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When Stephen doesn't know why, he will ask those who know, but now Robert Horry and Van Exel are playing on the court, but he is sitting below, so the only people who ask for advice are the three elders One of the older Brent Barry was.

"Contract year, there will be no other possibility." Brent Barry glanced at Wells, immediately thought of what all this was for, curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and said affirmatively to Stephen.

"Contract year? What does contract year mean?" Stephen seemed to have heard of this, but he was a little unclear.

"The contract year refers to the season when the contract is about to expire. Some players will perform outstandingly and desperately to earn a big and generous contract for themselves. This is like the contract year phenomenon." Brent Barry gave Stephen explained.

"What about the performance after signing the contract?" Stephen felt that he had guessed something.

"After signing the contract, it will naturally return to normal, or even worse than the normal performance. It is really unpopular. Now this phenomenon is more and more, and there was no such thing before." Brent Barry said dissatisfiedly, Wells' performance was so obvious that people couldn't believe his performance.

Stephen found Wells' information and looked at it. Sure enough, this season is over, but after the end of these few games, Wells became a completely free agent. That's why he behaved like crazy. Well, it's understandable to work hard for his next big contract.

"This guy has never been so active before, and he is showing himself so crazily now, he must have heard some rumors, for example, the Kings are going to keep him, so he has to play his own identity, or he is now getting every Every point or rebound he grabs becomes a number on his contract." Brent Barry has a strong dislike for this kind of guy.

There are too many players of this kind, and no one dares to give him a big contract for a player who really works hard or has improved. That's why Brent Barry, who has always played hard and conscientiously, feels dissatisfied. There is no way, if you sign it, you will consider yourself unlucky, and there is a contract. There is no way for anyone to do this. All the team can do is endure or lay off him.

"I seem to have heard Robert say that Jerome James is such a player." Stephen suddenly remembered that Robert Horry seemed to have told him a long time ago that Jerome James was such a player, averaging less than five minutes per game. Points and three rebounds, but signed a five-year 3000 million contract.

It's true that the Knicks always play such a role of being taken advantage of, but Jerome James is good at expressing himself is also a very important aspect. He likes to play well against those more famous players. For Yao Ming when he first entered the league, he bullied Yao Ming severely, and then when he faced the Kings in the playoffs, Jerome James suddenly broke out and changed his average data from less than five points to three points per game. [-] rebounds increased to [-] points and [-] rebounds. You must know that this is a more intense playoff game, so after the game, Jerome James got a big contract as he wished, and then his average data dropped rapidly. When it came to three points and two rebounds, and seeing Wells again, Stephen immediately felt that this was very similar to Jerome James. Would the Kings be fooled like this?

By the end of the first half, Wells had scored 54 points, 45 rebounds, and a double-double. Because of his strong performance, instead of falling behind, the Kings led the Spurs by [-] points [-]-[-].

Under the leadership of Wells, Sharif Rahim, and Kevin Martin, the bench lineup that the Spurs have always been proud of lost to the Kings' bench lineup, and it lost more than the main team. It's something that rarely happens after the Spurs set up this bench.

However, Adelman was finally willing to replace Mike Bibby in this game. Although it was only in the second half of the second quarter, he was replaced at the beginning of the third quarter. Ernes replaced it and put Artest back up.

At this time, Popovich also replaced Stephen. If he lost this game, it was not in the plan. In order to deal with Sharif Rahim's attack, Popovich also considered whether to replace Robert Horry was also replaced, but later he thought that the inside line needed to retain a certain amount of offensive power, so he gave up this plan.

After Stephen came on the court, he quickly discovered that without that kind of mature tactical cooperation, he could not score easily under the defense of Artest. Except for a foul caused by Artest, Stephen scored a point through free throws. , He failed two shots in a row, but with Stephen, Artest took his attention away from Ginobili. Ginobili succeeded in consecutive attacks, and Kevin Martin's defense was basically equal to none.

I feel that after I get used to working with the main lineup, I won’t be able to play in the bench lineup, mainly because of Artest, and many of Stephen’s special skills can’t play a corresponding role, such as post-up singles This trick is almost useless to him.

Artest is afraid of speed and agility. He is not afraid of strength and physical confrontation. Although Stephen can get rid of Artest's defense, he can't get into the basket. He only shoots from the outside, and Stephen has no touch. However, Stephen had no choice but to give full play to the role of the green leaf, covering for Ginobili and Van Exel, and occasionally helping Robert Horry to block someone.

After realizing that his offense was being hindered, Stephen immediately withdrew himself from the main role in the offense and became a supporting role mainly covering and blocking people. Popovich was very satisfied.

Don't hit hard, don't keep shooting when you don't feel good. Now there are fewer and fewer young people like this. This young man is worthy of cultivation. Popovich feels that his punishment has paid off. , but I don’t know that Stephen himself has such a playing philosophy, and it has nothing to do with his punishment.

Stephen persisted until the Spurs replaced the bench lineup and replaced it with the main lineup. At this time, the Spurs were still nine points behind. In the third quarter, the two sides actually tied, which made the Spurs' main lineup feel a little The crisis also made the Kings players feel hopeful.

To say the most painful thing in the world, a philosopher once said that the most painful thing is the hopeless thing, but for the players of the Kings, the most painful thing is that you just saw a glimmer of victory, and then It is the most painful thing to be destroyed again.

As soon as he returned to the main lineup, Stephen and Duncan made two screens in a row and made a shot. The crisp sound entered Stephen's ears, like a dew moistening the dry heart. , that feeling is indescribably beautiful.

Through this shot, Stephen seemed to have found the feeling of shooting. When he came back and took advantage of Artest just holding the ball and was about to attack, he made a sudden move, snatched the ball from Artest, and then dribbled directly. After halftime, both the Spurs and the Kings thought that Stephen was going to hit the basket for a dunk. Who knew that Stephen stopped suddenly, and before anyone else could react, he raised his hand and took off, directly at the basket. Shot from outside the three-point line.

No one thought that Stephen would go to shoot a three-pointer under such circumstances. Obviously there was no one under the basket. As long as he made the pass, no matter whether it was a dunk or a layup, he would be very sure to get two points. But Stephen He shot an unsure three-pointer from the outside, and Stephen has missed three shots from outside the three-point line in front.

But as long as it hits, there is no problem. The winner does not need to be blamed. Adelman on the Kings team finally reacted quickly. When he saw the score, he caught up to four points and immediately called a timeout. Stephen was also there. With the caress of his teammates, he walked to the bench.

Popovich praised Stephen. This is a rare thing, but Stephen's performance just now was really good, and Stephen wasn't embarrassed at all. After the timeout, the Kings served from the center line, and Kenny Thomas threw the ball to A During Tester, Stephen rushed out suddenly and knocked the ball out of the sideline. Now the Kings continued to serve from the sideline. Who knew that when the ball flew over his head, Stephen suddenly jumped up and poked the ball with his hand .

The flight direction of the ball changed immediately, and it flew towards where Michael Finn and Wells were. Wells just got the ball one step ahead of time, and Michael Finley hit the ball out of his hand. Immediately flew towards the other side of the court.

Seeing that the ball was about to fly out of the sideline, it was Stephen who ran over at the fastest speed, jumped in the air and rushed over, stretched out his hand and blocked the ball back, but he lay down on the ground.

Stephen's hasty shot didn't get the ball into his teammate's hands, but was caught by Brad Miller of the Kings, but his hasty shot was blocked by Nesterovic, and the ball flew right to Duncan In his hands, it was settled down.

After Duncan got the ball, he paused for a moment, as if hesitating for something. The players of the Kings retreated a step slower. Who knew that Duncan suddenly threw the ball forward forcefully. At this time, the players of the Kings saw a figure running fast. He ran to the basket like a king.

Don't say it's too late to chase at this time, just chase, Stephen has already got up into the air, anyone who touches it is a foul, so I can only stare at Stephen's successful dunk, scored two points again, and narrowed the gap to only Two points, and the Kings players had to serve in the past depressed.

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One more word: The Spurs played really well today.