must know that as TNT's ace commentator, he has commented on NBA games for many years.

But like this Lakers situation, nba history is rare.

After all, a team has always dominated the league, which is simply impossible.

But after what Ginobili said just now, Johnson really felt that the Lakers might have achieved it.

As for this point, Chen Tian also smiled in his heart.

You must know that this is the situation he has been planning since he entered the NBA.

Chen Tian is very clear about one thing, that is, after the Lakers become the championship team, the draft picks are destined not to be too high.

So there is only one way to go.

When the team framework is complete, it only needs some newcomers.

And Jalen Brunson, Mitchell Robinson, and Alex Caruso are not the best talents.

But in their previous lives, they all became the starting players of the team.

This is what Chen Tian wants. With him on the team, there is no need for superstars to get together.

So only players who dare to attack and defend on the field are enough.

And they just fit Chen Tian's starting lineup.

Chen Tian had already started thinking about this after he entered the alliance.

And next season will be the time for this layout to harvest.

Taking advantage of the fact that the team's veterans are still there, and quickly get the newcomers up, the Lakers can enter Chen Tian's second era.

And when the three people in the commentary seat were talking about the Lakers.

The coaching staff on the Spurs side is also a little worried.

The appearance of Isaiah caught Popovich by surprise.

Now he is letting the players defend and can't restrain Chen Tian.

If you don't guard against going out, there is no way to make three-pointers from the outside.

So Popovich is also very headache now.

Seeing that the second quarter is about to start, Popovich hasn't figured out what to do yet.

So we can only let Jakob Poeltl and Kyle Anderson partner inside first.

Anderson's footwork is still good.

Then Popovich also called Anderson and Leonard together, and told them something.

Not surprisingly, let them be faster when assisting in defense.

After all, they are all tactics like this, and the Lakers also play like this.

It's just that the Lakers used Chen Tian and Tucker to execute the tactics.

Let Anthony implement defensive tactics, it will not be beaten into a sieve.

In fact, Anthony's defense has changed a lot after coming to the Lakers, not to mention how good it is.

But since the injury, coupled with age, the defense has become worse and worse.

But Anthony's basic skills are there, so Anthony's playing time is guaranteed.

Soon the second quarter of the two teams also began.

Back in the second quarter, neither team got back all their starters.

The Spurs have only Leonard and White on their side.

The rest are Mills, Anderson and Poeltl.

As for the Lakers, there were also Chen Tian and Tucker.

The rest are Matthew, Noah and JR.

Chen Tian and Tucker are a pair of difficult brothers in the playoffs.

Chen Tian was fine, basically there was not much difference in playing time between the regular season and the playoffs.

But Tucker's regular season and playoffs are completely two concepts.

Tucker's fans also joked that two-thirds of his net worth is from the playoffs.

At the start of the second quarter, Chen Tian also made a throw and scored the ball.

Conversely, White also cooperated with Poeltl to score the ball inside.

Conversely, when Chen Tian hit the basket, Anderson and Leonard also came up to double-team, and Chen Tian immediately passed the ball to Noah.

Poeltl was also very careful when defending Noah.

The veteran gave him a very deep impression in the last game.

Although he didn't score a few points, his role on the field was very great.

Many players don't score much, or even rebound and assist, but his efficiency value is very high.

This is the famous invisible data of nba, that is, data that cannot be seen.

And Noah belongs to this category.

I only saw that Noah didn't rush to attack after taking the ball.

Instead, after Chen Tian got rid of the double-team, he passed the ball directly.

When Chen Tian received the ball again, he flew up and directly dunked Poeltl with both hands.

After the goal was scored, O'Neal in the commentary and the players on the Lakers bench all stood up excitedly.

When Chen Tian returned to defense, he also gave Noah a high-five to celebrate.

Noah's performance made Monty on the sidelines very satisfied.

In fact, the veteran signed in the offseason just to sign a mascot.

There is not much playing time in the regular season, let alone the stage of the Western Conference Finals.

But who would have thought that now Noah has become one of the important players in the team's rotation.

It's so unpredictable.

On the court, after Chen Tian's dunk, the morale of the Lakers was completely up.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Chen Tian, ​​the Lakers fought more and more bravely.

The score was quickly stretched to double digits.

Here Popovich also quickly called a timeout.

The Lakers' offense made it difficult for the Spurs to parry, and Popovich was most worried about it.

Popovich still didn't think of a good way to suspend it.

It's not enough to play fast now, the Lakers' speed is not comparable to the Spurs.

So the Spurs still have to return to the original slow pace.

Only a slow pace can limit the speed of the Lakers.

So here Popovich also hurriedly replaced, and brought Xiao Jia and Zhou Qi to the field.

But the Lakers are not idle here, and they also brought Jokic and Yi Jianlian up.

Soon the timeout ended and the game continued between the two teams.

After the timeout, the Spurs insider Xiaojia also received the pass and easily put the ball into the basket.

Conversely, Yi Jianlian's mid-range shot missed the basket.

The Spurs counterattacked, Leonard defended against Chen Tian, ​​and scored a layup.

The scoring of these two goals stabilized the slightly depressed morale of the Spurs.

After that, Chen Tian and Leonard also scored two mid-range shots.

The score between the two has also been maintained at around ten points.

In the second half of the second quarter, Monty also asked Chen Tian and Tucker to come down and take a rest.

The team has a big lead now, so there is no need to worry so much.

The Spurs took advantage of this time and began to chase points hard.

This form is exactly the same as the previous game, except that the two teams are reversed.

Chen Tian also got a rare time to rest.

Soon the halftime game between the two teams was over, and the Lakers led the Spurs by nine points 55:46.

It's still because Chen Tian wasn't on the court, so the Lakers played everything smoothly in this game.

Seeing such a form, the three people in the commentary booth did not expect it.

"I would think that the Lakers will change in this game!"

"But I didn't expect the Lakers to change so much."

Johnson also said here.

And Ginobili is not in a good mood now, after all, the Spurs are now halftime behind.

The offense shown by the Lakers can already be seen that the Spurs cannot stop it.

So Ginobili also hopes that during the halftime break, the coach can think of any good tactics.

And O'Neal on the other side also said.

"Look at the game in the third quarter. In the last game, the Spurs made a change in the third quarter. They saved the team and won!"

"So it depends on what coach Popovich will come up with."

What O'Neill said makes sense.

After all, in the last game, the Lakers led at halftime but lost the game in the end.

Back to the Spurs in the locker room, Popovich is now thinking about what to do.

To be honest, he has basically taken out all the people he can use now.

Now he doesn't know what to do.

Obviously, it can be seen that if you play the Twin Towers, you can still play with the Lakers.

But now the score is nine points behind, and under the slow-paced offense, it is a bit difficult to recover these points.

But without the Twin Towers, the Spurs are no match for the Lakers at all.

After thinking about it for a long time, Popovich still felt that a change was needed.

The twin towers plus Leonard, coupled with two three-pointers, this lineup has both inside and outside, maybe it can.

Popovich thought of this, and quickly arranged it.

On the other hand, the Lakers are much simpler.

The team played well in the first half, and Monty warned everyone not to be careless.

The lessons of the last game are still vivid.

So this game must not be careless.

Everyone is very clear about this.

Soon the halftime break was over, and the third quarter of the two teams was about to start.

Back from the third quarter, the Spurs really changed their lineup.

Popovich paired White with Belinelli at shooting guard.

The inside line is also Xiaojia and Zhou Qi, plus the core of the team Leonard.

This is also based on the twin towers, so that outside shots can also share some pressure.

The Lakers still have that lineup.

The third quarter of the two teams also started.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Chen Tian's mid-range shot failed to score due to Leonard's interference.

The Spurs counterattacked, and White also assisted Leonard with a step-back mid-range shot and scored.

After that, Jokic's attack on the inside was also capped by Zhou Qi.

Counterattack Belinelli scored a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

This time the script seems to have returned to the previous game.

It was the same in the last game. The Spurs started to counterattack in the second half.

Seeing this scene, Monty called a timeout without any hesitation.

This situation is simply too similar.

Monty's head was sweating after calling a timeout.

Could it be that the script of the last game is about to appear again.

Monty's timeout has no other meaning, it is to stabilize the mentality of the rest of the team.

Don't be chaotic, or the game will return to the situation in the previous game.

So Monty also looked at Chen Tian. At this time, Chen Tian needs to stand up.

Chen Tian also understood what Monty meant, and after returning from the timeout, Chen Tian hit Leonard with his back and scored the ball.

This goal also stabilized the Lakers on the offensive end.

Chen Tian stepped forward in time, which made everyone in the Lakers feel at ease.

In the following time, the Spurs played on par with the Lakers by virtue of the twin towers and outside three-point tactics.

But it can be clearly seen that the rhythm of the game between the two teams has been controlled by the Lakers.

As soon as the Spurs chased the score to single digits, Chen Tian immediately stood up and opened the score.

Popovich did not stand on the sidelines at this time, but sat on the bench.

He knew that the chances of the Spurs winning this game were already very small.

Unless there is an accident on the field.

Lessons learned from the previous game, the Lakers will never make those low-level mistakes again.

So Popovich is already thinking about how to play the third game.

For an old coach like him, he knows exactly what a game will be like.

It's not his job to only think about one game.

So if there is no accident in this game, Popovich will not change anything.

Consider the third game.

So here on the court, although the two teams are playing fiercely, Popovich's mind is no longer on this.

In fact, I don’t know about Popovich. Monty also sat on the coach’s bench and discussed with Kaleman.

That's the way it is in the playoffs.

There is not so much time, basically every other day, unless there is Tianwangshan or a tie-break.

Therefore, there is not much time for the coaching staff to arrange tactics.

Players also need to rest, so they can only use all the time to find a way.

And when the game between the two teams reached the fourth quarter, the Spurs couldn't resist a little bit.

With 4 minutes left in the time, Popovich also replaced all the main players.

It also announced that it had given up on this game.

Popovich did this, and Monty also replaced Chen Tian and the others.

In the final game, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 104:97.

The big score in the Western Conference Finals also became 1:1.

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