Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 610 The God of Disaster is stronger than the God of Basketball!

In Game 6 of the finals between the Lakers and the Bobcats, the starting players of this key game walked onto the court amid the thunderous cheers of the fans.

This game was not G1, but the number of veterans, current players, coaches, and experts sitting on the sidelines not only did not decrease, but even increased.

Because many people couldn't find channels to buy tickets for G1, but now, they have found channels to buy tickets and can go to the scene to watch the game.

Even the Spurs coaches like Amazing Monty, Budenholzer and Kerr were all present at this game.

After all, before the game started, the Lakers were leading 3-2. As long as they won this game, they would win the championship and complete the feat of winning four consecutive championships.

And Popovich will also defeat Coach D for the first time in the playoffs.

It can be said that this game is a historic moment for Popovich, the Lakers, and the entire Spurs coaching system.

Therefore, the tickets for this game are more expensive than those for G1.

There is a reason why the tickets for this game are so expensive.

Although Coach D is ready for this game, the Lakers are indeed a little stronger, and they can win the championship with one win. Although many public opinions are speculating whether the Lakers can give up this game, have a good rest, and not play this game due to the venue change.

However, most fans think that the Lakers will not give up this game, so the tickets for this game are sold at such a high price.

In the end, when the starting players of the two teams appeared on the court, it was exactly as most people had guessed.

On the Lakers side, the five starting players on the court are center Yao Ming, power forward Antetokounmpo, small forward Ebanks, and the two guards are McGrady and Kobe.

In addition to Jokic, the Lakers put four of their five strongest players on the court.

And the three veteran players all started, and Jokic and McCaw sat on the bench. In fact, according to the current situation of the Lakers, there is no problem at all in letting McCaw and Jokic start. Obviously, Popovich's idea is that he does not want the three veterans to fill the holes, filling the holes is much more tiring than digging holes for the opponents. They will attack with all their strength at the beginning, and as long as they lead enough, they will always have time to rest.

I can only say that Popovich's idea is very good.

Fighting with the Bobcats is not a mindless fight, it still requires some strategy.

As for the Bobcats, there are many changes in their starting lineup. O'Neal returns to the starting position. O'Neal, Duncan and Thabeet form the three forwards. Such a high height of the forward line will terrify all teams except the Lakers with Yao Ming.

O'Neal, Duncan and Thabeet are not only strong and tall, but also extremely fast. With three such forwards standing there, there is really no space inside the three-point line. For most NBA players, especially most superstars, there is no space at all.

So much so that seeing these three people as the starting pair made Barkley sigh: "I still can't imagine how the Lakers can score at least 120 points in every game in this finals under the defense of the Bobcats. Incredible Lakers, two incredible teams!"

It is indeed incredible, and no wonder ancient legends such as Barkley, Magic, Larry Bird, Rodman, Assassins, Olajuwon, etc. are crazy about praising these two teams.

As long as you are not blind, even if you are blind, you can feel that these two teams are not in the same league as all other teams in NBA history on both offense and defense.

The Bobcats' starting inside players in this game returned to the status of G1 and G3, while the starting outside players became Jordan and Ding Yanyuhang.

In this finals, Ding Yanyuhang started for the first time, and he replaced Rose and Beasley who had performed very well in the previous games. This was quite unexpected.

"I don't know if it was Coach D who predicted Popovich or Popovich who predicted Coach D..."

Not only the audience and media experts were surprised by the Bobcats' starting lineup, but even the Spurs coaches on the sidelines were surprised.

"In order to quickly gain an advantage, Popovich wanted to give the Lakers' Big Three more time to rest and adjust, so he had to attack at the beginning. Coach D knew that he couldn't beat the Lakers on offense, so he played defense first. Popovich didn't want the Big Three to consume their energy, so Coach D chose to use his most expendable starting lineup to consume the Lakers' Big Three. Coach D must have predicted Popovich..."

"It's not true that Coach D's prediction of Popovich was inaccurate. It should be said that Popovich had no choice. Coach D would not let go of this good opportunity. After all, he is Coach D..."

"So, ever since Popovich lost Game 1 of the Finals, Coach D has been in an advantageous position everywhere, and Popovich has become increasingly passive. Even if he leads 3-2, as long as he can't win the fourth game in a best-of-seven series, winning three games is useless."

"In the entire NBA, there is really no coach who can seize the key games like Coach D. Who dares to give up some games casually in the finals? Even in the playoffs, no coach dares to give up. But Coach D has such confidence because he once fell behind 0-3 and led the team to come back and win the championship. He has such confidence."

"So, beating Coach D, especially beating Coach D in the playoffs, is a problem for all head coaches in the NBA. Popovich seems to be very close to solving this problem, but in fact, it is still not so within reach."

On the sidelines, Popovich was naturally surprised as he looked at the Bobcats' starting lineup.

In addition to Jordan, the 1-meter-tall strongest defensive perimeter player in NBA history, Ding Yanyuhang is considered to be an athletically enhanced version of Bowen, and the Raptors are willing to trade Leonard for him. Duncan is the only defensive player in the NBA who can defend Yao Ming one-on-one without being beaten. O'Neal and Thabeet, one is the strongest in man-to-man defense in history, and the other is the strongest in help defense.

The two outside players are both the strongest in one-on-one defense.

The three forwards inside can push against the defense, defend, and assist in defense. Outside the entire three-point line, the Bobcats' defense will not leave any loopholes for the Lakers.

If the Lakers want to start the game offensively, they must score the ball against the defense, and they must score the ball against the strongest defense!

This is a huge problem, even a desperate problem, for any NBA team.

Even for the Lakers, this is a huge problem.

The three veterans Yao Ming, McGrady and Kobe on the court did not look relaxed at this moment.

The expressions on Antetokounmpo and Ebanks' faces were equally solemn.

The game officially started, and Yao Ming once again defeated O'Neal for the Lakers and grabbed the first attack opportunity at the opening.

Without McCaw, Kobe dribbled the ball across half court, but Jordan immediately pressed on defense as soon as Kobe crossed the half court.

Kobe has already competed with Jordan for five games, and he has shown off what he should have shown off in front of Jordan. Now the main goal is to win, and he will not waste too much energy on some meaningless shows.

After calling McGrady to come over for screen, McGrady blocked Jordan, and Kobe immediately broke through to the right to create distance between himself and Jordan, but now standing in front of him was Ding Yanyuhang.

Ding Yanyuhang's defensive talent is not as good as Jordan's, but his defensive skills are not bad at all, and many people say that he is a copy of Bowen, but in Kobe's opinion, this kid's athletic ability is much better than Bowen.

Kobe is not very afraid of Bowen. He once said in a very pretentious manner that he likes to play against Bowen because it can motivate him.

Every time he plays against Bowen, he has a big outbreak, and he is even recognized as the Spurs killer, so when he says such things, no one thinks he is pretending, it is the truth.

In fact, he is not afraid of Bowen. This is not because of something that can inspire him to fight. Although Bowen has good defensive skills and is dirty, he lacks athletic ability. Kobe is not afraid of confrontation. Bowen has no use for him physically. Kobe is not afraid of defensive skills because his offensive skills are stronger. Facing Bowen, Kobe has the advantage of athletic ability. He is not afraid of skills, confrontation, and athletic ability. As long as Kobe breaks through, Bowen will immediately turn sideways. Then, Kobe will pull up and make an emergency stop mid-range shot. With Bowen's athletic ability, he can only sigh in despair.

When Kobe was young, O'Neal was holding Duncan's hand under the basket. When Kobe was at his peak, Gasol was there to help Duncan. Bowen and Kobe were just fighting alone. From young Kobe to his peak, Bowen simply couldn't keep up with Kobe's pace. Whether it was a breakthrough, a layup, or an unsolvable pull-up jump shot, Bowen could only stand aside and eat dust. Even the Spurs head coach Popovich was defeated by Kobe at the time.

For many years, Kobe has been the only outside player who can shoot the Spurs to pieces.

However, Ding Yanyuhang and Bowen are very different. Ding Yanyuhang is not as good as Bowen in confrontation, but his athletic ability is much stronger than Bowen.

In this finals, Kobe didn't actually get much advantage against Ding Yanyuhang. Even if he used his back-to-the-basket ability to play against Ding Yanyuhang one-on-one, although he had the advantage in the confrontation, he didn't dare to go too deep. At a slightly longer distance, Ding Yanyuhang's jumping ability was excellent and his blocking ability was strong, so it was not easy for him to break through. In addition, the area under the basket was almost a restricted area, so he could only rely on the quick stop and fade away jump shot from the outside, which was too simple and too easy to defend.

Therefore, after switching Ding Yanyuhang to his front, Kobe did not attack Ding Yanyuhang immediately, but continued to call for pick-and-roll on the outside.

This time, the player who came out to screen for Kobe was Yao Ming.

Kobe wanted to switch Duncan in front of him, but this time Kobe did not succeed. Duncan, who came out with Yao Ming, did switch in front of him, but!

It's a pincer attack!
Duncan and Ding Yanyuhang directly double-teamed Kobe!

The sudden attack was like covering the sky and the sun!
Fortunately, Kobe was alert and passed the ball behind his back to Yao Ming who had already moved to the top of the arc for a three-pointer.

At this moment, Thabeet, who had long given up defending Antetokounmpo, had already stood in front of Yao Ming and stuck to him tightly.

The one holding the ball is a 2-meter-tall center, and the one defending him is a 26-meter-tall center!
"This is the tallest matchup in the NBA! And they're on the perimeter!"

Yao Ming received the pass from Kobe and leaned towards Tabeet with his back. Tabeet took a step back. When Yao Ming was about to turn around and shoot a three-pointer, the defensive player in front of him became Duncan.

"too fast!!!"

"Tim Duncan moves incredibly fast!!!"

"The Bobcats' switch defense is complete once again!!!"

Kobe, who organized the attack, was a little confused as he watched the defense return to its original state again.

Of course they were prepared, as they had already seen the Bobcats' defense in this finals.

but!

This game is better than the previous five games!!!
"Unbelievable! Center Yao Ming didn't even have a chance to pass the ball to Antetokounmpo! Thabeet is too tall and can jump, and his positioning is too good. Even Yao didn't dare to pass over Thabeet to Antetokounmpo in the first place!"

Yao Ming could only watch Thabeet come to Antetokounmpo again!
The Lakers' offense lasted for 15 seconds, but in the end they found that the Bobcats' defense was all back in place, while their own offense had been killed!

There were less than 9 seconds left, and standing in front of him was Duncan who had returned to his position. Yao Ming now had only one offensive option, which was to force a break.

Even calling Kobe to come over for another pick-and-roll would be a bit redundant as there was not enough time.

"It's desperate, the Lakers' offense is desperate this time!"

"Popovich and the Lakers wanted to attack, but Coach D completely blocked the Lakers' offense. He said he would not give them any chances, and he really did not give them any chances!"

For the NBA superstars and veterans who were present at the scene, there was only one word to describe the Lakers' defense at this moment: absolute!
I have never seen a defense that is so fast, with such good defensive coordination and such a high basketball IQ!

"Now I can understand why Coach D didn't start Rose and Beasley. Although they can both defend, Beasley has always been a little reluctant to defend and his attention is not focused enough. Rose's height is a weakness. So the Bobcats lineup on the court is the strongest defensive lineup in NBA history. It has no shortcomings and no loopholes!"

At this moment, many people were amazed in their hearts.

But there was no fear in Yao Ming's eyes on the court.

"Tim, you're great at everything except..."

Yao Ming looked at the time which was about to return to zero, his eyes were full of excitement, and the corner of his mouth revealed the smile of collapse that scared the entire NBA and the whole world back then.

Yao Ming took action!
Facing Duncan, Yao Ming shot from beyond the three-point line!!!
"The first attack is going to be a ball that is more difficult than a buzzer beater?!!!"

Many people were shocked by Yao Ming's simple offensive choice.

Even if there is no chance, you can still make some adjustments and fight back, right? Is it really okay to just throw it directly like this?
In the previous five games, Yao Ming rarely shot like this!

No, almost not!

"You are good in everything except that you are 15 centimeters shorter than me. That's the difference between Nate Robinson and Kobe."

Duncan stared blankly at Yao Ming who turned around and left early.

At this moment, the whole world was shocked to see Yao Ming turning around early with a wicked smile on his face.

It’s crazy!!!
The whole world was shocked by Yao Ming's attack!

then!

There was a brushing sound!
The world, which was originally in an uproar, suddenly became quiet!
Many fans who had never seen Yao Ming's legendary season, who were also the fans who caused the biggest uproar just now, were simply shocked.

Barkley and Kenny Smith on the sidelines had already stood up excitedly!

"That god-like man, no, that God of Collapse who is stronger than the God of Basketball, he is back again!!!"

Chris Bosh looked at the broken smile on the big screen and subconsciously covered his heart.

Suffocating, scared, and wanting to faint...

(End of this chapter)