Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 50
Popovich breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the score was successfully approached, it was obviously a lot of pressure for the Spurs to slash sharks regardless of the cost. After all, there is still about one and a half quarters left, and whether there are so many cannon fodder is a problem.

As for the booing from the Staples home audience, Popovich pretended not to hear it.

O'Neal was replaced to calm the mentality that was on the verge of explosion, and Okur and Wallace partnered inside.

Malik Rose made a technical free throw and the Spurs continued to attack.

When it comes to left-handed players, everyone will think of God's left-handed Chris Mullin and left-handed magician Lamar Odom, but few people will remember that David Robinson's left hand was also a presence in the vertical and horizontal alliance.It's just that in the MVP season, there was a series that was blown up by Dameng, which made his reputation take a turn for the worse, and he became a brush and a softie in everyone's mouth.

The reason is that the general's ability to break double-teams is weak. Facing the full-time double-teaming of Olajuwon and Holly, he cannot find open teammates and can only choose a very inefficient storm.And Dameng's excellent ability to distribute the ball made it impossible for the Spurs to use double-team tactics against him. They can only hope that the general can limit him one-on-one. Unfortunately, the ending is disappointing.

Duncan has played half a quarter in a row as the main offensive point, and his physical fitness has declined. Seeing Okur's appearance, the Spurs shifted the offensive center to the general.

The admiral received the ball with his back, turned around with his right foot as the axis, put his left foot behind him, and made a fake shot. After pointing Okur's center of gravity, he took a step forward with his left foot and hit the ball with his left hand.

The movement vaguely has the shadow of that year, but the take-off height and speed are too far apart. If it is at its peak, this turn should be followed by an explosive one-handed slam dunk.

The score was tied.

After O'Neal and Wallace left the Lakers' formation, the space suddenly spread out. Malik Rose and the general were on the outside by Stephen Jackson and Okura respectively, while Mason sank to the low post to receive the ball, and the opponent's It's Duncan.

Bryant passed the ball to Mason, and before Steve Smith, who was defending him, could react, he suddenly accelerated and cut from Mason to the basket.

Mason pouted his butt and put Smith, who had hurried back to the defense, behind him, but turned his left hand from Duncan's waist and passed the ball to Kobe who was cutting.

Duncan quickly switched defenses, but Kobe had already taken off and easily dunked with both hands.

After the general made a goal, the Spurs continued to hand him the ball, this time he attacked from the high post.

Even in his twilight years, the admiral's superb footsteps were not something the immature Okur could resist. The admiral's simple step and turn around shook Okur out of his favorable defensive position.

Another golden figure appeared on the left in time, and at the moment when the general tried to collect the ball, he stretched out his claws and cut off the ball with his palm!
It was Stephen Jackson. He let go of Malik Rose who was standing in the bottom corner, came to help defend, and successfully intercepted the under-prepared general.

Kobe's reaction was extremely quick. Seeing that Jackson had succeeded in stealing the ball, he had already started to make a quick move. After receiving a pass from Jackson, he made a one-handed dunk.

Popovich requested a timeout.The Lakers changed to a small lineup, and Malik Rose's presence on the court is not very meaningful. There are two towers inside, and it is not his turn to attack inside.The Spurs replaced Rose with Daniels at two point guards and moved Steve Smith to small forward.

Duncan was replaced by Mason. Although he was also not tall, Mason was 30 pounds heavier than Ben, which made him relatively less disadvantaged when defending.

Mason resorted to the fierce defense of the New York gangsters, lowered his center of gravity, and harassed Duncan continuously. In this way, he could wait for the opportunity to cut off the low-quality pass. Second, he could withdraw the defensive position in time to avoid failure due to the circle. Being lobbed directly to the basket.

The two entangled in the low post, as if in a wrestling match.

Parker hesitated for a while, and finally did not choose to hand the ball to Duncan, but broke through and threw it himself. The speed of the French sports car was too fast, and Fisher couldn't stop it at all. He watched the basketball head-on into the basket. .

The Lakers attacked, Steve Smith concentrated on marking Kobe, and handed over Stephen Jackson to Daniels. Facing an opponent who was much shorter than himself, Stephen Jackson chose to force a breakthrough.

Daniels had no choice but to stop with a foul.

The sequelae of the previous shark-killing tactics have now appeared. The Spurs fouled early, and each foul would send the Lakers to the free throw line. The Lakers, who replaced Wallace and O'Neal, had enough space to attack the Spurs' defense.

Stephen Jackson made both free throws.

The Spurs resolutely let Duncan and Robinson take turns attacking the Lakers' inside line, while Stephen Jackson boldly double-teamed, Kobe marked Smith on the outside line, Fisher marked Daniels, and let go of Parker, whose shooting was unstable.

For the Lakers, Okur pulled the general to the outside. Others, including Fisher, rushed to the basket to attack Duncan's inside line when they had the opportunity. In addition, Mason spared no effort in frantic hand-to-hand consumption, so Duncan had no chance to breathe.

The score was always tight, and the efficiency of both sides in the third quarter was extremely low. Coupled with the shark hacking in the first half of the quarter, it can be said that it contributed to the longest and ugly third quarter of the season so far.

68 to 66, the Lakers temporarily lead into the fourth quarter.

Shaquille O'Neal and Wallace reappear, and they are partnered with Bowen, Richmond and Kobe.

The Spurs replaced Duncan, who played the entire third quarter, and brought back Malik Rose and McCaskill.

The main defense against O'Neal became Rose. Unlike the way Mason dealt with Duncan just now, Rose stepped up, lowered his center of gravity, put his hands on O'Neal's waist, and pushed him out of the three-second zone with all his strength.Sharks that leave the three-second zone will lose [-]% of their power.

But the Spurs without the twin towers were unable to cope with Kobe's breakthrough at all. Steve Smith, known as the Jordan terminator, became the Maginot line of defense, ravaged by Kobe's changing methods, and gradually regained his mid-range shooting touch. With consecutive shots, the point difference quickly came to 6 points.

Popovich hurriedly replaced McCaskill in exchange for Duncan.Shi Fu hadn't even breathed a few breaths before he was about to go into battle again and fight with the Lakers.

Big Ben seems to have been inspired by Mason's defense just now. Instead of blindly defending passively, he used his fairly good flexibility to block the passing route of the Spurs to Duncan.

Duncan's catch became difficult, and the Spurs could only rely on Parker and Steve Smith's piecemeal scoring, and the point difference soon reached double digits again.

Popovich waved his hand, and Cherokee Parks came to the technical table again, ready to explode on the field.

The Zen master immediately replaced Mason and Ben Wallace. As for O'Neill, let him prove that he is not bragging about free throws at critical moments.

In Parks' 3 attempts to hack the shark, O'Neal made 6 of 4 free throws and his performance was fairly stable. However, Mason's tough defense against Duncan made the Spurs never close the score. 89 to 82, the Lakers beat the Spurs with difficulty.

The coaches of both sides shook hands.You can't see anything from Popovich's expression, but everyone knows that if the Spurs meet the Lakers in the playoffs this season, and both sides are healthy, the winner will still be the Lakers. It's all, and the Lakers still have an important outside firepower, Arenas, who is in a truce.

Since the Kings overturned and lost to the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden Arena, the Lakers regained their exclusive position in the league.

　马刺其实包夹过大梦一场，然后大梦的回应是42分9篮板8助攻5盖帽……系列赛35.3分12.5篮板5助攻4.2盖帽，强无敌。

　　
　
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