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Chapter 657 Poisoned Milk Comes True



Chapter 657 Poisoned Milk Comes True

The timeout ends in a blink of an eye, and the game continues.

The Spurs removed David Lee, who was quite dissatisfied with Popovich, and replaced him with Gasol as the center. Biography, but Ade couldn't beat Antetokounmpo, so he had to find Leonard.

With only 2 seconds left to catch the ball, Leonard made a hurried shot and hit the iron, but Gasol grabbed an offensive rebound and made a tip-up.

Turning to the king's offense, Curry asked Antetokounmpo to play a high pick-and-roll, facing Adelaide's flanking, Antetokounmpo who split the ball.

Antetokounmpo took the ball and made a sudden stop to make a shot, and the three-pointer hit the iron.

"I still don't dare keep my head straight!"

Although he didn't score a three-pointer, Su Yang was happy in his heart, knowing that Popovich finally relented and gave up grabbing with both hands.

At the level of the Kings, no team in the entire league can defend in every aspect, and must give up.

The offense and defense switched on the court, facing the Kings shrinking inside, Ginobili hit the iron with a three-pointer, and the Spurs quickly retreated.

The game between the two teams entered a normal rhythm.

Between you and me, after the first quarter, the Kings led the Spurs 37 to 23. Curry played 12 minutes and scored 11 points and 5 assists, mainly through the pick-and-roll. A third-rate team.

Leonard quietly scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, but the other Spurs players performed poorly.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the Kings will return to the bench.

Su Yang first praised Curry for his brave performance, and then reminded Adelaide to be short, and then arranged tactics: "According to the rotation arrangement that the Spurs used before, they will not have Leonard for a while, which is a good opportunity for us to expand our lead..."

During the conversation, the whistle sounded at the end of the pause.

The game continued in the second quarter.

The big central screen displays the list of players for the two teams. The Kings are LaVine, Brogdon, George, Covington, and Thompson, and the Spurs are Mills, Jonathan Simmons, Danny Green, Alder, Gasol.

The referee blows the whistle and the king goes first.

LaVine dribbled the ball across half court, and the strong tactics on the left started. Brogdon took the ball with double screens, reversed the sideline and rushed to the paint area. Take off halfway to intercept the pass.

Su Yang felt a toothache.

Why do both George and Brogdon like to take off from the strong side and make long passes? Could it be that they are influenced by Westbrook and are not afraid of making mistakes?
Just thinking about how to cover up the stink of the two, LaVine suddenly intercepted the pass from Ade, and the King quickly launched a counterattack.

George received the ball from the left wing of the frontcourt. Seeing Simmons retreating to defend, he jumped up and threw a three-pointer without hesitation.

The basketball slammed into the net hollowly.

40 to 23, the arena burst into applause.

George is a dick for playing this kind of tailwind!
The Spurs changed sides to attack, RAM started, Mills' breakthrough to the left was blocked, and he wanted to pass to Aldridge, but found that Covington was interfering around the front. For Green on the right wing, hang the right waist again.

Covington's waist defense against Adelaide was still a bit of a disadvantage, and Thompson quickly followed Su Yang's arrangement for early help.

I once thought that Adelaide has a high vision and a wide field of vision, and he is still facing the frame, throwing the ball directly to the left 45 degrees, and Mills catches the ball and rushes to shoot.

A three-pointer strikes iron.

Su Yang chuckled when he saw this, but suddenly felt emotional, this Adelaide and Mills can be teammates in another team, and they are still at the thigh level, but Mills' shot in front of him is too bad to be honest, LaVine The back defense is very fast.

While thinking about it, LaVine misplaced and singled out Adelaide, rushed to the basket to attract a siege, and made an extreme point at the top of the arc, while Covington caught the ball and made a false shot. He rushed to the basket and forced Gasol to block it. Following the whistle blowing foul, two free throw opportunities are given.

Then the audience burst into cheers.

Covington stood on the free throw line and made the first free throw easily. Popovich arranged for Parker to replace Mills and David Lee to replace Gasol, and Covington also made the second free throw. The Kings led 42 to 23, a bit Feel like trashing time.

Van Gundy continued to complain about the Spurs' defensive strategy in the first half of the first quarter in the live broadcast. Mark Jackson echoed it. The two agreed that Popovich made a serious mistake, but they also believed that the impact on the series was good. After all, it is normal for the Kings to lose points at home. .

While complaining, Ade took the ball and hit his back, but was forced by Covington to go to the bottom line, turned over, jumped up and shot, and still smashed the basket and hit the iron.

The Kings grabbed a rebound and launched a counterattack. There was no complicated tactics. They simply screened for a breakthrough, then distributed the ball for assists, and easily smashed the Spurs' defensive formation. Finally, Thompson received a pass from Brogdon and scored with a strong two-handed dunk.

44:23.

In just over 4 minutes, the Kings led the Spurs by 21 points, and it was still in the Western Conference semifinals. It was not the kind of regular season where they played casually. The Spurs also made adjustments. Popovich called a timeout 80 seconds into the game, and his attitude was quite good. attach great importance to.

The large central screen showed Popovich on the sidelines, but he couldn't see the irritable expression at the beginning of the game.

It seems to be lost!

On the court, Simmons made a layup, Adelaide grabbed an offensive rebound, made a tip-up by himself, and finally increased the score by 4 points.

The second leader of the team played 14 minutes before scoring a pitiful 4 points. Although they didn't take many shots, it was enough to prove that the Spurs' offense was weak. It seemed that as long as Leonard was not on the court, the entire team didn't know how to play. It's hard.

The two teams switched offense and defense.

LaVine held the ball on the right and asked Covington to do a pick-and-roll. Seeing that the Spurs Alder chose to switch defenses, he decisively passed the ball to Covington.

Facing Parker, Covington had a great size advantage, but he was a little poor in attacking the ball from the outside, so he didn't really rush, but he tactfully dribbled the ball to the left elbow, and passed the ball back to LaVine. By the way, set up a wall as a cover to block Ade.

LaVine caught the ball and raised his hand to make a three-pointer, and he went into the net hollowly.

47 to 25, the king's lead expanded by 22 points.

The central large screen simultaneously gave a data reminder: from the beginning to the end of the last round, the Kings made 16 of 9 three-pointers, while the Spurs made 10 of 3 three-pointers, directly opening up the gap of 18 points. It was simply a shooting training game. The Spurs were defenseless.

Su Yang was stunned when he saw the data, thinking that Antetokounmpo and George only made 8 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter.

If the two were more accurate, the scene would be a massacre.

Just as he was thinking, Parker broke through to the left after the pick-and-roll, seeing Thompson staying in the paint, making an emergency stop for a mid-range shot, and hitting the iron.

The Kings grabbed a rebound to counterattack, LaVine made a strong pass with a long pass, and the Spurs Green beat the racket out of bounds, but the referee did not whistle.

The central large screen immediately played back.

Misjudgment is very obvious.

But most of the fans at the scene didn't seem to care, there were only sporadic boos, and the referee was embarrassed.

The two teams switched offense and defense.

The strong and weak shifted the starting hand, Simmons lobbed a pass to Adelaide on the left waist, then took over and passed back, and the short corner made an emergency stop to make a mid-range shot.

Basketball clangs like iron.

Van Gundy in the ESPN live broadcast seat saw this and shook his head again and again: "I understand that the Spurs are already difficult to reverse the situation, but just give up trying like this? They are now 22 points behind, and they are still focusing on a slow pace. I don't see any desire to chase points." determination."

Jackson shrugged: "Maybe in Popovich's view, the first game of the series is just a test, and it doesn't matter if you lose."

During the conversation, the Spurs retreated into chaos.

No one guards against LaVine!
LaVine chased after him unceremoniously and hit the net with a three-pointer. The Kings frantically led the Spurs 50 to 23.

The referee's whistle blew immediately, and Popovich calmly got up and asked for a timeout, with an expression on his face that everything was under control.

After returning from the timeout, they didn't make any substitutions. The Spurs didn't send Leonard until they lost two more points and fell behind by a full 29 points.

That didn't change the situation in any way.

Just to reduce the scoring efficiency of the Kings, the Spurs' own scoring efficiency is still very low, and they still rely on Ginobili.

After halftime, the Kings led the Spurs 71 to 39, ESPN and other media frantically discussed the topic of dominance.

Commentators and fans from all walks of life almost hold the same point of view: The Spurs are definitely not that weak, but they really can’t beat the Kings. After the series, adjust the strategy and try to win a game. The main purpose is to provide some matchups for the teams behind experience.

Back from the halftime break, Leonard played the full 12 minutes of the third quarter, but he made 5 of 1 shots and played like Parsons.

On the contrary, the rest of the Spurs played normally, but they couldn't reverse the situation. After the fourth quarter, they conceded early.

The King finally defeated the Spurs 127 to 99, leading the series by 1 to 0, and various predictions have been adjusted.

Stephen Smith resumed the game after the game, jokingly said: "Have you seen Popovich's pre-match interview? He advised Spurs fans not to watch the game, thinking it would be a massacre. It turned out to be like that, maybe it was a top coach. !"

(End of this chapter)


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