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0725 San Antonio Night Talk

At two o'clock in the morning of the Sixth, the Kings landed in San Antonio and then took the bus to the hotel.

After all the troubles were done, it was already 3:00 that I had officially settled down. However, Su Yang had a nap on the plane before, and was not sleepy at all. He closed his eyes and forced himself to not fall asleep for a long time. He took out his cell phone and browsed the relevant news at will.

Coincidentally, he found that Curry and Antetokounmpo were also online. He sent a message to inquire. The two of them replied in seconds, but they didn't fall asleep. They immediately made an appointment to have a nightclub at the hotel restaurant. When they arrived at the place, the three of them were passing on their pajamas.

When they met, they chuckled and ordered snacks at will to sit down. The three of them directly put the topic on how to play the next game.

"Defense, defense determines everything..."

Antetokounmpo gritted his teeth and stared: In my opinion, we won the fourth game by relying on defense. We let Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green miss the shots many times. The two of them scored in the first three games often made me feel unbalanced."

Curry put down the fried chicken in his hand and clapped his hands and said, "I think that too. I had a review video on the plane before. The key to our win in the fourth game was that after the Spurs' second timeout in the first quarter, they did not let their second team play the same."

Su Yang nodded frequently and responded that the main reason why the Kings were able to win the fourth game was to successfully speed up efficiently. The reason for speeding up was to limit the Spurs' efficient shooting through defense. The specific strategy was to "cut off the pass route, boldly empty the big man when encountering a pick-and-roll, and make up for defense from the weak side. In those few rounds of the game, Gasol failed to score, which was very critical.

"The Spurs will definitely make changes in the fifth game. Our coaching staff has had preliminary discussions and thinks that the biggest possibility is to use box and 1 strategy to deal with you," Su Yang looked at Curry, then at Antetokounmpo. "And use the switch to force you to shoot mid- and long-range shots, and try not to give you the chance to accelerate the sprint. And Lavine, Tatum and others will use joint defense and force long-range shots..."

After the words fell, Antetokounmpo and Curry were silent at the same time.

If the situation is really as predicted, it will test the two of them as super giants' ultimate ability - throwing that damn ball into it.

In games facing elimination, the pressure is often very high, and technical movements are easily deformed, not to mention that the Spurs have the advantage of home court.

In a moment, Antetokounmpo stared at him with a breath and asked, "What should I do?" Curry also looked inquiring.

"If you answer in the way of coach Rivers, it should be to continue be yourself...”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Su Yang joked casually, "Specifically, you should continue to maintain the impact force first, which is the biggest threat to the Spurs. Stephen needs to boldly use the cover to make three-pointers, forcing the Spurs to give up targeting you, because if they adopt such a method, the purpose is not to lock you up, but to want to reduce your efficiency and cannot change the situation."

Antetokounmpo and Curry nodded repeatedly.

The topic turned to the defense of the Spurs. Looking at the past four games, the Spurs' routines have changed a lot, and predictions in advance are very lacking in value. The three of them turned to talk about defending alone. Antetokounmpo and Curry both lamented that Leonard was simply a pervert.

It is true that the Kings were very successful in defending Leonard in the last game, and it is true that Leonard himself was a little impatient. A typical example is the fast attack chasing a three-pointer in the first quarter. That is definitely not the scoring method that Leonard said he was good at. If he were normal, he would not play like that.

So some people mocked the King for winning the fourth game because of his good luck. As long as Leonard's mentality recovers, there will be no chance.

The issue of mistakes is also mentioned. The number of mistakes must be controlled in the fifth game, otherwise the Spurs will easily be hit by the wave.

When they talked at 4:30, Su Yang laughed and said that Kobe had already gotten up at this time and started training, and then returned to the room to rest.

After waking up at noon, after having a simple meal, he started to take the team to review the fourth game video. He followed the shooting training to maintain his touch. Su Yang turned to chat with Mike Brown and others on the sidelines. Dee Brown joked that he didn't take him with him when he had dinner in the early morning.

Chatting with Antetokounmpo and Curry was just a trivial matter. Su Yang didn't care and didn't think that Di Brown actually knew.

Seeing Su Yang being a little surprised, Di Brown smiled and said, "The staff in the hotel restaurant took photos and tweeted you. Now everyone is talking about how much you want to win. Some Chinese fans said that you are trying to move the lights at night to study offensive and defensive tactics."

“It’s true…”

Su Yang felt it was quite interesting and regretted not having to take it. No matter what the final result was, it could be used as future documentary materials. However, when he was unprepared for a whim, he could only say that there were photos left, which was quite reasonable.

"When we reversed 4-3 and advanced, the early morning events can be said to be known as the San Antonio night talk in history, haha."

Mike Brown and others agreed, saying that it might be the arrangement of fate, and things happened like a movie.

After the afternoon training, the team had dinner and chatted as usual, and by the way, they took a look at the situation of the other three groups in the east and west.

Another group of the Western Conference team played against the Warriors in the semi-finals. The two teams are currently tied 2-2 and are about to start a match point. The result is not too surprising. The main difference in the regular season record between the two teams is only 9 games. However, Harden's miserable performance is very surprising. His three-point shooting percentage is only 28.9%, and he relies on a large number of free throws and throws to maintain his average score.

In the east, the young Pacers ultimately failed to defeat the Raptors in the first round, but the Raptors met the younger 76ers in the second round and were currently tied 2-2, mainly because Embiid was in the inside and could easily create damage through free throws.

In another group of matches in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers led 3-0 on one side, and the player with the highest score in Kai was Thomas Jr.

After the dinner, Su Yang asked the whole team to have a good rest and don’t panic.

The next afternoon, the fifth game between the Kings and the Spurs in the second round of the playoffs started at the San Antonio Att Arena.

Before the game, the whole team practiced together, Brogden completely let go of the competition, and team doctor Kaufman was sure to make a comeback. After weighing the pros and cons, Su Yang removed Brogden from the injury list and changed to being able to play, but it was decided not to go up on the spot depending on the situation.

Turning around, Su Yang went to the Media Center for a pre-match interview.

"The San Antonio Water Tower" reporter asked: "Coach Bobo was interviewed just now and said that he would not change his offensive and defensive strategy significantly. He believed that the Spurs lost in the last game mainly because they did not have enough desire to win. How do you evaluate his answer?"

Su Yang thought to himself that I believe you, you old man is very bad, but he said, "I think Coach Bobo is lying. I have never seen a player with a stronger desire to win than Leonard. I don't believe that the Spurs will follow the previous defensive strategy. I guess they will come up with some new tricks, such as box                                                                                     

Make bold predictions, success may disrupt the Spurs' mentality, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed, it's just a matter of just one sentence.

At 7:30 in the blink of an eye.

The competition officially started.

The fans of Holy City shouted wildly, some called the king a country bumpkin city, some called Su Yang chin     chong, asking him to go back to China, and some people put out slogans, accusing Su Yang of MT company of gradually controlling the whole United States through privacy cuts.

Parker replaced Mills on the Spurs to start, while the Kings did not change, and Gasol won the jump ball.

The match was completed in a few rounds soon.

The Spurs' offense changes significantly, probably because they suffered a loss in the last game. They did not try their best in large-scale transfer strategies, but instead used continuous pick-and-roll to find opportunities. Parker was very determined to make an emergency stop, Gasol made a quick throw, and Leonard's three-pointer started as soon as the opportunity appeared. Ade scored two points at a high position without any hesitation. The overall offensive efficiency was much higher than the fourth game.

As expected, the Spurs launched box1 against Curry on the defensive end, and used switches to force mid-range shots against Antetokounmpo, and used joint defense to force mid-range shots against other Kings players. However, Su Yang arranged countermeasures in advance, the Kings' offensive efficiency was still good.

However, compared to the fourth game, the Kings were unable to score continuously for a long time, and the rhythm was always controlled by the Spurs.

The first quarter was soon to more than two minutes left, and the Kings were behind 20-23. Su Yang took advantage of the official timeout to replace Curry and Lopez, and Rose and Nance, while the Spurs replaced Mills, Guy, George Hill, and speeded up comprehensively.

Come back with a pause and the game continues.

The Spurs used common strange moves in the substitute stage, a lot of pressure from the outside, a lot of start-up and strong attacks, and Mills' strange moves to defend Antetokounmpo, which was no different from the previous four games, but they forced a 4-0 offensive to end the first quarter.

Taking advantage of the break between the festival, Su Yang looked up at the replay in depression and found that the Kings made 5 shots in the last 2 minutes and 49 seconds of the first quarter, and there were 4 forced mistakes. Fortunately, the defense was done well, and only allowed the Spurs to score 4 points.

"The Spurs continue to use the previous offensive and defensive strategies during the substitute. We need to remain calm and be bold. Don't care too much about assisting defense, and don't care too much about inefficient pursuit of three-pointers. Don't let them make easy passes and cuts..." Su Yang reminded.

The second quarter started immediately.

Perhaps it was because the King was too nervous and still made mistakes and made a blacksmith, or perhaps it was because he was too excited to return to home and his execution became very strong. The Spurs actually continued their crazy performance at the end of the first quarter, especially Mills, who was 183 Durant.

With Mills assisting Guy to make a big open three-pointer, the Spurs led 35-20, and Su Yang stood up and asked for a timeout.

The referee blew a whistle to stop the game. Popovich stood up excitedly and shouted at the Spurs on the court: "boys!defense     fuels   everything!    lets     goning!finish    them!"

The Spurs fans shouted, and soon turned into the entire Att Center and shouted in unison.

It's like the death execution scene of Mortal Kombat.

Su Yang took a deep breath and calmed his emotions after hearing this.

The Spurs have the qualification to shout like that, because from the countdown to 2 minutes and 49 seconds in the first quarter to 8 minutes and 22 seconds in the second quarter, the total time of the game was 6 minutes and 27 seconds, the Kings were defended by the Spurs until they didn't score a single point. It was really the defense that decided everything.
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