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Chapter 285 Studying the Opponent

Yang Ke didn't hear the meaning other than the literal meaning, and his heart was full of doubts and curiosity, so he couldn't help asking: "Then why are you?"

However, Parker did not intend to answer Yang Ke's doubts this time.Even before Yang Ke finished speaking, he opened his mouth to interrupt Yang Ke's inquiry: "Let's go to the old man's house as a guest."

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Seeing this, Yang Ke had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart, nodded, and turned to silently look at the information sent to him by the team.

In the next ten minutes, the Spurs players came to the video room one by one.

The team members chatted a few words when they first arrived, and at other times they picked up their own materials and looked them up carefully.

The last person to enter the video room was Popovich. He looked at the serious players and was quite satisfied, but he pretended to regret and said: "You guys are very self-conscious! It seems that those punishment plans I It was prepared in vain!"

With that said, Popovich closed the door behind his back, carrying his bag, and walked straight to the projector.

At this moment, Parker, who had been playing with his mobile phone before, suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Master, Yang wants to visit your house tonight."

The voice attracted everyone's attention. The players who had put down the materials in their hands because Popovich came in turned their attention to Yang Ke beside Parker.

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Yang Ke didn't expect Parker to do this at all, he was caught off guard, and at the same time he was a little embarrassed to be stared at, but he didn't know what to say.

"sure!"

Meowing at Parker, Popovich didn't think much about it.Turning his head to Yang Ke, he responded straight away, "I'll call Irene later and ask her to prepare dinner. Yang, you can come directly at seven o'clock in the evening."

Afterwards, Popovich turned his head and found Leonard sitting on the other side with his eyes, and said at the same time: "Kawhi, you come tonight too, it just so happens that neither of you have been to my house for dinner."

"Ok!"

"We'll be there on time."

Leonard and Yang Ke responded quickly.

Popovich nodded, and the matter of being a guest for dinner came to an end.

A few steps to the digital projector, Popovich stopped, turned around, looked at the players sitting in a group, the smile on his face disappeared, and said seriously: "Next, I will show you the Warriors The clips of the last five games of the regular season, I need you all to pay attention, the Warriors are not as simple as you think."

After speaking, Popovich turned on the digital projector, took out his notebook, stepped aside, and watched the video with the players.

Popovich is such a great coach. He may be a tyrant in basketball work, irritable and strict with every player; but in private, he is so kind, often like friends with the players Get along with each other in the same way, and often invite them to be guests at home.

A few hours later, all the Warriors game videos were watched.

"Snapped"

Closing the notebook, Popovich walked back to the center and raised his hand to turn off the digital projector.Facing everyone, he said blankly: "I want to hear your opinions first."

Parker was the first to speak: "The Warriors are weak inside and forward. The reason why they can win five games in a row at the end of the regular season, I think, is the key to Thompson and Curry."

Although he will be reimbursed for the season due to injury and will not play in the playoffs, this does not prevent Parker from expressing his opinions.

Gary Neal followed up: "Curry and Thompson both have strong outside shooting abilities. Once they find the touch, it will be difficult for us to control the score."

"If we want to beat the Warriors, we must limit the Warriors' backcourt"

In the next few minutes, the players expressed their thoughts one after another, and Curry was the most mentioned of the Warriors.

"Curry and Thompson's shooting ability is really strong, but shooting alone can't win the game, and they are not as difficult to deal with as you think."

After a while, seeing that the players had said the same thing, Popovich said, "Thompson's offensive skills are single, and he is not skilled in handling the ball. He is more like a catch-and-shoot player. Thompson is hardly seen in the game. Dribble, stop, shoot all in one go. So it's not hard to guard him, Danny Green."

"Coach, I'm here!"

Green raised his hand in response.

Hearing the sound and watching, Popovich asked calmly: "How does Thompson need to defend?"

Green is very familiar with this type of player, and replied directly: "Close fit, follow his running position, and strictly prevent him from being open."

Popovich nodded, assigned the task to Green, and said: "Thompson's defense is handed over to you, go back and take a good look at Thompson's personal highlights."

"As for Curry."

Speaking of the next goal, Popovich, who had already planned in his mind, turned his head to Leonard, and then said, "Curry is not really a traditional point guard. He is thin and his style of play lacks aggression." Sex, rarely hit the penalty area, and most of his shots are pull-ups and emergency stop jumpers."

"I'll stalk him!"

After receiving the information, Leonard immediately expressed his position.

Thinking of something, Popovich added: "Also, the teamwork of the Warriors is not smooth. Their only offensive point is Curry. You have to make more use of the advantage of the length of your hands and try to steal him more."

"clear."

Leonard nodded.

Popovich made a mid-term summary: "We all know that the Warriors rely heavily on double guns in the backcourt, so as long as they are targeted well, it is not difficult to fight. Let's talk about defense first. As for the defense and double-team strategy, we will cooperate tomorrow. I'll tell you when I practice."

Taking a sip of water from the bottle and moistening his throat, Popovich continued: "Let's talk about offense. There is no doubt that the Warriors' overall defense is very poor. Their regular season Ranked among the top five in the league in points allowed per game.”

"According to the data, when David Lee is not on the court, the Warriors' defensive efficiency will drop a notch. Therefore, in this round of series with the Warriors, our offensive focus should be on the inside!"

Having said that, Popovich paused, looked sideways at Yang Ke, and asked, "Yang, how have you been practicing recently?"

Yang Ke said calmly: "I feel very good. Under the guidance of coach Manu and England, my shot selection and stability have improved a lot after the breakthrough."

"Good, don't relax, in the playoffs I think you should get to the paint more!"

Popovich nodded with satisfaction, he was very satisfied with this answer.But as a seasoned coach, he never had just one set of plans.

Later, Popovich said to Diaw: "Boris, maybe we need you to float outside in this series and try to get David Lee out of the paint as much as possible."

"Understood! Coach!"

"Okay, everyone, let's disband! You don't want to practice today, go home and look at the information, take a break by the way, and come to the training hall to practice together at 07:30 tomorrow morning!"

Finally, Popovich clapped his hands and declared the meeting over.

(End of this chapter)