Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 238 GDP Fit
After coming to San Antonio, the Blazers hardly had any time to adjust their state, and they had to play games on the second night after arriving in the Holy City, which was very unfavorable to them.And judging from the media exposure of the Spurs' internal training match, Popovich is likely to let Duncan, Parker and Ginobili start together. This is a very incredible thing, because this is not Popovich at all. Vicky style.

Since the Spurs selected Duncan, Parker and Ginobili successively, Popovich has almost formed a routine for using these three people. Duncan must start, and the mature Parker will also start most of the time. Ginobili Serve as the team's sixth man most of the time.And the Spurs rarely start the three of them at the same time, and it is very common to send them at the end of the game.Of course, Popovich’s reason is that there must be someone in the second team to lead the substitutes to score. This is what it should be, so Ginobili, who scored more sharply, was used as the team’s super sixth man. .

The reason why Ginobili was started instead of Parker in the previous games was because the old man wanted to slow down the team's offensive speed. Hill did a better job than Parker in slowing down the tempo.But the current situation is quite unfavorable for the Spurs. They have fallen behind 0 to 2. If they lose this game, the Blazers will directly get the match point of this round of the series. It's difficult.McMillan has no doubts about the authenticity of the news. If it were him, he would definitely give it a go at this juncture in order to find a glimmer of life in a desperate situation. At the same time, sending GDP to start the game is indeed the most error-tolerant.

But McMillan is not afraid. In the last game, he discovered the biggest problem with the Spurs, which is the age of their lineup.For example, in the starting five in the previous game, Hill was the youngest at 24; Ginobili was 33; Jefferson was 30; Duncan was 34; and McDyess was 36.If it weren't for Hill, the entire starting lineup of the Spurs would be dragged down directly, because they are indeed old.Of course, for NBA players, early thirties are not very old, but if you compare the Spurs with the Trail Blazers, it is simply a nursing home.In the Blazers' starting lineup in the last game, except for the 34-year-old Miller and the 36-year-old Camby, among the other three, Aldridge was 25 years old, Roy was 26 years old, and Ye Feng was only 23 years old. It's too young to say, so the Blazers won after a hard fight.If the Spurs want to use experience to suppress the Blazers, they have to say they are thinking too much.

Age does mean inexperience, but age also means drive, passion, and a desire to win are all valuable qualities in any Blazers player.McMillan soon had a crazy idea, but it doesn't matter to him to be a little crazy now, after all, he has the qualifications to keep two home games.McMillan's idea was simple. If Popovich replaced Hill with Parker, he would learn from the Suns and use run and gun to beat the Spurs.And the Blazers already have the capital to play a small lineup. As long as Aldridge is placed at the fifth position and Batum is used at the fourth position, the players in the remaining three positions do not need to make any changes. It can immediately become a small lineup with extremely fast speed.

Two hours before the start of the game, McMillan had already got the Spurs' starting roster for this game. Sure enough, Popovich sent Parker + Ginobili + Jefferson + Duncan + McDyess. In other words, GDP will start together in this game.When they saw this starting list, the reporters couldn't help shouting, because it is rare to see Popovich use GDP like this, but there was a confident smile on the corner of McMillan's mouth, because he had already He knew that Popovich would survive, and such a starting lineup was within his expectation.

So in the locker room, he said to the players very calmly: "I think you all know the opponent's starting lineup for this game, yes, they sent Duncan, Parker and Ginobili at the same time. I can fully say that this is the most powerful trio in the NBA in the last ten years, at least one of them, so when facing them, I ask you to be cautious and careful, don't think that they are all old and their teeth have fallen out , I can do whatever I want on the court, and don’t take them seriously, you must know that their experience in the playoffs is much better than you.”

"I'm not making other people's ambitions destroy my prestige. This is a fact, but we can still beat them. The reason why we were able to win the last game is largely because you have more physical strength than them. At the last moment of the game, they were obviously exhausted, but you were able to continue running on the field, which is why you were able to break through the gap in experience and strength. I still plan to do this in this game, thinking about the last round In the series, we almost lost in the hands of the Suns, but we have to admit that their running and bombing tactics are unique, this time let us learn from our opponents, use your speed to wear down the Spurs players, as long as they feel Tired, victory is ours!"

McMillan was impassioned in the visiting team's locker room, and Popovich frowned in the home team's locker room, because he didn't expect McMillan to come up with such a strange-looking but quite reasonable lineup after thinking about it: Bayless + Roy + Ye Feng + Batum + Aldridge.Although this lineup said that the inside dominance has dropped a lot, and they may be at an absolute disadvantage in rebounding, but there is one thing they are best at, that is interspersed running, such active running can often involve a huge amount of space ,Then?Four guys who can shoot [-]s and you don't know what's going to happen?

Looking at the expectant eyes of his players, Popovich felt a little powerless for the first time.He shook his head, forced himself to calm down, and said loudly: "In this game, we must play our style and not compete with our opponents for speed, because that is not our strong point. I only emphasize two aspects. First, we must firmly Firmly grasp the advantages of the inside line, not only scoring, but also rebounding, Tim, you have to take responsibility for this; second, pass more, use passing to mobilize their defense, as long as the ball runs faster than them, then We have a chance to win, you understand?"

(End of this chapter)