Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 307 Coach D resurrected the basketball that was supposed to be dead!

In the past three years, Popovich has been miserably cheated by Coach D. The carefully trained tactical system has been cracked. He was ranked No. [-] and ranked No. [-] but was hacked. Even in this season, even the coach who has followed him for more than ten years has been hacked. The GDP combination was broken up by Coach D, and the team was forced to rebuild.

It was so miserable to meet Coach D. If you were an ordinary person, you would have long accepted the fact that you are not as good as Coach D.

However, look at what Popovich looks like now. Does he seem to be convinced by Coach D at all?

I respect Coach D and think that there is no problem with Coach D's achievements and status, but this does not mean that I have to admit that I am worse than Coach D.

What's more, Popovich never felt that he was worse than Coach D.

Even Popovich has always felt that the only difference between himself and Coach D is the change in environment.

The NBA environment increasingly encourages offense.

Although in the past few years, Coach D has been leading the league to make amends, hoping that the league will not favor offense too much, and the league has also made some changes.

For example, overhand defense is allowed again, and inside players are allowed to defend at the basket without going straight up and down.

These are all actions to bring order to the chaos and restore defense to the NBA.

It's just obvious that changes in the league's atmosphere cannot be changed immediately after the rules come back.

Now most teams in the league have actually begun to gamble on three-pointers. Most teams have improved their offensive and defensive speed. Most teams have actually begun to accept an environment where offense is greater than defense.

In such a large environment, even if the rules are changed back, the effect will not be that obvious.

It's just not as unbalanced as before.

But generally speaking, in the NBA, offense is still greater than defense. When defense is restored, the league still encourages offense.

Therefore, in Popovich's view, this is extremely unfriendly to him.

At that time, because he felt the changes in the league and the environment, he decisively gave up defensive basketball, began to build an offensive system, and changed his tactics.

This is forced.

Although he studied under Larry Brown and the old Nelson, he is excellent in offense and defense, but his background is undoubtedly Larry Brown.

His basketball philosophy is what he said, three-pointers should not be used in basketball games!

Therefore, in the past three years, he has not used his strongest self to compete against Coach D.

Therefore, in the past three years, he has tied his hands and played against Coach D!

In an environment that encourages offense, his strongest defense has always been constrained. Because offense is encouraged, he is forced to focus more on building an offensive system in the team. As for the defensive system, as long as the team's defense has no problems, it will be fine. Instead of building a defensive system with the core and premise of destroying the opponent's offense as before.

When he was building a defensive system for the Spurs, he wished that at the end of a game, the score on the field would be 1-0, and he would be the one to score a point, while the opponent would not be defended by him at all.

This kind of basketball can disgust NBA fans and David Stern.

So Larry Brown and Popovich basketball must die.

The NBA later encouraged offense so crazily that it almost broke the balance of offense and defense. Popovich and Larry Brown took the greatest credit.

Basketball is not as crazy as Popovich and Larry Brown. The NBA and David Stern and Adam Silver actually don't need to be so crazy about encouraging offense.

According to most people's thinking, Coach D, as a vested interest, suddenly plays defensive basketball. This must be intentional. Coach D is now the strongest head coach in the NBA.

However, Coach D’s strongest point is not the overall strongest one.

Offensive coach D can be the strongest.

But the defense isn't.

So, Coach D’s pursuit is to be the strongest even in defense?

At this time, the entire Lakers fans at the scene were whispering. It turns out that this is the reason why Coach D sealed Wade!

At this time, all the experts and commentators were exclaiming that they had found the correct answer.

Even Budenholzer next to Popovich...

"Bobo, is Coach D taking the initiative to compete with you on defense in this series? He wants to defeat you in defensive basketball!"

Budenholzer looked at Popovich in shock and asked.

To seal Wade, seal the Lakers' only offensive superstar, Seth Curry will not start in this game. In the opinion of Budenholzer and most expert fans, this is Coach D's intention.

Wade is not injured. Seth Curry's three-pointers have always been the biggest threat to the Lakers' offense. Although Seth Curry's current offensive situation is very bad, as long as Seth Curry is on the court, there is a threat. Adding energy to the Lakers' offense.

Now Coach D has banned the Lakers' two most threatening players.

Isn't this just an initiative to defend against Popovich?
"Coach D, what incredible courage this is! When we are all laughing at Coach D for being crazy, if you are Coach D, can you make such a choice in order to chase the best?!"

"It's an unbelievable idea to take the initiative to destroy the entire offense of your own team and use defense to beat Popovich!"

When Coach D was interviewed by Sister Miller just now, when he expressed that he would use defensive basketball to defeat Popovich, the whole world was laughing at him, thinking that Coach D was a fool.

And when everyone saw that Coach D actually defeated Seth Curry, the laughter stopped abruptly.

You think Coach D is crazy and a fool.

However, Coach D's behavior is crazier and more stupid than you think!

At this moment, it's hard for you to laugh. Besides being shocked, you're still shocked.

Even James, who just couldn't help shouting that Coach D is a fool, was shocked and speechless while listening to O'Neal and Kenny Smith's explanations and watching the Lakers' starters on TV.

Wade and Seth Curry are considered to be the two legs of the Lakers before and after this season, the super legs on the offensive end. Many people say that without these two people, no matter how strong Coach D is, he will not be able to lead the Lakers to the playoffs. Game, or even being able to lead the Lakers to the bottom two is considered a great coach D.

And now!
Coach D took the initiative to capture the team's two offensive assets!

Such a Lakers probably don't even have a C- rating, right?

How dare Coach D!
How dare Coach D!

How arrogant, crazy, and arrogant this is! ! !

Watching the Lakers' starters for this game on TV, James felt his eyes popping out in shock.

Garnett, Antetokounmpo, Ebanks, Pierce, McAway.

This is a true all-defensive lineup!
In the entire starting lineup, there was no offensive threat at all!
In this game and this series, Coach D really doesn’t want to attack anymore!

Coach D is not joking, Coach D is serious!

This season, the offense of the two veterans Garnett and Pierce is very poor, but their defense is really good.

Garnett and Pierce serve as substitute rotation players. Garnett's defensive steals and blocks have both reached 1, while Pierce's steals per game have exceeded 1, blocks per game have exceeded 0.7, and opponents' field goal percentages have been less than 36. [-]%.

This is excellent.

As for Ebanks, Antetokounmpo, and McAway's defensive performance, they were even better.

The regular regular starter for the Lakers is Seth Curry.

And these are the three who wiped Seth Curry's butt.

The Lakers are among the top five in the league in defensive efficiency this season.

With a defensive black hole like Seth Curry, he can achieve a top-five defensive efficiency in the league.

"Coach D is still very good at defense!"

O'Neill finished speaking with a smile and then continued.

"It's just that Coach D may have underestimated Popovich."

"If Coach D is the god of coaching in the NBA, then Popovich is the god of defense in the NBA coaching world!"

"Kenny, actually, what's even more detrimental to Coach D is that even if his defense is as good as Popovich's, the Spurs' offense is much better than the Lakers' offense, and the Spurs still win the game in the end. "

After O'Neal finished speaking, Kenny Smith suddenly understood.

"Coach D and the Lakers have no chance of winning the game, not even a game!"

Even if Coach D can really make the Lakers' defense be S+, the Lakers' offense is only C, and the Spurs' offense is at least A.

"Coach D may be able to let the Spurs score 80 points, but the Lakers may not score 90 points, but 60 points!"

It has to be said that O'Neal's judgment has been recognized by most, and even many Lakers fans in front of the TV think it is correct.

Now that the Lakers don't have Wade and Seth Curry, their offense is really not good. Even if their defense is S+, it won't work if they can't score points!
O'Neal is stealing the spotlight right now. At this time, O'Neal's IQ, basketball intelligence, and judgment of basketball are even considered amazing by Kenny Smith next to him.

Shaq is so scary when he's not funny, doesn't have bad traffic, and is serious!

But, why do you not want Shaq to be so prominent?
"Shaq, you seem to have forgotten the other identity of Coach D. Coach D is the best offensive coach in the history of the league. Perhaps, a group of players with only D+ offensive qualifications, under the leadership of Coach D, face an S+ defense. Can you achieve A+ level?"

Kenny Smith's words were so convoluted that many fans in front of the TV didn't even react for a while.

But who is O'Neal? You'll know in seconds!
There is indeed such a possibility.

but!

This possibility even makes one laugh.

In fact, after Kenny Smith said this, O'Neal burst out laughing heartily.

"Hahahaha, if this group of players who can only score 60 points in the next game with S+ level defense can really score 90 points, I am willing to kiss Coach D's ass! Call Coach D a Goat ten thousand times! No! Coach Goat is a basketball Goat!”

"Shaq, Kobe even dislikes your bad mouth and won't let you kiss his butt. Will Coach D let you? Hahahaha, if you want to take advantage of Coach D, just say it, don't beat around the bush like this, hahahaha..."

Kenny Smith thought that O'Neal was trying to enliven the traffic this time, so he took the initiative to complain, but...

Kenny Smith smiled and stopped laughing, because O'Neal looked like he was not joking, O'Neal looked like he was serious!

Generally speaking, when O'Neal laughs, Kenny Smith will laugh too. This is the atmosphere. When Kenny Smith laughs, O'Neal will also laugh.But this time, O'Neal just looked at Kenny Smith without any intention of laughing along.

"Kenny, this time, I am serious. Did you see the confident smile on Popovich's face at this time? Now, I am as confident as Popovich. I can bet with anyone, I can bet with anything." Thing, if Coach D really wants to abandon Wade and Seth Curry in this series, then Coach D won’t be able to win a single game in this series, and he won’t even score more than 70 points in any game!”

"Popovich will make Coach D miserable in this series!"

"And Coach D brought all this on himself!"

"I respect Coach D's choice, and I respect Coach D's courage to climb the mountain, but I will also laugh when Coach D falls hard from the mountain. This is all what Coach D asked for!"

Yes, Coach D brought this upon himself!
Kenny Smith couldn't argue with that.

No one can argue with O'Neal's words tonight.

Even the Lakers fans in front of the TV couldn't refute.

Coach D is qualified to be above the Lakers.

Coach D can sacrifice the Lakers' victory to pursue his own peak.

The Lakers couldn't beat the Spurs in this series.

In this case, it is understandable that Coach D chose to sacrifice the Lakers to pursue his own peak and compete with Popovich on defense.

It can be regarded as finding some meaning in a series that has no meaning.

Therefore, Lakers fans support but do not oppose it.

only……

"The meaning of this series that Coach D has found is too difficult..."

In front of the TV, Danzi, who was still in Los Angeles but did not go to the scene, sighed.

It's really hard!
And at this moment, the game began.

The Spurs' starting players in this game are Duncan, Biyombo, Leonard, Danny Green and Finson.

It's also a super defensive lineup.

Not to mention Duncan, Leonard, Danny Green and Finson.

Let's just talk about Biyombo. When he was with the Bobcats, he was a shot-blocking maniac. On the bench, he even averaged 1.8 blocks per game.

Not only is he helping to defend, he is even a person who can defend James alone. In the two games between the Celtics and the Spurs this season, Biyombo blocked James, Paul, and his thick eyebrows for a total of five blocks. In one game, he even blocked James, Irving and Big Eyebrow consecutively.

More importantly, this year is Biyombo's contract year!

Therefore, when the Spurs lineup was put out, countless NBA coaches who were paying attention to this game in front of the TV had sweaty palms.

The Spurs' lineup is really not good at offense. The offense can only be driven by the isolations of Duncan and Leonard.

However, defense is really strong!
The lineup is strong, and the coach is still Popovich. Such a defensive lineup is simply unsolvable, with no blind spots in all directions.

The game officially started, Antetokounmpo won the first offensive opportunity of the game for the Lakers.

After McAway received the ball, he did not wait for his teammates to get into position, but used his speed to break directly.

If you hit a spur like this and fall into position, there is only one way to die.

McAway's choice was not wrong, nor was his judgment wrong.

but!

Clap!
Duncan is not that fast anymore!
But, Biyombo, that’s really fast!

After McAway faced Leonard's defensive pull, Biyombo, who came back from behind, nailed the basketball to the backboard.

"Let's not talk about the defensive duel, let's talk about offense. Can the Lakers score in this game with the Spurs' defense?"

After Dream Chaser Green finished speaking, Curry, Allen, Clay, Brother Yi and Love next to him were all silent for a while.

The Spurs' defensive lineup that doesn't want to attack is really powerful. Even the Warriors may be able to defeat them, but it will not be easy to score 90 points on them.

More importantly, compared to the Spurs' defense, as O'Neal said, the Spurs' offense is not that bad.

At least, there are Duncan's basket offense and Renner's triangle offense in isolation.

Compared with the Lakers' offense that has no focus at all, the Spurs' offense is actually pretty good.

"This is impossible to fight. I really don't know what Coach D is thinking!"

Chai Meng complained.

This time, there was still no one around to refute,
Ah Lian couldn't refute it. Ah Lian wanted to refute it, but it seemed that Chai Meng was right this time.

He didn't know what the coach was thinking.

But he knows that the coach is not a person who puts himself above the team, so he absolutely does not believe what O'Neal and others said, even if the Lakers really have no chance of winning this series, it is indeed meaningless in terms of victory and defeat. But the coach also won’t put himself above the team.

The Spurs' first defensive effort was spectacular.

In the case of McAway's sudden attack, he directly gave McAway a big hat.

This kind of defense is not only wonderful, but also full of deterrence.

This makes Popovich very satisfied.

Listen to the gasps and the silence that follows the Lakers fans in attendance.

Popovich had a winner's smile on his face.

Then, Popovich looked to the side proudly.

Coach D next to him crossed his arms and smiled, as if he didn't see it.

snort!
Do you have the pearl of wisdom?

Coach D, you may not know yet what kind of hell you are facing!
Biyombo got the backcourt rebound, and Finson is also a person who likes fast breaks, so he wants fast breaks.

But Popovich on the sidelines put his hands down and shouted from the sidelines to prevent Finson's fast break.

Fast break is indeed a better choice. The Lakers' defense is not bad, and the Spurs' offense is not that good. Positional warfare is not easy to fight. From an offensive point of view, playing behind two veterans like Garnett and Pierce , mention the speed, no problem.

but!

Don't forget who I am Popovich!

Fight defense with me?
Now I'll tell you what my defense looks like!
Seeing Popovich prevent Finson's fast break opportunity, many new fans in front of the TV felt it was a pity.

Great opportunity!

But O'Neill and Kenny Smith all shouted at this time!
"It's here! The Popovich-style defense that made David Stern collapse is here!!!"

"Popovich's defense, when it comes to offense, it starts playing defense!!!"

"Popovich's defense and offense are not to score, but to prevent the opponent from scoring!!!"

Attack is not to score, but to prevent the opponent from scoring!

Kenny Smith's words shocked many new fans in front of the TV and were stunned!
They have never heard such words, and they have never seen basketball like this in today's NBA!
As for David Stern in front of the TV, the expression on his face was very ugly.

Of course, Adam Xiao Hua on the other side also had a very ugly look on his face.

He's on par with David Stern when it comes to hating Popovich.

It's not that I hate Popovich.

But...

Nima's offense is for defense!
"This kind of basketball deserves to die!"

But Coach D resurrected this kind of basketball!
O'Neal and Kenny Smith's summary of Popovich's defensive basketball was scary.

Many new Lakers fans in front of the TV were scared to death.

Not to mention the fans, even Nash, the biggest victim of basketball, looked very ugly at this time.

In fact, he is not optimistic about the Lakers either, very unfavorable!
because!

"Having Duncan and playing defense with Popovich, Popovich is invincible in basketball!"

"Duncan is this kind of environment, this kind of king of basketball, this kind of basketball was born for Duncan! It was what Popovich prepared for Duncan!"

The speed is slow and the rhythm is slow. Duncan can control the game in terms of rhythm, offense and defense!

Even he is tightly controlled by Duncan!
And now, the Lakers only have Garnett!
Looking at Duncan on the court, Popovich smiled excitedly.

“Tim, the strongest Duncan, I can let the world see the strongest Duncan again!
Coach D, you will soon see how powerful Tim Duncan is!

Soon, you will know how big the gap is between Garnett and Tim! "

A basketball played by luck will go to heaven?
Popovich looked disdainfully at Garnett, who was on the court with his fists clenched, and smiled, a mocking smile.

"Tim, let's kill!"

Damn basketball is back!

The devil on the court is back too!
"Coach D, thank you very much!"

"So, go to hell!"

(End of this chapter)