Especially Lin Ying's words were simply the origin of the war.

…

In the coach's office at AT&T Arena, Popovich was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper as usual.

Coaches of the old school like to enjoy a rare moment of leisure in the morning before getting into the high-intensity work of the day.

While reading the newspaper and drinking coffee, he suddenly laughed.

Because he saw what Anthony said.

This bad boy also knows how to play aggressive generals?

Too bad it didn't work for him.

He has coached in the NBA for many years, and it is impossible to anger him with such kid tricks.

But then his brows furrowed, he put down the coffee in his hand, and his chest rose and fell visibly.

It's Lin Ying again!

This dirty, ugly Chinese!

Not only does he play dirty, but he also talks so rudely!

What does it mean that Phil Jackson can win three consecutive championships?

Without his strategizing, the Spurs wouldn't even be able to win the championship!

Just say that when the Spurs won against the Sonics before, the outside world would think that the Sonics were weak? How naive!

Also, when we played against the Pistons before, no one really thought that the Pistons didn't have the strength to defend the title, right?

Even last year, the Cavaliers were easy to play, but no one knew how strong the Suns were!

hateful!

Although he knew that Lin Ying's words were obviously irritating him.

But I don't know if it was because of Anthony's remarks as a comparison, but because the three consecutive championships hit a sore spot in him, and he obviously lost control of his emotions.

After a while, his mood seemed to calm down, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

It's not that he looked away, but that he decided to teach Lin Ying a lesson and let him know why he is a famous NBA coach.

For a team like the Nuggets with almost zero tactical literacy, and for a coach like Karl who doesn't understand defense at all, let him teach them a lesson!

Although it doesn't make sense to let a rookie know how good he is, it would be different if that person was Lin Ying.

It was Stern who protected him before, but no one can protect him this time!

…

A day later, AT&T Arena was packed to capacity.

Although the ball market is usually not very good, after all, it is the playoffs, and the game is against the "enemy" Nuggets!

Although in theory, what Lin Ying did in the regular season was legitimate defense, and the United States also has a law of not giving in, but Spurs fans, do you care about this?

If you don't care about this, when Bowen stepped on everyone in the Sonics, they would have lost their fans long ago!

On the contrary, they feel that Lin Ying is what Popovich sees as a villain and a dirty guy, and the Nuggets are a concentration camp of violent men.

Beating the Nuggets? That is simply the embodiment of justice to punish the thugs.

So how can you not show up to support this kind of competition!

And what's very interesting is that Stern also appeared at the game that night.

This game will become a guarantee of ratings in the first round of this year.

During the warm-up before the game, Duncan practiced for a while and then sat on the sidelines to rest.

Many people don’t know much about plantar fasciitis, and they even think it doesn’t sound serious.

Indeed, in a sense it is not serious, but the level of distress it causes to athletes is significant.

The pain is severe when you step on your heel hard, and it hurts even more when you run for a long time. The continuous pain is the real torture.

Even with NBA-level medical conditions, it is still one of the diseases NBA stars fear most.

In history, O'Neal, Duncan, and even Kobe, Gasol, and Wade in the future have all suffered from it.

The best way to treat this disease is to rest, but time is the most luxurious thing for basketball players.

Last year he gritted his teeth and helped the Spurs win the championship, but this year the impact has been very obvious.

Especially in the second half of the season, his performance was greatly affected.

The warm-up before the game was almost in progress, and the live footage showed Popovich.

Popovich was expressionless and very serious.

Even reporters who went up to interview were rejected.

It looks like the Nuggets are going to pay the price for their "big mouth" tonight.

In the live broadcast booth, Barkley, Smith and guest "Magic" Johnson on TNT are already in place; Yang Yi and Zhang Weiping are also ready.

Many fans here in the United States have turned on online TV, and a large number of fans have already gathered in domestic canteens and canteens.

The lighting, photography, and fans are all in place. The Nuggets' playoff game against the defending champion Spurs is about to begin!

The scene entered the opening ceremony, and the Nuggets took the lead.

When Lin Ying came on stage and Abrams performed the ceremony, the audience was filled with boos.

Originally, they were not interested in Lin Ying because of the previous "conflict", and with yesterday's remarks, Lin Ying was already "disgusted" in their hearts.

Lin Ying pretended not to hear it, and might even have automatically converted these sounds into cheers just like before.

Nuggets lineup: Iverson, J.R. Smith, Anthony, Lin Ying, Martin.

Following the Nuggets is the home team Spurs.

Spurs: Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, Oberto.

When he saw this lineup, Lin Ying's face showed no change in expression, but he already knew in his heart that his strategy had worked!

The method of stimulating generals is not a stratagem like the Thirty-six Stratagems, but it can be used in many cases.

The most famous one in history was when Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu used this strategy.

Popovich has rich coaching experience, and the ordinary provocation method is useless, but the serial provocation method works.

"Parker is a Buddha in good times and bad times, and a demon sword kills gods and demons in desperate times!"

Under normal circumstances, he would not use Ginobili unless he was in desperate situations.

Because the Spurs bench's scoring ability is too weak, Ginobili basically relies on him alone.

If you bring him here, the substitute will most likely be ruined.

But since the first game of this year's playoffs was arranged, the only possibility was that he would be angry.

Just like what he said in past games, "beat the shit out of them", he wanted to beat the Nuggets to the ground in the opening game.

In that case, he doesn't have to worry about the substitutes, because he can win in three quarters and increasing the main player's playing time can completely maintain the strength of the substitutes.

Karl also reacted.

Before going on the field, he called the players together and did some mobilization.

With Popovich's style of play, as long as the Nuggets can withstand the first half, they will basically win!
Chapter completed!