May 8, 2013. Still at the At&t Center, G2 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs will start at 9:30 pm.
Before this much-anticipated game even started, the war of words started.
At the pre-match press conference, the local media in the Holy City were frantically criticizing Du Kang. After G1 ended, Popovich did not participate in the post-game press conference.
Naturally, Du Kang would not go to the post-match press conference to receive his 'baptism'. Can the press officer make him feel better at the Spurs' home court?
He is not M. The protagonist Bobo has already skipped classes. If he doesn't skip classes, it would be rude. Du Kang avoided the G1 post-match press conference, but he couldn't avoid the G2 pre-match press conference.
In short, Popo is a respected veteran in NBA coaching circles. After Du Kang won the game in G1, he should not be so aggressive with Popo. Even if he won, he should be polite in front of Popo. Wave has 4 championship rings on his hand. Coach D, how many do you have on your hand?
You are playing against the great coach Popo, and you damn dare to talk to coach Popo during the game. Do you deserve it?
What about the modesty and prudence of the Chinese? The grand scene shocked Teacher Zhang Lili and reporters from China.
Du Kang has always felt that he is a refined and easy-going person, but coach Xiao Du and his players are still different.
Xiaodu players love to talk to people. He, Coach Xiao Du, doesn't like talking to others that much. He likes to present facts and reason when competing.
"Let me interrupt first. Do you know that the rooms of my players Howard and YI were illegally invaded last night?" Du Kang said with a smile. The American reporters at the scene were stunned for a moment. "Illegal invasion?"
Then, experienced reporters suddenly realized. Farke! Coach d, are you sure this is not sending warmth but illegal intrusion?
Du Kang gave all the reporters at the scene a time to think before continuing.
"My players Howard and Yi are both upright people. Several ladies determined their room numbers in the hotel through special channels and obtained their room cards through hotel staff. They illegally invaded their rooms while they were out, and the cleaning staff The personnel and surveillance are proof. As clean, upright and orderly players, the two have promptly called the police, um, the tax police. I believe the tax department will severely punish the relevant responsible persons in accordance with the law." Damn it!
Why did Du Kang suddenly call the police? Did something special happen? The reporter from China is a little confused.
However, any American reporter with some NBA interview experience instantly understood what Du Kang was talking about.
The Spurs sent a cheerleading team to fight Howard and China Yi. These two little bees with great reputations would definitely suffer from kidney and waist deficiency if they could bear this.
Unexpectedly, Coach D actually defended himself, and in the end the Spurs' plot failed to come true. Not only did they fail to do so, Howard and Yi sued the cheerleaders for illegal trespassing.
Damn it, it was reported to the tax police! If you call other police, this is a holy city and it will be clear that it will be settled in the end.
The tax police are different. Let's put it this way, which NBA cheerleading team doesn't have a little bit of gray in it.
Like the cheerleading team sent out by the Spurs, if you want to say that no money was taken, that's impossible. If you want to say that this is their first time, that's also impossible.
For this kind of cash transaction, it is impossible for them to pay the tax every time.
It’s just that there was no excuse before and it was difficult to check. Now, there is an illegal intrusion for you, which is easy to check.
The tax police don't care about your illegal intrusion, as long as you have not evaded taxes, but illegal intrusion can be used as a weapon to find out whether you evade taxes.
Coach D had no intention of sending the Spurs cheerleaders in, so he just called the tax police. As long as one person is found, with the urinary temperament of the American tax police, that is to find out to the end, no one on a vine can escape.
Then, who is in charge and what the commission is, will definitely be traced to Bobo’s head in the end. With Bobo's annual salary, he will definitely look down on the money, but he will definitely be questioned. After all, there is a high probability that it was the initial order he gave.
Do you believe that the tax department will severely punish the relevant responsible persons in accordance with the law? Punish this devil severely! With such a small amount of money, the Spurs will definitely settle everything in the end.
Even if the Spurs are poor, they won't be short of this little money, and they won't let anything happen to the people who work for them. This damn thing is just messing with people’s mentality!
Before the game starts, have someone check you and mess with you. A large number of Spurs staff work part-time as pimps. With this reputation, the mentality of many Spurs staff will explode.
Coach D, you are enough! Our Bobo just wants to make your two players suffer from kidney failure and back pain. Do you need to be so cruel?
Just when those Holy City reporters who had sprayed Du Kang all over his body just now broke through the defense. Auden walked in.
"Coach, what you want."
"Greg, spread them all on my table." Auden spread the contents of the sack on the table.
Damn it! The whole thing is a snake! What's more, it's a rattlesnake! The Chinese reporters at the scene were stunned when they saw the dead snake on the table.
Damn it, NBA away games, are they so brutal?
"I heard that Jordan was poisoned before when playing away games."
"Coach Xiao Du must learn to protect himself!" If the Holy City press conference at the scene was in Chinese, they would definitely complain like crazy. Just like Coach D, there are others who need to be protected, right?
Just when the reporters in the audience were shocked and clicked at the rattlesnake on the table. Oden, who was standing next to Du Kang, licked his lips and wanted to eat snake meat and rat meat, which were so delicious.
Well, these snakes were all killed by Auden. The other Lakers players were shocked to see Oden's skillful way of beating a snake, which made Du Kang feel distressed.
Those ten years were so damn hard. As the No. 1 player in the NBA, Du Kang did something like this at the pre-game press conference, and it was quickly followed and reported by media from all over the world.
Whether it’s the tax department investigating the Spurs cheerleaders’ black income issue for years. Or the problem of multiple rattlesnakes in the Lakers locker room.
It became big news instantly. As long as the news is big enough. The truth comes quickly. Of course, Bobo was not burned in the end.
It was Budenholzer who took over the cheerleading incident. Well, Budenholzer did not take any money from the elements. In addition, he insisted that he was the one who instigated it and had nothing to do with anyone else. Therefore, the tax department only investigated this. can end.
As for the rattlesnake incident, well, it's impossible to find out. In the wilds of Texas, there are strange snakes, with black substance and white patches.
He accidentally opened the door to the Lakers locker room, then opened the door to the players' locker, and locked himself in to scare people. Our Texas snakes are so naughty and playful.
What, you want to adjust the monitoring? Sorry, the surveillance system just happened to be broken on this day. It doesn't matter whether you deny it or not, as long as everyone knows it.
Moreover, with the cheerleading incident as a foreshadowing, most people believe that this is the fault of the Spurs. And because of the cheerleading incident, the mentality of the Spurs was completely shattered, and there was no way to refute it.
Regardless of whether they released the snake or not, the yellow mud will fall off your crotch anyway. However, what kind of character is Bobo? He is not a timid person.
His disciple and assistant coach Budenholzer was so angry at Coach D that he was given the title of 'Flower Coach' and 'Flower Assistant' for his own sake. He was very annoyed.
"I think Coach D should focus all his energy on the game instead of doing these off-court things. I can understand him, because G1 clearly let the whole world see the weakness of him and the Lakers. As long as there are 30 more games Seconds, the winner is the Spurs. I hope Coach D can be more confident so that he can have the demeanor of a famous coach." Popovich's words were quickly brought to Du Kang's ears by reporters.
Du Kang changed his dislike of verbal wars with others and responded very quickly without hesitation.
"Pop said I'm not confident? Did I hear you right? Is it true that true confidence is like Pop, who calls the cheerleaders to mess with my players in the middle of the night and hides shoes in the visiting team's locker room? I guess, based on Pop's I am confident that the air conditioner at At&t will definitely break tonight. I advise Spurs fans to wear less clothes tonight." After Du Kang finished speaking, the reporters at the scene were in an uproar.
Damn it! Broke the air conditioner? So cruel? Aren’t these reporters who have thick vests and thick suits going to die from the heat?
"We'll see." Du Kang said with a smile and ended the interview.
"Du, will the Spurs break the air conditioning for the game tonight?"
"Based on what I know about Popovich, if one of the two previous conspiracies succeeded, he would not break the air conditioner. Now that the first two conspiracies have failed, he will definitely break the air conditioner."
"..."
"After paying such a high price, Popovich will not be reconciled if he cannot get the results he wants." Hamm and Clifford behind Du Kang looked at each other. Are you so sure?
Du Kang looked back at his two assistants with a smile and added another sentence.
"I am also such a person." On the other side.
"Pop, it's bad, Coach D guessed that you are going to break the air conditioner in tonight's game!" Budenholzer finished anxiously, waiting for Popovich to give the order to repair it.
Any later and it will be too late for fans to enter the stadium. However, seeing such an old god like Bobo there, Budenholzer became even more anxious.
"Bobo!"
"Don't worry." Popovich said with a smile and walked towards the reporters who were swarming around him.
"Bobo, Coach D said that you will destroy the air conditioning in the arena tonight, is that true?"
"Since Coach D said that I am such a person, if I don't do this, wouldn't I be living up to Coach D's reputation as a mastermind? Yes, I will break the air conditioner for tonight's game, but it's not my initiative. It was Coach D who said That's why I did it." Popovich said with a smile and left before the reporter could recover.
Budenholzer was stunned when he saw Popovich's leaving figure. Damn it! Can you still play like this?
Coach D is having so much fun, I didn’t expect Bobo to be even more fun! With this hand's strength, the blame was thrown directly to Coach D, and there was no need to repair the air conditioner!
Amazing! The game is so hot at night, and the Spurs have many young people and can withstand it. As for the Lakers veterans, their physical strength is not good to begin with. Now that it is so hot, the physical exertion will be even greater. The Spurs are going to win!
Budenholzer instantly felt that the resentment he had against Coach D for taking the blame for Bobo disappeared in an instant.
The pre-game scolding between Du Kang and Popovich can be said to have ignited the enthusiasm of the entire NBA. Let's put it this way, in the history of the NBA, there have never been two head coaches of such a high level engaging in such a quarrel before a game.
And it’s so exciting. It's dizzying to watch.
"Coach D and Bobo are too strong!" This is a neutral fan.
"This is the first time I've seen Pop so frustrated!" This is a Spurs fan.
"This is the first time I've seen Coach D fight against someone and he couldn't win, but suffered a loss!" This is a Lakers fan.
Although Du Kang and Popovich's pre-game operations sent away almost all the Spurs' cheerleaders, the Lakers and Spurs canceled their cheerleading performances in G2.
But other than this. The two are indeed evenly matched. Even Popovich had the upper hand. Du Kang sent away all the Spurs cheerleaders, which was a way of saving face.
Popovich used his strength to break the air conditioner and took advantage of it. However, it is precisely for this reason that the game between the Spurs and the Lakers can really be described as full of gunpowder.
Before the game started, Coach D and Popovich started greeting each other.
"Coach D, thank you for allowing me to break the air conditioner. I think this must be the result you want most, right?"
"certainly."
"You have a tough mouth, you brat!"
"It's better to be tough-mouthed than to have a bad heart."
"Farke!"
"Fuck!" Seeing Popovich and Du Kang rolling up their sleeves, the Spurs fans on the sidelines were stunned in the heat.
Will the two head coaches start working together? Then. Popovich and Du Kang rolled up their sleeves and hugged each other.
"Hahahaha, you little rascal!"
"Hahahaha, you old scoundrel!" Seeing the two of them like this, Hamm and Budenholzer next to them didn't know what to say.
Well, let these two guys play whatever they want from now on. Whoever worries about these two guys in the future will be a dog!
The "harmonious" atmosphere between Popovich and Du Kang before the game did not affect the high intensity of the game.
Moreover, this time, it wasn't the Spurs who made the first move! The one who made the first move was actually Coach D! In the last G1 game, the Spurs took the initiative to confront the Lakers.
But in this G2, coach D took a different approach and adjusted the team's starting lineup. Yi Jianlian, Tracy McGrady, Ebanks, Kobe Bryant and Nash started.
Howard sat on the bench. Coach D, who won the ball, took the initiative to change the formation. Moreover, as soon as the game started, Ebanks of the Lakers frantically approached Leonard to confront him.
Without Howard, it would be easier for Parker to beat Nash in isolation. But at the same time, without Howard, the Lakers have greater offensive space.
Overall, the two teams are still evenly matched. It's just obvious that Leonard was so troubled by Ebanks that it was difficult for him to press McGrady on the defensive end.
Without pressing McGrady, McGrady has the energy to share organizational pressure with Nash on the offensive end. Nash, who consumed the most in G1, was slightly liberated in an instant.
"Coach D, you are so cruel!"
"Thank you Bobo for that," Du Kang said with a smile. On such a hot day, you have the ability to let Leonard be beaten by Ebanks on the offensive end and Tracy McGrady on the defensive end!
If you really dare to do this, I respect you as an old man! See Popovich gnashing his teeth.
Du Kang smiled.
"I knew you didn't dare." Du Kang threw his suit and jacket back, revealing his white shirt. His figure and appearance made the female audience members in the front row salivate.
So fucking handsome! The scene where he threw the suit just now was so fucking stylish! Seeing Du Kang being so arrogant.
Popovich gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do! He really didn't expect that Coach D would actually let Ebanks start Leonard in such a game!
He actually became the main guest! Have to admit. This guy is really brave! However, this is indeed Coach D’s style.
The whole world knows how much Coach D loves to cause trouble. Only Coach D dared to throw Howard, his defensive pillar, to the bench in such an important game.
Not only was Howard not angry, he was also behind Du Kang, laughing and holding his suit in his hands, looking like Coach D's loyal dog.
Farke! Coach D's method left Popovich stunned, but also full of shock and fear.
While Du Kang and Popovich were fighting wits and bickering on the sidelines. On the court, players from both teams were struggling.
The intensity of the competition is already high, but now there is no air conditioning and it is already summer. Although it’s night time, it’s even more boring at night!
Even the spectators in the stands were fanning themselves, which showed how uncomfortable the players on the court were.
"Hahahaha, luckily I listened to Coach D and brought a small fan. It's so fucking cool now." Barkley's words made O'Neal and Kenny Smith next to him cry.
The two of them are really dead to Popovich now. Is there something wrong with you? Just put snakes in the Lakers locker room. Is it easy for us to break the air conditioner in the summer?
This kind of weather and this kind of competition are very difficult for everyone. On the court, after only five minutes of playing, the players from both teams were already sweating.
This is true whether you are a veteran or a young person. On the court, after Parker broke through Nash, he made another pull-up jump shot.
Bang! Blacksmithing! After Parker hit the iron, the first thing he did not regret missing was that he wiped his sweat and slightly tore the close-fitting jersey away from the body.
Seeing this scene, Popovich's face was very ugly. Such a game environment will affect the player's feel, which is very normal.
The Spurs will be affected, and so will the Lakers. As for who is the most affected... Popovich believes it must be the Lakers veterans!
"Coach D, do you think that by messing with Kawhi, you can stop tmc and them from consuming more?"
"I can't stop TMC from being consumed, but I can make it impossible for you to do anything to me."
"Coach D, why should I do anything to you? In this game, we are going to fight to see who is the team with the strongest will!" Popovich glared at Du Kang and took off his suit jacket. Lose.
it's too hot! He stood here, his back was soaked. However, it is worth it for the victory! In this game, the final competition is will. No matter how you look at it, the Lakers have so many weaklings, such as tmc.
In a competition of willpower, the Spurs are definitely stronger!
"Coach D, do you want me to remind you that TMC, who you have high hopes for, is not a very trustworthy person." Popovich started to have a mentality again, which made Du Kang suspicious. Now that McGrady is performing well, the organization Super capable, Popovich wants to take him down.
"Bobo, you mean that TMC is a softie?"
"That's what you said." Du Kang smiled and said nothing. Instead, he walked to the sidelines and shouted to McGrady on the court.
"tmc, Bobo said you are a softie!" Damn it! After Du Kang finished shouting, Maizi on the court took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and just gave Popovich a cold look, and then... nothing happened after that.
Maizi behaves like this. Both Dukan and Popovich laughed. Of course, the connotations of their smiles are different.
Popovich said with a smile: Look, TMC is really a softie! And Du Kang's smile was: Bobo, just wait for the punishment from heaven!
In the following game, Du Kang and Popovich's vitality dropped significantly as the game progressed. I can't help it, it's so fucking hot. The more the game goes on, the hotter it gets.
Many male spectators were wearing cooler and cooler clothes, and some had no clothes at all. The game on the court was just as Du Kang and Popovich had guessed.
It’s a battle of willpower and willpower. Such competition intensity, such competition environment.
Players, they are really just playing with gritted teeth. However, the game is also really exciting. After the first quarter, the two teams were 20 to 17, with the Lakers leading by 3 points.
At the end of the second quarter, the two teams were tied 40 to 40. After the third quarter, the score between the two teams was 64 to 62, with the Lakers leading by 2 points.
The anxiety between the two teams was almost exactly the same as the previous game. The difference was that in the fourth quarter, the Spurs did not come back until there were 3 minutes left in the game.
There were 2 and a half minutes left in the game before the Spurs caught up with the score. The score between the two teams at this time was 84 to 84, and the Lakers had the ball.
In the last game, the Spurs got back early and still had the ball. In other words, in terms of results, the Spurs broke the air conditioning, which benefited the Lakers.
However, the trend of the game is almost exactly the same as what the expert media predicted.
"Key ball, G2 between the Lakers and Spurs, also needs key ball to determine the outcome!"
"As long as the game reaches a critical moment, the outcome will be decided by God!"
"Based on what I know about Popovich and Coach D, they are not the kind of people who are used to leaving the results to God." The decisive moment.
On the Lakers side are Howard, Yi Jianlian, McGrady, Kobe and Nash. On the Spurs' side, there are Duncan, Leonard, Danny Green, Ginobili and Parker.
This time, Popovich didn't go to Dior. And as soon as he came up, Popovich directly slashed Huo. Without any hesitation.
"One of two free throws, Howard's free throw was one of two free throws!" Amid the boos from the Spurs fans, Howard made 1 of 2 free throws, which is acceptable.
With 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the game, the Spurs had the ball, 85 to 84, and fell behind by 1 point. Acceptable for the Spurs and Popovich.
If you hit this ball seriously, you can overtake! So Popovich immediately requested another timeout.
Just to score this goal steadily. The pause ends. The game starts again. Popovich took the initiative to walk up to Du Kang and looked at Du Kang with a smile.
"Coach D, the next round is when we take the lead. Howard, you're up early!"
"Really? Not necessarily." The smile on Du Kang's face made Popovich frown. Then, he heard the whistle from the court.
Looking back, Popovich was stunned! Damn it! Cut the shark! Coach D actually attacked the Spurs! And it’s not Ginobili who is the most inaccurate free throw shooter on the court, nor Duncan who seems likely to miss the free throw, but Leonard!
"Coach D, are you stupid?" Popovich almost blurted out in shock.
Then. Popovich discovered that the person who was really stupid was actually himself!
"Two free throws and one! Leonard, who made 83% of his free throws in the regular season, actually made one of two free throws in the silence of the fans!"
"85 to 85!"
"The two teams are still tied! The Lakers have the ball!" Leonard, a regular season free throw shooter, actually missed the ball at a critical moment. Popovich's face was very ugly. 10 years ago, Parker and Jimmy When Nobili acted like this, he immediately started to spray. Leonard had an inside personality and he was already tolerant enough, but the look on his face was still not good-looking.
On the sidelines, many fans even booed. A bad pass in the last game resulted in a shutout.
Another free throw missed at a critical moment in this game. For such a young player, the average person would almost collapse.
Next, Popovich naturally cannot give up cutting Huo. In the same way, if you cut Huo, I will cut Ka.
Until the game entered within 2 minutes. Howard went 3 for 6. Leonard was also 3-for-6.
The shark-killing time is over. The Spurs fans at the scene were surprised to find out. The score is 87 to 87! The Lakers still have the ball!
The Spurs, cut a lonely one!
"It's too strong. How could Coach D think that he would kill Leonard?!"
"Leonard's performance before this game was very good, and he didn't seem to be affected by the previous game!"
"It's not that he wasn't affected, he was just introverted and didn't show it!"
"Anyway, I admire Coach D's judgment of the game! It's so damn strong!" Fans on the Internet were madly worshiping Coach D's decision to cut cards.
The game is still going on. Ginobili snaked through Nash, but was interfered by Howard and failed for a layup. Kobe beat Parker hard, made a pull-up jumper, and missed the ball.
In the following time, the two teams did not score any more points on the court. The worse the two teams feel, the more the defense shrinks, and the harder it is for the offense to score.
"This competition is really about willpower!"
"I swear, after this game, the Lakers and Spurs players will be exhausted all day! I don't want to see basketball for two days!" There are only 15 seconds left in the game, and just before 24 seconds, Ginobili After breaking through Nash, he just threw the basketball in his hand into the air regardless of the situation.
A swipe! When this basketball that shouldn't have entered the net finally came through the net, the Spurs fans at the scene were actually stunned for a second before the whole audience cheered.
Even Popovich on the sidelines was stunned for a moment when Ginobili threw the ball, and then he ran madly to Dukan to celebrate.
"Hahahaha, Coach D, the winner of this game is me. The winner of this game belongs to the Spurs!"
"You brat, stop pretending. You must be scared and panicked now. Call a timeout. However, it's useless to call a timeout. Those old men can't even lift their hands now. TMC was weak in the last three minutes. You don’t dare to take a shot, and the one you trust is a player who can’t even get past the first round of the playoffs, hahahaha, brat, you’re too blind!”
"Coach D, struggle, hahaha, struggle, but no matter how hard you struggle, you will lose!" At this moment, Popovich finally vented the frustration of the two games.
After the last game, Du Kang was so output in front of him, now, it's his turn! After an output, Popovich was preparing to wait for Du Kang to call a timeout.
Then, Du Kang touched his face and smiled at Popovich who was standing in front of him.
"Bobo, give in." What? ! Dukan pushed Popovich away and walked to the sidelines. Du Kang didn't say anything unnecessary.
Just two words.
"Maddie!" After saying that, Du Kang walked back to Popovich.
"Coach D did not request a timeout!"
"Lakers keep attacking!"
"Oh my God!" tNt's three commentators, the audience in front of the TV, and the Spurs fans at the scene were all stunned.
Because the Lakers not only didn't call a timeout. On the Lakers court, Howard, Kobe, Yi Jianlian and Nash all did not intend to attack on their own, but were covering McGrady like crazy!
"T-Mac caught the ball!"
"What an open opportunity, McGrady didn't shoot!" McGrady, who was blocked by his teammates, didn't shoot.
Instead, he grabbed the ball with one hand and looked back at Popovich standing on the sidelines.
"Popovich, do you think I'm a softie?" Popovich was dumbfounded.
"Be careful!" Parker rushed over and stole the ball while McGrady turned around. but! McGrady raised his right hand slightly, and Parker's ball flew directly out without touching it.
"How did he know that Parker's tackling angle was like this?!" Shocked! Everyone was shocked when they saw McGrady's cool action of dodging Parker's steal just now.
Only Du Kang's eyes flickered. Maizi deliberately turned his head to lure Parker to grab it! Maizi, take an open three-pointer!
"A weakling? Let me show you what a weakling's winning goal looks like." An open three-pointer is the romance of a weakling!
Maddie smiled and jumped up. Look at Maddie's smile in the air at this time. Parker is desperate!
Next to him, Popovich's scalp was numb. That smile is so damn penetrating! Impossible, it is impossible for tmc to hit the final kill at this time!
However, 35 seconds and 13 minutes suddenly came to mind. Popovich shook his head crazily again.
impossible! That's the regular season. It's the playoffs! Just when Popovich felt like he was suffocating and going crazy.
McGrady has fallen from the sky. McGrady fell from the air, turned around, and kissed the red wristband on her right wrist.
Then, facing Du Kang, he opened his hands with a smile, put his right hand on his chest, moved his left hand back, bent down, and lowered his head.
“TMC’s tribute to God!”
"TMC classic tribute to God, celebrate in advance!" The ball is flying in the air! At this time, the entire At&t was completely silent when Maddie made this move with a smile.
The atmosphere of despair spread throughout the arena instantly! The ball is flying in the air! The light is already red! Time seems to stand still!
Coach D, smiled. A swipe! The sound of basketball brushing against the net is so crisp. 90 to 89!
Killer! The world went silent for a moment.
"This is the most heart-wrenching kill I have ever seen!!!" Boiling! …………
