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Before the start of the second half, the Mavericks also made lineup adjustments. Except for Nowitzki and Josh Howard. Dampier, compared to Diop, Dampier's rebounding ability is much better, and the protection of rebounds cannot be ignored by every team.

On the Spurs side, Popovich also adjusted the lineup, putting out the twin-tower lineup used in the last game. The outside line is still Stephen, Michael Finley and Tony Parker, although Van Exel's performance in the first half Good, but Popovich still trusts Tony Parker more.

The offense first started from the Spurs side. Tony Parker rushed to the basket, seeing that there was no chance, he went around and handed the ball to Robert Horry, and then began to move from the weak side to the corner three-pointer. However, Stephen moved from a 45-degree angle on the strong side to the weak side. When the two met in the middle, they went around each other. In this way, the defensive players behind each of them also changed. Became Stackhouse, and behind Tony Parker became Josh Howard.

Stackhouse's defense was much worse than that of Josh Howard. Robert Horry immediately handed the ball to Stephen. After Stephen received the ball, he immediately turned around and prepared to attack the basket. Stackhouse reached out to block, and Stephen turned around. While bullying further, he began to play Stackhouse with back singles.

The height and shape of the two are basically the same, but Stackhouse is 32 years old, while Stephen is not yet 19 years old, and Stephen has always been known for his strength. When facing Stackhouse, Stephen feels It was so easy to get in.

Seeing that Stephen was about to enter the basket, Stackhouse had no choice but to push it with all his strength. He felt the strength of the backside began to increase, and Stephen also increased his strength, and the two collided with each other with a bang. Together, and then Stackhouse fell to the ground with a plop.

Stephen stopped immediately, but soon he found that the referee didn't blow the whistle to stop the game. Stephen quickly turned around and made a layup, scoring two points. However, Stephen felt strange in his heart. In such a situation, either an offensive foul is imposed on oneself, or a blocking foul is imposed on the opponent, but this time the referee didn't award anything.

Fortunately, Robert Horry came to answer his questions. Robert Horry told Stephen that generally speaking, the intensity of confrontation in the playoffs will increase, and the referee will relax enforcement, otherwise the game will not be able to proceed. And the Spurs as the home team naturally have certain preferential treatment. This is a normal commercial game, and the purpose of the game is to please the fans, so if there are similar things, no matter whether the referee calls a foul or not, your own offense must not stop. .

Stephen nodded immediately to show that he understands, isn't it tough? Just hit harder. In the past, Stephen always had to be careful about his own strength. For this reason, the coaching staff also specially discussed Stephen's foul problem. Later, Stephen slowly adjusted himself , To adapt to the strength of the referee, this problem was solved, but Stephen was always being cautious and did not dare to exert force, which felt very aggrieved.

Hearing this good news, Stephen felt like a flower blossomed in his heart. Isn’t it possible to play in such a way? When defending Josh Howard, Stephen suddenly increased his intensity compared to just now. Josh Howard Immediately, I couldn't adapt, and then watched the ball in my hand being stolen by Stephen.

Although Stackhouse quickly ran to the front to prevent Stephen's fast break, and then after Stephen passed the ball to Tony Parker, Jason Terry blocked Tony Parker again. The Spurs' fast break plan was disrupted and they had to go back. The mode of going to the position to attack.

In the positional attack mode, Stephen's Spurs' offensive system ranks in the second place. Although the inside players have changed, the offensive tactics have not changed much. Robert Horry lobbed the ball to Duncan Afterwards, Duncan did not make a strong attack, but retreated outwards. After cooperating with Stephen, he handed the ball to Stephen and blocked Josh Howard for Stephen.

Dampier quickly turned around to deal with Stephen's attack. He has sent out four big hats today, namely Duncan, Robert Horry, Tony Parker and Michael Finley, but there is no Stephen, so he is very arrogant and expecting Stretched his long arms, opened his big hands, and rushed towards Stephen.

Stephen squatted down and made a move to take off, and Dampier immediately jumped into the air. His impression of Stephen was still a guy with excellent jumping and abnormal body, but his skills were very average, so he didn't improve Stephen. Take precautions, just reach out to cover him directly.

When he jumped into the air, he found that Stephen had been squatting on the ground for far longer than he had expected. When Dampier started to fall, Stephen took off, knocked Dampier out in the air, and then Dunk the ball into the hoop.

This kind of obvious cheating and fouling is easy to annoy the opponent, but it easily ignites the passion of the audience. The roar of mountains and tsunami is coming, and many fans are waving all kinds of cheering equipment in their hands. Excited for Stephen's performance, but when Stephen made a free throw, the audience became silent again.

Stephen missed the free throw. The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced high. Stephen rushed over to grab the rebound and dunked it. Unfortunately, his wishful thinking was seen through by the opponent, and Josh Howard blocked it immediately. In front of Stephen, Nowitzki jumped in the air at [-] meters and [-] meter and grabbed the rebound.

If Stephen is allowed to complete another dunk, it is equivalent to an offensive opportunity to allow Stephen to score four points. equalized.

"Little General" Johnson was waving his arms off the field and yelled at the players on the field. This ball is very important to the Mavericks. If they continue to be defended by the Spurs, the lead after halftime will be gone. And once a team like the Spurs enters a stalemate, the Mavericks will definitely suffer.

At this time, Nowitzki is the only one who stands out. His offensive range is one of the few big players all over the court. He has a certain ability to attack the basket and has excellent breakthrough skills. He has a good touch on the shooting and three-point line, especially a guard-level fadeaway jumper is his signature move.

Facing Robert Horry, Nowitzki had an overall advantage in terms of height, strength, and speed. With an easy squeeze and acceleration, Nowitzki broke through Robert Horry's defense line, and then faced the rapid Nowitzki didn't dare to be so careless when he defended Duncan who came over. Before Duncan came over, Nowitzki immediately shot a fadeaway jumper.

Just when Nowitzki had just shot the ball, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of the ball and fanned the ball out of the sideline with a palm. It was Stephen who saw the ball while defending Josh Howard. Ski had already made up his mind that he would not hand over the singles to others, so he suddenly took two steps to Nowitzki's side, jumped high and blocked the ball.

Since Stephen blocked the ball out of the sideline, the Mavericks still own the ball, but this attack only gave the Mavericks seven seconds left, and it was still Nowitzki who sank his shoulders after receiving the ball and did Out of the movement about to break through, Robert Horry immediately took a step back dignifiedly. Who knew it was just a fake move, Nowitzki immediately raised his hand to shoot, the ball flew into the basket spinning, driving the rope dangling go.

The gap became four points again, and the Spurs once again calmly fell into the positional battle mode, but although the tactics ran out, Meyer Finley's three-pointer did not fall into the basket, but Stephen The crowd scrambled to the basket, and the ball was still in the hands of the Spurs.

After grabbing the rebound, Dampier and Josh Howard surrounded him and just double-teamed Stephen in the middle. Stephen felt that Duncan should be right behind him, so he lowered his head and sent the ball from his two. A blow passed between the legs through Dampier's legs.

Stephen didn't have such a tacit understanding with Duncan, but Duncan's basketball IQ made up for this problem. From the moment Stephen was short, Duncan rushed over to meet Stephen, just in time to see Stephen pass the ball from the four legs Come over, catch the ball immediately, raise your hand, and put the ball into the basket.

Stephen and Duncan high-fived to celebrate the cooperation between the two. After coming to the Mavericks' half court, the ball still reached Nowitzki's hands, and this time Duncan went to defend Nowitzki himself. Nowitzki Key tried a few times and found that the success rate might not be high, so he passed the ball to Stackhouse again.

Stackhouse faced Tony Parker, who was not as tall and strong as himself, and immediately broke through forcibly. At this time, Stephen rushed over to help defend, and Stackhouse made a move to pass the ball to Josh Howard. False action, trying to attract Stephen's defense, who knew that Stephen was unmoved at all, and continued to firmly block in front of him, so he had no choice but to jump up and shoot immediately.

Stackhouse's jump shot hit the backboard, landed on the edge of the hoop, rolled half a circle, flipped out, and fell into the hands of Dampier, who wanted to use his physical advantage to overpower the ball. Hit Robert Horry, but Robert Horry stepped back half a step on the surface and relaxed his defense, but at the moment he shot, he hit the ball hard from his hands.

The ball fell to the floor and bounced towards Josh Howard. When Josh Howard was about to get the ball, Stephen rushed over to catch the ball, and then threw it forward. There was no one in front of him. Everyone thought that Stephen was making a mistake, but who knew that Stephen rushed over quickly to catch up with the ball that was about to fly out of the baseline, and then turned around for a layup. While scoring two points, he also tied the score. The score was tied for the first time since the start of the game.