The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 535 Talk with the ball (4.2k chapters)

  On June 12, 2005, the second game of the Finals kicked off at Gund Arena in Cleveland.

  The Spurs who lost the first game changed their faces, as if they had changed a team.

  Having been slower, they continued to put pressure on the Cavaliers from the beginning.

  Duncan scored a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the first quarter!

  Gooden and Varejao who came off the bench jointly contributed 4 fouls.

  I don’t know how Popovich stimulated them. In short, the Spurs collectively performed a blowout that day.

Especially Duncan, who almost took over the work of the two insiders alone, so that when Silas changed into a small lineup, he could safely replace Nestorovic with Malik Rose and use him to defend. James at the top of the fourth position.

  In this game, Bowen stared at Shentong like a tarsal maggot from the start to the end of the game.

  And James took the initiative as the main attack point to take on the heavy task of siege.

  Only against the same powerful striker Marrick Rose, James’ tank breakthrough did not play the usual role and level.

  With the Spurs' offensive end open, Shentong and James were targeted again. Although the Cavaliers made a very tenacious resistance, they were still captured by the Spurs at home.

  94-108.

  The Cavaliers lost 14 points to the Spurs in the second home game, and the score was tied 1-1 by their opponents.

  Shentong’s performance was below average, "only" contributed 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

  Although James scored 28 points, he took 29 shots and his scoring efficiency was much lower than usual.

  After the game, Manu Ginobili Kazuki, who scored 30 points and 6 assists, was embarrassed in the first game.

In an interview, Ginobili said: "My performance in the last game was simply a disaster. I returned to the hotel after the game that night. I shut myself in the bathroom and took a full hour of bath. I dare not think back to what happened that night."

  The reporter asked: "What made you perform so well in the second game? Compared to the first game, it was like a different person."

Ginobili laughed and said: "It must be Popovich, that old man. Ahem, what that guy said to me in the first game kept me in the process of this game. I tensed my nerves, and didn't dare to be careless."

   "What did Bobo say?"

   "At that time, I had just been scored a few consecutive goals by Shentong on the court, and Bobo called a timeout, and then said to me, if I put you back on the court, can you play like a normal person?"

   "Bobo really said that?"

   "Of course." Ginobili hurriedly replied, "Even he told us that we must go all out to play with the Cavaliers, and we must not relax in the slightest, and we must shoot them out!"

  The reporter laughed.

  Obviously, this is the local media in San Antonio.

   Ginobili's words caused dissatisfaction among some Cavaliers fans around him.

  The TV footage also kept booing from fans.

   Popovich beckoned to Ginobili, and everyone immediately returned to the dressing room.

  This time, it's the Spurs' turn to welcome reporters' questions at the press conference.

However, it is a pity that, except for a few local San Antonio media who asked a few questions sporadically, the Chinese media and the Cleveland local media did not ask much, which made Popovich who had a lot of words to say nowhere to vent. The sense of.

   "Why, don't you have anything to ask? Two catties question, two catties question!"

  When it was the Cavaliers' turn, although they lost, the atmosphere of the press conference was still very warm.

  After Paul Silas routinely answered questions from several familiar media reporters, the on-site staff indicated that there was one last question left.

  At this time, a reporter from San Antonio stood up and asked Shentong a question.

   "Hello, Shin, when I interviewed Manu just now after the game, I heard that Popovich said in this game that he would shoot you out. What do you think of this?"

  This sentence obviously carries a hint of sarcasm.

  Shen Tong turned on the microphone switch, and said blankly: "Take the ball and talk."

the next day.

   "Wow!"

  Shen Tong came to the pool, took off the soaking training suit, and twisted out the water.

  Wagner looked silly.

  James also stared wide-eyed, silently watching.

  Watching Shentong put on the training suit again, Wagner couldn't help but ask Shentong who walked out of the locker room: "Shen, where are you going? Don't you take a shower?"

   "I will practice for a while, and then come back to wash."

   "Boom." The door of the locker room blocked Wagner's gaze at Shen Tong.

   James silently wiped off his sweat, wrung out the towel, and then pushed aside the locker room and walked out.

  Wagner curled his lips, and while hesitating, several players put on training uniforms and went out again.

  In the end, only Wagner and Miller remained in the locker room.

   "Hey, Reggie, don't you go to practice for a while?" Wagner asked.

   "No need, I came over for training three hours earlier, and now I don't even have the strength to raise my hand."

  "."

  Wagner silently put on his sneakers again, then pushed aside the locker room and ran to the court.

  On June 14, the third game of the finals was played at the SBC Center Arena, home of the San Antonio Spurs.

  Although the Spurs' style of playing is very calm and restrained, the home fans of the Spurs are different, very enthusiastic and unrestrained.

  A hot girl wearing a Spurs gray jersey rolled up the jersey at her waist, revealing a white waist, with the No. 21 on her chest tightly supported by a big ball.

  At this moment, Barkley, who is sitting in the SBC Center Arena for live broadcast, can be regarded as a feast for the eyes.

   "The quality of the beautiful women in Texas is really high." Barkley has an indescribable smile on his face.

   "Charles, let's talk about the ball." Smith reminded.

  "I’m watching the game, don’t disturb me."

  "."

  In this game, the starting lineups of both sides have not changed from the previous two games.

Before the game, Barker commented: "The Cavaliers lost a game in the first two home games and are now visiting San Antonio. They must take a victory here as much as possible, otherwise they will be in a very difficult situation. "

Smith agreed with his partner and said: "But the Spurs’ home court is not good. This is a severe test for Paul Silas and Shentong. We saw that in the second game, the Spurs’ GDP combination collectively The Cavaliers were pressed hard and there was no counterattack. The other two players, Bruce Bowen and Marrick Rose, seemed to be born defenders against Shentong and LeBron, which made the Spurs lineup. It's very reasonable and very specific for the Cavaliers."

Barkley said: "In order to defeat the Spurs, the Cavaliers need to make breakthroughs in certain aspects to change the passive situation in the second game. One is that Tim Duncan can't be asked and asked by himself in the interior. He is the team's. The cornerstones and support points, let Tim live, it is very difficult for the Cavaliers, after all, they do not have Tim's level star in the inside line, the second is that Shentong and LeBron must break the defense of Bruce and Malik. If they need to invest a lot of energy in the offense, then the overall strength of the Cavaliers will inevitably be affected, because the ball needs to be launched from both of them. The third is that the Cavaliers’ bench lineup must give the main players enough help. Gil Miller made 1 of 7 shots from the outside, and Anderson Varejao seemed to be playing just to contribute foul data. If the Cavaliers' bench is still so weak, then the Cavaliers will still be tough in this game."

  The finals played two games, and it seems that the two TNT commentators are not optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers.

  Before entering the field, Shen Tong touched the red rope on his right wrist.

  This was tied by Nina Dobrev personally before she traveled from Cleveland to San Antonio.

   "My dear, this red string has lucky blessings. I hope it can bring you good luck."

  His thoughts pulled back to the court, Shen Tong's expression returned to stern, his eyes fixed on the ball about to be thrown in the hands of the referee.

  With the deafening shouts and cheers of the SBC home fans, the game officially started!

  Duncan was the first to win the ball for the team.

  The Spurs fall into position to attack.

  Duncan got stuck inside Gooden and immediately started singles after receiving a pass from Parker.

After    hit twice, Duncan took three steps, drifting laterally, and hooked the ball to the basket with his left hand.

  Gooden had no time to adjust to his center of gravity, so he could only look up at the ball flying over his head.

  Seeing that the ball will disappear in my line of sight, suddenly the light behind me dimmed, a palm stretched out from behind, and a slap slapped Duncan's throwing out of the restricted area!

  Is Shentong!

   "Look at something stupid, let me charge!"

  Gu Deng reacted and quickly took a stride to keep up with Shen Tong’s back.

  The ball was passed only twice before it was in James' hands.

  The Spurs retreated very quickly.

  From the first two games, they already knew that the Cavaliers’ offensive and defensive transitions were very fast.

  So when Shentong blocked shots, the Cavaliers had three of them arrived at the Spurs halftime, and the opponent had already returned to defend three of them, all of them squeezed in the penalty area, which did not give the Cavaliers a chance to break fast.

  But James, who is holding the ball, is standing in the bottom corner on the right.

  The three-pointer was on the tip of his toe, and James made a three-pointer.

  At the same time the ball was shot, James raised his arm high.

  This kind of feel, but James has maintained it under the guidance of Shentong.

  In order to maintain this feeling of shooting, James even kept his right-handed shooting posture for a certain period of time, just to form muscle memory.

   "Shoo."

  The ball passes through the net hollow.

  After bumping into the chest with Shentong, James bumped with Wagner.

   Then, Shen Tong and James returned to their own half-court defense, and Wagner was hit on the sidelines

  Parker made an emergency stop and missed a jumper. Big Z struggled to grab a defensive rebound.

  In the first two games, the Big Z, who averaged only 5.5 rebounds per game, has been criticized by many media and fans.

   "This **** is only tall, so he can't play basketball at all."

  "This is the All-Star center in the East? There is a difference between Yao Ming and Shaquille."

  "I am afraid there is a difference between him and Yao Ming."

  Big Z usually likes to browse websites, these words naturally can't escape his eyes.

   Burdened with the ridicule of outsiders and the expectations of the team, the big Z is also suffocated in this game.

  Play as the last game of your career!

  Offensive end.

  Shentong used Gooden’s screen to quickly break into the inside and pass Duncan to the big Z in the basket.

After    got the ball, Big Z burst into the basket with the ball in both hands, and completed a two-handed dunk in front of Nestorovic!

  According to the past playing habits, after the big Z basket gets the ball, it is often the end of the basket or scratching the board. Dunking like this is really rare.

   "Wow, look at our big center, he is angry!" Wagner smiled and said to the big Z who ran by.

   "Yes, Dajuan, you have to stand up a bit. We are really tired to play with you. In contrast, Tony's performance is much better."

  The radical method from Shentong.

  Don’t say it, Wagner really eats this set.

  In the first two games, the self-proclaimed Cavaliers’ third-in-class performance lags far behind Tony Parker. Shentong’s semi-ridiculous remarks catalyzed Wagner’s performance.

  Close to Parker's defense, the French sports car's dribble is a bit slow, and Wagner's defense is not leaking.

   "Hey, Tony, here." Ginobili slipped over and asked for the ball.

  Parker was just ready to pass, Wagner reached out and made a steal in advance, intercepting between Ginobili and Parker.

  I predicted your prediction!

  When Wagner’s arm was found, Parker’s pass was too late to retract.

  As if to cooperate with Wagner's steal, Parker "actively" sent the ball over.

  Wagner, who completed the steal, rushed to the Spurs half-time like flying on the grass, and came a two-handed back buckle!

  The huge momentum made Wagner swing his feet in the air like a pendulum, and when he returned to the highest point, his hands were loosened, and the autumn wind fell back into the court lightly like fallen leaves.

   James, who ran to the scene with him, immediately reached out and pressed his hand on top of Wagner's head.

   "Good job, Da Juan! Let's keep doing this tonight!"

"of course!"

  Wagner replied decisively, turning around to see Shen Tong’s thumb.

  The Cavaliers gave the Spurs a wave of 7-0 at the beginning, making Popovich angrily almost fell the stool.

  The old handsome called a timeout in a desperate manner.

   When the Spurs' first five tigers returned to the bench, everyone bowed their heads and did not dare to breathe.

  After the timeout, the Spurs opened up the situation with Duncan's inside attack.

  The game between the two sides began to tend to be offensive and defensive ~www.ltnovel.com~ After the first quarter, the Spurs had unknowingly reduced the point difference to only 1 point.

During the inter-quarter break, Barkley commented: "The Cavaliers played quite well in the first quarter. Just like the first home game, the Spurs were beaten in the beginning, but the game was four quarters after all, and Bobo Vicki called a timeout in time, and then the Spurs almost evened the difference with their home court advantage and calm play. I guess the Spurs will establish home court advantage in the second quarter, overtake the score and open it."

Smith said: "I also think the Cavaliers will get into a hard fight, especially you see, Shen Tong was defended by Bruce Bowen in the first quarter, and he did not score. If Shen Tong does not play, the Cavaliers and Spurs 55 will not open the situation. Lasts too long."

   "Bruce, the defense was good in the first quarter, continue in the second quarter, don't give Shentong any chance!"

  Listening to the compliments of his teammates, Bowen could not feel the slightest joy.

  He looked at Shen Tong, who was resting on the bench on the other side, and didn't know what medicine was sold in this kid gourd.

   But the sixth sense told myself that Shentong would put himself and the Spurs in danger.

  And this feeling is getting stronger and stronger!

  (End of this chapter)