Healing Basketball

  Chapter 716 716. A trustworthy person

Back from the intermission, the Spurs sent a combination of Parker, Barry, Finley, Duncan, and Muhammad; the Trail Blazers sent Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Stevenson, Randolph, McDayne combination of S.

After the start of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers' strategy of slamming defense worked well, and they defended well from outside shots. Even if the Spurs replaced Ginobili in the quarter, Ginobili failed to soar in this quarter. Got up, 3 full iron shots, and then replaced by Popovich.

   Now that he is on the bench, Popovich uses Ginobili as a substitute.

  But Duncan C got up. Facing McDyess' mid-range and short-range defense, Duncan made 3 of 4 shots and scored 6 points. After Kwame Brown came on the court, he also shot 2 of 4.

  Duncan played the entire third quarter. Although he made all three free throws, he scored 10 points on 5 of 8 shots, 1 point higher than Liu Xiu, who made 4 of 9 shots and 1 of 2 free throws.

  With Ray Allen making 2 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws to score 6 points, the Trail Blazers had a slight advantage 21 to 20.

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 6 points 74 to 68!

  Duncan's score increased to 25 points, surpassing Ginobili's 24 points, and also set a new high for his personal scoring in three quarters since the 03-04 season.

The last time he scored more than 25 points in three quarters was already on June 13, 2003. On that day, he scored 29 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks on 10 of 18 shots, leading the Spurs to defeat the Nets and win Tianwangshan battle.

  Duncan's performance made the Trail Blazers players speechless.

   But it's not over yet!

   At the end of the quarter, Duncan scored 3 goals in a row at a 45-degree angle on the right side. During this period, the Trail Blazers rushed to the inside close to Liu Xiu to make a tip-up and fouled and made two free throws.

   It was the Blazers attack again. Liu Xiu was flanked at a high position and sent the ball to Payton on the flank. Payton missed two points and hit three irons in a row.

   Parker, who was withdrawn, grabbed the rebound and was about to start a fast break. Payton rushed up to hug Parker, causing a tactical foul.

   Relying on those two free throws, Liu Xiu scored 41 points, but he didn't have the heart to be happy to get 40+ in a single game.

  76 to 74, the lead is only two points.

  Morris Cheeks can only replace Ray Allen and Kwame Brown in advance.

Ray Allen did not perform well in G1, but he adjusted tonight. Maurice Cheeks was very surprised by scoring 17 points and 3 assists in three quarters. He praised the coaching staff as the best in the world. pitcher.

   It's just that Ray Allen played the second and third quarters, and physical strength is a problem.

  Kwame Brown's status is always online, G1 can narrow the point difference to two points, he is the number one hero on the defensive end.

   But Kwame Brown fouled too much tonight, committing 4 fouls in three quarters.

  Duncan is too vigorous!

  But now, they can only be replaced in advance to improve the containment of the outside line and strengthen the defense.

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Back from the timeout, the Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, outlaws, Kwame Brown, and McDyess; the Spurs sent Parker, Ginobili, Horry, Duncan, Mohan Mulder's combination.

  After the two teams switched to this lineup, they played back and forth, entering an anxious tug-of-war.

   As expected by Maurice Cheeks, he replaced Kwame Brown in advance, and opposite Parker and Ginobili started the pick-and-roll breakthrough and strong breakthrough mode.

   Ginobili, Kwame Brown avoided, but Parker broke through the pick-and-roll, McDyess went out to defend the pick-and-roll, and Kwame-Brown fouled when he attacked.

  Morris Cheeks resisted the urge to make a substitution. Now he would be afraid to make a substitution later, so why not give it a go? What if there is no foul next time?

Not to mention, Kwame Brown really did not foul in the next two minutes, and he still did a good job defending. Under the pressure of losing two home games and falling behind 0 to 2, Kwame Brown showed amazing defense Concentration and excellent footwork.

  However, just when the official timeout was about to enter, Kwame Brown grabbed a rebound and overturned Duncan, gave Duncan two free throws, and left the field with 6 fouls!

  As calm as Maurice Cheeks, he almost knelt this time.

   But he remained calm for example, and replaced the inside combination of Randolph and Mourning during the official timeout, and let Liu Xiu, Kwame Brown, and outlaws continue to play on the outside.

   On the other side, the Spurs sent a combination of Udrih, Ginobili, Bowen, Duncan, and Nesterovic.

   After returning from a timeout, Duncan made two free throws, 88 to 85, and the Spurs led by 3 points. There was already a lead that could not be overtaken by one goal.

  Counting these two free throws, the Spurs scored 20 to 11 at 6 minutes and 09 seconds before the fourth quarter!

  In the first half of the quarter, Liu Xiu scored 6 points for the Trail Blazers, Kwame Brown made a dunk, and McDyess made a cut to catch the ball and eat 2+1.

  In this situation, the Trail Blazers can only bite the bullet and rush forward.

But the Spurs' offensive firepower was still fierce. Duncan made another mid-range shot and scored in double figures in a single quarter again. His personal score increased to 35 points. Under the leadership of Duncan, the Spurs' scoring performance did not lose to the first half. .

   But at this time, Liu Xiu, who was struggling in the first half of the quarter, finally got help!

In the second and third quarters, Ray Allen scored his first goal in the final quarter and the first three-pointer in the second half at 7 minutes and 22 seconds. Immediately affected the Spurs' defense, Liu Xiu's opportunity came!

  By using the bonus of "prison killing" to maintain the lower limit of the state, Liu Xiu made two mid-range shots in a row to bite the score.

At 11 minutes and 13 seconds, Bowen hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Not counting Duncan's two free throws after the official timeout, the Spurs' score increased to 15 points in the second half of the fourth quarter. During this period, the Trail Blazers Only 103 points were scored, and the score came to 103 to 98, and the point difference came to 5 points!

  The Trail Blazers called a short timeout and replaced with a combination of Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, and Mourning to play a three-pointer.

   But the pick-and-roll lineup is too bad, Kwame Brown made 6 fouls, McDyess performed poorly in mid-range shooting tonight, and he didn’t have Kwame Brown’s explosive cutting threat... The three-pointer tactic didn’t work out!

   Little Momonga was flanked on the right side of the top arc, and when he saw a teammate responding, he quickly passed it out—Ray Allen!

   Ray Allen scored a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, and that was the only goal, but Bowen still actively made up for it. However, this time Bowen didn't dare to step, and Ray Allen didn't hesitate!

  Even if he has made 1 of 4 shots in this quarter, the overall three-point shooting tonight is not good. Most of the time, he is shooting two long points, but he is still confident when he receives the ball...

  Ray Allen catches the ball on the right side of the top arc and hits a three-pointer, 101 to 103. The Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to two points!

crucial moment! Never drop the chain!

  (end of this chapter)