The King of the NBA

"Sure enough, the Spurs are still strong. At halftime, they lead by 7 points."

"If I want to say that Coach Popovich is good, seeing Coach Popovich's frequent substitutions, it really makes me shudder and sweat for the Spurs. But the result is really unexpected, Popovich With coach Qi making such frequent substitutions, the Spurs players can still play so well."

"Yeah, Coach Popovich is amazing, how can he be so sure? Ordinary coaches would not dare to do this."

At the end of halftime, the Spurs led the Timberwolves by 7 points 60:53.

People in the audience are discussing that today's game can be said to be exciting whether it is the duel between the players on the field or the duel between the coaches of the two sides. Let's not talk about the battle between the two young people, Ning Yi and Leonard . Just a few minutes ago, Popovich's incredible substitutions achieved such an effect, which is amazing.

Even Adelman was convinced, and shook his head with a wry smile: "As expected of Coach Popovich, his control of the game and the use of his players are simply perfect. In this regard, I am still far behind."

This is not self-effacing, but the truth.

Throughout the entire history of the NBA, it is really incredible that coach Popovich can coach a team for so long, and under his coaching this team can always maintain enough competitiveness.

In the coaching world, this is a legend!

Taking a deep breath, Adelman collected his mood, gathered the players under him, and began to arrange. Although I admire coach Popovich very much, this is a game, and the game is like a battlefield, and he will not give up easily.

On the other side, the Spurs locker room.

The Spurs surrounded Popovich. Coach Popovich said with a serious face, "The opponent will not give up easily. We must play better in the second half to further expand the point difference."

After watching the first half of the game, coach Popovich's evaluation of the Timberwolves has been raised to a higher level.

The Timberwolves failed to enter the playoffs last year, but they suddenly rose this year, shining like a comet. Originally, Popovich also believed that although they had potential, they were a young team after all.

Seeing the performance of the Timberwolves, Popovich knew that he was wrong. The original Timberwolves were indeed a young team, but after recruiting Kevin Martin and Corey Brewer this year, these two have rich experience. , After having old players with sufficient strength, they achieved a kind of neutralization and made up for certain shortcomings.

Coupled with the birth of Ning Yi, the Timberwolves are further strengthened.

"The opponent is not weak." Popovich thought to himself, looking at his players, "Let me tell you, wait a minute."

In a blink of an eye, the intermission is over.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides put in the main lineup.

This time, Mr. Popovich did not make any surprising moves in terms of personnel, but he changed his tactics. The focus of the offense was placed on the outside, and Parker and Leonard became the core of the offense.

In addition, defensively, the Spurs began to double-team Ning Yi.

This caused people to be uproarious and surprised. The Timberwolves had Martin, Brewer, Pekovic, and Rubio on their side, but the Spurs just double-teamed the rookie Ning Yi. Why?

But it turns out that the Spurs' approach is not wrong.

When Ning Yi was double-teamed, even if he used the help of his teammates to find a mobile phone opportunity, or to enter the inside line, the Spurs did not relax at all. Continuous fouls on Ning Yi almost became foul tactics.

After a few minutes, Ning Yi walked to the free throw line and scored a few points on the free throw line, but looking at the overall score, the Timberwolves were already behind by as much as 12 points.

"How is this going?"

"Teaming a rookie can actually achieve such an effect?"

People are stunned, very different.

At this moment, people were almost in admiration for Coach Popovich's formation. Today they have learned a lot, even this is fine!

Adelman frowned.

On the side, Terry Porter was also frowning. After observing for a long time, he said to Adelman: "Popovich is really powerful, his vision is vicious enough."

"Yes." Adelman nodded, and couldn't help sighing, "Although Ning is only a rookie, he is already a very important part of our lineup system, especially after he was put on the starting lineup. I didn't see it clearly, but Popovich has already discovered it. This trick of 'double-teaming Ning Yi' really hits the nail on the head."

If it is said that Popovich knew his own players well in the previous quarter, he managed to strategize, and turned a series of seemingly unreasonable substitutions into coups. So now, Popovich has a clear understanding of the opponent, and clearly captured the subtlety of Ning Yi. The trick of "double-teaming Ning Yi" still seems unreasonable and puzzles many people, but it is actually simple and practical. , Helping the Spurs expand the point difference to more than ten points.

For so long, with Ning Yi's growth, he has completely integrated into the Timberwolves, and has faintly become the No. 3 character in the Timberwolves lineup.

In the past, Ning Yi led the bench to play, and it was self-evident, so when Ning Yi was put on the starting lineup, the Timberwolves' rotation dropped a notch instantly.

Now that Love is injured, Ning Yi is on the starting lineup and has become the team's number two.

Moreover, Ning Yi still needs to undertake organizational tasks and play as an organizational forward for a period of time on the field, which further increases the importance of Ning Yi and becomes a key figure. Once Ning Yi is frozen, can Rubio still rest? Rubio does not rest, who will lead the rotation to play? Without such an important scoring point as Ning Yi, and a small forward, what should the Timberwolves do with their tactical rotation? How much will it be affected on offense?

This series of problems came to the fore at this moment.

"Double-teaming Ning Yi, to a certain extent, is more effective than double-teaming Martin." Adelman said in a deep voice, his face unprecedentedly serious, and called a timeout.

At this time, more than seven minutes had passed in the third quarter.

When the players came down, Adelman didn't speak immediately. He thought for a while, and then replaced Ning Yi, replaced Dion, and let Brewer play small forward.

"Coach." Terry Porter frowned and said, "Substituting Ning, this is not the way."

"I know." Adelman said: "But now I have nothing to do. Instead of going on like this, it's better." He suddenly paused and skipped this sentence, "Okay, let's do it like this."

Looking at Adelman, Terry Porter was puzzled. He was sure that Adelman had some plans in mind, at least he was not really helpless, but what kind of attention did Adelman play, which could really reverse the situation? what?