Under the leadership of the GDP combination, the San Antonio Spurs have been the top giants in the league for many years, but after Leonard left, they lacked a top supergiant who could help the team at both ends of the attack and defense, which directly led to the decline in their performance, although under the leadership of head coach Popovich, the Spurs still have good combat effectiveness, team basketball is still the biggest magic weapon for them to defeat the enemy, in this regular season, the Spurs have declined, Encountered the morale of the Suns in the West, although most of the fans before the game were optimistic that Paul and Booker backcourt led by the Suns can easily win on the road, but the team of spurs, in the game to create a very big trouble for the leader, Popovich with reasonable technical tactics, let Booker into a single fight, but have to admit that Mamba passer is not a waste of fame, the Suns rely on Booker's super strong personal performance, to 121-107 Rick Spurs, Winning a four-game winning streak further cemented his first place in the West!
Popovich can be said to be one of the greatest head coaches in the NBA, which can also be seen from the fact that many league coaches are from the Spurs, although from the overall strength of the team, the Spurs and the current Suns have a clear gap, but in the process of the game, Popovich in both offensive and defensive ends with reasonable technical and tactical deployment, the gap between the strength of the two sides to a minimum.
On the offensive end, the Spurs continued their team basketball style, Murray and White are still the launchers of the team's offensive end, the two sent a total of 11 assists, so that the Spurs' starting five tigers scored all in double figures, but also made good use of Ayton's absence, allowing center Pollertel to take advantage of the inside, the latter in the 29.4 minutes of his appearance, 12 shots hit 9 goals, with a very high efficiency to contribute 23 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks of double-double data.
After Paul joined the Suns, the idea of team basketball was in the minds of his teammates, but in this game, Popovich did his best to cut off the backcourt double gun and other teammates on the defensive end, but paul still contributed a double-double of 15 points and 12 assists, and there was no one mistake, and Booker also seized on the Spurs to give him a lot of one-on-one opportunities, hitting 18 goals in 33 shots, including 5 of 13 three-pointers, bombing 48 points. The comprehensive personal data of 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, like Paul, Booker's same number of mistakes in this game is zero, once again proving his Mamba passing strength, and it is also with the dominating personal performance of the double gun in the backcourt that the Suns successfully triumphed away.
The head coach does have a very big impact on the performance of a team, but the real decision is the players on the court, although the Spurs fought until the last moment and finally lost, but also won the recognition of the fans, I believe that with their current team, if popovich is given a Leonard, the Spurs will quickly become a championship-level team, and the winning Suns, once again proved their dominance, I hope they can go further than last season!