The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 205 Serpentine Breakthrough
Ginobili's position with the Spurs is odd.

He is obviously the third leader, but he plays as a substitute. He is obviously the core of the team, but he is outside the system.

The team has to be replaced by other people, but anyone who dares to disobey Popovich will definitely be replaced immediately, but Ginobili will not.

Whenever Manu Ginobili was playing around on the court, Popovich would be angry and curse.

But whenever the team encounters difficulties, Ginobili is still the first thing he thinks of.

I'm afraid that's what Popovich felt when he ate snail noodles.

On the first ball on the court, Ginobili showed his role.

Through the pick-and-roll, Ginobili replaced Ibaka in front of him, and then used his signature skill to break through in a snake shape.

The so-called snake-shaped breakthrough is essentially the Eurostep, but because of Ginobili's superior technique and better body coordination, Ginobili's European step has the name snake-shaped breakthrough.

I saw Ginobili swaying from side to side while walking, twisting his body into a twist, and successfully broke through Ibaka.

But on the layup, his danger was still unresolved, and Ibaka's five fingers were hanging over Ginobili's head.

At this moment, while Ginobili was jumping up, he transferred the ball in a wide range from Ibaka's waist to Parker who was outside the 45-degree three-point line. Parker actually made a three-pointer. Hit!

This season, Parker's three-point shooting rate is only 23%, which is the lowest point of his career.

But this open three-point opportunity, he actually grasped it.

After the Thunder's offense, Westbrook missed a three-pointer, the Spurs made a fast break, and Ginobili made another aggressive pass, passing the ball to Leonard who was in the fast break, and the latter dunked.

The Spurs scored 5 points in a row and immediately stopped the bleeding.

But the Thunder will not let the Spurs chase points like this.

It was the Thunder's turn to attack, and it was Li Pu and Westbrook's pick-and-roll again.

Li Pu felt hot tonight and continued to maintain the point difference.

After that, the point difference between the two teams stabilized at about 10 points until the end of the first quarter, when Ginobili and Duncan were not on the court, the Thunder seized the opportunity. A score of 8:0 was scored.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Spurs by 32 points at 17:15.

Leading by 15 points in a single quarter, if they were facing an ordinary team, the game would have been over, but now they are facing the Spurs, and they dare not slack at all.

Sure enough, in the second quarter, the Spurs made a sudden effort and once beat the Thunder 7:0, reducing the score to less than 10 points.

At the critical moment, Li Pu scored another three-pointer, which re-extended the point difference to more than 10 points.

In this way, at the end of the half, the Thunder still led the Spurs by 54 points 41:13.

In the second half, the Spurs began to score consecutively.

Stephen Jackson, who came off the bench, hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, narrowing the point difference to only 7 points.

Stephen Jackson, the "Martial Saint" who beat the league with both fists, is now at the end of his career.

In the middle of the season, the Spurs nursing home took a fancy to Jackson's age... oh no, it was ability, and exchanged Richard Jefferson and a first-round pick for Jackson.

But it's a pity that the 34-year-old Jackson's decline is much faster than Popovich thought.

After coming to the Spurs, Jackson's scoring average has dropped to 8.9 points, which is his worst performance except for his first two seasons as a rookie.

However, once in a while after eating dumplings, he happened to be bumped into by Thunder, and what the hell was the Western Conference finals. This kind of luck is really unlucky.

Seeing that the point difference was narrowed due to Jackson's explosion, at the critical moment, someone from the Thunder must stand up.

It was the Thunder attacking again, and Westbrook still chose to pick and roll with Li Pu this time.

Due to Li Pu's hot touch from the outside tonight, Duncan dared not relax in the slightest in Li Pu's defense.

At this moment, Westbrook seized the gap in the Spurs' defense and immediately took the ball to the inside to kill!

Westbrook's speed was extremely fast, and he left Parker and Duncan behind in an instant. At this time, only Diaw, who came to help defend, was left under the basket.

The mere brother also wants to block Westbrook's impact?
Are you kidding me?
Westbrook rose from the ground and rushed towards Dior.

Of course Diaw also jumped up, but his bounce is no longer as good as it used to be, and now he has degenerated into a floor-flow style when he comes to the Spurs.

Therefore, the result is that Dior defended as if he didn't defend, and Westbrook dunked the ball hard into the basket.

The point difference returned to 9 points.

Then, it was the Spurs' turn to attack.

It was another ball of mercury pouring down the ground, and for a while, the Thunder's half court was in chaos.

The basketball came to Ginobili's hands again, only to see him throw a fake pass, successfully tricked Li Pu, and then broke into the penalty area.

The reason why Li Pu defended Ginobili was mainly because the Spurs continued to pass the ball, forcing Li Pu, a big center, to run back and forth on the court.

But even though Li Pu ran back and forth for several laps, he still did not lose his position, and he was still able to prevent the Spurs players from making direct shots.

After Ginobili took the ball to the inside, he ran into Harden.

For Harden, Ginobili's serpentine breakthrough is no secret, isn't it the Eurostep, and I will too!

So Harden didn't hesitate, and stood in front of Ginobili.

Upon seeing this, Ginobili directly chose to make an emergency stop and throw back a throw.

I have to say that Ginobili's flexibility is really good, so that the posture that is nearly 180 degrees parallel to the ground can make it come out.

With such a large recline, Harden couldn't cover it at all.

But at this moment, a big hand appeared in front of Ginobili's eyes, and directly grabbed the ball!
That's right, hold on!
Ginobili completely ignored the pain from falling to the ground. He looked at Li Pu's handsome face in disbelief.

This guy has been running for so long, but he can still keep up with his own speed?

Ginobili was stunned!

After successfully defending the ball, the Thunder played a fast break again.

Durant, who received a pass from Li Pu, faced the young Leonard, and with just a change of direction, he passed Leonard cleanly!

Obviously, at this time Leonard, the death coil has not yet mastered the practice.

After passing Leonard, Durant dunked with one arm, and the point difference returned to more than 10 points again.

This offense and one defense was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The point difference between the two sides widened again after that, and the Spurs could never catch up to within 10 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs took the initiative to admit defeat and replaced all their main players. Seeing this, the Thunder also replaced all their main players.

The final score was 102:82. The Thunder beat the Spurs in an away game and successfully pulled back a victory.

But this does not mean that the Thunder escaped, 1:2 behind, so that they are still standing on the edge of the cliff.

(End of this chapter)