Fortunately, everyone below was smart enough. When he saw Stephen reaching the basket, he immediately hid aside. Stephen shook his way around and then jumped down quickly. After hanging on it for a long time, he would get a technical foul.

Stephen's strong offense caused the Kings to shrink the defense, so there would be a chance on the outside. For a moment, the Spurs' outside feels like an arrow falling like rain, and the Kings can't raise their heads.[]

Finally, the Spurs replaced the substitute, but under Ginobili's driving, the outside shooting feel did not decline, but it made people feel even more terrible. Bruce Bowen made two shots from outside the three-point line, Van Exel made one shot, and Ginobili also showed his power. In the second quarter of the single note, the Spurs scored 41 points, but only allowed the Kings to score fifteen points.

Seventy-three to thirty-nine. Judging from the previous figure, it should be the score of the whole game, but from the latter figure, it seems to be the score of the half game. No one expected that the Spurs would lead the Kings by thirty-four points in the first half alone.

Although the strength of the two sides is very different, no one expected that it would be so different. This is simply the score between professional teams and non-professional teams. This comparison is not acceptable to the fans of the Kings. Even the fans of the Spurs are a little unbelievable that the Spurs will be so powerful.

The Kings are able to make their post-season in the West, where the strong West is surrounded by the West, which is enough to prove their ability. You should know that the Hornets are regular players in the playoffs in the East, but they have not made a single playoff in the West. It can be seen that the overall strength of the West is that they can enter the playoffs. The Kings are not a weak team that everyone bullies.

Whether sitting in the commentary seat or in front of the TV, when the experts were sitting in this scene, they were glad that they had the foresight and did not say that the Kings could steal a victory from the Spurs. Seeing the Kings so miserable, many people were amazed at the strength of the Spurs. Could it be that this year we really want to break the law of the Spurs winning the championship in odd years?

During the halftime break, **Vic reminded everyone not to think that they would definitely win the game if they were ahead 34. The game was still twenty-four minutes. In twenty-four minutes, anything could happen. Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, you must continue to maintain high pressure on the opponent's defense and suppress the opponent's counterattack.

However, **Vic did not change the starting lineup again on the court, and at the same time replaced Ginobili, replaced Brent Barry, and Van Exel also replaced Udic, with a 34-point advantage. If you don't take advantage of this time, you can take a good rest. When will you wait?

But at the beginning of the second half, **Vic saw the Kings put up a center forward Brad Miller, and then brought a big and four-small lineup like Artest, Wells, Kevin Martin, and Mike Bibby. This is a lineup that focuses on scoring. Now for the Kings, nothing except scoring is meaningless.

The Kings' lineup made it difficult for the Spurs to defend. After the inside lacked Duncan, the perfect defender, he relied heavily on Bruce Bowen on the outside defense. However, due to physical reasons, Bruce Bowen was not in the best condition. In addition, the four small players of the Kings all had strong offensive abilities, and the four people took turns to attack, which made Bruce Bowen lose the other and difficult to protect.

Especially Wells, when Artest was entangled in the inside by Robert Horry and Kevin Martin was unable to break through Bruce Bowen's defense, he used his short but extremely strong body to frequently break through Brent Barry's defense, and did not enter the inside to score. He always took action one meter across the three-point line. This position happened to be the weak point of the Spurs' defense now.

In the past, the Spurs' defense did not have this loophole, because both Bruce Bowen and Stephen were able to connect the inside defense. However, now because of Bruce Bowen, because of his poor condition, Kevin Martin's threat is not as threat as Wells, so he had to mainly defend Kevin Martin on the other side. Wells' physical and technical characteristics are not something that Brent Barry can defend.

Unless they are on Michael Finley or Stephen, they are both starters, **Vic did not want them to play so early. Before *Vic made adjustments, Artest also saw this weakness of the Spurs and began to change his offensive style. With the cooperation between them, the Spurs quickly became a little unbearable.

**Vic was able to sit still. He waited until the end of the third quarter before he replaced Stephen and Duncan, replacing Nestrovic and Brent Barry. As soon as they came on the court, they immediately stabilized the situation of the Spurs. In two minutes, the Spurs played a 6-0 win for the Kings.

In this way, the score of both sides in the third quarter was 21 to 28. The Kings only caught up with the gap of seven points, and there was still 27 points. With Stephen and Duncan's team, although **Vic has been adjusting the lineup on the court, and although they were replaced by more than three minutes before the end of the game, the Spurs still defeated the Kings with a score of 122 to 88. It was still a 34-point gap. The Spurs won the first game of the playoffs.

Stephen scored 21 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks. In addition to him, Duncan and Parker both scored more than 20 points, and Mohamed, Ginobili, Robert Horry, and Michael Finley also scored in double digits.

After the game, the Spurs' super defense and strong scoring ability made other playoff teams come together, and they can score a 30-point difference in the playoffs. Moreover, the Spurs still have enough energy, which makes people feel even more terrible. Many teams who intend to compete for the championship focus on the Spurs and regard the Spurs as their biggest enemy.

After the game, Stephen also received a news that he overwhelmed the Grizzlies' Mike Miller, the Mavericks' Starkhouse, and the Hornets' Clexton, and won the award this season, and the results of the award will be announced tomorrow morning.

Since he learned that he had entered the award selection, Stephen knew that there should be no problem in winning the award. The data of several opponents was far from that of himself. Even if the reporters who were selected were dissatisfied with him, they could not ignore his huge advantages in data. Now it seems that this is true.

Sure enough, on the second day, the first round of the east and west districts were all completed. Except for the Spurs who beat the Kings with a big score, there was nothing surprising happening. After Stephen won the best sixth man, no one raised any doubts after the official announcement.

Stephen won 125 of the 127 votes, and the remaining two were the second votes, with a full score of 631 points, which was already the highest score since the establishment of the Best Sixth Person Award.

Among the official data, Stephen played for 44 games on the bench, meeting the requirements of the best sixth man, ranking 27th in the league in scoring per game, 35th in rebounds, 5th in steals, 28th in assists, 11th in blocks, 57.5 in shooting percentage (the reason for too many dunks), 30-point shooting percentage 36.6 in 30 ball shooting percentage, 51-point triple-double and 51-point league not mentioned, because this is a fact that everyone knows.

Average score of more than 20 points has become the first person since the establishment of the Sixth Man. Stephen was not surprised. Among the major awards in the regular season, the best player and the best defensive player are the key roles in the individual awards, followed by the selection of the best team and the best defensive team. Awards like this are small awards, and the league didn't care much. Just sent a senior management staff to bring the awards over. A ceremony was held in San Antonio to award the awards to Stephen. It was over. During the awarding process, the man named Lawn Keys smiled at Stephen and said, "Maybe we will meet again soon."

Stephen knew that he was talking about the award for the best rookie. Although he didn't think the trophy was so expensive, Stephen took it and curled his lips secretly. Stephen held the trophy in front of him with a smile on his face. Fortunately, the media still gave the award he selected. More than 100 media outlets from all over the place came at the on-site press conference, and half of the local media in San Antonioni and the media in Texas alone accounted for half.

According to the tone of discussion with Modons, Stephen began to speak, first of all his feelings: "I am very excited to be able to win this award from many powerful people such as Mike Miller, Jerry Starkhouse, etc.." Then Stephen began to thank the team and his teammates for their support. Without their support, he could not win the award. Then he began to thank the media for their support and love for him, and thank the league. Anyway, there would be no mistakes in thanking them. After saying a lot of insincere words, Stephen ended his speech.

When the reporter asked questions, no one made things difficult for Stephen, and many of the answers he and Mordance prepared were useless. Only at the end, a reporter asked Stephen what he had thought about the best rookie, Stephen did not answer, but gave them a confident smile.

"He Shows Confidence with a Smile" is a comment written by a local media in Texas. The media still take good care of local players. They praised Stephen in the comments, believing that Stephen has both the modesty of Easterners and the confidence of Westerners, that is, he does not talk big, nor does he just be humble and makes people feel false.

After receiving the award, many people who knew or didn't know called Stephen to congratulate Stephen. At this time, Stephen encountered a difficult problem. Karen William and Yalis were both coming to celebrate with him for winning the award. As for how to celebrate, although neither of them said the way to celebrate, Stephen knew very clearly that it was impossible to have anything else except going to bed. Both of them were coming. What should we do?

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Today's first update, and there is another update, will definitely not let everyone's expectations be disappointed.
Chapter completed!