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Chapter 278 Victory Comes Too Fast

Seeing Antoine Walker so timid, he was naturally bleeding from such a despicable guy. Stephen couldn't help but want to punch him in the face and knock him to the side with one punch to avoid him being in front of him. But thinking about **Vicci's advice and warning, Stephen endured it again.

"Hmph" Stephen snorted coldly, scaring Antoine Walker's legs trembled. Then Stephen Shiran walked past him. Antoine Walker didn't even dare to move. Stephen only defended with his eyes, so he made Antoine Walker stand there and dare not move.

When it was time to defend, Antoine Walker did not dare to hang out to Stephen and let Stephen score. Seeing this, Pat Riley couldn't stand it anymore and called James Posey, let him go up and replace Antoine Walker.

The ball has not yet died, and Antoine Walker has not had a chance to get out of the field. After Stephen defended it with his eyes once again, Haslem went over and said a few words to him, but looking at his confused eyes and constantly turning his eyes to James Posey off the field, he knew that he had no confidence at all.

When he came back, he had a loophole. Facing Stephen, he didn't even have the courage to fight. Haslem could not bear it and came over to deliberately foul Stephen so that Antoine Walker could not endure it. Even if he gave Stephen two free throws, there was no way.

Stephen only hit the free throws once, and there seemed to be a little uncomfortable on the corner of his eyes. Seeing him blinking his eyes after finishing the penalty, he knew that he was still affected by his injury, which made the Spurs fans involuntarily raise their hearts.

After the Heat's inspection, there was no major problem with Wade's ankle. Since Bruce Bowen only stretched out a little, Wade just stepped on his toes. Wade had not exerted all force at the time, so he was only slightly sprained and his injury was not that serious. After ice compress, he was already moving.

Seeing that Wade's injury was not that serious, Pat Riley rekindled hope. Without Wade, Pat Riley would not have much confidence to win the game, but in order to get insurance, he still allowed Wade to stay off the court.

After James Posey came on the court, he stopped Stephen's performance well, and the impact of the injury on Stephen. At the same time, O'Neal took on the task of team leader when Wade was away and helped the team stabilize the situation. The Spurs kept chasing hard, but they never got the score back.

Seeing this, Pat Riley's heart suddenly became active. If he could lead all the way to Wade, then the Heat would not be able to win, and the backcourt lineup of Gary Payton and Jason Williams' two-point guards also showed their ability to control the rhythm of the game well.

However, after recovering from his condition, Stephen immediately gave him a slight bad feeling with an outside three-pointer, and then gave Gary Payton a chase block. This action was very similar to Wade, but his movements looked more domineering than Wade.

The Spurs began to attack, and Stephen was running without the ball. James Posey felt that his legs were about to break, so he could only barely keep up with Stephen's pace. However, Duncan's appearance blocked him and also passed the ball to Stephen. Stephen just changed direction and passed Haslem over with just a light change, and then flew into the air.

O'Neal waved his huge palm and jumped up with all his strength. He wanted to cover Stephen, but found that he still could not reach Stephen's height. Stephen ran towards O'Neal without hesitation. O'Neal hurriedly stopped and avoided a foul, but his body was hit by Stephen. With a bang, the basketball rack shaking a few times.

After leaving the basketball rack, O'Neal grinned and rubbed his fat and huge butt. Although the basketball rack was covered with protective materials, it still hurts when it hits soft parts. Why is this kid so strong that he can almost compete with that James.

Another result of this impact was that Haslem quickly understood the gap between him and Stephen. O'Neal, who was 300 pounds, was hit like this. If he were to himself, he might have to fly out. At the same time, he thought of Stephen's combat power. He used to be a little unbelievable, but now he believed it. Originally, Haslem planned to find something for Wade on Stephen, but now he has no idea.

However, after O'Neal came back, he attacked the basket unswervingly and scored the ball against Nestrovic's defense. Until the end of the first quarter, the Spurs were still behind, although it was only a point gap.

In the second quarter, the Spurs were still in the rotation as usual. Except for Stephen, all other players were replaced by substitutes, while the Heat were Wade, O'Neal came off the court and took a break, replaced Mooning and Jason Williams came off the court.

After the opening, Wade scored two points with a flexible and changeable breakthrough. It seemed that the injury had little effect on him. Many people who were planning to comment on Bruce Bowen after the game immediately extinguished this idea. Antoine Walker's attack on Stephen must have someone to say something, and they were trying to mess up the water.

However, it seems that Wade's injury is not serious now, so the reason for the Heat to fail is insufficient, because the Heat did not fall much behind during his absence, but maintained the lead.

But soon came over, Stephen used a three-pointer to fight back and tied the score. The two teams entered a stalemate stage. Gary Payton then made a two-pointer, and after returning, Ginobili made another three-pointer.

The current leader became the Spurs, but Wade quickly scored the score with a mid-range shot. The Spurs' counterattack was made by Stephen assisting Robert Horry to shoot a three-pointer, and the Spurs once again entered a point lead.

In the second quarter, both teams played very well in offense, with fourteen alternate leads, creating a record of alternating leads in the finals. To this extent, the media and fans quickly forgot the unhappiness of the first quarter and focused on the game, thinking that just for this quarter, this tiebreak battle can be called the word "spirit".

During the halftime break, the head coaches of the two teams issued a final mobilization order to the team, one was passionate, the other was sad, and the other was affectionate. After the mobilization, the two teams returned to the court, and each was full of morale and strong will.

Stephen and Wade were both on the court, while Duncan and O'Neal did not rest off the court. Both teams sent their strongest lineups, but the main scorers of the two teams were still Stephen and Wade. The two seemed to be in a personal scoring competition, and also seemed to be in a personal offensive skills demonstration.

Stephen broke through James Posey's defense and made a jump shot from outside the three-second zone. Wade made a backhand layup after breaking through. Stephen made a small hook under the basket, and Wade made a mid-range jump shot from the other side.

Occasionally Stephen will assist one of his teammates, and Wade will give his teammate a breakthrough pass. The two interpreted the role of a core guard to the right level, organically combining his own offense and the team's scoring. In this point, both of them scored 12 points respectively. Due to the shooting percentage, Stephen's pass was turned into three assists, while Wade only had two.

By the end of the third quarter, the Heat's decline had already emerged. Stephen scored consecutively, and Wade did not keep up. With Stephen assisting Robert Horry in his last offense, the Spurs had already led the Heat as much as nine points. In this quarter, neither O'Neal nor Wade had a minute off.

In the fourth quarter, although Pat Riley knew that this would only make the difference in points bigger, he had to replace O'Neal and Wade to rest. Although the Spurs also replaced Duncan and Stephen, Mohammed, Robert Horry, Michael Finley, Ginobili, and Tony Parker, such a lineup is much more luxurious than the Heat.

Soon, in just three minutes, the lineup had already widened the gap to 14 points. Pat Riley had no choice but to replace Wade and O'Neal in advance. However, even if they came on the court, there was still no good way to face the already opened Spurs. At most, they could only maintain the gap so as not to be expanded.

It was not until only five minutes left that the Spurs replaced Duncan and Stephen again. Although they did not continue to widen the score gap after they went up, they curbed several crazy attacks by the Heat. Seeing the game decrease by minute by minute, the Heat became more and more anxious, but the more they did, the less they could score.

After all, except O'Neal, everyone in this lineup is looking forward to this championship. This mentality makes them unable to calmly face the current situation. Even if Pat Riley calls the last timeout, it will be useless, and the Heat is leaving less and less time.

The more at this time, the more stable the Spurs' performance is, Duncan is like a decisive pillar, affecting the momentum of the whole team. Whether it is leading or falling behind, it seems that there is no difference for him. Just like now, only one finger away from the championship, Duncan is still so calm.

With Wade's last three-pointer missed, although there were 34 seconds left in the game, facing the thirteen-point lead, and the Heat had used up all the timeouts, so although they did not replace the main player and surrender, the Spurs did not plan to attack again. Although it was the Spurs, McGrady could achieve a miracle moment of thirty seconds and thirteen seconds, but this was the finals. The Spurs could not deal with it like the regular season, so the Heat tactfully gave up the game. Wade had already walked to Stephen, with a look of desolation, with a flash of water in his eyes, patting Stephen's shoulder several times, but turned and left without saying anything. At this time, the ribbons were already flying all over the sky, music, cheers, and whistles came one after another, and everyone was pouring into the field and hugging them one by one.


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