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Chang Tiancheng came to the Hawks' half with the ball, and this time he was not defended by Murray's close defense, and it seems that after a few rounds of full-court defense, Murray's physical fitness has also decreased to a certain extent.

Chang Tiancheng called Sohan to cooperate with him in the high position, and Capela was just dunked by Chang Tiancheng once, so he didn't dare to continue to squat under the basket and wait for Chang Tiancheng to break through. So, he slowly followed behind Sochan and raised his defensive position a little forward.

Chang Tian, who was keenly aware of this, bypassed Sochan's cover and slammed straight into the Hawks' basket. And Capela was a little overwhelmed by Chang Tiancheng's sudden acceleration, and hurriedly adjusted his pace to try to keep up with Chang Tiancheng.

After Chang Tiancheng confirmed that Capela was following him, he directly made a big horizontal jump to the right side, and raised his hand to make another mid-distance shot.

Seeing this, Capela immediately jumped up and tried to block Chang Tiancheng's shot, but as soon as he jumped up, he realized that he had been deceived.

Chang Tiancheng did not choose to shoot, but used a two-handed pass to throw the ball to the Hawks' basket.

Sohengao, who finally got space to move on the inside, jumped high and completed an empty dunk that was exactly the same as Collins' just now. And Murray, who was standing behind him, could only watch him complete this attack, and he knew that even if he jumped at the same time as Sochan and tried to block, it would only be another foul.

At 48:57, the difference between the two teams has never been closed, and every time the Hawks score a goal, the Spurs will definitely return the favor in the next round.

In fact, Capela's defensive judgment is not wrong, if he stays where he is and does not try to block Chang Tiancheng's shot, then Chang Tiancheng will directly shoot this mid-range jumper, with the blessing of the marksman's skills, Chang Tiancheng is very confident in this shot.

The reason why the Spurs scored so easily is entirely because Chang Tiancheng has too many offensive means at this time, especially after he began to shoot mid-range, which made the Hawks' previous defensive strategy directly invalid. In other words, from now on, if the Hawks want to limit Chang Tiancheng, they will have to think about new defensive strategies.

After receiving Capela's serve, Murray still passed the ball directly to Trae Young, who had already begun to rush forward in the previous round, and his meaning was clear: we will play you as a deputy, and you will lead us to chase points.

Trae Young took the ball, faced McDermott's defense, and chose to call Capela to block for himself, then bypassed Capela's cover and formed a one-on-one one-on-one situation with Sochan.

To be sure, Sochan's defensive quality is not bad, and he has often rotated to switch to opposing small defenders this season, and he has also achieved good results.

But Trae Young is a defender at the core of the team, and he doesn't show the slightest fear in the face of Sochan's defense. He first tentatively took a step forward to break through, then quickly pulled the ball back, made a small worship, slightly adjusted Sohan's center of gravity, and then accelerated directly to complete a breakthrough.

But Sochan's defense is also on point, and he knows that he will have a hard time keeping up with Trae Young, so he clings to Trae Young's back to compress his offensive space.

Keldon, who was originally responsible for defending Collins in the bottom corner, reacted quickly, immediately came to the basket, formed a double package with Sochan, and firmly controlled Trae Young near the free throw line.

Trae Young was forced to stop the ball, but when he saw Keldon in front of him, he immediately realized that Collins in the bottom corner was empty, so he jumped straight and threw the ball over.

After Collins received the ball, he raised his hand to make a three-point shot, but unfortunately the ball was a little far away and smashed directly on the side of the rebound, and McDermott was quick to protect the ball.

McDermott looked up and found that Chang Tiancheng had begun to launch a fast attack without the ball, so he threw the ball directly to the front court.

After Chang Tiancheng received the ball, he knew that Murray behind him was following him closely, so he suddenly paused in the middle of the move, threw Murray away directly with a sharp turn, and then easily completed a layup.

At 48:59, the difference between the two teams was once again stretched to double digits.

Murray advanced with the ball, and this time he chose to dribble directly through the half court and then find an opportunity to pass the ball to Trae Young, which was naturally aimed at helping Trae Young save some energy. Otherwise, if Trae Young launched all the offenses in a round, it would still be too much for him.

Trae Young received the ball, faced McDermott's defense, or first played a set of combos with dribbling, and then stepped back and threw a three-pointer directly.

But maybe because his physical strength has been exhausted, after this shot, the basketball smashed on the front of the basket and failed to score.

Sochan protected the rebound, and then continued to give the ball to Chang Tiancheng. Chang Tiancheng continued to play a fast attack, but this time he faced Murray's defense, but did not use the same tricks as just now, but jumped directly, facing Murray in the air, thinking of using a pull-up layup to complete the attack, but he used his afterglow to see that McDermott had come to the bottom corner.

So, Chang Tiancheng passed the ball to McDermott in mid-air, and with the blessing of the point guard god skills, McDermott's shot hit steadily and scored another three points for the Spurs.

At 48:62, the score of the two teams was pulled apart again with a wave of offensive mini-climaxes played by the Spurs. By this time, almost half of the game time in the third quarter had passed.

This is very bad news for the Eagles. After all, they risked the line to play Trae Young, who had played two quarters before, to continue to play in the third quarter, but the score did not come in because of this. And judging by Trae Young's shot just now, his stamina has begun to have problems.

With Trae Young's three-pointer hitting again, Vassell hit a counter-attacking three-pointer to make the score 48-65, a 17-point margin.

At this time, Popovich took the initiative to apply for a timeout substitution, replaced the Spurs' starting five again, and sent his own bench lineup. It can be seen that Popovich wants to ensure that the players have a break rather than further widening the point difference.

Although the Hawks are still five starters, the fighting power of their core Trae Young has been greatly weakened, and it may not be so easy to force the score in the third quarter.

The most terrifying thing is that if they continue to play like this, in the fourth quarter, the Spurs will have five rested starters on the court, while the Hawks will have to choose between physically exhausted starters and physically active benches.