During the break after the holiday, the live replay was clearly seen. After Stephen dunked the ball into the basket, the game time became zero, so this offense was effective without objection. In this way, the Spurs led the Heat by one point 83 to 82.

If it were the previous Heat or Spurs, such a score was basically the whole game. However, in this game, the scores of both sides were not too high in the first quarter, and the scores in the second quarter were far beyond the usual scores. The Spurs were originally scored less in the third quarter, but Stephen scored 12 points in two minutes, and only allowed the Heat to score two points, surpassing the score in one fell swoop.

Countless audience members on the scene were calling out Stephen's name, and some were followed by a strange name. At first, Stephen didn't hear it clearly, but Robert Horry pounded him and asked him to listen carefully. He heard it clearly. It turned out to be the "most valuable player in the finals."

Stephen couldn't help but open his mouth wide. No, isn't this award usually awarded only to the team's biggest boss? How could it fall on his head? And he is just a rookie, how could he be the most valuable player in the finals? Isn't this a joke?

Stephen immediately turned his gaze to Duncan. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the expression on Duncan's face. I wonder if he would be angry about this. Duncan's face always had the expression of Gujing Wubo, which made people unable to see the reason, but he probably wouldn't care. It seems that he has won three of them. The three championships won by the Spurs are the most valuable players in the finals.

However, it is hard to say that the most valuable player in the finals is second only to the most valuable player in the regular season. No one would say that he would not take this seriously. However, the most valuable player in the finals is generally only for the teams that win the championship. Now the Spurs are still behind three to two, so it is too early to talk about this.

The first thing the Spurs have to do is to win this game, and then be qualified to stand on the same starting line as the Heat, and then the two teams will decide who is the real winner. Now they will call out the most valuable player in the finals, which is just a beautiful wish of the fans.

**Vicci looked at his players with a stern expression. He clearly saw the small moves between Stephen and Robert Horry, but did not criticize them, because this is not the time to criticize the players. Although the Spurs are now leading, it is only one point, which is not enough to mention, and there is still a whole quarter of the game.

"I won't talk about the situation of the game. I will only talk about the current situation. Even if the Heat lose this game, they still have a chance to have another game. But as for us, we have already stood on the edge of the cliff and have reached the finals, and we have won two games." **Vic looked at everyone and continued.

"I won't talk about you newcomers. Tim, Tony, we, the curse that we can't win the championship for even years has started in 2003. The argument that the Spurs cannot defend their title also started at that time. This year is the time when we are most likely to break these two events. Can we still not work hard?"

**Vicci said it very sincerely. As he said, when other people talked about these two curses, although they did not mention the specific reasons, they were not blamed on him in the final analysis. The general manager, head coach, and star are the three pillars of the team. If there is any problem, they are naturally the three of them.

**Vic rarely talks to players like this, and it is quite effective for a while. Everyone is very moved, but soon the game has been more time. **Vicchi smiled and put his strongest lineup on.

Center Mohamed, power forward Duncan, small forward Stephen, shooting guard Ginobili, and point guard Tony Parker, except for the center position that can be switched, the other positions are the strongest players of the Spurs in various positions.

Moreover, this lineup has both offense and defense, and is balanced inside and outside. If it weren't for this quarter, **Vic wouldn't have set up this lineup, especially Ginobili, who has played for two quarters and is still on the court. **Vic mainly uses his ability to control the rhythm of the game.

Because when Ginobili was on the court, Tony Parker was only responsible for dribbling through the half, and then handed over the ball to Ginobili to organize it. This is the most smooth attack method for the Spurs, and it also liberated Duncan, so that he did not have to bear too much high-level support tasks.

In this lineup, Stephen mainly plays an offensive role, but he is just an organic element of the team. Most offenses start from tactics and end up. There is very little room for players to decide independently. Stephen doesn't like such an offense very much.

The Heat's lineup in the fourth quarter is also different from before. O'Neal still sat off the court to rest. After playing for the entire third quarter, he also needed to rest for two or three minutes, but the lineup on the court is different from before.

Center Haslem, power forward Antoine Walker, small forward James Posey, shooting guard Wade, and point guard Gary Payton, although there are no strong inside players, in terms of outside, they are the strongest lineup of the Heat.

The Heat have set up such a lineup, so they naturally hope to defeat the Spurs in one go, because for them, the goal of the whole season is only one quarter left, and of course they don’t want to fight the Spurs again, so their battle is particularly strong, and they launched a fierce attack on the Spurs’ defense line at the beginning of the game.

**The reason why Vicci did not send the Spurs' strongest defensive lineup is that although he had long guessed that the Heat would attack fiercely at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he also considered that in the face of such an offensive, defense alone was not enough. While defense, it was necessary to attack and use offense to restrain the opponent's attack.

The Spurs did have an offense in defense, but the attack effect was not very good. They were soon surpassed by the Heat and were even three points ahead. The Spurs have been struggling to support them, and the scene was very dangerous.

The Heat's offense is like a craze, one wave higher than another, and the Spurs' defense line is like a not-so-solid dam, which is always shaking, as if it may collapse as it may. Many Spurs fans are worried about whether the Spurs will suddenly relax under such an offensive, and then the score will be widened by the opponent in one breath, and then lose the entire series while losing the game.

At this time, many Spurs fans could not sit there in peace. They all stood up one by one. Those who could not see the venue were staring at the large screen in the center of the venue. Even if they could still sit there, they were very nervous. They either held the handle of the seat tightly or held the drink cup or popcorn drill in their hands.

After more than two minutes of the game, the Heat had applied for a substitution, and O'Neal was waiting in front of the technical statistics table, waiting for the opportunity to die. Seeing this made Spurs fans even more worried whether O'Neal's appearance would become the last straw that broke the Spurs' back.

In the past two minutes, Stephen did not perform well. Apart from stealing two rebounds and contributing an assist, he did not score a single point. It was not that he had no chance, but that the Heat had been guarding him and did not give him any chance to score easily. As long as he held the ball, there must be someone who came to double-team, except for James Posey, who was defending him. So Stephen only took action once and did not hit the basket yet.

However, due to the tense game situation, no one noticed that Stephen had already scored eight rebounds and nine assists in this game, and the score had already reached nearly 30. He was only two rebounds and one assist away from Stephen's first triple-double in the finals, and there were three steals and one block.

Stephen would not have thought that he was only one step away from a triple-double. Only Modangs, who came to watch the game, remembered Stephen's statistics and saw that Stephen was about to get a triple-double, and it was a large triple-double, his heart was full of eagerness.

In addition, there were Kupad sitting next to him and his agent Brisky. They saw the statistics table in Modons' hands and became concerned. Kupad wanted to remind Stephen that he was going to get a triple-double, but he was worried that it would affect Stephen.

Stephen had already taken the initiative to stand in front of Wade at this time. The biggest threat to the Spurs was still Wade's breakthrough. Gary Payton made another three-pointer at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but he soon missed two consecutive times. Three-pointers were indeed unreliable.

At this time, Stephen was no longer afraid of fouls, because at home, it was the last critical moment of the game, the referee usually handed over the game to the players, instead of intervening casually like before. Therefore, Stephen's defense against Wade returned to his previous close-fits-up defense, which made Wade suddenly very uncomfortable.

Wade used Haslem to block Stephen, but after a big circle, he slowed down. Stephen suddenly rushed and flew to Wade against the ground to touch the ball out of the baseline. Although this was very dangerous, Stephen had lost his defensive position. If he didn't stop Wade, he would still hesitate.

Although the Heat's ball was still the right to play, it successfully stopped the Heat's offense and only left seven seconds of offensive time for the Heat. The Heat served the ball to Gary Payton, and Gary Payton passed it to Wade. Three seconds had passed. Wade tried it back and forth twice, and after finding no chance, he hurriedly took a step back and forth and jumped back. If such an attack could be made, he would be no longer a human and become the incarnation of God.

The advantage of the Spurs' lineup is that they can grab rebounds, Duncan blocks Mohamed, and Mohamed easily takes the rebound. Seeing that Tony Parker was entangled by Gary Payton, he handed the ball to Ginobili, who was controlled in front of the ball by Ginobili.

Ginobili dribbled after halftime and made a cover cooperation with Tony Parker. When he passed by Gary Payton, he suddenly fell to the ground. Only Stephen noticed the faint smile that flashed across the corner of his mouth when Gary Payton turned his head.

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I am very pleased that I will never get such a good result without everyone's support. If nothing unexpected happens, I will update the third day tomorrow.
Chapter completed!