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Popovich ultimately chose to remain quiet.

He did not intervene between James and McGrady, but watched the two of them remain silent and at odds with each other throughout the timeout.

Popovich decided to wait until the second half of the game, until the start of the match with the Knicks. Perhaps the two of them would be able to forget about their unpleasantness and differences and work together to win the game.

It is hard to say whether Popovich's approach is right or wrong. It will take time to verify. Maybe the two of them can really reconcile in 15 minutes and pretend nothing happened. Maybe the two of them will show their cards to each other after the game. It is also possible that on a certain day in the future, the two of them will suddenly explode.

That’s all for later.

Now the important thing is that the second half of the game begins!

Neither side changed their starting lineups, and the players on both sides changed sides and continued the game.

After Lin Tian dribbled to the front court again, he first blocked Bibby with his back to him, and then said casually: "Mike, I guess you had a fight in the locker room during the halftime break! Otherwise, why do all of you look solemn and painful now, as if your mother had died?"

"Shut up." Bibby cursed, but to be honest, this guy was not really worried. He did not have the same sense of belonging to the Spurs as he did to the Kings. In addition, this team did not give him any tactical position. Bibby here was a pure tactical end point.

This guy even hopes that the two big guys, McGrady and James, will fall out.

They fell out, and Bibby had the opportunity to take more responsibility, get more shots and better statistics.

Then he can make more money.

So, at this moment, Lin Tian didn't see even a little worry or irritation in his eyes, but instead saw a hint of joy.

What happened?
It's illogical.

Lin Tian had made all kinds of calculations, but he forgot to take into account Bibby's determination and feelings towards the team. As a result, he thought he had guessed wrong and nothing would happen to the team during the halftime break.

However, Lin Tian hesitated for a moment as to whether he had guessed wrong.

If you don't fight among yourselves, I'll just watch you make a fool of yourself.

The important thing is that I have to kill you tonight!
Then, Lin Tian suddenly passed the ball from behind without looking at anyone. The basketball bounced on the floor, then bounced up and flew straight to the basket. After Stoudemire got the basketball, he passed it to O'Neal on the wing without stopping.

This outside-inside-outside triangle cooperation once again broke the Spurs' defense. Okur gained space again and seized the opportunity again!

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the Knicks' lead once again reached 10 points!
"It's okay! Let's score this goal! We have a chance!" James once again took over Bibby's job of dribbling across half court, took the ball from the baseline, and started to advance while encouraging his teammates.

In the third quarter, it was basically James who organized the offense and led the whole team to score. Their condition in this quarter was indeed not affected much, and everyone's touch was still good.

In addition, the efficiency of the Knicks also began to decline, so although the Spurs did not catch up by much, they were not left behind by the Knicks!

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs were only 98 points behind the Knicks at 106:8. The scoring efficiency of both teams in this quarter declined significantly, and the scoring numbers were completely incomparable to those in the first half.

While the scoring efficiency of both sides has dropped significantly, there is one piece of data that is quite interesting.

On the Spurs side, James played the entire quarter again. He has played for 36 consecutive minutes tonight.

But young people, who are in their prime, strong and fat, do have the energy to finish the game.

James performed quite well in this quarter. His statistics of 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists were quite comprehensive. He organized the entire offensive line of the Spurs by himself.

But while he was performing well and leading the team to slowly catch up, McGrady made 1 of 0 shots in this quarter and did not score a single point.

He scored 20+ in the first half and scored 2 points in a row in the last 10 minutes of the second quarter. McGrady was in hot form!

He played for 8 minutes in this quarter, but failed to score. If you only look at the statistics, you will probably think that this guy is tired or restrained by the Knicks' targeted defense.

But if you just watch the game a little bit, you will know that the Knicks have no such thing as targeted defense!
The fact that McGrady didn't score in the third quarter has nothing to do with them!

During the intermission, Lin Tian sat on the bench and looked at the technical statistics of the third quarter. He then looked at McGrady who was resting on the bench opposite him and James who was clapping his hands to encourage the whole team and urging everyone to work harder to quickly close the score gap. Lin Tian was completely certain.

If there's nothing wrong between these two, I'll twist my head off and let Charlize Theron kick it like a football!

In the fourth quarter, it was McGrady's turn to lead the team after a long rest, while James, after playing for three consecutive quarters, was finally able to sit on the bench and rest for a while.

On the Knicks side, it is still Anthony who leads the bench on the court.

Just looking at the lineups of both sides, you can tell that this stage will be a head-on confrontation between the two scorers, McGrady and Anthony!

Next it will depend on who can get more points and who can lead the team to gain an advantage during this period of time!

The two men have quite similar characteristics at this stage of their careers.

That is, they both have almost perfect size and textbook skills, and are good at offense, shooting, and breakthroughs, but their enthusiasm for defense is not worth mentioning.

Of course, McGrady is still a level higher than Anthony now. In addition to his scoring stability and explosiveness being slightly better than Anthony, his organizational ability and vision are also skills that Anthony completely lacks.

In fact, Anthony has never developed McGrady's organizational skills throughout his entire career.

I can only say that this thing really depends on talent and cannot be trained.

With this comparison, it is quite obvious who will have the upper hand in the first stage of the fourth quarter.

Yes, it’s Anthony!

Um, Anthony.

This guy suddenly got into hot form in the early part of the fourth quarter and was successful no matter how he played.

He made a 3-pointer on each side, a mid-range jump shot, and a forced shot after breaking through the basket!
In 4 minutes, Anthony made 7 of 4 shots and scored 10 points!
McGrady on the opposite side may have lost his touch in the first half because he was slacking off in the third quarter. Although he made two assists, he only made 2 of 3 shots and scored only 1 points!
The performances of the two leading players were very different, and the gap between the two sides was naturally widened again!

104: 118!

The gap between the two sides once again reached 14 points!
Popovich also called a timeout at this time, he had to make a substitution!
If we don’t make substitutions or adjustments, and the Knicks pull away from us by more than 15 points, it will be too late!

"Slow down the pace of the game, everyone calm down and stay steady!" Popovich waved the tactical board and said, "We haven't been pulled away yet, there's still plenty of time to play! Everyone remember, don't run after them, now it's our turn to control the pace of the game!"

"Slow down! Strengthen your defense! Intensify your confrontation. We must win this game!"

"LeBron, let's use your favorite move next! Everything is up to you!"

"Chris, JR, Mike, Tracy and LeBron! It's still the five of you! Come on, let's catch up!"

"We're going to win." Compared to Popovich, Nelson was calmer at this moment, like an ordinary old man who came to Madison for a walk. He leaned back in his chair and said, "I believe in each of you. In this kind of game and this kind of situation, we can't lose, right?"

"Melo, you played perfectly in those 4 minutes! These may be the best 4 minutes you played this season. You beat Tracy McGrady face to face!"

"I've said it before, you're the best of the 03 generation, and you'll be the best No. 3 in the league!" Old Nelson's encouragement and praise made Anthony so excited that smoke was about to come out of his nose.

He waved his fist and hit his chest and said, "I will continue to work hard!"

"Very good. From what I know about Popovich, he will definitely make the lineup smaller next time, which will help their two forwards to play well. But at the same time, they will definitely strengthen their defense and confrontation, because even if they play a small lineup, their height is still quite high."

"Mehmet, Amare, charge inside! Charge into them! Beat them completely!"

"Finally, Lin, I'll leave the details and tactical adjustments to you. Let's stick with the starting lineup. Go! Beat them up!"

After old Nelson finished speaking, the Knicks players also walked onto the court. The strongest lineups of both teams collided on the court again, and the last 8 minutes of the game continued!
James took the sideline ball, waved his hands and turned twice in the air. Then Lin Tian saw Bibby and JR standing in the bottom corners on both sides, and Bosh quickly came up to cover James.

As for McGrady, this guy was standing on the wing away from James, and I don't know if he was waiting for a chance to play one-on-one or was just too lazy to run.

James held the ball at the top of the arc and changed direction, using Bosh's screen to break into the inside. Bosh turned around and ran out of the three-point line. At this time, three Spurs players were outside the three-point line, and McGrady was only one step away from the three-point line. James strode into the inside.

Lin Tian immediately understood this position.

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It has to be Popovich. James is only in his third year, but he has already come up with this ultimate ball-holding core play style.

However, even if James is only in his third year and his skills still need to be polished, he can definitely handle this kind of tactics!
James broke through all the way to the Knicks' basket, then he looked around, found JR who was left open and passed the ball. After JR got the basketball, he pulled up directly and shot a 3-pointer from the bottom corner, which went into the net!
The gap continues to narrow!

"Just play like this! Just shoot like this! We can do it!" James clapped his hands and shouted, "Defend this shot! Let's narrow the gap to within 10 points!"

"What good things are you thinking about!" Lin Tian dribbled the ball and said in a relaxed manner: "If you can narrow the gap to within 10 points, I will take your entire team to see what the prosperity of New York is like tonight!"

Before Lin Tian finished his words, he suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Spurs' half. This time he did not stop, but rushed all the way.

Old Nelson has already said that he wants to attack the Spurs' inside line, so in the first round we must give the old man face and rush in for a try!
"boom!"

Three seconds later, Lin Tian rushed into the Spurs' inside line like lightning, jumped up violently like thunder, exerted all his strength with both hands, and slammed the ball into the basket!
"Within 10 points?" After Lin Tian scored the goal, he looked at James and said, "Let me chase one and see?"

"FUXX!" James cursed. In this round, he asked everyone to move away from him again, then dribbled the ball and attacked the Knicks' inside line!
This time, no one from the Knicks returned to defense, and they kept a close eye on their own players, so the Spurs had no chance of getting a 3-point shot.

But James, no one cares!

This guy didn't hesitate at all this time. He accelerated directly to the basket and slammed it down!
"boom!"

After the loud noise, the gap between the two sides was still 11 points.

In the following games, both sides continued to fight back and forth, neither giving in, but as Lin Tian said: No matter how hard James tried, he could not further narrow the gap!

Although the Knicks never expanded their lead, the Spurs tried their best but were unable to narrow the gap to single digits.

The gap between the two sides has been hovering around 10-15 points, and the game time is passing quickly by every second.

Until there were only 2 minutes left in the game, the difference between the two sides was still 10 points!
"What do you think, LeBron?" Before they knew it, the court had once again become a matchup between Lin Tian and James: "It's about time to face reality. 10 points is a hurdle you can't overcome tonight!"

"If you miss this shot, I can reduce the score difference to single digits in the next round!" James also lowered his center of gravity. He was covered in sweat at this moment. Although he rested for a while in the fourth quarter, the heavy responsibility of the team was always on his shoulders, coupled with the extra long playing time.

Even James was exhausted at this moment.

"Why can't I score?" Lin Tian snorted, disdainfully saying, "With your defense that even my grandma can't defend against?"

Lin Tian said this was a sudden acceleration, followed by a quick change of direction while moving!
When dealing with an opponent like James who is bigger in stature and weight, Lin Tian's choice has always been to use quick changes of direction to shake off his opponent and attack his natural disadvantage in lateral speed.

The same was true for this ball. Lin Tian passed James in one step, then took two steps forward and suddenly stopped. James, who had just been following Lin Tian, ​​was completely helpless now.

This change of direction and sudden stop completely shook off James, forcing him to take two steps forward before he could barely control his body, while Lin Tian had already jumped and completed the shot.

"Shh!"

On this ball, James was unable to interfere at all and he could only watch Lin Tian score.

The score difference is 12 points!
His height and weight, which he had always been proud of, became his disadvantages at this time!

Even James can't violate the basic laws of physics, right?

On the offensive end, James called for a pick-and-roll again, then accelerated to attack the inside again. After attracting Stoudemire's help defense, he passed the ball to Bosh behind him.

Bosh took the basketball, took a look, and then shot a three-pointer!

"Boom!"

With a dull thud, Bosh's 3-point shot missed.

Fortunately, the extremely cunning Bibby shook off Houston who was defending him at some point, grabbed the rebound, and then quickly passed it to JR outside the three-point line. After JR got the basketball, he did not rush, but found James again.

Reorganize!

But they said they were reorganizing, and there was only 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game. If they couldn't score this goal, the Spurs would have no chance!

Must score!

"Pull away! Everyone, pull away!" James pointed his hands to both sides, signaling everyone to move away, and then after a crotch dribble, he started the strong attack mode!

He accelerated forcefully and rushed towards the inside line against Lin Tian.

Then when this guy rushed to the free throw line, he suddenly made a ground pass and threw the basketball towards the bottom corner.

There is Bibby who just ran into the open space!
Bibby, who had just grabbed the frontcourt rebound and made a contribution, did not hesitate after getting the ball, showing his big heart.

"Boom!"

But unfortunately, Bibby, like Bosh just now, failed to respond to James' trust.

"Give it to me!" But this time, the Knicks still failed to control the rebounding, and their rebounding had problems again. This time, the person who rushed off the rebounding was McGrady!

He pushed Anthony away with his elbow, revealing an extremely rare ferocity, then grabbed the basketball and jumped directly on the spot, putting the ball into the basket over Anthony who was rushing up again!
10 points!
"What the hell are you doing! Defense! Defense!" After McGrady scored the goal, he suddenly went from being indifferent and lazy to being furious, and shouted at his teammates, "Press the whole court! Force this ball for me! If they can't make it, we still have a chance!"

Following McGrady's roar, the Spurs players finally reacted and rushed towards their respective defensive players.

The whole place presses!
The last 1 minute and 29 seconds! The real moment of life and death!
"See, LeBron? This is what a leader should do." Lin Tian looked at the intensity that the Spurs had once again raised, and laughed and sneered, "In the last two minutes when the team was behind, the most important thing a leader should do is not to play reasonably, but to score unreasonable goals!"

"I know how to be a leader!" (End of this chapter)