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Woodson did not make any changes to the lineup, but only instructed the players to strengthen their defense, especially to speed up the rotation in the defense. In the offense, the players are required to hit the basket more, and even if they miss, they must foul the opponent.

The Spurs basically said these words. Woodson can be regarded as Popovich’s junior brother. The two have some things in common. Replace the main force again, but still let Stephen lead them to continue the game.

This is the time for the team leader to show off his power, and Joe Johnson, who has the ball, naturally does his part. At this time, Stephen is naturally defending him. Facing Stephen's strong pressure, Joe Johnson made a gesture to signal Josh Smith came over and set him a pick-and-roll.

Josh Smith ran over immediately and brought Brent Barry over at the same time. Joe Johnson's body is really not too strong. To Josh Smith.

Josh Smith didn't have a good way to face Stephen. At this time, Al Harrington ran over from the inside again and helped Josh Smith make a pick-and-roll cooperation. At the same time, Josh Smith also passed the ball to Al. Harrington, this time became Stephen defending Al Harrington again, but he still couldn't take advantage of Stephen.

The opponent is from a shooting guard to a small forward and then to a power forward. Of course, Al Harrington is not a strong power forward, but just relying on Stephen to defend from one end to the other, it can be seen that Stephen's defense is very strong. Has super adaptability.

However, although Stephen's single defense was fine, the Spurs' defense was messed up by the Eagles' continuous pick-and-rolls. At this time, Brent Barry was defending Joe Johnson and was grabbed by Joe Johnson to occupy the position of the basket. Earl Harrington passed a lob, Joe Johnson jumped up and hit it with his hand, and the ball flew into the basket lightly.

"Eight points." Stephen muttered in his heart, and was pulled away by the opponent. It took 20 seconds, and now the Eagles are leading, so they played with incomparable patience, and they didn't think it was a waste at all. Time, the Spurs can't do it here.

I am the one who is behind and must catch up as soon as possible, but to chase points, in addition to defending the opponent's attack, I also need to score as soon as possible, but this does not mean that I can fight randomly. Success rate.

But at this time, Uditch committed a problem that a young player is prone to lose his composure, or he was a little reluctant to see Stephen show off, so after running over with the ball, he didn't pass the ball to anyone, and directly Jumping up is a long-range three-pointer.

"Damn." It's all this time, and you dare to make such a random shot, do you think you are Manu Ginobili? Stephen didn't bother to scold Udic, and hurriedly moved towards the man based on his own analysis of the ball path and prediction of the landing point. The position rushed over, but it was a bit late at this time, Pachulia had already jumped up and took the basketball in his hands. Stephen reached out and wanted to get the ball back, but Pachulia hugged him tightly , Stephen used all his strength to snatch it, and even pulled Pachulia to the ground, and the ball loosened a little bit, but before Stephen continued to exert force, the referee's whistle sounded.

"Scramble for the ball." The Hawks players wanted to protest to the referee. Stephen had already taken the initiative to take his position. This opportunity was already snatched. The referee judged that scrambling for the ball was the best result. Naturally, he wouldn't say it again. What, quietly waiting for the referee to arrive.

Seeing that the referee's face became more and more ugly, the Eagles finally stopped the entanglement. If they continued to entangle, they might call a technical foul. After they dispersed, the referee got the ball and came to Stephen and Pachulia. In the middle, get the two of them ready for the jump ball.

Although Pachulia is more than a dozen centimeters taller than Stephen, Stephen still won the ball and gave it to Brent Barry. Now he is a little worried about Udic, what should he do if he throws it casually? , Brent Barry dribbled the ball around the half court, seeing that there was no chance, he handed the ball to Stephen inside.

Stephen started a back-to-back singles against Joe Johnson. Although Joe Johnson was not as strong as Stephen in terms of strength, his defense was very good. Stephen just pushed him away, and he stuck up again in an instant. It took a lot of effort. Stephen only took two steps inside.

After making two turns, he didn't get rid of Joe Johnson. Stephen felt that he could get a contract of more than ten million dollars and the status of the boss of the team. Easy to deal with, although he is not a target known for his defense, and he was mixed in a system where the Suns never required defense, but the defense is still very good.

At this time, Robert Horry suddenly squeezed over from the crowd, trying to block Joe Johnson for Stephen, but Stephen gave him a wink, and stretched out his thumb and little finger with the other hand to gesture at Robert Horry. It's not a tactical gesture, it's just something Stephen came up with on a whim, but his tacit understanding with Robert Horry played a key role. I saw him suddenly change direction and run towards the free throw line, throwing Al Harrington dropped two positions.

Al Harrington was about to chase after him, but Stephen quickly moved in front of him, stretched his arms to block Harrington and Joe Johnson at the same time, and at the same time pushed the ball towards Robert Horry, Robert Horry received the ball In the future, Robert Horry will not miss when he can easily shoot from the position in the circle and there is no one in front of him.

But it was a hit, the score gap was still six points, and the time had passed by 1 minute, Stephen reminded everyone to pay attention to strengthening defense like a team boss, but no one thought he was in power, except Udic pouted behind his back .

Ivy broke through Udic's defense line easily, but was almost intercepted by Stephen as soon as he rushed in. In the panic, Ivy made a mistake and got into the pocket formation of Robert Horry and Muhammad. He was about to be intercepted by others Took the ball away and had to call a timeout, which was also the last short timeout for the Eagles.

Going back, Popovich was very happy. Although he had seen the hope of overtaking the score and winning the game, Popovich still didn't want to replace the main force. For the Spurs, they lost one game and two games in the regular season It's nothing at all, and the top priority is to let the players protect their bodies, so Popovich didn't say anything, so that they can play well without psychological pressure, but he specifically pointed out a few words to Youdiqi, and made Udiqi Oddly don't know what to do.

The timeout ended soon, and the Eagles re-served the ball. At this time, the ball continued to come to Joe Johnson. Seeing Stephen coming, Joe Johnson didn't make any entanglement with Stephen at all, and directly passed the ball to Brent. Barry has Josh Smith, who has a physical advantage, but Josh Smith's shot went a little off, and the rebound was caught by Muhammad.

"Okay, play steadily, this goal must be scored." Stephen stood in the center of the field like a team boss and shouted to his teammates. If this goal is scored, the score will become four points, and the game still has more More than 2 minutes is enough for the Spurs to continue their counterattack.

Udic didn't dare to act recklessly at this time. After holding the ball steadily for half the court, he handed the ball to Stephen. After receiving the ball, Stephen rushed to the inside without hesitation. Joe Johnson tried to resist, but Worried about being fouled, but using too much action, Stephen forced him in step by step.

At this time, Al Harrington hurried over to help Joe Johnson defend. Robert Horry, who was defending him, immediately ran to the corner three-point position. As soon as he turned around and stood up, Stephen's pass also arrived. After Horry received the ball, he showed the confidence and courage he had in previous Finals and threw the ball to the basket.

Robert Horry's shot is very smooth, the rhythm is also very good, there is no problem with the point of release, the arc of the ball is also no problem, the ball also flew into the basket, but after a short contact with the ring, the half body has already The basketball that went in bounced out again.

At this time, Stephen roared, jumped up among the three Eagles players, caught the rebound, flicked it in the air, and threw the ball to Robert Horry again, and after Robert Horry received the ball, He raised his hand again without hesitation, and the ball flew over again.

It’s still the same as before, but this time it hit the basket on the other side. It can be seen that Robert Horry has adjusted his shot strength, but the adjustment is a bit too big, but it doesn’t matter, with Stephen, he can grab the rebound again After the ball, there was no chance to throw it to Robert Horry this time. Under the siege and interception of many opponents, Stephen walked out of the penalty area with a strange pace. The referee looked and looked again, but he couldn't be sure that Stephen didn't walk the ball again. , but even if the ball is in his hands now, out of the principle of favorable offense, the referee didn't blow it, but let Stephen perform.

Naturally, Stephen didn't even feel it. Why did he turn three times and two times? This feeling is very familiar and natural. Stephen didn't know that this was his snake pace on the street court, but after basic basketball training, Combined with the basic pace of his daily training, the product of the combination of the two was used by Stephen intentionally or unintentionally.

After rushing out of the encirclement, Stephen was much freer. Since Robert Horry was far away on the other side, this kind of wide-ranging cross pass was not explicitly prohibited by the coach. Stephen did not give Robert Horry any more, but gave it to Bruce. Brent Barry, despite Josh Smith's defense, Brent Barry still catches the ball and shoots, an arc across the sky, and flies to the basket.

However, Brent Barry's shooting was much worse than Robert Horry's. The ball didn't even touch the basket. Hit the rim, so shot clock is running out.

Stephen passed the ball to Robert Horry again, and Robert Horry shot a three-pointer firmly and confidently as if the previous two misses did not exist. When the ball was flying, Stephen had a premonition The ball would definitely go in and ran straight to the backcourt.

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