After the timeout, even though Parker was knocked out by Wall on the defensive end, Popovich still couldn't switch Parker off the court. After all, Parker is the main scoring figure of the Spurs.

If he is transferred off the court, the Spurs' offense will become very passive.

So after the timeout, Popovich made some adjustments to Wall's defensive approach, that is, once Wall calls pick-and-roll on the offensive end, the Spurs will directly attack Wall.

Forcing Wall to be unable to break into the inside line as soon as possible, but this kind of clamping is not a real double-team, but a pseudo-teaming that Wall uses force to break through.

In other words, in order to protect Tony Parker, Popovich hopes to delay Wall's breakthrough speed in this way.

It prevented Wall from sprinting with all his might to cause damage to Parker's point.

Seeing this on the court, Yang Fan, who was sitting off the court, didn't care at all, and didn't even want to make an adjustment.

Because whether it is a real double-team or a fake double-team, as long as Wall can pass the ball to his teammates as soon as possible, the Spurs must rotate faster.

Otherwise, the Wizards will find a chance to be in mid-space. After all, the Wizards are the team that is least afraid of double-teaming in the entire league, because Wizards players have independent offensive capabilities.

Even Gasol, who has the lowest score per game, is much stronger than most centers in the league, and even has a soft shooting feel outside the three-point line.

In the whole first quarter, it was obvious that the Spurs were trying their best and showed a full desire to win on both offense and defense, as if they regarded this regular season as a playoff.

Or maybe I want to use such a game to wash away the shame of being eliminated in the finals for two consecutive years.

However, although the Spurs have begun to fight hard on both offense and defense, the Wizards' dominance on the court cannot be underestimated, especially Wall's point, which makes the Spurs pay a bloody price.

At the end of the first quarter, even though the Spurs were already tough enough, the Wizards still led the Spurs by 5 points to finish the competition.

In the whole first quarter, John Wall was naturally John Wall, facing Tony Parker, one of the three troikas, Wall scored 14 points and 3 assists in the first quarter.

Wall's excellent personal ability made Popovich feel a headache, but Popovich didn't have many ways to do this.

After all, Popovich dares not double-team the Wizards, nor dares to defend the joint defense when facing the Wizards, because the Wizards are the best team in the entire league to break double-team and break joint defense, and absolutely no one.

Popovich has paid a very painful price in the finals, and now Popovich will definitely not repeat the same mistakes.

In addition, Paul George's performance in the first quarter was very average. The main reason was that Wall's performance in the first quarter was too eye-catching, so George naturally gave up the performance opportunity to Wall and acted as a three-point pitcher himself.

It is worth mentioning that the Spurs are Leonard in the starting small forward position.

However, Leonard has not yet reached its peak, and Paul George is also not under pressure when facing Leonard because the two are very different in their current competitive state.

Currently, George and Leonard are strong contenders for the regular season MVP, and the other is a defensive player who can only contribute 13 points and 6 rebounds per game.

The values ​​they bear are not at the same level, and except for Yang Fan with the Eye of God, no one knows how outstanding Leonard will become in the future.

Even Popovich doesn't know how many treasures can be developed on Leonard.

When the second quarter came back, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to compete. There is no need to say much about the substitute lineup between the two sides.

Even if the Spurs are one of the strongest teams in the rotation stage of the entire league, the Wizards are the strongest team in the rotation lineup of the entire league, no one!!

Six players in the Spurs averaged double-point average, and eight players averaged more than nine points per game, but this was just a little threat to the Wizards and was far from equal.

In the second quarter, although the Spurs did not fall into a disadvantage like other teams, the situation on the court was still firmly controlled by the Wizards.

In fact, from this point of view, it can still be seen that the Spurs are already the strongest team in the league today except for the Wizards.

After all, it is difficult for the Heat and Nets to play against the Wizards throughout the game.

Unfortunately, in this era when it should have belonged to the Spurs, a team that made people feel desperate appeared, and even made the league come forward privately to break up.

Yang Fan definitely doesn't understand this feeling, but the word "despair" can still be clearly seen from the faces of Spurs fans.

At the end of the half, the Wizards had expanded their lead to 12 points with their steady and stable overall performance.

Although this score is far from being suspenseless, the 12-point difference is like a mountain pressing on the Spurs, making the Spurs unable to raise their heads at all.

The Spurs thought they had done well enough in the first half and had already shown their own skills on both offense and defense, but the Wizards still scored a double-digit lead, which made the Spurs see no hope at all.

Sometimes what really makes people feel frustrated is not that the team is behind in a big way, but that the team is behind in a big way, but the team has lost confidence from top to bottom and no longer has expectations for the second half.

All the big score turnovers are on the premise that the players themselves have enough confidence, but now the Spurs have been dispelled by the Wizards, and even Popovich doesn't know how to comfort him.

Because not to mention these players who have been killed by the Wizards in the Finals for two consecutive years, even head coach Popovich is gradually losing confidence, as if he has seen the runner-up beckoning him.

After returning from the second half, the Spurs and Wizards performed very stably on the court, and neither side had any obvious mistakes or outbreaks.

Overall, it is still at its own season average.

However, the Spurs are the team behind the score, so when both sides perform very stably on the court, the Spurs face only one ending, that is, losing to the Wizards with a double-digit score.

In the end, the game ended. In this highly anticipated Christmas battle, the Wizards defeated the Spurs as expected, and defeated the Spurs 17 points, breaking the expectation that many fans had.

In the whole game, John Wall performed very well. Facing Tony Parker, Wall scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists in the game.

He used a quasi-triple double data to beat Parker, reporting on the grievances he suffered when he was young two years ago.

In addition, Paul George, a popular MVP candidate, also handed in a regular data of 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, continuing his water skiing journey.

…………………………………

After defeating the Spurs in the Christmas game, the Wizards' record has reached 29 wins and 2 losses.

After 1/3 of the schedule, the Wizards only lost two games in total. This almost invincible dominance really made fans feel numb.

With the end of the last three games in December, the Wizards successfully improved their record to 32 wins and 2 losses, and took a step further away from breaking the goal of the best record in history.

…………………………………

In a blink of an eye, January is coming. The Wizards' offensive firepower is still very fierce, and they continue to play the role of the ultimate ruler in the league.

However, the Wizards had a little bit of luck in January. Aldridge and Gasol Jr. were injured one after another, which directly made the Wizards' inside line very empty.

Although both of them were not very serious injuries, Gasol Jr. had a sore groin and was expected to be absent for one to two weeks.

Aldridge has a cracked ring finger in his left hand and is expected to be absent for about two weeks.

For NBA players, the two-week rest time is indeed not long, basically about seven games.

But the key is that Aldridge and Gasol Jr.'s injury to the inside double towers will not only make the Wizards' inside empty, but will also make the Wizards' dominant lineup loopholes.

During this period, Yang Fan could only use Bathir to reach the fourth position, and then let Reggie Evans and Gobert interspersed to play the starting lineup.

Facing a team with a center height of no more than two meters, Yang Fan is likely to use Evans to play the starting lineup.

After all, Evans has a lot of experience in the game, and both the pick-and-roll on the offensive end and the cooperation with his teammates are far greater than Gobert.

But once the opponent's center height is higher than two meters one, Yang Fan has to take Gobert to the field, otherwise the average height of the Wizards' inside line will be too low and will be destroyed by the opponent using this point.

Even though Gobert's experience in the arena is really a bit immature, Yang Fan has no choice but to try his best to help the team through this period.

……………………

Throughout January, during the period when Gasol Jr. and Aldridge were injured at the same time, the Wizards lost the next game and ushered in the third loss of the season.

As of January 13, the Wizards' record has reached 37 wins and 3 losses.

If the Wizards want to break the best record set by the Thunder that year, they can only lose at most three games in the next 42 games.

Anyone who loses one more game will only be on par with the Thunder's record of 75 wins and 7 losses. Anyone who loses two more games, I'm afraid this record will be maintained forever.

To win 39 of 42 games, it sounds like it is simply impossible to accomplish.

Even Yang Fan, who has always been arrogant, felt a little difficult to deal with. I wonder if he could achieve a new historical best record in one go.

However, the good news is that Aldridge has begun to resume training with the team and is expected to make a comeback in the next game.

Gasol will also come back to participate in the game within a week. By then, the Wizards with a well-rounded lineup will not have no chance to create history.

After all, the Thunder that year, which scored 75 wins and 7 losses was also a team trained by Yang Fan, but in Yang Fan's opinion, the Wizards this season are much better than the Thunder that year.

Because this Wizards is truly balanced offense and defense, and can completely kill the game on both ends of the offense and defense.

On the contrary, the Thunder back then was an offensive team, and the defensive flaws needed to be filled with offense.

However, the overall level of the league this year is far greater than that season, so the Wizards are playing a little harder now.

If the Thunder that year was put into this season, then Yang Fan felt that the record of 72 wins and 10 losses was difficult to break, and he would most likely lose about 11 to 12 games.

…………………

Time flies in a blink of an eye, and February is approaching in a blink of an eye.

In the second half of January, Aldridge and Gasol Jr. made a comeback at the same time, and the Wizards also took advantage of the situation to win a row.

As of February 1, the Wizards' record has reached 46 wins and 3 losses, and the number of games lost is still in three games, and there has been no change.

In this way, the Wizards only have the last 33 games left this season, and the Wizards' biggest loss is still three games.

At present, more and more fans have begun to believe that the Wizards really have the hope of breaking the best record of 75 wins this season.

After all, the Wizards had a record of 24 consecutive victories at the beginning of the game. If they lose only one game in every 15 games in the next next time, the Wizards will not only break the best record in history, but will also further improve the record.

Even though this sounds a bit difficult, before the new season starts, no one expected that the Wizards would have become stronger this season.

So no matter what performance the Wizards perform next, fans will not be surprised, because the name of the head coach of this team is Yang Fan!!

……………………

After February, it is getting closer to the NBA All-Star Weekend, but I am not interested in this year's All-Star Yang Fan.

Since Yang Fan had already served as the All-Star coach of the Eastern Conference last year, even if Yang Fan leads the team to the top in the Eastern Conference again this year, he will not be able to be re-elected as the All-Star coach.

Yang Fan just wants to use the All-Star Weekend to emptie his brain in the past few days and let himself plan his future well so that he can make the best choice plan during the offseason.
To be continued...