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204 Chapter 297, War Spurs
The Spurs and Thunder are inseparable from each other.However, the experienced Spurs are even better.After defeating the Thunder in the tiebreaker, the fateful duel with the Eastern Heat and Celtics is about to start again.

The game against the Spurs was also very interesting. Two good buddies who have a very strong relationship with Lin Xiao, Boris Dior and Stephen Jackson, who once gave Lin Xiao himself a critical moment because of his conflict with LeBron James s help.

Happening in front of the media, Lin Xiao will never forget Stephen Jackson helping him when he was most helpless.

Similarly, Boris Dior, who was very friendly to Lin Xiao in his rookie season and taught Lin Xiao a veteran, Lin Xiao is also very grateful.Although Lin Xiao doesn't like him wasting his talent.

Boris Dior's physical talent is considered very good, and he also has a good passing skill.

Tony Parker, now averaging 21.5 points and 6.3 assists per game in the series, is currently the Spurs' No. The third is Manu Ginobili averaging 17.0 points, plus 9.8 rebounds and 16.5 assists.

Also eye-catching is Stephen Jackson, who only scored 6.2 points in the regular season for the Spurs, and rose to 11.2 points in the playoffs, looking very old and strong.

However, they still won't be the Mavericks' opponents.

The starting five players, Tony Parker, was the player who averaged 4 turnovers per game against Westbrook in the series against the Thunder.

The same is true for Tim Duncan. His debut is the pinnacle. The pinnacle knows that now, the position of power forward is Boris Dior, who is very familiar with Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao is also very clear about his style of play and playing style.

The only bad feeling is that Manu Ginobili is a variable, this player is really too demonic.

It's really hard to deal with, and the acting is so realistic.The snake-shaped breakthrough is also a headache for the players.

The most important thing is that their system is very complete and reasonable, and the most difficult to deal with is their head coach, Gregg Popovich.Since taking over the Spurs in 96-97, the winning rate has not exceeded 60% in the first season.What a monster.

Gregg Popovich (Gregg·Popovich), born on November 1948, 11 in East Chicago, Indiana, graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and is a Serbian and Croatian-American basketball player and coach.The current NBA head coach of the San Antonio Spurs.

格雷格·波波维奇作为NBA主教练，带领圣安东尼奥马刺队在1999年、2003年、2005年、2007年4度夺得NBA总冠军;三度当选NBA西部全明星阵容主教练;三次获得NBA“最佳教练“奖。

Popovich worked as an assistant teacher at the Air Force Academy for 6 years. By 1979, Popovich left the Air Force Academy to go to a college in California, "Pomona University" as the head coach.This is also Popovich's first head coaching job. In 1980, Popovich began to officially coach this NCAA Division III team composed of two colleges. As a result, he led the team to a poor record of 2 wins and 22 losses.But for the next 6 years, Pomona College dominated their minor leagues, and Popovich also got the opportunity to learn from Larry Brown.

In 1988, Larry Brown became the head coach of the Spurs. He immediately found Popovich, who had already coached at Pomona University, as his assistant, and Popovich's NBA career kicked off.

In the NBA playoffs of the 1990-91 season, the Warriors, which had won 44 games in the regular season, defeated the Spurs with 101 wins by running 55 rounds per game. perception of the game.

In the middle of the 1991-92 season, the then-Spurs owner Mike Combs fired Larry Brown and his entire coaching staff, after which Popovich became an assistant coach for the Warriors.

Popovich studied under Warriors head coach Don Nelson for two seasons. In 1994, the Spurs offered Popovich a five-year long-term contract. Nelson did not force Popovich to stay. .Popovich, who returned to the Spurs, left the status of assistant coach and began to serve as the team's general manager.He actively operated and hoped to hire the old Nelson (referring to Don Nelson) to coach the Spurs, but the Warriors owner refused to let him go. Popovich could only choose Bob Hill as his first coach.At this time, Popovich also brought a team of assistants he formed back to San Antonio, and the core of this wave included RC Buford, Hank Egan and Mike Budenholzer.In this way, they formed the initial team of Popovich and the "Spurs".

In the 1998-99 season, Popovich ushered in the first peak of his career. This season, the NBA suffered a lockout and the regular season shrank.The Spurs only got 6 wins and 8 losses. Popovich was criticized for this, but team leaders Duncan and Robinson expressed their firm support for him. The Spurs then ended with a record of 31 wins and 5 losses.Defeated the Timberwolves 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs, swept the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference semifinals, and swept the Trail Blazers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals.In the finals, the Spurs defeated the Knicks 4-1, and Popovich ushered in the first NBA championship trophy in his coaching career.

The Mavericks' two home games, Rick Carlisle caught the Spurs by surprise, but Zhuge Weiqi's adjustment speed really made all the players see it. Basically, Rick Carlisle made a move. Once Zhuge Weiwei found out his intentions, he quickly Standing on the sidelines and roaring and reminding loudly, even paused to disrupt the Mavericks' offensive rhythm, the Mavericks narrowly won by 1 points in G5, Lin Xiao 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki 33 points + 17 rebounds, and Tim Duncan of the Spurs Right.

The second game was extremely difficult. It can be said that the Spurs firmly controlled the situation of the game. Lin Xiao hit Manu Ginobili with his back and was caused by two offensive fouls, which made Lin Xiao almost unable to control himself. However, with the help of luck, they defeated the Spurs, Lin Xiao changed hands, and Jason Terry succeeded in the lore.

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