roccoschili Chapter 142 Tianwang Mountain
Chapter 142 Tianwang Mountain
Chapter 142 Tianwang Mountain
The fifth game of the Western Conference Finals was held in San Antonio. Before the game, Popovich learned the lessons of the last game and strengthened his defense against Nash during the drill.
However, the overall tactics still continue the consistent style of this round of the series, emphasizing the overall.
This made Li Chongxiao a little disappointed. He thought that a loss would make Popovich sober and give the players a little autonomy.
He tilted his head to look at Ginobili, whose hair was thinning day by day, and couldn't figure out why the other party could bear it so much.
In his impression, although Ginobili often made some unconventional actions on the court, which made Popovich furious, he never violated the team's tactics as a whole.
In the usual training and the team's contract renewal, he did not cause trouble for the Spurs.
Li Chongxiao himself is a restless person, like most ordinary people, he can restrain himself when he is incapable, and always wants to jump a few times when he is capable.
This season he has played more and more openly, and often likes to play according to his own ideas on the court.
Sometimes when I get excited, I start to play recklessly. Most of the time I win, but there are also a few times when I am self-defeating.
Fortunately, he also knows that the team's ultimate goal is to win, and he doesn't dare to mess around at the last moment.So although Popovich scolded him a lot, he also gave you a little freedom, because the team also needs him to be able to play singles at critical moments.
But in the playoffs, Popovich was uncharacteristically, strictly prohibited this kind of behavior, and snuffed out any signs of it.
In the game against the Nuggets, after Li Chongxiao acted willfully a few times, Popovich directly put him on the bench and reduced his playing time, which made him calm down.
Before the start of the game, Popovich thought of Li Chongxiao's attempts to violate the tactics several times in the last game. When emphasizing that the players must play in accordance with the overall requirements of the team, he stared at Li Chongxiao for several seconds.
Li Chongxiao behaved very calmly, he naturally had no opinion on tactics, as long as he could win, he didn't care.
Seeing tame the team's thorns, Popovich is very satisfied with the current state and focused on the court.
The first half of the game also met his expectations. With their strong overall strength, the Spurs suppressed the Suns and took the lead in scoring and on the scene.
The Suns started off not far behind, but slowly got lost in the Spurs' defensive system.Parker sacrificed his offense and entangled Nash, and other teammates also filled in from time to time, completely plugging the loopholes of the previous game.
Several times the Suns tried to organize the momentum, but were suppressed by the Spurs backhand.
Li Chongxiao saw that the team was running well, so he felt at ease as a qualified part, followed the team as a whole, and moved forward together.He contributed 12 points, which happened to be the leading score for the Spurs.
In the first 3 minutes of the second half, the situation on the court remained unchanged, and the Spurs even widened the point difference.
The Suns quickly called a timeout. With a 15-point difference on the court, they couldn't help but make changes.
The Spurs are a team that is good at defending their advantage. In the playoffs in the past few seasons, as long as the Spurs lead by more than 15 points in the third quarter, they have never lost.
Now it is not only leading by 15 points, but also running for a bigger point difference, which is unacceptable for the Suns.
After D'Antoni poured some chicken soup and said "trust yourselves," the Suns gave it a go.
First, Barbosa broke through Ginobili twice in a row and succeeded in a layup. After bringing the Spurs' defensive focus to the inside, Nash took the opportunity to hit two three-pointers.
Although Li Chongxiao and Duncan responded and hit a goal each, the Suns' offensive reduced the point difference to 9 points.
The Spurs, who came back from a timeout, strengthened their defense, but they still couldn't stop the Suns from going crazy.Marion, who is not good at singles, was able to withstand the defense of Bo Wen and Li Chongxiao and scored two more three-pointers.
This is not over yet. After Lagabel stole a three-pointer from the baseline, Stoudemire also turned on the singles mode. He did not hard-top Duncan in the paint, but pulled out and made a few mid-range shots.
Popovich also called two timeouts one after another, but there was no way to contain the Suns' offensive.
He also can't blame the players for poor defense. The Spurs' every defense is in place, but they just can't prevent the Suns from scoring.There were two times when Li Chongxiao's defense was blocked in the faces of Marion and Stoudemire, but the opponent still scored.
And the problem for the Spurs is not only in defense, they are not in the state of offense.
In fact, the Suns spent most of their energy on offense, and did not put too much pressure on the Spurs on the defensive end.
But the Spurs players just couldn't score. Ginobili continued the downturn in the previous game. Parker was restrained too much by Nash. Only Li Chongxiao and Duncan performed normally.
Among the 72 points scored by the Spurs, Li Chongxiao has scored 18 points, while Duncan has scored 27 points.
Although part of the reason for getting so many points is that the team's offensive tactics are biased toward them, but more problems lie in the substandard performance of other players.
Relying on a 27:10 offensive climax, the Suns overtook the Spurs by 34.5 points with 2 seconds left in the third quarter.
Because time was running out, the Spurs did not choose to pause.Parker received the ball in the backcourt and brought it upfield.
Facing a player with poor defensive ability like Nash, Parker couldn't even arouse the desire to attack.Because he knew that today's state was very bad, and the previous few singles were not very successful.
According to today's tactical requirements, the success rate must be played. At this time, it is generally a breakthrough to attract double-teams, and then distribute the ball to open teammates.
Parker felt that he couldn't play, so he transferred the ball to Li Chongxiao, wanting the opponent to play this tactic.
Li Chongxiao looked at Raja Bell in front of him. In fact, he really wanted to pull his teammates away. He was sure of scoring the goal.
But the coach's playbook shackles him, and every time he gets the ball, it's as if a horn is playing Popovich's "team, pass" roar in his ear on loop.
Restricted by this, although Li Chongxiao had many high scores in the playoffs, his overall performance was not as spiritual as last season.
He had no way to play this ball according to his own ideas. He could only use Duncan's pick-and-roll to get to the inside, and then faced Stoudemire's not too strict defense, and gave the ball to Bowen in the bottom corner.
Bowen was in an open position. After receiving the ball, he shot according to the routine of daily drills, but the unguarded three-pointer still missed.
The rebound flew into Nash's hands, but Li Chongxiao reacted quickly and blocked the opponent's passing line, making the Suns' fast break impossible.
Since the fast break was unsuccessful, Nash saw that the remaining attack time was less than 24 seconds, so he gave up his plan to continue to play fast, but switched to positional warfare.
It took time for him to dribble the ball. At about the same time, he was about to play a V-shaped attack, but was stopped by the experienced Spurs.
Nash, who circled around Duncan, had to return to the three-point line.With more than 2 seconds left in the time, he made a simple disguise in front of his body, swayed a little space, and then shot a three-pointer.
Parker's defense did not miss the ball, but Nash's shot fell into the basket accurately, and the Suns led by 5 points.
(End of this chapter)