NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 222 Lakers VS Spurs G1!

"Okay, Nick, don't show off, let's think about how to play against the Spurs the day after tomorrow." Kobe said suddenly.

Scott also stood up. "The Spurs' starting lineup must be the same as in the first round. Their perimeter defense is very strong! We must try our best to play inside."

As he spoke, he took out a bunch of recent materials on the Spurs from his backpack and distributed them to the players.

"Please!" Nick Young spread out his hands, "After all, I can take a rest on the plane, do you want to talk about basketball?"

Kobe frowned and said, "If you don't want to participate, you can put on your old-fashioned headphones and have a good night's sleep. No one will stop you."

Nick Yang quickly took off his earphones: "Hey! I'm just joking! How can I not participate in such an important meeting?"

Howard, who was sitting in the front row, also silently put away the playing cards.

Lin Tian took the information and read it carefully.

I saw that in the data, all the high-level data of the 13 players who played for the Spurs in the playoffs were listed.

Among them, each player's dominant hand, technical characteristics, shooting heat map, and even the running distance of the whole court are clearly written.

It may take several hours to read through this pile of information carefully.

At the end of the profile, the Spurs' defense is summarized.

The Spurs have top defenders like Danny Green and Leonard on the perimeter. In the last round of the series, they prevented the Mavericks from losing their temper.

The two players inside are Tim Duncan and Aldridge.

Since Aldridge entered the league, he has been criticized by fans for being too soft.

This is mainly because he prefers to shoot rather than confront.

Shi Fu Duncan is very hard to play, but he is already 40 years old this year.

To put it bluntly, a player of this age is out of breath before running twice on the field.

Popovich is obviously aware of this, so the average playing time for Duncan this season is only 25 minutes.

Duncan averaged less than ten figures per game this season, which is a new low in his career.

Among these materials, Leonard's personal data is the most detailed.

Now, although he is not the boss of the Spurs locker room, he is undoubtedly the core of the court.

Leonard has evolved every season since he was selected by the Spurs with the 2011th overall pick in 15.

From averaging 8 points per game in his rookie season to 21 points per game this season, Leonard's growth is not fast, but his victory is solid.

As early as after he won the FMVP in 2013-2014, he was equivalent to taking over Duncan's class.

During the regular season, Lin Tian also personally experienced Leonard's death entanglement.

Such a player is terrible.

After browsing through the information of the Spurs team, Howard said with a smile: "I am looking forward to the matchup with Tim, but unfortunately he is old."

"Dwight! Don't look down on people so much, that's a stone Buddha! Even if he is 45 years old this year! As long as he stands under the basket, he can still be a deterrent." Nick Young said.

"Come on man! I'm not even 35 and I feel too old! Just leave Tim to me!"

Tucker pouted: "Then I can only try to defend LaMarcus Aldridge as much as possible."

Mentioning Aldridge, Scott also frowned.

Aldridge played the fourth position a lot of the time in the Spurs. In the fourth position, his shooting ability is at the top level.

As early as when the Lakers were playing the Thunder, Tucker was targeted by Ibaka because of his lack of height!

Aldridge's defensive ability is undoubtedly not as good as Ibaka, but his offensive ability is much stronger than Ibaka.

Tucker can't even defend against Ibaka, so how can he defend against Aldridge, who has a strong shooting ability?This is a big question.

Thinking of this, Scott turned his attention to Nance Jr. and Channing Frye.

The Lakers have enough manpower at the fourth position, but Nance Jr.'s performance in the first round was relatively poor, and he would lose the chain at critical moments.

His greatest feature is his ability to jump. Besides, he has many shortcomings, and he is still a rookie.

Channing Frye's three-point shooting is at a historical level, but his pace is too slow to prevent Aldridge.

The entire Lakers, perhaps only Lin Tian can defend Aldridge...

And Lin Tian, ​​​​it is impossible to play the fourth position, because Leonard of the Spurs is obviously more difficult than Aldridge.

The players discussed vigorously in the air for more than an hour before finally falling asleep.

……

After arriving at the hotel near the AT&T Center, they walked into the home stadium of the Spurs not long after putting down their luggage.

The staff of the home arena were very enthusiastic and soon took them to a training hall.

This training hall is fully equipped. If there is no accident, they will spend most of their time here in the next few days.

Scott didn't waste time, and after letting everyone do some simple physical training, they started the 5v5 group confrontation.

Since winning the Thunder in the first round, the confidence of the players has improved significantly, at least from the perspective of group confrontation.

After the training, Scott chatted with Clarkson alone, probably to let Clarkson let go of the fight.

After all, Clarkson's performance in the first round was extremely disappointing.

He also made 37 percent of his [-]-pointers during the regular season.

But in these seven games against the Thunder, his three-point shooting percentage was only 23%!

When the three-pointers he is good at become inaccurate, it can only be a disservice to the team.

After dinner, Kobe took the initiative to organize everyone to watch the game.

Today they are watching G2 of the Spurs playing the Mavericks.

Although several days have passed since this game, in order to understand the Spurs better, they still watched the replay in its entirety.

In some of the more critical rounds that Kobe believes, he will also deliberately press the pause button for analysis.

It was already late at night after watching the replay of the game, and the players hurried back to the hotel to rest.

……

A day flies by in the blink of an eye.

At 5:1 p.m. on May [-]st, AT&T Center Arena.

Half an hour before the start of the game, players from the Lakers and Spurs have already arrived at the arena to warm up.

Today's Spurs fans also came very early. They wore black and white fan shirts, and their faces couldn't hide their excitement.

Of course, there are also some Kobe fans who came all the way from other places.

Nick Yang enjoyed this atmosphere very much. He said to Lin Tian: "Lin! I saw your performance tonight! Let's conquer this arena."

Lin Tian ignored Nick Young, wanting to conquer an arena is not something that can be done with lip service.

For them, the Spurs are a more difficult opponent than the Thunder.

After Kobe warmed up for a while, he went straight to Lin Tian: "Lin! Today we have to go all out!"

"I know! I will do my best." Lin Tian looked at Leonard who was not far away. His main task tonight was to restrict Leonard.

In the official NBA studio, Barkley and Smith are discussing the configuration of the two teams in full swing.

"Although GDP is no longer young, what they like to do most is to educate young people! The Lakers are in bad luck today!" Smith said.

Barkley was uncharacteristically: "Come on! I dare say Howard will start the scoring mode today! He and Duncan missed it in his peak period! We will never let this opportunity to bully the old guy today!"

"No matter how old Tim Duncan is! Not everyone can bully him! Howard may be able to bully him if he is five years younger! Don't think about it now!"

"Really? I don't think so. Let's see."

……

Penguin Sports Live.

Today's G2 match between the Cavaliers and the Eagles has already started, but the popularity of the live broadcast has reached 2000 million.

The Cavaliers sitting on James are already quite good with such popularity, reaching their new high this season.

However, the popularity of the Lakers is not comparable to that of the Cavaliers.

The game has not yet started, and the popularity of the live broadcast room of the Lakers has already exceeded 5000 million.

The main reason for this is naturally Lin Tian, ​​followed by Kobe.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, and that is Tim Duncan.

Duncan has been in the league for so many years. Although he is low-key and never shows off, besides playing basketball, he likes cycling and fishing, but the achievements he has made in his career are simply impossible for him to be ignored.

Like Kobe, he is a five-time championship winner, but he has one more FMVP trophy than Kobe.

He has been selected to the NBA All-Star 15 times, the NBA All-NBA Team and the NBA All-Defensive Team 15 times.

He was the Rookie of the Year and was also a two-time NBA regular season MVP.

The honors he has achieved in the nba even surpass Kobe.

However, due to his different personality from Kobe and the team basketball that San Antonio has always advocated, his exposure is not high. His number of fans around the world is not in the same order as Kobe, but he also has many diehard fans.

Fans who like Duncan often call him dumb, and these fans tend to be relatively low-key and humble.

The Spurs have undoubtedly been the most successful team in the NBA since the new century. They have not missed the playoffs for many years.

This also allowed the Spurs to accumulate a large number of loyal fans.

And as the playoffs become more and more intense, the number of viewers watching the live broadcast of the Lakers and Spurs will only increase.

"After waiting for several days, the second round of the Lakers game finally started! Tears!"

"The Lakers have created a black six miracle in the first round! If they beat the Spurs again, they will be a god!"

"Lin Tianchong! You have already defeated the Thunder! What are you afraid of? Spurs!"

"I've been a Spurs fan for 20 years, but I'm rooting for the Lakers tonight!"

"As long as you support the Lakers! We are good friends!"

The support rate next to the live broadcast interface shows that in this game, the support rate of the Lakers is 95%, and the support rate of the Spurs is only 5%.

That's a far cry from the Spurs' approval ratings against the Mavericks in their last game.

……

After the warm-up was over, the starting players from both sides took off their warm-up suits and returned to the court.

The starting lineup for the Spurs at home today is: Tony Parker, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Tim Duncan.

The starting lineup for the Lakers in the away game is: Nick Young, Kobe Bryant, Lin Tian, ​​PJ Tucker, Howard.

In the beginning, Howard and Duncan competed for a jump ball, which was snatched by the Lakers without much suspense.

Lin Tian dribbled the ball across the half court while directing his teammates to run.

When he came to the top of the arc, he stopped and Leonard stood in front of him.

The biggest difference between Leonard and other players is his big hands.

Even in the NBA where there are so many weirdos, his big hands still look unique.

It can be said that he can become the best defensive basketball player in the world today, and a large part of the reason is his hands.

No player will be afraid of Leonard's death entanglement when facing Leonard, including Lin Tian.

Lin Tian was not in a hurry to break through, but quietly waited for his teammates to take their positions.

Tucker has attracted Aldridge to the outside line, and only Howard and Duncan are stuck inside.

Kobe is also on the wing ready to catch the ball.

Facing Leonard, Lin Tian came forward and changed direction individually, but he did not shake off the experienced defensive Leonard.

He could only bite the bullet and forcefully break through inside.

Leonard defended well and never lost his position.

When Lin Tian rushed to the free throw line, Leonard stretched out his hand, and that huge palm almost escaped the ball, which made Lin Tian break into a cold sweat.

However, it was this time that he took out the ball, which gave Lin Tian a good chance to make a move.

He simply made an emergency stop, took off quickly after receiving the ball, and made an emergency stop jumper.

The ball hit the basket with precision and became the first goal of this round of the series.

The Spurs quickly served the ball, which was controlled by the 1.88-meter French sports car Tony Parker.

Tony Parker is the P in GDP. The reason why he has such a nickname is derived from the names of their three players.

Nick Young is much taller than Tony Parker, but he doesn't dare to underestimate the No. [-] point guard in Spurs history.

Tony Parker's physical talent has never been top-notch, coupled with his age, his state has continued to decline in the past two years.

Facing Nick Young, he just made a feint before breaking through directly.

Such a simple offensive method was seen through by Nick Young at a glance, and he followed up in time.

When Tony Parker rushed to the inside, he made another fake pass and passed the ball to Danny Green on the outside.

After Danny Green received the ball, he made a three-pointer against Kobe's defense.

Swish!
The three-pointer hit directly ignited the audience.

Danny Green has made more than 40% of his three-pointers for five seasons in his career. He can be said to be one of the most typical 3D players in the NBA.

Although he was called Tielin by fans because of his frequent three-pointers, fans who know him know that his three-pointers are not iron.

The Spurs have never been a team that likes to shoot three-pointers. Their head coach even publicly criticized the three-pointer for ruining the NBA.

Their number of three-point shots this season is one of the few teams in the league, but their three-point shooting percentage has reached 37.5%, ranking second!Second only to the Warriors!

It is indeed incredible that such a strange thing happened to the Spurs.

(End of this chapter)