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At the beginning of the second half of the game, the "Little General" still hadn't come up with a good solution. At this time, the Spurs adjusted their lineup again, resting off the field for a half-time and Duncan returned to the field for most of the quarter to cooperate with Duncan The most important thing is Muhammad who has not played in this game, and the outside line is composed of Van Exel, Ginobili and Brent Barry.

Among them, Brent Barry and Van Exel are both new forces. This lineup puts a lot of pressure on the Mavericks' defense. But still can't close the score.

As a result, the players of the Mavericks naturally became anxious. The more they were like this, the more they couldn't defend well, and they couldn't get in without defensive offense. Slowly, the score began to expand to [-] points. In desperation, "Little General" Johnson had no choice but to call a timeout to stabilize the situation, and at the same time replaced Nowitzki and others.

He just replaced Nowitzki, and Popovich also replaced Stephen, Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Robert Horry and others. must be stronger, the Mavericks' substitutions did not play a role at all and were submerged in the frenzy of offense.

At this time, the Spurs did not strengthen their defense to hold the lead, but continued to use offense to suppress the Mavericks. The Mavericks were neither offensive nor defensive. At this time, if "Little General" Johnson is an experienced and decisive player For a very good coach, he will quickly set the team's goal in one direction, but Johnson has been unable to make a decision.

That is, if you want to attack but also defend, the possible result is that the offense is not well played, and the defense is not done well. The energy and physical strength of the players are limited. It is impossible to attack with all their strength and defend with all their strength. Maybe, but when it comes to the playoffs, it is impossible to win the game just by breaking out.

By the time Johnson sensed the crisis, the third quarter was almost over, and calling a timeout would have no effect, so he had to shout loudly off the court to let the players keep the score, and try not to let the Spurs continue to open the score. Save hope until the fourth quarter.

With a gap of [-] points, it cannot be said that there is no hope at all, but it is not so easy to get the score back from the hands of the Spurs who are good at controlling the situation and rhythm, and the Spurs have already made preparations , Waiting for the start of the fourth quarter, "Little General" Johnson found that his adjustments fell into the hands of Popovich again.

Popovich replaced Robert Horry this time, replaced Bruce Bowen, and then double-teamed Nowitzki with Duncan and Stephen. Bruce Bowen and Michael Finley focused on marking Jason. Lee and Stackhouse, apart from letting go of Josh Howard and letting Tony Parker defend, did not give the Mavericks a chance to score wildly.

Josh Howard faced Tony Parker's defense twice, but his offense was slow, and Tony Parker was not a hard top defense, but tried to prevent him from scoring quickly, reducing the rhythm of the game, and wasting money. During the game time, this kind of offense is basically no threat to the Spurs.

The sharpest weapon for chasing points is the three-pointer, but now the Spurs' defense is expanding outwards, restricting the Mavericks from shooting three-pointers, especially Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, and Stackhouse who are good at shooting three-pointers Guy, the Spurs would rather empty Dampier, would rather let Josh Howard to score, and don't let the three of them have a chance to shoot from outside the three-point line.

Therefore, although the Mavericks can score every offense, they can only score two points and two points. Although the Spurs cannot guarantee to score all offenses, they pay equal attention to two points and three points. They played for more than 3 minutes. , The Mavericks only narrowed the gap by three points.

Seeing that the time for the game was getting shorter and shorter, "Little General" Johnson stood on the sidelines and yelled at his players, but the players had already tried their best, and it was not so easy for the Spurs to defend against the offense. Yes, especially compared to these players of the Mavericks, the physical strength of the Spurs on the court is better than them. After all, the Spurs have more rotation players.

Three people like Nowitzki, Jason Terry, and Josh Howard basically only rested for a little more than 5 minutes. In comparison, except for Stephen, who played the same amount of time as them on the Spurs, everyone else only rested. Played for more than 20 minutes, and Stephen had just played.

They used their stamina to steal a victory at the Spurs' home court. Now it's the Spurs' turn to use their stamina to bully them. The bigger the rotation, the more people available for rotation, the easier it is for the players to guarantee their stamina. , and in this game, Popovich let the players focus on offense and saved the players' physical strength, so no player on the Spurs has suffered from exhaustion so far.

Even though Duncan is still alive and well, he just stands in a low position and waits for the ball to come when he is attacking. He also stands in a low position and waits to block people when he is defending. Already with 28 points, he is the Spurs' top scorer, while Stephen is close behind with 24 points, and then Tony Parker with 22 points.

"Little General" Johnson has no good tricks to do, so he can only watch helplessly off the court. If he can still play, he will personally set an example for his teammates on the court, what should be done, but standing still Off the court, he was helpless, and seeing his mentor sitting there in a daze, he felt a deep sense of frustration.

Leading by more than ten points, and there are less than 6 minutes left in the game, this puts a lot of pressure on the team chasing points, especially the Spurs' defensive quality has not slackened at all, and it is still solid and reliable. The attack is also unhurried, just like a rock in a huge wave, it will always exist in the wind and waves.

Nowitzki just ran out of the three-point line, and before he could make a shot, Stephen hugged him, and then gave him two free throws. With Nowitzki's [-]% free throw percentage, This kind of foul is basically the same as sending points, but the Spurs used such determination to tell the Mavericks players that there is no need to think about three points.

After coming back, he received a pass from Robert Horry in the three-second zone. Instead of attacking the basket habitually, he turned around and turned outside the three-point line. Before Josh Howard could follow, Stephen raised his hand and made a three-pointer. The ball was scored, and it hit the Mavericks like worse.

"Little General" Johnson had no choice but to call a timeout. No matter if there was any good move, at least he had to show it and let the boss or the media see that it wasn't that he didn't make adjustments, but that the adjustments didn't work. That's no wonder Don't blame yourself, at least you can't push all the responsibilities on yourself.

Sure enough, after the adjustments, the Mavericks are still the same as before, without a single change, and still unable to prevent the Spurs from scoring. was shrunk, but continued to be stretched.

At this time, everyone has already seen that the Mavericks have gone. With Duncan's hook at the basket again, the Spurs' total score has reached 120 points, and the Mavericks are also close to 110 points. For a team that averages less than 92 points per game and allows opponents to score no more than [-] points per game, such a high score at least shows that the defense of the two teams has not reached the usual level.

Moreover, in the playoffs, such a high score rarely occurs. This is the first time since the start of this year's playoffs that both teams have scored more than 110 points. It is all above [-] points.

At this time, Popovich chose to replace Duncan. Duncan has played for a long time in this game, and he also got [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] assists and [-] blocks. Retire after fame.

However, the Mavericks did not admit defeat in advance, and the Spurs would not replace all the main players first, so the others remained on the court. Soon, Stephen scored more than [-] points. At this time, Robert Horry became the team's No. [-] player. The two main players who were replaced.

The Spurs adopted this method. On the one hand, they replaced the main force in advance so that the main force could rest earlier. Gradually changed from offense to defense, allowing everyone to see the defensive team that topped the league in the regular season again.

The score is still pressing step by step, but the time is getting shorter and shorter, and the Spurs' offense is still well-organized. The score gap is more than ten points, and it is finally close to nine points, and Stephen makes a three-pointer pull back.

Even though the players of the Mavericks tried their best, and "Little General" Johnson tried his best, the huge gap was as insurmountable as the natural danger lying in front of them. Until the last moment of the game, the score gap remained. It is ten.

The final double-point score was 120-110 to 34-[-]. Stephen scored a team-best [-] points, in addition to nine rebounds, six assists, four blocks and two steals. Both offensive and defensive ends are considered to be the Spurs The biggest contributor to the team's victory in this game.

Especially in the last quarter, Stephen's defense against Nowitzki was even more important. Stephen fouled three times in a single quarter and sent six free throws, allowing Nowitzki to score six points. Allow Nowitzki to score two of six shots and get four points, killing Nowitzki, the Mavericks' strongest offensive point, in the cradle.

The Spurs lost a home game, but won another away game. After four games, the two sides drew two to two. Still on top of Popovich's adjustment this time.

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