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

For tomorrow's match against the Spurs, Chen Tian still has some scruples.

During the offseason, this team won Rudy Gay, a powerful player.

The Rudy Gay photo is far worse now than it was a few years ago.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Rudy Gay's scoring ability is beyond doubt.

And the Spurs signed him, the meaning is very simple, that is to find a strong substitute for Leonard.

Even when Aldridge can't play, there can be replacement players.

You must know that in the Spurs last season, the playoffs were because Aldridge could not perform at this point, which caused the Spurs to fall short.

With the strong addition of Rudy Gay, the Spurs' bench is also stronger.

Coupled with the combination of veterans and double virtues, the current Spurs may only be fifth in the West, but they are still strong contenders for the championship.

Because everyone knows that the Spurs are a typical playoff team.

The Spurs in the regular season did not have a good record, and they will definitely rise strongly in the playoffs.

If the record is too good, the Spurs will definitely collapse in the playoffs.

This is Popovich's Spurs culture.

In fact, Chen Tian admired this team very much, no matter in his previous life or now.

The Spurs are really different from other teams.

The difference is not in the players, but in their hardware requirements.

The Spurs team is located in San Antonio.

You can tell by the name that this place is a typical small ball market.

Coupled with the owner of the Spurs team, he is the poorest in the entire league.

The owner started his business by selling tractors.

Some fans even ridiculed that if the Spurs have a luxury tax, the boss will go bankrupt.

This is a joke, but it also proves that the Spurs boss does not have much money.

But it is such a team that abruptly produced five championships in the history of the NBA.

Looking back at all the history of the NBA, there has never been a team in the small ball market that can win five championships.

But the Spurs did it.

So for an iron-blooded team, Chen Tian couldn't ignore them.

But Chen Tian didn't expect that there would be a spoiler in the west this season.

That's the Portland Trail Blazers.

Now the Blazers' record is even better than the Spurs.

The next night, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs was about to start.

In fact, during the offseason, Chen Tian also thought about letting Leonard come to train together.

But this guy disappeared during the offseason.

Can't find anyone else at all.

This is simply the Spurs culture through and through.

Looking at the current lineup of the Spurs, Chen Tian can be said to be very strong.

So for this team, both Chen Tian and Monty were very afraid.

Chen Tian also hugged Popovich before the match.

After all, Chen Tian respects this handsome old man very much.

Soon the game between the two teams will begin.

The starter for the Spurs side.

Ball handling: Tony Parker.

Score: Danny Green.

Small forward: Kawhi Leonard.

Power forward: LaMarcus Indridge.

Center: Pau Gasol.

The Lakers' starting lineup here is still Chen Tian's five players.

Dajia and Jokic jumped the ball in the middle circle, and finally Jokic jumped the ball with his youth.

The game officially begins.

Against a team like the Spurs, Chen Tian definitely couldn't hold back.

So as soon as he came up, facing Leonard's defense, Chen Tian directly turned his back and threw the ball in.

And Leonard is still expressionless.

In turn, the Spurs' offense here.

After consecutive passes, Ade made an easy mid-range shot.

Chen Tian suddenly discovered that the tacit understanding of the Spurs had improved again.

You must know that the current Anthony is not the Anthony of the previous life.

Anthony's defense is still good now.

And Aldridge's offensive style is also very strange.

His back hitting ability is not very strong, otherwise he would not be bullied like that by Green.

As long as he doesn't play with the ball behind the basket, his offense can only be a mid-range shot or a turnaround shot.

But the Spurs' cooperation just now was simply too tacit.

Anthony was not given any time to react.

It is conceivable that such a pass has been practiced too many times off the court.

But the same goes for the Lakers.

As Jokic's passing became better and better, Chen Tian organized fewer and fewer offenses.

Immediately, the two teams fought together.

This kind of game also explains what team basketball is.

The Spurs passed the ball 9 times in one attack.

The Lakers also passed the ball 7 times.

It is conceivable that without the best opportunity, the two teams will never make a move easily.

But this kind of game immediately made the atmosphere tense.

The cautiousness of the two teams also made the game a bit dull.

But as the fans gradually understand the charm of basketball, this kind of game is very in line with the tastes of the current fans.

The fans in the audience were silent, and they were all watching the game carefully.

And all the arena can hear now are the shouts of the players on the field.

"Pick and roll, come pick and roll!"

"Paul come and cover me!"

"Cameron moves, not standing there!"

"Hey, here, pass the ball here!"

No one expected that the offense of the two teams would be so hot in the first quarter.

Fortunately, how long will this tense atmosphere last.

Soon the role players of the two teams were replaced.

This can be regarded as slowing down the main players of the two teams.

Immediately after Chen Tian and the main players left the field, they were all dripping with sweat.

And the score on the court was only 19:19.

Chen Tian didn't expect that he would devote himself to the competition unconsciously.

This may be the charm of playing against the Spurs.

Even if he faced the Warriors, he never played against the Spurs like this.

And not only him, but also Anthony and others.

In the game just now, everyone put all their attention into it.

Popovich and Monty were also sweating.

The game just now was really scary. You must know that if this kind of game continues, players are likely to be injured.

Popovich has been through too much of this.

I put my heart and soul into the game without any worries at all.

In that case, the players no longer know how to protect themselves.

You must know that it is impossible for players to devote themselves to the game when they are on the court.

That way you don't even know how to protect yourself.

But what the two head coaches didn't expect was that after the substitute players came up, they also played fiercely.

The confrontation between jr and Rudy Gay.

Passing comparison between Brogdon and Ginobili.

Anderson and Caruso almost met each other and scolded each other.

Immediately, the head coaches of the two teams wondered how the game ended like this.

Fortunately, the first quarter is over.

The Lakers temporarily fell behind by one point at 28:29.

The atmosphere on the bench side of the two teams is very tense now.

No one expected that such a game would become a preview of the Western Conference Finals.

Monty and Popovich are also nervously arranging tactics for everyone.

All the things that the two of them thought about before the game are no longer needed.

The match between the two teams has reached the point where the bayonet is red.

So whether it's Monty or Popovich, there are a lot of things to consider.

After the start of the second quarter of the two teams, Monty took Anthony up, and Popovich also took Adelaide up.

When the two saw the lineup on the opposite side, they were all stunned for a moment.

Then the two also looked at each other.

They immediately guessed the other party's plan.

Sending two star players is to open the score.

But unexpectedly, Liangran thought of going together.

And the players of the two teams naturally knew that this game was no longer a simple game.

If they lose this game, they will die of depression.

So Ade also stopped paddling, and directly confronted Anthony.

Chen Tian and the others also stood on the bench to watch the game.

Fortunately, neither Anthony nor Ade could do anything to each other.

Although Gibson was able to defend Adelaide, he was still a little worse, allowing Adelaide to score consecutively inside.

On Anthony's side, Popovich deliberately asked Danny Green to defend him.

But the effect is not very good, if this is normal, Anthony is not so serious.

But it's different now. Anthony also has consecutive singles successes against Green.

The other substitute players of the two teams were also desperately defending.

Monty and Popovich kept shouting from the sidelines.

Soon Chen Tian, ​​Jokic, Leonard and other main players were also replaced.

After the main players of the two teams came back, Chen Tian and Leonard directly confronted each other.

First, Chen Tian rushed to the basket, dodged Dajia's defense in the air, and made a layup to score the ball.

On the other hand, Leonard is also against Chen Tian's defense, making a steady mid-range shot.

Chen Tian hit Leonard with his back, turned around, stepped back and scored the ball.

Leonard faced Chen Tian and used his big hand to score a one-handed layup.

In this way, neither Chen Tian nor Leonard gave way until the last minute of the second quarter.

Chen Tian really didn't expect Leonard to evolve so comprehensively.

Chen Tian knew the current Leonard, he was already unable to guard against him.

It seems that Leonard has been training himself during the offseason.

In fact, more shooting training is needed. After forming muscle memory, it doesn't matter what kind of defense it is.

It doesn't matter whether you can see the basket or not.

And Leonard's offense just now is like this.

Chen Tian was defending to the extreme, but Leonard was still able to score the ball.

In the last minute, Jokic first received a pass from Chen Tian inside and easily scored the ball.

Conversely, Dajia grabbed the offensive rebound and put the ball into the basket against Jokic.

There were 35 seconds left in the time, and Chen Tian wanted to grab a time.

But Leonard saw what Chen Tian meant, and directly defended himself so that Chen Tian didn't have a good chance to make a move.

There was no way, Chen Tian could only use up 24 seconds.

In the end, he made an emergency stop and scored the ball.

With 8 seconds left in the clock, Leonard came over with the ball.

After looking at the time, he pressed the time abruptly and shot a three-pointer under Chen Tian's defense.

The red light came on and the ball rolled into the net.

When the goal was scored, Leonard also clenched his fists fiercely.

With Leonard scoring a three-pointer at the buzzer, the Spurs led the Lakers by three-pointers 58:55 at halftime.

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