Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 126 Strong Enemy Level Confrontation
In the playoff matchup between strong teams, every weakness will become the target of the opponent's coach. Once it is not hidden in time, it will be hit by the opponent's heavy firepower.

In this case, one of the easiest ways is to shorten the rotation. There are obvious weaknesses such as Carlos Boozer, or insufficient rotation players such as Matt Barnes. In this game, almost no Playing time, the significance of their appearance is to allow Kobe and Garnett to get a precious 2-minute rest time.But the effect is that the Spurs are used as a breakthrough, scoring consecutively.

Only Brad Miller and Derek Fisher can play for the Lakers as a rotation player for a long time, while the Spurs have no other players except Malik Rose and backup point guard Speedy Claxton. It is also embarrassing.

The main players have played for a long time and the competition is fierce. Of course, the number of fouls on both sides will not be less.

Seeing Duncan and Robinson who had committed 3 fouls, Phil Jackson immediately tried to change his tactics at the beginning of the third quarter, because the Spurs only had the 41-year-old Kevin Willis on the bench besides Rose. .Once one of the Twin Towers gets into foul trouble, it means the complete collapse of the Spurs' inside defense.

Under his instruction, Kobe and Artest took turns holding the ball and rushing to the inside, but the referee suddenly began to begrudge his whistle, and the Spurs used their defense on the verge of fouls to continuously prevent the Lakers from attacking attempts.

On the contrary, Parker and Ginobili, taking advantage of the lack of time for the Lakers to retreat, made several successful counterattacks and overtook the score in one fell swoop.Seeing that the situation was not good, the Zen master called a timeout.

"Schete! Falk! You bloody referees! Are you blind? You don't call such an obvious foul! And not once, but three times!" Nicholson on the sidelines couldn't hold back his anger, He roared frantically at the referee.

Such a penalty scale has never been seen in the previous three years of competition.

"Calm down, Jack, these referees may like the confrontational style of the New York Knicks and Miami Heat at that time. It just so happens that we are not afraid of this. Don't worry, Phil will add something to them." Jim sneered.

Sure enough, the Lakers, who returned to the game, once again increased the intensity of physical confrontation, especially when Duncan took the ball, Artest would rush to double-team regardless of everything, and frantically made steals.

Generally speaking, this kind of loose-scale game is more beneficial to the Spurs, but I didn't expect that the Lakers, who appeared more as an offensive team throughout the season, could also offer such a high-intensity defense. Don't dare to blow the double whistle too blatantly. For a while, the scene was extremely ugly, and the attacks of both sides basically came to a standstill.

"Is this what you David Stern want to see? If you don't want the ratings, then go ahead and do it. Playing defense, we have a lot of people on the team." Jim secretly thought.

After the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 62 to 56. In the regular season, the score of the Lakers at halftime is often close to this number.

Apart from Kobe's mid-range shot, the Lakers couldn't even find a second stable point to score. Garnett's weakness in attacking toughness was exposed. He only made 10 of 4 shots, all of which were jumpers outside the three-second zone.

In the fourth quarter, both sides came up with their own unique moves. Ginobili came from South America and Europe all the way, and played a unique skill.

Ben Wallace comes up to cover for Kobe and does a covert crotch push that anyone can do.

Ginobi successfully turned this little move into an offensive foul with a ten-fold exaggerated performance.

Daben was full of anger, and when Parker broke through for a layup in the next round, the dragon came into the world and fanned Parker out of the baseline with the ball, increasing his fouls to 4 times.

The Zen master had to replace Daben, but it was not Brad Miller, the first insider substitute, but Desagena Diop, who did not get 1 minute of playing time in the previous playoffs.

After a brief exchange with Garnett and Artest, Diop went directly to Duncan and liberated Garnett.

A rough guy who hasn't played for two years single-handedly defends Duncan?Of course, the Spurs would not let go of this opportunity and lobbed the ball to Duncan.

When he was stuck in the position, Duncan already felt that Diop's power should not be underestimated. To deal with this kind of opponent, he can only outsmart him, not match him with strength.

After receiving the ball, Artest's help defense did not come over as before.

Under the call of the DJ on site, the fans shouted "Defense!" according to the drumbeat of the music to cheer for the team.
Duncan was not affected by this at all. He had no expression on his face. Immediately after receiving the ball, he used his right foot as the axis, turned forward and turned into a face frame, bowed his body, and created space.

Diop immediately spread his arms and clung to him, leaving no room for Duncan to shoot directly. Duncan's rebound shot is a lost art in this position.

The center of gravity is too high.

As soon as Duncan lowered his head, his shoulders were already squeezed into Diop's armpit. He dribbled the ball forcefully, pushing Diop out of the way, and made a half-hook gesture with his right hand.

Diop was already behind him, so of course he wasn't the one who cheated this fake.

Garnett rushed to nothing, and Duncan waited for Garnett to start falling before preparing to take it calmly.

With a crisp sound, Duncan only felt a sharp pain in his wrist.

Diop's block hits his right hand.

When the referee's whistle sounded, Diop raised his hand indifferently. During the season, he averaged less than 10 minutes per game, but he was able to commit more than 3 fouls per game. He has long been accustomed to the referee's whistle.

If there is any weakness in the impeccable Stone Buddha, it can only be free throws.Duncan rubbed his wrist and walked to the free throw line, still expressionless, and missed two free throws.

Popovich frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Diop didn't go to cover for his outside teammates. Instead, he found Duncan with a dull head and used his generous body to cover Garnett without the ball. After changing positions, he tried his best to get stuck at the basket.

With Diop's terrific inside offensive ability, the Spurs certainly knew that it was impossible for him to finish. Billups was still dribbling the ball outside. David Robinson hurriedly signaled Duncan to switch back to the original defensive matchup. Let Duncan waste energy on the unnecessary card position with Diop.

As soon as David Robinson took a step, Billups's pass had already found Garnett near the free throw line. In this position, his mid-range shots were almost sure.

Garnett made a gesture to make a shot, but Duncan hurriedly dropped Diop and jumped out to interfere.

In the absence of physical confrontation, Garnett's flexibility prevailed. After successfully tricking Duncan into losing his center of gravity with a fake move, Garnett accelerated his breakthrough from the right side and took off powerfully, facing David Robinson who was defending against him. It's a blasting battle axe!
Garnett, who had been extremely depressed throughout the game, threw his head back, beat his chest and roared, letting out a fierce breath.

Like a drowning person finally surfacing and breathing fresh air, the dull atmosphere that enveloped the arena was swept away. Nicholson almost rushed to the arena, dancing wildly to celebrate.Such a hearty and wonderful goal is enough to change the momentum of an entire constipation attack.

　The preseason is about to start, so looking forward to it...

　　
　
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