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

During the halftime break, the locker rooms of the two teams were surprisingly quiet.

Whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs, there is no atmosphere of tense tactics before.

Because both Monty and Popovich knew that they had no tactics to deploy at this time.

And Leonard also looked at his head coach at this time.

He knew that the coach had nothing to arrange at this time.

In fact, when the coach told him that this game was open to play, he knew that all the tactics he could use had been used.

The rest is up to the players themselves.

So Leonard also knew that the match between himself and Chen Tian really started from this match.

Leonard is not the only one who has such thoughts, Chen Tian also knows it well.

Because after this match started, Chen Tian could see that Leonard was no longer hiding.

Instead, he confronted him head-on.

With Leonard like this, Chen Tian immediately knew that the Spurs had no more tricks.

In terms of big tactics, both teams have already decided.

If we talk about changes, it means that there have been some changes in the lineup or substitutions.

So at this time, the head coaches of the two teams don't need to think about big tactics anymore.

But they also have to guard against sudden changes in their opponents.

This also makes Monty and Popovich need to be more careful.

The halftime break is over soon.

The third quarter of the two teams is also about to start.

"The players of both teams have also returned to the field, and the third quarter is about to start."

At the beginning of the third quarter, Leonard took the ball and hit Chen Tian with his back as soon as he came up.

Facing the duel between the two star players, the audience off the field became excited.

After all, Leonard's current strength ranks among the top five in the nba forwards.

Leonard was also very careful when back hitting Chen Tian.

It is needless to say how strong Chen Tian's defensive ability is.

Leonard's sudden turn here was to catch Chen Tian by surprise.

But Chen Tian didn't lose his position in any way.

This let Leonard know that Chen Tian had seen through his attack.

So Leonard could only lean back against Chen Tian's defense and throw the ball.

The ball is scored.

After scoring this goal, Chen Tian shook his head helplessly.

To say that his defense is already at its peak.

But Leonard can still score the ball, it can only be said that his personal ability is outstanding.

You must know that Leonard's shooting is not the most standard in the NBA, but it can also be ranked in the top three.

If it weren't for this shooting posture, Leonard would not be called a robot.

It is really that his shooting can be interfered too little.

Here Leonard scored the first goal of the second half, which also boosted the morale of the Spurs.

Conversely, when the Lakers attacked, Chen Tian also chose to back Leonard.

When Leonard was defending Chen Tian, ​​he also paid [-] points of attention.

After Chen Tian hit Leonard twice on the back, he also turned around.

It's just that Chen Tian didn't choose to hit the basket, but turned around and followed a step back.

This made Leonard's defense a step slower.

Chen Tian stepped back and made a shot and hit the basket.

"From the offense of Chen Tian and Leonard, it can be seen that Chen Tian obviously has some advantages in terms of strength."

Kenny also said in the commentary booth.

As soon as Kenny said this, Ginobili on the side was also a little worried.

After all, when the playoffs reach the end, it must be the confrontation between the core players.

The gap between Leonard and Chen Tian made Ginobili look at his coach.

He didn't believe it, and Popovich had no idea.

If that's the case, the Spurs have little hope of winning.

On the court, as time goes by, the state of the players of the two teams is getting better and better.

In terms of offense, the tactics of the two teams are also particularly clear.

For the Lakers, Chen Tian and Anthony are the core of the offense.

Jokic organizes the offense in the high position or at the top of the arc.

The role of Brunson and Tucker is to receive the ball from the outside and throw the ball in.

The tactics of the Spurs are much more complicated than that of the Lakers.

After all, there is a certain gap between Leonard's personal strength and Chen Tian's.

So they need to use teamwork to change the team's disadvantages.

The Spurs happen to be the team with the best teamwork.

So whether it's Fox and White on the outside, or Xiaojia's pass on the inside, they are all quite good.

So they are also attacking with double forwards Leonard and Gay.

Chen Tian passed the ball to Anthony behind him, and Anthony made an easy layup and scored the ball.

Fox used Jia's screen to attract the defense and passed the ball to Gay.

Gay hit Anthony with his back, slammed into the basket after a feint, avoided Chen Tian's blocking layup and scored the ball.

Jokic hit the ground and passed the ball to Chen Tian, ​​who rushed inside and scored a one-handed dunk.

Leonard scored the ball with a fadeaway mid-range shot from the baseline.

White intercepted Jokic's pass, and the Spurs countered Fox for a layup.

Chen Tian attracted double-teams and gave the ball to Tucker in the bottom corner. Tucker was not soft on his three-pointers.

The offense of the two teams ignited the atmosphere in the Sky Arena.

But soon Chen Tian began to exert force.

He first blocked Jia's shot, and then assisted Brunson to get two points on the offensive end.

Then when Leonard broke through with the ball, Chen Tian saw through and blocked the ball.

Chen Tian flew straight up with the ball and it was a folding dunk.

Chen Tian's outburst made all the Lakers fans in the audience excited.

Seeing this scene, Popovich quickly called a timeout.

Chen Tian's explosion was no less than a nuclear bomb explosion in Popovich's eyes.

So Popovich also wants to call a timeout to change the lineup.

"Chen Tian started to explode, and this is the beginning of the challenge for the Spurs!"

"The Spurs must withstand this wave, or they may be taken away by the Lakers."

As soon as O'Neill said this, the home fans were happy.

Of course the Lakers win.

Now as Lakers fans, they are very proud.

It can be said that the Lakers' four consecutive championships are also the fans who are used to it.

Now Lakers fans will always think that they are the number one existence in NBA.

While this is true now, there will always be a day when the dynasty will have problems.

But the fans don't care, the Lakers are now No. [-] in the NBA.

So the current Lakers fans, as long as it is related to basketball, will always be our best.

During the timeout, Popovich also made adjustments to the lineup.

He also took Fox, Jia and Guy down.

With the replacement of Dajia, Zhou Qi and Anderson, the height of the lineup has been raised as a whole.

The same goes for slowing down the tempo.

Because Popovich discovered that when Chen Tian broke out, no matter how you defended, he always had a chance to score.

Even if there are three or four defenses, Chen Tian can score.

Under such circumstances, defensive tactics will not have much effect.

In addition to consuming Chen Tian's physical strength.

But Chen Tian's physical strength is still at the level of a monster.

So Popovich came up with this tactic after thinking for a long time.

That is to slow down the rhythm, I will fight with you, to ensure my efficiency, and to consume time.

That way you can't get so many points.

What's more, Popovich also took Anderson up.

Anderson's not fast, but his tempo is slow.

So it just fits the tactic.

Leonard and the others knew that the rhythm was going to slow down when they saw Popovich's substitutions.

Soon the pause ended and the game continued.

"Sure enough, the Spurs have made a substitution, and replaced the big lineup?"

As soon as Kenny finished speaking, he was a little puzzled.

"What does the Spurs lineup mean?"

Kenny was a little puzzled.

The Lakers also had personnel adjustments, and Yi Jianlian, Caruso, and Matthew were also replaced.

The three of them came to partner with Chen Tian and Tu Ke.

But when Monty saw Popovich's substitution, he immediately frowned.

Monty quickly discussed with Kaleman.

Obviously, the Spurs' substitution made everyone a little confused.

Because the lineup is too high, the Twin Towers can understand, what happened to Anderson?

Let him come up and play possession.

Isn't this lineup too high?

The game between the two teams continued, and it was obvious that the Spurs had slowed down the pace.

Zhou Qi took advantage of his height and scored the ball with a mid-range shot.

On the other hand, the Lakers are attacking, and the Spurs are also shrinking their defense to prevent Chen Tian from attacking the inside.

But Chen Tian used the screen to score the ball.

This made the three of Kenny not see any changes.

As for the Lakers' bench, Monty and Kaleman watched for a long time, but they didn't see anything.

"Don't Popovich really have any tactical arrangements?"

When Monty said this, Kaleman on the side would not believe it at all.

The old fox on the opposite side is so powerful, the two of them have experienced too much.

In the previous few seasons, if it wasn't for Chen Tian, ​​they wouldn't know how many times they would have lost.

"Anyway, I don't believe it, but I really don't see any changes on the Spurs side."

Kaleman also shook his head.

When Monty heard this, he was ready to take another look.

After that, the offensive rhythm of the two teams slowed down, and the efficiency was not so high.

Under the double-teaming of many people, Chen Tian took fewer and fewer shots.

Gradually, Chen Tian also distributed the ball.

"There is no change, the same defense restricts Chen Tian!"

"There aren't too many changes, but isn't this lineup a bit too exaggerated?"

As soon as Kenny said this, O'Neill and Ginobili didn't speak.

On the Lakers bench, Monty and Kaleman also seemed to have something wrong.

Soon, in the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, Chen Tian didn't pass the ball anymore, and he played more with the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers led the Spurs by five points 87:82.

"Fake."

A voice suddenly came from the Lakers bench.

Monty also looked at Popovich fiercely.

He finally found out that something was wrong.

On the other hand, Kaleman was still a little puzzled.

"Did you notice something was wrong?"

Monty didn't speak, and gave Kaleman the data sheet in his hand.

After seeing the data sheet of the Lakers, Kaleman immediately understood.

"So that's it, the slow pace is to use up the time."

Kaleman knew as soon as he saw the data sheet.

Monty nodded too.

"This old fox is really powerful, we can't do without admiration."

Monty was very helpless, because Popovich had no solution to this tactic.

He has no choice, what the Lakers want is to play fast.

Especially when Chen Tian broke out, he had to be faster.

But the Spurs are not fast, even if they are counterattacking, they will wait until the positional battle.

Then how fast you are, you can't be fast.

Monty has no choice now, he can only play slowly with the Spurs.

Fortunately, the team is still leading by five points, which is also an advantage for the Lakers.

As for the commentary seat, after O'Neal and Ginobili's explanations, Kenny finally understood.

"Popovich is really good."

Kenny also said this sentence to express his emotion.

Soon the fourth quarter of the two teams also began.

After knowing the Spurs' tactics, Chen Tian also knew that even if he broke out, the probability of expanding the score was not much.

It's like Monty said, there's no way.

It can only consume time bit by bit with the Spurs.

Chen Tian also took a look at Popovich when he entered the court.

Popovich once again smiled at Chen Tian with his signature thumbs.

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian smiled helplessly.

He never thought that the Western Conference finals would be played like this.

After the two teams came back in the fourth quarter, the Spurs obviously still slowed down their offense.

The attack after slowing down the rhythm, time goes fast, but the score is really slow.

On the Lakers side, Monty also sent the Twin Towers up.

Otherwise, they will still be in the lineup of one big and four small, and they will not be bullied to death by the opponent.

So the two teams also fell into a stalemate in the fourth quarter.

As the rhythm slowed down, the scoring success rate of the two teams also increased a lot.

But with the last minute left, White scored a three-pointer, leaving only two points behind the two teams.

This time the Spurs also saw the hope of catching up with the score.

When Leonard and the others defended, they also worked harder.

But Chen Tian hit the basket again and scored a layup, which also stabilized the Lakers.

All the fans stood up at this time.

After all, the game is at the last moment.

Conversely, on the Spurs side, Leonard also stood up, and his mid-range shot scored, keeping the game between the two teams in suspense.

At this time, there are 32 seconds left in the time.

Chen Tian held the ball for halftime, after checking the time, Chen Tian was not in a hurry.

When the 24 seconds were about to expire, Chen Tiancai started to start. With an impact, an emergency stop, and then retreating to the limit, Chen Tian threw the ball.

When the ball was thrown, everyone in the audience looked at the ball.

And the ball was scored steadily.

With this goal scored, the Lakers are completely invincible.

It was a pity that Popovich saw this goal scored.

Just a little bit, and the team would win.

In the end Leonard also scored a three-pointer, but it was too late and the time was up.

In the end, the Lakers narrowly beat the Spurs 105:104.

The score of the Western Conference Finals was 2:1.

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