NBA: The Talent Burst from the Start

As the head coach of an NBA team, Popovich naturally understands that a two-point difference is nothing for an NBA-level team. What he cares more about is that Kobe took the initiative to ask for the ball just now, but Lin Lei actually ignored it.

This is simply unimaginable in the past. Kobe, as the first person of the Lakers, is also the core, and all tactics should be opened around him.

Even if some of the tactics seem extremely unreasonable, even Phil Jackson can't be too rebuke.

However, when Kobe just asked Lin Lei to give it, instead of being dissatisfied, Kobe took the initiative to encourage him, which shows that the Lakers' tactics have been tilted and changed.

As an old opponent, and at the same time studying Kobe Popovich for so many years, the previously formulated tactics seem to have completely failed at this moment.

"I'm afraid that in the next ten years, the main opponent of the Spurs has changed from Kobe Bryant to Lin Lei, and my GDP combination is already old. Who can prevent Lin Lei?"

Seeing Lin Lei running fast on the court, Popovich couldn't help but fell into contemplation.

However, while Popovich was thinking about his future plans, Tony Parker had just dribbled the ball past half court, ready to pass the ball out.

Beverley's full-court marking puts a lot of pressure on the All-Star point guard.

Just as his ball was released, before it could reach Leonard, a tall figure suddenly flashed in front of him, and the basketball flew out.

That's right, it was Lin Lei who made the steal!

Tony Parker saw that his ball was stolen. This kind of mistake was the most intolerable for him. While remorseful to himself, he tried his best to catch up in the direction of Lin Lei holding the ball.

Tony Parker's speed is obvious to all in the league, especially when he is without the ball, he is naturally much faster than holding the ball.

But even so, Tony Parker soon discovered that the gap between himself and Lin Lei was not even a star.

If Tony Parker runs faster with the ball than without it, so does Lin Lei.

After Tony Parker ran a few steps, he found that the distance between himself and Lin Lei was getting farther and farther.

When he just passed halftime, Lin Lei had already reached the three-point line, and made three and two steps toward the basket before killing him.

At this time, the Spurs' basket has already been seated here, and this person is Tim Duncan!

It turned out that when Tim Duncan sent the ball to Tony Parker, Tony Parker had already passed the ball to Leonard before half court.

This is one of the tactics of the Spurs.

As the core of the inside line and the main containment point of tactics, Tim Duncan will attract the attention of the opposing team wherever he goes.

Therefore, when Tony Parker crosses halftime early, if Tim Duncan runs to the inside behind Tony Parker at this time, he can at least attract the attention of 1 or 2 players.

Even Duncan can rely on his stature and mobile advantages to do a pick-and-roll for Tony Parker and other perimeter players, forming a regional game of playing more and less in a short period of time.

This tactic was also very efficient in the past, but who would have thought that this tactic not only did not work, but instead allowed Lin Lei to find an opportunity and complete the steal on Tony Parker.

Seeing that Lin Lei has completed the steal, Tim Duncan also secretly said in his heart: "Not good", as his hometown for many years, he rushed behind him for the first time, ready to complete the defense.

Tim Duncan has already taken his position in the south, and is in front of the reasonable collision zone. As long as Lin Lei dares to make physical contact with him, he will be called an offensive foul.

Duncan's method is also very effective. If Lin Lei's offensive momentum is temporarily delayed, Tony Parker will catch up in time.

With the tacit understanding between the two and Duncan's height, Lin Lei may be very difficult to score in front of him.

How could Lin Lei not know about Duncan's idea.

Just when he and Duncan were about to collide, Lin Lei suddenly stopped his pace, moved his footsteps to the right, and dribbled the ball to the right, and successfully passed by Duncan quickly!

This fact came too fast, and even Duncan didn't react. He never thought that Lin Lei could have such a strong control over his body when he was exercising at a high speed.

This kind of stagnation rate is something he has never seen before, even beyond Duncan's knowledge of basketball players.

While very surprised, Duncan also raised his arm subconsciously and blocked Lin Lei's path.

Because he knew very well that the only one who could stop Lin Lei was himself.

If there is no way to pull Lin Lei off at this time, he will not hesitate to complete the score..

Sure enough, after just breaking through Duncan, Lin Lei looked at the basket that was close at hand, and also followed the take off and prepared to complete the dunk.

However, Duncan's arm had already slapped on his arm in advance, causing Lin Lei to lose his balance in the air.

But even so, Lin Lei threw the ball at the last moment when he could master his balance.

"B..."

With the referee's whistle, Duncan made a defensive foul, and Lin Lei almost fell in front of the camera outside the court.

At this time, Tim Duncan did not pay attention to the basketball above his head, nor did he deliberately block.

Instead, he took a step forward, and before Lin Lei fell to the ground, he supported him with both hands, so that Lin Lei's falling momentum became very stable, and he did not fall hard.

The audience who saw this scene, including the commentator, were also happy for Duncan's performance just now, and applauded him sincerely.

Even Kobe showed a faint smile on his face, stepped forward and thanked Duncan with a smile.

In this way, Duncan and Kobe reached out and pulled Lin Lei off the ground.

This picture was also captured by the camera for the first time, and it became the front page of the sports newspaper the next day.

The legacy of sportsmanship!

However, Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw this picture, but his expression was a little serious, and he seemed very dissatisfied.

When Lin Lei was preparing to serve, he even exhorted Duncan in a small 5.9 voice. It can be seen from the speed of his speech that he seemed to be expressing his dissatisfaction with Duncan. Just criticized the performance.

Popovich's criticism made Duncan a little nervous.

This is also an unwritten rule in the Spurs team: Never help the opponent's player on the court!

Popovich is not a very cold-blooded coach, but he is more focused on winning on the court.

Throughout the years that the old man has coached, there is only one exception, that is, on O'Neal's birthday, Popovich let the players foul O'Neal at the beginning, which can be regarded as a birthday present for him.

And the Spurs team not only has top players such as GDP, but also a notorious perimeter defender - Bowen.