Stephen was ready to go to the free throw, but the referee gave Stephen an offensive foul. Stephen blinked twice. Isn't it his home court? Why did he lean towards the opponent? The audience around him also booed. However, there is no fixed and intuitive standard for this type of foul, and the scale is completely in the hands of the referee.

Stephen walked forward angrily, holding his breath in his heart. After coming back, as soon as Josh Howard got the ball, he was slapped on the ball by Stephen and flew into the audience. Stephen was not stupid enough to deliberately seek a foul. No matter how much resentment he felt in his heart, he had to stay on the court first. [..com]

After the Mavericks re-served the ball, the ball came to Nowitzki's hands. Although Stephen's sudden sneak attack failed, it successfully interrupted Nowitzki's offensive rhythm and took a hurry. Nowitzki rarely shot an air ball. Diop and Nestrovic competed for the rebound, which was a little worse in experience. Seeing that Lostrovic had already caught the ball, Diop stabbed the ball upwards, but who knew that the ball was stabbed into the basket, forming a wrong goal.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack again, and the ball was still in Stephen's hands. Josh Howard knew that he had committed three fouls, so he paid great attention to his actions. Stephen made several fake moves, but he did not deceive Josh Howard. Instead, he delayed his offensive opportunity. In the end, he only used a throwing method to attack. The ball was bumped into the ring twice and did not fall into the basket. Duncan's tip-in also missed, and the ball was taken by Nowitzki.

When retreating, Tony Parker walked up to Stephen and taught Stephen how to control his hand shape to increase his shooting percentage. As the player with the most experience in throwing, although he felt that this method was not suitable for him, Stephen still thanked the other party for his kindness.

Among all positions on the court, throwing is generally a good match for point guards, because their height is the shortest group on the court, but they are the most flexible. Using their own speed and flexibility to score in the inside is the main way for point guards to attack inside, but due to their height, in order to avoid and avoid covers, throwing and throwing has become their best choice.

However, since the throwing is not as supportive as the jumper, the shooting percentage of the throwing shots has never been guaranteed. This is also the main reason why many point guards' offenses are called "brainless small throws", because after they enter the inside, they can only use this offensive method.

Stephen really wanted to try his own big throwing skills, but he also knew that this was on the court, not on the training ground. If he really did that, he would definitely be scolded by the coach. Moreover, he hadn't practiced for a long time and his body had changed a lot. Stephen didn't have much confidence in whether he could have such a high hit rate as before.

The Mavericks' offense fell once again, and Stephen is now like he is crazy. No matter who takes the ball and passes within two meters around him, he may be attacked by him. Moreover, Stephen's attack speed is extremely fast and his return is also very fast, which does not affect his defense against Josh Howard, and has caused great trouble to other Mavericks players.

The one who got hit this time was Devin Harris. When he dribbled through Stephen's side, he was startled by Stephen who suddenly appeared in front of him. Fortunately, his center of gravity was low. Stephen took a handful and failed to catch it, and then quickly retreated. However, Stephen created a chance for Tony Parker. In order to avoid Stephen's invasion, Devin Harris sideways and was pushed down by Tony Parker.

Stephen and Tony Parker once again played a fast break aerial relay dunk show. The other Spurs players did not run over in the Mavericks' half, and Devin Harris, the fastest on the Mavericks, had just run into the three-point line.

This fast break slightly changed the situation on the court. Nowitzki encountered Stephen's double-team while attacking, but Josh Howard's open shot failed and the rebound was confiscated by Bruce Bowen. After Bruce Bowen got the ball, he threw it directly into the court. After Stephen received the ball, he passed it forward again, just like a relay, the ball came to Tony Parker's hands.

But at this time, Devin Harris also ran over. Tony Parker did not force his attack, but shook it for a while and passed the ball back to Stephen. Stephen stood outside the three-point line and took action without hesitation after receiving the ball. With a swish, the crisp friction sound was like a fairy-length sound, which made the fans feel refreshed.

This three-point narrowed the gap in the score to only one point, but after coming over, Jason Terry also made a three-pointer and returned to the gap of four points. After coming back, Duncan's move was a little different. While fighting for rebounds, Stephen and Josh Howard got involved. The referee came over and gave Josh Howard a foul. Stephen deliberately pursued it but failed, but an unintentional competition for rebounds achieved his goal.

After watching Josh Howard come off the court, Stephen made the first free throw, but rolled down from the basket with a bumpy second free throw. Three or four people rushed in, but no one grabbed the rebound. The ball was pivoted by someone and came to Stephen's hand again.

When Stephen raised his hand and was about to take action, he suddenly saw Bruce Bowen on the bottom corner on one side for a long time, so he forced himself to change his move. He was originally going to throw the ball towards the basket, but the ball flew towards Bruce Bowen, which looked like Stephen threw the ball towards the bottom corner.

Bruce Bowen did not disappoint Stephen's pass, and the ball fell into the basket steadily. After more than half a quarter of hardship, the Spurs finally tied the score. The Mavericks immediately called a timeout. Once the Spurs were overtaken, it would not be so easy to get back. Until now, basically everyone can see that the strength of the Spurs and the Mavericks is almost the same. Even if there is a difference in height, it is still a slight difference.

Avery Johnson allowed the players to calm their minds and not panic, but when he arranged this must-play attack, he saw Nowitzki breathing heavily, and Avery Johnson hesitated for a moment. Nowitzki has not stopped for a minute. Judging from his performance, there is no good performance in this quarter. Are he sure to complete this attack?

But at this time, Nowitzki could not replace Nowitzki. Thinking that most of Nowitzki's physical strength was exhausted and he got involved with Duncan, Avery Johnson replaced Diop with Danpier, let Danpier defend Duncan, and rescue Nowitzki from the heavy responsibility of defense so that he could devote his energy to the offense.

Avery Johnson felt that it was not a good idea to let Nowisky get involved with Duncan. Nowisky's strength is offense rather than defense. He asked him to abandon his best aspects to fight against the opponent to defend. He wasted so much physical strength. Duncan's condition was not that good this season, so he really didn't pay so much attention.

After the timeout, the Mavericks' offense changed. Nowitzki ran over to cooperate with Starkhouse. Stephen exchanged defense targets with Duncan. At this time, the ball was still in Starkhouse's hands. Facing Duncan, Starkhouse's feet changed several times. Duncan always blocked him like a wall, so he had to pass the ball back to Nowitzki.

At this time, Nowitzki stood outside the three-point line. After receiving the ball, Nowitzki turned sideways and leaned against Stephen to start hitting inside. Stephen pushed Nowitzki's huge body hard and tried to block him outside. However, Nowitzki was prepared for Stephen's defense, so he turned around and took advantage of Stephen's retracting strength, he suddenly exerted force and squeezed out a gap.

Since Stephen was on one side, Nowitzki did not dare to shoot backwards as before, but instead stood firm and threw the ball into the basket while standing. The Mavericks led by two points. However, after returning, Duncan suddenly found that the defender behind him had become Danpier, and immediately asked for two positions and then turned around and put the ball into the basket.

At the end of the third quarter, Duncan made three attacks and scored six points. However, Nowitzki scored five points on the Mavericks. At this time, no coaching instructions, Nowitzki changed back with Danpier, but Duncan seemed to have found confidence in offense. Even if it was now Nowitzki, he still had no choice but to Duncan. Faced with Duncan's signature shot on the board, Nowitzki paid the price of foul but failed to prevent the basketball from entering the basket.

Duncan failed to hit a free throw, but the rebound was taken down by Stephen. After taking the lead, Stephen jumped again as soon as he landed, dunked the ball into the basket. The Spurs took a five-point lead, and then both teams missed all attacks, ending in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Duncan and Nowitzki both went down to rest. Both sides played on the court with half a substitute. At this time, Stephen first took Van Exel's pass and made a jump shot, and then in the next attack, Li assisted Van Exel to hit a three-pointer. After coming to give Starkhouse a big hat, he launched a fast break with Van Exel. Although he did not score, he caused Devin Harris to make a foul and made both free throws.

In more than two minutes, Stephen scored seven points, two rebounds, one assisted and one blocked, and led the Spurs to widen the gap in the score to more than ten in one fell swoop, forcing the Mavericks to replace the main players in advance. The Spurs responded with a substitute lineup. After barely entangled for two minutes, they also replaced the main team, keeping the gap of ten to the end. In this game, Stephen's 28 points and eight rebounds and Duncan's 25 points and 14 rebounds were both called Yuliang. They were the two major contributors to the team's crucial game. The Spurs also won the match point with a three-to-two advantage.

After only one day of rest, the sixth game between the Spurs and the Mavericks began at the American Airlines Center Arena. Even if the Spurs lost, they still have a chance to return to their home court to fight again. However, the Mavericks were already fighting with their backs, so at the beginning, the Mavericks played extremely fiercely.

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Chapter completed!