Chapter 864: The Seventh Showdown!
For the start of the season, Popovich is confident. But when it comes to what he can do in the future, he is not very sure. After all, it is still very likely that fortuitous events will happen in the past few months.
Gasol, Leonard, Aldridge, if they are injured, it will seriously affect the direction of the whole season! The good thing is that the team has not had any major injuries in the regular season!
But at this time, he was still playing against the Nets very seriously! The Nets are a very different team now!
The first battle ended with 109:107! The Spurs narrowly beat the Nets in the end! Although there were some fluctuations in the third quarter, he still performed well in the final quarter of the game, but unfortunately in the end Burke missed a crucial shot.
After the game, there was no situation as Chen thought, and the players were more frustrated. On the contrary, the team was quite happy...... The reason is that they didn't expect to play with the Spurs to this extent......
This made him somewhat incomprehensible. Can it be like this? So a lot of comforting words were prepared, and that was all that remained.
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"I look at you didn't get much sleep last night," Anna said to Chen with some concern at this time.
After the Spurs 3:2, the sixth game ended 121:115! The Nets are really fighting with the Spurs! Unlike other teams, the players on the Spurs side are basically very calm!
In these six games, there has not been a single clash between the two sides, at most it is over with a few words of scolding each other. The referee didn't care much about it until the later stage! This final race will determine who will win the season overall!
"I slept okay yesterday, who has been almost 6 hours" Chen felt that he slept for a long time. It's also a little more comfortable. This game is played on the home court of the Nets, just today.
As the final game of the finals approached, both the players and the coaches seemed to be in a relaxed mood. That's a good thing. The media outside is still in a state of crazy reporting!
Many of the team's players, coaches and other celebrities have given their opinions. There are those who support the Spurs, and there are those who support the Nets. The Warriors switched to the Nets after the game!
They think Brooklyn can beat this year's Spurs! It is estimated that the Spurs also left a lot of impression on them in the Western Finals. If the Spurs lose, they can still be easier~
"Williamson is a guy our coach has praised him more than once. Seriously, it's pretty jealous. However, I would like to say that although the Nets are a little lacking on the inside, I am still optimistic about their team operation and coaching......
In an interview with the media, Curry also expressed his opinion. He thinks the Nets can see from these six games that they still have a chance to win against the Spurs.
And the Spurs have not been interviewed by the outside world, neither the players nor the coach have kept their mouths. The Nets, for their part, did the same in their final games.
The reporters were so enthusiastic because they could go back after the interview and have a good night's sleep. And for the team, there is more to do. And the reporters won't go to the game, but they will, and we don't know what the final result will be.
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"They can beat us three times in such a situation, so let's try this too," Popovich said there. The Spurs players were a little surprised. Instructor? This is the last game of the finals!
"Any questions?" The old man said suddenly in the dressing room with an expressionless face, and the silence in the room was immediately terrifying.
The Nets players who finally returned to the Barclays Center arena warmed up on the court while greeting the shouts of the fans! The players on both sides are now very relaxed! It seems that if it weren't for the fanaticism of the fans, it would have been a normal regular season.
It didn't take long for the main players of both sides to stand up. Today's starters on the Spurs' side are Gasol, Aldridge, Ginobili, Parker, and Green! On the Nets side of the net are Mozgov, Zhou Qi, Williamson, Jeremy Lin and Burke!
Actually, Popovich didn't want to do that either, but he was a little worried after the sixth game. If it really seems like what he previewed, in the end, the Spurs won the championship 4-2 after the Nets won the championship of this season.
But in the sixth game, Brooklyn finally sealed the victory! So! There should still be some problems in this that he didn't find out! At present, Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker have been on the court for a good time!
One of the things the Nets have been doing in the Finals until now is trying to break down the efficiency of the Spurs' overall operation in the game! Sometimes, in order to do this, the Nets will even go out and disrupt their own rhythm of the game!
Since the Nets and Spurs have little chance of winning in the established tactics, and it is easy to be opened up by the opponent in the game, the Nets still have to fight in this case!
How to spell it? Chen finally came up with the idea of letting the players break the rhythm of the two teams and play against the Spurs! The existing trajectory in the game is all disrupted! Under such circumstances, the players of the Nets can still maintain a certain tacit understanding, and the final effect is not bad!
Because judging from the first two games at that time, if the Nets still played with each other as before, and there was no advantage on the inside, then there would be only one result. The chances of being swept by the Spurs are much greater!
The basketball fans at the scene were very excited today! This season is at a certain point, and it was still the regular season. There is a prediction that the Spurs have not won the championship in all these years, and this year should be about the same.
Such words are not something to be said casually. It's that the Spurs team is sometimes quite magical~
Their team is unique throughout the league!
At the beginning of the game, Gasol took the lead in getting the basketball and passed the ball to Green, Ginobili took the basketball and immediately passed Williamson and made a layup that was successfully interfered with by Mozgov!
Chen's face was not very good at the beginning of the game. Break the rhythm of the Nets and fight with the Spurs by yourself! Popovich also immediately saw his style of play! The game has been played to 3:3, doesn't it mean that the Nets are capable?
So Popovich went back and thought about it for a while, and felt that the normal style of play and the Nets might not be very useful! His own team is okay on the inside, but Chen Yinan, this kid, can always cleverly use tactics to resolve the disadvantages in this regard!
And today's fast-moving way of playing with the Nets has also had some problems. In this case, Popovich will think about one thing, whether to change the original tactical play. Judging by the last game, he chose to change.
After Zhou Qi got the basketball, he passed the ball to Burke, who directly used his speed to shake off Green and rushed to the frontcourt, but he was too hasty when shooting, and the basketball smashed out of the basket directly! Burke immediately got the rebound and wanted to go to the basket, but was directly capped by Ginobili in the air!
Parker received the basketball on the other side and immediately passed to Aldridge, Gasol took the basketball in the air and dunked to score!
Lin took Williamson's pass and passed the half, and after no three-point shooting under Parker's defense, Williamson got the basketball, and then his three-point shot was missed! Aldridge got the ball and passed it to Green, who was cut off by Parker!
Immediately after that, Parker successfully threw and scored! The competition between the two ends has obviously become very fierce! And the Nets are also a little strange with the Spurs coming up with such a lineup today.
So far, it's a bit uncomfortable. Parker dribbled the ball across the half, and saw Ginobili coming over in the middle of the circle with Lin and immediately used his cover to shoot a three-point shot! 5:2!
At this time, Williamson's three points are still no! When Green got the basketball and started to get up to speed, the old man asked for a timeout!
"Suppress the offense in an all-round way! Leonard can break up quickly if he's sure. And if the opponent is very tight, pass the ball to Gasol and Aldridge......"
The first quarter of the game did feel like the tempo of the two teams was too slow at first. And it's not very efficient. And Popovich wants to break that!
If the opponent is not yet in shape, then this is a good time to attack quickly! Chen looked at the players on the other side and began to think quickly about what to do next.
"If the opponent wants to strengthen the attack, we will also speed up the tempo! And if the opponent is still defending strongly, we also have to be patient with them. If you fall too far behind, you will attack like crazy! Don't be too simplistic in attack......"
This is a response plan that Chen has in mind. For the coach of the Spurs, it is very good in the league! His style of play can feel strange at times, but he can win!
Chen will be extra careful with such coaches. Because their style sometimes goes wrong if you don't get it right. It's not easy to change it. In some games, these concerns can be ignored due to the large gap between the players.
But the nature of the game now also determines that Chen can't take it lightly at every moment of the game! This new lineup of the Nets is offensive! In order to prevent the other party from coming up with any strange tactics to deal with it.
The other party may be able to say that he is looking for a chance to open up with the Nets, but Brooklyn can't do it! They weren't as good as the Spurs in terms of player quality!
After returning from the game, the Spurs came on the court, with Leonard, Mills and Anderson. The Nets didn't change Williamson on this end, and the rest were changed.
Leonard got the ball and immediately rushed over and it was a violent dunk! 7:2!
Daniels received Okafor's pass and aftermath half-court, Carroll received the ball under the basket and immediately passed it to Bojan, who directly returned a three-pointer! 7:5! Bojan has always played the role of a shooter as a 3 or a shooting guard on the team!
Mills quickly came to the front court with the ball and passed to Anderson under Daniels' defense, who immediately jumped three-pointers into the net! 10:5! The two ends are now starting to come back a little bit!
Bojan passed the ball to Daniels after half court, and the latter's three-point shot was not on Huma, and Leonard grabbed a rebound and quickly rushed out under the defense of Mozgov and Carroll and passed the ball to Aldridge, and Gasol was already running with all his might!
As he expected, the opponent made a quick pass to him and Gasol scored a quick layup without a Nets player to defend him! 12:5!
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The first quarter ended at 23:19! The first half was 55:47! The third quarter ended at 84:77!
"The opponent's inside line is still weak! You must remember this! If you don't shoot a three-pointer, and the opponent's shooting rate is not high, rush into the interior to score points quickly! We're running out of time! Boost efficiency to me......"
The Spurs led by seven points heading into the fourth quarter. And such a performance clearly did not please Popovich! His task in today's tactics is that the margin should be stretched to more than 15 points at this time!
"Okafor don't shoot too many times here. The other players must cooperate more! At the end of the game, if you still don't catch up, you can attack on the outside......"
Today's Chen can be regarded as having learned the defensive ability of the Spurs! The opponents did a great job in terms of physical confrontation, the awareness of the players and their defense in the athletic battle!
When the game came back in the fourth quarter, many fans stood up to watch the game! The lineup on the Spurs' side is Duncan, Aldridge, Leonard, Mills, Ginobili! On the Nets' side are Okafor, Zhou Qi, Williamson, Jeremy Lin and Bojan!
Lin carried the ball to the frontcourt, and suddenly staggered under Mills' defense and shot a three-point jumper hollow through the net! 84:80! The fans at the Barclays Center immediately shouted!
At this point in the game, the pressure on both teams was not small. And all they have to do in the arena is to play every attack! Leonard was alone in the front court with the ball and wanted to attack strongly, but Williamson and Okafor combined to defend it!
Bojan got the basketball and ran right away! I didn't even do the action of turning back, and went directly to the front court to hit a step on the line for 2 points! 84:82! Popovich just stood there quietly watching the game, and he didn't have a timeout for the game.
At this time, his expression relaxed a little. Aldridge took over the basketball and immediately had some physical contact with Bojan and successfully played 2+1! 87:82!
At this time, Bojan had already committed six crimes, and he left the arena with some reluctance. Daniels came over to replace him. With Williamson's jump shot missing, Aldridge got the basketball and immediately passed the ball to Leonard, and when no one was guarded, Kawaii quickly rushed over to the basket and hit the basket with a powerful dunk! 89:82!
Lin took the ball to the front court, and he was communicating with his teammates. Seeing that the opponent's defense was very strong, Lin once again signaled that he was ready to grab a rebound!
Mills came to the front to defend Jeremy Lin, and when he came over, Lin suddenly accelerated and made a three-point jumper to hit the basket! 89:85!
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After coming to the Nets, Chen thought about when the team would win a championship. The night before the seventh game of the finals, I went out alone and walked aimlessly on the somewhat empty street.
One is to give your brain a break, and the other is how long you haven't slept in the previous nights. The game against the Spurs is all done tactically. But in the office, these things are always thought about at home.
It's been a few years since I came to the Nets. From when I was a temporary assistant coach, to what I went through every season, to now, it feels a little fast. During that time, I was still thinking about when the money on my body would run out.
Which team will you be on next season? Can you stay with the Nets. And now none of this seems to be so important.
I'm worried about what to do if I can't win the triple championship. I really want to win a triple championship when I come here. But this season's opponent is neither the Warriors nor the Rockets, and they seem to be very strong this season.
There were not many people on the streets, and by this time the night was getting deeper and deeper. Anna knew that Chen was not having a good time during this time, so she didn't stop him. Now she has prepared some fruit and is waiting for Chen to return.
The changes in the current league team make Chen feel quite interesting. Looking at the more familiar places around him now, Chen turned his head and began to walk back.
"No matter what the result is, relax and relax with the players after the game~" Thinking of this, he quickened his pace slightly. The temperature outside was a little low, and Chen's figure disappeared at the end of the street not long after.