Healing Basketball

Chapter 716 716. A Trustworthy Person
Back from the intermission, the Spurs sent a combination of Parker, Barry, Finley, Duncan, and Muhammad; the Trail Blazers sent Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Stevenson, Randolph, McDayne combination of S.

After the start of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers' strategy of slamming defense worked well, and they defended well from outside shots. Even if the Spurs replaced Ginobili in the quarter, Ginobili failed to soar in this quarter. Got up, 3 full iron shots, and then replaced by Popovich.

Now that he is on the bench, Popovich's use of Ginobili is as a substitute.

But Duncan C got up. Facing McDyess' mid-range and short-range defense, Duncan scored 4 points on 3 of 6 shots. After Kwame Brown came on the court, he also made 4 of 2 shots.

邓肯第三节打满，虽然3次罚球全铁了，但硬得分也有8投5中拿到10分，比9投4中外加2中1的罚球的刘秀得分还要高1分。

加上雷-阿伦4投2中加上2中2的罚球拿到6分，开拓者队才以21比20略站上风。

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 74 points 68 to 6!
Duncan's score increased to 25 points, surpassing Ginobili's 24 points, and also refreshed his personal scoring high in three quarters since the 03-04 season.

上次他三节得分超过25分，已经是2003年6月13号的事情了，那天他18投10中拿到29分17板4助攻1抢断4盖帽，率领马刺队击败篮网队赢下天王山之战。

Duncan's performance made the Trail Blazers players speechless.

But this is not over yet!
At the end of the quarter, Duncan scored 45 goals in a row at a 3-degree angle on the right side. During this period, the Trail Blazers followed Liu Xiu and rushed inside to make a tip-up, resulting in a foul and two free throws.

It was the Trail Blazers attack again. Liu Xiu was flanked at a high position and sent the ball to Payton on the flank. Payton missed two points and hit three irons in a row.

Parker who retracted grabbed the rebound and was about to start a fast break. Payton rushed up to hug Parker and made a tactical foul.

Relying on those two free throws, Liu Xiu scored 41 points, but he didn't have the heart to be happy to get 40+ in a single game.

76 to 74, the lead is only two points.

Maurice Cheeks can only replace Ray Allen and Kwame Brown in advance.

Ray Allen did not perform well in G1, but he adjusted tonight. He scored 17 points and 3 assists in three quarters, which surprised Maurice Cheeks. He praised the coaching staff as the best in the world. pitcher.

It's just that Ray Allen played the second and third quarters, and physical strength is a problem.

Kwame Brown's status is always online. G1 can narrow the point difference to two points. He is the number one hero on the defensive end.

But Kwame Brown fouled too much tonight, committing 4 fouls in three quarters.

Duncan is too aggressive!

But now, they can only be replaced in advance to improve the containment of the outside line and strengthen the defense.

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Back from the timeout, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess; the Spurs sent Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan, Mohan Mulder's combination.

After the two teams switched to this lineup, they played back and forth and entered an anxious tug-of-war.

As expected by Maurice Cheeks, he replaced Kwame Brown in advance, and opposite Parker and Ginobili started the pick-and-roll breakthrough and strong breakthrough mode.

Kwame Brown avoided Ginobili's point, but Parker broke through the pick-and-roll, McDyess went out to defend the pick-and-roll, and Kwame-Brown fouled when he attacked.

Maurice Cheeks resisted the urge to make a substitution. Now he would be afraid to make a substitution later, so why not give it a try? What if there is no foul next time?

Not to mention, Kwame Brown really did not foul in the next 2 minutes, and he still did a good job defending. Under the pressure of losing two home games and falling behind 0 to 2, Kwame Brown showed amazing defense Concentration and excellent footwork.

However, just when the official timeout was about to enter, Kwame Brown grabbed a rebound and overturned Duncan, gave Duncan two free throws, and left the field with 6 fouls!

As calm as Maurice Cheeks, he almost knelt this time.

But for example, he kept calm and replaced the inside combination of Randolph and Mourning during the official timeout, and let Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown, and outlaws continue to play on the outside.

On the other side, the Spurs sent a combination of Udrih, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and Nesterovic.

After the timeout, Duncan made two free throws, 88 to 85, and the Spurs led by 3 points. They already had a lead that could not be overtaken by one goal.

Counting these two free throws, the Spurs scored 6 to 09 at 20 minutes and 11 seconds before the fourth quarter!
In the first half, the Trail Blazers scored 6 points for Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown made a dunk, and McDyess made a cut to catch the ball and eat 2+1.

In this situation, the Trail Blazers can only bite the bullet and rush forward.

But the Spurs' offensive firepower was still fierce. Duncan made another mid-range shot and scored double figures in a single quarter again. His personal score increased to 35 points. Under the leadership of Duncan, the Spurs' scoring performance was not lost to the first half. .

But at this time, Liu Xiu, who had been struggling in the first half of the quarter, finally got help!

After playing too tired in the second and third quarters, Ray Allen scored his first goal in the last quarter at 7 minutes and 22 seconds, which was also the first three-pointer in the second half. Immediately affected the Spurs' defense, Liu Xiu's opportunity came!

With the bonus of "prison killing" to maintain the lower limit of the state, Liu Xiu made two mid-range shots in a row to bite the score.

At 11 minutes and 13 seconds, Bowen hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, not counting Duncan's two free throws after the official timeout. The Spurs scored 15 points in the second half of the fourth quarter. During this period, the Trail Blazers Only 103 points were scored, and the score came to 103 to 98, and the point difference came to 5 points!

The Trail Blazers called a short timeout and replaced with a combination of Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, and Mourning to play a three-pointer.

But the pick-and-roll lineup is too bad, Kwame Brown made 6 fouls, McDyess performed poorly in mid-range shots tonight, and he didn't have Kwame Brown's explosive cutting threat... The three-pointer tactic didn't work out!

Little Momonga was flanked on the right side of the top arc, saw a supporting teammate and quickly passed it out—Ray Allen!

Ray Allen scored a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, and that was the only goal, but Bowen still actively made up for it. However, this time Bowen didn't dare to step up, and Ray Allen didn't hesitate!
Even if he made 4 of 1 shots in this quarter, the overall three-point shooting tonight was not good. Most of the time he shot two long points, but he was still confident when he received the ball...

Ray Allen caught the ball on the right side of the top arc and hit a three-pointer, 101 to 103. The Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to two points!

crucial moment!Never drop the chain!
(End of this chapter)