: 258. Western Conference Finals 13th

Vicki was more cautious in this game than in the first game. The first game is to spend money to buy lessons, but the second game starts with real power! He decisively turned on the confrontation mode that was almost never used!
The Spurs suddenly speeded up the defensive transition, forcing the Lakers to quickly resolve the offense. They were preparing to forcibly speed up the pace and the Lakers began to fight.
From the round just now, Vitch saw that positional warfare does not necessarily have an advantage. The Lakers have two positional warfare masters Kobe and Gasol in these five starters. Nash and Liu Ren have excellent three-pointers. Green organized The ability is so good that Vitchie swears that the group of people in Oakland are pigs, so he promptly gestured to the players to change their style of play.
I have to say that the title of the first coach of Vitch is not given for nothing. It is easy for him to build a strong defensive team like Larry Brown, and let him play like D'Antoni can do more. it is good!
The Lakers focused on defending the opponent on three-pointers and mid-range, so Vitch raised his speed and focused on attacking the basket.
D'Antoni, who has already begun to change and began to pay attention to defense, did not expect the Spurs to play in the playoffs or to focus on the inside. His experience is still insufficient. Once again, the rhythm of the Spurs was brought into the Spurs by Vicki and was forced to attack. .
Although Liu Ren entered a runaway state with 8 of 10 in the first quarter and 7 of 10 free throws, he scored 23 points, but the scores of both sides have been biting!
The Lakers scored 35 points in the first quarter, but the Spurs also scored 33 points!
Feeling that everyone's eyes finally gathered on him, Liu Ren enjoyed the feeling very much.
The inter-junction break ended and the second quarter began. Liu Ren looked at Duncan, who seemed to have completely changed his spirit and showed a solemn expression. Although he had seen him many times, he was still very excited.
Liu Ren looked at the guy in front of him, maybe the most powerful striker Tim Duncan in NBA history!
At the end of the 1990s, the Spurs suddenly upgraded the championship team from a team that was in the early stages of reconstruction and just got the No. 1 pick, and they won the championship in the shrinking season. Duncan relied on Duncan! He won the first team of the best team and the second team of the best defensive team since the first season in the league, which means he has been the strongest forward in the league since the first day of entering the league! Even the first power forward in history!
But Duncan will also get old. Now he feels powerless year after year. He now very much hopes that the team will have someone like him who took over the Admiral’s team flag back then and take over his hands. Heavy burden.
But the Spurs are unable to attract stars, and a team that needs to constantly win has many things that are necessary, such as the defensive system, the inside defensive gate, and the outside defensive elite.
Now that the system is in place, there are also defensive leaders on the outside line, but a young inside line defensive gate and has offensive capabilities.
Or like the Heat have a super perimeter defensive combination, if Liu Ren and Leonard partner, Duncan believes that Vitch will definitely create a stronger perimeter defense than the Heat.
Because if you want to keep winning, you must defend well! It doesn't matter whether it is a defensive system composed of inside and outside lines or an outside line defensive encirclement, there is no problem, as long as the opponent can be prevented is a good defense!
But now the Spurs do not have an inside line that can take Duncan's class, nor another outside line that can match Leonard. So, all this falls on Duncan. Fortunately, the Spurs are too strong in the regular season, and Duncan does not have to pay too much. A lot of strength, but when it comes to an important opponent in the playoffs, he has started the old days of being a father and a mother again.
The most regrettable thing about Liu Ren is that he has not seen how strong Jordan is at the peak, and only saw his edge in some clips, but he has seen the duel between Kobe and Duncan in the peak period on TV. Both of them are invincible in their peak period. !
Duncan attacked in the first quarter, so he was replaced twice. It didn't cost much. Now it's time for him to play!
Duncan used a landmark 45-degree shot to tie the score with two points.
The Lakers are offensive and Kobe is resting. The first quarter shelling him did not end. The Lakers can hit the starting positions. D'Antoni was very cautious today. The first quarter allowed the starters to play longer.
The offense with the ball became Liu Ren! He changed his direction and got half of his position and pushed Leonard into the post as usual.
Facing Duncan on the inside, Liu Ren’s previous advantages have disappeared. In terms of speed and explosiveness, Liu Ren is the best in the league, but Duncan is too strong, his defensive awareness and footwork are too strong, and he can always When it's critical, he stretched out his hand to interfere, and his strength was strong. After all, he was a guy who had hardened steel with O'Neal and won several times.
Duncan's defensive prediction allowed him to stand in Liu Ren's offensive direction one step ahead of time, which made up for this very well~EbookFREE.me~ Liu Ren's best strength-rolling style of inner line and face frame play is in front of Duncan. Lost the effect.
Liu Ren was forced to stop the ball. It was three seconds before he could only call a timeout.
"Tim, I have to admit that you are very strong." Liu Ren said to Duncan during the timeout.
"You are also very strong. It was the first time I encountered a situation where an outside line came to the inside and used my body against me, but it was a bit unstoppable." Duncan is well-known in the league as a dull gourd, but he rarely heard Liu Ren's compliment immediately replied, "I didn't expect you to look so thin, but your strength is so strong."
Liu Ren felt very honored for Duncan's praise. He always felt that it was a great regret that Duncan did not get the best defensive player.
But there is no other way. Duncan’s biggest characteristic is his stability for more than ten years. Duncan’s peak time was the four seasons from 2001 to 2005. He was invincible on both ends of offense and defense in those years. Duncan has been able to win the championship in a few years.
In those years, Duncan was definitely one of the best in the league on defensive end, but he met Ben Wallace and Artest who were focused on defense. Duncan’s defensive ability throughout his career was definitely stronger and more stable than these two men, but These two are high-light performances. In those years, these two people have always suppressed the stable Duncan and wiped out the best defensive players.
After 2005, Ben Wallace and Artest both declined, and the defense of the entire league began to decline due to the offensive wave set off by the Suns and Warriors. It should have been the time for Duncan to take the best defensive player, but he Because of a serious knee injury, he lost his explosive power and turned into a complete floor flow. The defense also declined a lot. Another wave of defensive players who played a bright season won the best defensive player.
Born at a bad time, Duncan can say so for the best defensive player award.