Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

After eating Popovich's poisonous milk, he immediately retaliated. Zuo Li, who scored 40 points in three consecutive games, said he should not suffer any losses this time.

The only one who suffered a loss should be the league. It spent so much time and energy promoting this matchup, but the result was not exciting because of the Spurs' small failure.

Stern lost his mind. He found that anything related to Popovich and the Spurs would always make things worse, including but not limited to seeing the Spurs in the finals, seeing the Spurs in the playoffs, and seeing the Spurs in the regular season.

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The angry president is determined to give the Spurs fewer national live broadcasts, but Popovich, who has long been used to it, probably doesn't care. On the contrary, maybe Popovich will be very happy, after all, he just wants to focus on leading the team.

Playing games, winning championships, attention and traffic are not his cup of tea.

Tsk, Popovich is indeed a rare and pure coach, but Zuo Li has always felt that he is not suitable for a small club like San Antonio. After all, the ball market is small, the population is small, and the boss is far from selling tractors.

If other bosses are as rich as they are, it will be really difficult for them to develop if they don't get some traffic.

Zuo Li has always felt that San Antonio's ability to achieve such results is a miracle in the NBA, because almost all of the players he selected in the draft are low-key, connotative and capable stars.

From Admiral Robinson to Duncan to Parker and Ginobili, no one had a falling out with the Spurs and Popovich because of money or status in the locker room.

People attribute all this to Popovich's personal charm and the Spurs' unique team culture.

Although there are some thorny players like Rodman and Warriors Jackson who have had trouble with the Spurs, people attribute it to their own character problems.

This sounds very reasonable, after all, they are Big Chong and Martial Saint.

However, as Leonard decided to leave in the future, people suddenly discovered that not everyone is Duncan. There are really only a few who don't care about money, data, and status in the locker room.

Popovich is good, but he and Duncan, Admiral Robinson and others complement each other. Even from the Leonard incident, it can be seen that Duncan's character is even more rare. There has never been such a strong star like Duncan in NBA history.

Just as low-key.

To put it simply, if Duncan had gone to another team instead of the Spurs, there is a high probability that Duncan would still be Duncan, and his data would even be even better, and the court would be even more confusing. Don’t forget how he relied on it in 2003

His ability to destroy the Lakers dynasty and leave behind one of the greatest individual performances in playoff history.

There is a high probability that the Spurs will not be the current Spurs. All four of their championships are based on Duncan. Without Duncan, maybe San Antonio will be like other weak teams struggling at the bottom of the league. There will be no contact at all.

A chance for a championship trophy.

What? You are a Spurs fan and you don’t accept it?

Okay, let's give another example.

Cleveland is also a small club, and the one they selected is the legendary one-in-a-million, no, one-in-a-million number one pick. The team has nothing to say to him, not to mention offering the biggest contract, and they can do whatever reinforcements they want.

Try your best to be satisfied, as such a small club basically pays the luxury tax every year.

As a result, because he lost in the playoffs, his contract expired and he turned around to play brother basketball with his brother.

If I had known, the Spurs would have been very suppressed by the Lakers in the Western Conference for so many years, and they were often swept in the past, but how did Duncan choose?

What if Duncan transfers directly for the so-called surpassing the number one in history?

Is it enough to turn around and join the Lakers, O'Neal, Duncan, and Kobe to directly establish a super dynasty? How about joining the Timberwolves and Kings, and forming the Avengers with Garnett, Webb and others?

No!

Duncan still stayed, and from the peak to the trough, he used his full strength to lead the Spurs to attack the championship again and again.

This is why Zuo Li respects Duncan. It seems easy now, but later you will find that not everyone can do it.

Is this a comparison that Spurs fans can accept?

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Okay, let’s get down to business.

After the battle of wits and courage with Popovich, the Knicks faced back-to-back against another powerful team in the Western Conference, the Thunder, currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

Speaking of which, the Thunder have really taken three steps in three years. In the past few years, the league was weak and bullied by everyone, and now it is the Western Conference powerhouse, Youth Storm. The Thunder has finally formed a strong enough team.

To this day, the Thunder are the only three teams to have defeated the Knicks. Not only that, they also gave the Knicks their only losing streak of the season.

Of course, the situation was different at that time. The Knicks had just ended their 25-game winning streak. Their momentum and physical strength were at a low point, while the Thunder was at its peak. In addition, the Knicks chose to take a large-scale rest period, so that game was

Not entirely happy.

Not only were the fans unhappy, but so were the players from both teams. At that time, Durant and Westbrook said after the game that they would have a good fight next time.

No, this will happen next time.

The Thunder just defeated the Hawks, another strong team in the Eastern Conference, in their last game and have now won 4 consecutive games. Needless to say, the Knicks are in good shape. Fans who have been watching all the way know that the Knicks have been better since losing to the Trail Blazers.

How stable is it.

In other words, both teams are at their peak at this time, and this game is bound to be a battle between dragons and tigers.

There was no harsh talk before the game, and there was no particular grudge between the two teams. On the contrary, since both teams were newcomers playing the leading roles, the people on both teams were basically old acquaintances.

However, precisely because they are all young people, there is no need to beep too much. There is no probing at the beginning... and we get straight to the point.

Starting lineup:

Thunder: Perkins, Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook, Sefolosha.

Acquiring Perkins from the Celtics was a clever move by the Thunder management. Everyone thought that Perkins was old, injured, and had no offensive ability. He had no idea what to do with him.

The Celtics just thought he was no longer good, so they traded him.

Little did he know that Perkins' defensive ability was worth the price.

And Perkins is the most suitable insider for the Thunder, because the Thunder's insiders don't need to do anything except defense. If you want to attack? There is no door!

The second young master is not enough!

So Perkins seems to have found a second spring in his life here, and his game is getting better and better.

In addition to trading away Jeff Green, but strengthening Ibaka, who is no less talented than him, the Thunder's inside line is actually impressive.

The rise of Westbrook is what the Thunder are most looking forward to, which means that the Thunder have officially evolved from Durant's one-man show to Dewey's dual-core.

Don't underestimate the rise of one person. Westbrook directly made up for the Thunder's remaining scoring gaps.

The current Thunder is a team with distinctive characteristics. Two Deweys attack, and the remaining three defend. They play a very pure personal offense.

From a certain point of view, it is the same as the Heat this season, but the current Dewey is not as strong as James Way.

However, the Thunder won because they were honest enough. Brooks was not prepared to cover up his tactics at all, nor was he prepared to strengthen them. He just let the second young master do it!

The Knicks, who came with revenge in mind, sent out a purer lineup...