Legendary star

Chapter 28 Anxious Match

Perhaps due to dissatisfaction with Vince Carter's disregard of the team's tactical system and his crazy singles behavior, Raptors coach Butch Carter called a short timeout after 4 minutes in the fourth quarter. Popovich Also taking advantage of the timeout, the team's lineup was adjusted, with Malik Rose replacing Tim Duncan, Jalen Jackson replacing Meng Xu, and Duncan and Meng Xu from the second half of the second quarter. Duan basically didn't rest much after his debut, and he has been playing for 2 minutes in a row. In order to have enough energy for the final moment of the decisive battle, Popovich also replaced the two.The Spurs' on-court tactics have also changed from Duncan David Robinson's twin-tower tactics to a combination of inside and outside tactics with David Robinson as the core. David Robinson suffered from the number of fouls in this game. He only played less than 20 minutes in the first quarter, and the old David Robinson has become the most physically active player in the main lineup except for Chucky Brown.

The Raptors also replaced Vince Carter with Dell Curry. In this game, Carter played the most minutes among all the players of the two teams. He played the entire second and third quarters. The core of the offense is also transferred to McGrady.

After the game restarted, the Raptors' tactical purpose was also very clear, that is, take advantage of Tim Duncan's rest time, let McGrady play inside, use McGrady's breakthrough, directly rush to the basket, and cause damage to David Robinson. As one of the four former centers, David Robinson is now in the late stages of his career. In his peak period, there are very few outside players who dared to challenge the basket he guarded. Now David Robinson can be regarded as a The risk that was overshadowed when I was young is now repaying the debt.As a once famous jumper in the league, David Robinson's physical condition has also declined very sharply with age, his bounce has become worse, and his bullet speed has also become slower and slower. There are also more and more scenes of becoming the background emperor.

Watching McGrady rush to the inside recklessly, David Robinson is also on the way to attack McGrady for a layup in advance. Although his physical condition is not as good as before, his defensive awareness is still there, and his game experience of more than ten years is still there.After Duncan left the field, David Robinson also took a breath, wanting to teach these ignorant juniors a lesson, and let them know that although he is old, he is not someone who can jump on his head and have fun.

With the ball, McGrady accelerated and changed direction twice, breaking through the two Spurs defenders in a row. In the end, only David Robinson, the former superstar, and the tall man stood in front of him.From the day he entered the league, Tracy McGrady secretly vowed in his heart that one day he would climb to the top of the league and become the most special one in the entire league, Tracy McGrady.

With dreams and obsessions in his heart, McGrady rushed to the man who was like a mountain in his heart without hesitation.Just one step away from David Robinson, McGrady jumped up with all his strength.

"It's good to be young." Looking at the leaping McGrady, David Robinson seemed to think of himself when he was young. At that time, he also put away his thoughts like the young man in front of him. David Robinson also faced the jumping McGrady jumped up.

"Tracey is too reckless. It is very unwise to challenge David Robinson rashly." Michaels shook his head constantly as he watched the two jumping up at the same time and almost colliding with each other in the air.

Just when the two were about to collide in the air, McGrady suddenly drifted in the air to the left of David Robinson, and then avoided David Robinson with a drawbar in the air, and threw the ball into the basket.

After landing, McGrady completely ignored the lonely and unwilling David Robin behind him, rushed to the bench excitedly, and celebrated wildly towards the audience.

"Robinson, David Robinson drove up Antonio Davis who was defending him, and dunked directly."

"It was Tracy McCready again, facing Jalen Jackson who was defending himself, and made a jumper from outside the 3-point line, and the Raptors once again overtook the score."

"The two teams played really anxiously." After Duncan and Meng Xu left the field, the Spurs basically gave up on defense. McGrady and Robinson were tit-for-tat on the offensive end. Often you scored a goal and I returned it. The success rate of both sides They are all very high, and no one can open the score.

Finally, with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, when the score was tied at 5 to 91, Popovich and Butch Carter replaced the main players at the same time, and the time for the decisive battle finally came.

Duncan, who took over the ball, directly held the ball and killed the inside line. Not only did he succeed in a layup, but he also caused a foul by Charles Oakley. After making a free throw, the Spurs led by two points.

On the other end, Vince Carter turned his back to Meng Xu who was defending him. After arching his back inward twice, he helped the Raptors tie the score with a turnaround jumper. After the ball was hit, Carter had already scored 40 points in the field. .

As time went on, in the last few minutes, the two teams invariably strengthened their defense. The Spurs relied on Duncan and David Robinson to sit inside, defended Carter with Meng Xu alone, and helped defend McGrady by the way.The Raptors used Carter to defend Meng Xu, and used Charles Oakley and Antonio Davis to crazily surround Duncan and David Robinson. McGrady was defending Mario Elie while waiting for an opportunity to double-team Duncan.After the two teams strengthened their defense, perhaps due to the decline in physical strength, the shooting percentages of the two teams also plummeted. In the next 3 minutes or so, both sides only scored 2 points each, and the sound of hammering irons all over the court was so loud. People are even a little desperate.

"Now there are less than 50 seconds left in the game. The score on the field is 96. Johnson is still working hard to find opportunities." After Duncan David Robinson and Meng Xu restrained most of the Raptors' defensive energy, Robinson This game also got a lot of shots. He took 22 shots in the whole game, which is almost the game with the most shots in the past few seasons. It's just that Johnson's shooting percentage in this game is very touching. Only 22 shots. 8, and at the last moment of the game, the Raptors' defensive strategy against Johnson was also one step away, preventing him from easily breaking through.

After several rotations, the basketball finally passed to Duncan who was below the free throw line. Facing the pincer attack from Charles Oakley and Tracy McGrady, Duncan turned back and dribbled the ball twice in a row. His iconic rebound shot hit the ball. With 33 seconds left in the game, the Spurs once again overtook the score, and then the Raptors called a timeout.So far in the game, the balance of victory has completely tilted towards the Spurs.

(End of this chapter)