NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

"The halftime game is over, and the Spurs obviously have some problems!"

"They were briefly distracted by the fast-paced mode of the Lakers!"

"I lost what I was best at!"

"This is not good news for the Spurs!"

"So at the end of halftime, I hope the coach can make a change."

At the end of halftime, Ginobili said with a worried expression on his face.

"Actually, the Spurs played very well at halftime!"

"They fully demonstrated the advantages of the inside line!"

"But as Ginobili said just now, at the end of the second quarter, he was actually driven by the rhythm of the Lakers!"

"This shouldn't be what the Spurs should be. To be precise, it shouldn't be what the Spurs should be when the Twin Towers are on the court."

Little Van Gundy also said on the side.

"Then let us wait and see if the Spurs will make a change at halftime."

In the locker rooms of the two teams, Popovich was very angry.

You must know that this was originally the most powerful start for the Spurs, but in the end they fell behind by as much as seven points at halftime.

How could Popovich not get angry.

"Look at the game you played!"

"Could it be that your brains are all washed away with the sewer!"

Popovich threw the tactical board in his hand to the ground in anger.

"What time is it now? In the Western Conference Finals, the opponent is the Lakers!"

"What are you thinking, isn't the Lakers the opponent you most want to beat!"

"Use the offense that I am least good at, and come to fight the Lakers. Are your heads filled with poop!"

"What about our advantages, has anyone thought of where our advantages are!"

This is also the first time Popovich has made such a big fuss in this playoffs.

To know the time Leonard went to rest, the Spurs were not far behind by many points.

But halftime was over, a full seven point gap.

Seven points doesn't seem like much, and two three points are almost enough.

But whoever the opponent is, it's the Lakers.

What Chen Tian is best at is playing the third quarter.

If the Spurs can't recover the score in the third quarter, it will be difficult for the Spurs in this game.

So that's one of Popovich's anger points.

Another point is that Popovich saw the underestimation of the Spurs players.

The game between the Lakers and the Spurs ended not long after the start of the regular season.

So for the rest of the time, the Spurs and the Lakers didn't match up at all.

In addition, the Spurs are completely the best team this season.

No team has ever threatened them at all.

So gradually, their arrogance came out.

You must know that although the regular season schedule between the Spurs and the Lakers is over soon.

But the two teams at least understand the tactics.

After all, the two teams were opponents in the playoffs last season.

But in such a situation, the team didn't pay attention to the Lakers, how could Popovich not be angry.

Don't forget that the Lakers are a four-peat championship team.

After the anger passed, Popovich still had to figure out how to get the team to recover the score.

Although the score was behind at halftime, it was not without gains.

Derek White's performance made Popovich shine.

This second-year player is also becoming more and more mature.

So Popovich also changed the team's lineup in the second half.

"In the second half, Bryn Fox, Derrick White, Kawhi Leonard, Rudy Gay and Marc Gasol, five of you started."

Hearing this arrangement, the coaching staff and players were still a little shocked.

After all, the defense of this lineup is not necessarily very good.

It's okay for Fox and White to say, after all, the targets of their defense are Tucker and Brunson.

But Guy's side is hard to say.

Gay's defense is completely helped by talent.

He's not very good on defense himself, but his size and length can still help him when defending.

But he is facing Anthony. Although Anthony's state has declined rapidly, his offensive skills and experience are still very rich.

Immediately, the coaching staff was a little worried.

But Popovich told them.

"Who said that this lineup should be played to the end, I just want them to recover the score."

As soon as this was said, there was no opinion.

After all, the offensive end of this lineup is indeed powerful.

On the Lakers side, there are not many tactics to arrange for the halftime break.

But Monty's frown has not been relieved.

Because Chen Tian didn't rest for a minute in the first half.

He wasn't worried about Chen Tian's physical strength, but those on the field were prone to injuries, so that was what Monty was worried about.

Coupled with the strong lineup of the Spurs, Monty always felt that there would be some changes in the second half.

Soon the second half of the game between the two teams will also start.

The third quarter of the match between the two teams began, and when Monty saw the lineup of the opposing Spurs, he was a little puzzled.

Because the defense of this lineup is a little worse.

Monty felt something was wrong.

Soon the third quarter of the two teams also began.

"The Spurs changed their lineup in the second half, bringing in Derek White and Rudy Gay!"

"It's about strengthening the team's offense."

Seeing the Spurs' lineup from the commentary seat, he said the same thing.

When the two teams came back from the third quarter, Chen Tian came up against Leonard's defense and leaned back to throw the ball.

With this goal scored, the score of the two teams was also stretched to nine points.

Leonard was a little anxious at this time.

Immediately Leonard also began to attack with the ball.

Leonard, who received the pass, also hit Chen Tian with his back.

Then he turned around and hit the basket directly for a layup.

Seeing this scene, Popovich felt relieved a lot.

But the Spurs couldn't defend Chen Tian's offense, which made Popovich still very worried.

But then, White really surprised Popovich.

Chen Tian also passed the ball to Anthony when facing a double team.

But Anthony's three-pointer did not score.

The Spurs counterattacked, White received the pass and made a direct three-pointer.

Popovich was also jumping his feet in anger on the sidelines.

Because of the three-on-two situation in the frontcourt, there should be no emergency stop for a three-point shot.

But the ball was scored.

Popovich, who was about to scold people, stopped this time.

Then there is nothing to say, as long as the goal is scored.

Especially for a three-pointer, Popovich stopped scolding instantly, and gave White a thumbs up.

When White returned to defense, he also laughed.

On the other hand, if the Lakers attack, as long as Chen Tian breaks through, Leonard and Gay will definitely double-team him.

Whoever Chen Tian and Anthony let go, it must be Anthony.

In fact, Guy's defense didn't matter to Chen Tian.

But Leonard can't do it, this guy can basically limit him by himself now.

What's more, there is a guy next to him.

So Chen Tian could only choose to pass the ball, but this time Chen Tian passed the ball to Anthony.

White came over in time to make up for it, and didn't give Anthony a good chance to make a move.

Anthony also quickly passed the ball to Tucker in the corner.

Tucker made a direct three-pointer from the bottom corner.

The ball still didn't score.

Xiaojia received the rebound inside, and the Spurs immediately started to counterattack again.

The Lakers returned to defense in a timely manner this time. Chen Tian and Tucker are all back.

Seeing this situation, Fox also slowed down, preparing to switch to positional warfare.

Xiaojia ran over and set a cover for Fox.

Then, with the effort, Brunson and Jokic were taken away.

All this also gave Fox a chance to shoot.

Fox scored two points steadily.

In an instant, the Spurs brought the score back to four points.

But it's not over yet.

Afterwards, against the defense of Leonard and Gay, Chen Tian made a layup and scored the ball.

"Chen Tian played the ball too hard!"

"But there seems to be no good way now. The rest of the Lakers don't feel very good."

When this goal was scored, Chen Tian activated several skills to score the goal.

Chen Tian really didn't dare to pass the ball.

It's hard to say who will pass it to now. The team is only leading by one point. If this goal is not scored, the Spurs will probably overtake the score.

That's why Chen Tian resolutely hit this ball.

Fortunately, the ball was scored.

But before Chen Tian could relax for a while, White scored another three-pointer.

With this three-pointer, the Spurs directly tied the score.

"Beautiful three-pointer, Derrick White, he was the Spurs' savior tonight."

Ginobili also said excitedly.

It was White's three-pointer that boosted the team's morale too much.

After all, the score was evenly tied.

When Monty saw this scene, he also called a timeout.

At this time, the atmosphere of the Spurs' home court and the state of the players have definitely improved.

So Monty had to call a timeout.

During the timeout, Monty's expression was not very good.

Monty was very dissatisfied with the team's perimeter defense.

So for Chen Tian and the others, Monty also reprimanded them.

Then Monty asked Anthony to rest first. The team doesn't feel good outside, so they must focus more on inside offense.

Monty also replaced Yi Jianlian.

Back from the timeout, Monty made a substitution, and Popovich also made a substitution.

Popovich replaced Gasol, who didn't play for 1 minute in the first half.

Monty looked at the lineup and knew he was missing another move.

There are too many people who Popovich can use now.

Gasol was hidden by Popovich, waiting for this moment.

And Popovich seemed to feel Monty's gaze, turned his head and saw Monty's angry eyes, Popovich also smiled and gave Monty a thumbs up.

Monty knew this game, and he lost to Popovich.

Now we can only look at the performance of the players on the field.

On the other hand, Popovich is quite happy, after all, Monty is now a famous coach.

On the court, the Lakers are in trouble.

The defense is okay, the team's defense has improved, and the Spurs are not so easy to attack.

But in terms of offense, the Lakers completely fell into the Spurs' defensive encirclement.

Think about it, Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol, and Kawhi Leonard, the defensive area of ​​these three directly covers the entire three-point line.

When Chen Tian hit the basket, he only saw a group of hands on his head.

Although he has skills, this does not prove that skills are invincible.

So Chen Tian attacked twice in a row, but both ended in failure.

On the other hand, the Spurs, although the offense is also very difficult.

But with the height of the inside line and Leonard's mid-range shot, they gradually opened the score to eight points.

At this time, Chen Tian finally opened up the scoring shortage for the Lakers.

Monty was also quite helpless watching from the sidelines.

In fact, the performance of the Lakers is already very good.

But the Spurs' defense was better. The Lakers, including Chen Tian, ​​couldn't break through to the basket.

So we can only choose to shoot.

Here Chen Tian started to use the screen, hoping to hit the basket.

But the Spurs didn't take this at all, as long as Chen Tian got near the free throw line, the three of them would immediately block all of Chen Tian's offensive routes.

So Chen Tian had no choice, either he made a mid-range shot or passed the ball.

But the defensive area of ​​the Gasol brothers is too large, even if the ball is passed, they can quickly defend.

So the Lakers' crisis has completely begun.

Monty originally thought that the Spurs would make substitutions in the second half of the third quarter.

But Popovich didn't make that choice. There is no doubt that he is going to use this lineup to play to the end.

There was nothing Monty could do either.

Now we can only wait until the end of the third quarter.

In the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, Chen Tian had a wave of touch, and scored the ball in consecutive mid-range shots.

This also stopped the bleeding for the Lakers.

Finally the third quarter was over, and the Spurs led the Lakers by nine points 81:72.

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