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Greater tactical freedom means more scoring opportunities, and more scoring opportunities means more scoring. Stephen lived up to the trust placed in him by head coach Bobo Xinqi. After a single game, he won With [-] points, Duncan scored [-] points, and the Spurs proved that their offense is still extremely sharp with a performance of [-] points in a single quarter.

However, the Mavericks scoring 26 points in a single quarter also shows that the Spurs' defense is not so solid, especially since Stackhouse scored six points in a row after he came on the court, which also made a great contribution to the Mavericks. Otherwise, the Mavericks would have a big gap Entered the second quarter.

In the second quarter, Duncan went down to rest and replaced Robert Horry. Then Oberto came up and replaced Michael Finley. This lineup was very strange. Popovich had never used it in the past. Popovich did not move and made random moves, and some said that this was Popovich's on-the-spot adaptability.

However, Popovich moved Stephen to the center position in the second half of the first quarter, which can be described as a stroke of genius. Dampier did not have any effect on his defense at all. Apart from his offensive ability, Dampier's problem is that his footsteps are biased. Slow down, the Stephen I met was good at maneuvering and flexibility. On the last ball of the first quarter, Stephen continued to rotate around the basket with his left foot as the axis. Within a few strokes, Dampier was dizzy and ran directly to the outside of the court. .

This is a very standard footwork of a center forward under the basket. Stephen once specially practiced this kind of footwork when practicing back-up singles. He constantly moved across a line to exercise his footwork flexibility. Stephen practiced It didn't take long to get used to it. This kind of training method was originally prepared for big players inside. It is too easy to practice this kind of footwork with his height and flexibility.

In the second quarter, Stephen was still facing Josh Howard's defense. It used to be a difficult defense for Stephen, but now it is not a difficult challenge for Stephen, especially in these two or three games. After the game, Stephen knew Josh Howard's weaknesses clearly, so Stephen's performance is getting better and better.

Avery Johnson once used others to defend Stephen, but the effect was not as good as Josh Howard. At least Josh Howard didn’t suffer too much in terms of strength and physical confrontation, let alone other people, so Johnson was distressed. That's it, knowing that Josh Howard doesn't have to, you have to keep him on the floor.

With the change of position, Stephen also switched his offensive mode from inside to outside. At the beginning of the second quarter, Stephen hit a jumper directly in front of Josh Howard. Josh Howard shook his head slightly, as if expressing contempt.

Counting the regular season, this is already the sixth confrontation between Josh Howard and Stephen. Except for the first game between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the two did not face each other directly. In the other games, the two have always been direct. Fight against both sides, so as much as Stephen knows about Josh Howard, Josh Howard also knows as much about Stephen.

Stephen's original mission was to defend Josh Howard. At that time, Josh Howard was the main offensive team and Stephen was the main defensive team. Josh Howard's impression of Stephen was that this kid was not bad, and nothing else.

Then slowly, the matchup between the two players became mutual offense and defense. Stephen couldn’t do anything to Josh Howard, and Josh Howard couldn’t do anything to deal with Stephen. , two people can only be regarded as mutual explosion.

But by the last game of the regular season, Stephen had become the main offensive team, and Josh Howard's task became the main defense against Stephen, but at this time, Josh Howard's defense against Stephen was still very threatening. Josh Howard still had a little heartache.

But by the time of the playoffs, Josh Howard already had to devote all his energy to defense, so he invested a lot less energy on the offensive end, but he still couldn't limit Stephen's scoring. It seems that although Stephen's scoring methods are still coming and going, the success rate of the attack is much higher than before.

Although it is still not at the level of Pierce, James and others, but in the ranks of swingmen, he is already a rare player, and what's more terrible is that Josh Howard can see that Stephen's offense is still there. There are many problems, but they are being made up for very quickly. Stephen feels differently to Josh Howard in each quarter, and Josh Howard is shocked by the rapid growth.

Josh Howard doubted if he played a few more games at Stephen's growth rate, would he not have the confidence to continue defending? Just now when Stephen switched to the center position, Josh Howard suddenly felt a burst of relief. In addition to Stackhouse, Josh Howard scored at the end of the quarter.

This time he faced Stephen again, and Josh Howard immediately felt a lot of pressure, so Josh Howard didn't respond to Stephen's provocative shaking of his head, he was already the best rookie and the best sixth man, better than me You are already famous, so it's annoying if you still come to this set.

Seeing that the teasing didn't work, Stephen stopped doing it. It's true that it's different now, and it's a bit embarrassing to argue with an unknown person like Josh Howard. Josh Howard screamed in his heart, I am not an unknown person, anyway He is also the number three of the Mavericks, and then Dampier will come over and ask, if you are the third, what number am I?

After coming back, Stackhouse broke through Bruce Bowen's defense again. Now with Stephen's appearance, everyone feels that Bruce Bowen's defense is not so strong. In fact, this is the reason for the comparison, Stephen The defensive effect is not much better than Bruce Bowen, but his deterrence is high. This time, Stackhouse just broke through Bruce Bowen, and saw Stephen greet him, and then Stackhouse hurriedly shot a jumper.

Who knows that even so, he didn't avoid Stephen's block. When Stephen saw him stop, he took a big step forward, and at the same time jumped up with this strength, and after gliding for a certain distance in the air Just reached out and covered the ball.

Devin Harris grabbed the ball that Stephen blocked, but after he grabbed the ball, he rushed towards Stephen. Stephen just landed, saw Devin Harris rushing over, and stretched out his hand to take the ball out of his hand Down, but the ball fell into the hands of the Mavericks again.

This time, the Mavericks had four seconds left in the attack time. Nowitzki missed the shot in a hurry, and the rebound was caught by Stephen again. In this round, Stephen was extremely eye-catching, from blocks to steals to the backboard.

If you want to say who "Little General" Johnson has the most headaches for the Spurs, it must be Stephen. Stephen's destructive power in the game is far greater than Duncan, Ginobili, and Tony Parker. His own offense is very good. Well, the defense is also extremely good, vaguely allowing Johnson to see the omnipotent little emperor LeBron James, but this time the yellow-skinned version.

Strictly speaking, Stephen belongs to the mixed blood of the yellow race and the black race, but because his external manifestations are dominated by the characteristics of the yellow race, most people treat him as a yellow race, so although many people think Stephen was skeptical about having such a super athletic ability, but after careful investigation, it can be understood that the mixed race itself is better developed, and it is normal to have a freak occasionally.

In addition, Stephen is Chinese Kung Fu, which also covers up his special performance. Everyone will only think that Stephen has indeed learned Chinese Kung Fu. It is normal to have a little magical performance occasionally. This is only due to the interpretation of Bruce Lee. The magic of Chinese Kung Fu is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, many people will think in this direction.

Stephen played until the middle of the second quarter before he was replaced by Ginobili. At this time, Stephen had scored 21 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. At this time, the Spurs had already taken the lead. With as many as nine points, Stephen is the biggest contributor to being able to expand the lead from four points to nine points within half a quarter.

However, the hero has to enjoy the treatment of being booed when he is off the field. After Stephen was replaced, the Mavericks scored four points in a row and brought the score closer. Two plus one stabilized the situation again.

But near the end of the first half, when Nowitzki was resting, Jason Terry suddenly scored two consecutive three-pointers, and then Stackhouse also made a three-pointer at the buzzer, which happened to be The score also surpassed the past by one point, and in this way, the Spurs entered the second half with a lag.

During the halftime break, Popovich once again fell into deep thought. He originally disapproved of the recently developed idea of ​​blurring positions, but now it seems that it still makes sense, so why don’t you try it yourself? ?Stephen's performance at the center position gave him a sliver of inspiration, but it passed by so quickly that he had no time to catch it.

In the second half, after playing for more than 3 minutes, Popovich replaced Stephen again, forming a lineup of Robert Horry, Bruce Bowen, Michael Finley, Stephen, and Ginobili. Horry is an inside player, and the others are standard outside players, and they are all around two meters tall.

But after trying it, Popovich found that the effect of this was not good. Due to too many outside players, the problem of shooting rights could not be allocated, which caused confusion in the team's offense. The Spurs only scored 26 points in a single quarter. Points, but the Mavericks got [-] points. By the end of the third quarter, they were just ahead of the Spurs by [-] points.

In the fourth quarter, although the Spurs resumed their normal lineup, they struggled to catch up to the last moment with a [-]-point gap, but only narrowed the gap by nine points. In the end, the Spurs lost by one point.

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