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Although Bruce Bowen's injury is not very serious, but as the regular season is coming to an end, it is a period of high incidence of injuries. To be on the safe side, Popovich put Bruce Bowen on the injury list and is going to play in away games. Also let him stay in San Antonio.

In this way, Stephen entered the starting lineup justifiably, but the leaky house happened to be rainy, the boat was broken and the headwind was encountered. In the training on the second day after the game against the Hornets, Nesterovic and Oberto collided with each other, and one of them was injured in the waist and the other in the leg, but the bad luck did not end here. On the third day, new news came from the team doctor. Michael Finley found a bone in his foot during the examination. There is a problem, and further examination is needed to confirm the problem. At the same time, Ginobili also reported to the team doctor that his calf was a little uncomfortable. If there is a problem, I dare not let people take risks.

In this way, it is equivalent to losing two starters and three substitutes, a total of five regular rotation players, plus Van Exel, who has stayed on the injured list and has not recovered, and lost six main players at once. Doesn’t make Popovich have a headache, it’s still good that none of their injuries are very serious injuries, that is, they don’t need surgery, and they don’t need to rest for a long time. So Popovich is very pleased.

In this case, the players available to Popovich are Duncan, Tony Parker, Stephen, Muhammad, Robert Horry, Brent Barry, plus Udic, who is barely usable, and there are only seven players. It was barely enough for a relatively small rotation lineup, but Popovich had no choice but to activate Max and Sanders, which was barely enough for a regular rotation lineup.

Relying on such a lineup, the Spurs ushered in the challenge of the Phoenix Suns, one of the strongest teams in the Western Conference. To be honest, when the Spurs announced the news, many people did not believe it. They thought it was the Spurs The smoke screen released by the team is just for a regular season, so it is not necessary to use such a big move, and it is not the playoffs or the Western Conference Finals.

But when everyone confirmed the news, the head coaches or general managers of many teams breathed a sigh of relief. They thought that the Spurs players were all iron men. There are a lot of pictures, some use media reporters, some use scouts or staff, and some directly contact the Spurs to inquire in a tone of concern or condolences.

When they received the details of these injuries, they saw that they were all insignificant ailments. They were very disappointed at first, but soon they thought that if it was really just such a small problem, then the Spurs Why do you have to announce it to the public? Many injuries look like they can be played or not.

Conspiracy, there must be a big conspiracy in it. Some people think that the Spurs are showing weakness. There is no need. Even if you show weakness, someone has to believe otherwise. It's serious, but I'm afraid the fans won't be able to accept it. First, the problem that will be made public will be smaller, and then it will gradually increase. It's good to sell tickets. Teams like the Spurs that have entered the playoffs have already started the pre-sale season. Tickets for the playoffs are out, once the news comes out, who will buy tickets?

This kind of thinking is not wrong, they have done this kind of drama many times, for example, a star player has been seriously injured, but in order to sell tickets, he deliberately concealed it for a period of time, waited for the tickets to be sold before announcing his illness, It's not surprising that they have played this technique a lot.

Amidst the doubts of many people, the game between the Spurs and the Suns began. After the Suns heard the news, they did not think that the Spurs would make such a big fuss for this game, although the Suns It may be their biggest opponent in the Western Conference Finals, but it is still not the regular season.

They think that the Spurs are really full of injuries. In this way, even if the Suns don't want to, they will unconsciously despise the Spurs. Usually, the most troublesome thing is the Spurs' bench lineup, because Your main force always has to go down to rest, but your substitute is not as good as others. Isn’t it clear that you can be bullied? If you use the main force, the opponent’s main force will get enough rest time, and it is not easy to come up and wait for work, but this time the Spurs Once the team's injury wave comes out, there is no need to worry about the Spurs' bench lineup.

The lineup sent by the Spurs is center Muhammad, power forward Duncan, small forward Stephen, shooting guard Brent Barry, and point guard Tony Parker.For the Suns, center Frenchman Dior, power forward Sean Marion, small forward James Jones, shooting guard Lagabel, and point guard Nash.

The Spurs are plagued by injuries, but the Suns don't have much more players than the Spurs. However, they have always played in an eight-man rotation, so their problems don't seem to be too serious. got together.

The offense of the Suns is still extremely sharp. On defense, although they have never had any defensive tactics, in this game, they adopted a strategy of focusing on Duncan and Stephen. Diao and Marion were two insiders. The attention is all on Duncan, and the goal of the two outside players, Lagabell and James Jones, is Stephen.

At the beginning, because the Spurs were a temporary lineup, they were not as skilled in coordination as before, and the offense was a bit difficult to play. Moreover, because the opponent's defense was also very targeted, the Spurs' offense seemed to be stagnant for a while. , It all depends on the individual players. Except for Parker's breakthrough, which is still a bit threatening, the others have not performed well.

On the contrary, the offense of the Suns played smoothly. The Spurs were able to hold on to the score at the beginning, but they were slowly pulled away. Seeing that the first quarter was coming to an end, the Spurs were behind. It seemed inevitable. At this time, Muhammad suddenly got two offensive opportunities in a row and scored them all, narrowing the gap in the score all at once.

Hey, Stephen suddenly discovered that because the opponent's inside players were all focused on Duncan, the defense against Muhammad was very weak. However, because Tony Parker is used to playing according to tactics, he often starts from the left. With his position, it is not easy to find Muhammad ran out and said nothing, even passing the ball was not easy.

The opponent's defense against Duncan is all-round. For Stephen, it is mainly a close defense to prevent Stephen from breaking through and shooting. However, in Stephen's position, it is very convenient to pass the ball to Muhammad. Stephen immediately asked Parker to pass the ball. After pretending to break through, it was suddenly passed to Muhammad.

After Mohammed received the ball, he went directly to the basketball and scored. The Suns didn’t dare to make such a big deal on him. He scored three points in a row. If you give him an open layup or shot at the basket, there is no reason not to score. Well, if Muhammad didn't even have this ability, he wouldn't be a starter for the Spurs.

The Suns changed their defensive strategy, but in this way, Duncan immediately caught the opportunity and scored two goals. Now the Suns had no choice. The single defense was ineffective. It seemed that Duncan was more threatening. They continued to adopt the strategy of focusing on marking Duncan. At this time, seeing that Stephen's pass was very threatening, Lagabel also changed his defense. Stephen immediately took advantage of this opportunity to make continuous breakthroughs and tie the score. And surpassed by one point.

After the first quarter of the game, because there was no complete substitute lineup to replace, the entire Spurs remained on the court. At this time, many people believed that the other players of the Spurs were really unable to play. There was no way. Popovich's cunning is a well-known fact.

After returning to the court, due to personnel changes, the Spurs' defensive quality has declined, so they had to use the method of strengthening offense to drive defense, while the Suns still adopted the same defensive strategy as in the first quarter and continued to give Muhammad had a lot of chances and made them all.

However, whenever the Suns just stepped up their defense against him, Duncan would show off his power there. In the hesitation, the Suns lost a lot of opportunities. Anyway, both of them failed to restrict, and the defense against Stephen from the outside was not considered. Stephen is either passing the ball to Muhammad or Brent Barry. James Jones' attention is on Stephen, and Brent Barry naturally has many opportunities. But if Stephen is relaxed, Stephen's offense is also very good. threatening.

In this kind of swing, the two sides played halfway through the second quarter. At this time, the Suns replaced Nash and James Jones with Barbosa and Eddie House. The Spurs also used Robert Howard. Ri and Udic replaced Duncan and Parker.

It should be said that Popovich's substitution was quite bold. In comparison, among the players replaced by the Suns, only Nash was a core player, while the Spurs simply replaced the team's three strongest points. Two points, only Stephen stayed on the field alone.

At this time, Stephen's scoring is even more difficult, because although a James Jones is gone, Duncan's end has liberated Marion. He no longer needs to put too much energy on Duncan, but Robert Horry likes to wander outside and If he doesn't enter the penalty area, he will be given the opportunity to roam outside, making it very difficult for Stephen to break through.

But that's it, Stephen still scored [-] points in this quarter, and with the six points in the first quarter, Stephen's score has risen to [-] points. The score kept clinging on, preventing the Suns from opening up the score. At the end of the first half, the Spurs were only two points behind. Popovich was very satisfied with such a result, and he was very happy with Stephen. He praised several words of appreciation.

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