beast basketball

Finally, the air conditioner in the visiting team's locker room has been tossed, but the Spurs can't enjoy it anymore. At the end of the game, they can come here to take a shower and change clothes, but there is no way. If you don't ask for it, maybe the next They have to do this for a game.

After a halftime break and adjustments, after the Spurs returned to the court, both defensive strength and offensive efficiency improved. However, as soon as the momentum of the Spurs picked up, the Suns immediately scored two fast breaks in a row, overwhelming the Spurs. The momentum of the team was suppressed.

Popovich yelled angrily at the players on the field below, but after a while, after another shot, the Suns quickly served the ball, and then came to shoot and score, even though the Spurs had retreated fast enough, Still too late to stop the Suns' fast-break score.

Popovich was very strange. It is understandable to say that this kind of fast break appeared unintentionally once, but it is not normal to appear so frequently, let alone four times. The Spurs have already retreated. They are about to give up offensive rebounds, but they are still a little slower than the opponent. If this is a tactic they have designed long ago, it is impossible for them to always be able to capture opportunities like this.

The Suns' fast break is not the counter fast break after a successful defense, but the serve fast break after the opponent makes a shot. This kind of fast break rarely occurs in the game. Generally, the opponent retreats directly after scoring a goal. There There is a chance for you to fast break, that is, once in a while. It is definitely an anomaly that there are several times in a single game like this.

Before Popovich found out where the problem was, he almost got a fast break by the Suns, but at this time Stephen stopped in the middle and hit the ball out of the sideline. The Suns have never been given such a chance.

Popovich hadn't noticed the clues there, and this phenomenon didn't happen anymore. He was quite puzzled, but soon he found that after his side's goals were hit, Stephen would grab them, and then Then hand it over to the referee.

When Popovich asked Stephen during the official timeout in the middle, Stephen pointed to the basket and said: "I found that the rope net under the basket here is a bit too big, and it can't hold the ball at all. Every time we shoot here After the goal, they come once, so whoever shoots, I grab it and give it to the referee, and I'll see what they do."

It was only then that Popovich realized that the Suns had tampered with the rope net, but this could not be seen from the outside, because the rope net hung there, and its function was only to slightly restrict the passage of the basketball. It is very possible to say that it is slightly larger.

Seeing D'Antoni standing there calmly with his hands on his waist, an indescribable smile flashed at the corner of Popovich's mouth. When did this guy learn this hand? If the air conditioner can be said to be an unintentional mistake, Then tampering with the rope net must be his instruction.

This kind of trick is very slight, and only teams like the Suns can use it. Even if you complain to the league, it probably won't work. The league has always been unwilling to take care of this kind of situation, just like the Kais. The floor of the North Shore Gardens, home of the Boston Celtics, and the hoop of the United Center, home of the Bulls.

Fortunately, as long as you pay attention to this kind of trick, it won't have any effect anymore, but the third quarter is almost over, and the Spurs still haven't been able to close the score, and the score is still hovering around [-] points. Popovich didn't complain about anything. For this game, the players were not prepared to win either mentally or physically. Coupled with the influence of the environment and the actions of the opponent, Popovich didn't think There is still a possibility of victory in this game.

For a seven-match game, it is normal to selectively give up a game, not to mention that this game seems to be impossible without giving up. With a wave of Popovich, the main players are all in, and the substitutes are all in. Even Stephen followed suit.

As we all know, this kind of rotation of the Spurs is not to surrender in advance. Many of the main lineups of their bench lineups have been difficult to cope with. The players on the team felt extremely uncomfortable.

It's not that I feel underestimated. After all, it's my own side that leads, but it always makes people feel a little awkward. But at this time, Ginobili led the bench to start chasing points. Robert Horry hit a three-pointer, Bruce Bowen hit a three-pointer, and Ginobili Lee broke through for a layup and created a two plus one. Although the Suns' offense was also completed, the point difference was narrowed to [-] points.

Facing Lagabel's defense, Ginobili hit a quasi-buzzer three-pointer from outside the three-point line, leaving the Suns with [-] seconds of attack time, and played most of the time. The Suns side His physical strength also declined, and eventually he missed the shot, and the gap between the two sides came to [-]. With the whistle sounded at the end of the third quarter, the players of both sides went off to rest.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs did not make major adjustments to the lineup, but after 2 minutes, they replaced Stephen and replaced Bruce Bowen, who missed consecutive shots. At this time, the gap between the two sides once again came to [-]. Three points, after Stephen came on the field, he broke through and caused a foul by Marion. Unfortunately, he only made one of the two free throws.

But then Stephen blocked Nash's shot to make up for it, and then teamed up with Ginobili to launch a fast break and scored two points again. The gap once again came to [-] points.

Popovich watched quietly from the sidelines. If the players in the team could change the situation the most, Ginobili and Stephen would be none other than Ginobili and Stephen. Although Stephen has strong explosive power, his continuous success rate of independent attacks is low. Not high, and if he cooperates with Ginobili, it just makes up for his shortcoming.

Afterwards, the two teams collectively entered the scoring entanglement stage, and it became extremely difficult for each team to score. This was not caused by defense, but that the two sides suddenly became a little less able to play, so the game time passed again, and the gap Still above ten.

At this time, Stephen began to change his offensive methods, reducing outside shots, and increasing the number of times he hit the basket. First, he succeeded in attacking Tim Thomam's foul, and at the same time made an additional free throw, and then defended against the Suns' offense again. , came back to attack the basket successfully, scored five points in a row, and narrowed the score to seven points in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the momentum of the Spurs was about to rise again, D'Antoni immediately called a 20-second timeout, but after the timeout, the Suns' offense was not completed, but turned around. A pass by Robert Horry made a two-pointer to cut the score to five.

Stephen turned into Batman and haunted everyone in the Suns. This time it was Dior. In order to avoid Nesterovich's block, he turned to Stephen's side when he shot, but Stephen rushed over , and pulled the ball cap off.

However, seeing that victory was within reach, the Suns retreated a lot more aggressively. Seeing that the ball had fallen into the hands of the Spurs, the Suns huffed and retreated, leaving no chance for a fast attack. Spurs, seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, Stephen threw the ball to Van Exel and ran towards the half.

The Spurs fell into a positional battle mode. The ball was in the hands of Ginobili. The small steps accelerated, and Marion was thrown behind. Dio barely turned around in a hurry, and stood in front of Stephen.

It is impossible to close it anymore. Although the opponent is standing outside the reasonable collision zone, but he has already started his momentum, but the opponent has not yet stabilized. Stephen throws the ball in his hand to the basket, and then faces Dior. I rushed over, and if you miss the target, you will be fouled first.

The referee's whistle blew as expected, but the gesture made by the referee was Stephen's offensive foul. Although the ball thrown by Stephen also fell into the basket, it was useless. Although the number of free throws had not yet been reached, the ball But the right to the hands of the Suns.

Stephen turned his head around and curled his lips. If he followed the referee's expression, it would probably be considered a provocation to the referee. It would be even less worthwhile if there was another technical foul. However, the referee obviously did not let Stephen off so easily. Maybe they guessed Stephen's dissatisfaction. During the defense process, Stephen just collided with Nash a little, and was judged an illegal defense by the referee.

Originally, Stephen only fouled three times, and the time just now was only four fouls. In the case of more than half of the fourth quarter, the foul was not considered serious, but adding this time, it would be five fouls. , Once again will be fouled out.

At this time, Stephen must be replaced, otherwise the referee will think that you don’t take them seriously, and will continue to target Stephen. Of course, sometimes, superstars or insignificant players can stay on the court. One is The bet is that the referee dare not really drive him off, and the other is that the referee will not deliberately target such a player.

But people like Stephen are not yet qualified to ask for big cards from the referee, and at the same time, with his reputation, he will not be ignored by the referee, so Popovich immediately gave instructions for substitutions. At the same time, he used his tall body to cut Stephen from the referee's sight, otherwise, if the referee saw Stephen's expression, he would definitely give Stephen a technical foul.

When Stephen's anger was finally extinguished and he started to walk off the field, the referee came over to look at Stephen's expression. Stephen glared at him, rationally restrained his urge to punch, and snorted. Walked over with a sound.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I was really tired last night. At noon, I was in the sun for more than three hours in the high temperature of nearly [-] degrees. When I got home, I took a cold bath, and then I couldn’t support it anymore. I just sat If I don't get there, my whole body seems to be paralyzed. I'll see if I can make up for it after a few days. I'm really busy these days.