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Since losing to the Washington Wizards, the Spurs have won another five consecutive victories and are the hottest team in the league, and Stephen ranks third in the best rookie performance of the month, and the first is naturally Chris Paul , the second is Villarenf, the third is Stephen, the fourth is this year's No. [-] pick Bogut, and the fifth is Coupard.

Except for Stephen, the others are all first-round picks, and they are all lottery draft picks. Who said that the general manager is blind? Didn’t he see so many people ranked ahead of Stephen? But if someone really If you say it, someone will definitely spit out a big mouthful of saliva.

You don't look at what team they're on, you don't look at what position they are in the team, what is Steph's position, whether it's the New Orleans Hornets or the Toronto Raptors, or the Bucks or the Clippers , are the kind of bad teams, and both Paul and Bogut are the core of the team, with unlimited shooting rights. The number one substitute in the paint has far more playing time than Stephen.

After returning to the home court, the Spurs began to prepare for the challenge of the Chicago Bulls. In the team's tactical training, Stephen's bench lineup also had its own official tactics, that is, Popovich's improved small ball tactics.

Van Exel, Brent Barry, and Michael Finley are on the outside. They can pass and shoot suddenly. Robert Horry and Stephen are wandering in the restricted area. If someone breaks through the outside line, they will pull out the outside line. Be ready to catch the shot and look inside if no one is driving.

Stephen and Robert Horry can take turns mentioning the penalty area to play the role of tandem, support or pick-and-roll. If the opponent's defense expands, the inside will naturally have a chance. If the opponent's defense shrinks, then hit the ball outside, of course. , Stephen's forced layup and post-up singles played a very important role in the tactics.

In the new tactics, the substitute lineup is mainly offensive, and they go up to grab points and score more points. Few teams in the league can match such a substitute lineup. Very capable, at least in terms of offensive firepower, no team's bench lineup has such strong offensive firepower.

Of course, this staffing is not fixed, whether it is the main lineup or the substitute lineup, it may change at any time, but Popovich is determined to implement the small ball tactics of the substitute lineup, although the Spurs' market is good. , The attendance rate of the sbc center is also among the top in the league, but the ball is notoriously ugly. It is also his responsibility as the head coach to make the fans more satisfied and watch it more pleasing to the eye.

Especially Stephen's wonderful goals in the game against the Kings, if they were played at home, they would definitely arouse great enthusiasm from the fans, and the away fans cheered for them. What is it like? The Spurs have been short of this type of player, and finally one came. Popovich certainly refused to waste it.

Feeling that his role in the team is becoming more and more important, Stephen naturally tried his best to strengthen his own training. Except for those basic training, most of Stephen's energy was put on shooting, and his shooting percentage was getting better and better. Stabilized, even outside the three-point line, Stephen's shooting percentage has also improved.

The Spurs are a Western team, while the Bulls are an Eastern team. If the two teams are not included in the finals, they will only meet twice a season. They have already played once at the beginning of the season. This is the last time the two teams will meet.

Of course the Spurs hope to sweep the opponent, but the Bulls are definitely not willing. As mentioned above, the Bulls are a group of young guards. Once the young people explode, the impact is hard to resist, let alone the Spurs. Such an old team.

But in this game, Popovich is going to test his theory of small ball tactics. When the main lineup is playing at a slow pace, the Spurs are not showing signs of decline. When the substitute lineup comes up, they play fast. But I didn't expect to be in the arms of these young people. Compared with running, can you Robert Horry, Michael Finley, and Brent Barry compare to Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, and Hinrich.

Except that Stephen was able to keep up with their rhythm, Van Exel was barely able to keep up, the other three were exhausted by running quickly after a few rounds, Stephen became a firefighter, and needed to run when attacking At the forefront, when retreating, you need to retreat to the rear. In this half quarter alone, Stephen blocked three shots, got six rebounds, and paid the price of three fouls.

As for the score, Stephen did not lack. Against the thin and small Luol Deng, whether it was a breakthrough or a post-up single, Stephen could get whatever he wanted. Even if the opponent replaced Nocioni, if Stephen collided with him, Nocioni would Falling to the ground exaggeratedly, Stephen just reduced the number of post-up singles. Anyway, he can barely make up his shots now. Stephen's footwork and flexibility in the interior are not something Nocioni can catch up with. During the time the lineup played, basically all the points came from Stephen alone.

At the beginning of the second half, Popovich still had no intention of replacing the main lineup. He still had to observe why it was also a small-ball tactic, and why his offensive power was weaker than the opponent's. This was a problem for the Bulls. It's still a problem on my own side.

Stephen was scoring against Luol Deng and Ben Gordon by himself, and soon Stephen's score exceeded 24 points. Although it did not close the gap that was drawn at the beginning of the second quarter, it did not let the Bulls Expand the score.

However, the annoying Nocioni made Stephen pay for two more fouls, so Stephen has already fouled five times, but Stephen doesn't care, anyway, since he is a substitute, it is impossible for him to play as soon as the main players play It's my chance, but I'm a criminal.

With three and a half minutes left in the third quarter, Stephen saw Bruce Bowen and Tony Parker standing on the technical stage, waiting for the opportunity of a dead ball to be replaced. Glancing at Nocioni who was standing outside the reasonable collision zone, he rolled his eyes, and a ghostly idea came to his mind, don't you know how to flop, and you have been tricked into fouling several times, okay, this time I will let you really fall.

Thinking of this, Stephen suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the inside line. Nocioni had waited in front of Stephen early on. Stephen pretended to be too late to change direction and rushed straight towards Nocioni. At the same time, he raised his hand, coming Made a small toss.

Stephen had already collided with Nocioni when he shot, and felt a huge force, and at the same time, there was a pain in his chest. Stephen didn't force himself to stand firm, and let his body fall backwards. He sat down on the ground with a plop, and then slid back a distance of more than one meter.

Stephen is like this, Nocioni can imagine, he was directly hit by Stephen and flew up, and then fell straight down in the media area lined with spears and cannons, the flying distance in the air exceeded two meters , if it wasn't for a tall and strong female reporter who blocked his gliding, at least he would have to fly back another two meters.

Since Stephen hit him directly, Nocioni didn't suffer too much damage, except for a little tightness in his chest, a little dizziness, and unsteady feet, there was nothing wrong with it, but the one under him The female reporter was miserable. Nocioni bumped into her impressive chest. The height that she was always so proud of became the priority point of contact at this time. The huge pain caused her to pass out with a "Karma" sound. Nocioni was still lying on his body and didn't want to get up.

After Nocioni was helped out from the media area, he stumbled a few steps and sat down on the ground. His head was still a little dizzy, his chest was still a little stuffy, and he felt a little out of breath. The female reporter has been sent for emergency treatment. According to a doctor present, if it wasn't for the elastic mass of fat that acted as a buffer, Nocioni's neck was injured, or the female reporter was hit. Broken ribs, as for the damaged camera and so on, there is no need to mention it, but these are covered by the insurance company, so the reporters are not worried, they are all discussing there, I don't have that fat bunch Chest, what to do if there is another similar impact.

Although Stephen's casual throw of the ball still fell into the basket, but after being called an offensive foul by the referee, it lost any meaning. Stephen returned to the court contentedly, but was scolded by Popovich .

"Who allowed you to give up on yourself, who allowed you to give up the game?" Popovich scolded for a long time before he stopped. Stephen wiped the spittle that didn't exist on his face, but he was wondering in his heart, why I gave up on myself, why did I give up the game? The referee gave me a foul and kicked myself out of the field. Of course, this foul was a bit self-inflicted, but this cannot be said that I gave up on myself and gave up the game.

"You are also a member of the team's main force now. If you still need to play in the fourth quarter, even if you have five fouls, you still have a chance to play. The coach can use you, but like you Yes, isn’t there no chance at all, how can the coach not be angry, and also delay your own chance, so what the coach scolded you is right, and you should learn from this in the future. Foul, what impact will it have on others, and give them two points for nothing." After Popovich finished cursing and waved his hands, and Stephen sat on the bench, Ginobili hugged him and said kindly in his ear, this At that time, Nocioni had already made two free throws before walking off the court. From the way he walked, he had returned to normal.

"Diving is also a part of the game, and confrontation is also a part of the game. You have superhuman strength, which is unfair to us, but this is allowed by the referee. The referee has the final say on whether to flop or not. On the court, you have to adapt to the referee’s rules, not your own feelings.” Ginobili continued to guide Stephen, fulfilling his own captain’s duties.

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Yesterday I did my best to make three changes, and everyone's red tickets are also very strong. Xuanzhong will try to make more changes in the future if there are more. If there are no more, please forgive me.