Popovich was determined to carry out his "tactical truce" strategy to the end.

Anyway, there are less than 20 games left, and the Spurs can break the 60-win mark with only a single-digit number of games left, and the first place in the West is stable if nothing else.

Since it's so stable, what's the point of not taking the opportunity to take a turn?

Moreover, in the remaining games, there are not too many strong teams, this year's Spurs' schedule is tight and loose, and the powerful teams are basically finished before the All-Star, and after meeting one or two strong teams after the All-Star, the remaining games of the Spurs can be described as a "honeymoon schedule", which is completely different from the "devil's schedule" in previous years.

This is, of course, the result of the negotiation between Xiao Hua and Stern when the schedule was arranged last year, and the Spurs have a lot less long-distance road trips like last year, after all, they are the defending champions, so they have to have some benefits.

Qin Yan has to compete for MVP and scoring champion, these awards are to see the attendance, and he has been rotated several times in the pre-season games, so in order not to delay him to compete for these individual awards, Popovich did not put him in the regular rotation list.

But this does not mean that Qin Yan will not be rotated, but there will be less time to rest, and the playing time will be strictly controlled.

If he doesn't take a break, as his best partner, the Spurs outside combination created by Popovich, Leonard will not be able to rest, after all, this combination needs more run-in before it can be fully formed.

In addition to these two people, it is impossible for Whiteside to rest, and a good inside career must be practiced hard in the early stage, otherwise it will not work. Anyway, this guy is also a physical monster, and it's okay if he doesn't rest.

These three people are fixed, and the rest of them are random, so how is the random method?

Popovich is a drunken guy, and if there is no accident, he will put everyone's names on the turntable, and after a drink, he spins the turntable and throws a dart, and then repeats until the list of rotations is complete.

And if you don't want to be selected by the old man in this way, then you have to be a little more brainy, such as secretly sending some red wine to the old man or something, so that when he sticks his name, he will remove the name of the person who sent the thing......

In short, in the next games, the Spurs' aim is to maintain the victory and defeat within the range of 2:1, that is, no matter how many games they win, they always have to find a way to "lose" half of them in the end. (For example, after four consecutive wins, there must be a two-game losing streak)

It's a good thing to do, it's a bit of a distraction, but it's a little bit of a small problem, and that's that the people on the pitch are random except for the three guys, and sometimes it's really funny to compare the lineup that won and lost.

Just like the three recent games of the Spurs, two wins and one loss, the two wins were started by Dior, the Green plus trio and the Mills Splitter plus trio, and the substitutes were also a group of water coolers. (Such a mess of starters and substitutes can also win!) )

And what about the loss? The starters are Uncle Deng Silly Pa and the trio, and there are strong substitutes such as Ginobili and Maddie on the bench, which is logically the strongest lineup of the Spurs, but they actually lost......

How to say that sentence, "It's not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing." Duncan and others were ridiculed by netizens as a "cancer", it turns out that the Spurs lost because of your existence, old guys, retire quickly.

However, the Spurs, the old immortal guys, are quite fond of this kind of ridicule from netizens, and they also posted a picture on social networks in a funny way, showing Duncan repairing a car, and several other old guys are working.

The accompanying text is "I can't go on anymore, change to car repair, welcome everyone to visit." ”

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Unlike the Spurs, who were in a situation because of the rotation, the rest of the league was in a similar situation at this time.

For example, the Thunder, the second in the West, Durant and Westbrook have also taken turns to rest recently, but unfortunately, in the game when Durant was not there, the Thunder lost all, and in the game where Westbrook was not there, the Thunder won all!

This is interesting, when Durant is not there, Westbrook's statistics are very good, but the team just can't win, and when Westbrook is not there, the Thunder immediately won, which suddenly makes many people think that Westbrook is the biggest trouble for the Thunder, and many people think that he is the best person to defend Durant.

Qin Yan knew what happened later, and later, after Durant also left the Thunder, Westbrook became a data brush, and brushing data was to refresh people's lower limit again and again, so that people regretted why they didn't keep Harden and trade Westbrook in the first place.

In addition to the Thunder, the same problem has occurred on the Heat's side.

Originally, the Heat were the defending champions in history, so although they had internal contradictions, under the influence of the championship, their internal problems were not so prominent.

But now, because of Qin Yan's existence, the Heat failed to defend the title, and the internal contradictions were magnified.

Especially the problems between the Heat Big Three.

Wade's form has declined greatly this year, and the knee problems exposed in last year's finals have greatly affected Wade's game form this year.

Although his knee injury was cured, he lost the speed advantage that he relied on to become famous, the most obvious being that when he played Spurs this year, Wade could no longer keep up with Qin Yan.

As for Bosh, it's even more of an old problem, the ball and the status of the team have not been high. And the Heat interior has always been weak, and Bosh is not a good basket protector, averaging only 8.9 rebounds per game, but this is already the highest on the team, and the second highest is James' 7.5. What does this mean? It shows that the Heat basically does not have a secondary offense, and if they score, they will score, and if they don't enter the opponent, they will counterattack.

The starting interior combination with less than ten rebounds per game in the league's strong teams, the Heat is second to none, James sometimes doesn't bother to scold Bosh, in his opinion, if he can trade, he would rather use Bosh for a tough insider, such as Howard, such as the Pistons' Drummond, and even the Clippers' Jordan Jr.!

Without rebounding, the Heat relied on the singles of James and others, thanks to the good individual ability of their three stars, which allowed the Heat to dominate the East, even if they faced the Pacers and the Knicks two strong opponents this year, the Heat did not hesitate, and recently regained the first place in the East.

But what if you play the finals? On the Spurs' side, Duncan can now get 18+9 data in 30 minutes per game, and 20+10 in 35 minutes in the finals is not a problem.

And that young center of theirs is now averaging 13 rebounds per game! Ranked third in the league, this data is the existence of the rebounding king level in previous years, but if it starts, even if James can suppress the outside line on the opposite side, the inside line is still lost if he is hammered?

However, in the Heat's most recent game, James did not play because of the flu, Bosh broke out and scored a 30+10 double-double to lead the team to win, and Wade is also a long-lost 20+10 (assist), so I don't think James's absence will have such a big impact on the Heat.

Bosh hasn't played so well for too long, and even this game directly made him think that it is not a good thing to partner with James, and he and Wade have a more tacit understanding when they cooperate.

Well, all in all, it's not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing, unless everyone is like the Spurs and treats playing as a side hustle......