Chapter 962: The Spurs and Popovich Are About to Be Destroyed!

Stephen Jackson doesn't want to play this game against the SuperSonics, really doesn't want to.

As a defensive player who thinks highly of himself, he feels that his opponents should be players like Kobe, Yes and Tracy McGrady.

Is it necessary for him to defend a player like Rondo who can defend in the air in this game?

Let him, Stephen Jackson, defend a player on the court who can't attack at all. That would be an insult to him!

If it weren't for Bowen, Brother Bao would have told him to be obedient in the Spurs when he left. Listen to Bobo. If Bobo dared to humiliate him like this, his violent temper would never silence him.

His pride is that he cannot do the kind of action of blocking a three-year-old's shot on the court, and it is the most brutal kind of blocking action!

In Rondo's game, in front of him, facing him, and directly pulling him out to hit the first three-pointer of the game, Stephen Jackson was shocked.

Although he was unable to defend Rondo, it was quite incredible that he could throw that kind of shot into his defense.

He was not shocked by Rondo's strength.

Haven't you seen Rondo's strength clearly in the SuperSonics' pre-game shooting practices for these ten games?

This kid may be very capable in other aspects, but when it comes to scoring, he really has no ability at all.

What shocked him was, was Yes's passing and organization really so magical?

Although he had heard of it before, this was the first time he encountered it.

It's not just Stephen Jackson. In fact, every time Rondo is thrown into such an offense, the look on his face is shocked.

Is a player like Rondo someone who can throw this kind of shot?

of course not!

So not only Stephen Jackson, but also Popovich and other Spurs players on the court had shock on their faces when they saw Rondo throw such a shot for the first time.

That shit-mud-on-your-face shock.

You clearly know that this guy's offense is very stinky,

It's so stinky that you don't bother to defend him, and feel that defending him is an insult to you.

But a person who is so offensive can shame you. How do you feel?

"Now I can understand why Kobe was almost driven crazy by Rondo..."

Looking at the ongoing game between the Spurs and SuperSonics on the court, Ginobili was thinking secretly in his heart.

After Rondo hit the first three-pointer, the entire Spurs team was very uncomfortable.

When Pop said that this game was going to target Rondo and restrict him, he solicited everyone's opinions.

The players had mixed emotions.

Pop needs to rebuild his reputation, and they certainly support it.

But taking Jackson away from Durant or Yes and putting him next to Rondo is basically giving up the victory of this game.

When any Spurs player enters the team, they will be instilled with the concept that winning is more important than everything else.

But this game...

Although Bobo didn't say give up the game.

But he has basically told everyone with practical actions that he and the team gave up in this game in exchange for defending Rondo.

It's not like the Spurs have never given up on games. The Spurs gave up on games before. It was just for the final victory, for the championship. After taking a break, the victory they gave up is not important.

But this time, this is not an unimportant victory. The Spurs are still third from the bottom in the Western Conference.

If you lose, you will continue to sink. The West is not the East. Here in the West, if you win ten consecutive games, your ranking will not change. It has happened before.

The Rockets won 15 consecutive games last season and remained in ninth place in the Western Conference.

For the Spurs now, winning any game is important.

Yes, even if the Spurs don't give up victory, with the strength of the two teams, winning this game will not be easy.

But basketball is round after all, and there is still a chance if you try hard.

Although he was afraid of Yes, he had always had a dream. Maybe during the competition with Yes, Yes' legs suddenly slipped and twisted his leg?

Of course, everyone is willing to sacrifice a game for the sake of Bobo's reputation and for Bobo to regain his lost reputation.

At most, it's just a sacrifice of one season. There's nothing to say about Pop's contribution to the Spurs.

The key is, you damn gave up the victory of the game, but you still can't stop Rondo's offense.

You clearly know that this is a piece of shit, but this piece of shit keeps getting mushy in front of you. What does it feel like?

It’s so damn uncomfortable, so damn disgusting, okay!

After Rondo hit the opening three-pointer, Rondo, who played the entire first quarter, scored 12 points intermittently in the first quarter.

This score is definitely worthy of his current status as the scoring leader.

If you haven't watched this game, you will definitely think, are you guys discriminating against the great NBA scoring champion? !

Everyone scored 12 points in a single quarter.

You guys still call him a weak scorer and trash?

Ginobili feels that it is really not him who is discriminating against Rondo, nor is it him and the Spurs who are discriminating against Rondo.

It is really……

The way Rondo scored 12 points in the first quarter was really hard not to complain about.

In the first quarter of the game, after Rondo hit a 3-pointer, Jackson immediately tightened his defense against Rondo.

But Jackson's tight defense still couldn't stop Rondo from scoring.

Rondo threw the ball when he should, without any hesitation, and he could score after throwing it, with a good hit rate.

This made Jackson very uncomfortable. If he was not sure that Rondo was a shit on the offensive end, he would even think that Rondo was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger on purpose.

Not only Jackson, many people had such thoughts after seeing Rondo's strong performance.

But soon, these people were slapped in the face.

Jackson lost his defense once and failed to keep up with Rondo. Rondo's offense was very sudden. He either didn't shoot for a whole quarter, or he didn't shoot suddenly when he wanted to shoot. He really couldn't concentrate all the time.

Because of the defensive loss and lack of concentration, Jackson thought that according to Rondo's touch and Yes's assists, this ball would most likely go in.

But, that crisp clang!

That was really a slap in the face!

I defended desperately, and you can make the shot. I lost my mind and didn't defend, but you couldn't make the shot?

After that, Jackson tried several more times with a very ugly face. Whether Rondo's shot goes in or not has nothing to do with his defensive strength.

This makes the defensive players uncomfortable.

In this case, there is no point in me defending this guy on the court.

Isn't it better to defend this shit in front of Yes, Durant, Milicic, and Millsap?

Wouldn't it be better to let the air defend this shit!

What is the biggest blow to the defensive players?

It's not the strength of the offensive players.

If the offensive players are strong, as long as my defense is effective, the defensive players will still try their best to defend actively. Maybe the stronger the offensive players, the higher the morale of the defensive players.

In fact, the biggest blow to the defensive players is not that the offensive players are too strong, but that their own defense is ineffective.

Just like the defense against Rondo.

Stephen Jackson looked very uncomfortable when he left the court.

He was really uncomfortable defending Rondo in the first quarter.

How can it not be uncomfortable to be covered with shit for a whole quarter?

If we knew he was a piece of shit, wouldn't it be fine if we just stayed far away? Why did we have to run over and step on him? What a sick person!

Of course, we can't directly say that Popovich is sick, we can only complain in our hearts.

And Popovich is indeed not sick. Isn't he just considering his own reputation and the Dream Team?

Otherwise, if there are only Spurs players left to play the Dream Team with him, it would be too pitiful.

It's not that he doesn't agree with Popovich's regaining his reputation, he still respects Popovich very much.

But he doesn't want to be the one who helps Popovich regain his reputation and defend Rondo!

He really wants to go on strike now!

"Stephen, look at it more openly, just get through this game."

Ginobili patted Jackson on the shoulder sympathetically and took the Spurs substitutes to the court.

Although he was comforted by Ginobili, Jackson was still getting angrier and angrier.

Stephen Jackson was angry, and Popovich next to him was frowning.

Rondo's performance in the first quarter once again proved that he was a piece of shit, just like what he showed in the shooting training before the game.

It was also the same as the game between Rondo and the Supersonics that he had seen before.

The reason why Kobe was almost driven crazy by Rondo was because Kobe tried hard to defend Rondo, but he couldn't defend him. Without defense, Rondo couldn't score or didn't attack.

Rondo and Kobe doubted their lives.

It felt like he was doing something meaningless.

And this is why those NBA coaches are so reluctant to formulate special defensive strategies for Rondo.

Judging from Rondo's game, it really doesn't make any sense.

It's good to leave Rondo to air defense.

These things that I saw on TV before, after experiencing them again, Popovich always felt that something was wrong.

Maybe he is a very suspicious person, or maybe he habitually thinks too much.

If Rondo is really that rubbish, can he really shoot those balls against Jackson?

If Rondo is really not that rubbish, why can't he shoot so many simple balls? There are not many fools in this world. If one or two people can't tell whether Rondo is acting or not, how can the whole world not tell? If Rondo is really acting, then we can only say that Rondo's acting skills are too high.

So, is Rondo really good or really not good?

Popovich is frowning now.

The rest of the world chooses to believe that Rondo is not good.

A good person can't get such a score and hit rate in his career.

NBA is not football, there is no such thing as hiding strength, and the Supersonics are not the kind of team where the boss suppresses teammates. If Rondo has a little ability in scoring, he would have stood out long ago.

With the strength of Durant when he was a rookie, he could have won the scoring title!

Therefore, the rest of the world chose that Rondo is really bad, and attributed Rondo's magic to Yes's passing and organization, turning decay into magic organization and passing.

Before this game, he also thought so.

That's why he resisted stopping Rondo from scoring. Yes has such ability. If he doesn't support Rondo, he can support others.

It's just that all of this makes sense, and all of this is well-founded, but why do I always feel a little bit out of place?

I feel out of place, but Popovich can't find out what's wrong?

It's very uncomfortable.

Although the second quarter of the game has begun, Popovich is still thinking about Rondo's magical situation in the first quarter.

After the first quarter, the Spurs were 28 to 46 away from home, 18 points behind.

After Jackson went to Rondo's side, not only Rondo's 12 points, but other players of the Supersonics also blossomed.

The Spurs' defense basically collapsed.

Of course, the Spurs gave up this game to defend Rondo, so such a difference in points is understandable.

After the start of the second quarter, the difference between the two sides continued to widen, and Ginobili met his old rival James Harden again.

The performance of the two on the court always caused laughter in the Key Arena.

And James in front of the TV was full of contempt.

This is the consequence of those untalented players entering the NBA.

Without talent, you will want to do something like this.

He is very talented, and his talent brings him unparalleled aggressiveness, so he never flopped.

In the second quarter, the rotation lineups of both sides played for five minutes, and the Spurs rotation lineup led by Ginobili was continued to be beaten by the rotation lineup led by James Harden and Gasol.

The Spurs, who did not intend to win this game, had fallen behind by more than 20 points after the rotation time.

For this game, Popovich and the Spurs' goal is to prevent Rondo from getting the highest score in this game, and nothing else matters.

In the second quarter, Popovich, who was full of doubts about Rondo, continued to use Jackson to defend Rondo.

Then...

It was still the same result. Rondo could score with defense, but he couldn't score without defense.

Popovich was a little doubtful about his life at the end of the first half.

So much so that at the end of the half, Popovich looked at the score on the sidelines and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Do I have to double-team Rondo?

Although the outcome of this game is not important, he doesn't want to be beaten 58.

Jackson has already proved that poop is poop.

He needs to use double-teaming to prove it again?

Just when Popovich was doubting his life and was a little confused...

"Pop, your phone is ringing. It's Bruce's call."

Bruce's call?

Popovich and the Spurs players around him were a little surprised.

Popovich restrained his expression and took the lead in walking into the player tunnel with his phone.

After the call was connected, Bowen's angry, unwilling and extremely firm voice came over.

"Pop, the whole world has been fooled. Rondo's offense is not poop. I am 100% sure that Rondo's offense is very strong!"

Bowen's angry roar almost made Popovich's phone fall because he couldn't hold it steadily.