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After a 15-minute intermission, the two teams returned to the court. The Spurs had replaced all the main players except Stephen. Only Stephen was replaced by Bruce Bowen, while the Suns Nash and Marion were replaced by Tim Thomas and Barbosa.

The Suns are like this, because their bench is weak, and the only few are outside players, so sometimes Marion needs to act as the team's power forward, and he was in the position of power forward in the second quarter , but still responsible for defending Stephen.

After switching to this lineup, the Suns' offense is still extremely fast, but without Nash's engine, the Suns' offense is at the level of an average team in the league, and they have no ability to break the Spurs' defense at all. However, their defense is as weak as a piece of paper, and the Spurs' offense is very open.

However, the Suns play at a very fast pace. Although the success rate of offense is not as high as when Nash was there, the number of offenses is still the same. Although the Spurs are trying to maintain their own rhythm, they still feel a little affected. After playing for more than 3 minutes, the Spurs only extended their lead to twelve points.

At this time, D'Antoni replaced Eddie House with James Jones who missed consecutive shots. After Eddie House came on the field, he used a three-pointer to prove the correctness of the coach's substitution. The Spurs' Bruce Bowen missed a three-pointer Afterwards, Eddie House scored two points for the Suns with another shot one step inside the corner three-point line, narrowing the gap to seven points in one fell swoop.

Eddie House's shot is very fast and accurate, and he can also make a quick shot in a position where there is no shot space in the eyes of others. When the Spurs' Tony Parker used Duncan's cover to bypass the defender, a chic and beautiful He made a throw, but after coming back, Eddie House made another shot from outside the three-point line.

As if driven by his touch, after the Spurs' Michael Finley missed a shot, Lagabel made another three-pointer when he came back. The gap of twelve points was only three points. Popovich Qi looked at the game time. Anyway, if he didn't call a timeout, he would still have to remember the official timeout when the ball was dead, so he might as well call a timeout at this time.

However, after a timeout was called, the situation of the Spurs still did not improve sharply. Duncan's shot deviated from the basket. Although Muhammad grabbed the rebound, he was intercepted by Diao while passing the ball, and then the Suns launched a fast break to take the rebound again. Down two points.

With only one point left, Popovich couldn't help yelling at the players on the field. After he yelled, the Spurs finally completed an effective attack. After Duncan made a position, he passed the ball Muhammad, scored two points by Muhammad.

But the Suns quickly ran across the half court, and before the Spurs' defense fell, Eddie House made another shot from outside the three-point line, and the score was equalized in this way. In the four offensives, Eddie House scored eleven points alone.

Popovich had no choice but to call a short timeout of 20 seconds, and replaced Stephen and Robert Horry, replacing Bruce Bowen and Duncan. The two went up to strengthen their own offensive capabilities, and on the other hand, it was to allow Duncan to rest for a few minutes, and then go up at the end, and Stephen's rest for a few minutes was enough for him.

Seeing that the Spurs made substitutions, the Suns also replaced Nash and Marion on the court. Eddie House, who had a good touch, remained on the court and replaced Barbosa and Tim Thomas. The Suns Still playing the idea of ​​strengthening the offense.

After re-entering the field, Robert Horry lived up to his expectations and hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, but the other side was not willing to be left behind. Marion received a pass from Nash from the outside and also hit a three-pointer. Come back After that, Stephen and Robert Horry made a jumper in the paint and scored two points after a block. The Suns followed suit. Nash and Marion made the same jumper and then made a jumper.

The two sides played ping-pong-pong until the end of the third quarter, and the score was still tied at 84-84. The Suns even scored 25 points for Nash, who could not easily score, and Stephen's score for the Spurs also reached nearly three. very.

Both sides played unreservedly. Under the defense of the Spurs, the scores of other Suns players dropped, but the scores of several major players increased. This is the difference between ability and ability. Except for Duncan who scored [-] points very steadily, the other scoring points are relatively average.

If the Spurs score is concentrated on one or two players, a situation like Stephen's means that the Spurs must have a very high score in this game, and they can be tied with the Suns in scoring. In addition to reducing the opponent's score with defense, it also increased his own score.

It would be false to say that he is satisfied with the result, but with the opponent's three-point shooting rate so high, he can still tie with the opponent. Popovich can't say that the player's performance is not good. In the stalemate situation, the Spurs have rich experience in a big game like this, and it is still very advantageous to have many old players. You can't beat a crazy offensive team like the Suns to death with a stick, so you can only slowly stalemate until the end , and then win the whole game by winning one or two rounds.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs still maintained the original lineup, and the Suns did not change their lineup easily. After the start of the game, after the two teams each played an unsuccessful offense, Nash took the lead to break the situation on the court. , and then the Spurs also followed suit.

The two sides continue this kind of game process. You sing and I come on the stage. The difference is at most one goal. Gabel's replacement made it even more difficult for the Spurs to score.

At this time, it is necessary to fight alone to reverse the situation, whether it is defense or scoring, but neither team has appeared. This situation persisted until the end of the game with only 59 minutes and [-] seconds left. Stephen was created by Marion. After blocking the foul, the Suns widened the gap to four points.

After coming back, Stephen's layup was blocked by Marion again, and then the Suns launched a fast break. Nash used the change in rhythm to easily play to Tony Parker's chasing layup and scored two points. The gap was six points, and the game was over. A great change occurred in these ten seconds, and the Suns led by as much as six points.

Popovich called a timeout without hesitation. At this time, he did not cherish the opportunity of a timeout. Once the score was opened by the Suns, it would not be so easy to catch up. The gap of two or three points was tolerable. The point gap is intolerable when the game is about to end in just over 6 minutes.

After coming down, Popovich scolded Stephen, and a bunch of slang words that Stephen couldn't understand spewed out of Popovich's mouth. Anyway, he couldn't understand, and Stephen didn't feel very angry, although he rarely enjoyed it. Treatment, but I have seen it many times. Both Duncan and Ginobili of the Spurs have super high golf quotients, and they rarely make these mistakes that need to be scolded. Parker has been scolded many times. Stephen was mentally prepared to make mistakes first.

After scolding, seeing Stephen bowed his head and remained silent, Popovich didn't mean to chase after him. Besides, the timeout was only 60 seconds. If he scolded people, what should he guide? Popovich didn't say much. What, just let the players stabilize the rhythm, and at the same time try their best to do every defense, and play their own offense according to the tactics.

But in terms of substitutions, Popovich did not replace Stephen who made a mistake, but replaced Michael Finley and replaced Ginobili. At this critical moment of chasing points, Popovich still More trust in Ginobili's control of the game situation.

Of course, the current Spurs are also inseparable from Stephen's impact at the basket and strong defense. Wrong, Popovich will not destroy the Great Wall and replace Stephen.

If you don’t listen to his words and play according to the tactics, no matter who you are, Popovich will never consider replacing you, but it’s not a subjective error like Stephen’s, that’s forgivable Within the range, so even if you scold Stephen, you still let Stephen stay on the court when you make a substitution.

And Stephen and Ginobili did not live up to his trust. As soon as they entered the field, the two of them made a contribution. Ginobili's pass passed through five people and reached Stephen's hands. Stephen was running. , suddenly noticed an unknown object flying from one side, and immediately reached out to catch it, and then his body reacted immediately, and jumped into the air.

Marion, who was running with him, also ran in the air habitually, and then stretched out his long arms to cover Stephen's hand. Who knew that Stephen had already reacted to his block after he was blocked last time. Vigilant, he immediately retracted the ball, dodged his block and then suddenly stretched out. While dunking the ball into the basket, the arms of the two people were still in contact with each other, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Stephen's down-toilet free throw appeared again in the SBC Center Arena, and the fans applauded Stephen with dignity. When Stephen made the free throw, there was no sound at all, and Stephen didn't accidentally throw the ball into the basket , There is only a three-point gap.

The Suns' offense hadn't started yet. Ginobili showed off again, successfully stealing from Lagabel, and then passed a long pass to Stephen at halftime. Stephen easily scored two points again. It only took two rounds. Individuals cooperated and scored five points, narrowing the gap to one point.

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