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Popovich sat at the very front of the cabin, his hands were not idle, writing and drawing on the tactical board.

And in the cabin, the Spurs players slept on all fours, and everyone was hurrying to adjust their condition, after all, they were about to go back-to-back, and they were still playing a strong team like the Thunder, and the most important thing was that this was the first home game of the new season! So be sure to ensure the recovery of physical strength, the usual charter flight may be full of laughter, but today you can only hear the "rustle" of Popovich's pen sliding on the paper and the breathing of the sleeping players.

Popovich listened to the breathing of his disciples as he wrote and drew on the tactical board, and as a veteran leader, he knew how much of an impact a pre-match setup could have on a game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, "The Glove" Payton and "Rain Man" Kemp once brought Seattle great glory, and they were only one step away from lifting the championship trophy for Seattle. Later, the days of the supersonic were like Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and the year was not as good as the year, especially after the "gentleman's sword" Ray Allen left for Boston, the supersonic even embarked on the road of slumping, and even moved the home court from Seattle to Russia, and the team name was changed to Thunder.

The experience of the Thunder team in recent years started from the mess, but they couldn't stand the draft, 07 years to select Durant, 08 years to select the fourth Westbrook, 09 years to select Harden, relying on the efforts of these three young talents, the Thunder team re-entered the finals last year, but unfortunately, the young Thunder was too immature, and finally lost to the Heat with the Big Three, fulfilling James's championship dream.

If the Thunder can retain their roster and make appropriate reinforcements this summer, then they have a good chance of reaching the finals again.

It's a pity that because of the price, Harden left the Russian City and came to Space City to become the new leader of the Rockets. Although the Thunder got Kevin Martin, Martin is older, and his style of play is not necessarily suitable for the Thunder, so the strength of the Thunder is actually weakened.

Therefore, the Spurs' back-to-back only needs to be against the Thunder team with a double minority, which is like playing poker, you already know that the opponent has a big and small king, so you will naturally pay attention to those two trump cards.

However, when it comes to double less, Popovich is also very happy this season, because in his plan, the double less that only belongs to the Spurs is already in place, and they only need to be given a certain amount of time to grow, and as long as these two people grow up, it is more reasonable than the Thunder double less in terms of cooperation and playing style.

These two people are Leonard and Qin Yan, two young players born in the 90s, among which Leonard perfectly inherited Duncan's paralyzed face, giving people the feeling of a piece of ice that does not melt for thousands of years, but the current experience is not enough, and there is still some immature breath on his body, once he has experience, he will become one of the calmest and most threatening players in the position of small forward.

And Qin Yan is just the opposite of him, just like his name, Qin Yan is like a fire, the energy released can instantly destroy the opponent's will, as long as Qin Yan is there, the team will not lack passion and vitality!

One is calm and calm, the other is scrappy. These two guys playing together are a seamless complement that can mobilize the atmosphere of the whole team without getting the whole team too excited, which is really the perfect combination.

If you want to find a similar combination in history as a model, then there is only the outside duo of Qiao Gang Leader and Pi Erye. It's the same combination of a small forward and a shooting guard, it's also two people who are good at defense, and even the two combinations are about the same height!

The next "Flying Man" and "Batman"? Popovich doesn't want to restrain his disciples on this, if he wants to do it, he must be the best, and now he will never say that he will surpass or inherit those two, so why bother? Leonard and Qin Yan, one is like ice and the other is like fire, why not let this "ice and fire" combination become the object of imitation by players in later generations?

When the three carriages of "GDP" are getting old, the "ice and fire" combination of Qin Yan and Leonard will become the new backbone of the Spurs, and both of them are young, one is 21 years old and the other is 19 years old, as long as they keep healthy, they can at least guarantee the Spurs 10 years of time! This is the Spurs' alternation of the old and new cores, and it is also a continuation of the Spurs' glory.

Thinking like this, Popovich also fell asleep leaning back in his chair unconsciously, but his face was very good, relaxed, and not the slightest bit agitated.

At this time, the plane was a little bumpy, Qin Yan woke up, and found that his teammates around him were basically still asleep, suddenly, he seemed to remember something, looked around, and finally saw Leonard in a corner listening to music with headphones, obviously waking up earlier than himself.

"Hey, little card." Qin Yan got up and moved to Leonard's side and chatted with him in a whisper.

"Qin, what's the matter?" Leonard saw Qin Yan coming, smiled and took off his headphones, he and Qin Yan have always had a good relationship.

Many fans will think that Leonard is cold, but in fact, Leonard's classmate is still quite funny in private, but as soon as he arrives at the field, his facial paralysis magic skill that is in the same door as Duncan will be automatically turned on, so Leonard who sees Leonard on the field and in front of the camera is a facial paralysis and cold, but in private he is actually a very easy-going person, and he is also very funny. Unbelief? Check out those funny ads for the Spurs on the Internet, and Leonard is definitely open.

"I'm going to face the Thunder in a while, what do you think of the two trump cards of the Thunder?" Time is urgent, and it is on the plane again, Qin Yan is not joking, and goes straight to the point.

"Kevin and Russell?" Leonard also became serious when he heard that it was serious, "Both of them have a strong impact and are not easy to deal with." ”

"Yes, the combination of these two is definitely the most headache in the league, Xiaoka, what you have to face is Kevin, are you confident?" Qin Yan asked, after all, Durant must be limited to play the Thunder, Durant himself is indeed a BUG-level player, scoring ability is off the charts, scoring champion for three consecutive years, the attack power is absolutely first-class, the most suitable and defensive ability in the Spurs starters is only himself and Leonard, and Xiaoka and Durant are directly opposed.

If it was now 14 years later, Qin Yan would never worry about it, then Leonard would already be FMVP and DBOY, but now, like himself, he has not yet reached the peak of his ability, and Durant on the opposite side is now an MVP-level superstar.

"It's hard to say" Leonard was silent for a long time, "It's really hard to defend him now, you know, although he claims to be only two meters and six, his actual height is definitely more than two meters and ten!" And the arms are also very long, and the bounce is not bad, the only thing I am better than him is probably my hands. It's hard to stop him. After speaking, he raised his big hands, which were indeed outrageously big.

In all fairness, there's nothing wrong with Leonard's words, Durant looks about the same height as Oden and Alan in his rookie makeup photos, and he's also a gibbon, the only drawback is that his palms aren't big enough to use a one-handed ball like Joe Dandy does (if Adu knows how to do it, it's even harder to defend). At the small forward position, he is very difficult to defend with his height and arms, and over time, Durant has fully combined his physical condition with basketball skills to polish himself into a scoring machine.

He doesn't need a lot of fancy skills, he just needs to simply stand in front of the defenders, and with his height advantage, he can make the defenders feel a lot of pressure, and they are directly shrouded in a shadow. And when he jumps, it is difficult for the defenders to interfere with him effectively, and can only pray that Durant has a bad hand and throws himself.

Leonard's figure is very similar to Qin Yan's, with the same height of a little more than two meters, the weight difference is two kilograms, the arm length is BT level, and even Leonard's palm is bigger than Qin Yan's!

In Qin Yan's original memory, Leonard's famous stunt was to watch the "death entanglement" used by the long arm and big hand, but the current Xiaoka has not yet understood this trick well, and he uses immature tricks to deal with Durant, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.

"Or? I'm here to defend him? "Qin Yan wants to help his friend, although his defensive skills are not top-notch, but his strong physical fitness can make up for it, and his speed and strength are incomparable to Durant.

"You, no, no" Leonard shook his head repeatedly, "your task is to attack, don't be distracted." Although I know that you have good physical fitness, after all, you play a lot of games, you don't have a lot of experience, and the most important thing in defense is experience, and you can end up worse. ”

Qin Yan didn't refute, because this is indeed the case, at the beginning of the team training, he was often passed by Manu and Tony, Manu relied on the snake breakthrough that could not be stopped at all, and Tony relied on the change of rhythm, although the situation is much better now, but he still relies more on his body than on defensive instinct when defending.

If you meet a super scorer, such as Kobe, and really attack mercilessly, it is estimated that you will be beaten into a sieve.

Of course, although the defense is a little weaker, it can pass at all, and its own offense is definitely not weak, and it is difficult for others to defend themselves if they can't prevent others. As long as you have been trained for a long time and your defensive level has come up, that is, a superstar with both offense and defense, who can enter a defensive team at the same time, there are only 24 people in the history of the NBA, and only 6 people are on active duty (in 2012, Noah has not been selected for a team and a defense, and Noah has also been selected for a team and a defense after Rose's reimbursement). They are: Kobe, James, Howard, Garnett, Paul and their own Duncan.

"Don't worry." Leonard patted Qin Yan on the shoulder, "I'm not so easy to admit defeat, Durant wants to beat me, and he has to peel off his own skin." ”

"I know you want to help me, but I can only become stronger if I compete with these masters. Tim: They're getting older, and we have to grow up as quickly as possible. ”

"I'll give you the offense, I'll leave the defense. You let go and attack, the Spurs' defense, I'll take care of it. ”

These were the last words Leonard said on the plane, and then he closed his eyes and rested. It's just that he stretched out a fist to Qin Yan.

Qin Yan was stunned for a moment, then grinned, and also stretched out a fist and touched Leonard.

The collision of yellow skin and black skin, at this moment, the future song of ice and fire of the spurs began to play their music!