The long grass period has started again, of course, which is as uncomfortable for us Spurs as James in 19 years. After all, we can't go up and down for a long time. We can break into the playoffs when people think we can only win 25, and we are even in the "bubble hall" that has drawn a lot of money in NBA history.
Of course, this has nothing to do with this article. You talk about Murray Walker roast chicken Po tou on that little thing to talk about, and let them follow the prediction year after year, spurs change it? Change the soup without changing the medicine ah...
Back to the point. I've always had a vague idea of the 95 West Finals – if it's really just a big dream that blew up the admiral, what about everyone else? Both sides.
Basketball is more than just heads-up. A good team, a smart manager, and a star who can break the game at a critical moment are the most basic elements that a strong team should have. But I'm going to tell you an amazing fact now, and that's —
The Spurs of '95 didn't do a single one.
First, the star effect I have always thought that a team led by a regular season MVP, playing in the division finals, losing six games is not a very one thing. But in fact, compared to wei shao, who was out of the first round in 17 years, the general will be questioned a collapse of paint. Letters and covenant teachers can even be confident.
So why does it seem so obvious that Robinson was blown up by Olajuwon?
First of all, let's clarify a consensus: the most common treatment a star receives on the court is the bag clip. (I didn't say 2-3 joint defense) So compare the treatment that the two owners will receive: Robinson is facing the giant spider web that TomJanovich has set for him, which only makes him comfortable playing among the 3 big men despite his all-round athletic ability. And Olajuwon? Also attacking from the end of the free throw line, he always had to face only Robinson.
Yes, I was not wrong, there was only one admiral.
In terms of ability, Robinson is more agile and quicker, and Olajuwon said: "He can defend quickly when I do the move". But this brought a very serious problem, his lower limb strength is not only at the bottom of the "four centers", but even compared with Mutombo in the same period. Although people are also DPOY, but the gap is not revealed.
Not to mention that Olajuwon is one of the lowest offensive stars in history, when the Suns were relying on Barkley and AC Green to limit the big dream together, opening the door to their weakest places, and bringing them all to tears.
The most obvious difference between the admiral and Big Dream is that Robinson often needs to play to find him.
According to my understanding, if the admiral was born in the Celestial Dynasty, he must have been a pure socialist. His idea is always that the team gives priority, the teammates attack first, you can deal with it, then I will save some effort, you can't deal with it, then I will deal with it.
However, this left him without a stable rhythm of the game, and he was always subject to the state of his teammates. And the big dream is completely opposite, his desire is very strong, "robbed his MVP" and gave him another layer of buff, it is normal to blow up the admiral.
And for historical reasons, is the rocket's shooter group so terrifying that they refuse to even basic defense and bag clips? Rodman said he was jealous of Horry's range, but didn't 3 Horry win 4-of-9 on three-pointers? Obviously, the one-star of that era was far from reaching the level of the new century, so that even the bag would not be accepted.
So what makes Tang Shuai prefer to endure a 3-of-16 shooting rate among the outside shooters than to make the team firmly implement such a strategy?
Second, Before this series, There was a "vignette" within the Rockets.
Their number three scorer, Vernon Maxwell, had an irreconcilable conflict with the team, stemming from Drexler's large amount of playing time, which left him somewhat outraged. So he went home early to fish. This Maxwell was Olajuwon's best helper in the championship season last year, and the dry three points were a must. Without him, the rocket's firepower was shortened.
Tang Shuai knew that the dressing room was unstable at this time (not many people except the starter liked Drexler), but still gave the glider, who had just recovered from the flu, more tactical status. Look at the Spurs. How would you describe the Spurs' lineup during the general era?
A jazz of total weakening.
The Jazz are a team that stacks defenders, with center-forward Malone as the main axis. And the Spurs not only did the guards not pile up, but the position of the small forward also learned from the Jazz's weakness. Although Sean Elliott returned to the firing line on the trade deadline, repeated kidney diseases caused his competitive form to decline significantly. Surgery for left and right quadriceps tendonitis made him almost lose his already few exercise abilities. It's not so much that he was reborn in a long injury with a three-pointer, but rather that he degenerated from an All-Star to a role player.
And Robinson's teammates called the number one, in addition to the big worm Shaun Minor General, there is also a ChuckPerson who is no longer at the top. The rest, like Wilkins, who originally held his thighs and turned out to be thighs, only used Charles Smith for one season, and Mali Cross, who played four without height and three without speed. I won't say the rest because they don't matter either.
There was also an injured bald head in the team at the time. This bald player was not brilliant in his time, but he is not famous in the current NBA. His name was, Monty Williams.
One thing to say, if Robinson scolded his teammates at the time as cats and dogs, I think it would be much more appropriate than Durant. Because when Mario Eli and Kenny Smith are less than 1.9m junior generals and rather mediocre Delniguero in front of them, their space is much better than facing Kevin Johnson and Marley. Not to mention that the glider faced the old and slow Elliott as easily as crossing the street. But whenever his three points are accurate, the Spurs can't make it to six games.
From the perspective of outcome theory, Tang Shuai's Tian Ji horse racing is very correct - pulling up enough space for big dreams to turn clouds and rain on the inside line, facing the Spurs' personable single defense maximization attack, killing the Spurs one-on-one. Limit the general as much as possible on the defensive end, maximize Rodman's weakness in not attacking, and strangle the Spurs' block to make the small guard confused.
But despite this, the Spurs will not win on the road and lose at home. The root causes were never solved, which led to the Duncan era being the pinnacle of the Spurs, not the more promising looking general.
Third, Bob Hill, who was loved by the Holy City, was not a team that aspired to win the championship at that time. It's not just that they don't know anything about winning the title and pin all their hopes on David Robinson, but they're not a qualified team from top to bottom.
In other words, they are a mess.
Here we will mention the greatest evil man who hinders the Admiral, Bob Hill.
Holt left Bob Hill behind because Popovich didn't want to obviously take his place. His technical and tactical level cannot be said to be high-light and frequent, and it can be regarded as no bright spots. From this series, you can see that he is iron-hearted one-on-one, and the heart says: I don't believe you can kill us with just two people?
Hey, if it weren't for the young general's rage in the locker room before G3, maybe the admiral would have become the second most depressed MVP in history. The first tragic young general is also more familiar, he is the 07 No. Tropic King.
Not only is the technical and tactical mediocre to the extreme, Hill's royal skills have never reached the level of an NBA coach. He used to find someone to blame after losing, and would bring up some details in the video class and scold a player. If he were to apply for a job for a team with a yellow team, he wouldn't have to interview.
And it was learned from Rodman that Hill couldn't even do a word—he was often under Popovich's command, but he couldn't even do it. This makes Rodman the bottom of the Spurs locker room and one of the reasons Rodman hates the Spurs.
But the people of the Holy City didn't care. They wanted the polite coach to become a new look for the "countryman" and give San Antonio a new impression. But it wasn't until Popovich defeated the Big Three that they realized how ridiculous their wishes were.
In short, despite the general MVP, Rodman averaged 15 rebounds per game, Elliott could get a career high of 17 points per game, and the 95 Spurs are by no means a championship team, with or without Olajuwon.
This is followed by a debunking session
1, "Admiral is too soft!" Not at all the opponent of big dreams! ”
Let's look at Olajuwon's exact words: "Robinson is very fast and defensively active, and he can quickly resume defending when I do the moves, so I can't just do one or two basic moves." ”
The above discussion shows that the Spurs' defeat was never Olajuwon's blowing up the admiral. Even pulling these two men out alone, the admiral's ability is the closest to the big dream (among the four centers). O'Neill is pure because his body is too perverted to specialize in technology, and the explosion with big dreams is also because big dreams are 3 centimeters shorter than him (there is a saying that Olajuwon is 2 meters 08, which is not testable)
2, "Rodman and admiral are not pleasing to each other!" ”
Let's start with the picture
Do you dare believe that the man who roared at him was the admiral and the man who pulled him was Rodman?
First of all, Rodman didn't hate the admiral, he only hated Popovich. He thinks that Bobo compares him to a monster and never looks at him well, which makes him not get enough respect.
"That city is inclusive of me, but Popovich is not. He thinks I'm a demon. Oh my goodness! Am I the one who helped David get the MVP? Am I the one who averaged 19 rebounds per game for them? You don't like me anymore, so trade it. That's how I was sent to the bulls. ”
From spurs defeats to bulls climbing to the top, to his autobiography, "I Do It Myself," Rodman never said anything bad about the admiral, and the spearhead was all directed at Popovich. Popovich has never responded to any words in so many years.
3, "The Admiral was once ridiculed by Big Dreams!" ”
Go directly to the conversation.
Olajuwon said: "He (Robinson) thinks he's doing a good job of defending, people don't think that way when they look at the data, but that's not true. I had to shake him three or four times every time I shot because he was always able to block me, and it was a championship-level contest. I don't think I'm going to play better than that series, because no one has ever forced me to that point like he did. ”
Robinson said: "My favorite opponents are Hakim (Olajuwon), or Patrick (Ewing), or Rick Schmitz (Reggie Miller's royal center), because facing these great interior lines means more one-on-one. I love the challenge, it's much easier than when dealing with the bag of several people. For example, the Warriors of that year often harassed me on the defensive end, wrapped me up, and they harassed me with many short but fast players. Nights like this are incredibly difficult for me. When I see Hakim, I often breathe a sigh of relief, and I think: At least, this time, I always face only one person. ”