**Vic in this game gave up his best defense and chose to compete with the Mavericks for attack. This is a very necessary and courageous behavior. The Spurs are the top three teams in the league's defense, but they can only be considered a mid-range team in the offense.

As for the Mavericks, the Mavericks can achieve the third record in the second and third in the Western Conference in the second and third leagues because of his offensive ability. His average score per game is only lower than that of the Phoenix Suns in the offensive league. At the same time, they also have first-class defensive ability in the league.

**Vicci's choice to play against such an opponent can be said to be a very adventurous behavior. Not everyone has this courage. The Spurs are not at the point where they need to bet, but **Vicci used it like this, and the effect is surprisingly good.

It was like two basically evenly matched opponents, one side had a hard shield and the other side had a sharp spear. Now the hard shield was the one side, put the shield aside first, fought with the opponent, and then when the opponent was about to stab the opponent to death, he was afraid that the opponent would counterattack and picked up the shield again and achieved the final victory.

Afterwards, many people also analyzed that when **Vic set up such a lineup in the third game, he had already started to think about the way to play in the fourth game. He used this change to show the Mavericks that I don’t have any other tricks available, so you can rest assured.

The entire Mavericks, including "Little General" Johnson, was confused by such tricks and was defeated by **Vic's arrogant plan. In the fourth game, it can be seen that the Mavericks did not make any changes at all and were waiting to win.

So when the Spurs took the lead, the Mavericks didn't know how to deal with it, and fell into the sway of offense or defense. This is absolutely unforgivable in the playoffs. The problem of "Little General" Johnson lacks experience here is revealed.

The media gave countless praises to Vicky, and the most derogatory adjective was the most derogatory adjective. At this time, they could not tell at all that they had questioned and criticized Vicky two days ago, and they wanted to pull Vicky off from the position of head coach.

This is how the media are, without any moral integrity at all. It is as simple as eating and drinking water for them. Especially the local media in San Antonio, they wish they could stretch their faces and stick them on **Vicci's butt.

On the night of the game, the Spurs took the bus when they arrived and returned to San Antonio in the bright night. The 300-kilometer journey basically took a night before returning to San Antonio. When the bus stopped, you could already see the morning light in the east.

Although I slept in the car for a night, it felt much better for the players than traveling on the plane. Moreover, sleeping in the car, it is easier for people to fall asleep by shaking the car. After getting off the car, let the players go home to rest and continue to come to the team for training in the afternoon. The coaching staff cannot rest and have to continue discussing the tactics of tomorrow's game.

Although this schedule of playing one game every other day is not as tiring as back-to-back, it is still not enough to fully relax the players' bodies, especially for elderly teams like the Spurs. Therefore, although the fifth game is the home court of the Spurs, they cannot relax.

And from the fifth game, we have to play a home game here, a away game in Dallas, and then come back to play a home game. The Spurs will deal with the hardships of running around in this game system, not to mention that the Spurs are not in a good situation.

The Spurs' offense has basically been fully utilized to the extreme in the last game. In this game, the Mavericks will not fall into the same trap. Although the "Little General" Johnson has no experience, he can only speak in verbal terms. How to play the fifth game is a very serious problem in front of the Spurs coaching staff.

This game is commonly known as the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. Whoever can win this game is equivalent to getting the match point in advance, which will put a lot of pressure on the opponent. Of course, the Spurs do not expect the Mavericks to be overwhelmed by this pressure, but they cannot lose such an important game, so they still have to win.

But the Spurs must win again. If they lose this game, they will have no hope of winning after three days. But what strategy should they use? Everyone turned their attention to **Vic.

**Vicci spread his hands and shrugged. What else can he do? He has given up his basketball philosophy in the fourth game. At the same time, the players are also very hard-working. At the same time, psychological warfare is used in the front, and the lineup is also allocated as much as possible to reduce the problems caused by insufficient physical strength. He is still chased by the Mavericks until the end. What other tricks can he have to think about.

**Vic is really out of the way. The players' enthusiasm and victory are not needed to worry too much. Players without motivation cannot stay in the Spurs lineup. The Spurs players do not need to worry at all in observing discipline and serving command. Perhaps because of their military background, **Vic puts the team's discipline first, which is fully recognized by the boss.

In this way, he doesn't need to worry about the team's locker room relationship and the players' psychological state. He can devote all his energy to tactics and command, but he also had a time when he was exhausted. Now it's like this. All the tricks and ideas have been tried, and there is no effective way.

There is not a place that can be adjusted, but this kind of adjustment is likely to only bring bad consequences, so now **Vicci dare not try it easily. **Vicci quietly thought that other members of the coaching staff were sitting there looking at him, hoping that he could come up with a shiny idea. Unfortunately, **Vicci was going to disappoint them.

He waved his hand and asked the others to leave. In order not to disturb his thoughts, everyone quietly left the house. As the person who knew him best, Calesimo took out a bottle of Napa Valley, which had been thirteen years, from the wine cabinet next to him and put it in front of him. As a drunkard, the wine utensils were naturally kept at his hand.

After tasting a sip of the mellow red wine, the taste of the wine turned around thousands of times on the tip of the tongue. With the aroma of the wine, **Vic suddenly seemed to have a clue, thinking about what to do to defeat the opponent at the tactical or technical level. No matter how good the tactics are, it depends on the execution ability. No matter how good the players execute, it ultimately depends on the strength comparison between the two sides.

Tactics can make up for talent, but they cannot replace talent. They are blindly thinking about how to target the opponent tactically, but forget that the outcome of the final final of the basketball game depends on the strength of both sides. No matter how good the tactics are, they must rely on their strength to support it.

Although the victory in the last game was his own tactics that he played the right tactics, it cannot be denied that his side defeated his opponent by his strength to the end, and his offense far surpassed the opponent's offense. When the opponent chased points, his defense was stronger than the opponent's offense, which is the key factor in winning.

The Spurs' strength is not much worse than the opponent's ranks. The last game is an obvious example. Even in the offense that is the least good at, the Spurs defeated their opponents. Although the Spurs are indeed not as good as the opponent in terms of physical strength, the Spurs' rotation lineup is far greater than that of the Mavericks.

There are ten people available on this side, but there are only eight on the other side, which determines that physical strength is not a big problem. As long as the lineup is allocated, this problem can be compensated. This must be adapted to the game, and it will not be of much use to consider it in advance.

The Mavericks win when they are young and impactful, but compared to Nowitzki, Starkhouse, Jason Terry, his main players are not too young. After playing in the fifth game, how much physical strength can they save? Can they still have as impactful as the first and second game? It is obviously impossible.

**Vicci recalled the technical statistics of several games against the Mavericks. It is obvious that the playing time of several main players of the Mavericks is much greater than that of the Spurs, and the performance of their several people is actually in a decline. **Vicci believes that in terms of game experience and mentality adjustment, the Mavericks are definitely not their opponents.

They will definitely be eager to win, so the Spurs can use this to make a fuss about how to consume their spirits first and then launch a counterattack. **Vic immediately decided on the main strategic thinking of the Spurs in Game 5, and then began to think about how to deal with it according to this idea.

"Little General" John was also thinking about the gains and losses of the game at this time. He figured out that his own failure was hesitant for too long, and he was afraid of the opponent's tactical power. After being led by the Spurs in the first quarter, he did not give the players a clear instruction. However, since **Vic even gave up on defense, it means that he really had no choice. Now the competition has become the strength of both sides.

So he summoned all the players. As a player who has just retired for a few years, he pays great attention to communication and exchanges with the players. In front of the players, he first admitted that the responsibility for this loss lies mainly in himself. However, he also told the players his analysis and told them that they must stick to their own style in the next game, use overwhelming offense to suppress their opponents, and play the momentum of the regular season. Hearing such words, the players seemed very excited.

No one likes defense. All players learn how to put the ball into the basket when they first play. Offense is the common pursuit of everyone, and defense is only done for the need for victory. Of course, it is understandable that some people regard blocks or rebounds as their own pursuit. There are always exceptions in this world.

Both sides determined their game strategies. On the second day, the fifth game of the Western Conference semi-finals began in the SBSC Center Arena, the home court of the Spurs. Seeing the Spurs starting lineup, "Little General" Johnson suddenly felt something was wrong. Could it be that his adjustment was right in the opponent's arms?

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Chapter completed!