Piao Tianwenxue    The whistle sounded scared Stephen and hurriedly turned his head to look at the referee. Who knew that the referee had actually judged Haslem's defensive foul for the first time, and Stephen had to punish him again.

Huh? Stephen couldn't help but exclaim. This is so strange. The referee will suddenly become fair. Could it be that in this quarter, the league changed the referee. It shouldn't be. Things I have never heard of before. As long as the referee is not physically a problem, it is impossible to continue to call. However, Stephen looked at it and the referee was still the bald old white man, while the thin black man standing on the sideline was still the thin black man like a monkey.

However, although strangely, Stephen still steadily hit the ball. He finally got a free throw. If he missed the penalty, wouldn't he be sorry for the referee's kindness? After the persuasion of Robert Horry and Brent Barry, Stephen also took his mind away from the referee and focused on the game itself.

Stephen insists on the current offensive method, while the Heat are still using Wade as the main offensive point. Similarly, if you have a little physical contact with him, you will be called a foul. However, Wade likes to lean on the defensive players when taking action.

Although it does not work every time, as long as there is one or two effects, who dares to get so close when he wants to take action? In this way, his empty shots are getting bigger and bigger, and his shooting feels better and better.

During an attack, Wade happened to break through to Stephen's not far away. Ginobili was behind him, one step slower than him. Wade suddenly jumped up, but Stephen flew into the air and covered the ball one step ahead of time.

Since the two sides had no physical contact at all, and judging from the flight trajectory of the ball, it was far from reaching the highest point, so this was an undisputed block. Stephen had a sudden inspiration and discussed with Robert Horry, and changed the team's defensive strategy.

Originally, Ginobili defended Wade, Stephen defended James Posey, and Robert Horry defended Antoine Walker, and the two of them exchanged defense targets on their own.

James Posey's moves are mainly outside the three-point line, and occasionally breaks through. With Robert Horry's ability, he can also defend himself. Antoine Walker is even more familiar with Stephen. Although he likes to run outside the three-point line, he also has many opportunities at the basket.

Stephen’s idea was to see Wade’s offensive direction at the basket and try to limit Wade’s shooting without physical contact. Of course, he would not dare to shoot as freely as before. Stephen did not rely on this to limit Wade’s performance like in the previous two games.

This is also a double-team, but it is not a complete double-team. Double-teaming can easily cause defensive leakage. Wade also has good passing ability, but Stephen's mobility is very excellent. Antoine Walker's shooting speed is not very fast. When Wade saw Stephen appearing in front of him, he pushed the ball and immediately passed the ball to Antoine Walker.

But Stephen twisted his body quickly and came back to Antoine Walker. While Antoine Walker was raising his hand to prepare for the shooting, he suddenly hit the ball from Antoine Walker and passed it to Ginobili. After Ginobili passed it back to him, he had already jumped into the air and dunked it into the basket after receiving the ball.

According to statistics, among all the Spurs' fast breaks, Stephen participated more than 70%, and some of them were formed when Stephen was not present. But imagined that as long as Stephen was present, he was basically a participant in every fast break.

On average, the Spurs can score 1.12 points with fast breaks, and among the thirty teams, they can rank 12th. Last season, the Spurs scored second to last fast break. From this, we can see Stephen's ability.

Whether it is stealing or blocking, it is easy to cause fast attacks. Although the Spurs' defense was good in the past, it was based on the success of the system. Bruce Bowen mainly focused on entangled defense, with few blocking steals, while Stephen averaged about two steals and blockings per game.

The fast break after grabbing the rebound, so Stephen participated in every fast break score of the team. When the Heat attacked again, Stephen once again blocked Wade's shot and cooperated with Van Exel to complete the fast break.

Two fast breaks also allowed the Spurs to tie the score. Pat Riley called a timeout very angrily, and called the players in front of him and cursed him. Especially Wade, Pat Riley blamed him mercilessly. Since the opponent is already in front, don't use the offensive method of shooting. Suddenly, he made a layup foul. What's the purpose of shooting?

Wade quickly learned his lesson, and when he came on the court, he immediately rushed towards Stephen with the ball. Ginobili could not delay his pace at all. Although he made up his mind not to contact Wade, he rushed over directly. Stephen naturally would not give in and avoid it, so he went straight to meet him.

Stephen was ready to be called a foul, but a figure suddenly appeared from the slant, knocking Wade to the ground from one side. Stephen looked at it and it turned out that Robert Horry rushed over from the side. The referee naturally judged his foul. But when Wade was free throwing, Robert Horry said to Stephen without any concealment: "Remember, when the foul is inevitable, just make it a little ruthless, so that he dare not continue to try again, so there is no need to be afraid."

Perhaps affected by the impact, Wade failed to hit the first free throw. When it was the second free throw, he heard Robert Horry's fierce words and his free throw was shaking. Seeing that Wade missed both free throws, Robert Horry was still saying sarcastic words: "Look, this foul is worth it."

Everyone on the Heat who said that glared at Robert Horry. Robert Horry was not afraid and glared at a group of people. When the Spurs attacked, Antoine Walker wanted to provoke Robert Horry. Robert Horry waved his hand and swept the ball on his fat face, directly knocking Antoine Walker to the ground.

Almost everyone thought it was a foul and the game would be suspended by the referee. Who knew that the referee was signaling the game to continue, and didn't know what the referee meant. Anyway, others seemed to be a very obvious revenge move, but the referee seemed to have not seen it.

Pat Riley naturally didn't want to complain to the referee, but the referee told him that this was a very normal action. Then Pat Riley could gesture and signal that when Robert Horry was waving the ball, he could not see Antoine Walker next to him. Antoine Walker was encountered by himself.

This would make Pat Riley so angry that he saw that the referee took good care of his side in this game, so Pat Riley was willing to take the initiative to apply for a technical foul to stimulate his players, but he was also worried that if he said too much, the referee would turn against him again, it would be a loss.

The referee does not have to be biased towards one side every time. As long as he turns to one or two at critical moments, he can change the direction of the game. The Heat can lead the game entirely by the referee's two consecutive fouls to Stephen, which changed the situation of the game.

Although he received a warning from Robert Horry, when he attacked again, Wade continued to make a comeback and was still a layup after the breakthrough. However, when Robert Horry was preparing to foul, he suddenly accelerated. Robert Horry did not expect Wade to accelerate again. The foul movement was a little slower, and he hit Wade's hand after Wade took action.

Although Robert Horry's shot was still very heavy, Wade insisted on hitting the free throw this time, and the Heat led three-pointer again. However, after coming back, Stephen also caused James Posey to have a two-plus one, but unfortunately Stephen missed the free throw.

After the second quarter, the Heat only led the Spurs by one point. After the half-time break, the two teams made a comeback again. This time the Heat changed the rotation of the lineup and let Wade sit off the court to rest, with O'Neal leading half of the substitute lineup playing.

The Spurs' lineup has also changed. Nestrovic, Robert Horry, Brent Barry, Ginobili, and Van Exel are left on the court. This is definitely a lineup with strong offense and weak defense. The development of the game is indeed the case. Although it cannot stop the attack jointly launched by the Heat O'Neal and Gary Payton, the Spurs' offense cannot be restricted. The scores of both sides have been rising and rising, and no one has the ability to widen the gap in the score.

When he played more than half of the third quarter, Van Exel, who had been unknown in the finals and performed very mediocrely, suddenly broke out without warning. He first shot a three-pointer outside the three-point line in front of Gary Payton, and then completed a steal from Sandon Anderson's hand, scoring at the basket, and also caused Gary Payton to foul, widening the gap in the score to five points in one fell swoop.

As if stimulated by his performance, another veteran of the team, Brent Barry, who has always been a substitute, also made a shot from outside the three-point line. Although O'Neal also hit Nestrovic with a two plus one after he came back, he missed the free throw.

At this time, Ginobili spitted out his poisonous letter like a spirit snake, and snatched the rebound. He rushed to his half-court alone. When the opponent was about to defend him at the basket, he suddenly stopped and fired outside the three-point line and hit.

Back in the middle of the ball, Gary Payton's pass to Haslem was interrupted, and another fast break caused Sandon Anderson to foul, making both free throws. At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs expanded the score to eleven points, making Pat Riley, who was originally preparing to replace O'Neal, hesitant.

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Chapter completed!