Chapter 854: 0 Changes to Yes and I Have an Interesting Idea!
In the first game, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics at home. Popovich really felt that he could float.
Before this game started, he was actually a little worried. He had lost to Yes so many times over the years. If Yes played very, very poorly in this game, he might even wonder if Yes was faking it.
If the Spurs beat the SuperSonics by a big score in this game, Yes's performance would be terrible. He would never feel like he was floating away. On the contrary, he would have the sense of urgency and worry that the dark clouds are about to overwhelm the city. a feeling of.
But in the first game against the SuperSonics, the Spurs won, 111 to 106. In this game, the Spurs only lost by 5 points.
The SuperSonics performed very, very well in this game.
These young players in the SuperSonics already feel comfortable dealing with such big games.
This is indeed something Popovich admires. These young people in the SuperSonics are really different from the young people in other teams.
Compared with the young people from the SuperSonics, he was a little disgusted with Parker and Ginobili, two young people from the Spurs. Milicic was also educated by Duncan, so why didn't he meet Milicic? Xiqi is as afraid of Duncan as a tiger?
Parker and Ginobili are so afraid of Yes that if they don't have Bowen by their side, they might have to walk around Yes when they see him.
Of course, these young people from the Sonics left a very deep impression on him.
The most impressive one is of course Yes.
In the first game against the SuperSonics, Yes really showed his strength!
In the recent games against the Blues, how many times has Yes's offensive efficiency not reached 50% or close to 50%?
In this game, Yes faced the Blues' single defense and made 13 of 28 shots and finally scored 42 points!
If we look at the duel between Yes and Bruce in this game, who wins and who loses?
There is no doubt that Yes defeated the Blues.
In this game, Bruce lost in a single duel with Yes.
However, a small victory over Blues like Yes is not enough to offset the disadvantages of other Sonics players when facing the Spurs!
Bruce's greatest significance to the Spurs,
He doesn't have to beat Yes in every game. He calculates not to beat Yes. As long as he can defend Yes alone, he will always be the team's biggest contributor!
In this game, Yes played with all his strength. Yes also wanted to create a miracle, but in the end, the miracle was blocked by Bruce!
Therefore, this fierce game between the SuperSonics and the Spurs not only gave him great confidence, but also gave everyone else in the Spurs great confidence.
The Sonics struggled, and Yes also struggled, but the final result was still death.
Isn't this a beautiful sight?
Of course it is very, very beautiful!
At least for all the Spurs except Bowen, this picture is very beautiful.
As for after the game, Bowen was in a very bad mood, and his face looked ugly to the naked eye.
Popovich can understand that, too.
After all, I lost the personal duel in this game.
Therefore, as soon as the game ended, Popovich comforted his favorite player, the biggest contributor to the game.
"A very good game, Bruce, we won. When we finally defeat Yes and eliminate the SuperSonics, no one will care about other things in this game. Don't think too much, Bruce, congratulations, you are again He led the team to victory in the playoffs once, my leader!"
Popovich looked at this old face that was as proud as him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although they are no longer young, their desire to win is still young.
As an NBA head coach, and an extremely successful head coach, Popovich has always said that the luckiest thing about him was coaching Duncan.
And one thing more fortunate than this is that after having Duncan, he also has Bowen!
And when these two people reached their peak, he was also at their peak, and the final peaks of the three of them coincided.
"Bruce, this season will definitely be our season. I, Tim, we will succeed, and you will become a god!"
Facing Popovich's trust and comfort.
With every increase of trust on Popovich's face and every moment of deeper respect on the faces of his teammates, his heart hurts and his body sinks deeper.
For this series, his prediction is not like this, it really is not like this...
There is absolutely no way that stingy guy can hand over victory to anyone easily, unless he is doing something more important than victory!
What exactly does Yes want to do?
Although Bowen, who was sitting next to Popovich at the post-game press conference, still had pride and firm confidence on his face, he was very anxious inside.
"This was a very anxious game. Both teams played at the highest level. Yes is worthy of being the strongest offensive player in the NBA. Our defense played at the highest level, but there was still nothing we could do against him, but Fortunately, our offensive status in this game is very good. This is a wonderful victory. Of course, this is just a wonderful victory. We need four wins like this to advance, so this game Victory doesn’t mean anything, no, it doesn’t mean nothing.”
"At the very least, after we win this game, we don't have to worry about being swept by Yes."
When he said the last word, Popovich showed his trademark mischievous smile.
It is said that Yeas is very willful when being interviewed, and Popovich is also quite willful when being interviewed.
So this time, after Popovich finished speaking with a smile, the whole audience laughed.
This sudden cold humor is quite effective.
Popovich recently named the Mavericks and Nuggets. The Mavericks and Nuggets are so popular recently, and Popovich really deserves a lot of credit.
Just in this happy atmosphere of laughter.
Thinking of something, Bowen opened his eyes wide and looked at the smiling Popovich next to him, with a look of horror on his face.
Yes can't be? !
No, it can't be?
He, how could he do such a thing to the Spurs? !
How dare he do such a thing to the Spurs? !
On April 21, 2009, the second round between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Spurs continued at the ATandT Center in San Antonio.
The first game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Spurs. Before the game, SuperSonics fans and coconut fans had a lot of expectations.
The first round of this year's playoffs was a round of upsets. They also expected such upsets in this series between the SuperSonics and the Spurs, but they were disappointed.
Although the Sonics performed very well, although Yes defeated Bowen and proved that the offense once again defeated the defense, if the Sonics lose, they lose.
The Sonics' defeat was written off by many experts and media after the game.
"This game tells us that Yes is perhaps the only player in NBA history who can break down Bowen's defense!"
"But the overall strength of the SuperSonics limits the strength of Yes's personal strength!"
"When the Spurs have Bowen, the Spurs will be the only one in the NBA who can say Yes, basketball is a five-person sport!"
When the Spurs had Bowen, they were the only one who could say yes, basketball is a five-man sport...
This sentence has been very popular in the playoffs these past two days.
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This is what the famous coconut flour Pippin said.
This sentence highly summarizes the power and incredible ability of Yes. Pippen said that even Jordan couldn't break Bowen's level of defense. Jordan couldn't beat Bowen in the triangle offensive system!
As Jordan's closest comrade, Pippen's words are more convincing than most others.
Therefore, his famous saying is not only an admiration for Yes' personal strength, but also a praise for Bowen's defensive ability.
When other teams faced Yes, they dared to say that basketball is a sport of five people, but Yes easily slapped him in the face with his one-man miracle.
And Bowen can make the Spurs say such things.
The last game reflected what this sentence summarizes.
The most desperate content for coconut flour.
Even Pippen, the NBA's most die-hard fan, now said in despair, which is almost equivalent to "Don't expect miracles from Yes anymore. Yes is already very, very powerful in breaking Bowen's defense. No matter how powerful it is, it will be really good." He has become a god."
It is precisely because of this public opinion.
Before the start of the second game between the Sonics and the Spurs, many Sonics fans who came to the scene held signs saying "Enjoy the game!"
"Enjoy the game, not the victory. The coconut fans and SuperSonics fans tonight are very sensible."
Kenny Smith's words embarrassed Barkley, who was a coconut fan next to him.
The last time the Sonics and Spurs played against each other, the slogans put out by Sonics fans and fans were not so cowardly.
"For many Coconut fans and SuperSonics fans, this year's playoffs are the strawberries on the cake. Yes's performance in the regular season this season has been wonderful and sweet enough. On the contrary, some people and some teams need the playoffs more. To prove myself.”
"snort!"
Kenny Smith was sarcastic about coconut fans and Sonics fans, and Barkley went straight to sarcastic James.
Recently, Barkley and Kenny Smith have been quite explosive when commentating.
There is no way, James and Ye Si are both in a very bad situation.
Usually the two people's style is a gag style, but now it has become this satirical style, which makes many fans in front of the TV find it even more interesting.
Although Barkley and Kenny Smith's commentary was very interesting, the focus of this game was naturally Yees and Bowen.
When the two teams came on the field to warm up, almost all the cameras on the scene were focused on these two people.
Every time Yes and Bowen played against each other, the powerful confrontation between the two before the game was talked about by the audience at the scene, the audience in front of the TV, and the media experts.
"The classic matchup between Yes and Bowen has a lot to do with their pre-match momentum, which was like a fight between gods."
"That's right. Compared with these two players, who are both historical players, Duncan feels a bit mediocre."
The reporters in the stands looked at Duncan, who was standing between Yes and Bowen on the court, looking left and right. Compared with Yes and Bowen, this mediocre No. 21 was like a supporting player.
"Tim, did you see what the fierce exchange of glances between Master and Yes meant?"
In fact, it was not only the spectators on the sidelines who felt that the stare-down between Yes and Bowen was very, very magical, but also Spurs players such as Ginobili and Duncan also felt that such an imposing duel was very magical.
"I don't understand, I don't understand."
Facing the curiosity of Ginobili and his teammates, Duncan, who had just observed a lot, held the basketball and shook his head with a dull expression.
On the other side, Ye Si and Bowen were still standing in the middle circle looking at each other.
The momentum of the two people became more and more fierce, and the spectators watching next to them became more and more surprised.
Bowen: Give me a chance.
Ye Si: How can I give you a chance?
Bowen: Seeing that I am still useful and have cooperated in the past, please give me a chance to choose my own way of death this time.
Ye Si: Oh, you choose the way to die? You have never been so honest or so humble before.
Bowen: I was too greedy before, but now, I just want to die quickly, give me a chance.
Ye Si: Okay, did you see that basket stand? If you hit your head directly, you should die.
Bowen: Do you really want me to die?
Yes: Sorry, I'm not God.
Bowen: Don't push me, I really...
Yes: You are not that important.
Ye Si turned around and left before Bowen finished expressing what he wanted to express.
Behind Bowen, although his face was still proud and confident, his tightly held hands were trembling.
"Master, who will win this momentum showdown between you and Yes?"
"have no idea."
Facing the impatient Ginobili, Bowen gritted his teeth and continued: "The Spurs will win!"
Ginobili, who was originally a little disappointed, was so excited that sweat broke out on the back of his head when he heard Bowen's addition. Duncan's hands were all covered in sweat.
"Master, you are too strong!"
"How dare you declare victory in front of Yes!"
Not only Ginobili, but also the other Spurs players next to him had expressions of respect and admiration on their faces after Bowen said this.
Popovich nodded with a smile on the sidelines. This is why the Spurs have felt more and more like the Blues team in the past two years.
He can't help but call for Bruce now!
Too domineering!
So powerful!
Now as long as the Spurs have Bowen, they seem to have a shot in the arm against any team.
Previously this role belonged to Duncan.
The previous alliance was an alliance where the inside was king.
The current league is the rise of outsiders. Under this general trend, although Duncan is still the pillar of the Spurs, the Spurs have indeed changed from a single pillar to a double pillar.
Because he won the game yesterday, the lineup he arranged tonight is the same as the previous game. The center is Duncan, the power forward is Matt Bonner, the small forward is Stephen Jackson, the shooting guard is Bowen, and the point guard is Parker. .
When the starting lineups of both teams were on the court, Popovich was a little surprised that the losing side, the Sonics, didn't make any changes to the lineup.
It's still the lineup of Milicic, Millsap, Ibaka and Yes, Rondo.
Popovich was only briefly surprised and surprised by Nelson and the Sonics' lack of formation, and he soon understood.
The SuperSonics do not have a second powerful main attack point. The SuperSonics do not have no formation changes. The changes in the SuperSonics are not changes in the lineup or tactics. The changes in the SuperSonics completely depend on the changes in Yes!
Yes is a player who can do everything. Yes's super leadership ability is considered by many experts to be the reason why Yes can change his playing style according to different opponents.
Because he knows everything, Yes can naturally restrain almost all different opponents, and naturally leads the team to a high winning rate.
Therefore, the strength of Supersonic depends entirely on the strength of Yes, and the changes of Supersonic also completely depend on the changes of Yes!
In the last game, Yes's style of play was actually very different from the regular season.
In the last game, Yes became very cautious on the offensive end. After the game, many experts believed that Yes slowed down its shooting speed in order to break Bowen's defense. In the last game, Yes's three-point shooting speed was even Something doesn’t look like Yes!
In terms of actual effects, Yes's changes in the last game were indeed effective, and Bruce was defeated by him.
But on the other hand, Yes's changes were ineffective because the SuperSonics lost!
However, as a bystander, Popovich admires Yes's versatile ability. This person is really an omnipotent player that the NBA has never had.
However, on the other side, he also wanted to see Yes struggling in the cage he and Bruce had woven.
Yes is now locked in a cage by him and Bruce.
He wants to break this cage through his strength and difference.
But no matter how he changes, he can't break the cage that Bruce and he have woven.
What a wonderful scene that would be?
When the end finally comes to Yes and Sonics, will he despair?
Isn’t it interesting to appreciate Yes’ desperation?
"In this game, Yes will definitely change his form again!"
"How will Yes struggle in this game?"
Popovich was curious.
Some even wanted to move a small stool to sit next to.
The bench is still too far back...
"The game begins!"
Amid the cheers of all Spurs fans, Duncan easily lost the jump ball to Milicic.
When he was young, Duncan was also quite good at dancing.
Just now...
When it comes to jumping balls, he does seem to be a bit of a bully.
Moreover, Milicic can only be arrogant when jumping the ball every time he faces Duncan, and it is difficult to be arrogant at other times, so he works extra hard every time he jumps the ball.
If you can kill Duncan, you will never give Duncan face.
Of course, Duncan is actually not a face-conscious person.
This old man has a very rough face.
There is absolutely no way that losing miserably on a jump ball will affect his usual game state.
And when it comes to the playoffs, his strength is definitely not comparable to that of the regular season.
For example, in this year's regular season, when the Spurs played against the Heat, Duncan was defeated by Bosh twice. But if it comes to the playoffs, Bosh will not be able to defeat Duncan.
Even Ye Si will be very cautious when facing the basket guarded by Duncan.
When the two teams met for the first time in the playoffs two years ago, the big man the Leafs feared most was Duncan.
Although I am no longer afraid, I am still very careful.
Fortunately, because of Bowen's relationship, Duncan no longer helps defend him and leaves him completely to Bowen. In this case, he will be fine, but his teammates will be miserable.
The Spurs used Bonner, a high-shooter, as the starter in the playoffs to pull Millsap out on the defensive end so that Duncan could have more opportunities to beat Millsap one-on-one. At the same time, because Duncan was there to help defend in the paint, Even if Bonner is not strong defensively, Duncan can help him make up for it.
In the last game, the duel between him and Bowen was the focus of the court, but Duncan was definitely the winner of the game.
Although Yes was adapting to a new style of play in the last game, he wouldn't mind winning a victory if the Spurs were really not strong enough.
Of course, in the end, because of Duncan's strength, the Spurs won the final victory.
In fact, not only Ye Si's attention is on Duncan, but Nelson's attention is also on Duncan.
He is very familiar with the Spurs' new tactical system, and Popovich also knows this, so in this year's playoffs, he, a disciple of the monkey spirit, made some changes, such as no longer being mechanical. Instead of passing the ball, Duncan can increase his singles and sudden points inside.
The effect is very outstanding. The impact of the SuperSonics' long-armed and long-legged monster on the Spurs' offensive end has been significantly reduced.
Duncan is a player that really gives the team a headache!
Duncan is a headache for his team, and Bowen is a headache for his Yes...
A few minutes into the game, Nelson was helpless.
The Spurs really restrained his SuperSonic speed!
"Kenny, has Yes's style of play changed again in this game?"
"That's right, Yes didn't have so many low-posts in the past!"
Kenny Smith was a little surprised when he saw Yes sitting in the low post on the court and playing Bowen still.
Who is Bowen?
Bowen’s current nickname is ‘The Immovable Pluto’ or ‘The Immovable God of Death’!
Due to his age, Bowen's defensive ability is very strong when he moves with the help of Duncan, but his strongest defensive ability is his immobile defensive ability.
Bowen is the nemesis of the triangle offense personally certified by Lakers head coach Phil Jackson!
Or the nemesis of one-on-one post-ups by outside players!
"We all know that Yes is looking for a better way to defeat Bowen, but this method has been proven by Kobe to have no effect on Bowen!"
"According to statistics, Kobe's efficiency can be more than 50% when facing other defensive players in one-on-one singles with backs, but when facing Bowen, his efficiency is less than 40%, or even only about 35%!"
"Pippen even said that even if Jordan is resurrected and faced with a defense like Bowen, it will be difficult to achieve a shooting percentage of more than 40%!"
Damn Jordan is resurrected!
Damn your skin!
Jordan, who was slowly savoring the red wine and cigar, almost wanted to throw away the cigar and red wine and get into the TV to hit someone.
Although Jordan was very, very unhappy with what Pi Er said, he still agreed with one thing.
In the triangle offensive tactical system, in pure one-on-one singles, his efficiency against Bowen will not be too high.
Bowen's defensive skills have reached the next level, coupled with his height, weight and confrontation ability.
To say that he is the NBA's "immovable Pluto" or "immovable Death" is really not a problem at all.
This series between the SuperSonics and the Spurs was a series in which he appreciated how much Yes struggled.
Now it seems that Yes has been struggling so much that he has lost his mind.
Facing Bowen, he actually hit Bowen without moving, instead of using his explosive power to pull Bowen.
This is courting death!
"Phil, didn't you say that if I give you a Yes, your triangle offense will be invincible?"
"Now I want to see if I can give you such a Yes and see if your triangle offense is invincible."
Jordan took a big sip of the cigar and then took a big sip of red wine. The power of cigars and wine is boundless!
At the moment when Jordan felt that his power was boundless, he let out a puff!
All the cigar and smoke came out!
Take a seat!
Two seats!
Three seats!
Turn over and hit a fadeaway jumper!
This action...
Seeing this extremely familiar and standard action, Jordan was really shocked!
Because of him, this set of actions is very popular.
If the defensive player is air.
There are at least thousands of people around the world who can perform this set of movements perfectly.
But the person behind Yes is Bowen!
Even Kobe, the person who imitated him the most, couldn't make this set of moves standard!
He has watched a lot of game videos between Kobe and Bowen. Every time Kobe beats Bowen in isolation, he is as picturesque as ever, but his movements have nothing to do with standards.
But Yes this time, it's not standard, it's perfection!
It's as if Bowen's defense didn't have the slightest impact on him!
At the very least, he faced Bowen with the same action. He might have done better than Kobe, but it was absolutely impossible to achieve such perfection!
Not to mention Bowen, when he faced Payton, he was no longer so perfect and standard.
"sharp……"
In the Lakers locker room, Kobe stared at the TV in a daze.
He knows best how powerful Bowen is when he stands on defense.
Phil Jackson on Kobe's side even stood up excitedly at this time!
Now he is 100% sure that Kobe's love for Romar is definitely not as good as his love for Yes!
Perfect!
Yes not only has the perfect passing ability and the ability to connect teammates in the triangle offensive system, but also has the perfect one-on-one singles ability!
"Yes is a player born for the triangle offense!"
Now Phil Jackson is excited.
It's also a pity.
As a head coach of this caliber, he could certainly see that although Yes defeated Bowen one-on-one, other Sonics players were greatly affected by Duncan!
"Yes won this game again, but the Sonics are going to lose!"
Phil Jackson looked at the Sonics Nine who was working hard on the TV with a very distressed look on his face.
When Kobe was bullied by Bowen and Duncan, he would never have such a distressed look on his face.
The regret on Phil Jackson's face is now visible to the naked eye.
At the ATandT scene, when the game ended with 101 to 108, both the Spurs fans, the reporters on the scene, and even the players on the court had dull looks on their faces.
"Yes defeated Bowen again!"
"Yes used two completely different methods to defeat Bowen!"
"Such a powerful Bowen..."
"Is this the true strength of Yes? When desperate times came, Yes finally told the world, what is the gap between the strongest offensive player in history and the strongest defensive player in history?"
The moment the game ended, the whole place was silent.
Popovich was also shocked. After recovering from the shock, Popovich didn't like the silence very much.
"While it's fun to watch Yes' struggles..."
"But the struggling Yes is really scary..."
Bruce lost again...
But the Spurs are the winners!
We're 2-0!
2 to 0!
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This score made Popovich think of a very interesting idea and possibility with his eyes twinkling!
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