At this time, Nash, the core player of the Suns, stepped forward, his long hair fluttered, his body leaned forward slightly, and his feet moved quickly. As soon as he crossed the midfield line, Van Exel came over. Nash stopped for a moment, and then suddenly accelerated to one side, as if he was about to bypass Van Exel. Van Exel hurriedly moved his footsteps, but unfortunately he moved sideways slower than Nash, and he was about to break through the defense line by Nash.

Who knew that at this time, Nash suddenly slowed down, and then with the force of Van Exel's collision, he jumped backwards, and at the same time raised the ball in his hand and shot it towards the basket. The ball quickly rose to the highest point, and then followed a set line in front of a crisp impact, a refreshing friction sound, the interweaving of red and white, and the fusion of passion and calmness.

Nash's three-pointer hit widened the gap in the score again. After coming back, Stephen did not choose to take action after breaking through. Instead, he attracted the attention of the defense and handed the ball to Nestrovic. Unfortunately, Nestrovic did not shoot the ball without defense, and Stephen stood up and grabbed the rebound again to protect the ball rights this time.

Under Marion's key defense, Stephen still did not take action on his own, but threw the ball hard to Van Exel, who had been outside the three-point line for a long time. Although Van Exel's three-point shooting rate was not very high, he was very brave to take action and was a strong player in the key battle.

After receiving the ball, Van Exel shot the ball without hesitation, but the ball fell into the basket and jumped high to the upper edge of the rebound, then fell heavily to the middle of the ring and rebound, jumping again into the air.

Stephen jumped up between Kot Thomas and Marion and took the rebound off. After taking the rebound, Stephen lowered his body, then pushed the ball with his hand and passed it to Ginobili on the other side. Then he turned out and ran out to the three-point line. He received a pass from Ginobili in the air and firmly threw the ball towards the basket.

After three attempts, the ball finally entered the basket as expected, but after adding a three-pointer to the score, the sideline referee signaled that there was something wrong with the three-pointer. After watching the referee's video, Stephen was taking off, the position of the shoe tip seemed to have some contact with the three-pointer line, and the three-pointer finally turned into two points.

Three-pointers turned into two points, Stephen said nothing. Although the fans were booing the referee with dissatisfaction, we were behind at home, why should we change the judgment of a ball that could be judged or not? Doesn’t this sideline referee called Floyd know to take care of the emotions of our home fans?

After coming back, due to the influence of the ball just now, Van Exel did not dare to make such a rash move. Nash easily broke through with the ball. After entering, Nash immediately jumped and shot. Robert Horry, who came to defend, hurriedly reached out to the hat. As a result, his hand just swept the basketball, but the ball still fell into the basket.

"It's so unlucky. If I don't touch it, I can't tell you the ball but I can't get it." While running towards his half, Robert Horry complained. Stephen smiled at him. Sometimes it's like this. Stephen also saw Robert Horry touching the ball, and the ball's flight trajectory also changed a little. If Robert Horry didn't touch it, the ball would definitely not get it.

After returning, Ginobili used Robert Horry's cover to throw away Lagabele's defense, and easily made a shot in front of Tim Thomas, causing Tim Thomas to foul. With the extra free throw, the gap in the score came to three-pointers again.

The Suns' offense was still initiated by Nash. When he was running, Nash suddenly turned around, but his hand swung backwards and passed the ball to Lagabele outside the three-point line. Lagabele's three-pointer feel was not very good in this game, but he still firmly threw the ball out.

This three-pointer is even more unreliable than the one in front. Lagabel directly shot the ball into Kot Thomas's hand, looking like a pass. Kot Thomas saw that Nestrovic was one step away from him, and reacted very quickly and jumped to shoot, without noticed a scream from behind.

It turned out that Stephen happened to run to the basket and was about to grab the rebound. When he saw the ball fall directly into Cott Thomas's hand, he stopped and stood behind Cott Thomas. At the same time as Cott Thomas took action, Stephen jumped high. Marion's reminder was slower and watched Cott Thomas' shot being pressed down by Stephen.

Although Cott Thomas did not lose the ball in his hand, he was pressed directly to the ground by Stephen. At this time, the ball was taken off by Stephen. The referee had already put the whistle to his mouth and blew Cott Thomas to walk. However, seeing Stephen get the ball, he maintained the smoothness of the ball for the principle of favorable offense. At the same time, he did not blew it, but let the game continue.

While Stephen got the ball, Van Exel asked Stephen and retreated to the frontcourt, while Ginobili and Robert Horry were also running, but the Suns' Nash and Marion were running in the front. As the team that was best at fast attack, they naturally had their own set in defense of fast attacks.

Seeing that there was no chance of fast break, Stephen dribbled the ball by himself. At this time, except Nestrovic was still behind Stephen, everyone else had already run in front, including all the Suns. As soon as the half passed, Marion came over to press Stephen and let Stephen conceal the ball. Stephen supported him with one hand so that he could not get close to him, and then squeezed into it step by step. Marion was very strong, and Stephen was very difficult to squeeze, but Stephen squeezed in step by step until Lagabele came from one side to double-team himself. Stephen passed the ball to Ginobili.

Lagabe hurriedly turned back to defend Ginobili, and Ginobili passed the ball directly to Stephen. Marion seemed to see an opportunity, and hurriedly reached out to steal one from Stephen's hand, but he didn't know that Stephen had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, so he directly sideways to avoid Marion's steal, and at the same time reached out to send the ball steadily into the basket.

Stealing is a gambling defense. Once the steal is not successful, it will cause defensive loss. Therefore, ordinary defensive masters never trade to steal rashly. While scoring two points, Stephen also helped the team narrow the gap to one point.

Nash quickly came back and assisted Marion to score two points. This time, Stephen wanted to block Nash, and then Nash turned into a pass and passed the ball to Marion. Marion immediately used his weird shooting posture to send the ball into the basket and scored two points for the Suns.

This defense cannot be said that Stephen made a mistake. Van Exel has lost his defensive position. If Stephen does not block Nash, Nash can also shoot easily. With his shooting percentage of more than 50% of the ball, it is basically the same as a score-send.

The gap came back to three-pointers. After coming back, the Spurs seemed a little anxious to equalize the score. Ginobili and Robert Horry both chose to take action outside the three-point line, but neither made a shot. However, with Nestrovitch and Stephen at the basket, the two of them protected a frontcourt rebound, and the ball rights were still on the Spurs' side.

He took action again, this time it was Van Exel. Although he had already made a step in from the three-point line, the ball still did not fall into the basket and jumped high on the ring. At this time, Stephen and Cott Thomas jumped at the same time. When in the air, Cott Thomas stretched out his left arm to press Stephen, but Stephen still filled the ball into the basket, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Stephen hesitated for a moment when he was free throwing, and still used a toilet-type free throw. With the increase in the shooting rate of ordinary free throws, this free throw method has been used less and less. Stephen usually uses this free throw method at home and during the key free throws. This is also to please fans. As for away fans, if Stephen thinks of free throws like this, he will not be watching TV.

The ball turned several laps on the rim but fell into the basket. After the Spurs fell behind for two minutes at the beginning, they tied the score for the first time, but there was only a little more than a minute left in the first half. Neither coach of both sides called a timeout and allowed the game to take place under the control of the players.

Nash missed his shot and lost the opportunity to open the score again. The Spurs also missed the offense. The two teams did not score at the same time. The score was still fifty-nine to fifty-nine, and both sides had one chance to attack.

Nash dribbled under the basket and suddenly got out of the basket again, but the ball in his hand disappeared. Kot Thomas's shot from the basket was not shot under the interference of Nezzilovic, but the ball was still in his hand. Just as he was about to take another shot, Robert Horry suddenly pulled the ball out of his hand.

The ball fell to the ground and rolled to the side. Just as it was about to roll out of the baseline, Stephen jumped over and rescued the ball, lay on the ground and threw it to Ginobili. When Stephen got up from the ground and ran to the frontcourt, Ginobili had already thrown the ball into the basket.

The Spurs led the first time, but left thirteen seconds of offensive time for the Suns' offense. Nash passed the half like the wind, and threw Van Exel behind in three or two steps, then slipped from the baseline to the other side, and suddenly swung back. Cott Thomas easily put the ball into the basket while others were attracted by Nash.

In three seconds of offense, Robert Horry sent the ball directly to the near midfield. After Ginobili received the ball, he immediately threw the ball into the basket. At this time, Stephen jumped in the air and smashed the ball into the basket the moment before the end of the game. Both sides entered the halftime break with a draw.
Chapter completed!