unfinished glory

Chapter 32

During the halftime break, Popovich said that the team's offense was good, and they should continue to maintain it in the second half.At the same time, he emphasized that the defensive end should put pressure on the Lakers, especially Kobe.

In the first half, the two players who defended Kobe received two fouls each. Popovich demanded that in the second half, as soon as Kobe got the ball, Bowen or Li Chongxiao should step forward to defend closely, and other teammates should come over in time to double-team.

But no matter how well prepared you are, there are surprises.At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers showed the momentum of chasing points.

Odom cut in and caused Duncan to foul and made one of two free throws.On the defensive end, Butler directly steals Ginobili's pass and assists Atkins to hit a three-pointer; then Atkins assists Odom to hit a jumper.

The score was quickly narrowed to 59:53. Popovich was furious and called a timeout.

He pulled Ginobili, pointed at the place where the ball was stolen, and asked loudly, "What's going on in your mind?"

Ginobili had to put his hands on his hips, submissive.

Fortunately, Popovich did not suspend for cursing. He called the players who had just played and shouted:
"Efficiency, efficiency! We must play efficiently and reduce unnecessary mistakes. Don't be impatient and keep our style."

During the regular season, NBA coaches usually formulate a set of offensive and defensive strategies for the team, and they basically practice according to this strategy during training.

That's basically the team's style of play.

Before the game with other teams, I will make some pre-match preparations based on this strategy.Usually, according to different teams, several changes of the opponent are predicted to prepare several sets of plans.

At the same time, according to these sets of plans, some tactics are designed in a targeted manner, and the players on the field are adjusted.

After the start of the game, the coaches will deal with their opponents according to their pre-match preparations, and generally will not change tactics easily.

Even if there is an unexpected situation and the game is out of control, in most cases, it will only proceed according to the prepared plan.

This is not because the level of these coaches is not enough, but because the players are more familiar with the fixed routines that have been practiced, and the success rate will be much higher.

If the tactics are changed at will during the game, it will disrupt the pre-match preparations, make the players feel uncomfortable, lead to the inability to play the tactics, and the result often becomes worse.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the coaches are unwilling to make temporary tactical changes and personnel adjustments, such as gambling changes.

The fairy substitutions and ghost substitutions that fans sometimes see are actually the performance of the coaches' gambling success or failure.

Therefore, some coaches have been criticized for poor on-the-spot command because they are not good at "adapting to circumstances", and Phil Jackson is among them.

Popovich is a coach who reacts quickly on the spot, but he didn't talk about tactics at the moment, just let the players calm down and play the style in training.

The Spurs player who was blown by the blower suddenly played very confidently as if he had used Rejoice after playing.

The three armies used their lives and directly played a 11:2 spurt, extending the score to 15 points again.

This time it was the Lakers' turn to call a timeout, and they had already made four consecutive irons.

Tomjanovich didn't have many good solutions. The tactics were successful and the opportunities came up, but the players just couldn't make the shots.

He had to resort to a trick: give the ball to Kobe Bryant.Rely on the personal abilities of the stars to solve the battle.

Kobe was ordered in danger, and before the Spurs players were encircled, he scored a three-pointer against Bowen's defense.

Then he broke through and caused Bowen's foul and scored two free throws.After scoring 5 points in a row, the score became 60:70.

But Bowen got his third personal foul and had no choice but to rest.

In the two rounds after Li Chongxiao came on the court, he resolutely implemented the double-team policy formulated by Popovich, which did not give Kobe a good chance.

And the Lakers players, who received Kobe's pass twice, hit the iron.Fortunately, the Spurs' offense also stagnated a little, and the score did not change.

Taking advantage of Butler's foul, the Lakers finally replaced Kobe to rest.

In the last 3 minutes of the game in this section, the Spurs relied on the outstanding performance of Manu Ginobili and Barry to score 10 points with penalty shots.

The Lakers, relying on Odom's 5 points and Atkins' three-pointer before the end of this quarter, did not allow the Spurs to expand their score even further.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, "Iron Man" Kobe played.

Li Chongxiao tried his best to chase and intercept Kobe with his teammates.He only relied on Li Chongxiao's foul and scored two free throws.

In addition to Li Chongxiao's foul on Odom just now, this will be three times.

But the Spurs also failed to pull the score away.

Kobe was not going well on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, it seemed like he was playing his life. The on-site teaching taught Li Chongxiao what an international superstar with both offense and defense is.

Ginobili was made to cry by his candy-style defense, one was blocked and the other was out of bounds.

Li Chongxiao took advantage of Kobe's dealing with his teammates, stealing a chicken and hit a three-pointer, but at least he didn't make a zero.

The game lasted more than eight minutes, 88:74, and the Spurs took the lead.

In this attack, Barry's three-pointer was short and just bounced in Kobe's hands.Kobe directly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Fortunately, Li Chongxiao had retreated and blocked Kobe's path.

Kobe made Li Chongxiao dizzy and shifted his center of gravity through continuous crotch and disguise.

Seeing that Kobe was about to go inside, Li Chongxiao hugged Kobe in desperation, then raised his right hand high, signaling a foul.

Finally, a fast break opportunity was destroyed by a rookie, which made Kobe a little annoyed. He dropped the ball and pushed Li Chongxiao.

Li Chongxiao is not an obedient boy, he will let others slaughter him.He clenched his fists and was about to go over to make a move, but was blocked by Duncan who followed him with his hand.

Reluctantly, Kobe stretched out his right hand, pointing at Li Chongxiao, and Duncan pushed Kobe a stagger when he went up.

The referee hurried over and was separated among several people.

Teammates from both sides also surrounded, and Odom and Butler held Kobe back.

After deliberation, the referee gave Li Chongxiao a shooting foul and Kobe and Duncan each a technical foul.

Li Chongxiao made the free throw for a technical foul steadily, and was replaced when Kobe made a free throw.

Then Bowen came on the court and continued to chase and intercept Kobe.

However, after the technical foul, Kobe seemed to have been beaten into the second branch of Ren Du, and scored consecutively. Bowen failed to stop the fourth and fifth fouls, allowing the Lakers to narrow the score to 92:85.

But the Spurs also have superstars. Duncan stepped up to play two consecutive singles and opened the score to 11 points.

You come and go on both sides, each gaining money, but the Spurs are terribly stable, and they don't give their opponents a chance to explode.In the end, the game was accepted with 102:93.

According to statistics after the game, the core players of both sides performed well. Duncan scored 26 points and 16 rebounds.

For the Lakers, Bryant played 45 minutes, scored 32 points, scored 14 free throws and hit 12 of them.Among them, Li Chongxiao and Bo Wen contributed 8 times.

Bowen played 30 minutes, with 5 fouls on his back, 5 of which were committed by Kobe.

The first time he played against Kobe, Li Chongxiao was taught a solid lesson.Kobe's offensive methods are really rich, and this person's physical fitness is also very strong.

Not only physical strength, but also Kobe's flexibility, which made Li Chongxiao drool when he saw each lever.

In addition, speed, explosive power and flexibility also made it difficult for Kobe to defend. Li Chongxiao fouled 18 times in 4 minutes of playing, and 3 fouls were for Kobe.

Fortunately, he also scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the end, without getting any zero eggs.

(End of this chapter)