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Chapter 415 I Have No Destiny With Curry

The first quarter of the game ended quickly. With Manu Ginobili's final strong foul and a three-pointer, the Spurs chased 27 to 39.

During the intermission, Su Yang praised Curry for his great work and encouraged him to continue. He also warned the Lakers not to relax. In fact, they only led by eight points. The Spurs’ Danny Green also performed superbly. Strike the iron, it is easy to be tied.

Then the second quarter started.

Bryant and Gasol led the team, and Duncan, Leonard, and Ginobili played inextricably. The point difference between the two teams has not changed significantly. Thanks to Parker's absence, there is no defensive weakness.

Curry and Parker re-emerge on a timeout.

The Spurs resolutely adjusted their defensive strategy. Whenever Curry asked Dream Chaser Green to play a pick-and-roll, they boldly double-teamed Curry. Whenever Curry asked Gasol to play a pick-and-roll, they still insisted on double-teaming Curry, but provided weak side defense. Intentionally relax and let the Lakers players shoot three-pointers.

With the Spurs' powerful rotation and quick return to defense, whether Artest, Dream Chaser Green, or even Kobe, the three-point shooting percentage is not good. The Lakers' scoring efficiency has not improved because of Curry's appearance. Fortunately, for the Spurs, Gino Billy allowed Kobe to make 6 of 1 shots, Parker and Duncan also played poorly, but the Spurs scored 10 points with free throws by causing the Lakers to foul many times.

After halftime, the Lakers led the Spurs 64 to 51. The situation showed a great advantage, and only fouls suffered 14 to 7.

Curry scored 27 points and 6 assists in the half, mainly because he encountered a defensive attack in the second quarter, and only made three attempts in total.

Su Yang was interviewed by the midfielder on the sidelines, talking about how to evaluate Curry's superb performance in the first quarter, and said calmly: "This is just the beginning, and you will soon see him frequently perform similar performances. You are witnessing a legendary superstar The birth of..."

That kind of answer, accompanied by TNT's national live broadcast and webcast, quickly spread to the ears of many fans around the world.

Various discussions quickly emerged.

"Su Yang no longer used the MVP to tout Curry, but exaggeratedly switched to legendary superstars, but as far as we saw in the second quarter, the simple double-team delay was enough to limit Curry's extraordinary performance. Let me think about who was the last legendary superstar to be restricted by a double-team delay? Anyway, I can't think of it, but it also shows that Curry has not reached that level."

"Strictly speaking, Curry's superb performance in the first quarter is mainly attributed to Popovich, because Popovich tried a rare lineup of one big and four small, which led to the Spurs' poor defensive level on the outside. The credit goes to Su Yang, because Su Yang temporarily adjusted the rotation and arranged for Curry to continue to play. The two worked together to promote Curry to get a super good performance environment, just like LeBron leading the bench against other teams' bench players, LeBron is naturally helpless. It can be blocked, and the touch is not bad, so it is naturally supernatural.”

"Those who said that Curry's performance in the first quarter was bought by the sky game are too sour! Even if he has a matchup advantage against a poor defensive substitute, it is still a real 20+ points. Looking at the entire NBA, players who can do it are very good. Less, not too sour.

The real problem with Curry is his lack of stability. He had excellent numbers after the All-Star rookie season, but then we all learned that he seemed to have suffered an ankle injury. There were also rumors of ankle soreness in the first two rounds of this year. I think Curry is very similar. Trent Hill, indeed has super high ball skills and scoring ability, but because of their fair complexion, their body hardness is relatively poor, understand? "

The fans had a heated discussion, and also mentioned that in the previous game against the Thunder, Kobe was troubled by fouls. Curry performed a stretch and failed to lead the team to win. It seems that he was affected by ankle pain. If not, then Curry is only suitable for Be the second child.

The topic turned to what level of Curry's contract extension the Lakers should have. It may be complicated if the contract is not renewed in advance.

It is definitely impossible to let him go for nothing, and the risk of quoting the five-year maximum salary qualification is quite high, and it depends on whether there are other teams competing.

At the same time, the Lakers held a meeting in the locker room to discuss, and Su Yang focused on potential foul troubles.

After the half game, Chaser Green got 3 fouls, mainly for defending against fast breaks, and didn't grasp the scale well. Gasol also got 3 fouls, mainly for pushing Duncan a few times. Meeks also fouled [-] times. , mainly tricked by Ginobili.

Su Yang reminded him to take his time defending in the second half. There was nothing he could do at home for the Spurs.

In the third quarter, the game started in a flash. The Spurs continued their strategy of defending Curry in the second quarter, but Kobe's defense was even more fierce. They did not hesitate to let Chasing Green's three-pointers and mid-to-long-range shots be too nervous. Chasing Green is really good. Just hit the iron continuously.

Su Yang tried two conventional strategies and found that it was difficult to crack the Spurs' defense. Even after cracking it, the efficiency was very low. Instead, he let Kobe and Curry attack. Kobe's performance was average, but Curry made consecutive mistakes in a short period of time, allowing the Spurs to counterattack .

Fortunately, except for Kobe's two fouls in order to prevent the fast break, the Lakers did not lose too many points and still controlled the situation.

After three quarters, the Lakers lead 89 to 79.

Throughout the third quarter, Curry made 6 of 2 shots and 4 turnovers. Compared with the first quarter, his performance was very different.

The game entered the fourth quarter. On the Spurs side, Popovich still insisted on letting Ginobili lead the team.Su Yang was not in a hurry, and only let Curry and Chasing Dream Green lead the team. The two sides played each other in a friendly manner. It took two and a half minutes to score a wave of 4-2.

Seeing that the Lakers were only leading by 8 points, Su Yang was not in a hurry, but Popovich couldn't sit still and went all the way.

The Spurs suddenly rotated, taking advantage of Green and Gasol's fouls, they grabbed the inside line and rushed forward. In order to protect the inside line, Curry and Artest received consecutive fouls and lost 4 points. Arrange the full lineup to appear on the stage for a decisive battle.

The hand-to-hand defense followed, the referee was particularly strict about the cover whistle, and the off-ball running tactics of both teams were greatly restricted.

Between you and me, as Chasing Dream Greendio defended against a fast-break foul, the referee whistled for a timeout, and the game ended with 59 seconds left.

The Lakers led 104 to 101. Diaw stood at the free throw line and prepared to make a free throw. The audience stood up and cheered.

Taking advantage of free throw time, Su Yang called Curry to the sidelines: "No matter who is defending later, you can play one yourself first, don't think about the previous performance, play as you want, we must all the Spurs Afraid of your three-point shot..."

Curry nodded and turned back to the court. Diaw's second free throw happened to hit the net in a row, and the Spurs were only 1 point behind.

The offensive and defensive transition, the Spurs began man-to-man defense from the backcourt, Leonard actively approached Curry, Danny Green stared at Kokobe, Ginobili and Diaw teamed up to control the pass between Curry and Artest , to prevent Parker from being targeted prematurely.

"Defense!" The ATT center burst into shouts.

Curry dribbled the ball to the playoff mark on the left. Seeing Leonard standing sideways, it was clear that he was blocking the center and laying aside. He decisively gave up Kobe's cover, accelerated directly to the left wing, and stopped to observe Dior's potential defense. , Suddenly strode back and pulled back.

when!Three points hit the basket and hit the iron,

The ATT center burst into cheers instantly, but the Spurs did not have Duncan, Diaw was going to defend Curry, and Parker was defending Artest.

The Spurs basket was basically unprotected, and Popovich chose to remove Duncan in order to pursue scoring and defending three-pointers.

Seeing this, Su Yang complained: "This situation, why does it seem that I have seen it there before, and Duncan was removed and a key rebound was lost?"

In the blink of an eye, Artest ran and jumped to grab an offensive rebound, then turned around and threw it to the top of the arc. Kobe raised his hand to catch the ball.

Danny Green hurriedly pulled back to defend, while Kobe protected the ball around his waist, calmly compressing the time until the singles space appeared.

There is nothing extra to do, start it in the last eight seconds, rush past Danny Green, stop and jump on the right waist, surround the three with the Spurs on their shoulders, lean back in the air, make a mid-range shot with a limit shot, the basketball slams into the net, The Lakers lead 106 to 103.

The Spurs immediately requested a timeout, and with 29 seconds left in the game, everyone on the Lakers bench stood up to greet Kobe.

Su Yang also stood on the sidelines, gave Kobe a high-five, then called the whole team to surround him, picked up the tactical board and said: "Our priority goal to defend is Danny Green, he has hit 5 three-pointers, the secondary defensive goal It's Leonard..."

During the conversation, the whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the Lakers raised their right hands high, punching fists and shouting 123 in unison.

The game continued, and the audience stood up and watched.

The Spurs kicked off in the backcourt. Parker slowly led across the center line and passed to Dior.

Ginobili then ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, received a hand-off pass from Diao, and moved to the top of the arc to control the ball for observation.

At the same time, Diaw, who had passed the ball before, ran to the right waist and set up a wall to set up a positioning screen, while Danny Green and Leonard made cross screens without the ball in the bottom corner, which was difficult to defend and rushed Between them, the Lakers gave priority to defending against Danny Green.

According to Su Yang's arrangement, Artest slightly delayed Danny Green, and Kobe took the opportunity to stick again, but Leonard went straight to the left.

Seeing this, Ginobili threw the ball to the left wing. Parker caught the ball and turned around and passed it to the left corner. Leonard was just in place to catch the ball.

Artest rushed forward, but Leonard calmly moved half a step sideways to dodge, and threw a three-pointer steadily, and the basketball went into the net.

"YES!" The wild cheers of the Texas Redneck fans resounded through the ATT Center, and the Spurs scored 106 to tie the Lakers.

There were 18 seconds left in the game.

Su Yang waved to the court, and the Lakers will follow the plan he arranged during the timeout, and directly kick off the baseline to launch an attack.

Taking advantage of the Spurs' negligence for half a second, Curry caught the ball and quickly took it across the center line, facing Leonard three steps away from the top of the arc.

Kobe watched with his hands on his hips from the bottom corner on the right, without the slightest tension or boredom, and fully believed that Curry chose to press time to make a decision.

The last attack is either a lore or overtime.

The boos of the ATT Center exploded, and several spectators behind the technical stage yelled at Curry, and their words were quite insulting.

In the blink of an eye, the time came to the last five seconds.

Curry suddenly turned to face the basket, passed Leonard with one step, and rushed to the three-point line, hesitating with his left hand and raising his hand.

Leonard took off at the same time and raised his right hand to try to block the shot, but Curry did not join the ball, but stepped into the three-point line in one step.

Seeing this, Dior stepped forward to meet him. Seeing that Curry raised his left hand violently, as if he was about to shoot, he hurriedly raised his hands to try to interfere.

Unexpectedly, Curry pushed the ball vigorously with his left hand in the air, changed to holding the ball with his right hand, and skillfully worshiped Buddha + stopped and turned around.

Just like that, Curry easily passed Diaw, and let Leonard, who tried to take off and block the block for the second time behind him, miss again.

Amidst the horrified eyes of the crowd, Curry made a layup with a low hand, the basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, and the whistle sounded at the end of the game.

The Lakers defeated the Spurs 108 to 106, leading Oita 1 to 0 in the Western Conference finals, and the lore discussion rushed to the hot search list simultaneously.

"Cow!"

Su Yang applauded happily, and then sighed in his heart: "40 points + layup lore in a single game, I guess I have no chance with Curry."

　Facts: In real history, after Curry underwent a second ankle surgery and changed his way of exerting force, he was still absent twice in the 12-13 regular season due to ankle pain, and twice in the playoffs. He did not hesitate to play two closed games .

　　
　
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