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When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Stephen made a free throw and stepped inward to receive a pass from Van Exel. Derek Anderson rushed over to defend Stephen's shot. Stephen turned around, turned his back to Anderson and began to press inward. Anderson's strength is far behind Stephen's. Stephen only took two steps to reach the point where he could shoot. Who knew that as soon as Stephen turned around, a tall figure stood in front of him, and his big fan-like hands immediately moved from top to bottom. Cover it down.

It turned out that Mutombo had already been mentally prepared and blocked all the routes inward. Facing Stephen, the four-time best defensive player and five-time block leader, he was not afraid. He shrank the ball back and made a The action of pulling the bar avoids Mutombo's block, and then flicks up again to pick the ball into the basket.

This goal seemed to open up Stephen's offensive thinking. In the next 3 minutes, in addition to putting a lot of pressure on McGrady on the defensive end, Stephen also frequently performed offensively. His teammates also concentrated their shots. On him alone, he is free to show off his offensive talent there as he pleases.

Dunk after cutting, backhand layup under the basket, turning around the basket and taking off for a dunk, and a small throw in the penalty area. Except for one shot, Stephen seemed to have suddenly found the inspiration for attacking, and kept changing his own offense. In this way, Van Gundy saw that Derek Anderson couldn't guard against Stephen, who was in an explosive state, so he simply sent Ryan-pirate Bruce Bowen on the field. This guy is a little taller and stronger than the real Bowen. The foul regardless of the cost, at any rate, curbed Stephen's crazy scoring momentum.

But in just a few minutes, Stephen scored 26 points, and also scored three rebounds, one assist and one block. After seeing his performance and thinking about his draft position, if Van Gundy said he was not jealous, it would be a lie Yes, I am still the [-]th in the first round, why didn't I pick this guy, and the Spurs took advantage of it for nothing.

Seeing that the lineup on the court was not the opponent's opponent, Van Gundy had no choice but to send Yao Ming on the court ahead of time, and replaced McGrady to rest. This was determined by the Rockets' team building thinking. , so the two of them were asked to bring half of the main lineup to play during the bench time. However, when the Spurs had a full bench lineup, the half main lineup led by McGrady was not the opponent of the opponent, so Yao Ming had to go up.

Yao Ming, who rested for most of the quarter, returned to the court with unusual vigor, and even Juwan Howard became ferocious. As soon as Yao Ming came on the court, he hit Oberto with a two-plus-one, and then blocked Robert Horry's shot. Alstom failed to launch a fast break, and after Yao Ming settled down, he handed it over to Yao Ming. Yao Ming squeezed the space for his shot with a light push, turned around and raised his hand, and the soft touch made the ball go directly into the frame.

The Spurs suffered a loss on the inside, so they had to find it on the outside. However, because Yao Ming was guarding the penalty area, Stephen's offensive ability at the basket was a little bit unavailable, and the Rockets also understood Stephen's offensive characteristics and changed their defensive strategy. , This time also came to the intermission time.

Stephen's offensive weakness still has to be played at the basket, not to mention beyond the three-point line, even the mid-range shots are not sure, and after one attempt is missed, Stephen dare not try again, who knows that in the intermission At the time, Engelland suddenly grabbed Stephen and told him that there was nothing wrong with his shot just now, and he should continue to shoot more from the outside in the second half.

"But if I miss the shot, what if the coach replaces me?" Stephen glanced at Popovich in front of him secretly, and asked Engelland in a low voice. Among the coaching staff, Stephen was the closest to Engelland. I'm familiar with it, so it's more casual to ask anything.

"That's what the coach asked me to tell you. What are you afraid of? You have to be confident and decisive when shooting. How can someone like you who is worried about this and that be able to hit? These are all things I have already realized, and I still need more time." Let’s talk.” Engelland stared at Stephen with a look of hatred.

It’s true, I don’t have much confidence when I take the shot, and of course the ball won’t go in. If I don’t go in, I won’t dare to try again. The more I do this, the less I dare to shoot. I should try bravely. If you don't make it, you will be replaced by the coach. Anyway, according to the normal substitution rules, it's time for you to end soon.

After making up his mind and regaining his confidence in shooting, Stephen just came on the field in the second half. Before the rest of the team settled down, he made a jump shot one step away from the three-point line. Ryan Bowen was already waiting to prevent Stephen. Entering the restricted area, I never thought that Stephen, who almost never took shots from the outside, would suddenly shoot. Naturally, there was no way to talk about defense. He watched the basketball fly over his head and slammed into the basket with a "swish". There is no astringent feeling.

Stephen excitedly ran towards his own half court. He had just run two steps, and suddenly turned his hand into a pistol shape and fired a few shots at the basket. He pushed his ass behind and continued to run, pretending to be riding a horse while running, and now the audience was even more excited, and the sound of "bang, bang, bang" was everywhere.

Since Stephen fired at the basket, and this is also the traditional birthplace of cowboy culture in the Texas area, the referee also tactfully did not interfere. Although the Rockets were wondering why Stephen, who is said to have no shooting ability, suddenly shot He got up to the basket, but the game had to continue, so Juwan Howard returned a mid-range shot.

Turning around, Stephen received a pass from Van Exel, and after using Robert Horry to block Ryan Bowen for himself, in front of Howard, Stephen swayed, only half a body distance away, and it was like lightning The shot was made, it was still a jump shot, and it was still a step inward from the three-point line. It was almost the same as the attack just now. With a "boom", the shot was a little stronger, and the ball hit the junction of the basket and the backboard, and then It bounced to the outer ring of the basket, bounced back and forth a few times, and then entered the basket again.

When it comes to the offense of the Spurs, the Rockets will not allow Stephen to shoot so easily, and Stephen has no intention of monopolizing the right to shoot. His own defense has strengthened, and other teammates will definitely weaken. Stephen returns to the previous one. The character, at the position of the free throw line, connects with his teammates, and at the same time, he can also single-play inside or shoot outside. He quickly got two assists, and at the same time took the opportunity to sneak attack one, increasing his score to [-] points .

When Stephen made a three-pointer from outside the three-point line again, even Elliott, the on-site commentator, couldn't stand it: "What skills does this little guy have that we haven't used? His potential is It's not endless, I feel like he is like an undiscovered treasure house, and he can keep taking out different treasures, Lord Popovich, I beg you, you keep him on the court, let us You can take a good look at what skills he still hasn't shown."

The reason why Elliott said this is because he knew that it was time for the Spurs to switch to the main force. Although the Spurs are still ahead, what is the main force? The main force is the one who plays more time. If the playing time is not as good as the substitute lineup , then it’s better to call it a substitute lineup, otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of a starting title? His original idea was to let Popovich keep Stephen on the court and replace other main players. Who knew Popovich But as if deliberately against him, he replaced Stephen with Bruce Bowen as soon as he finished speaking.

Stephen just dunked another one, and it was done in front of Yao Ming. He was excited, but suddenly he was replaced by the coach, and he only replaced himself. Naturally, he was very unhappy, otherwise there would be at least 1 more minute left During the playing time, he could break his own scoring record as long as he scored one more goal, but he was replaced by the coach in advance, so he asked Elliott for the crime and passed by the commentator When, he kept staring at Elliott, but Elliott didn't take his resentment seriously, and laughed at the commentary speed.

In fact, Popovich's consideration was not to deliberately oppose Elliott. Of course, he also hated Elliott's formation of troops and dictating others, but his main consideration was not to let Elliott Stephen broke his own scoring record.

In his opinion, after Stephen was suspended for three games, his desire for the game and desire to fight has suddenly reached a new level, and in the game, his initiative has also suddenly become much stronger. Anyway, this game does not seem to be successful. The problem is, why not hold back his energy until the next game, otherwise, if he breaks the scoring record so easily, the next game might not have such energy.

At the same time, he also considered that if Stephen broke the scoring record in this game, Stephen might continue to want to improve his own scoring in the next game. Human hearts have no limits. If Stephen focuses on breaking the scoring record In terms of records, then other contributions are naturally less. What he needs Stephen is not a Stephen who can only score. There are more players who can score, but there are not many players who can defend and know how to defend. There are even fewer players who change themselves in the situation.

Just because of Elliott's reason, Stephen was replaced, and Stephen didn't feel any resentment towards himself. Now seeing Stephen kept staring at Elliott, he was naturally full of joy, calling You kid is talking nonsense.

The Spurs finally won the game, but the score of the two sides was 87 to 81. Such a score can imagine how ugly the scene of the game was. Except for the excitement of the fans when Stephen played, other All the time, I just sat there and admired it quietly.

The Rockets left San Antonio on a plane in distress. If there was no Stephen's sudden emergence, the Rockets would have won the game, but now, they can only leave with a defeat. The Spurs have won a victory. Naturally I am very happy, but because the Rockets were in this game, many TV stations in China broadcast the game, and the domestic media and fans suddenly noticed that there is still a Chinese in the NBA, and it is still a very good performance. Nice Chinese.

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