Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 574 The Old and Strong Spurs
In the first game at the beginning of the new year, Li Tian returned to the field to make up for the team's lack of attack and defense against the striker and greatly strengthen the defense of the striker.

Narrowly beat the Kings at home with 102:109.

随后迎来了一波连胜，96:131大胜小牛；随后79:88赢下马赛克；同城德比再以89:103赢下同城快船。

Two days later, they challenged the Portland Trail Blazers in an away game. The young Trail Blazers experienced the tempering of the playoffs last season. Roy and Alder became more mature. The Lakers lost the game 102:104. Kobe finally Moment, missed the chance of a lore outside the three-point line, hit the iron with three points, and finally lost with regret!
Back at the home court, since the last time, Jennings was crushed by a strong force last time, it has stopped a lot. The Bucks are no longer interested in playing against the Lakers.The Lakers clocked in three quarters and easily defeated the Bucks, and then flew non-stop to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs away.

The performance of the Spurs this season is still quite stable, even after going through a big deal, in exchange for Richard Jefferson, Bowen retired.The troika, which is as stable as an old dog, still performs beyond stability, and the Spurs' record firmly occupies the top six positions in the Western Conference.

Everyone sighed that time is a butcher's knife, but for some reason, there has never been the slightest sign of aging in the Spurs troika and Popovich.

The performance of the three Spurs is still so stable, and Popovich is still so calm on the sidelines, always bringing unexpected 'surprises' to the opponent!
For a team like the Spurs, it's really not that easy if you want to make a surprise move to win, and it's more about winning him in positional battles.

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Interview before the game.

"Popovich, what do you think about Lee's signing of the sky-high endorsement contract?" The reporter asked, although this question has been asked badly, it has been discussed by the media and the team recently, mainly because of this news a bit big.

"I can have any opinions. Even if I have opinions, Li won't. Even if I give me a dollar, I don't expect to be able to get the money. He can give me a bottle of red wine." Still humorous as always, this matter What opinion can he express? This is the embodiment of the player's commercial value. If he plays well and the brand is willing to pay, what can you do? He has no temper at all.

The reporter was caught off guard. When asking questions about other teams, they either sent blessings or talked about him. When they arrived at Popovich's place, they asked for gifts directly, but there was no one else.

"Duncan, do you think Li is worthy of this endorsement contract?" The reporter could only take the next best thing and handed the microphone to Duncan.

"Let me ask, if I say that he is not worthy, can you discuss with them and give me such an endorsement contract?" Duncan became more pissed, and the reporter wanted to die.

No matter what the reporter's face is, Duncan has always remained the same without any changes. The nickname 'Stone Buddha' is really well deserved.

In the locker room of the visiting team, there was a burst of laughter!
"Hahaha! I laughed so hard, I didn't expect Duncan, who is serious and unsmiling, to be able to joke with reporters like this!" Artest burst out laughing, this answer is already the most advanced answer in his IQ.

"What happened again?" Odom moved closer to Artest.

On the day Artest entered the team, after being beaten up, he became much more honest, and his communication with his teammates was completely different from his previous gangster attitude.

Odom also has a good relationship with Artest because of this.

"Here, look at the interview with Popovich and Duncan, and you'll know why I'm laughing so much."

Artest will interview the video and hand it to Odom.

Not surprisingly, Odom is also laughing forward and backward.

"Papa papa!" Phil patted several times in a row, signaling the players to quiet down.

Everyone walked to Phil and listened carefully to his tactics.

From the tone of Phil's speech, one can feel the importance he attaches to this game.Because some time ago, the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers, Kings, and Suns, and experienced a wave of three-game losing streak. Many media believe that the Lakers this season cannot beat a strong team, which is the biggest insult.

Facing the Spurs now, although Artest is unable to continue playing due to injury, the Lakers have to win the game anyway.

"Do you understand everything?" Phil asked as usual after finishing the tactical arrangement.

"Understood! (No problem!)" The answer was relatively uniform, only Bynum seemed a little taken aback.

After finishing the tactical arrangement, everyone consciously organized their equipment.

"Brother Tian, ​​do I have a chance today?" Farmar asked.

The gap between the two is getting bigger and bigger, and correspondingly, the intersection between the two has become less. The main reason is that Farmar rarely comes to training early, so the intersection will definitely decrease.

"It's useless for you to ask me if there is a chance. It depends more on your strength." Regarding Farmar's question, Li Tian had long wanted to tell him that when he first arrived at the Lakers, the two had a good relationship and would Remind him often and let him strengthen his training.

It's a pity that this guy seems to have a brain of a sperm, he only wants to find a girlfriend every day, but he doesn't improve his golf skills very much.

"Brother Tian, ​​can you take me to the next training session?"

"For morning training, you can come early. If you have any questions, you can ask Kobe and me." Listening to Farmar's words, I thought he wanted to get up early to train with them.

"No, no, Brother Tian, ​​what I want to say is, the training camp during the offseason!" Farmar has been holding back this matter for a long time.

Because he can see that Sun Yue has improved a lot in the new season, which can be said to be a qualitative improvement. Phil is more willing to let Kobe take up most of the playing time when Kobe is off the court. Even in garbage time, Sun Yue's playing frequency is reduced. .This is not a lack of attention to him, but an improvement in the status of the team.

"There is no problem in wanting to participate in the training camp. The premise is that you can persevere and train with us until the end of the season. Otherwise, I will not invite you to my training camp."

During the offseason of last season, he invited all the Lakers players, but no one was willing to participate. If you didn't participate then, if you want to participate now, it is not so easy to participate again.The training camp doesn't need such lazy people. If they don't have the perseverance, it's better not to invite them.

"Okay, I will get up early every day for training." Farmar was a little disappointed because Li Tian didn't directly agree, but after thinking about it later, he felt that there was nothing wrong with doing so.

Half an hour later, the match between the two teams began.

Spurs starting: Parker, Bogans, Jefferson, Blair, Duncan.

Bynum won the jump ball, and Li Tian took the ball beyond the three-point line and launched his first attack.

Before the game, Popovich arranged for Jefferson to defend Li Tian, ​​and at the same time did not arrange for his teammates to assist in the defense. There was no way the team could not find someone to assist in the defense.

Without giving the Spurs players a position, they have already started to attack.

Continuously dribbling the ball under the crotch, changing direction on the left side to accelerate the breakthrough, Richardson's speed is not as fast as the previous two seasons, not to mention they are facing Li Tian, ​​who is even more abnormal in speed.

One step past the defense!
The European step went towards the basket, carrying Richardson who was chasing behind him, and scored a layup.

It took only 5 seconds to attack the Lakers for the first time, which is similar to the Suns' bombardment tactics. They are both so fast, but the reasons for the speed are different.

The Lakers played fast, and the Spurs were in no hurry.

Parker slowly pushed forward with the ball. When Duncan finished his position, he still didn't rush to attack. He passed the ball several times in a row. The attack time had already consumed 10 seconds, and the Spurs still didn't launch an attack.

Seeing that the Spurs hadn't launched an attack, Li Tian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "It's really stable!"

The basketball turned around and returned to Parker's hands again. Duncan also took advantage of the opportunity to lift to the high position and launched a pick-and-roll for the offense.

Parker used the pick-and-roll to break through the defense. After Duncan completed the pick-and-roll, he also made an alley-oop. Gasol was also attracted by the breakthrough.

Seeing Duncan going down, Bynum immediately went up to him.The last time he was yelled at by Kobe, he swore to himself that he must prove himself, he would tell Kobe that he was lighter, and this matchup against Duncan was a very good opportunity, a chance to show his prestige.

Parker scored suddenly and gave the ball to Duncan who was running down. After receiving the ball, a partial one-on-one was formed under the basket.

"Touch!" Duncan was about to hit, and for the first time, Bynum's center of gravity changed.

Duncan charged up again, knocked Bynum away, turned around and hit a mid-range shot.

Seeing Duncan's performance, I wanted a word 'old and strong'. This word is really appropriate to describe the Spurs.

The Lakers attacked, Li Tian used Gasol's pick-and-roll, suddenly scored the ball back to Gasol, and made a mid-range shot!

"Defense! Defense! Defense!" Popovich yelled from the sidelines. The Spurs are famous for relying on the whole. They have never relied on the ability of individual players, whether it is offense or defense.

Popovich made a gesture, which was not a gesture of offensive tactics, but a gesture of defensive tactics. He asked the team to conduct zone defense and at the same time delay the Lakers' offensive speed.

Parker held the ball, called his teammates to his side, and said in a low voice, "Zone defense, delay the attack, you must do a good job of defense, and call for help if you need it!"

A simple exhortation that everyone understands.The most puzzling thing is that no matter who comes to the Spurs, they feel that they can integrate into the Spurs system in an instant.

Of course there are exceptions, that is Rodman, this is a player who will have a headache for anyone except the Bulls.

Parker reorganized the offense. This time, he did not break through, nor did he pick and roll. He directly lobbed the ball to Duncan inside. This was their advantage. Launching an offense from the inside was the best choice.

The Spurs' offense was going on in an orderly manner. Parker and Bogans on the outside were running wildly. Fisher and Kobe could only chase behind them.

Blair moved sideways, blocking Fisher who was chasing Parker behind him. After more than ten seconds of running, Parker finally got a chance to make a move.

Duncan also passed the ball over immediately.

Parker catches the ball and makes a mid-range shot!
4:4 The two teams tied.

Li Tian saw Blair who was returning to defense. This guy was a rookie, and he didn't have the frizz of some rookies. Although he lacked defensive experience, he still had a good defensive attitude.

Seeing such a situation, Li Tian felt that the Spurs were not just Duncan with an 'old' performance, but the entire team.

(End of this chapter)