Legendary star

Chapter 827 Miracles and Records

On June 2013, 6, the Spurs team rushed to Golden State to prepare for the upcoming two Western Conference semifinals there. After the previous two rounds were all over, the Spurs became the only team to score 10 games 2 leading teams, and the rest of the matchups, the Thunder and the Grizzlies, the Heat and the Bulls, the Pacers and the Knicks, all played 0 to 1 after the end of the two rounds. After the Heat, and the Knicks all lost their home court advantage, the situation in the semifinals has also become confusing.

Although there are seven games in a round of the series, the first two away losses do not mean anything, but the situation facing the Warriors is not very optimistic. Originally, before the start of the playoffs, Mark Jackson was playing for the No. Preparations are being made for the second round of the game, otherwise Mark Jackson would not have used the new tactics carefully planned for half a season in the series against the Spurs.

However, Mark Jackson, who was going to give the Spurs a surprise, had to face an embarrassing reality after the first two games of the series ended, that is, in the two games lost, the Warriors had little chance of winning None, in the previous two away games, the scores of the two sides did not seem to be big, and there was no game with a point difference of more than ten points, but in these two games, the Warriors basically fell behind at the beginning, In the entire game, the Warriors were ahead of the Spurs at almost no time, or overtook the score, especially in the second game of the series, they were pulled by the Spurs throughout the game.

If you don't look at the score, but look at the process of these two games, the Warriors can be said to be beaten by the Spurs. The Warriors were suppressed by the Spurs throughout the game!
For any head coach, it is unacceptable to be hanged by the opponent for two consecutive games, because it means that he has no hope of winning at all, even if a series has 7 One game, two games is just the beginning, but this feeling of not seeing any hope is very scary.

After the end of the first game, Mark Jackson's team was studying how to deal with Meng Xu. However, in the second game, even though the Warriors double-teamed Meng Xu, Meng Xu still played at an extremely high level. Efficiency got a high score of 46 points, and when the Warriors were still unable to figure out Meng Xu, everyone knew that the Warriors had very little hope of winning this series.

However, in the third game on June 6, the Warriors at home brought a surprise to everyone. Unlike the Warriors who pursued a balanced offense and defense in the previous two games, in the third game of the , the Warriors almost gave up all their efforts on the defensive end, and no longer focused on taking care of Meng Xu. Instead, they began to speed up the offensive end at their own pace. In the first half of the game between the two sides, all the audience on the scene There is only one feeling, and that is that the Warriors of the old Nelson era are back.

"Oh, this is crazy, the Warriors scored 62 points in the first half, especially in the first quarter, they scored 39 points!"

"It's really unbelievable. If before this game, it was said that the Spurs scored 62 points in the halftime on the Warriors, I would believe it, but if someone said that the Warriors would score 62 points in the halftime under the defense of the Spurs, I would definitely believe it. would scoff at that notion.”

After the first half of the game, several commentators on the sidelines were full of praise for the performance of the Warriors in this game. The team that scored 64 points in the half game in front of the Spurs has been in the Spurs for the past ten years. In the history of the game, it is rare, but the Warriors did it today. They attacked like mercury, and at the end of the first half, they established a 17-point advantage.

The Warriors are not a team that is good at defense, so they played an offensive and defensive balance in front of the Spurs in the previous game. If they want to rely on defense to gain an advantage over the Spurs, it is tantamount to the opposite. So after these days of thinking, Mark Jackson resolutely gave up the practice of restricting the Spurs' offense, and was ready to use the Warriors' best offense to make the last fight.

In today's game, the Warriors, who had changed their style, caught the Spurs by surprise after the opening game, especially the Warriors star Stephen Curry, who made 8 of 6 three-pointers in the first game. Scored 26 points and led the Warriors to beat the Spurs 39 to 24 in the first quarter, establishing a score advantage for the Warriors in one fell swoop.

At the end of the first half, they led the Spurs by as many as 17 points. For the Warriors fans at the scene, it was absolutely unbelievable. The Warriors were ahead of the game, so when the second half of the game started, the Warriors at the Oracle Stadium were all full of interest, cheering wildly for the team they supported.

However, in the third quarter of the game, the Warriors failed to continue the fiery touch in the first half of the game. Under the influence of the Spurs' sudden strengthening of defense and the ultra-slow rhythm of playing almost every round for 20 seconds, The speed of the Warriors has never been improved. At the same time, in the absence of rebound guarantees, it is difficult for the Warriors to hit the counterattack of the Spurs. Therefore, the rhythm of the game on the field is also in this situation, gradually out of the control of the Warriors. Wait until At the end of the third quarter, the point difference between the two sides had been reduced to only 10 points.

Although they failed to narrow the point difference to single digits before the end of the third quarter, the Spurs were still rejoicing after the third quarter, because they saw the hope of reversing the game, although there was only a glimmer of hope, But it was enough to arouse their fighting spirit.

Inspired by the third quarter, the point difference between the two sides is still relatively dangerous, so after the start of the fourth quarter, the Spurs continued to deploy all their main players, preparing to start the fourth quarter. Just make persistent efforts and get back the score in one fell swoop.

As for the Warriors, naturally they will not give the Spurs such an opportunity, and facing the already rising Spurs, the 10-point difference seems unsafe to Mark Jackson, so after the fourth quarter, the Warriors are also The main force is all out, as long as you persist for a few minutes, the victory belongs to the Warriors, and as long as they win this home court, the Warriors can not only stop the current decline, but also see the hope of winning this round of the series.

The Spurs still insist on their own slow pace, while the Warriors are bent on speeding up, wanting to speed up the pace of the game. In this way, the Spurs and the Warriors each insist on their own style of play. Always maintained a gap of about 10 points.

Seeing that the remaining time in the fourth quarter was getting less and less, Mark Jackson's nervous heart gradually calmed down. When the official timeout of the fourth quarter came and the difference between the two sides was still 9 points, Mark Jackson and the Warriors Up and down have already seen the dawn of victory.

However, after the official timeout in the fourth quarter, the situation on the court changed suddenly. Meng Xu, who came out with a substitute lineup, hit two consecutive three-pointers in just 30 seconds after the official timeout, breaking the points of both sides. The difference was directly reduced to 3 points, and Mark Jackson, who was terrified in his heart, immediately called a timeout and replaced all the main players again.

However, Mark Jackson's timeout did not have the slightest effect. The Warriors who replaced all the main players not only failed to stop Meng Xu's scoring momentum, but were overtaken by the Spurs after 2 minutes.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, in order to interrupt Meng Xu's touch, Mark Jackson called a timeout on average every minute until the Warriors' timeouts were exhausted. Breaking Meng Xu's touch helped the Warriors stop the decline on the court, but after each timeout, the situation would get worse.

"How could this be? How could this be?" When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, looking at the 125-118 score on the scoreboard, Warriors head coach Mark Jackson looked pale.

Not just Mark Jackson, all the Warriors players, and the Warriors fans at the scene, looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines after the game, and they all had an expression of disbelief. They couldn't figure it out. At the end of the game, they led by 17 points. How did they lose the game when they still had a 9-point lead when the official timeout in the fourth quarter!
"After being 17 points behind at halftime, the reversal was achieved. I have to say that the Spurs created a miracle today!"

"28 points in a single quarter, 53 points in the game, 45+ in three consecutive games in the playoffs, a 33-year-old veteran, Meng Xu once again set a record in the playoffs!"

Behind the Spurs' miracle and Meng Xu's record, there are extremely sad warriors, because after losing today's game, the Warriors, who have fallen behind 0 to 3, basically have no chance.

　Thank you Zhuge Don't Be Too Bright__ for your reward, thank you.

　　
　
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