ebonymovies Chapter 650. Chapter 650. Ending the Spurs Streak
Chapter 650. Chapter 650. Ending the Spurs Streak
Chapter 650. Chapter 650. Ending the Spurs Streak
Not only did Popovich not prevent Leonard from playing singles, but he also created conditions for him.
The point guard was replaced by Patty Mills, who used Mills' air-cut threat to give Leonard a better singles opportunity, Danny Green opened up the space, Aldridge and David West scored and responded ...
It seems that the Spurs lineup is a replica of the Lakers!
D'Antoni is an offensive madman, so he naturally knows how to create the best singles space for Liu Ren, so he sent these players.
Popovich's offensive attainments are no worse than D'Antoni's, and he has developed a similar style of play.
At this time, it is really a matter of fully fighting Liu Ren and Leonard's personal abilities.
Liu Ren was very puzzled, but he quickly got into the mood. When he came back from the timeout, he was fucked by Leonard, and he became more motivated.
In this kind of infinite one-on-one, Liu Ren has too much advantage. On the defensive end, he is almost the same as Leonard. Leonard has better defensive habits, but Liu Ren has better physical fitness.
Leonard couldn't defend against Liu Ren on the defensive end, and his teammates opened up one-on-one without Duncan's help to limit the effect.
But Leonard's singles ability is much worse than Liu Ren's. He can't guard Liu Ren, and he can't even give him too many restrictions, but Liu Ren can give Leonard a lot of restrictions.
Although I don't understand why this happens, Liu Ren plays very well. This kind of playing style that only existed ten years ago is very unscientific and very backward in this era, but I have to say that superstars play well. It will be very cool, and the fans will also enjoy it very much. The reason why the group of stars ten years ago can have so many diehard fans is because of their style of play. The 03 generation also caught up with the last train of that era.
Why has Curry attracted fans crazily in the past few years because of his accurate shooting?Obviously not, Durant is equally accurate, but Durant's popularity can only be said to be okay. Occasionally, he can make an All-Star starter, but he is definitely not the top. Curry is different. Curry is already in the top five in the league. Popular superstar.
The main reason is that Curry's style of play is too similar to the style of play that was popular ten years ago, and he hates everything...
Once this kind of one-on-one scored a goal, he would be very excited, and once he defended his opponent, he would also be very excited. Liu Ren was so excited to catch Leonard and ravage him.
Leonard is the top two defensive player among small forwards in the league. In the evaluation of fans and the media, he and Liu Ren can't say who is better defensively, but there is absolutely no small forward in the league that doesn't have better defense than them.
At the same time, both of them have the strength of averaging 25+ per game, that is, first-line scorers.
The matchup between two first-line scorers and super defensive champions at the same time, Staples Center fans were very excited from the beginning.
Although... Liu Ren beat Leonard one-sidedly, but the one who was blown up was the opponent, and the one who was blown up by Liu Ren was the guy who might take away the first team of his best defensive team. The fans at the scene Even more hi!
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"POP, Kawhi is going to cry." Duncan said blankly.
"Oh," Popovich finally looked at Leonard, who had been staring at the tactical board, and then lowered his head to continue looking for better singles tactics, and replied casually: "Aren't you crying yet! Crying Tell me again."
"Pop, your cold joke is very cold, Kawhi will lose confidence by that kid on the other side." The old man's poker face can't even make a worried expression, and his face is still expressionless. Perhaps his only expression is that he will be beaten The smile of the referee blowing a technical foul...
"Really?" Popovich finally had a reaction. He glanced at Duncan and said, "He chose it himself. I am meeting his request, right?"
"Greg, Kawhi is still just a kid, he will be ignorant sometimes, but letting him be bullied by that kid from the Lakers like this will ruin him." Parker spoke more directly than Duncan.
"The boss of the Lakers is indeed much better than Kawhi," Popovich said without hesitation: "But it's no problem, right Tim, didn't you survive the encounter with O'Neal back then?"
Duncan looked at the Lakers' 17 championship banners above the arena and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, I don't think we need to worry, I was blown away by O'Neal before 99, but then I came to the playoffs. Just win."
O'Neal and Duncan have won 18 games and Duncan 14 in the regular season, but in the playoffs they have the same winning percentage, and overall Duncan eliminated O'Neal more times in the playoffs .
"..." Parker didn't expect Duncan to defect to the camp all of a sudden, and said anxiously: "Kawhi is different from Tim! You were the best player from the beginning, but Kawhi was not."
"It's because of this that he has to go through these things. Tim needs to go through those things to grow up, let alone Kawhi?" Popovich finally became interested in explaining, "We take care of Kawhi well." Great, he has never experienced being abused too badly by a player, we need to give him such an experience, otherwise he sometimes does not know the importance of the team, because he never lacks a team, I hope he can pay attention to this point."
"Besides, I don't think he will be beaten by the Chinese Liu. He has improved a lot since he was beaten by the Chinese Liu last time. He locked James in the finals. I am looking forward to what Kawhi will do after this time." Such progress..."
From the beginning of the game, Popovich knew that D'Antoni had given him a slap in the face. D'Antoni has such a super scorer as Liu Ren, and after digging such a hole, he will naturally use it to the end.
In the beginning, Popovich really wanted to correct Leonard's thinking, but after he calmed down, he gave up, and then asked Leonard to go against Liu Ren, giving Leonard the best singles opportunity possible.
And Popovich did even better, Liu Ren played, Leonard played, Liu Ren rested, Leonard rested.
And Leonard is the core player on both offensive and defensive ends of the Spurs. His role is irreplaceable by the rest of the Spurs. For now, the Spurs will not matter even if Duncan retires. As long as Leonard is there, they can maintain the core Complete play.
Resolutely, Leonard was abused by Liu Ren, and the abuse was terrific. Liu Ren scored 45 points in the half, and scored 20+ points in two consecutive quarters.
Leonard made 24 of 6 shots in the half and only scored 15 points.
In this way, Popovich made the game go smoothly, and the Lakers led the Spurs 65 to 43 by 22 points at halftime.
Originally, Popovich didn't want to lose to the Lakers in this game, but the current situation is very different. The fans and players from both sides are not focused on the strength of the two teams, but on the personal abilities of Liu Ren and Leonard superior.
There is no doubt that Leonard's scoring ability is not as good as Liu Ren's, and his defense is also half-baked. Leonard was beaten by Liu Ren, and the Spurs fell behind by a large score and were about to lose.
Yes, the Spurs are going to lose, but people don't think that the Spurs are losing, but that Leonard is going to confront Liu Ren, causing the Spurs to lose. It will not affect the morale of the Spurs, but at the same time the Spurs Another victory won by the Lakers, it won't be so conspicuous...
(End of this chapter)