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At the end of the third quarter, one of Stephen's must-go shots was severely beaten by Doriak, sending Stephen to the free throw line again. With Stephen making two free throws, this is already Stephen's hit in this game He made his ninth free throw, and he scored nine points with free throws alone.

Stephen also raised his own score to 35 points, which is undoubtedly the highest score among both players in this game. At the end of the third quarter, Stephen won applause and cheers from the audience, because Stephen In the last 2 minutes, not to mention his own score, he also contributed two key defenses to prevent the opponent from scoring, and at the same time assisted his teammates to score twice, helping the team narrow the score to only six points in one fell swoop.

From being behind by sixteen points to only six points, the Heat's substitute lineup played a first half of the quarter, especially Stephen's appearance, which reversed the situation of the game from both ends of the offense and defense. Otherwise, their substitutes If they continue to play like crazy, and wait for the main players who have recovered their physical strength to play, the Spurs will undoubtedly lose.

A difference of nearly [-] points is not comparable to a difference of a few points. You have to score more points than the opponent, and you have to defend against the opponent's points. Then the Spurs can only lose the home game.

You must know that in the best-of-seven game system, every home game is very important. Needless to say, home teams like the Jazz and Cavaliers, for most teams, the home record is better than the away game. Records, on the contrary, very few come over, it can be said that there are basically none.

The impact of the home court is multifaceted. First, the players do not need to travel around, especially without the fatigue of long-distance flights, and do not need to sleep in strange hotels. Although the players are used to it, it does not mean that they can rest in the hotel if they are used to it. Well, even a five-star hotel is not as comfortable as your own home, at least you don't have to endure the snoring of your teammates.

The second is the impact of the environment. Half of the games in a year are played at their own home court. Naturally, they are very familiar with everything in this home court, while other courts, at most twice, at least once, naturally they are not familiar with it. In a game where the opponent is familiar but not familiar to oneself, the visiting team will naturally suffer.

Of course, in the home game, the cheering and encouraging factors of the fans cannot be ignored, and in the away game, you have to show yourself by booing. Although the capacity of the basketball court is not as large as that of the football field, because it is crowded, there are more than 2 people. Booing is still very influential for those players with poor mental quality and weak will.

Especially those stadiums with high attendance and fans who are more involved in the game, such as Boston's North Shore Garden Arena, the Jazz's Delta Center Arena, and the Sacramento Kings' Arco Arena, are the league's terrifying home courts.

Of course, teams with terrible home games have poor away records. For example, the Houston Rockets' Toyota Center Arena basically has no home atmosphere, so the Rockets' home record is equal to their away record, and sometimes even The away game is better than the home game.

Because the home court of the Rockets has no atmosphere, the players of the Rockets would rather play in the booing than in a home court with only music and commentator's voice. Rather than playing for some spectators who don't care about the game at all, it is better to enjoy How does it feel to be against the fans?

Another advantage of the home court is the referee factor. There is no need to say more about this. Many people know that when an obvious foul is committed, the referee pretends not to see it, and the fouled player does not say anything, because everyone You know, this is the home court.

Of course, it is not uncommon for the home team to target players at home, but it rarely happens, so home games are extremely important, especially in important games such as the playoffs and even the finals. The Spurs obviously have the home court advantage. If you throw it away again, wouldn't it be a loss.

So for this game, **Vitch attaches great importance to it. In the fourth quarter, in addition to replacing the entire starting lineup for the previous step, he also issued instructions to the players to tilt the offensive tactics to Stephen's side appropriately. Stephen today The state is so good, it would be a waste not to hit this point.

The Heat didn't switch to the starting lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter. On the one hand, Pat Riley felt that the rest of O'Neal and Wade was not enough, and on the other hand, he felt that there was a six-point advantage, although the Spurs must put all , but Pat Riley felt that he should be able to support one or two, and he also replaced Shanton Anderson, who was not performing well.

Pat Riley felt that the leading advantage should be able to persist until his main starting player played, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as the Spurs played, the Heat's defense shrunk to the inside due to Stephen's strong attack on the inside. Suddenly passed the ball to Duncan who flashed to the outside, and after Duncan took the ball, he glanced at the basket and threw the ball directly. At this time, the fans all made a surprised sound.

Because both of Duncan's feet were standing outside the three-point line, what Duncan shot turned out to be a three-pointer, and what was even more surprising was that the ball was scored. But at that time, the team usually has a relatively large lead, or the game has entered garbage time, and he will shoot a three-pointer boringly to tease the audience's sense of laughter.

In important games, Duncan would not do this at all, because three-pointers are not his strong point after all, and he rarely even makes mid-range shots, let alone three-pointers, but since he makes a shot, he doesn't need anything Having said that, the audience couldn't stop laughing, but it made Vicky laugh bitterly.

Too many things that went against the tactics happened today, and **Vich is used to it, so he just played a game that does not belong to the Spurs. He just smiled wryly. For the Heat, this three-pointer is very morale-destroying, isn't it? Said that God would not bless himself today, how could even Duncan make three-pointers.

Especially when there is a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, and it is still a three-pointer, even if it is not made by Duncan, it is enough to hit people, let alone shot by the person who is least likely to shoot a three-pointer. The point difference was narrowed to only three points.

For a while, the Spurs were encouraged by this three-pointer, but it was a pity that Michael Finley made a defensive mistake during the defense, and James Posey easily got rid of the defense and hit a three-pointer. The two-point goal widened the point difference to five points.

There was a problem with the offense of the Spurs, because Vivić tilted the tactics to Stephen's side, but Stephen was used to wandering on the edge of the tactical system, and suddenly someone passed the ball into his hands, he He really didn't get used to it. He just ran past the basket, but Tony Parker passed the ball to the basket. Although Mourning caught the ball, he was a little surprised by the unexpected ball. He didn't catch the ball securely and was rushed back Stephen was knocked out of his hand.

The ball rolled to the ground, Stephen relied on his quick reaction, and when the ball rolled out of the sideline, he fell to the ground and saved the ball, and still gave it to Michael Finley who was rolling down. He raised his hand and threw the ball into the basket.

The Heat's substitute lineup withstood the Spurs' pursuit at this time. Gary Payton made this extremely critical three-pointer from outside the three-point line. Also hit a shot from outside the three-point line, continuing to maintain the pressure on the Heat to pursue.

The Heat's shot finally missed. This was a good opportunity for the Spurs to chase points, but Tony Parker was too eager to recover the point difference at this time, and he shot with a little space, but the ball missed the basket. After the rebound was taken by Nesterovic, the ball is still in the hands of the Spurs.

At this time, Stephen once again pushed inside, James Posey kept defending him, and Mourning was also standing one meter away. As he was about to come over to block the shot, Stephen shot left and right, holding the ball all the time The ground is shaking there, trying to cause fouls by the opponent while attacking.

Sure enough, the opportunity came. After several times in a row, James Posey's defense appeared empty. Stephen accelerated to block him behind him, and rushed straight towards Mourning. Mourning stood still and stood still. Standing steadily outside the reasonable collision zone and waiting for Stephen to come over, Stephen came to a step in front of him, suddenly stopped strangely, and took a step back, just in time to collide with James Posey.

When the two collided, Stephen shot at the same time. Although his body seemed to be out of balance, Stephen's hand was still held high in the air, aiming at the basket firmly, shaking his hands and throwing the ball. Seeing the ball fly into the basket, Stephen landed with peace of mind.

Since Stephen was sandwiched between Mourning and James Posey, the referee could not see clearly what happened between them, but there was no doubt that Stephen was hit, so he gave Mourning a foul on the spot and sent Stephen on again. free throw line.

This free throw is very critical. If Stephen makes a free throw, the Spurs will equalize the score for the first time in the second half of the game. If they miss, they will have to continue the next round of the game. The defense comes from their own offensive hits, so for this free throw, Stephen It also showed great importance, and the SBC Center Arena was uncharacteristically quiet at this time, quietly without a sound.

Stephen didn't have any psychological pressure, but Stephen didn't want to miss, so when he made the free throw, Stephen's face was very dignified, and the preparation time was a little longer than usual. When he saw the ball fly into the basket, Stephen grew He let out a sigh of relief. At this time, the Heat also called a timeout, and it was time for the main players to play.