The first plug-in in basketball

Chapter 166 Popovich's Tricks and Tricks

"Oh, the Spurs' starting lineup today is a bit interesting." Zhang Lili couldn't help complaining after seeing the starting lineups of the Spurs and Knicks.

"Indeed, Popovich is really a very bold coach." Yu Jia echoed.

The Spurs start tonight: Duncan, Jason Richardson, Roger Mason, George Hill, Tony Parker.

Knicks starting: Lin Yi, David Lee, Gallinari, Chandler, Douglas.

D'Antoni also took note of Popovich's starting lineup.

The Spurs arranged for Mason to start today, and then moved Richardson to the fourth position. This is quite a bold change.

This Mason is not Mason. Roger Mason is a very good pitcher. In the 08/09 season, he scored 42.1 three-pointers in a single season with a 166% three-point shooting rate.

Popovich arranged for him to start tonight because after studying the video before the game, Popovich found that Lin Yi was easily misplaced.

So Popovich chose to lower the height, to be fast to fast.

"It seems that the Spurs are very afraid of Lin Yi." Zhang Lili said.

"It is indeed the case. Popovich sent a surprise soldier today. Let's see how the Knicks will respond." Yu Jia added.

At Madison Square Garden, players from the two teams are already waiting for the game to start.

It was Tim Duncan who jumped the ball with Lin Yi.

There was no suspense in this jump ball. Duncan didn't even bother to jump. The No. 21 rookie took a look at the height of the referee's throw of the ball, pretended to jump, and retreated towards his own half.

"Huh?" Lin Yi, who ran towards the Spurs' half court after the jump ball was successful, was a little surprised.

He originally thought that the Spurs used Mason to start, and they were planning to use Richardson to defend themselves.

But Lin Yi was wrong.

Lin Yi was facing off against the star of the San Antonio Spurs—Tim Duncan.

The Spurs don't even bother to use a pseudo-zone defense, the simplest man-to-man.

D'Antoni on the sidelines glanced at Popovich. When D'Antoni coached the Suns, he would never figure out Popovich's formation.

Madison Square Garden, Knicks fans are excited.

If the group of insiders that Lin Yi slapped before were all second-tier insiders, then the one who is facing up today is the real top insider.

The number one power forward in the NBA, Tim Duncan, nicknamed "Stone Buddha", was given away.

Even in the minds of many fans, Duncan is the number one power forward in NBA history.

The 33-year-old Duncan is already a veteran player, but Lin Yi, who is playing against him, will never regard him as a "veteran player"...

Just kidding, this guy will play N seasons in the future, educate N super giants, you tell me he is a "veteran"?
The Knicks players were very sensible, and Douglas consciously ran away after passing the ball to Lin Yi.

Afraid of Lin Yi?

Fortunately, Popovich didn't hear the commentary from CCTV, otherwise he would have laughed.I'm not even afraid of LeBron James, I'm afraid of your rookie?

Do you think that with Lin Yi, I will be cowardly?
Popovich felt that D'Antoni was still so naive.

Come on, I won't arrange help defense and supplementary defense even if I am killed in this game, if I have the ability to beat me to death with [-] points like Michael Jordan.

With Lin Yi on the court, I used Duncan to defend alone.

If Lin Yi goes down, I will also replace Duncan.

Soldier to soldier.

Admiral.

The king should treat the king.

That's right, Popovich's tactics in this game are to simplify the complexity, keep up with the speed of the Knicks on both offense and defense, and implement the "Jordan Rule" against Lin Yi.

A team's scoring composition may change, but their total score is always fixed. Even if Lin Yi can score 40 points, the rest of the Knicks only need to misfire. How can the Knicks win me?
By David Lee, Gallinari, Harrington, Louis Williams or Belinelli?

I'm sorry, please understand the top French sports car.

Peak Ginobili understand.

The three major illusions of the league, the Spurs are old, the Mavericks are weak, and the Rockets are strong.

Before Duncan retired, no matter what period the Spurs were, they were definitely a championship-level team.

Spurs suffered extensive injuries in 09/10, but that's something that won't happen until the next few months.

Amid the cheers of fans at Madison Square Garden, Lin Yi had a quick insight into what the Spurs wanted to do.

"It seems that starting next year, the most important thing to do is to dismantle the Spurs." A Danny Green can't shake the foundation of the future Spurs.

There must be a way to keep them from drafting Leonard.

After making up his mind, Lin Yi began to observe Duncan's defense.

The league really owes Lao Deng the first DPOY (best defensive player).

Lin Yi explored at 45 degrees, but Duncan remained unmoved.

Boom, boom, boom, Lin Yi released the ball, but Duncan remained unmoved.

Lin Yi Crossover, the exaggerated swing even Popovich on the sidelines looked sideways.

"What if he was in the Spurs?" Popovich thought.

However, Duncan was still unmoved. It wasn't until Lin Yi chose to cut the left-handed inside that Duncan moved his footsteps. Duncan knew that he couldn't follow Lin Yi throughout the game, so he didn't act immediately.

Just disturb him.

Just don't let him get points easily.

Airtight?

No, Lin Yi didn't feel the suffocation when facing James from Duncan's defense.

When he spun the spinning top to wipe away Duncan and broke into the basket to score two points first, he even had an illusion, as if everything was going according to Duncan's expectations.

Popovich was pleased with Duncan's defense.

How is it possible to prevent Lin Yi from dying? These NBA stars have no defense against death. Popovich will not regard Lin Yi as a rookie. His statistics are not what a rookie can play.

In Popovich's eyes, even O'Neal's ability to drive the team in his rookie season is not as strong as Lin Yi.

Lin Yi soon realized what was wrong.

After he scored 2 points for the Knicks, looking back, the Spurs' offense, Parker did not find a pick-and-roll with Duncan, but found a pick-and-roll with Richardson.

It was David Lee who was marking Duncan, not Lin Yi.

Too familiar, Lin Yi is too familiar with all this, when Richardson and Parker completed the pick-and-roll, looking at Tony Parker who appeared in front of him, Lin Yi knew exactly what Popovich wanted to do.

In the NCAA, Lin Yi used this trick to deal with Harden.

"Want to hide Lin? That's not okay. I'm looking forward to Lin's outstanding performance on both offense and defense in this game." Popovich's iconic ghostly smile appeared.

The theme for the Spurs in this game is simple.

Eat and sleep and hit Lin Yi...

Parker brought Lin Yi out, and Popovich on the sidelines appreciated Lin Yi even more.

Because he defended really well.

"Damn it, circle around you..." Looking at Parker who kept doing all kinds of feints but refused to make the last move, Lin Yi knew that Popovich probably told Parker before the game that when playing singles, he should focus on consumption rather than scoring breakthroughs...

Sure enough, you have to pay back when you come out to hang out.

Who has the heaven spared since ancient times?
But just want Lin Yi to admit defeat?
That's too underestimating Lin Yi.

……

PS: The sixth update, 700 monthly tickets plus updates.The internet speed is not very good, the upload is a bit stuck, please ask for a monthly pass, please subscribe!
(End of this chapter)