Qin Yang was also speechless about what happened to Ade.

Aldridge thought about it for a long time, and finally chose to join the Spurs, the Spurs are a super strong team, although the veterans in the team are old, but they still have the strength to fight, the core Leonard defense is excellent, and the offense is getting better and better, it stands to reason that Ade's choice is good.

But actually, the Spurs have been a bit of a mess lately.

Aldridge pitted himself.

Putting these aside, after Ade entered the Spurs, his tactical position was a little awkward.

In the Trail Blazers, Ade couldn't lead the team to win, played well but was treated as a second-in-command, and his tactical status and team status were not high, but after arriving at the Spurs, Ade couldn't adapt to the Spurs' system.

The Spurs have developed an effective system under Popovich's tutelage.

After Ade went, all he could do was adapt to the system and gradually move in Duncan's direction. But it's hard for Ade, it's hard, it's hard.

The characteristics of each player are different, and even a superstar like Aldridge plays with a lot of grievances in the midst of unsuitable tactics.

Ade is not good at tackling and blocking, and he is not good at covering and blocking, and he is even more different from Duncan defensively.

So letting Aldridge pick up Duncan's class is obviously a pit.

On the contrary, Ade's offense is excellent, able to attract defense, and rebounding is above the level, which is how Ade really uses it.

But the Spurs don't think so.

After all these years, Popovich made a mistake.

No, it should be said that it was the second time.

After Aldridge finished the call, he drove to Popovich's house and said what was in his heart, but Popovich was stunned and didn't say much.

Aldridge looked apprehensive that night.

By the morning of the next day, the Spurs were starting to change tactics. Adjust the tactics that the Spurs have been playing and bring out Aldridge's characteristics.

April 19th.

Spurs' second home court.

In this game, the Spurs started Aldridge and Duncan played as the center.

However, Duncan is a real blue-collar worker in this game, and the core of the interior line is Aldridge. With such a hit, Aldridge completely opened, attacked in the low post, and scored one after another on a mid-range jumper, and the Mavericks tightly led by 4 points in the first quarter.

The Spurs got off to a decent start.

But in the second quarter, the Mavericks still pulled away easily.

The Spurs' lineup is too weak, no matter how they change the lineup and tactics, they are all defended by the Mavericks, Cory Breuer, Rudy Gay, James Ennis, PJ Tucker defense is very good, and Qin Yang's defense is also very good.

Aside from Cosby and Seth Curry, the Mavericks don't have anyone who is weak defensively.

Livingston is already one of the worst defenders.

In this case, there is no suspense that the Spurs will lose.

But compared to the last game, this game Popovich was more daring, playing Ade's special play, and Aldridge turned the river and played a big role.

In the whole game, Aldridge had 29 points and 14 rebounds, and the Mavericks were depressed inside.

Nurkic is also talented, but he was taught a bad lesson by Aldridge.

The difference in game experience is too great.

After the game, Coach Popovich took the blame on himself:

"We didn't do well enough, I kept putting the tactical and team pressure on LaMarcus, but LaMarcus was the only one, we could have played better, but the Spurs didn't have time, if three months ago we had time to adjust, maybe it was clear that we had revenge."

Popovich was so depressed that he could only pretend to be useful.

On April 22, the Mavericks host the Spurs.

There hasn't been much media and expert attention for this game anymore.

The Spurs started changing tactics in the playoffs, and it was a joke, and no team has ever changed the tactics of its core players on the fly, and it has been a success.

Especially a team like the Spurs, which wins with tactics and has very complex tactics.

Every team's tactics have to be honed for at least a month or two before they can show their power.

Although Popovich's change is good, intuitively, although LaMarcus Aldridge has been released, the overall tactics of the Spurs have been destroyed, and the other players are very uncomfortable, still running and playing according to the original tactics, and feel ten twists.

The whole team is in chaos.

Popovich, the old fox, also had his horse stumbling sometimes.

However, what is even more embarrassing about this game is that before the game, the Spurs issued a notice that Leonard, the core of the team, was absent due to injury and will be absent for the next two games.

There is no suspense in this game.

The Mavericks thought it was the Spurs who were suspicious, but after the game began, Leonard didn't show up at all. That's something special.

Under normal circumstances, unless there is a serious injury that prevents them from being able to play, players will sit on the sidelines and cheer on their teammates even if they are unable to play.

It's a well-established rule.

But Leonard turned out to be directly absent.

Among them...... Somewhat troublesome.

But the trouble is that the Spurs have nothing to do with the Mavericks, in this game, Qin Yang got 14 points and 5 assists, and easily led the team to win.

Qin Yang's playing time was not even one section.

It was too easy to win.

After the game, some media broke the news that Leonard had been spotted in Phoenix and entered one of Sun City's most famous hospitals.

It was there that Stoudemire and others were once cured of their injuries.

The doctors there are also known as miracle doctors.

But the Spurs didn't make any comments on the news, it seems...... I didn't know anything about it.

Immediately, the American weekly made an astonishing report:

"The crisis between the Spurs and Leonard is already deep, according to people familiar with the matter, with Leonard believing the Spurs disrespectful and unwilling to play for the Spurs and leaving for a hospital in Phoenix without notifying the team."

Leonard's agent also confirmed this information in an interview:

"They didn't know much about Kawaii's body, and Kawaii had always felt that he had injuries to his lower back, abdomen and wrists, but the doctors in San Antonio didn't think so, so we chose to go to Phoenix, and the results proved our judgment, and then Kawaii needed to have two to three months off to treat the injury."

Injuries aren't a problem, the problem is that the relationship between the Spurs and Leonard has suddenly become so bad.

This...... It's literal.

On April 24, after the end of the fourth game, LaMarcus Aldridge did not leave in a hurry, but had a dinner with Qin Yang.

During the meal, LaMarcus looked depressed and kept complaining.

In one sentence: "I regret joining the Spurs." ”

……

The first round of the playoffs was more victorious than expected.

The Spurs themselves were not prepared, and they were strong on the outside. LaMarcus Aldridge did not adapt to his position in the Spurs, and the team and core were in disarray, and their effectiveness was greatly reduced.

And the contradiction between Leonard and the Spurs exploded.

Swept 4-0, the Mavericks advanced to the second round.