The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

Matt Bonner, nicknamed Red Mamba, is an alternative in the Mamba family. He is known for rock, dog walking, and singing. He has never averaged more than 10 points per game in a season in his career.

Few people know that he is also from the famous generation 03. Compared with his well-known peers, he seems to have no characteristics, and he belongs to the type of forgetting at a glance.

Yes, Bonner is not an All-Star, and he is not even considered an important role player. The position in the Spurs is almost between the rotation and the water cooler. Many people joked that when you see Bonner, it means the Spurs Either you're about to lose, or you're about to win.

But obviously, these are all appearances. The Spurs don't support idlers, and Matt Bonner's role is not as simple as it seems.

Although the fans took a breath when they saw the Spurs starting...

"No... can this really work... Bonner? Not all mambas are mambas..."

Kenny Smith even issued a soul question.

Although Matt Bonner has the title of Red Mamba, it is said that it was hand-picked by Kobe Bryant after a certain game, but... everyone knows that there is an essential difference between this Mamba and Kobe's Black Mamba.

Even in China, many netizens ridiculed that Bonner was called the Red Mamba because of his previous red hair.

Talented netizens even changed his hair into orange, green, blue, gray and other colors to achieve the purpose of the Mamba Legion.

Red hair……

understood!

Once the fruit of face comes out, who dares not to give Bonner a face!

cough cough.

just kidding.

But everyone's worries at this moment are not unreasonable. After all, they can't think of Bonner's role-except that he is indeed tall enough.

But the mobile difference is too much!

"Wouldn't this be played by Zuo Li as a monkey..." Director Zhang said bluntly.

Of course, some people are very cautious. After all, it was Popovich who made this decision. The power of Popovich's formation changes is quite powerful. Last season, he asked Ginobili to start, which ultimately allowed the Spurs to win the Western Conference. First - then the playoffs were hacked...

But that's mostly Duncan's fault, and Parker's injuries have little to do with his formation.

Therefore, the Spurs fans at the scene were waiting for the start of the game with the mentality of: "Popovich must have a reason for doing this."

Popovich smiled slightly and looked in the direction of the Knicks.

Be silly, guess what I'm going to do! ?

D'Antoni ignored the proud Popovich. He really didn't know what Popovich was thinking. In his opinion, even if Diaw was not needed, Splitzer, who averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds per game, should be used. Although he is too Although he is thin, his height and wingspan are enough, which can relieve Duncan's pressure, and can also be used to support the left-hand stand - although it will definitely not be able to withstand it.

But definitely better than slow Bonner!

But it doesn't matter if he doesn't know, he knows that Zuo Li will definitely beat the Spurs, no matter what they want to do!

The so-called one-stop-all method.

Spurs: I have Duncan!

Knicks: I have a left stand.

Spurs: I have GDP Kawhi Leonard!

Knicks: I have a left stand.

Spurs: I have the essence of human creep!

Knicks: I have a left stand.

Spurs: ...

Don't you have something else? !

Knicks:…

I just have Zuo Li! ! !

That's right, Zuo Li is his strength. If you have the ability, you can defend Zuo Li from death. Then I will accept the loss. Otherwise, if you don't play well tomorrow, you will be beaten by Zuo Li!

D'Antoni now understands the joy of Zen Master. When there are people in the team that the opponent can't solve anyway, the tactics are so easy.

"Come on!" D'Antoni patted Zuo Li on the shoulder as encouragement.

And Zuo Li thought to himself: "Huh? How do you know that I know what Popovich wants to do?"

Bonner, old acquaintance!

He also knows this tactic, isn't it just to open up space?

Even though Bonner doesn't score many points, he does have an excellent three-pointer. In his 12 years of career, he made 41.4% of his final three-pointers. In his last life, he even beat the Curry.

In the Spurs' system, Bonner's projection can open up space for Duncan in the interior, which is a very good helper for Duncan whose state is beginning to decline.Plus, Bonner's defense is far too underrated.Indeed, although he has a stature of 2.08 meters, Bonner's protection against rebounds is quite poor due to his relatively disadvantaged physical talent, but it does not mean that he is useless.

After all, he has height and weight, so he and Duncan have also formed a certain cooperation. Bonner's task is to help Duncan get stuck, which can protect Duncan to the greatest extent, and at the same time make perfect use of Bonner's strength.

The most important point is that Bonner's golf quotient is quite high, and his tactical execution is very good.

This has to mention the classic battle of the playoffs.

In the Western Conference Finals that year, the Spurs were once again tied 2:0 by the Thunder after leading 2:2.In Game 30, both Durant and Westbrook scored 30, while the Thunder beat their opponents in field goal percentage, rebounds, inside scoring and controlled turnovers.After the first half, the Thunder had already set the tone for the game. The two teams scored 15 points without making a single mistake. They also took a [-]-point lead.

The familiar scene reappeared. Last year, the Spurs were destroyed by a youth storm like the Thunder. So Tianwangshan, the Spurs who were also irrevocable, made a classic change-Matt Bonner appeared in the starting lineup!

That game was no less classic than some finals. In the end, he didn't score a point, but because of his strong three-point ability, Ibaka had to defend the penalty area. This is also for Ginobili and Parker. The breakthrough pulled out the space, and the old Duncan even talked about being a teenager, blasting the inside of the Thunder all by himself.

Although Bonner doesn't have many statistics, his role is really great.

After the game, the fans all exclaimed that the Thunder had been fooled and paid the price of the entire game for a player with zero points in the game.

But Bonner is standing there, you really can't ignore it, judging from the result, you didn't score a point, but you really dare to let it go?

Of course, the Thunder is indeed too young, and it is also related to Ibaka's injury. In the end, the Spurs also relied on this show to eliminate the Thunder and enter the finals.

In this life, the Lakers did not push the Spurs to such an extent, and now, the Spurs, who are 0-2 behind, are finally going to sacrifice this showy lineup.

Popovich was smug and he thought this approach would be effective. Little did he know that Zuo Li had thought everything through.

How should I put it, it's not surprising at all.

At this time, Bonner is indeed a good choice.

"Zuo Li, do you want to switch defenses?" David Lee came over and said before playing.

His defensive range is a bit lacking.

"No, Popovich wants me to talk to Bonner and give Duncan enough space."

"How can I let him succeed."