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Finally, at the end of the first quarter, Stephen got his third foul of the game. This time, Stephen committed it on Kenyon Martin. Anthony slipped inside and received a pass from Andre Miller , Facing Stephen's defense, he didn't force a shot, but passed the ball to Kenyon Martin next to him. Martin immediately took a big stride to take off and dunk, but at this time Stephen had already jumped into the air, facing Stephen's block , Kenyon Martin wanted to change hands in the air, but it was too late, and was blocked by Stephen, but Stephen also seemed to touch the opponent's forearm, so he was called a foul by the referee.

Taking this opportunity, Popovich also replaced Stephen with Bruce Bowen. When Stephen sat on the bench, several teammates, including Robert Horry and Brent Barry, sneaked up on him from below. Thumbs up.

After Kenyon Martin made two free throws, the rebound was grabbed by Nesterovic. The first quarter was over. The Spurs led the opponent by two points 27 to 21. Under Stephen's defense, Anthony scored ten. One point seems to have no defensive effect, but anyone who has watched the game knows how difficult it is for Anthony to get these eleven points.

By the second quarter, Anthony was still on the court, Manu Ginobili was replaced by Michael Finley, the Nuggets also sent their smaller player Boykins, and Stephen sat down, mouthing Sipping Gatorade, he carefully observed Bruce Bowen's defense of Anthony.

Bowen's body is indeed much worse than Anthony's, but he has just played after all, while Anthony has been entangled with Stephen for a whole quarter. The word-twisting decision in the game has been played to the extreme. No matter what kind of attack method you use, it will not make you comfortable. Especially Bowen is experienced and has a good grasp of the size of the referee. Many moves are fouls. and non-foul.

However, Anthony got two fouls on him. George Karl had to replace Anthony with Najera. Boykins also caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs. His height of 1.6 meters allowed him to freely enter and exit the Spurs' defensive system. The Nuggets soon tied the score. At the end of the second quarter, The Nuggets even led the Spurs by two points into the second half.

In the second half, the Nuggets put Anthony on the field again, put Najera at the power forward position, and Camby took a rest. The inside lineup composed of Martin and Najera has a strong impact. Nestero Vichy's slow moving speed couldn't cope with the two of them at all, and soon got the fourth foul of the game. Popovich had to replace him, and Duncan was replaced by the center position. The stronger Oberto came to cooperate with Duncan. This is also the first time Popovich has passively substituted in this game.

Even so, the scores of the two sides are still rising staggeredly, and neither of them has the ability to widen the gap. Popovich sent Brent Barry on the field, and at the same time replaced Van Exel who had been playing the whole game. The poor Tony Parker continued until the end of the fourth quarter. Instead, the Spurs trailed the Nuggets by three points 69 to 72. The fans on the field kept cheering for the Spurs. It's a game, and it's home, no one wants to lose.

Even Elliott changed his neutral stance and started a move for the Spurs. In his view, the Spurs were not inferior to the opponent, but the Nuggets pulled the score away instead. It was the Nuggets After strengthening the offense, the Spurs' defense failed to resist the opponent's offense, but their own offense did not improve. Elliott finally pointed out the current problem of the Spurs, as the team's outside defense Ginobili has only scored seven points, and he is still sitting on the bench and did not play. It seems that his state is really worrying, whether he has not recovered from the America's Cup.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Ginobili returned to the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and after the opening ball was served to him, he made a three-pointer without hesitation, tying the score for the Spurs. The decisiveness of the shot made Robert Horry who was sitting below feel ashamed, and after turning around, he successfully intercepted the ball in the hands of Andre Miller, and successfully made a one-stop layup, overtaking the score.

His performance didn't end everywhere. Although Anthony hit another mid-range shot and raised his own score to 2 points, Ginobili came over and made another quick three-pointer. The game started in the fourth quarter. In [-] minutes, Ginobili reversed the situation on the field. Such a crazy performance made the fans all stand up and cheer for him, cheering for him. The Spurs bench was full of joy, even sitting Duncan, who was resting below, also changed his usual dullness and smiled.

While Stephen was cheering for him, he was also full of envy and admiration. Since he entered the team, Ginobili's performance in training has always been very average. After scoring a few points in a game, he will leave the field to rest, which gives Stephen an illusion, as if his ability is nothing more than that, and there is nothing outstanding. I feel that in the importance of the team's tactical system, it is incomparable with Tony Parker. He also has no special role in the system, and the number of tactics specially designed for him is even less than that of Michael Finley.Stephen has always had this idea, is it because he was personally selected and trained by the coach, that's why he has such a high status in the team, almost the second player in the team besides Duncan.

Moreover, this guy doesn't seem to have any interest or passion for the game. He often sits there with a blank expression, without even looking at the field. Although his attitude is not arrogant, he is not easy to approach, except for Duncan and Parker. And his team-mate Oberto in the national team, he is not very familiar with others.

Stephen has never felt how powerful he is. What Elliott said just now seems to be in Stephen's heart. Although Stephen couldn't strangle him to death when this guy criticized Stephen, but for Ginobili's Criticism, Stephen still feels quite pertinent, and this feeling lasted until the fourth quarter just before playing.

When Ginobili made the first three-pointer, Stephen was only slightly surprised. When Ginobili made a steal and scored two points again, Stephen was just surprised by his good luck. At the time of the three-pointer, Stephen couldn't sit still.

Looking at the thin and not tall figure, Stephen felt extraordinarily tall in his heart. This kind of performance is not something that can be done by luck alone, nor can it be done with a breath in the heart. Criticize, if you can perform like this, I am afraid that Popovich will say good things to Elliott so that he often criticizes his players.

When Ginobili made his signature snaking breakthrough layup and caused Buckner's foul, the Spurs were already three points behind and led by seven points, and this was when the opponent scored five points. Among the five points scored, Ginobili scored [-] points alone. He and Anthony also scored [-] points, while Duncan followed closely with [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists. Afterwards, Parker and Finley also scored [-] points, followed by Stephen's six points, Brent Barry's five points, and Bowen's four points.

When Popovich saw that Anthony began to frequently use breakthroughs to cause damage to the Spurs, Bruce Bowen was powerless against this kind of offense. Instead, after Duncan heard a foul because he was defending him, Popovich replaced Bruce Bowen. After coming down, Stephen was sent on the field again.

It’s better to have two different types of defensive players in your hands. If you want to use one or the other, Popovich never gave Anthony any chance after seeing Stephen play. , Although Stephen only made one of two free throws, he was already very satisfied.

After all, Bruce is old. As his age increases, whether it is footsteps, strength or reaction speed, it is declining. Although his defensive skills are getting better and better, he is still difficult to fight against those technical players. Fortunately, against young, strong and tall players like James and Anthony, it is inevitable that they will not be able to cope. At least they can maintain such aggressiveness throughout the game, but he can no longer maintain the same aggressiveness throughout the game. Defensive strength.

Fortunately, the appearance of Stephen perfectly made up for Bruce's shortcomings. Although Stephen was a little taller than Bruce, his body was much stronger than Bruce's, and his strength did not make him lose his quick reaction speed. In addition, Stephen is a version of Bruce with a stronger body and a weaker offense, and both of them have a problem that is not really a problem, that is, their free throws are very poor, and both are less than [-]%.

When Popovich saw Stephen perform his tasks conscientiously on the defensive end, and run tirelessly on the offensive end, even if he didn't have the opportunity to touch the ball, it was the same, but he felt very happy for Stephen's devotion to the game I am gratified, only such a player is the player I need, but I don't know if this little guy will be willing to serve as a substitute for Bruce when he grows up.

Stephen played in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. Although he did not make any statistical achievements, he managed to limit Antoni's counterattack. Under his restrictions, Anthony only scored six points. When 91-[-] won the first victory of the season, when he returned to the locker room from the tunnel, Stephen even heard many fans calling his name.

Six points, four rebounds, one steal and one block are the statistics Stephen achieved in this game, but his contribution cannot be reflected by these simple numbers. Although he and Bruce Bowen took turns defending, Anthony still He scored 28 points, but everyone knows that for a player like Anthony, if he is allowed to give full play, forty or fifty points is not his limit.

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