If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 131 The Effect of Larger Spurs
"What a surprise, the Thunder played really well today."

"In the first half, the Thunder led the Spurs by double digits, and both Yi Jian and Durant scored in double figures."

"Yi Jian dominated both offensive and defensive ends today, which is completely MVP-level performance."

In fact, the Thunder's offense can only be said to be normal, but they defended harder and destroyed the Spurs' plan before they succeeded in gaining an advantage.

"We can't give them a chance, we have to win the game in one go."

"Yes, we need to give them more strength in the second half."

"Bruce, not bad, you're getting better at defending Duncan."

"Kyle also defended well. It is not easy to keep up with Parker's speed."

"This is how the game should be played. We can do better. Win the game with fierce confrontation and then continue to improve. This is why I like competitive sports."

"Hahaha, this is really cool!"

In the Thunder's locker room, the failure of the previous game had been forgotten, and a group of young people were full of fighting spirit and eager to try.

In the Spurs locker room, their head coach Popovich was no longer cursing, he began to have all kinds of eccentricities.

The Spurs can only stay with players who keep their own place. Many people say that Popovich is very good at training players.

Popovich can scold GDP bloody, and the players will still listen to him.

Especially Duncan, who is willing to support the head coach. If it is replaced by a superstar, Popovich will probably dismiss get out of class.

After the Spurs players got used to Popovich's temper, they were able to break out of fighting power after being scolded.

But this trick is not when Turin, at the beginning of the second half, the Spurs still did not play an efficient offense.

On the contrary, the singles between Yi Jian and Durant was very sharp.

Stars can always make the playoffs easier, which is the advantage of the Thunder.

Spurs coach Popovich was furious. In order to punish the ineffective players, he replaced Duncan and Parker in 3 minutes.

Can the bench players thrive?The answer is no.

The current Spurs do not have those masters who disrupt the battle.

In the future, the Spurs will introduce some chaotic players from the bench, probably because they are already afraid of the lack of firepower on the offensive end.

The substitute didn't play well, and the Spurs didn't make adjustments.

Obviously, the Spurs gave up the game at the beginning of the second half this time.

This kind of situation has happened before, and Popovich is such a character coach.

He has the absolute power of life and death in the Spurs, giving up a playoff game to give the players a head-start, and only he can do this kind of thing among the coaches in the league.

But is it useful?It's hard to say.

The Spurs' lineup this season is just not good, and with injuries, it's useless to go to PUA players.

In the final quarter, the Thunder also put on a substitute lineup.

Although their bench lineup did not perform very well, but with enough advantages, they also have the capital to let the bench players exercise on the court.

In Thunder's first home game, Yi Jian clocked out of get off work in three quarters.

After the game, the Spurs coach Popovich could no longer face it easily. He was very angry, "I didn't find any way to wake up my players. We played badly. I don't want to see this result."

Duncan, the core of the Spurs, said, "This is really a horrible game, but fortunately, this is not the last game. We still have a chance. We will return to the winning track this weekend."

As a rookie coach, Brooks didn't show off too much, he just said: "The home fans gave us a lot of support, and we played the best basketball."

Durant was also very happy to easily beat the Spurs. He said: "This is really great. Every one of us is fighting."

The series is still going on, but Duncan's words are only to give himself confidence after all.

It is really too difficult for the Spurs to beat the Thunder away.

The first game was actually their chance. They didn't hold down the Thunder at that time. It can be said that they had lost the possibility of becoming the leader of the series.

In view of the team's previous problems, Yi Jian did not dare to be careless at home and kept reminding other players.

Some players are going to call him Mother Yi, but Yi Jian still takes it seriously.

The outcome of the playoffs has a lot to do with it. Maybe winning a few more games can double the player's value. If you are not serious enough, you are struggling with money and reputation. Stupid people are like this.

The fourth game of the series is just two days away, and Yi Jian and the others must live more comfortably at home.

After training, they paid a little attention to the games of other teams, took physical therapy to relax, and got a good night's sleep.

The Spurs, who were beaten by the Thunder, finally chose to change their lineup. They let Bowen start.

Bowen is 38 years old, and his abilities have declined in all aspects except experience.

Yi Jian was a little worried that the Spurs would come to the wrong place, and they would definitely take advantage of exchanging an old comrade for Durant.

Yi Jian reminded his teammates, but Durant didn't really care. Even if he was worried, he would be confident on the surface.

In fact, the Spurs may be just trying to improve their defense a bit.

At Bowen's current age, it may be more difficult for Yin people.

They started the same way, grabbing points and playing planets.

It's just that they didn't hide it even more this time, that is, Duncan and Parker played, and the others squatted on the three-point line, and they just had to work hard when defending.

When a tactical master reaches a critical moment, his choices are surprisingly similar to those of a coach without tactics.

Duncan and Parker did show their strength, and the head coach's humiliation to them still played a role. They liked Popovich's set very much.

In this game, the two All-Stars began to work hard.

Duncan's performance sometimes does not look like an old insider.

Thunder's choice is also very simple, Lopez to consume, Yi Jian to help defend.

With Yi Jian's moving speed, it is no problem to help defend Duncan and Parker.

With the Spurs noticing, it was not so easy for Yi Jian to give the opponent a big hat.

But it doesn't matter, defense doesn't have to have data, just make the opponent's offense more uncomfortable.

When Duncan and Parker were full of energy, Yi Jian's help defense did not give them too much trouble for the time being.

The Spurs' opening strategy was successful again.

But it wasn't entirely successful either.

They rely on their stars to play offensively, but their defense is completely ineffective.

Durant has time to adapt to shooting when he is away, but he has time to come up at home.

As for Yi Jian, no one can guard against him as the leading scorer.

Therefore, the Spurs' early start turned into an offensive battle between the two teams.

Then Yi Jian and Durant still had a slight advantage, and the Spurs coaching staff also had a headache.

Duncan and Parker have done a good job, but they are really not the top players on the offensive end.

Lei Ting's two young men are too ignorant of martial arts, and their singles ability is too strong.

The Thunder selected two top youngsters in the same year, and I am really envious and jealous.

(End of this chapter)