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James may be the red rag in the eyes of the old bull, gifting the Spurs an "unexpected" victory

The Spurs, who lack defensive intensity, can occasionally play "offense instead of defense" in this version where you are embarrassed to come out and say hello without scoring 120 points.

By Bettye LutzPublished 3 years ago 6 min read
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This is a spike battle comparable to the All-Star, missing arms, and legs of the Spurs, and the three-point shooting rate of the league's second-lowest Lakers, froze the total score of 285 points, even if played into overtime, it is also comparable to the iron tree, Mills quasi-deadly, Rondo Paul fights the winning scenes.

Seriously, the Spurs' 40 points in the first quarter are just a mindless plug for the Spurs' burgeoning hand. The first quarter of the game was a fantasy, and I couldn't help but dream about the 2014 finals g3 scene - maybe James is the red cloth in the eyes of the old bull.

The perimeter fire of a single fight is not sustainable, but the first quarter of Ade's catch-and-shoot jumper is easy to the extreme, McGee's sense of defensive position is too poor, he came up in the box and the battle and retreat, and saw DeRozan airborne shot. The good thing is that McGee realized his mistake and immediately corrected it, so the following scene appeared.

The first time I saw him, I was in the middle of the game. Under McGee's watchful eye, Ade opened the game with three shots and hit his offensive rhythm smoothly.

On the Lakers' side, it was still the same problem that plagued them for two games and will probably continue to plague them for the remaining 79 games.

Once it comes down to a position battle, Ball, McGee, and Stephenson could all be left open. As for James, Popovich is determined to implement the strategy of "prevent the blitz and release the shot" in 2013 when James was at the peak of his shooting skills, let alone now when the team's defensive level has deteriorated.

The company's main goal is to provide the best possible solution to the problem of the problem. James started the game 0 for 6, and the Spurs' defensive strategy, and the Lakers' inherent flaws, played a key role.

The Lakers have only one way to "run up" as they are hamstrung everywhere in the positional game. The Lakers finally had backcourt rebounds to grab, so James and Ball, the two conversion offense gods, began to step up their arrangements, they even let Beasley play the five, forcing the opposite of the big Gasol out of the box. Beasley himself did not expect, I a once beat James small forward, how to be squeezed to the five positions.

The whole game down, the Lakers scored a whopping 41 fast break points, while the Spurs, only 7.

Although Mill's cover dry pull, unfortunately, became the main offense of the Spurs bench, the good thing is that the Spurs' overall offensive system still exists. Belinelli and Big Gasol make the Spurs' positional game less dry. And Kuzma, Stephenson, and Hart also hold up the Lakers' outside face. Under the command of James and Stephenson, the Lakers made a big play of EARLY OFFENSE after converting the offense to get the deficit down to single digits in the second quarter.

With the outside shooters involved, James also finally had the space to break through, while the Spurs were constantly being led by the Laker's nose run, the Spurs this group of greasy middle-aged how to run over the young Lakers? The Spurs had to rely on the double-deep to play simpler superstar basketball as their hands fell back. With Ade missing consecutive back-to-back singles, DeRozan carried the flag of the outside offense.

I've marveled at DeRozan's blocking skills more than once. He doesn't win by breaking the first step with speed, not just being able to use the coverage to jam the opponent. After wiping through coverage, DeRozan can also rely on dribbling rhythm and eye fakes to draw both anti-blocking opponents around himself. The emotionally heavy Stephenson naturally can't leave McGee alone to be bullied by DeRozan, so Ade gets an easy open shot. DeRozan collected 14 assists in this game, setting a new high for his regular-season assists.

Both sides figured out the enemy in the first half, so the second half became a stage for both teams to develop their respective styles, with James abusing Cunningham at the waist and Ade teaching McGee and Zubacic to do the same with his back. The Spurs blasted the Laker's defense with their strong and weak side ball transfer and triple-core singles ability in the position game, and the Lakers disrupted the Spurs with speed and impact. In some ways, the Spurs and Lakers are playing with unbridled joy, freeing themselves to play with their nature.

Each side of the ball was on its own for 46 minutes, and in the final crucial moments of the game, Mills spelled off his shoes with a layup, Kuzma's wanting skills and DeRozan's defensive attention mirrored each other, and Aldridge once again showed his 260 pounds of interior dominance with two consecutive offensive rebounds to get the Spurs' lead to eight points.

At the moment there was one minute and ten seconds left until the end of regulation time, but the real game was only now starting.

Forbes' online forcing allowed the Lakers to easily poke through the Spur's defense, Gay received a distribution from DeRozan but in exchange for a shot to the iron, James took a step at the top of the arc to directly dry up a three, and the Spurs were once again dragged into overtime by a key three.

At this moment, the double German combination has played 39 minutes, Ade began to perform in the overtime Spurs unique two free throws, DeRozan also become intentional, James continued to volley his offensive dominance, a person involved in the Spur's entire defense. In the last 55 seconds, James broke through and scored a 2+1, putting the Lakers ahead again by six points.

So the Spurs began their show, Forbes staged a Eurostep breakthrough, and ironed out a whole overtime DeRozan once again killed the heavy encirclement, he did not top the defense again strong up, but once again found the outside open Gay, this time Gay did not live up to DeRozan's distribution and his hit rate, three points hit, the Spurs chased down to just one point short.

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At this critical juncture, the Spurs' old friend James gave his opponent another chance: the James who scored the tying three in the fourth quarter, and the James who dropped both free throws in overtime, with only five minutes of high-intensity confrontation in between - a floorball scramble that the two teams had never seen in regular time, staged twice in overtime.

The Spurs' final possession was one of their usual key ball plays: DeRozan served on the sideline, Ade cut out to catch the ball, DeRozan quickly crossed the cover to find a chance to catch the ball, if not, then let the same side of the bottom corner of Mills to take the ball through the cover, then Ade quickly down, as the third point of attack.

The play was successful, Josh Hart did not let DeRozan get the opportunity to catch the ball, so the bold Mills, once again with an "over cover dry pull" this way to stimulate the nerves of fans on both sides, so we were tortured by Mills fans cry "really good! "The game was a great success.

After the game, a reporter revealed to Ade that this play was previously set up for Ginobili, and Ade said with a smile, "Yes, they ran this play many times before, and we finally hit it once, and they did as well as they did before."

To be fair, the game that set a new high in points allowed by Popovich's team wasn't much of a representation, with both teams being horribly out of hand and the Lakers being too distinctive, but the good news is that this was a version that encouraged more offense and fighting. The Spurs, who lack defensive intensity, can occasionally play "offense instead of defense" under this version that is embarrassed to come out and say hello without scoring 120 points.

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About the Creator

Bettye Lutz

Ascent must be inferior, self-esteem is too high can not achieve success, and therefore successful people must cultivate a calm mind, and focus on everything, which is the key to success. I like vocal music

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