The Suns finally completed an attack, but after coming back, Ginobili scored a three-pointer outside the three-point line. This time it was Stephen's bidding, and the two staged a two-man turn to chase and score. Stephen felt that his cooperation with Ginobili seemed to have risen to another level.

**Vic was watching the game with a rush. It was great. This goal was worth a drink, but he couldn't see it on his face. Only by deeply understanding his Calesimo would he know what he thought. After the Spurs scored, the entire Spurs team did not relax because of this. Instead, he became more motivated because of the dawn of victory. [..com]

Nash made a two-pointer at this time, stabilizing the situation for the Suns, but after coming back, Robert Horry made a mid-range shot, and then took advantage of the timeout, Vicky replaced Robert Horry and replaced Duncan.

As long as Nash doesn't have any problems with the Suns, the whole team will not have any problems. He is the team's engine, the team's soul and brain. After coming back, Nash made another two-pointer without any ruthlessness, but the Spurs also followed Duncan's first goal after the game.

When the two teams played back and forth until three minutes and four seconds, Stephen suddenly made a critical steal from Marion and broke the situation. As Duncan scored two points again, the score was widened in one fell swoop.

The two sides maintained a four-point and two-point difference until the last thirty-two seconds of the game, Stephen made another shot outside the three-point line, and he still took the ball smoothly and turned around and jumped. Then, as Lagabele missed a three-pointer, the Suns lost the game.

Stephen scored 35 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocks, especially the key steal in the end. Nash also scored 35 points and twelve assists, but except him, none of the team scored 20 points. His teammates were not good enough, which was the main reason for losing this game. The Spurs' defense still played a role.

As Stephen's role in the playoffs became better and better, other teams attached more and more importance to Stephen, especially the Heat and the Pistons, have strengthened their collection of Stephen's situation, and even collected all the videos of Stephen playing at the University of Southern California, trying to analyze Stephen's playing habits and awareness from it.

But the more they studied, the more surprised they were. Stephen grew up too fast, not like a person who had never played basketball before. But at the beginning, he was indeed like a beginner. How did he make such great progress? This is something that no one can understand.

At the beginning, Stephen seemed very clumsy in shooting and dribbling. It is said that this is still at the level after high-intensity basic training. So there is no need to think about what he looks like. If he is a basketball genius, he doesn't need to go to college and can be discovered in high school. Not to mention anything else, it shouldn't be so nameless for his body. The high school league is also very developed unless he doesn't play basketball at all in high school.

Especially the head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley attaches great importance to Stephen. He believes that Stephen is likely to be the player that the Spurs poses the most threat to the Heat. The Spurs have Duncan, the Heat also have O'Neal, the Spurs have Ginobili, and the Heat have Wade. As for other veteran role players, the Heat has no shortage of them, but the Heat has no role to compete with Stephen. With Antoine Walker, don't joke, he is already a defeated player under Stephen, and he is still an unfinished Stephen.

In order to explore Stephen's past, Pat Riley even secretly dispatched private detectives, using his own salary. When he got the information about Stephen before college, Pat Riley felt it was difficult to understand. In high school, there was no name Stephen in the school team at all, but according to private detectives, Stephen also played basketball, but it was not very good, which corresponded to his performance in college.

But what puzzled Pat Riley was that Stephen in high school was not the same as he was in high school, but he was very different from now. He was less than 1.9 meters tall. Could it be that he did not play basketball because of his insufficient height? Some people have a little slow development, but Stephen's appearance is very similar to secondary development.

Could it be that after he developed the second time, the height problem that had troubled him was solved, and he thought of playing basketball? Pat Riley suspected that, after all, in order not to be known to many people, private detectives did not make a big move to investigate, nor did Stephen’s previous images or video materials. The information obtained by indirectly was one-sided. Until now, Stephen’s high school did not expect that Stephen, who had become famous, was the Stephen from their school.

Pat Riley found through information that Stephen has a lot of involvement with Los Angeles, where he went to school, his relatives were there, and his friends were there. Could it be that if the Spurs couldn't keep Stephen after Stephen's contract expired, would the Los Angeles team be the most likely to get him? Unfortunately, he is no longer the head coach of the Lakers, and Stephen has nothing to do with Miami. The Charlotte Bobcats can also consider playing a family card.

As head coach and general manager, Pat Riley's considerations are very close to **Vic. Stephen is good, but the conflict with the original system is also obvious. Stephen's appearance affected Tony Parker and Ginobili. Cooperation will not be a problem in the short term, but in the long run, players will definitely not want to do so. Although Stephen is younger and more potential, no one can be sure whether he can continue to play like this. If he lacks motivation after winning the championship or getting a big contract, it is very likely that such players have appeared.

After this happens to a player, the team has no way to influence him. He has no intention of playing, and nothing you say is useless. Even if he is forced to put him on the court, he will handle it. So as a general manager, every signing a high-paying player with such a big contract is a huge adventure.

Some general managers may not need to think so much, but for people like Pat Riley or **Victch who have an unshakable position in the team, the team is like his own, and he needs to consider the consequences for it. Once he pays a huge and long contract, the team may not be able to make it over for several years.

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Chapter completed!