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Chapter 598

For Duncan's situation, many fans lamented it. After all, his character and skills are excellent, and he really admires it.

However, some fans think that there is no need to over-interpret it, because the Spurs played seven games against the Warriors in the second round, and flew to the away game to continue challenging the Kings one day apart. The physical exhaustion has obviously not recovered. Otherwise, with Duncan's level, it is absolutely impossible to beat Antetokounmpo.

That statement was praised by many fans.

The well-known commentator Bill Simmons also liked it a little bit. It is true that it is a bit hot, and everything related to the king is involved.

In the evening, when the Knights played against the Raptors, Su Yang and the king's generals watched online, and soon saw the Knights hammering the Raptors.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers beat the Raptors by 21 points.

Cousins ​​and others expressed their boredom. They didn't expect that the Raptors' defense was so poor that LeBron was 13 of 11.

LeBron's 13 of 11 is acceptable, but Irving's 17 of 11 is incomprehensible, and Lowry's defense is not bad.

Su Yang explained on the spot: "Because the problem is not with Lowry, but with their center Valanciunas..."

The Raptors have a preference for white centers, from Bargnani to Valanciunas, and then to Gasol Jr., just like the Mavericks prefer white ball handlers, from Kidd, Barea, Calderon, When it comes to Doncic, the result is that the overall defense is relatively average.

After a day off, the King will fight the Spurs again.

Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested before the game: "Su, we need to attack the Spurs more inside, and try to make Duncan and other players suffer from foul troubles. That will help us control the rhythm of the game. As long as the Spurs can't hit a shock wave, we can win."

Su Yang agreed with Brown's suggestion.

The Spurs' inside line is their strong point, and the scoring task is heavier than that of the backcourt. The offensive system also revolves around the inside line and must be the main attack.

In addition, the Spurs are composed of starting Duncan + Alder, substitute Dior and others. Compared with the Kings' Cousins ​​+ Antetokounmpo, and 'white side' Whiteside, none of them are good at rebounding. De is struggling alone.

In the first game against the Spurs, the Kings grabbed 18 more rebounds and scored 10 second offensive points, which contributed a lot to the victory.

The game starts at eight o'clock.

The king's generals followed Su Yang's arrangement, and with the help of taking turns to attack the inside line, Ade and Duncan were hard to resist with the naked eye.

Especially Duncan.

The performance has seriously declined compared to last season.

Last season, Duncan averaged 13+9 per game. Facing Jordan's first-defense inside line, he could still play a crazy stat of 18+10.Who would have thought that in this playoff trip, Duncan averaged only 8+7 per game, falling from the third team to an ordinary player.

The key point is that the Spurs didn't expect Duncan to slide so fast, and neither did the Kings, but after they found out, they chased after them.

After the first quarter, the Kings led by as many as 10 points.

This time, Popovich adjusted his strategy and let Leonard attack instead, and Leonard quickly ate Covington.

Su Yang then arranged for Antetokounmpo, George, and Covington to take turns to consume Leonard, starting from switching defenses and targeting screens, to giving physical confrontation every time he received the ball, and letting the outside use dig out strategies to exert pressure depending on the situation. Give to the full.

After all, Leonard has not yet achieved great skill and mentality.
In the face of double-teaming and tough confrontation, he has not yet reached the super giant level, lacks the ability to handle the ball, and his offensive efficiency plummets quickly.

Dior, who was on the bench, was obviously lacking in energy. He ran slowly, jumped short, and the quality of the screen was average, probably because the champion was in hand.

Seeing that the Kings were about to lead by 20 points, Parker was a little anxious. He took the initiative to call the whole team, stomped his feet and got angry to remind him that he needed to fight hard.

But if you can't beat it, you can't beat it. Parker himself doesn't have the same demeanor as when he was young, and it is difficult for the small top to spin at a high speed.

In that situation, it quickly became like the Heat trailed the Bucks 0-3 and Haslem smashed the chair in anger-kind of impotent rage.

A boost in morale can do wonders.

But in the face of the absolute strength gap, any method has little effect. The king only needs to maintain physical confrontation and speed.At the end of the game, the Kings won 111-97.

Baibian performed very well, scoring 17 points and 11 rebounds as a substitute, and Bazemore also scored 11 points and 8 rebounds. Both of them are players who must sign big contracts in the off-season. Su Yang is very happy for them and strives for his own Produced, must be a boutique.

After the second game, the king got four days to rest, and Su Yang first flew to Los Angeles to handle MT-related work.

The advertising business has been negotiated. Every year in the future, MT can make [-] million US dollars + profit. It can easily beat the league's best team, the Knicks, for a season. It can also keep the stock price in a high range after listing. .

Draw lots the next day.

Su Yang took a casual look, the main thing is that he had already traded the 30th pick in the first round, so there is no need to worry.

The 76ers still won the No. [-] pick, the Lakers won the No. [-] pick for the second consecutive year, and the Nets won the No. [-] pick, but because of the previous Garnett-Pierce deal, the No. [-] pick should be transferred to the Celtics. Tennis fans howled.

Kings target in the second round.

Su Yang told Hinkie in advance: "Pay attention to Malcolm Brogdon, a fourth-year player from the University of Virginia. He is a very strong player. Try to sign him with a four-year contract. So as not to be snatched by other teams..."

Hinkie then secretly contacted Brogdon's agent, and the job of choosing Zhou Qi also started simultaneously.

The king must have a Chinese player to further expand the Chinese market, and a single owner is not easy to use.

In a blink of an eye, on May 22, the third game between the Kings and the Spurs started at the ATT Center Arena in San Antonio.

Popovich adjusted his strategy at the beginning of the game, arranged for Leonard to be the main attacker, and let Duncan play casually and leave the game early to rest.

The essence of such adjustments is to accept the fact that Duncan cannot perform efficiently, and at the same time shorten the rotation of personnel and fight hard.

Adelaide went directly to the center position and played the first quarter, which was equivalent to being tricked by Popo to play center in the end.

Su Yang was not careless, and shortened the rotation at the same time, reducing the playing time of Baibian, Lavin and others, and chose to head-to-head.

In the second half of the game, the Kings established a 10-point lead, but soon encountered foul troubles and were gradually tied.

The two teams entangled until the last 50 seconds. The Spurs led by 2 points, but Curry scored 5 points in a row and George dunked. The Kings took the lead 100 to 97 with seconds left, and Parker failed to tie the last three points. The Kings series Leading the Spurs 3-0.

In the whole game, the Kings had 54 rebounds and crushed the Spurs with 36 rebounds, so that they could win with 14 fewer free throws.

Fans sparked heated discussions after the game.

The mainstream view is that the Spurs really have nothing to do. They may have lacked physical strength before, and Duncan played too long and did not attack Leonard. The third game was 4 days apart. Duncan only played 14 minutes, and Alder played 44 minutes. There is no other possibility.

On the same night, the Raptors defeated the Cavaliers at home and moved back to a round, mainly bullying LeBron and getting 3 fouls in the third quarter.

Lowry personally got 4 fouls and forced Owen to 19 of 3 defenses, mainly to induce Irving to play singles, and then double-team. Call it the perfect trap.

After a day off, the King will fight the Spurs again.

This time, the Kings lost 111-120.

The main reason is that Curry got 5 fouls, George got 6 fouls, and Antetokounmpo also got 3 fouls, which made the King's rebounding advantage fail to be reflected, and also led to the king's ability to establish an advantage during the murderous substitute stage. Finally, Leonard 31 points to beat.

The whole team didn't panic at all, and flew back to Saskatchewan with a 3-1 score, ready to enjoy the joy of advancing to the finals at home.

The Cavaliers defeated the Raptors at the same time and took a 3-1 lead. The main thing is that Irving is no longer so strong, and there is no Hukels.

The meeting between the Kings and the Cavaliers in the finals is almost a foregone conclusion.

(End of this chapter)