Chapter 519 I wish the Lakers good luck
The fourth game between the Lakers and the Spurs will be held on schedule.
The Spurs acted step by step and did not look like they were about to end the season.
The first three games made them sure of one thing, Manu Ginobili was crazy. Even if he performed in the first two rounds, he had a negative impact in the Western Conference Finals.
If a super sixth man who is relied on by the team has a negative effect, the impact will be very bad.
Because the Super Sixth Man is often one of the five strongest people in the team, and Ginobili's strength is undoubtedly among the top three in the Spurs, and he has absolute say when leading the second team.
As the saying goes, a general is incompetent and exhausts his army.
What results can be obtained by letting an unreliable person lead the second team?
Now that things have come to this point, the Spurs have no choice.
They still won't let Ginobili start, but they won't reduce his playing time.
The Spurs have reached the end of their journey and can only expect Ginobili to suddenly break the shackles and bring miracles.
The Spurs allowed Michael Finley to start, and then the meaning became obvious.
Finley is here to start, so they naturally have to find a way to focus on Finley.
The Lakers asked Kobe to defend Finley and Wei Xia to defend Parker.
After the confrontation in the visiting room a few days ago and the incident of criticizing the US government, Wei Xia accidentally wiped out the previous stigma.
His speech was full of power and logical, and he not only attacked the media, but also attacked the US government. Most Americans thought it was a heroic move.
In any American blockbuster with personal heroism, the protagonist often has a brainless boss and an incompetent political institution. In the end, the protagonist has to pay for the shit they have to challenge the official price.
It sounds incredible, but Americans just think it's a very interesting and cool thing to fight against ZF.
As for whether Wei Xia did it right, they didn't care.
Wei Xia's political incorrect incident has become known to everyone in the United States after many months of exaggeration. He is already the most well-known player in the league. Public opinion and foul reputation have changed. The Zen master wanted to see if the referee's dictation standards will change, so he asked Wei Xia to defend Parker alone at the beginning.
Judging from the results, the Zen master’s arrangement was wrong.
It was not that he made a mistake in predicting the situation, but that the opponent made a mistake.
Wei Xia can lock Parker in Game 1, which does not mean that every game can be done.
The situation of each game is different. Today, the Spurs will open the situation from Parker, and then veteran Finley will show their strength.
The two worked together to defeat the Lakers' W/Mish combination.
Even the Lakers themselves can't figure out why they became like this.
In the first few games, Wei Xia looked like Parker's nemesis. Not to mention Finley, he is already very old and has a lot worse than his young self. The decline in athletic ability has caused a significant deterioration in defensive ability. As for the oppressive defense like Kobe on the offensive end, how can he maintain his shooting stability?
The Lakers did not get any answers.
The answer brought by the opponent is that Tony Parker scored 3 of 6 points in a single quarter and scored 6 points.
Finley scored 3 goals, including 2 three-pointers, and 8 points in a single quarter.
Parker and Finley worked together, Duncan was much more relaxed. He had plenty of time and space to deal with Paul Gasol. Kobe and Wei Xia could not let him do whatever he wanted, so he had to come to Shi Buddha to double-team regularly.
As long as Duncan passes the ball outside, the opportunity will come out.
"Cherish this moment before you. Since the start of the Western Conference Finals, the two Lakers' star guards have been suppressed by the Spurs for the first time!"
Just when the Spurs felt that there was hope of defending the home court and avoiding being swept, Derek Fisher's quick and accurate three-pointer reminded the Holy City people: If you care too much about Weisha and Kobe, other Lakers players will make you pay the price.
Fisher's outbreak is right at the right time.
By the way, Radmanovic and Gasol were in the form of the film. When Kobe and Wei Xia performed poorly at the beginning, the Lakers insisted on the score and refused to let go.
The Spurs' happiness lasted only 12 minutes.
At the end of the first quarter, Jackson specially called Weisha and Kobe to the side and gave a speech: "Wish, you have defended the Frenchman to 0 of 15 before. I don't want you to copy the performance of that game, I just hope that the Frenchman will hit no more than 50% under your defense."
"Kobe," said Mamba very simply, "Just 12 minutes just now, you were beaten by a 35-year-old man."
The Zen master is like a roundworm in Kobe's belly. He knows what he says can arouse the other party's disgust and anger, and then stimulate his fighting spirit.
Kobe was furious and the Spurs suffered.
Kobe, who hugged his teammate's thighs in the first quarter, became his thighs in the second quarter, and scored 12 points with a sudden shot.
Parker was defended from the back and made 2 of 8 shots in a single quarter. Fortunately, Brent Barry was a steady player and he did not miss a single goal.
The Spurs lost the key player in the offense and were won by eight points in the second quarter by the Lakers.
When Kobe breaks out, Wei Xia doesn't need to exert force on the offensive end.
He shifted his focus to the defensive end and could use the game to try the referee's standards.
I don’t know if it’s because of the referee or because his reputation has improved, Wei Xia feels like a star.
At least in this game, he has privileges.
At the end of the half game, Wei Xia's data was inconspicuous.
9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, no steals, and no blocks.
Because the data such as single defense to the opponent's missed shot is not in the statistics.
Later, a special website counted various strange data.
Wei Xia has been the first player in the league in single defense for 10 consecutive years.
His advanced data is worse than some recognized defensive black holes, but it is difficult for people who hold data but do not watch the ball.
"Wish, how many points will you give yourself in the first half?"
"I might score a pass score," Weisha explained. "My performance was not good in the first quarter, and Tony Parker suppressed me. Fortunately, I got back in the second quarter, so there was no problem, and 6 points were reasonable."
The things the Spurs most reluctant to see continued to happen in the second half, and suddenly it was like a ruthless tyrant holding a trump card without giving him any chance.
Wei Xia and Kobe played against each other again and again.
Kobe is the main attacker, Wei Xia is the main passer, and the two support each other, and the presence on the offensive end is amazing.
Kobe once again scored 12 points in a single quarter and 29 points in three quarters.
Wei Xia scored 4 points and 6 assists in a single quarter.
His four assists were monotonous, and each of them was obtained from Kobe.
In other words, his 6 assists and 12 points in a single quarter have an overlap rate of 100%.
The Spurs lost to the Lakers in a single quarter 7 points.
If they are already 12 points behind, if they don't rise up and catch up, they will be completely beaten by the Lakers in the end.
Duncan and Parker are the answers to the last section.
The two of them scored 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists together.
This is the case with a single section of data, which shows that you have done your best.
However, there is Kobe opposite.
Kobe, who was in the state, his teammates kept encouraging him to attack, and Kobe, who was red-eyed.
In the fourth quarter, Kobe did nothing but score.
For a full 12 minutes, he had never done anything except to catch the ball at the low position, catch the ball at the running position, and catch the ball at the same position.
Duncan Parker scored 19 points together and looked exciting, but Kobe scored 17 points in the fourth quarter alone.
His performance sentenced the Spurs to death.
Throughout the game, Kobe scored 44 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 0 free throws.
The fourth game zero free throws dropped his average free throws to 3 in the division finals.
He averaged 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists per game against the Spurs, with a shooting percentage of 48%, and 3 free throws per game.
This is the ability to make the Spurs' scalp numb the most.
The state is coming, it’s unreasonable, and a high-level shot is directly killed, absolutely domineering.
In the Spurs, Duncan did a lot of things he was good at and he was not good at.
His hit rate was not high in this battle, only 39%. Because he had no feel, he focused on supporting him.
Duncan scored 20 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in the game, and his fourth triple-double in his career playoffs. In the previous three triple-doubles, one of which was a 21-point, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and 8 blocks against the Nets in the finals; one-point, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 blocks against the Suns... Judging from these data, he is so much like Bill Russell.
This triple-double was also the last time he had scored a triple-double in his playoff career. Unlike his past dominant game, he lost tonight.
It's like hinting that his and the Spurs' rule may end here.
The data that hurts Spurs fans the most is Ginobili's average game.
In the Western Conference Finals, Ginobili averaged 32 minutes per game, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and shooting percentage was 32%.
To put it in the words of Chinese fans: Even if you let Liu Wei, Hu Xuefeng, and Fan Bin play, it will be difficult for you to get worse than this one.
Ginobili in the Western Conference Finals is the devil in the eyes of Spurs fans. His ultimate crime performance is the culprit of the Spurs' collapse.
Then, that's it.
Last year, the Spurs sent the Lakers away, swept the Cavaliers, and won the championship, continuing the law of winning the championship between the Spurs and the Lakers in the playoffs.
Chapter completed!