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Chapter 172 The Night of the Holy City at 51 Points

In addition to signing this contract, the location of the restaurant has finally been decided, which is next to the Southwest Bell Company. This company has a large number of Chinese employees and is currently undergoing house renovations. In far away Charlotte, Shi Xiangdong is also dealing with himself. Once the family property is settled, the family will be moved from Charlotte.

With the development of Stephen's career, Mordance's position in the company is also rising. Originally, Coppard's agent, Briski, was under him, but now he has become his subordinate, which made Briski feel full. It's remorse, I should have chosen Stephen in the first place.

Now he is arranged by Coupard to handle all the affairs of this restaurant. Although he is a bit busy, it is much better than doing nothing in the company. There is no way, the income of the agent is completely tied to the player, and the player has no income. , they have no income.

Stephen just told the two of them some of his ideas, and then all the things were handled by the two of them. Stephen didn't worry about this restaurant, mainly to find a job for his father, and at the same time, he could reunite with his parents .

After the game against the Grizzlies, the Spurs ushered in the challenge of the Seattle Supersonics at home. They basically have no hope now, and their record was even caught up by the Hornets, which suddenly broke out in a winning streak. Not to mention that there is an extremely stable Jazz team in front of them. The Jazz team has no shadow of the road to the playoffs. If you want to make it to the playoffs, you have to count on the Sacramento Kings to lose all the remaining games besides your own. , it can be said that there is only a theoretical possibility.

So no matter how unwilling Ray Allen and Lewis are, there is nothing they can do about it. The West is no longer the West. With the rise of the top three in Texas, they are already gone. Only the two of them are on the outside. It is impossible to survive in the highly competitive West.

They were able to win against the Spurs last time, becoming one of the few teams in the league to beat the Spurs this season, thanks to Ray Allen, Lewis, and Ridnour's three-pointers' incredible touch from beyond the three-point line. This feeling is not available in every game.

Although before this game, Popovich announced that Robert Horry, Ginobili, and Bruce Bowen would not be able to play, but he still couldn't give the Sonics much confidence in winning. The rotation of the Spurs is his league. The most complicated one in the team, God knows how Popovich's head does it. Doesn't he think it takes a lot of brains to change the lineup so frequently?

The coaches of many teams like to play a set lineup, fix the lineup, and then see the performance on the spot once the basic tactics are determined. Some coaches even decide on the lineup, and they will not replace new players if they are injured. They are afraid. It just affects the existing whole.

The absence of Ginobili and Bruce Bowen means that Stephen's playing time will be extremely long in this game. Michael Finley will rarely play on the bench, so the only one who can replace Stephen is Brent Barry. People, but Brent Barry is paired with Stephen in the bench lineup, and he is old and not in good physical condition. The coach will not let him play for too long.

The Spurs put out a lineup of Muhammad, Duncan, Stephen, Michael Finley, and Tony Parker, while the Sonics had center Robert Swift, power forward Chris Wilcox, and small forward Rashard Lewis. , shooting guard Ray Allen, point guard Ridnour.

Ray Allen hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, which made everyone on the Spurs team feel nervous. Could it be that this guy will continue to explode three-pointers today? When he comes back, Stephen follows the team's tradition. In the position, after receiving a pass from Duncan, he also made a three-pointer.

This kind of shooting from a fixed position is quite simple. After making the shot, Stephen shook his hand, feeling so relaxed and freehand. When shooting, Stephen didn’t feel any pressure or hindrance at all. It was completely like training. same as in.

Shooting from the bottom corner, since there is no backboard as a reference, it will be very difficult for people with a bad sense of distance to grasp, but for people with a good sense of distance, it is more convenient to shoot without the hindering rebound. Hitting a three-pointer greatly boosted Stephen's confidence, and he felt that his hand today was the same as that day.

After this shot, the trust of his teammates in Stephen also greatly increased. When the Spurs attacked for the second time, the ball still came to Stephen's hands. Facing his old opponent Rashard Lewis, Stephen started to play without any pressure. The old tactic of post-up singles, as for whether Lewis is under pressure, you can see if he blows his beard and stares there.

After Stephen pressed enough to make a shot, the Raptors turned around and hooked the ball into the basket at the same time. Seeing Stephen's back turning away, Lewis touched his head. Could it be that he was really old and was shot People are so easy to bully.

But no matter what Lewis thought, Stephen still continued to bully him in the next attack. Facing Lewis who was taller than him, Stephen unexpectedly settled the battle with a jump shot in front of Lewis's eyes. Lewis was only thinking about how to deal with Stephen's back As for playing singles, he never thought that Stephen would use such a simple offensive method.

Being beaten by Stephen in a row made Lewis very shameless. When Stephen got the ball once and was about to attack in front of him, he simply pulled Stephen down and gave Stephen two free throws, but To his disappointment, Stephen made both free throws.

Only halfway through the first quarter, Stephen scored nine points. Seeing that Stephen was in such a good state, both Duncan and Tony Parker tried their best to transfer the ball to Stephen, and Stephen did not let them down, using assists Returned their pass.

The Supersonics will naturally strengthen their defense against Stephen, so that other Spurs players will get another chance, and Stephen will not be greedy for credit. If he finds that a teammate has a better chance than himself, he will transfer the ball in time. In exchange for one assist after another.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs scored 31 points in a single quarter, making 25% of their two-pointers and [-]% of their three-pointers. Stephen scored [-] points and three assists alone. The Sonics also played well offensively, scoring [-] points. Ray Allen scored [-] points alone. Lewis was trapped by Stephen's defense and only scored [-] points.

In the second quarter, the Spurs replaced the substitute lineup, but Stephen still stayed on the court. At this time, because Stephen was playing the role of Ginobili, in addition to his own offense, he also had to complete the task of distributing the ball. The number of his own shots decreased. Most of the time, Stephen passed the ball to his teammates to attack. After this quarter, Stephen only scored nine points, but scored five assists.

22 points, eight assists, and four rebounds in the same score. There is no way. Both sides have good shooting percentages. Naturally, the number of rebounds is low. Relying on halftime performance alone, Stephen has already won the entire game for others. All are good data.

But Stephen's performance didn't end here, because there is still a whole second half, maybe the Supersonics' defense is so poor that Stephen can hardly feel the opponent's defense, or Stephen's offensive feeling today It was really great. In the second half, although Ray Allen made two consecutive three-pointers, Ridnour also made one. Although Lewis missed a three-pointer, he hit two mid-range shots.

But even with such a performance, the Sonics still didn't take advantage of the Spurs. In the third quarter, Stephen saw that his teammates' touch had declined, but when the opponent's touch was super good, he had no choice but to strengthen his own offense to deal with it. , In just over 6 minutes, Stephen scored [-] points, and staged a good show against the opponent's three musketeers alone.

36 points, just as Stephen was about to go all out to break his own scoring record, his hand suddenly turned cold. After seeing Stephen miss twice in a row, Popovich replaced Stephen with Michael Finley, and at the same time sent Parker up Press down.

When the Spurs played in the past, no matter what time it was, unless it was garbage time, one of the three main players would definitely be in charge. After Stephen appeared strong, the person in charge usually became Stephen, who hadn’t performed such a task for a long time. His passing feels very unfamiliar, and he almost missed several passes in a row.

Popovich didn't care. The Spurs are leading now, but the gap in the score is constantly narrowing. It's not worth panicking. After more than 2 minutes in the second quarter, the Sonics finally chased the score. Coming up, seeing that there was only a two-point gap, Popovich called a timeout and switched all the main players to the field.

Seeing that Stephen might break his own scoring record today, and he was in such a good state, his teammates handed the ball to Stephen for fun, but just after playing, it seemed like he didn't feel the warmth of his hand, and Stephen didn't make two shots in a row. hit.

At this time, Stephen put aside his record-breaking thoughts and began to adjust his emotions. At this time, the Sonics had already overtaken the score, and after seeing the hope of victory, their defense also strengthened, but for Stephen and the others But I was a little relaxed, and the feeling has improved for most of the half, and it will not continue to improve.

They thought this way because they underestimated Stephen. When Stephen found that his shooting was not good, he immediately switched his offensive mode, from the outside attack mode to the inside attack mode. His teammates grabbed rebounds without passing the ball, and soon , Stephen grabbed an offensive rebound, took off and dunked and scored two points.

When it was time for the next attack, Stephen hit Lewis with his back again, causing him to foul and score two free throws again. At 7 points, Stephen had already broken his own scoring record, and there were less than [-] minutes left in the game. minutes of time.

"Oh!!!! 51 points, let us witness this record, what a crazy and beautiful night, our wonder boy scored 51 points, let us cheer for him." With Stephen's final speech before the end of the game A shot was made, and Elliott's passionate voice resounded throughout the SBC Center.

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