"Okay, Nick, stop showing off, let's think about how to beat the Spurs the day after tomorrow." Kobe said suddenly.

Scott also stood up. "The Spurs' starting lineup will definitely be the same as in the first round. Their perimeter defense is very strong! We must try our best to play inside."

As he spoke, he took out a bunch of recent Spurs information from his backpack and distributed it to the players.

"Please!" Nick Young spread his hands, "You can finally take a rest on the plane, do you still want to talk about basketball?"

Kobe frowned and said: "If you don't want to participate, you can put on your old-fashioned headphones and have a good sleep. No one will stop you."

Nick Young quickly took off his headphones: "Hey! I was just joking! How could I not participate in such an important meeting?"

Howard, who was sitting in the front row, also silently put away the playing cards.

Lin Tian took the information and read it carefully.

I saw in the information that all the high-level data of the 13 players who had appeared in the playoffs for the Spurs were listed.

Each player's dominant hand, technical characteristics, shooting heat map, and even the running distance of the entire court are clearly written.

It would probably take several hours to read this pile of information carefully.

At the end of the information, the Spurs' defense is summarized.

The Spurs have top defenders like Danny Green and Leonard on the outside. In the last round of the series, they defeated the Mavericks.

The two players inside are Tim Duncan and Aldridge.

Since Aldridge entered the league, he has been criticized by fans for being too soft.

This is mainly because he prefers shooting rather than confrontation.

Shifu Duncan is a very tough player, but he is already forty years old this year.

To put it bluntly, a player of this age is out of breath before even running twice on the court.

Popovich obviously knows this very well, so this season Duncan is only given an average of 25 minutes of playing time per game.

Duncan's scoring average this season is less than ten digits, which is a career low.

Among these information, Leonard's personal information is the most detailed.

Now, although he is not the boss of the Spurs locker room, he is undoubtedly the core player on the court.

Leonard has evolved every season since he was drafted by the Spurs with the 15th overall pick in 2011.

From averaging 8 points per game in his rookie season to averaging 21 points per game this season, Leonard's growth is not rapid, but his success is solid.

As early as 2013-2014, after winning the FMVP, he took over from Duncan.

During the regular season, Lin Tian also experienced first-hand the death entanglement that came to Leonard.

Such a player is so scary.

After Howard briefly browsed the Spurs team's information, he smiled and said: "I'm looking forward to playing against Tim, but it's a pity that he is old."

"Dwight! Don't look down on people so much, that's Stone Buddha! Even if he is 45 years old this year! As long as he stands under the basket, he can still be a deterrent." Nick Young said.

"Come on, man! I'm not even 35 yet, and I already feel so old! Just leave Tim to me!"

Tucker pouted: "Then I can only try my best to defend LaMarcus Aldridge."

When Aldridge was mentioned, Scott also frowned.

Aldridge often played the fourth position for the Spurs. In the fourth position, his shooting ability is at the top level.

As early as when the Lakers played the Thunder, Tucker was targeted by Yin Baka because of his lack of height!

Aldridge's defensive ability is undoubtedly not as good as Yin Baka's, but his offensive ability is much stronger than Yin Baka's.

Tucker can't even guard Yin Baka, so how can he guard Aldridge, who has strong shooting ability? This is a big problem.

Thinking like this, Scott turned his attention to Nance Jr. and Channing Fletcher.

The Lakers have enough manpower at the fourth position, but Nance Jr.'s performance in the first round was relatively poor and he would fall apart at critical moments.

His biggest feature is that he can jump, but other than that, he has many shortcomings, and he is still a rookie.

Channing Fletcher's three-point shooting is at a historical level, but his pace is too slow and it is absolutely impossible to guard Aldridge.

In the entire Lakers team, Lin Tian may be the only one who can guard Aldridge...

As for Lin Tian, ​​it is impossible to play the fourth position, because the Spurs' Leonard is obviously more difficult to deal with than Aldridge.

The players discussed lively on the air for more than an hour before finally falling asleep.

…

After arriving at the hotel near the AT&T Center, not long after they put down their luggage, they walked into the home arena of the Spurs.

The staff at the home arena were very enthusiastic and quickly took them to a training hall.

This training hall has complete facilities. If nothing else happens, they will spend most of their time here in the next few days.

Scott wasted no time and after letting everyone do some simple physical training, the 5v5 group confrontation began.

Since defeating the Thunder in the first round, the players' confidence has obviously improved, at least from the perspective of group competition.

After the training, Scott chatted with Clarkson alone again, probably to get Clarkson to let go of the fight.

After all, Clarkson's performance in the first round was extremely disappointing.

His three-point shooting percentage in the regular season reached 37%.

But in these seven games against the Thunder, his three-point shooting percentage was only 23%!

When the three-pointers he is good at become inaccurate, it can only be a disservice to the team.

After dinner, Kobe took the initiative to organize everyone to watch a football game.

Today they watched the Spurs play the Mavericks in G2.

Although several days have passed since this game, they still watched the replay completely in order to understand the Spurs better.

In some of the more critical rounds that Kobe considered, he would also deliberately press the pause button for analysis.

It was already late at night after watching the replay of this game, and the players hurried back to the hotel to rest.

…

The day flies by in the blink of an eye.

May 1, 8 p.m., AT&T Center.

There is still half an hour before the game starts, and players from the Lakers and Spurs have already arrived at the arena to warm up.

Today's Spurs fans also came extra early. They were wearing black and white fan shirts and couldn't hide the excitement on their faces.

Of course, there are also some Kobe fans who have traveled thousands of miles from other places.

Nick Young enjoyed this atmosphere very much. He said to Lin Tian: "Lin! I'm watching your performance tonight! Let us conquer this arena."

Lin Tian ignored Nick Young. If you want to conquer an arena, you can't do it just by talking.

The Spurs are a more difficult opponent for them than the Thunder.

After Kobe warmed up, he walked straight to Lin Tian: "Lin! We have to fight today!"

"I know! I will do my best." Lin Tian looked at Leonard not far away. His main task tonight was to restrict Leonard.

In the official NBA studio, Barkley and Smith were having a heated discussion about the configuration of the two teams.

"Although GDP is no longer young, what they like to do most is educate young people! The Lakers are in trouble today!" Smith said.

Barkley was uncharacteristically: "Come on! I dare say Howard will start the scoring mode today! He missed his peak period with Duncan! He will never let go of this opportunity to bully the old guy today!"

"No matter how old Tim Duncan is! Not everyone can bully him! Howard, if he were five years younger, might be able to bully him! Don't think about it now!"

"Really? I think that's not necessarily the case. Let's see."

…

Penguin Sports Live Room.

Today, the G2 game between the Cavaliers and the Hawks has begun, and the popularity of the live broadcast has reached 20 million.

The Cavaliers, who own James, are already quite popular with such popularity, reaching a new high for them this season.

However, the popularity of the Lakers cannot be compared to that of the Cavaliers.

Before the game even started, the popularity of the Lakers' live broadcast room had already exceeded 50 million.

The main reason for this is naturally Lin Tian, ​​followed by Kobe.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, and that is Tim Duncan.

Duncan has been in the league for so many years. Although he is low-key and never public, and likes riding bikes and fishing besides playing basketball, it is impossible for him to be ignored for the achievements he has made in his career.

Like Kobe, he is a five-time championship winner, but he has one more FMVP trophy than Kobe.

He has been selected to the NBA All-Star 15 times, the NBA All-NBA Team and the NBA All-Defensive Team 15 times.

He was the Rookie of the Year and was twice elected NBA regular season MVP.

The honors he has achieved in the NBA even surpass Kobe.
To be continued...