NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 172

When Lu Yusheng came on the court, he immediately stopped the bleeding and reversed the Lakers' decline.

Popovich called a timeout immediately.

"We saw that when the Lakers scored two consecutive rounds, Popovich immediately called a timeout." Connor said.

"Yes, I know him. Popovich is completely different from Phil Jackson in this regard. We often see that after the Lakers have problems on the court, everyone thinks that Zen Master will immediately call a timeout. to adjust, but he often surprises everyone. He does not call a timeout, but allows the players to adjust themselves on the field.

But Popovich is the complete opposite. His response in this regard is always very quick. Once the situation has a problem, no matter whether there is a tactical adjustment or not, even if it is just to let everyone come down for a rest, he will immediately call a timeout . said David Robinson.

"Then which of these two great coaches do you think is better in terms of on-the-spot response?" Connor asked.

David Robinson smiled and shook his head, "Hey, please, I can't answer this question. After all, both of them are great coaches in NBA history. Although I used to be a player for the Spurs, I also know that Philip What a great coach Jackson is, I can't judge him from my point of view."

"No, no, you misunderstood me. I don't want you to evaluate who is better. I just want you to evaluate from the perspective of athletes. If you play on the court and your team encounters a disadvantage, are you Do you want the coach to immediately call a timeout to make adjustments, or let you make adjustments on the field like a Zen master?"

"In this way, after all, I am a Spurs player. Based on my habits, I certainly hope that the coach will call a timeout, because many times, when you are at a disadvantage, it is not only that your tactics are wrong, but more importantly, There is also a problem with your mentality, so a timeout is urgently needed to calm down and adjust.

But as I said just now, I just adapted to myself. After all, I have been playing for the Spurs, so I probably formed this kind of habit and dependence, but I think there is a certain reason for Phil Jackson to do so, that is, the players When they are at a disadvantage, they will not have the mentality of relying on the coach, they will immediately find a way to adjust themselves,
So I think there is no one who is superior or inferior, who is right or who is wrong, it's just that the methods are different. said David Robinson.

"Then based on your understanding, how do you think Popovich will adjust next?" Connor asked.

"I don't know how Popovich will adjust. I can only talk about my own understanding. Now the Spurs have no problems on the offensive end. It's just that they didn't restrict Lu Yusheng on the defensive end and let him play. Two, the adjustment of the spurs, just a little,
That is to restrict Lu Yusheng, it's as simple as that.In fact, all the changes were due to Lu Yusheng, as long as he was restrained, there would be no problems. "

"Then how do you think Lu Yusheng should be restricted?"

"I can't give advice on this. After all, I'm just a center. I'm really not good at defensive point guard tactics, but I think Popovich must have a way." David Robinson said.

"I'm looking forward to what Popovich can do to limit Lu Yusheng."

With a whistle, the game continues!

The Spurs serve.

Tony Parker dribbles across half court.

Lu Yusheng stepped forward to defend.

Tony Parker still called Fabrizio Oberto inside to come out and pick and roll for himself.

Lu Yusheng yelled at Odom, "I'll go around and defend, don't make substitutions!"

But Odom has already taken the lead in planning to double-team!

There was a divergence in the strategies of the two, and Tony Parker immediately seized the opportunity, directly hitting the ground and passing the ball to Fabrizio Oberto, who had already made an air cut!
Fabricio Oberto dribbled the ball to the inside and made an empty cut. Kwame Brown could only come out to defend.But Fabrizio Oberto set him up with a feint and then passed to Duncan inside.

Duncan was unguarded and directly made a violent layup.

Lu Yusheng said to Odom, "Defend their pick-and-rolls without double-teaming. I just go around and defend."

"it is good."

Lakers attack!

Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball halfway, facing Tony Parker's defense, still called Vujacic's pick-and-roll.

This time, the Spurs changed their defensive strategy and chose to defend from the pick-and-roll player around the front.

Lu Yusheng was taken aback, this is a chance for him to shoot!

But Lu Yusheng felt that it should not be so simple. After all, Lu Yusheng's shooting in these two games was still very good.

Popovich still bet on Lu Yusheng's CIC?
Since you let me vote, then I will naturally be impolite.

Seeing that Tony Parker hadn't come out from behind Vujacic, Lu Yusheng directly pulled up and shot!

But just when Lu Yusheng was about to shoot, a figure suddenly jumped out from the flank, jumped up and blocked Lu Yusheng's shot!

Oops!

Sure enough, it's not that simple!
Without even thinking about it, Lu Yusheng knew that it must be Ginobili who came out to help defend.

This is Popovich's method, let Lu Yusheng shoot, but the Spurs' defensive players on the wing must come out to interfere, not necessarily Ginobili, as long as the wing player closest to Lu Yusheng must come out to help defend!

The ball was in the air, and Lu Yusheng had no choice but to stop and pass the ball, so he had to throw it to the bottom!

So Lu Yusheng didn't say a word, and shot decisively against Ginobili's block!
As soon as the ball was shot, Lu Yusheng felt that Ginobili had touched it!
He yelled at almost the same time as Ginobili, "Rebound!"

Sure enough, the ball was short, hit the front of the basket directly, and crashed out!

Duncan withstood Kwame Brown, accepted the rebound, handed it to Tony Parker, and launched a fast break directly! !
Lu Yusheng looked back and found that Bao Wen was about to get off!
He hurriedly chased back, but it was obviously too late. Tony Parker's ball was extremely fast, and he passed the ball to Bowen almost in an instant.

The Spurs score! !

"Great, great." Connor said, "Popovich is really good. During the timeout, he designed a tactic specifically for Lu Yusheng. In this offense and defense, the Spurs fully demonstrated their terrifying coordination ability. For a truly strong team, their tactical execution ability is too strong. After the coach arranges, they can immediately make adjustments on the field and can accurately execute the coach's arrangement."

"As I said just now, for Popovich, the tactic of restricting a point guard is still not a problem for him. Do you know the only thing he can't handle these years?" David Robinson asked.

"What is it?"

"It's a shooting guard," David Robinson said, "especially an unreasonable two like Kobe Bryant, who has always given Popovich a headache."

"That's true."

"But for a point guard like Lu Yusheng, he has always been very capable," David Robinson said, "Point guards play tactics, as long as you play tactics, you will definitely not be able to play against Popovich. "

"I'm quite looking forward to what kind of adjustments Lu Yusheng will make," Connor said, "I've always known that Lu Yusheng has something in terms of tactics. From his first game against the Suns, I have seen the tactical game between him and Steve Nash, so I think he will not be caught without a fight, he will find a way to come back."

"It's useless." David Robinson said, "I'm not belittling him, Connor, what I mean is, if you play tactics, you need someone to cooperate with you, just like how good you are as a chef, if you want to cook delicious food, You must have the materials, and if you look at the state of the other Lakers, Lu Yusheng just wants to make tactical adjustments, which is not realistic at all."

On the court, the Lakers attack.

After halftime Lu Yusheng dribbled the ball, he still called for the pick-and-roll, but this time, he called for Kwame Brown.

This is Lu Yusheng's tactical response.

Kwame Brown gave Lu Yusheng a solid pick-and-roll.

Bowen circled behind Kwame Brown to defend, but Kwame Brown gave him a big delay, so he couldn't circle out in the first place!
Lu Yusheng took advantage of this gap and made a jump shot!

This time the Spurs' defensive player on the flank was Fabrizio Oberto. Seeing that Lu Yusheng was about to get up and shoot a jump shot, he immediately let go of Odom and came directly to block the shot!

The tall and long-armed Fabrizio Oberto's block defense is even more exaggerated than Ginobili's. Lu Yusheng's shot is definitely going to be capped!

But at this moment, Lu Yusheng, who was about to shoot a jumper, suddenly retracted his shooting hand and directly passed the ball to Odom on the wing!

Everyone was shocked!
Odom is completely unguarded at the moment. After receiving the ball, there is no one within three meters!
Direct jump shot!

scored!

Big cheers from the Staples Center!
"Oh, wonderful! We all thought that this shot Fabrizio Oberto would definitely block Lu Yusheng's shot, but we didn't expect that Lu Yusheng made a fake pass. This shot was obviously designed by Lu Yusheng. After the round just now, he has completely seen through the Spurs' defensive tactics, and used his own method to perfectly break the Spurs' defensive tactics!" Connor shouted!

"Wow, amazing, amazing! I really didn't expect that Lu Yusheng would create a completely open opportunity for Odom in this way. Moreover, in just one round, he completely understood the Spurs' attack on him." Defensive strategy, this is really something I didn't think of, you know, it is difficult for ordinary coaches to completely see through the opponent's defensive tactics in one offensive round." David Robinson also sighed, "I am a little skeptical, he just Whether this pass was a temporary idea, it was not designed by him before."

"No, no, David, it must have been designed, I'm sure, because I've been following their games, he does have this ability." Connor said.

"I'm still a little bit skeptical. Looking back, I can't believe that someone can see through Popovich's tactics in one round." David Robinson said.

In fact, this was indeed the strategy that Lu Yusheng had thought up immediately after he failed in the attack round just now.

When serving from the sideline, Lu Yusheng had already explained to Kwame Brown that he must completely keep Tony Parker behind him during the pick-and-roll, so as to win him more shooting space.

Only in this way, the Spurs' defensive players will think that Lu Yusheng called Kwame Brown to come out for the pick-and-roll just to give him more shooting space, so they will believe that Lu Yusheng will definitely shoot more decisively this time. Yes, they will drop Odom without any scruples for defense.

Popovich sat off the court and stroked his white hair, looked at Lu Yusheng on the court, and frowned slightly.

On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson and Kobe also showed surprise in their eyes.

Kobe glanced at Phil Jackson, "Phil, do you still feel compelled to trade him?"

Phil Jackson was silent and did not speak.

Kobe continued, "I haven't seen such a person for a long time. His understanding of tactics is not like a rookie who has only played a few games. I don't know others, but I must not be able to do it back then. ..."

Zen master turned around, "Kobe, I don't think we need to entangle this matter anymore, haven't we already agreed, and we will see the situation in the middle of the season."

"But……"

"Okay, Kobe, I understand your position on this matter. Do you think I can't see his talent? I can fully foresee how good a point guard he will be in the future, but you should know that basketball In order to succeed in this matter, it is not enough to gather good players together, it must have a suitable lineup, and must have a balance of offense and defense..."

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say it." Kobe interrupted the Zen master.

Obviously, he was a little unhappy, and Zen Master obviously didn't change his mind about trading Lu Yusheng because of his outstanding performance.

Kobe suddenly found that he seemed to have to mention this matter to Zen Master in every game recently...

He was never a mother-in-law, but when it comes to Lu Yusheng, he has always...

On the court, the Spurs continued to attack.

Tony Parker still let Bowen come up to pick and roll for himself.

This time, Odom obeyed Lu Yusheng's arrangement just now, and did not double-team Tony Parker, but Lu Yusheng circled forward from behind Bo Wen.

Naturally, Tony Parker would not let go of this opportunity and just raised his hand to shoot!

Lu Yusheng tried his best to block Tony Parker!

Although Tony Parker was affected, he still scored the goal steadily!

But this ball was completely within Lu Yusheng's expectation.

In Lu Yusheng's pre-match plan, mid-range shots like Tony Parker after the pick-and-roll can be given.

Because that's not the most murderous thing about the Spurs.

Tony Parker will not keep shooting like this. If he really keeps shooting like this, the Lakers' hope of winning will be even greater.

Lu Yusheng felt that now, the rhythm of the game had slowly returned to his control.

Confidence is slowly coming back.

But the game is still very long, and the difficulties he has to face have just begun.

(End of this chapter)