This Forward is Not Serious

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Lin Ying's judgment was correct.

After the game against the Nuggets, Duncan didn't go back to the locker room, and went directly to the infirmary with the team doctor.

And after a simple treatment, he even went to the local hospital in San Antonio for an examination.

Although there is no major problem with the test results, he actually knows best about his own body.

The Spurs have had a hard time this year.

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The Nuggets flew back to Denver the next day.

There is a three-day interval between the second and third games of the playoffs, which will allow them to have sufficient rest and preparation time.

In the training session, the morale of the Nuggets players was high.

In addition to what Lin Ying said before, there is another important reason is the home field advantage.

After all, Denver is home to the plateau, and the average age of the Spurs is old, which will have some positive effects on the game.

Carl's eyes fell on Lin Ying from time to time, and he couldn't hide his liking in his eyes.

Generally speaking, the head coach of the team will look for an "eyeliner" among the players so that he can control the team's movements.

On the Lakers side, "Old Fish" Fisher is Phil Jackson's eyeliner.

For the Nuggets, the old Carter is.

Of course, players also have their own ideas.

The old Carter didn't talk to Carl about the player meeting before because he didn't think it was suitable.

But Lin Ying's "supernatural performance" in the locker room, he still told old Carl the truth.

So it doesn't matter if Karl doesn't like Lin Ying.

Even like Barnes back then, he also realized that Lin Ying actually had potential "leadership abilities".

The leadership ability on the basketball court, or leadership ability, is not necessarily the strongest role.

For example, Anthony, he is not suitable to be a leader.

Therefore, in history, only the "leader" Billups who is more qualified than him and has the experience of winning the championship can lead him to the Western Conference Finals.

From this example you can understand:

A qualified leader should be a person who can stand up when the team is in trouble, let the team rebuild self-confidence, generate cohesion, and fight to the end.

There are many ways, such as chicken soup, setting an example on the court, etc., even including Lin Ying who inadvertently helped the team rebuild their self-confidence several times.

Karl is more grateful for ESPN's original scouting report.

In that report, "Potential" and "Leadership" were Lin Ying's lowest scores.

But after this season, these two points have become Lin Ying's most underestimated points.

This is a real treasure.

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In the extra training that night, Lin Ying practiced for a while, when the door of the training hall was suddenly pushed open.

He turned around to look, and once again looked incomparably surprised.

This time I didn't see Iverson, but... Anthony!

"What's that expression on your face? Wait for me to warm up, we'll be one-on-one."

Facts have proved that Anthony is really a casual person.

Obviously, the combat effectiveness of the team this year made him feel that winning the championship is no longer a matter of shouting slogans.

And he himself knew very well that if he had been more accurate, the Nuggets would have won the last game.

Lin Ying didn't refuse either.

Anthony's current one-on-one ability is at least one grade better than Durant's, and it is also very close to Kobe.

If it weren't for the fact that Anthony wasn't a training freak like Durant, he would have wished that the other side would challenge him one-on-one every day.

Because that's the fastest way to hone his defensive skills.

Soon, there were cries of real men fighting in the training hall.

Anthony, is really fond of confrontation.

It's no wonder that he started to gain weight after hitting him, because he's good at it.

Commonly known as: the pleasure of ravaging others with your body?

But this is also very much to Lin Ying's appetite, he is worried that there is no place to practice small movements.

Anthony: You are so polite!

...

During the two days when the Nuggets did not play, the league announced some other awards for the season one after another.

Byron Scott of the Hornets defeated Doc Rivers of the Celtics and was elected the best head coach of the 2007-008 season.

It was the Scott who would become the head coach of the Lakers in the future.

The Hornets lineup hasn't changed much, but they didn't make the playoffs last year and are second in the Western Conference this year. This honor is well deserved.

You have to know that the best player is called "the best data player", and the best coach is also called "the head coach of the most improved team".

After talking about the most improved coach, and then the most improved player.

Turkoglu of the Magic was elected with his career-best performance averaging 19.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and shooting 45.6%/82.9%/40%.

It is worth mentioning that JR Smith also got the number of votes and came in the last place.

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Three days later, Game 3 between the Spurs and Nuggets officially kicked off in Denver.

Before the game, a Denver reporter interviewed Popovich.

Duncan's state after the last game was not only seen by the Nuggets, but also by reporters.

"How is Tim doing?"

So during the pre-match interview, the reporter naturally asked this question.

"Are you talking about Tim Duncan?"

Popovich asked the reporter back.

After seeing the reporter nodding, he immediately went on to say:

"I haven't seen the guy have a down time, but if you think 20 counts, he's got a lot."

Popovich returned the skin.

But if Lin Ying heard about this, he would probably find it very interesting.

In G1, he used the aggressive method to get Popovich to be recruited. Now in G3, you have learned to use the empty city strategy!

But it's a pity that the Nuggets don't have Sima Yi.

Because it is the home court of the Nuggets, this time it is the Nuggets who will appear after the Nuggets.

The scene lights were focused, and when Lin Ying came on stage, that set of exclusive opening moves instantly ignited the arena.

As more and more people understand the meaning of clasping fists, the gesture has become more and more popular on social media.

And this is playing the spurs! Use martial arts to meet "friends"!

The starting lineups on both sides have not changed much.

Martin jumped to beat Duncan, and the Nuggets took the lead in attacking.

Lin Ying came up to organize a wave, and Anthony caught the ball and played a single.

A big loop with the ball raised and elbow swung, activated at the moment Bowen dodged his head, jumped into the inside lane, and scored a dunk before Duncan could help defend!

Good guy, this is because I got angry with Lin Ying and got angry with the little tricks before, and I didn't finish venting it, and I vented it on the Spurs.

But after seeing Lin Ying, I feel relieved. Anthony's desire to attack is not a bad thing in the playoffs.

And the control of the ball is in Lin Ying's hands.

To use a less vivid metaphor, Anthony is a strong man rowing a boat, and Lin Ying is the one at the helm.

In this rowing competition, as long as you grasp the direction, you can use your strength as you like.

The Spurs' offense is still Parker Duncan's pick and roll.

Parker then broke through the pick-and-roll to the basket and scored.

Both teams scored a goal each.

The Nuggets attacked in the frontcourt, and Lin Ying continued to hang Anthony in singles.

Anthony chose his back this time.

Before adding weight, Anthony's isolations were more of a face-up because that allowed him to play with his mobility.

But the back frame is not without it.

And when he backs the frame, you will find that he actually has a lot of small movements.

Especially the non-shooting hand push after turning around, which is much more obvious than Duncan's.

It's just that it may be because the shooting posture is so handsome that the referee automatically ignored it.

This time, he turned around and pushed Bowen away, which was a beautiful close-range slightly fadeaway jumper.

"Shua!"

The basketball wire slides into the frame.

Bowen complained to the referee, but the referee ignored it.

No way, this is the superstar whistle!

Anthony scored 4 points in the opening game and was in a hot state.

The Nuggets are firing two guns in turn in this playoffs!

The Spurs' frontcourt offense was still Parker Duncan's pick-and-roll.

This time Duncan blocked him, and Lin Ying circled back early.

Parker took a mid-range shot after seeing Lin Ying's defensive choice after dismantling it.

"when!"

It's a pity that he failed to make a shot, and Lin Ying turned around and caught the rebound.

The Nuggets directly pushed the defensive counterattack, and Anthony followed up and received a pass from Iverson for a dunk!

After dunking in, Anthony nodded and roared.

Good guy, you are playing Wushuang here again!

At this time, Lin Ying already knew it in her heart.

In addition to Anthony's state, he also saw more details.

That detail is naturally related to Duncan.

In fact, Anthony did not lack singles in the last game of the Nuggets, which can be seen from the number of shots.

But tonight the Spurs' help defense, more precisely Duncan's help defense, slowed down.

This is just a detail.

The second detail is the Spurs' offensive tactics.

The same tactic, but Duncan didn't go straight after the pick-and-roll.

His kind of pick-and-roll is completely aimed at blocking the dead.

This change means that the main attack point of the pick-and-roll has changed.

Then there's the third detail.

In the previous two games, when Duncan was on the court, it was difficult for Lin Ying to push the Nuggets to counterattack with a pass.

Because Duncan will press in front of him in the first place to prevent him from taking the ball in the first place.

But tonight he obviously wasn't fast enough.

Three details show that Duncan's physical condition tonight is not good at all.

Popovich, sure enough, he sang an empty city plan!

Finley hit the iron in the middle distance after the pick-and-roll, and the Nuggets didn't start the fast break and turned into the position.

Lin Ying wanted to try again.

Just at this moment, the Spurs also began to adopt a defensive method of attacking Anthony from the weak side in advance.

After he signaled to pull away, he chose to play Duncan with the ball on the three-point line!

Because of his limited ability, he was still very cautious, but he would have an answer soon.

Although he failed to get past Duncan, it was because Duncan collected it in advance.

This is lack of confidence in one's own movement speed.

Lin Ying signaled Anthony to move to a high position, passed the ball to him, and then played pick-and-roll tactics for him.

A solid confrontation, Bo Wen was blocked by Lin Ying.

Anthony took a step through the pick-and-roll, but Duncan still shrank back.

After seeing it, Anthony decisively pulled out in the middle distance.

"Shua!"

4 of 4 in the opening game!

This melon is sweet tonight!

8 to 2!

The Nuggets got off to a perfect start tonight!

Although Popovich is unwilling to admit it in his heart, it is obvious that if Duncan has a problem with his tactical system now, the entire team will have a problem.

Popovich...of course he does.

But he couldn't help it either.

Because at this stage he has not yet developed the legendary "hammer tactic", when Parker hits an iron in the frontcourt, he really feels like hitting a hammer.

He turned and called Ginobili from the bench.

When you don't know what to do, just throw someone who can organize it up.

This wave of adjustments is still possible.

Ginobili came up and hit a three-pointer with Duncan's pick-and-roll.

Moreover, in the next round, he used Duncan's pick-and-roll to hit a mid-range hit.

This wave of individuals scored 5 points in a row, allowing the Spurs to stabilize their position on the court.

"Buddha in good times, Parker in bad times, demon swords in desperate situations to slay gods and demons!"

When the Buddha in adversity also fails, this is the impasse that has arrived in advance!

And from Ginobili's performance after playing, it can be seen that he is better than Parker. He is not only organized, but also has a stable shot!

That is, he is short.

If he wasn't short, he wouldn't be called "20 Minute Jordan".

Isn't this the kind of real hammer, the kind that nails the coffin to death.

And Ginobili's obvious weakness is his defense.

On the defensive end, he often relies on offensive fouls to maintain.

To put it bluntly, this is to rely on the brain to play. To put it realistically, the physical fitness is not enough for high-intensity confrontation.

It is very effective against players with average offensive ability, the feeling of old fritters bullying newcomers.

But if you are caught and beaten, it will be more uncomfortable.

Of course Lin Ying knew this too.

So after Ginobili scored 5 points in a row, Lin Ying organized a pick-and-roll to let Iverson and Anthony catch Ginobili and play.

Or from the front, or from the back, whichever posture is comfortable.

Even if you can't score, let Ginobili consume his energy!

Ginobili: Are you really polite?

Lin Ying: I am so polite to my brothers, of course I am even more polite to you!

Ginobili had to attack and defend at the same time. It was like being attacked from both sides. He was powerless and surrendered.

And the game is playing, it feels a bit like G1.

Ginobili was exhausted too quickly, and Duncan was unable to do what he wanted. After three quarters, the Spurs had already lost significantly.

In the fourth quarter, the plateau's physical fitness at home became the last straw that crushed them.

In the end, the Nuggets beat the Spurs 103-83 at home, rewriting the big score to 2-1!

Duncan played the worst playoff game of his career, making 1 of 9 shots, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.

The Spurs fans who watched this had mixed feelings.

You must know that the Spurs used to be very strong on both offensive and defensive ends, and they were always able to control the point difference very well.

For example, in the finals last year, they always felt that the Cavaliers always had a chance when they played against the Cavaliers, and they only lost single-digit points in the final loss.

But now, after three games, the Spurs have lost two!

At the end of the game, the live camera was given to Popovich.

Popovich's face was not ugly, but he was a little confused.

Obviously, he was thinking about how to face the predicament in front of him.

At this time, Prime Minister Guda rushed over, and an article titled "NBA Spurs Popovich Biography" was published:

After nineteen years in power, Popovich mobilized 100,000 troops and besieged Denver again, but the attack lasted for several months.

Its general Tim Duncan fought to exhaustion.

People at that time said: Denver is not down, it's not because the king is powerless, it's God's will!

Bobo had no choice but to strike back and return the capital.

Before leaving, knowing that he was old and unable to come back, looking at the little Denver not far away, he became sick from boredom for a long time, and couldn't help shouting:

Denver! Denver!

Thank you_I also happily drink the reward~