I'm really good at shooting.

But this time Popovich had a headache.

He has played against Phil Jackson many times, and he is very familiar with the triangle tactics.

But the Lakers' new triangle caught him off guard.

Also as a metaphor, he is waiting for a beauty who comes out of the boudoir, and then guess what kind of clothes she will wear!

You guessed it right, and won a good impression.

If you guess wrong, your favorability will be -1.

If he keeps guessing wrong, this beauty will have to say goodbye to him.

The Spurs continued to play Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll in the frontcourt.

This time the Lakers shrink and Parker distributes the ball to Leonard in the corner.

At this point in time, although a complete tactical system has not yet been formed, the embryonic form of the "hammer tactic" can already be seen at this time.

Leonard has also started to play a big role on the offensive end.

Leonard caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Except for Ginobili, the other two are still at their peak. Leonard plays more of a 3D role in the Spurs.

He caught the ball comfortably and released it quickly.

"when!"

It's just a pity that his shot came out of the basket.

Leonard is actually very inspirational. Apart from the murder of his father, which he can talk about for a long time while singing, his own growth is also very story-telling.

During the NCAA period, he was a standard rough guy with almost no shots.

This is why he obviously has a very good physical talent, but the pick is not high, and the reason why he didn't even enter the lottery.

There has never been a shortage of players with physical talent in the NBA, but in the end there are not so many players who can really develop NBA-level skills.

In addition to personal diligence, there is also talent.

Well, the kind of talent you see in Curry and Thompson, shooting talent.

In addition to being diligent, Leonard also has a good point. His hands are big, and he can unlock the shooting method that suits him best.

It's just that this kind of real-acquired shooting takes time to accumulate.

Just like Sun Hao, you think he has a very strong shooting talent, but in fact he just spent three times or even five times the training time of others in the system space to practice.

Leonard has no system, so his shooting needs time to develop, and he is not particularly stable now.

Yao Ming protected the defensive rebound, and the Spurs' offense returned without success.

Moreover, after Yao Ming took the rebound, he directly threw it to the outside Knight.

He didn't expect to grind his position here with the Spurs all the time.

Knight got the ball and turned around for a fast break, Sun Hao followed up from the side, and the two quickly advanced to the frontcourt.

The weakness of the Spurs not having an outside defender of Green's level was also clearly exposed at this time.

Because Leonard fell to the bottom corner, it is impossible to retreat to the half court in this situation unless he is instant.

So at this time, only Parker and Neil returned.

But no matter which one of these two is, unless it is an intentional early foul, it is difficult for them to organize this two-line fast break.

Knight finally gave the ball to Sun Hao, and Sun Hao directly dodged with a European step and scored on the board.

He's so good with the ball now that he doesn't need a specific badge to raise his ceiling.

Although it is not as silky as Ginobili's, he has fully mastered the technique itself.

7:2.

Although it seems that the two sides are playing back and forth, the Lakers have not stopped scoring in the first few rounds!

At this time, the camera was given to Popovich on the Spurs side.

Popovich's face was a little ugly.

Because the detail that many people didn't notice was that even though he played such an opening game, Yao Ming didn't actually play much on the Lakers side!

After many years, Popovich finally did not face Zhuge Nelson, but this time he faced Zhuge Nelson's assistant, Boyo Harris!

Sorry, Ma Fei!

Of course, it was Sun Hao who was more uncomfortable.

It seems that in the new triangle offensive tactic, Sun Hao will not have so much offensive weight, but in fact his threat on the field has not decreased at all.

Because once Sun Hao is in position, you dare not take your attention away from him.

As long as you dare, Sun Hao will immediately make you pay the price with points.

And a very important issue covered up by Sun Hao and Yao Ming is that the reason why Rambis' new triangle tactics can be successful on this Lakers team is because the rest of the Lakers team is not bad!

Take the pick-and-roll tactic Millsap gave Sun Hao as an example. If Millsap's pick-and-roll quality is not high, or the speed of the roll is not fast enough, or the finishing ability is not strong enough, the tactic cannot be completed.

In Rambis' tactical book, the fourth position of the triangle offense has an exclusive name called "the fourth position with strong finishing ability".

If Battier was on the court, it would be impossible for the Lakers to play the tactic just now.

Another example is Carter's passing ability and Knight's off-the-ball cut.

These are all important factors for the Lakers' new triangle offense to work.

So during the game, Popovich found a very helpless thing, that is, he couldn't organize the Lakers to score.

This organization is not only Sun Hao, but the entire Lakers.

By the time the game reached the second half of the fourth quarter, the Spurs had allowed the Lakers to score 115 points.

Although they have scored 100 points themselves, they still maintain the hope of a comeback, but in fact, everyone knows that that kind of hope is more like duckweed in the water, you can touch it, but when you are about to drown, you can't save it at all you.

At the last moment of the game, there was a scene that made people feel a little sad.

Duncan looked annoyed after he failed to make up the ball on a consecutive putback.

This annoyed mood lasted until he was retreating. He retreated to the Spurs half-court, leaned over and slapped the floor vigorously with both hands.

Even the stone Buddha is helpless!

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Sun Hao was taken aback when he saw this scene.

Duncan has also done this action in history, and it is also this season.

That was when they played G6 in the finals against the Heat. Before that game, the Spurs had already led by a big score of 3 to 2.

If G6 wins, the Spurs are the champions.

And in that game, the Spurs led the Heat by 10 points after three quarters.

Based on the lax performance of the Heat's Big Three at the critical moment, the Spurs had a great chance of winning the game.

It's just a pity that the Spurs themselves performed very mediocre in the last quarter. They only scored 20 points, and the Heat abruptly dragged the game into overtime.

The Heat once again had the upper hand in overtime, and on a similar play, Duncan did the same thing after missing a key putback.

That sentiment was completely understandable, as the Spurs lost their best chance when a great situation was reversed.

After that, it was true. The Spurs failed in the away tiebreaker, and finally lost the championship regrettably.

But the current situation is a bit different, this is only G1, and the Spurs are not reversed.

In theory, Duncan should not be so annoyed and frustrated.

But in fact Duncan did so, which can only show one thing, he is no less depressed now than he was then.

The reason why it is low is because there is no hope in sight!

Throughout G1, the Spurs couldn't limit the Lakers' scoring.

They can't defend, and their current offensive level can't match the Lakers. Coupled with the feeling of grabbing duckweed in the final quarter, Duncan's frustration is understandable.

In the end, the Lakers ushered in a good start by defeating the Spurs 121 to 104.

After the G1 game, the emotions of the Lakers fans were a little high.

For football watchers, what could be more satisfying than watching the home team defeat their opponents with a devastating offensive?

More importantly, this feeling is still going on!

Just two days later, G2 continued to play at the Staples Center.

The process of the game was very similar to G1. It can be seen that the Spurs played more focused and worked harder, but whether Popovich or the Spurs players, they still couldn't guess what the Lakers would "wear" every round , so they can often be seen in the game.

After all, the Spurs don't have a perimeter defensive leader like Green, and with their current lineup, they can't do the high-speed rotation of the Warriors.

The result is naturally predictable.

113 to 97, the Lakers made another victory, and the big score is already leading 2-0.

A very cruel reality for Spurs fans is that the scene of Sun Hao and Popovich spraying trash on the field should never appear, because there will be no need for it.

And the crueler thing is that they can't find a comeback point.

Indeed, the theoretical toughness of 101 knocks is full, but the problem now is that what they hit is a diamond, and the hammer will not break it even if it is broken!

However, the two sides came to San Antonio, and the Spurs narrowly beat the Lakers 3 to 104 in G101.

It can be seen from the score that the Lakers' offensive performance is a bit abnormal.

Sun Hao scored 41 points and Yao Ming scored 21 points and 11 rebounds. In terms of core performance, the Lakers have no major problems.

The real problem came from the role players, who combined for 35-of-7 shooting.

There is a problem with their own strength as role players, and it is also related to Popovich's defensive deployment.

After two games, he found that Yao Ming didn't take many offensive shots in this round of the series.

At first, he thought that Yao Ming's injury might have relapsed, but it turned out not to be.

He didn't find the reason, but he didn't look for it. According to his own strategy, he gave Sun Hao and Yao Ming certain scoring opportunities, and then restricted the scoring of other role players.

It sounded like suicidal defense, but it worked.

Harris' on-the-spot ability is average, which was reflected when he played the Warriors before.

So when he reacted to attack Yao Ming, it was actually too late.

Although the Spurs can't defend the Lakers, it doesn't mean that their own offense is not good.

In a duel between masters, a set of swordsmanship suppresses, but if the opponent finds a flaw, he may be killed by a single blow.

Popovich's sophistication and experience have been well demonstrated in this game.

The mood of Spurs fans after G3 also changed from cloudy to sunny.

1 to 2, if the Spurs can continue to show this characteristic, there is no chance of a comeback.

But after G4 started, the Spurs fans felt depressed again.

It's not that Popovich suddenly changed his mind and changed his defensive tactics, or that there was something wrong with the Spurs' performance.

Instead, the Lakers began to play rogue and unreasonable.

And after the game, Popovich said he was familiar with the plot.

Sun Hao, who scored 57 points, directly smashed the Spurs.

What kind of Spurs defensive system, what Leonard is, when Sun Hao is determined to score, they are all floating clouds.

Although Sun Hao's shooting percentage against the Spurs is actually not too high, but the Spurs' Neal and Leonard were both hit by 6 fouls and left the field.

It's such a tyrannical lethality.

And after the first three games, Sun Hao said that he seemed to have cheated Yao Ming, but it turned out that the time had not yet come.

When the time comes, it cannot be stopped.

111 to 101, after a fierce battle, the big score has come to 3 to 1.