Super Legendary Superstar

The Lakers and Spurs have become rivals. From 1999 to 2004, they met in the playoffs five times in six consecutive years. What excites Spurs fans the most is seeing the team ravaging the luxurious Purple and Gold Lakers. Therefore, even in 2014, the Lakers have become a team that cannot enter the playoffs. Tickets for the Spurs and Lakers games are still selling hotly and are basically sold out. The only one that can compare with such ticket sales is that time Durant Westbrook’s Thunder and James Wade Bosh’s Heat.

Since they are old rivals, they naturally know each other well. How much trouble can Kobe and O'Neal make, and how much trouble can GDP cause to the Lakers. Popovich and Phil Jackson knew it well before the game, but in the first game After that, the Lakers took advantage of the Spurs, and that was Sun Zhuo.

Not to mention that Popovich's Spurs don't understand Sun Zhuo, even Phil Jackson, the head coach, doesn't know how much potential he has. Popovich originally wanted to win at home, but this junior goal has already been It can't be realized.

On the Lakers side, Phil Jackson found Sun Zhuo and asked, "Are your three-point shooting percentages at other positions not as accurate as those from the corners?"

Sun Zhuo nodded honestly, "Yes, I have a soft spot for the two positions in the bottom corner, so during training, I focus more on the bottom corners, and my shooting rate in other positions is average."

Phil Jackson said: "All of your three-pointers in the first game were made from the corner. I guess Popovich also discovered this. You won't have a good chance to make three-pointers from the corner in the next game." , you can also try to shoot in other positions, it doesn’t matter if you don’t make the shot, if you do, it may have unexpected effects.”

Zen Master also thought of all the things that Popovich was thinking about. He felt that Popovich must really want to know Sun Zhuo’s three-point shooting percentage at other positions. Since he wanted to know, tell him that if he happened to make a shot, he might be able to make it. It scares Popovich.

Phil is absolutely confident in this series. He can still win even without Sun Zhuo, so he already has the mentality of teasing his opponents at this moment.

On May 5th, the Lakers and Spurs continued to compete in the second game of the series at the AT\u0026T Center.

The feeling of Sun Zhuo entering this time was very different from the first time.

When he first arrived, Sun Zhuo was regarded as a "win player". Spurs fans ridiculed Sun Zhuo's ability and wished that Sun Zhuo could make more mistakes and assist the Spurs. However, they did not expect that such an underappreciated player would lead the team. The Spurs lost the first game of the playoffs.

Seeing him in the arena again today, fans are already wary. They are afraid that this mysterious Chinese will reveal some new tricks tonight. Once the game becomes 0:2, and it is at two home courts. In this case, this series will be over.

For the Spurs, they must win today!

"It feels like the series with the Lakers hasn't even started yet, why did we lose a game inexplicably? Sun, the rookie, is really good." Duncan began to pay more attention to Sun Zhuo, the rookie. He didn't think that the rookie would be nothing in the playoffs. Function, Duncan himself is a good example. In his rookie season, Duncan averaged 21+12 per game in the regular season and ranked among the top five MVPs. Even in the playoffs, Duncan scored 32+10 in the first game, and And won the ball.

Not to mention Magic Johnson, who won the FMVP in his rookie season, so rookies should not be underestimated.

But in fact, the current Sun Zhuo is really not at the level of Duncan and Magic back then. The Spurs must not overestimate Sun Zhuo's ability, otherwise...

As soon as the game started, Turkoglu stared at Sun Zhuo with all his heart, especially paying attention to whether he had a tendency to go to the bottom line. However, this time, Sun Zhuo did not insist on three-pointers from the corner, but He came up and shot one at the top of the key.

Catching the ball and shooting at the top of the arc is not as high as the three-point shooting rate from the bottom corner. Turkoglu has not completely gotten rid of it. Sun Zhuo has no confidence in this shot, but Sun Zhuo is lucky and the ball turns out to be The board went in.

"Oh, hell, he made it again! His three-pointer is so good!"

Spurs fans went crazy when they saw Sun Zhuo hit a three-pointer.

Popovich also had a sullen face, "Sure enough, today he is going to shoot three-pointers from other positions. We must stop him and we must not let him score consecutive goals again!"

Popovich shouted on the court, and Turkoglu also received the order. Next, he will follow Sun Zhuo step by step, not even giving him a chance to take action!

When Sun Zhuo received the ball from the outside again, Turkoglu was indeed close to Sun Zhuo, just like the treatment Stephen Curry received in 2017.

"I like this feeling of being valued." Sun Zhuo is very happy, and except for the bottom corner, he has no three-point threat. Now the defender is close to him, doesn't this help him break through?

Even if Sun Zhuo's current speed is not high, he can easily pass Turkoglu in just one step and go straight to the basket!

"What a rare visitor!" Tim Duncan, who was sitting under the basket, saw Sun Zhuo coming with the ball and couldn't help but feel very strange. You know, in the last game, Sun Zhuo didn't make a single breakthrough with the ball in the bottom corner. Shoot.

Tim Duncan's long arms are already hungry. Other Spurs players such as Tony Parker and Bruce Bowen are as excited to see Sun Zhuo come to the basket as they are to see the prey coming to the goal. Of course, they are also afraid, because Sun Zhuo comes to the basket. Zhuo's jumping ability is amazing, but they know that Sun Zhuo is not very good at protecting the ball, so they all want to cut Sun Zhuo's ball.

As soon as Sun Zhuo took his second step, he felt something was wrong. Why did he feel like all the defensive players were rushing toward him? Sun Zhuo was still thinking about the possibility of a double-turn dunk, but now it seemed that it was completely out of the question.

At this time, Kobe actually ran to the left corner and reached for the ball. Sun Zhuo had already seen Kobe's position, but deliberately pretended not to see it, staring at the basket in front, and then passed the ball.

"This guy... why is he passing the ball without looking at people?" Sun Zhuo's pass was slightly deflected. Kobe complained after receiving the ball, and then hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

Spurs fans couldn't sit still now, and they actually gave up Kobe? Sun Zhuo attracted so many defenses by himself?

In fact, the moment Sun Zhuo successfully breaks through, it is destined that a player on the Lakers will get an open shot. Even if it is not Kobe, others can still hit it with a high probability.

The most critical issue is the defense of Sun Zhuo's three-pointer. If you are so close, Sun Zhuo will definitely break you.

"I hate three-pointers so much. Why doesn't the NBA make four-pointers and five-pointers? Let's just turn it into a circus!" Popovich once said in his previous life when facing the Golden State Warriors who were extremely accurate in three-pointers. After saying this, Sun Zhuo now asked him to say it in advance.

Popovich has always hated the three-pointer setting. The three-pointer goes up too fast and Popovich has to defend it. But once the outside is focused on, there will be losses in other aspects.

"There is still a shark inside that hasn't shown its power. It's really scary to think about it!" By the second game of the series, Popovich didn't know what to do.

"Coach, can you give me more chances in this game?" At this time, Ginobili suddenly stepped forward and said.