Chapter 175 Hidden danger of stepping on the feet!

As for Dampier, the second-best center in the West...

As a blue-collar rim-protecting center, he is good at dealing with power-type inside players like Shark, but he is really not good at assisting defense and backup defense.

It is not difficult to see from here the weaknesses of the Mavericks or the old drivers.

And this time, the Celtics' death five successfully made the old driver suffer a big loss.

No matter how the driver plays one-on-one, his opponent is always a small forward player about 2 meters tall.

If the driver chooses to play against Kurt Thomas or Okur, Lin Yu, the defensive helper, will always appear beside the driver.

司机面对凯尔特人的防守，全场18投6中，三分球2中0，罚球8中7，砍下19分7篮板。

For an inside player, a hit rate of only about 33% is undoubtedly unqualified.

The veteran driver is extremely tough, and the other Mavericks players aren't much better.

Jerry Stackhouse is troubled by knee injuries and his strength has declined significantly compared to his peak.

Finley, a former All-Star player, is getting older.

This season, he averaged only 15.7 points per game and his shooting percentage was only 42.7%.

Josh Howard and Terry are still in the process of training and have not reached their peak yet, so they naturally cannot step forward to save the team.

On the other hand, Lin Yu had the upper hand against the Mavericks' defense.

全场20投11中，三分球5中2，罚球8中7，砍下31分12篮板10助攻的三双数据。

Led the Celtics to easily beat the Mavericks 96:86.

The Celtics have won nine straight games.

After the game, the young general looked at the big screen with a confused look on his face.

I prepared five sets of tactics, why can't I deal with a single-core Celtics team?

After defeating the Mavericks, the Celtics' death five caused even more heated discussion.

Although the yellow-green battle is interesting, the Lakers are not strong enough to even make the playoffs.

What does beating a team like this prove?
Apart from Lakers fans, how many people think the Lakers are a strong team?

But the Mavericks are different. In their original history, the Mavericks had 58 wins.

Although the Mavericks' current record is not as good as the Celtics' 20 wins and 3 losses, they have achieved a record of 16 wins and 7 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference.

It is second only to the Suns and Spurs, and is only one win behind the Spurs.

Defeating such a strong team and winning by 10 points can be said to be of great significance!
Countless fans began to discuss the Celtics' tactics.

"The Death Five seem a bit too powerful!"

"Is this the power of the Celtics' secret weapon? The Mavericks have no power to fight back!"

"Too strong! I feel like the Celtics can rely on this Death Five to win the championship."

"..."

Netizens are becoming increasingly enthusiastic about discussing the five major issues of death.

The Celtics also arrived in St. Anthony at this time.

After arriving at the hotel, Rivers reminded everyone: "It's a good game, especially Lin Yu, you must be careful of Bruce Bowen!"

Lin Yu nodded, and Kurt Thomas on the side said, "If that bastard Bruce dares to do anything bad, I will make him leave lying down."

As the bodyguard hired by the cardinal for Lin Yu, Kurt Thomas is still very conscious.

Bruce Bowen!

This guy's notoriety has long spread throughout the NBA.

The future of Antetokounmpo will be determined by one kick.

What Bowen did was much more excessive than what Antetokounmpo did.

Stepping on Vince Carter, turning him from a 'half-man, half-god' into a mortal.

In the original history, in the Western Conference semifinals, Lewis, Radmanovich, and Gentleman Ray were all injured.

Even in this situation, the Spurs fought with the Supersonics for six games.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for Bowen, it would be a different story whether the Spurs had the 05 championship in the original history.

You know, Gentleman Ray and Bowen are good friends.

When Bowen was not selected, it was Gentleman Ray who helped Bowen train and helped him return to the NBA.

People like Bowen are so dirty that it is difficult to describe them.

It is also because of this that many fans will sigh when the scumbag trips over the paralyzed man in the future.

God's way is reincarnation!
Lin Yu also dislikes Popovich very much because of Bowen's incident.

The scumbag, the man with facial paralysis on his feet, really deserves to die.

But what made Lin Yu even more disgusted was Popovich's words.

This is what Popovich said after Zha Zha stepped on his foot and got facial paralysis.

"This action is very dangerous. It's not what an athlete does. It's aimed at people. And he has a history of similar actions. You say he was unintentional, but have you ever heard of manslaughter? You may not want to do it, but when you kill someone, you still go to jail."

This is not what athletes do...

This is a large-scale double standard scene!
As early as around 2006, the NBA warned Bowen to standardize his defensive actions.

To put it simply, Bowen, please don't let me waste your man.

then……

Popovich jumped out.

"Did the league call fouls on the guys who sprained Nowitzki's ankle in the last three or four years? The answer is no."

"So why are they blowing Bowen? Just because it happened to him twice?"

"He's guarding stars every night, and if the allegations against him are true, shouldn't his rate of committing offenses be higher?"

Take a look!

Popovich is such a double standard!

Coupled with Popovich's remarks in support of Mo Gou, Lin Yu simply disliked this old guy.

Before Lin Yu traveled through time, many people were praising Popovich.

As for how great Popovich’s coaching is, Lin Yu doesn’t think so.

First of all, the Spurs' lineup is not weak.

Among the trio, Duncan is a superstar in the NBA, and Parker and Yao Dao are both All-Star level players.

With a lineup like this, the record can't be too bad unless the coach is a fool.

The "little general" John Sun from Dallas next door, with his veteran driver, a quasi-star small forward Josh Howard and a best sixth man Terry, was able to get a record of 67 wins.

A head coach like Rivers, who has been defeated all year round, can win the championship if he has Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen.

Popovich has the GDP all year round, it would be strange if he didn’t play well!

In the 2019-20 season before Lin Yu traveled through time, the Spurs had two All-Star players, DeRozan and Aldridge.

But isn’t it the same as not making the playoffs?
Lin Yu did not deny that Popovich had coaching ability, but he was over-hyped by netizens.

As for protecting the players...

Duncan averaged about 40 minutes per game in the first six seasons. Is this what they call protecting the players?
After Aldridge went to the Spurs, Popovich actually asked him to gain weight and learn Duncan's playing style.

This is like asking Westbrook to learn Paul's playing style. It would be strange if he could understand it!

After that, Aldridge's attendance rate and scoring declined, and he finally negotiated a buyout with the Spurs and joined the Nets.

Therefore, Lin Yu's evaluation of Popovich is that he has coaching ability, but he is not a magical head coach.

(End of this chapter)