Bishop of the Devil

Seeing David Robinson score against Laos' defense, Richard didn't panic...

Judging from the experience of these two people fighting each other several times, they are completely in a situation of mutual explosion. You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, and they both have ways to restrain each other. In the Blazers' offensive round, Kobe launched another wild boar-style attack, going crazy on the general.

Popovich is quite helpless. The problem before him now is how to solve Kobe's problem.

In the words of a small general, the team's offensive rhythm will indeed become smoother and the offensive firepower will be stronger, but the key is that it cannot guard against Kobe...

Without the little general, Kobe's offensive ability can indeed be limited, but without the little general's organization in the backcourt, it will be difficult for the Spurs' twin towers to play in the interior.

In the final analysis, no matter how strong or unbelievable the inside line is, they still need backcourt players to pass the ball to them. If the backcourt players cannot pass the ball to them, then no matter how strong the inside line is, they can only become like Ben. Super blue collar...

After weighing the matter, Popovich felt that the advantages of the young general's presence outweighed the disadvantages...

Originally, at the end of the regular season, Popovich also tried out several European players and free agents who could not play in the NBA, hoping to find a tall man with certain passing and control abilities. Point guard.

But such a point guard is so easy to find. Popovich did nothing this time.

When Richard saw that there were no changes in the Spurs' lineup, he felt at ease. Popovich did not create any "surprises" for Richard, which made Richard very comfortable...

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Kobe is definitely a surprise player against the Spurs. As long as he plays against a young general on the court, he can definitely produce unimaginable magical effects.

It's normal to think about it. With Kobe's height and perfect singles skills, it's only normal for the young general to be completely beaten.

As for the inside line, of course the Spurs still have a certain advantage, but to say that the Spurs rely on such an advantage is like killing the Trail Blazers, that is absolutely impossible!

"Beep!" After the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Trail Blazers defended their home court.

They defeated the Spurs with a score of 101:93 and won the first game of the Western Conference semifinals.

In fact, speaking of the Blazers' performance in this game, except for Kobe and Sasha, the performance of other players was not particularly good.

The two anti-aircraft guns Rasheed and Robinson, the offensive efficiency of this game is a bit poor...

Among them, Rasheed made 0 of 4 three-pointers and Robinson made 2 of 7 three-pointers, which was quite miserable.

As for Ben, he may still not have found the best way to limit Duncan. In this game, Duncan scored 30 points and 14 rebounds...

But even so, the strong performance of Kobe and Sasha, as well as the strength advantage of the bench, still made the Spurs swallow the bitter pill of failure.

Kobe scored 32 points in this game. Without the restrictions of shackles, and the opponent players were restrained by him, he was like a murderous god!

And Lao Sa's 24 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block in this game are also perfect!

Coupled with the fact that the Trail Blazers may have the strongest bench lineup in the league today, it is not difficult to understand why the Spurs lost.

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The second game of the series is still the Blazers' home court.

This time the Spurs suffered another disastrous defeat at the Rose Garden Arena, losing by 13 points, which was even wider than the point difference they lost in the previous game!

Rashid's condition improved and he scored 27 points in this game!

Kobe still played steadily, taking 17 shots in the game and scoring 25 points.

As for Lao Sa, although his performance was not as perfect as in the previous game, he still scored 21 points and 8 rebounds...

The current situation is already quite obvious.

The Spurs are no match for the Trail Blazers. The gap between their lineup and the Trail Blazers is too big!

It is no exaggeration to say that whether it is Bowen or Wu Sheng on the bench of the Trail Blazers, when these two people arrive at the Spurs, they are likely to compete with the young general for the third position of the team.

The Spurs can't win in this situation with their third-leading player on the opposite side, unable to even start.

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After losing two games in a row, although they were all away games, Spurs fans were also disappointed. In this situation, it is too difficult for them to find opportunities to advance.

Sure enough, the third game was the Spurs' home court, and they lost even more miserably. The Trail Blazers won this game by 17 points, while the Spurs only scored 79 points in the game!

In this game, the Spurs twin towers scored 48 points together. It is equivalent to saying that the remaining ten Spurs players combined only scored a total of 31 points, which is quite pitiful...

Spurs fans are naturally extremely disappointed, but they are also longing for it.

The main reason is that Duncan's performance is really amazing. After three games, he averaged 30 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks per game, showing his extremely strong dominance.

As for the opponent's big brother, although his performance is not bad, it is still a little bit less interesting.

Spurs fans know very well that they should place their hopes in the future, not in this current season. This season, the Spurs' perimeter is too weak, to the point of being last in the league...

Looking at the entire league, I am afraid that even the Raptors and Grizzlies, who are close friends, have a better backcourt than the Spurs.

In the fourth game of the series, to Richard's surprise, they actually lost...

The loss was a bit inexplicable. Before the end of the third quarter, Ben committed six fouls and left the field!

This is undoubtedly because the referee played some role in it. He strictly targeted Ben in the game, causing Ben to leave the game without finishing the third quarter.

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This is the home court of the Spurs. The referee gave the home whistle to the Spurs. Richard was not so anxious that he could not accept it with a pale face.

The home whistle is an unspoken rule in the NBA. Even the Trail Blazers have enjoyed the convenience of the home whistle...

The only thing that made Richard a little dissatisfied was that there were too many home whistles in this game, and they were all focused on Ben, which caused huge problems in the Blazers' interior defense.

For the pioneers, Big Ben is like a divine needle in the sea!

With big money, even Duncan or O'Neal can't just wreak havoc inside the Trail Blazers!

Without Ben, although the Blazers' interior defensive strength is still quite good, it will definitely drop a lot...

In this game, after Duncan retired, he scored 15 points alone in the last quarter and 42 points in the game, leading the team to win a hard-fought victory from the Trail Blazers.

The sweep expected by Richard and the fans did not happen. The Spurs stubbornly avoided the fate of being shaved off by the Trail Blazers.