i am legend

Chapter 465
Ever since the Spurs moved out of their former giant arena, the Alamo Dome, they've been playing great games year after year!
Except for the championship in the shrinking season that year, the Alamo Arena did not still bring good luck to the Spurs!
Sitting in the bus, looking at the brand-new exterior wall of the SBC Arena outside the window, Bruce couldn't help but think of the extremely powerful Spurs home court in his previous life!
Since the Spurs moved into this new arena, their home stadium, with the support of the fans, no matter which team it is, it seems very difficult to come to this arena.

And only from the Spurs' 87% winning rate at home, we can see how difficult this home is to conquer!
As the bus slowly drove into the underground parking lot of the SBC Arena, Bruce took a deep breath, glanced at the Warriors players who got off the bus one after another, and couldn't help secretly worrying about them!

Barkley, standing beside Bruce, seemed to feel his worry, patted him on the shoulder, and said confidently: "They can't stop us from winning the championship!!"

"Uh." Bruce turned his head in amazement, looked at the confident Barkley, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Haha, just like your words, I hope no one can stop our pace!"

Afterwards, Bruce and others followed the players and entered the arena one after another!

In order to prepare for the game that is about to start at night, after the Warriors flew to San Antonio, they took a short break and came directly to the arena.

However, when they changed their clothes one after another and walked out of the player tunnel, the Spurs players had already started a series of warm-ups and simple training!

"Hi, Greg!" Bruce walked towards Popovich with a smile on his face. When he passed Carter and other Warriors veterans, he even warmly hugged and greeted them!

Popovich looked coldly at Bruce and his "team members" saying hello. When Bruce came to his side, Popovich twitched his lips slightly as a smile, shook hands and said: "You All right, Bruce!"

"Hehe, it's such a pleasure to see you again!" Bruce still kept his smile. He didn't think it was a good thing to have a deadlock with Popovich!

"Hehe!" Popovich smiled lightly, and then turned his head to look at the court!

The sudden silence caused Bruce to be surrounded by embarrassment. He originally wanted to exchange some pleasantries, but in this awkward atmosphere, he had no choice but to leave!

A flash of anger flashed in his eyes, Bruce turned his head and glanced at Popovich who was still looking at the court, then turned around and muttered, "Oh, it seems we won't be coming back here again!"

Suddenly hearing Bruce's "whispering" muttering, Popovich looked angry, stared at Bruce's back and gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn Bruce, damn Warriors!! We will not lose this series of!!"

An unpleasant meeting, as Duncan and the Spurs players talked and laughed, the atmosphere finally eased a bit!
Seeing that Popovich, who was not in a good mood, left the arena not far away, Barkley turned his head and glanced at the snickering Bruce, and asked curiously: "Boss, what did you say just now?" What's interesting??"

"Haha, I just said we won't come back again!" Thinking of Popovich's constipated expression, Bruce couldn't help laughing out loud!

Hearing Bruce's laughter, even though Barkley and others heard what he said, there was nothing funny about it after all.

Seeing Bruce laughing all of a sudden now, they couldn't help muttering, then shook their heads and walked towards the court!

After two hours of adapting to the venue, even though this is a new arena, the players found some small "traps" in some floors on the court.

Sitting on the bus returning to the hotel, Barkley had a flash of disdain on his face, and shouted loudly: "The Spurs' home court is still too good, and Boston's home court is called "professional level"!"

Hearing Barkley's yelling, after comparing with the other players, they all agreed with his words!

In the NBA, in the seemingly flat court floor, every team will make some small changes on the floor, some of the floor "gap" is too large, and some are simply sunken so slightly !

Although every team knows these little unspoken rules, after all, no player will remember these traps of each team all day and all night.

"Man, I hate these little tricks!" Starks said a little depressed, he had obviously been greeted on a certain team's court!
Listening to the players' complaints, Bruce shook his head secretly when he thought of the well-known small trap of the Warriors under the basket, and couldn't help but smile!
Back at the hotel, the players washed up briefly, and took their belongings to the restaurant of the hotel!

After coming to San Antonio, the Warriors players, under Barkley's proposal, did not choose to put the salute in the hotel, but everyone carried the salute with them!

Judging from the expressions of the players, they are obviously very confident in the victory of this game!
"Charles, what if we lose this game?? Are you going to carry the salute back to the hotel again?" Bruce looked at Barkley who was sitting next to him, glanced at the salute at his feet, and couldn't help asking playfully road.

"Hehe, we will definitely win this game, and we will return to the hotel with our heads held high!!!" Barkley didn't make a joke this time, but replied very seriously!
Hearing what Barkley said, Bruce subconsciously looked at the others, and after seeing them confidently discussing the Western Conference Finals, he was completely convinced by their confidence!
After a nutritious dinner, everyone in the Warriors brought their salutes and took the bus to the home court of the Spurs!

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when the Warriors' bus drove into the SBC arena, a large number of fans also drove out of the arena!

Entering the arena, Bruce and others went straight to the players' locker room, chasing and intercepting many media around them, but they did not choose to accept the corresponding interview!
"Guys, let's get ready!" Barkley suddenly shouted to all his teammates after pushing open the door of the locker room. From the firmness in his tone, it can be seen that his blood is already boiling up!

"Haha, let's have a good fight!!" Starks was obviously most in tune with Barkley, and the moment he finished speaking, the rest of the people responded one after another!

Seeing the heat in the locker room, Bruce clenched his fists and left here with a hint of excitement!
In the Spurs locker room, while Popovich was explaining the tactics, he also explained the defense to Arenas and the others in a very serious manner.

In the last game, Popovich was really depressed for several days because of the poor performance of Arenas and Carter on the defensive end!
Now, seeing that the game is about to start, even though the defensive attitudes of Carter and Arenas have changed a lot in the previous training, Popovich seems not so relieved!
"This will be a very important game. If we still want to advance, we must play tougher!" Popovich said to all the players in a blunt tone. After he glanced at Carter and the others, his tone He said suddenly and coldly: "I don't want to see you guys slack in defense in this game, otherwise I won't let him continue to appear on the court!! Do you understand???"

"clear!!"

After getting the players' response, Popovich secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help worrying about the Warriors' bench!
At [-] o'clock in the evening, as a large number of fans filled all the seats little by little, the Warriors and Spurs finally came out of the player tunnel!

"This game will be an extremely important game for us. Once we lose the victory at home, the final outcome can already be seen!" George Gervin sat in the commentary booth with a dignified expression, speaking to the two teams The comparison between the advantages and disadvantages, can not help but feel worried for the Spurs!

Before the game, George Gervin heard some gossip from the Warriors. After learning that they were carrying luggage to the game, he couldn't help but feel even heavier!

According to the NBA's competition system, after the Warriors have won their consecutive victories at home, they will come to the Spurs for two consecutive away games!
As long as the Warriors can win at least one game against the Spurs, there is no suspense in the last three rotation games!

"boom!!!"

As the players from both sides entered the arena, all the fans in the stands suddenly seemed like bombs that had been detonated. They used their loudest volume to send great pressure to the Warriors in this way!

And hearing the hustle and bustle that kept coming into their ears, no matter how good the mentality of the Warriors players was, they would inevitably feel a little bit of irritability and depression!

"Damn it, today's SBC feels terrible!!" Barkley muttered to himself, frowning. He looked at the expressions of his teammates and found that they were just like himself, showing irritability and depression. I can't help but feel a little worried!
"Guys, cheer up, I don't want to lose face in front of these Texans!!" Seeing that Barkley had no better way, he could only yell at the others loudly!

Hearing Barkley's words, the rest of the players showed serious expressions!
"We want to win this victory, not only this one, but we will end the battle here in the next one!!" Barkley looked at his teammates with a serious expression, thinking of the confidence and decision of everyone before, his eyes There was a strong fighting spirit, and he shouted loudly: "Don't forget what the purpose of our salute competition is!!"

Barkley's words finally had some effect. The faces of the current Warriors players are no longer full of irritability, but gradually transformed into his high fighting spirit!

(End of this chapter)