readytorunbook Chapter 706 The old horse stumbled and the chaotic spurs
Chapter 706 The old horse stumbled and the chaotic spurs
Chapter 706 The old horse stumbled and the chaotic spurs
Regarding what happened to Ade, Qin Yang was also speechless.
Aldridge thought about it for a long time, and finally chose to join the Spurs. The Spurs are a super strong team. Although the veterans in the team are old, they still have the strength to fight. The core Leonard is excellent in defense and getting better and better in offense. It stands to reason that Adelaide's choice is good.
But in fact, the Spurs have been a little messy recently.
Aldridge screwed himself over.
Putting these aside, after Adelaide entered the Spurs, his tactical position was a bit embarrassing.
In the Trail Blazers, Adelaide was unable to lead the team to win, and he played well but was regarded as the second master. His tactical status and team status were not high, but after arriving at the Spurs, Adelaide could not adapt to the Spurs system.
The Spurs have formed an effective system under Popovich's training.
After Adelaide went, all he could do was to adapt to this system and gradually move in the direction of Duncan.But this is very difficult for Adelaide.
The characteristics of each player are different. Even a superstar like Aldridge, playing in an unsuitable tactic is also very aggrieved.
Adelaide is not good at coping, nor is he good at covering pick-and-rolls, and he is even worse defensively than Duncan.
So letting Aldridge take over from Duncan's class is obviously a trap.
On the contrary, Adelaide's offense is very good, he can attract defense, and his rebounds are above the level line. This is Adelaide's real use method.
But the Spurs don't think so.
Over the years, Popovich has made one mistake.
No, it should be the second time.
After Aldridge made the call, he drove to Popovich's house and expressed his inner thoughts. Popovich was stunned and didn't say much.
Aldridge looked apprehensive that night.
By the next morning, the Spurs began to change tactics.Adjust the tactics that the Spurs have been playing, and bring out Aldridge's characteristics.
4 month 19 number.
The Spurs' second home game.
In this game, the Spurs let Aldridge start and Duncan served as center.
But in this game Duncan is a real blue-collar, and the core of the inside is Aldridge.After such a fight, Aldridge fully opened up, attacked in the low post, and scored consecutive mid-range jumpers. The Mavericks led by 4 points in the first quarter.
The Spurs got off to a good start.
But in the second quarter, the Mavericks still opened the score easily.
The Spurs' lineup is too weak. No matter how they change their lineup and tactics, they are defended by the Mavericks. Corey Brewer, Rudy Gay, James Ennis, and PJ Tucker all defend very well, and Qin Yang's defense is also very good.
Apart from Casspi and Seth Curry, the Mavericks have no weak defenders.
Livingston is already one of the worst defenders.
In this case, there is no suspense that the Spurs lost.
But compared to the previous game, Popovich was more daring in this game, and he brought out Adelaide's special features. Aldridge was overwhelmed and played a big role.
In the whole game, Aldridge's 29 points and 14 rebounds made the Mavericks very depressed inside.
Nurkic's talent is also good, but he was taught miserably by Aldridge.
The difference in game experience is too great.
After the game, Coach Popovich took the responsibility on himself:
"We didn't do well enough. I have been imposing tactics and team pressure on Lamarcus, but Lamarcus is the only one. We could have played better, but the Spurs have no time. If we had time to make adjustments three months ago, maybe it was obviously the time for our revenge."
Popovich was very depressed and could only pretend to be effective.
On April 4, the Mavericks played against the Spurs at home.
This game has not received much attention from the media and experts.
The Spurs began to change tactics in the playoffs. This is a joke. There has never been a team that temporarily changed the tactics of its core players and finally succeeded.
Especially the Spurs, a team that uses tactics to win and conducts very complex tactics.
Every team's tactics can only show their power after at least one or two months of honing.
Although Popovich's changes are good, intuitively speaking, although LaMarcus Aldridge was released, the overall tactics of the Spurs were destroyed.
The whole team is in disarray.
Popovich, an old fox, also stumbles sometimes.
But what is even more embarrassing about this game is that before the game, the Spurs issued a notice that the team's core Leonard will miss the next two games due to injury.
There is no suspense in this game.
The Mavericks thought it was the Spurs who were suspicious, but after the game started, Leonard did not appear on the scene at all.That's special.
Under normal circumstances, unless it is a serious injury that cannot be on the scene, even if the player cannot play, he will sit on the sidelines and cheer for his teammates.
This is a customary rule.
But Leonard was gone directly.
There are... some troubles.
But the trouble is that the Spurs have nothing to do with the Mavericks. In this game, Qin Yang scored 14 points and 5 assists, leading the team to victory easily.
Qin Yang's playing time was not even a quarter.
It was too easy to win.
After the game, some media broke the news that Leonard had been found in Phoenix and entered one of the most famous hospitals in Sun City.
The injuries of Stoudemire and others were cured there.
The doctors there are also known as miraculous doctors.
But the Spurs didn't make any comments on the news, as if... they didn't know about it at all.
Immediately, U.S. Weekly made a surprising report:
"According to people familiar with the matter, the crisis between the Spurs and Leonard has been deep. Leonard believed that the Spurs did not respect him, was unwilling to play for the Spurs, and left the team without informing the team. The hospital in Phoenix."
Leonard's agent also confirmed this information in an interview:
"They don't know much about Kawhi's body. Kawhi has always felt that his waist and wrist are injured, but the doctors in San Antonio don't think so, so we chose to go to Phoenix, and the test results proved our judgment. Next, Kawhi needs two to three months of rest to treat the injury."
Injuries are not the problem, the problem is that the relationship between the Spurs and Leonard has suddenly become so bad.
This is... simple.
On April 4, after the fourth game, LaMarcus Aldridge did not leave in a hurry, but had a dinner with Qin Yang.
During the meal, LaMarcus looked depressed and kept complaining.
To put it simply: "I regret joining the Spurs."
……
The first round of the playoffs was even more victorious than expected.
The Spurs themselves were not prepared, and they were strong outside.LaMarcus Aldridge did not adapt to his position in the Spurs. The team and the core were confused and their combat power was greatly reduced.
The conflict between Leonard and the Spurs exploded even more.
With a 4-0 sweep, the Mavericks advanced to the second round.
(End of this chapter)