460: Only call the police (5/8 ask for a monthly pass)
Brazilian center Split climbed up from the ground in a mess, and facing Link, he became a little nervous.
If another player who scored 20 points in two consecutive games stood in front of Split, he wouldn't be so nervous. Even if he really wanted to shoot, Split would stretch out his hand.
But Link, the Brazilians knew that if he interfered with him, he would just wait for him to be shot. Unexpectedly, after taking off, he was denied.
Popovich also looked anxious. The Spurs are still 1 point ahead. According to the plan, as long as the Spurs can hold on to the score in the first half, even if they succeed. Popovich put the key to the decisive victory in the second half. But for some reason, Popovich is a little nervous now.
What a joke? Is it because of an old handsome guy who is nervous about a trash talk about losing the draft?
But then Popovich knew that he was nervous not because of Link's trash talk, but because after Link sprayed the trash talk, he could put it into practice immediately.
The Spurs' offense is still smooth. This time, Parker easily stopped and jumped at mid-range. After all, the French are the youngest in the GDP combination. After Duncan and Ginobili gradually functionalized, Parker took on the Spurs' offensive banner this year.
This season, Parker, who is about to reach 30 years old, can average his second-highest 20.5 points per game. As long as Popovich gives him a chance, Parker really has the ability to score.
It’s just that because the playing style is not gorgeous enough, and in a team-type team like the Spurs, Parker’s scoring ability is often overlooked.
Once again, the Spurs turned the gap into three points again, and the team was as steady as ever.
But before Popovich could be happy, the anxious feeling rushed to his forehead again.
Because Link scored another goal!
Parker scored a goal, but Link fought back with Conley on the offensive end.
This time, Conley controlled the ball outside the three-point line. Link pretended to be out to catch the ball, and ran outside the free throw line, but suddenly turned 90 degrees and cut into the basket!
Leonard reacted quickly and immediately wanted to follow. But as soon as he took a step, Randolph was blocked strictly by Randolph. This time, Randolph could not get rid of the front cover.
In this way, Link made a small circle around the court and cut into the inside. But the question is, how can Conley on the left side of the court pass the basketball through the crowd and send it to Link on the right side of the court?
The answer is very simple, pass the ball!
Conley threw the ball into the air at the right time. Before the Spurs players could react to what happened, Link rose up, took the basketball with one hand, and dunked it into the frame!
Link had finished dunking, but Split still looked confused.
When did this guy come over? How did the ball pass there?
With an all-relay dunk, the Grizzlies narrowed the score difference to 1 point! Moreover, it is in such a high ornamental way!
Link scored consecutively, and he has scored 4 points since the second quarter. It seems that Link has no intention of being afraid at all. He seems to be very confident and can spend the last time with the San Antonio Spurs!
Popovich still did not change his strategy, but waved his hand and said, "As planned!"
He still doesn't believe that an exhausted Link can kill the game by himself! Continue to defend one-on-one and force him to play singles!
Then the entire second quarter almost turned into Link's solo special!
Link can make a breakthrough dunk in the conversion offense. He not only needs to convert goals, but also use the dunk to increase morale and deter the Spurs by the way.
A jump shot in the marching emergency stop can still make it. Leonard's long arm seems to have no effect on Link. This guy's mid-range shot is as stable as a machine that won't make mistakes.
Not to mention that this is Link’s signature show. Now that the league mentions the back-to-back singles of outside players, fans will be the first to say Kobe. And the second one, there is a high probability that Link will be the second one.
Every time Leonard encounters Link's most violent attack on the offensive end, he feels that he is defending Link for one round, and the consumption is equivalent to defending others for two or three rounds!
At this time, Leonard couldn't help but echoed in his mind that Link said to him at the beginning of the second quarter, "Who do you think, will be exhausted to death first?"
Stevens also changed Link's rotation strategy. He did not let Link play eight or nine minutes at once, but instead won Link in the middle of the second quarter and waited for Link to play at the end of the second quarter.
Although the total playing time is the same as in the first quarter, Link will no longer have to fight continuously at high intensity, which is equivalent to getting a "intermission break" in one quarter.
Now for Link and Stevens, being able to save more energy is to accumulate more hope for victory.
So, Popovich was in a crazy mood throughout the second quarter. He wanted to force Link to play singles, but Link scored 12 points in the second quarter and 20 points in the half! He killed Popovich so much!
Leonard was also in a state of depression. Link scored 8 points in the first quarter. Leonard thought this would be Link's highest single-quarter score today. Who knew that Link scored 12 points in the second quarter, which hurt Xiaoka very much.
55 to 56, at the end of the half game, the San Antonio Spurs only led by one point!
"So tenacious! The Spurs gave Link a chance to play singles, and Link really scored a goal! Once again, Link scored 20 points in the first half! His score alone accounted for one-third of the team's score! It can be seen that Link wanted to use his strong attack power to force Popovich to change his strategy. I just don't know what Popovich will respond!" Hubby Brown would not be surprised to see Link score 20 points in the first half.
This guy has such strength.
After returning to the locker room after halftime, Popovich was still the same, "Continue to follow the original plan and give me a firm one-on-one defense!"
In the second half, Link should be tired! He doesn't believe it yet, Link can score 20 points in the second half!
On the other hand, in the Grizzlies' locker room, Link was trying hard to rest, seizing every second of the time to rest.
To score 20 points in the second half of Leonard's defense, this is not only a technical job, but also a physical job. Fortunately, the Grizzlies still played several decent pick-and-roll cooperations in the second quarter, such as that beautiful all-match dunk.
But these occasional pick-and-rolls did not help Link save too much energy. In the second half, Link knew that he would suffer as if he had fallen into hell.
After a while of rest, the halftime time ended. Link stood up and changed into a new jersey. The one he had just now been completely soaked in sweat and was uncomfortable in dressing.
When in the player channel, Randolph pulled Link, "Don't be strong if you can't play. The Spurs wish you were so excited. If this continues, you can't even lift your legs in the fourth quarter."
Instead of answering Randolph, Link asked Randolph a question, “Do you remember the annoying Boston North Shore Gardens?”
"Of course, I will never forget that ghost place in my life." Randolph replied.
"Hehe, the scene of the dome of the North Shore Garden Arena is really beautiful. If there is no way to deal with the Spurs, then the dome of the Federal Express Arena is destined to be bare! I know this is just a routine, but even if it is just a regular season, the San Antonio people have to be afraid of us! So don't worry. The Spurs and I will definitely fall first!"
Randolph stopped and watched the trot walk to No. 0 on the court.
Are you already setting such a high goal?
At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs launched a fierce attack, and they would have to cancel the game in the second half.
They first scored two goals in a row, but Link hit the iron for the first time and failed to continue the score. So the Spurs got a 5-point lead!
In ordinary games, a 5-point advantage is nothing. But in this game, the Spurs led the Grizzlies by 5 points, which is already a delightful number! After all, once the two sides have already faced each other, the score cannot be expanded for a long time.
"What am I talking about? That kid is not Superman, he can't do it!" When the Grizzlies attacked again, Popovich relaxed a lot.
Link just made a shot and that was a signal of his physical decline. The old man believed that the Grizzlies would collapse from now on.
This time, Link did try several attacks, but in the end they were left unresolved because they could not break through Leonard's defense.
The basketball passed a circle, but it finally fell into Kangli's hands. Xiao Kangli looked up at the attack time, so he decided to bite the bullet and go on it himself.
In the end, Conley failed to hit the jump shot after cover. Duncan made up for defense too quickly. The role of this old monster on the defensive end is not something that data can see. If Duncan had not replaced the defense in time, Conley might have really made a move.
Split turned around and prepared to take the rebound, Popovich also breathed a sigh of relief, and the Spurs finally took the initiative!
Well? Wait? Why is there someone behind Split?
Popovich widened his eyes, and the next second, the Brazilians began to suffer.
Split was about to catch the rebound, but suddenly he felt something hit from behind and lost all the center of gravity in the air!
Finally, a pair of hands appeared on Split's head, grabbed the basketball, and then smashed the basketball that was knocked out of the frame again into the basket through him!
"Boom!" The basketball rack sank suddenly, and Split was knocked outside the bottom line in a panic.
Replace the deductions from others!
Everyone thought that No. 0 was not good, but at this critical moment, he stood up again, letting the Spurs' hope of completely opening up the score was dashed.
Link almost fell down when he landed, but fortunately Iguodala helped him in the back. The explosion just now made Link consume too much strength. So when he landed, his legs became weak.
"Thank you, Andrew." Link patted Iguodala on the shoulder and took a few steps while the Spurs had not served the bottom line.
He wouldn't let go of a few seconds of lazy time.
After seeing the ball, Popovich walked back to the bench and sat down.
The Spurs were able to open the score again and again, but they were hindered by Link again and again, which was a great blow to morale. Now, even Popovich was disgraced.
"Call the police!" Popovich shouted at Budenhoze after he sat back on the bench.
"Call the police?" Budenhoze thought he had heard it wrong.
Chapter completed!