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Chapter 259 Save Face
A defeat poured on every Spurs player like ice water.

In two consecutive games, the performance was too poor. In the locker room, Popovich continued to attack with anger, which delayed the post-match press conference by 10 minutes.

Popovich went for an interview first. Although Xiao Hang is the leader of the team, he is not the leader in the locker room, he is just the leader on the court.

The boss of the locker room is Mills, Gay, and Gasol.

Mills and Gay first self-criticism, Gasol also began to talk about chicken soup.

Everyone has a sense of shame. Originally, they wanted to win four games in a row at home. However, Xiao Hang scored 53 points and lost. This responsibility cannot be escaped.

The atmosphere in the Spurs locker room has always been very good. Mills is the owner of happy, and Gay and Gasol are exactly the same. Thinking that Gay can calm Cousins, the Spurs are even more okay, and Gasol But the second consecutive championship, the highest status in the team, must be given face.

At this time, Xiao Hang has to talk, encourage everyone, and strive for the next victory. After all, the next game is not so easy. Although the Heat are not very talented, they have a neat lineup, with Butler on the outside and Bai Bai on the inside. On the other hand, although the East is only ranked sixth, Butler has made 3 lore shots this season, and the Heat are very tenacious.

Whiteside is still very powerful in scrambling the ball. After losing weight, his bounce increased and his wingspan also exploded. Although Isaac touched the basketball almost at the same time, Whiteside's strength is better. After losing weight to 250 pounds, this The weight has found a balance between low-post defense and flexibility. Olajuwon's peak weight is only 255 pounds, and the defense and defense are top-notch. As long as you have enough strength and practice your footwork well, you don’t need to weigh too much. At the end of his career, Duncan also lost weight to 250-255 pounds, and his low-post dominance still exploded. Not the most important criterion, even a bit redundant.

The Heat gave Whiteside the first ball.

The 250-pound Whiteside is still very lethal against the 225-pound Isaac, easily squeezing to the basket and making a small hook.

Adelaide and Isaac signaled that Adelaide, as a good old man, is also for the team's victory. After all, the team wins, the more he contributes, the more he can guarantee the last contract of his career. This is why many people break out in the contract year , Many people have no problem with their technical brains. Otherwise, how could they be selected into the NBA, but they "lose" themselves when they get millions of dollars or even tens of millions of dollars at once, until they have to fight for the next contract. The horsepower is fully turned on, and the data doubles.

Murray dribbled the ball across the half and gave it to Xiao Hang, who made a direct breakthrough against Butler.

Although the Heat have forward runners like Johnson, Winslow, and Adebayor, due to tactical problems, the 4th position is Olynyk, a very talented space-type [-]th position, with three-pointers. He has a breakthrough and is very shrewd. Although the inside line is not good at defense, he always has his own disgusting method.

Olynyk is a trap. Every insider who wants to back Olynyk will be given a big hat by Baibian in the end, and then do you attack or not?
It’s a waste not to attack this guy whose defensive contribution is almost negative in the interior. The offense can withstand the behind a good frame protector who averages 2.7 blocks per game.

Using Ade's cover, Xiao Hang threw off Butler to face Olynik, took a step past and entered the inside line.

Butler and Whiteside formed a double team.

"Shua—" Adelaide was on one side, receiving the pass, with no defenders 2 meters in front of him, and went into the net hollowly.

Xiao Hang said that it is too easy to break this kind of trap, one cover can be done, 2 people mobilize 3 people to defend, and the open space will come naturally, as long as Baibian wipes Olynik's ass, he will have a chance.

The Heat still gave Baibian the second ball, but Ade came to defend, Baibian played the ball, and then put it on the pick-and-roll, Butler threw off Xiao Hang to break through, made a jumper with an emergency stop, and there was it.

The Spurs and the Heat played very fiercely in the opening game. Butler has 4+ in 30 consecutive games and is in a very hot state, while Xiao Hang has 2+ in 50 consecutive games, and he feels nothing to say.

Butler and Xiao Hang are also both offensive and defensive, but Butler is more cautious here, basically playing pick-and-rolls, Xiao Hang's wingspan is so abnormal, and Butler's wingspan is not as tall.

Olynyk's presence on the court was a bit cumbersome, and Isaac returned to the fourth position. He hit Olynyk from the back and made an inside pass, which made Baibian a little bit wary.

Adebayor played in the middle and late part of the first quarter. Relying on his first-class running and jumping ability, he can be regarded as limiting Isaac.

The average level of the outside Heat is high, Adebayor also averaged 19 points per game, while Murray averaged 12 points per game in the Spurs, Gay averaged 10 points per game, and Xiao Hang averaged points per game after two consecutive 2+ points. Jumped to the second place with 50 points. Curry currently has 29.9 points. Unless Xiao Hang scores consecutively, it will be difficult to catch up with Curry's current state. Curry scored another 31.2 points in the just-concluded game .

In the second quarter, Xiao Hang and Isaac took up the banner of offense.

Xiao Hang's output was stable, while Isaac's assist output was high, and he sent 4 assists in the second quarter.

56 to 52, the Spurs temporarily lead by 4 points.

In the third quarter, Olynyk appeared again.

He came with the task of coach Spoel.

Three consecutive three-point tactics for him.

3 of 2, an instant overtake by 1 point.

However, Popovich did not call a timeout, and Adelaide hit Olynik with his back.

He hit two in a row, although he only hit 1 goal, but Olynik was inaccurate at the beginning of the next three-pointer, and he was hurt by Adelaide.

Popovich and Spoelstra have played against each other countless times since 2010. They played three games in the finals, and they know each other too well.

On the offensive end, Olynyk is the usage of the bankrupt version of Bosh. He hits two goals hard, and Isaac just pulls the white side out of the inside.

82 to 76, the Heat had a good momentum in the third quarter, but they fell back again unexpectedly. There is no way for the gap in lineup talent.

In the fourth quarter, Butler wanted to explode and scored 4 points in a row, but Xiao Hang didn't agree. He angrily scored a goal from Butler, and then scored 5 points in a row, suppressing the last momentum of the Heat.

104 to 98, the Spurs stabilized in the fourth quarter and did not give the opponent a chance to comeback.

Four consecutive home games and 3 wins should be considered a good result, but for the Spurs, it doesn't seem to be the best. The loss to the Pelicans in the last game was particularly wronged.

Fortunately, all the Spurs players performed normally today. Xiao Hang scored 32 points, and finally won the game without much fatigue. Xiao Hang felt that winning with more than 40 or 50 points is better than losing with [-]+[-]+ happy.

In the next game, the Spurs will start an away trip again, with the Hawks and Hornets respectively, both of which are non-playoff teams in the East, so there should be no problem.

(End of this chapter)