Super Role Player

The Spurs once again stretched the point difference to 7 points, and the Grizzlies called a timeout.

Lionel Hollins is not hesitating to make a timeout now. In this game, it seems that the Grizzlies have to fight.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies made a substitution. They replaced Zach Randolph with Ed Davis, allowing Marc Gasol to continue playing, temporarily maintaining the inside defense on the court, and slightly missing some mid-range. Offensive firepower, also replaced McConley with Jerry Bayless. After two substitutions, the Grizzlies became even weaker on the court.

But Hollins has nothing to do. He has to change players. If he doesn't change, the main players on the field will be overwhelmed. However, Marc Gasol and Tony Allen cannot be changed. These two defensive cores, one inside and one outside, Once changed, the Spurs' offense is really irresistible.

After the substitution, the Grizzlies still played tenaciously, and Tony Allen increased his running, acting like a tough guy on the defensive end.

After the second quarter, the Spurs 51:42, leading by 9 points into the second half.

In the second half of the game, Lionel Hollins began to find all kinds of opportunities for the main players to take turns to leave the field to rest, and then through continuous encouragement, constantly suspended to interrupt the rhythm of the Spurs, slowly dragged the game until the game entered the first In the fourth quarter, Hollins waved his hand and replaced all the main players.

At this time, the Grizzlies are still 10 points behind, and the point difference is still within a chasing range. Therefore, Lionel Hollins is going to give it a go.

In the fourth quarter, all the main players were replaced, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter, an accident happened.

Marc Gasol has been playing this game for 30 minutes. He only rested for 6 minutes. He continued to play in the fourth quarter. He was sweating and he was a little dehydrated. But there is no way, the Grizzlies want to win, he has to keep playing.

So the fourth quarter played two offensive and defensive rounds, the Spurs and the Grizzlies scored separately, but then, when Marc Gasol defended Tony Parker against the basket, he suddenly twisted his foot and fell.

There was an exclamation in the arena, and Marc Gasol was injured!

Soon, the game was blown to a halt, and the Grizzlies staff helped Marc Gasol to leave the field. The Spurs fans on the sidelines actually gave applause. Obviously Marc Gasol’s fighting spirit made them express with applause. My respect.

But Marc Gasol left, which for the Grizzlies is like a bolt from the blue.

Popovich obviously won't let this opportunity pass. After the game restarted, the Spurs began to consciously increase their penetration and offense. Therefore, the Grizzlies, who originally wanted to give it a go, fell directly into collapse.

The game soon ended in suspense. The Spurs used their old offense to constantly impact the Grizzlies' inside line, and the point difference gradually widened.

Lionel Hollins sighed and chose to abandon the game for the second time in the fourth quarter, replacing all the main players.

That's it, Popovich smiled and accepted Hollins' congratulations on the sidelines, winning two straight in the Western Conference semifinals, and the Spurs have reached the finals with one foot.

For the Grizzlies, the 0:2 lagging situation is extremely bad. The Spurs, the team, will definitely choose to chase after the victory in the next two games. For the Grizzlies, the next few games, every game is decisive battle.

Marc Gasol, who left the field due to injury in the fourth quarter, quickly reported an injury. There was nothing serious, just a small sprain, so for the Grizzlies, there is still hope for the next game.

After the two victories, Anxi felt a little tired, but he was still in a good mood. Winning one game after another, he was getting closer and closer to the championship. If he wanted to, he could leave San Antonio with a perfect ending. .

At the end of the second game, the Spurs led the Grizzlies 2-0 by a big score, and the other three games of the second round of the playoffs, as most media reporters said, were very intense.

The Heat lost in the first game to the Bulls in the second game. Naturally, they could not lose again. They beat the Bulls 115:78 at home and finally entered the rhythm of victory.

The Thunder lost the first game to the Warriors and won the second game. The Knicks did the same. After a fierce four-quarter competition, the Knicks finally won. In this way, except for the Spurs, the other three matchups all tied 1:1.

As a result, the Spurs' game was ugly and unpleasant, but the San Antonio Express published a column at this time. The article was signed by the Spurs fame Sean Elliott.

"The Spurs won two games easily, the game is not good? But you can't deny the power of the Spurs! 》

The content of the article is as follows: "The playoffs reached the second round. The sweeps in the first round caused many media reporters and experts to start questioning whether such playoffs were exciting. So the second round ended with the only one. The two-game winning streak has become the target of these expert reporters."

"Two-game winning streak is not good for the Spurs? Even so, so what? The Spurs are the only team to win the second round, and the team they defeated is also very difficult. The Grizzlies, the Western Conference this season. Fourth, defeated the Los Angeles Clippers, the champion favorites before the start of the regular season, and advanced to the second round. As a result, they were suppressed by the Spurs from start to finish in two consecutive games. The performance of the Spurs has proved their level of strength. After the Miami Heat lost to the Bulls in the second round and the Thunder lost to the Warriors in the second round, the San Antonio Spurs became the only team that has not lost in the playoffs."

"The Spurs' status and strength have already been shown. No matter how you slander the Spurs' game excitement, the Spurs are already the hottest champions in the playoffs this season."

In the United States, there is no such thing as poisonous milk. The Spurs have been criticized by the outside world for being boring and boring. As a famous and loyal fan of the Spurs, Sean Elliott naturally couldn't stand it anymore, so he published this in the San Antonio Express. The column article was soon reprinted by espn and other media.

When this article spread to China, domestic fans stood up and spoke for the Spurs.

"The Spurs game is the most enjoyable game in the NBA. There is no doubt about it? Just look at these gif pictures." Some fans released several gif pictures, one of which shows the Spurs. In a certain round of offense, the Spurs almost always passed the ball, passed the pass, and directly passed an open position. Manugino in the picture made an empty cut layup.

Below this picture, the reply floor is applauded.

"That's right, the Spurs' offense was passed, and there was a whole day. Isn't this kind of game exciting?"

"Yeah, are the American experts mentally sick? Is it because the Heat's breakthrough points are good? Or is the three-point game between the Thunder and the Warriors good?"

...

The outside world was harassing, arguing, but inside the Spurs was quiet.

Quietly boarded the bus, quietly boarded the plane, and then after a year, the Spurs came to Memphis again.

On the night of arriving in Memphis, there was a heavy rain in Tennessee. Under the heavy rain, the whole city was quiet. Anxi opened the curtains, and as soon as he was about to sigh with emotion, his room was pushed aside.

"Ann, hurry up, go to Greg's room, where Greg and the Union staff are waiting for you." It was Tony Parker who came to inform Anxi.

Anxi was stunned: "Alliance staff? What's wrong?"

"What's wrong with you? The best sixth person."

Anxi is suddenly a little confused, the best sixth man, is it going to accept two awards? Before Anxi could react, Parker led him to Popovich's room.

Anxi lives on the fifth floor and Popovich lives on the seventh floor, so when the two slowly walked all the way to the elevator door, Anxi's phone rang.

"Hey, Ann? Have you heard? The result of the best sixth man was announced, and the first place is you." Ivo Clark's voice came on the other end of the phone.

An Xi nodded: "Well, I already know. I'm now looking for the staff sent by the Alliance."

"In this way, I'll make a long story short, Time Magazine already knows the final result, and I am going to invite you to meet in Memphis, and find a time to do the interview."

"I see, then after the third game."

...

For the best sixth man, Anxi was a little surprised that he could get this award. After all, this award has always been based on scoring data. However, this season, Anxi's steals and blocks are really invincible, plus scoring. He wasn't too far below Jr Smith, so Anxi got the most first-place votes, scoring 245 points.

But second jr Smith also scored 170 points, Anxi's advantage is not big.

Although the advantage is not big, it is already a fact to get this trophy.

That night, the major media reprinted the announcement of the league, and Anxi won another award after winning the most improved player.

...

A day later, on May 11, 2013, at the FedEx Arena in Memphis, David Stern appeared on the scene, and he was preparing to present the award to Anxi.

In the away awards, Anxi has been able to expect boos to come like a sea ~www.ltnovel.com~.

However, beyond Anxi's expectation, many Chinese fans appeared on the sidelines, which caused some cheers in the FedEx Arena that had been booing constantly.

And when David Stern played, cheers rang out in the arena. This old man who is about to retire next season has gained enough respect in his last year of reigning the NBA.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the audience friends on the scene and in front of the live camera, now, what I want to announce is that the best sixth man of the 2012-2013 regular season, the forward swingman from San Antonio-Anxi-won The best sixth man in the regular season this season!"

Suddenly, boos broke out, but there was a burst of cheers in the corner, Anxi smiled and waved towards the gathering place of Chinese, and then ran all the way to the center of the field.

The hiss almost concealed all the voices, but David Stern didn't care. After giving Anxi the trophy, he shook hands with Anxi and said: "Ann, meet again, come on, boy, I hope your career will become more and more successful."

An Xi nodded: "Thank you." (To be continued.)