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After defeating the Mavericks and getting a good start to the season, the Spurs rushed back to San Antonio overnight. On the second day, there was still a fierce battle waiting for them. The opponent was the upstart of the league, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by "Little Emperor" LeBron James .

The Cavaliers reached the semi-finals last season. This offseason, the Cavaliers have been looking for a suitable helper for the little emperor in the free market. However, because the contract of Larry Hughes occupies a lot of space, the Cavaliers now only have Larry Hughes. A tens of millions of contracts.

But next season, the little emperor should get the maximum salary next season, and the contracts of other players on the team are not small. Ilgauskas has an annual salary of 940 million, Drew Gooden 660 million, Eric Snow's 610 million, plus Larry Hughes' 320 million, the starting lineup alone is more than 4000 million, plus Marshall's more than 500 million, the remaining nine people are more than the basic salary. The salary cap is over, so the Cavaliers' salary space is not so generous.

Moreover, none of the Cavaliers' big-contract players has a contract that is close to expiration, and there is not a super-value contract, which creates obstacles for the transaction. No one likes such a player. , or the pursuit of useful players.

Among the players of the Cavaliers, basically they can only barely match their contracts. Only Larry Hughes has a long and fat contract. After signing him, his performance is not very good. Originally, the Cavaliers wanted to find a helper for the little emperor to reduce his pressure outside. As a result, after Larry Hughes came, he could not resolve the conflict with the little emperor on the ball. At the same time, his body was constantly injured. It seems that this contract is a bit rubbish.

Otherwise, with his average of 22 points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists and [-] steals per game, he is worth more than [-] million contracts. Although the data of the contract year is a bit uncertain, but La Richus is not so weak, the key is that his conflict with LeBron James cannot be resolved.

The head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, is an old acquaintance of the Spurs. When the Spurs won the championship in [-], he was still the assistant coach of the team. So before the game, Mike Brown came in front of **Vich. Very respectfully chatted with ** Weiqi a few words.

But in the game, Mike Brown was merciless to the Spurs. He himself was a student of Vicki, and his coaching philosophy focused on defense, while the offense was mainly completed by James' super personal ability. In the game, he used his understanding of the Spurs' tactics to defend the direct Spurs' tactical connection points, making the Spurs unable to play the tactics they are used to.

Not to mention the defense of the Spurs. Two such teams meeting together is uglier than the Spurs meeting the Pistons. points, although they only scored 23 points.

Under James' full care, Stephen only scored six points, but James scored nine points. It's not that his offense is stronger than Stephen's, and it's not that Stephen's defensive ability has declined, but that Stephen doesn't have as many shots as him.

Duncan has never played very well when he met the big and tall players of Ilgauskas, but today, when the team encountered difficulties and was defended at other points, he couldn't help but stand up. In the second quarter, the Spurs did not replace all the substitutes as they did in the past, but just replaced Oberto, replaced by Robert Horry, replaced Michael Finley, who made zero three shots in the first quarter, and replaced Gee. Nobili.

After Ginobili came on the court, his flexible technical characteristics and offensive methods finally penetrated the defense of the Cavaliers. The Spurs slowly began to close the score, and Stephen, driven by Ginobili, also performed better. Rise and even hit James with a two-plus-one.

But suddenly, while defending James, Drew Gooden came over to cover James, and accidentally stepped on Stephen's foot. I don't know if it was intentional, and this foot happened to step on Stephen's injury. above the feet.

Stephen grinned immediately, although it didn't hurt very much, but he just stepped on the place where he was injured last time, and Vicky stood up worriedly when he saw this, although the referee called Drew Gooden a screen foul, but because the Cavaliers The team has not yet known four fouls, so there is no need for free throws.

**After seeing Stephen's reaction, Vicky asked Bruce Bowen to stand up, replaced Stephen, and returned to the bench. Stephen immediately took off his shoes and took a look. Sure enough, the original good point was almost the same It became red and swollen again.

After the team doctor came to check and found that there was no problem, he made a simple ice bag for Stephen and wrapped his feet in it. After all, with such an injury, it would be too overwhelming to put an ice bucket here. Put one foot in the ice bag and watch the game.

After Stephen left the field, the impact on the Spurs was huge. Not only in terms of defense, Bruce Bowen could not limit the little emperor James at all, but also on the offensive end, he could not replace Stephen's role. By the end of the first half, the Spurs had nothing to lose The score gap was narrowed, but it was widened to nine points.

During the intermission, the team doctor brought an ice bucket directly to Stephen. For sports injuries, this is the most common treatment method. Get a water with ice cubes and put the injured part in it. In a low temperature environment, the growth of bacteria can be reduced and internal bleeding can be reduced.

After applying ice for a period of time, Stephen felt that his feet were no longer felt. Of course, the feeling of pain was gone, but for the sake of safety, **Vich still did not arrange him to play. I can't handle it a bit, and the score has been unable to get closer.

Finally, taking advantage of the few minutes when the little emperor James was off the court, he replaced Brent Barry to enhance the team's offensive ability and replace Bruce Bowen, who made [-] of [-] shots. good.

After Robert Horry missed consecutive shots from outside the three-point line, he was very emotional. In the process of grabbing a rebound, he almost fought with Marshall. **Vichick had to replace him with Elson Come down, even sitting down, Robert Horry still looks so angry.

Stephen felt that his emotions were very wrong. Normally, with his experience, he shouldn't be so angry because of such a small thing, but Robert Horry was angry but it seemed very real. Stephen hurriedly asked him what was going on. .

"Didn't you notice that our game today was very difficult, and everything was not smooth." Robert Horry gulped down Gatorade, and after finishing a bottle of Gatorade, he put down the bottle and faced Stephen said.

"What's going on?" Stephen also felt a little uncomfortable, but he had always been a role outside the tactical system. Although he didn't feel very comfortable, it was not that serious.

"It's not that guy, we've already guessed all our tactics." Robert Horry pointed to Mike Brown over there with his chin, and after talking about the origin of the two teams, Stephen understood, and said in surprise: "No Yes, he has been away for so many years, isn't the team's tactics constantly changing, can he still be so accurate?"

"You also know, this tactic, it's not just a few tricks that have been changed, and the main players have not changed. The main reason is that you are not on the field. If you are on the field, their defense will not be so easy. You He is a player born to play stalemate." Robert Horry looked at Stephen, if Stephen was on the court, in addition to attracting the attention of the defense, he could also rely on strength to beat the opponent. Without Stephen, the Spurs would have less A fortified weapon.

"Then I will ask the coach to play." Stephen wanted to stand up and ask for a fight, but was pressed down by Robert Horry: "If you need to play, the coach will naturally let you play, and if you don't let you play, just explain You don’t need it yet, don’t try to be brave.”

Sure enough, after Vitch glanced at this side, he dispatched Ginobili and Michael Finley's forward-back combination. It can be seen that Vitch doesn't want the team to rely too much on Stephen, while Ginobili and Michael After Fin came on the court, although the gap was narrowed by a few points in a short time, when the little emperor James came on the court, he was quickly pulled back by him.

Stephen just sat on the sidelines and waited until the end of the game. **Vitch didn't send him on the field, and the Spurs also lost the game. Although the Spurs launched a counterattack at the last moment, the Cavaliers The defense is still unbreakable. When encountering such a team, the Spurs know how other teams feel when they encounter themselves.

The difference is just a few points, but I just can't catch up. With a score of 81 to 88, the two teams have very low scoring and shooting percentages. This kind of game is the most despised in the league. Every time I see such a game, Davis Turn will have a headache. If every team plays like this, his global promotion plan will not be completed at all.

This is also one of the reasons why he resisted the spread of the Spurs. Fortunately, not everyone is like Mike Brown. General Johnson is good. Afterwards, many media reporters asked about Stephen's injury with concern, and Vicki left in a hurry without elaborating. Although Stephen left the field on his own, people still doubted the seriousness of his injury.

The team has discipline. When interviewing reporters, it is strictly forbidden to disclose such things as personal injuries to the media. This can only be released by the team. Some are for the team’s tactical needs, and some are for the sake of transactions are kept confidential.

Like Stephen, there is obviously no problem, but if the head coach doesn’t say anything, he can’t tell the media that he has no injuries at all. Isn’t this a slap in the face of the coach, as if there is no problem at all? Like the players on the injured list, when facing the media, they can only use the reasons announced by the team.

Fortunately, Stephen didn't need to be on the injured list. On the third day, when he played away against the Toronto Raptors, Stephen entered the starting lineup again. Many media didn't expect it, and the Raptors naturally didn't expect it. Stephen Scored 24 points, ten rebounds and six assists, helping the team beat the opponent 91 to [-].