roccoschili Chapter 160 Popovich also confessed
Chapter 160 Popovich also confessed
Chapter 160 Popovich also confessed
After the interview was broadcast on the big screen, laughter broke out in the arena. Some fans chanted Kobe's name in unison, and Su Yang waved at the big screen, as if interacting with Kobe from a distance, thanking him for his valuable advice.
Popovich seemed to have a dispute about something, caught the referee talking nonsense, and did not kick off for a long time.
Brin laughed: "The Spurs have never restricted Kobe for so many years. What do you think is the reason?"
Jackson spread his hands and shrugged: "Because Kobe is a blind spot in the Spurs' defensive system, their defensive strategy is to lure opponents to shoot more low-efficiency mid-range and long-range two-pointers, but Kobe is particularly good at mid-range and long-range two-pointers..."
Brin nodded: "The director just told me that during the three consecutive championships of the Lakers at the beginning of the century and the two seasons in 0304 and 30, whenever the Lakers met the Spurs, O'Neal could only draw with Duncan, or even lose to Duncan. Maintained an average of 04+ points per game, one-man beat the Spurs guard line, and the worst year in 26.3 was [-] points per game."
Jackson said: "During the three consecutive championships of the Lakers, Kobe's contribution to the Western Conference team was indeed greater than that of O'Neal."
On the field, Parker took the ball to the right wing and raised his hand to Hill who came out of the screen.
The Spurs settled in a 1-high and 4-low formation. After a while, Duncan mentioned the top of the arc and set up a wall to cover.Hill took the opportunity to break through on the right, and suddenly passed the ball to Duncan who was running towards the basket, and Jordan hurried forward to defend.
Duncan paused for a moment to receive the ball, and then accurately stuffed the ball to McDyess, who was unguarded under the basket on the right.
Jordan turned around and returned to defense, jumped up and raised his right hand to block the block, and slapped McDyess for a layup.Cheers erupted in the arena, but Duncan slowly picked up the offensive rebound, took off on the spot and let it go lightly.
The basketball was caught hollow, and the Spurs scored first.
Su Yang ran to the basket to catch Barnes' fast serve, turned around and strode forward, reaching the left wing in three seconds.
Randolph came up to set up the wall to cover, but Duncan moved a step ahead to seize the hollow, and Parker squeezed through the wall to reposition the defense.
Without hesitation, Su Yang lowered his shoulders and lowered his waist, then dashed past Duncan in two steps, cut into the short corner along the sideline, and then went to the basket with a pinch attack. Seeing that McDyess shrank from the other side, he immediately turned his back to the basket Throw a look back at the moon.
The basketball crashed into the net, and Su Yang was also knocked into the air by Duncan who had no time to brake. The bottom line referee did not call a penalty.
Van Gundy stood up and yelled at the baseline referee: "Hey, man, that's a huge foul!"
The bottom line referee turned his head and stared, his face full of displeasure, as if to say: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Van Gundy curled his lips and shook his head, pretending to compromise, then turned around and decided to mobilize the fans to shout together later.
The Spurs attacked, Parker ran the ball across the center line, raised his hand and passed it to Jefferson on the left wing, rushed to the free throw line, diverted to the right 45 degrees, and at this time the basketball had passed to McDyess at the top of the arc .
Parker took the return pass and turned directly towards the top of the arc, making it clear that he wanted to pass the ball.At the same time, after passing the ball, McDyess ran to the left elbow area, and set a positioning screen to block Gordon for Hill, who was rushing towards him.
Hill took the opportunity to rush to the top of the arc and raised his hand to receive a pass from Parker, but it was a pity that Gordon re-posted the defense in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the first tactic was unsuccessful, Parker hurriedly shouted for command, and McDyess went up the wall for the second time.
Hill dribbled the ball to the left and broke through, but was delayed by Jordan's grab, and Gordon chased him.While McDyess took the opportunity to disassemble and turned around to shoot out, Su Yang saw it, and decisively shrunk towards the paint area, preparing to block the layup space.
Amidst the loud sound of "defense", Hill, who was facing the pincer, stopped and turned around suddenly, raised his hand and threw the ball to the free throw line.
McDyess received the ball and raised it high. Seeing Su Yang in a daze for a moment, he turned to the right corner and turned sideways.
Su Yang subconsciously flew to the right corner, and shot a long pass from the middle, and Parker rushed forward to fight.
Both of them threw themselves on the floor to wrestle, neither of them willing to make a concession, and retreated the ball out of bounds in the chaotic scramble.
The referee blew his whistle to punish the violation, the ball was awarded to the Clippers, and the audience cheered and applauded.
Breen said: "Su Yang is very proficient in judging the Spurs' offensive line. He first predicted that the basketball would pass to the high post, then blocked the layup line in advance, chose to temporarily abandon Parker, and successfully predicted that McDyess would pass the ball..."
Jackson said with a smile: "This is probably why Popovich praised him for his strong defense. It's really not a random evaluation."
On the court, the referees were set up and the Clippers attacked.
Su Yang took the ball straight to the left wing, hit the ground and passed it to Jordan at the free throw line, and strode to the elbow.
Jordan took the ball up to the top of the arc, changed hands and passed to Gordon on the right at 45 degrees, then strode towards the waist, ready to make a pass and cut cooperation, and Randolph used Su Yang to cover and circle to the free throw line , the Clippers got two shots.
Gordon weighed for a moment, raised his hand and passed the ball to the free throw line, Randolph took the ball and immediately broke through to his left elbow.
Perhaps long-term systematic training triggered instinct, Parker stretched out his hand to interfere, and Su Yang saw the opportunity to withdraw.
Randolph passed the ball tacitly, Parker hurriedly returned to the defense, Su Yang raised his hand and pretended to shoot, and easily flew.
Amidst the cheers from the crowd, Su Yang took a step forward to adjust his posture, took off steadily and threw his arms two points long.
The basketball crashed into the net and the Clippers led 10-2. Popovich requested a 20-second timeout.
Brin smiled and said: "It seems that Su Yang will implement Kobe's suggestion to the end, and I think the bigger problem for the Spurs now is that they can't solve the Clippers' defense. What adjustments do you think the Spurs will make after returning from the timeout?"
Jackson said: "They need to play the inside advantage, and Duncan only played once with the ball."
As the sound of the music became quieter, the 20-second timeout ended, and the Spurs kicked off from the backcourt to launch an attack.
Parker dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, hit the ground and passed to the free throw line with the help of a screen, Hill ran straight to the left waist, and ran to the left bottom corner with the help of Duncan's cover, and Duncan took advantage of the opportunity to reach the free throw line and continued Set up a wall for cover.
Hill took the opportunity to dribble to the left, facing the hot pinch of Randolph and Gordon, jumped up and passed the ball to the right.
Jefferson received the ball and stepped forward, leaped to meet Barnes, made an emergency stop and jumped, and forced a long-distance two-pointer.
The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, rebounded and flew to the free throw line, Gordon caught it, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.
Jackson shook his head slightly: "I didn't mean to offend Popovich, but why haven't the Spurs launched an attack around Duncan? That's the only position they have an advantage in, and it's a low position with a very high success rate."
Brin said: "Jefferson is also considered strong. He also played well in the previous two wins against the Clippers, so I think it can be understood as creating offensive opportunities for Jefferson, but it is true that as you said, long-range shooting The success rate is low.”
Su Yang received the ball in the middle circle, seeing that it was Hill defending, he immediately commanded the whole team to set up a 1-high and 4-low formation.
Moments later, Randolph strode from the short corner to the top of the key and walled off Hill.
Su Yang lowered his shoulders almost at the same time, rushed to the left 45-degree three-point line, and threw the ball to the middle while running.And Randolph, who opened the inside cut, received the basketball, with no defense two meters around him, and calmly shot a wide-open mid-range shot.
The basketball crashed into the net, and the Clippers led 12 to 2.
The Spurs immediately launched an attack, Parker rushed the ball to the left 45 degrees, raised his hand and threw it to the top of the arc.
McDyess received the ball and passed it to the right wing. Jefferson took the ball and held it high, ready to hang it to Duncan on the right waist.
Seeing this, Randolph went around to intercept, entangled with Duncan in various ways, twisting and turning like dancing.
The referee suddenly blew his whistle for a defensive foul, Randolph was stunned, boos were everywhere in the arena.
Jackson said with a smile: "It seems that Popovich has to compromise. Ignoring Duncan's point is tantamount to giving up victory..."
(End of this chapter)