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Chapter 670 Three Years For The First Time

"Manu! Manu!" The fans cheered loudly at the Spurs' home court. Amidst the cheers, the players of the two teams walked to the bench.

The second quarter began, and the first two or three rounds looked very normal. Manu Ginobili, who played as the sixth man on the Spurs side, was naturally the core of the Spurs' offense, and on the Warriors' side, he also sent Evans is also at the second position.

Then, Ginobili made a sudden effort and hit three consecutive three-pointers to make the Warriors from a tie to 5 points behind. At this time, Nelson called a timeout.

Although Old Nelson called a timeout, he did not send Yang Shuai directly.Playing Yang Shuai is of course the best way to stabilize the team, but if entering the playoffs or relying on Yang Shuai alone for the entire game, even if the Warriors win one or two games, it will be difficult to win in the finals. Good luck.So after entering the playoffs, if it wasn't a last resort, Old Nelson didn't like to let Yang Shuai play the role of firefighter in the second quarter or the first part of the fourth quarter.

This group of Warriors players did not disappoint the old Nelson. When they returned to the field, they immediately played a wave of 6:2 to chase the score to only one point. At this time, the coaches of both sides also began to adjust their team lineups.

On the Spurs side, Duncan and Parker returned to the court, gdp also played to maintain the strongest offensive power, and on the Warriors' side, Yang Shuai also returned to the court.

Duncan, who was dribbled by Parker, did the pick-and-roll again, but this time he didn't directly rush to the basket. Chandler took the lead and went around from behind Duncan to block Parker's forward rush.

Dribbling with his left hand, Parker made a fake breakthrough, but when he came to the right side of the penalty line, he suddenly shot.

Parker's action was undoubtedly very sudden, but he didn't expect Chandler's reaction to be so fast. When he took off to shoot, Chandler quickly jumped up to interfere.

Facing Chandler's pressure, Parker seemed to lack confidence, his body twisted slightly in the air, and he threw the ball to Tim Duncan.

The ball flew out of Parker's hands but did not fall into Duncan's hands. Hinrich suddenly rushed out to intercept the ball and steal it successfully.After taking the ball and landing, Hinrich's eyes swept to the distance, and the ball was thrown out quickly.

At the same time that Hinrich made a steal, Yang Shuai had already started rushing to the basket, but when Hinrich grabbed the ball and glanced forward, Yang Shuai had already rushed to the front.

"Young caught a pass from Kirk on a fast break, and Yang rushed up, no one could stop him...slam dunk! Well done, Young helped the Warriors lead the score."

With Yang Shuai's successful attack this time, the Warriors also changed from being behind by 1 point to leading by 1 point.

Although the Spurs then overtook the score and even once again widened the point difference to 4 points, but after the first half, the Warriors still gained a 1-point lead.

58:57, at the end of the half, the scores of the two teams are not low. From the offensive point of view, the two teams are playing well. But from the defensive point of view, it seems that the defense of the two teams is not satisfactory. .

Regardless of whether the offense is good or the defense is not good, at least the score in the first half is still within the acceptable range of the audience of the two teams, because there is almost no point difference between the two teams.

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs had the right to attack first. As soon as he entered the field, Parker used his own breakthrough to tear the Warriors' defense, and then distributed the ball to Jefferson on the outside. Leading by 2 points.

The Warriors failed to catch up with the point difference in time. At the offensive end, Yang Shuai missed a mid-range shot. The Spurs took advantage of the situation and counterattacked. Parker broke through and then gave the ball to Duncan who followed up. The ball scored and caused Hinrich's foul, and made an extra penalty. Duncan rewritten the score to 58:63, and the Spurs once again widened the difference to 5 points.

Yang Shuai attacked with the ball outside the three-point line. After Chandler put up the pick-and-roll, Yang Shuai dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket. Duncan defended Jefferson and quickly caught up with the defense, but neither of them could catch Yang Shuai He was stopped, and at the same time, Chandler, who was unguarded, also quickly approached the basket.

Yang Shuai obviously noticed Chandler's move, and looked at the team's starting center. Duncan also moved away from Yang Shuai half a step away to prepare to return to defense.

Passing the ball, Yang Shuai really passed the ball, but it was not passed to Chandler who was about to rush to the basket, but to Hinrich outside.Parker shrank back to the basket to help defend at this time, but Hinrich was emptied.

Receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, Hinrich threw the ball decisively, living up to Yang Shuai's expectations. Hinrich's three-pointer fell into the basket steadily, and the point difference returned to 2 points.

The 2-point difference lasted for nearly half a quarter, and the Warriors were unable to overtake the score. It was not until Channing Frye, who came off the bench, scored a three-pointer that the Warriors closed the score to only 1 point.

Then Yang Shuai intercepted Jefferson's pass and assisted Morrow with a fast break layup and scored the ball. The Warriors tasted the lead for the first time after entering the second half.

At 22:24, after entering the second half, the offensive success rate of the two teams has declined. With the 2-point advantage in this quarter, the Spurs successfully overtook the lead by 1 point after the end of the three quarters.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs did not score high, but they still widened the point difference to 4 points with their stable scoring.

"Young catches the ball on the baseline, turns around, Young slips on the ground, Tyson snatches it back, oh, Young almost misses..."

Getting up from the ground, Yang Shuai asked Chandler for the ball back. After catching the ball without any hesitation, he made a mid-range shot against Jefferson's defense.

"Shua!" Hit.

Although Yang Shuai made a hit, Mike Brin shook his head at this time and said: "Yang finally scored the ball, but the Warriors played very hard. It is obvious that their offense is not as calm as in the first half. It seems that the Warriors have a small problem. If they only rely on Yang's personal offense, it will be difficult for them to tie the 7-point difference."

Five minutes into the fourth quarter, the Warriors' offense suddenly short-circuited. Two consecutive turnovers and Evans' missed shot allowed the Spurs to find a chance to counterattack and took the opportunity to widen the point difference.

The Warriors' offense is completely dependent on Yang Shuai's strong play. It's no wonder that Mike Brin is not optimistic about this style of play. Of course, if Yang Shuai is in good condition, this is not a big problem. After all, Yang Shuai single quarter Scoring more than twenty points is not too challenging.However, although Yang Shuai's state today is good, it can't be called great, at least as abnormal as not reaching 86 points.

With only the last 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Young moved a step outside the three-point line with Chandler's pick-and-roll and took off to make a shot.

"Bang!" The ball bounced out of the basket.

Yang Shuai's missed shot this time also seemed to declare the Warriors' defeat in this game. The score at this time was 99:106, and the Warriors still had a 7-point difference.

"Beep!" The long beep of the end of the game sounded, and cheers and applause erupted in the AT&T Center Arena.With such a sound, the winner will obviously not be the Warriors, 99:108, 9 points away. The Warriors lost to the Spurs in the away game and lost their first game victory.

In the critical last quarter, the Warriors only scored 19 points, which is indeed abnormal for the Warriors who are good at playing in the fourth quarter, and 19 of these 14 points came from Yang Shuai.

With 40 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds, Yang Shuai's statistics are still dazzling, but unfortunately he failed to bring the Warriors a victory.

Falling behind 0:1, the Warriors immediately held a team meeting after returning to the locker room to discuss the problems exposed by the team in the last quarter.

One day later, the second game between the Warriors and the Spurs was staged again at the AT&T Center Arena. With the previous victory, the Spurs fans became more enthusiastic.

After losing the last game, the Warriors discussed the problems in the last quarter and hoped that the team could have a better performance at the critical moment today, but this game did not have such an opportunity.

Just after the start of the game, the Spurs showed a superb state on both ends of the offense and defense. In the first 4 minutes of the quarter, the Spurs played a wave of 15:5 to firmly establish the advantage.

In the following time, the Warriors have been in a state of chasing points. In the first quarter, the Warriors chased the score to only 5 points, but after the middle of the second quarter, the Spurs used a wave attack to widen the difference between the two teams to 15 points. .

In the third quarter, the Warriors once chased the point difference to only 3 points, but then the Spurs' offense played again and the point difference between the two teams widened again.By the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were still 12 points behind.

In the last quarter, the Warriors launched the strongest attack of the game. They scored 31 points in a single quarter, but in the end they still lost to the Spurs by 5 points.

107:112, the Warriors still failed to win the second game of the Western Conference Finals on the road.The hero of the Spurs' victory is the point guard Parker. The whole game was completely destroyed by Parker. Parker's breakthroughs into the interior not only brought points for the Spurs, but also brought huge damage to the Warriors' interior. Affecting the entire defense of the Warriors, Parker's breakthroughs in the fourth quarter of the Warriors will also allow the Spurs to maintain an advantage.

The Warriors fell behind 0:2. This situation not only exceeded the expectations of the Warriors fans, but also Yang Shuai. He played in the playoffs every year in the four years he entered the league, but in the series 0: 2 is behind the situation is the first time.Whether it was the Celtics in 08 or the Warriors last season, they reached the top strongly. Even in the first season when Yang Shuai came to the Warriors, even if the team entered the playoffs as the eighth, facing the Nor is the champion at such a disadvantage.

0:2 means that if the Warriors want to enter the finals, they must win four of the next five games.