After playing the Spurs, the King gets a day off.

Su Yang did not arrange training, but he watched the Rockets against the Warriors online with Cousins ​​and others. He found that the game still had the same flavor of Fire Warriors, but the Rockets were obviously stronger. Durant seemed a little weak under the repeated bombings of Tucker and Ariza. Thompson's shooting did not show the level of Buddha's light, but Green performed bravely, but he also lost to the triple-double.

After watching the game, the Kings thought Durant was a pity. With such strong strength, he met a stronger team and scored 38 points, and was also awesome by various media and fans. He was mocked by "the scoring ability is indeed strong, but only scoring."

"If we play the Rockets in the next round, we must create physical confrontation for them. They are basically rotated by seven or eight people now. Physical strength is their huge weakness. We must destroy their rhythm and avoid them scoring easily..." Su Yang first established consciousness for the players. The Rockets made so many three-pointers not because the inside line is too strong, but because they actively chose to play with effort.

In the east, the Cavaliers defeated the Bulls in the first game. Rondo's smart analysis, when encountering the simple and crude "one-star four-shot" system, it has no use at all. Instead, the shooting defects are amplified. In addition, Wade is not good at three-pointers. The Cavaliers just blocked the inside line in a crazy way, and the intensity of the confrontation was super high, which made Butler pay a huge price to make a foul and free throw. The money was not enough to make ends meet.

The result, Anthony's previous remarks that he would jump out of the contract and enter the free market have once again sparked a lot of discussion.

Anthony's removal has become another major highlight of the offseason. Some fans suggested that Anthony and Love interchange and complement each other.

Number 3, the king fights the Spurs again.

The Spurs made adjustments at the beginning. When they encountered the Kings launching a pick-and-roll, they took more steps in advance, and used the method of squeezing through the cover to interfere with Curry, Lavine and George, three-pointers, induce the three to hit the basket, and then siege them in large quantities to increase the difficulty.

Su Yang did not hesitate at all and directly instructed George and LaVine to use mid-range shots to crack. After several consecutive free throws, Popovich was forced to request a timeout and used a new strategy - weak side assisting defense, trying to put pressure on, and induce a pass to the weak side.

Su Yang saw it and shouted to encourage George and others to take action resolutely. There was no need to pass the ball, after all, he was in such a good state.

Moreover, the scene of Kobe's defeat in the Spurs in the mid-range shot is vivid in my mind. Faced with this gambling situation, he must be cruel.

After the first half, the Kings did not lead 30 like the first game, only 16 points, but they still firmly controlled the situation. All three TNT guests agreed that the Spurs could not break the deadlock. The core reason was that the Kings had a good lineup and a good mentality.

Reggie Miller: "I'll just say that. The point that Su Yang allows George not to pass the ball alone is enough to prove how much the Kings trust Su Yang in coaching, and everyone can stand up and score, unlike the Spurs who rely almost entirely on Leonard."

Isaiah Thomas: "At the end of the first quarter and the middle of the second quarter, Su Yang arranged for me to appear as a young man, which induced the Spurs to punish me for being short and defensively deviant, which would automatically lose the strongest mobility of the Spurs substitute lineup. It is estimated that Popovich had already reacted at this time and would fully understand how big the gap between the Spurs and the Kings is."

Marvin Abbott: "Time seems to be back in the 1990s, and I saw the unconfident expression on Popovich's face again. If he was confident enough, he would definitely not give up the plan he made in advance. The offense and defense rhythm of the Spurs team was affected."

Intermission, Kings locker room.

Su Yang first praised George for 20 points in the first half, then simply reviewed the first half, and then predicted that the Spurs would change their moves.

"In this situation, if the Spurs still want to win the game, they only have one way to go, which is to put out a small ball lineup and make a move in our rotation stage. In fact, they have already put it out in the second quarter. After Thomas came on the court, they successfully tempted them to give up their established ideas and try to punish them, but they will definitely reuse them in the third and fourth quarter rotation stages.

In addition to matching them with the small ball lineup, we should also pay attention to their potential three-and-two joint defense, and there are several tactics..."

In the past 20 games, the Kings specially asked Antetokounmpo to practice emergency stop throwing and short pick-and-roll, and also allowed Cousins ​​to practice high-level support more. Now the second round of the playoffs is an excellent time to test the results, and success will lay the foundation for the series.

Between conversations, the half-time break ends.

The third quarter game begins.

The Spurs still put on a regular lineup, but the starting center becomes Gasol. Once David Lee is unable to score efficiently, he will only bring side effects on the court. Using Gasol to pull space and transfer basketball is obviously more important to the Spurs.

Seeing this, Su Yang did not specifically target him and continued to encourage George and Lavin to kill people, so he must be full of confidence.

Between you and I, with George and Lavine's stable performance, the Kings finished the third quarter and expanded to 19 points.

On the Spurs, a small ball five-man team was sent out: 185 cm Mills 188 cm Parker 198 cm Ginobili 198 cm Simmons 216 cm Gasol, who had almost given up single defense and had to use three-and-two joint defense to limit the King.

On the King's side, he also calmly sent a small ball five-man group: 191 cm Curry 196 cm distributed 196 cm Rogden 203 cm Jeremy Grant 206 cm Covington 211 cm Antetokounmpo, who was obviously taller and stronger.

After four minutes of the fight, the Kings beat the Spurs, rebounded, assisted, scored, and took the lead in all aspects of all data.

What's even worse is that Parker sprained his ankle while defending and had to leave the court early to rest, while Popovich was not convinced and continued to adjust.

Leonard appeared to replace Parker, and Adler appeared to replace Gasol, which immediately increased the offensive and defensive strength of the Spurs lineup.

But Su Yang arranged George and Laven to appear at the same time, replacing Grant and Covington, and the ultimate five small players, and they were crushed to death in one wave.

After the whole game, the Kings defeated the Spurs with 122-96, and led 2-0 in the series, which was a bloodbath.

Curry scored 34 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, and the Kings team scored in double digits. The biggest surprise was Antetokounmpo's back-playing game.

When the whistle sounded in the final game, the large screen shot focused on Popovich on the Spurs bench and saw a glimpse of vicissitudes.

Reggie Miller sighed: "With Duncan retirement, Popovich's era has ended. The Spurs have tried hard and tried, but as their opponent, the Kings have the best offensive efficiency in history, with a net win of 17.8 points per game in the regular season, which is too strong!"

Isaiah Thomas commented: "Parker's injury made the Spurs completely lose the possibility of winning. In this make or miss league, the Kings can always throw basketball into the basket, which will make the opponent feel desperate. The Spurs are already very tenacious."

Marvin Abbott concluded: "No one can resist the craze of time, but Popovich is a great coach."

While the three guests commented, the social network sparked heated discussion. Ade only scored 15 points and his consecutive sluggish performance of four fouls was fiercely criticized. Some fans also expressed their understanding, because Ade did not receive much tactical support.

After the press conference, the Kings team set off overnight to San Antonio, rested for one day, and then fought against the Spurs.

When the player list was submitted, the Spurs finally couldn't hide it: Parker was injured and could not play, so he started with Murray.

As the next generation of core point guards trained by the Spurs, Su Yang didn't care at all. He just arranged for Brogden, who is also a rookie, to go to the top-point confrontation. His main energy was to limit Leonard and beat the Spurs to rely on it.

Anyway, if you are single-handed, you will be able to defend yourself if you make a breakthrough, and resolutely bully Leonard's shortcomings of slow ball play and poor ball play selection, and deeply educate.

After the game, Leonard scored 43 points in the past, the Kings won 103-92, and led 3-0 in the series.

After the press conference, in response to a reporter's question, Popovich replied with a relaxed look: "I may consider retirement in the offseason, but I am very moved by the title of the first win in the regular season. I am still a few seasons away from getting it. Although it will definitely be Su Yang's title in the future, I also want to have a while, let's look at the future..."
Chapter completed!