Chapter 360 Advance to the Finals
Updated: 2012-08-27
Stephen knew that this would attract technical fouls, but when he became interested, he involuntarily made such a move. Of course, he was not Mutombo, and the referee would not take special care of him, so he attracted a technical foul before he could run through half the game.
**Wich almost prepared to curse after seeing it, but thinking about Stephen's condition is so good today, it is normal to be a little excited. The reason why the Spurs are so strict in discipline under his command is that they have no opposition. In addition to being fair and more upright in nature, it is also related to his not being so strict. He is also a player and understands the players' ideas more.
Nash first touched his hair, then touched the soles of his shoes with both hands, put it to his mouth and licked it with his tongue. Finally, he waved twice before taking the ball thrown by the referee and easily threw the ball into the basket. Seeing his free throw action, Stephen imitated it twice, feeling completely confused and didn't know what Nash's action meant.
After the penalty kick, the Suns continued to serve and started attacking. The Spurs had already set up a defensive formation and waited for the Suns to throw themselves into the trap. After playing for so long, the Spurs were so familiar with the offensive routines against the Suns, so the defense was very good.
Although Nash's pass was very good, the Spurs' round conversion position was also excellent. The ball was passed by three or four players in the hands of the Suns, but no chance was found. The offensive time had exceeded ten seconds, and the Suns still did not take action.
In the end, the ball was in Stoudemire's hands. Stoudemire made a jump shot and easily sent the ball into the basket. This was also the first time the Suns scored in a sports game today. Three to nine, the Spurs were still leading by six points.
After coming back, Tony Parker's shot failed, but the Suns' offense did not open. After the ball came to the Spurs, Duncan's shot also went out of the basket. The rebound was obtained by Cott Thomas, Nash failed to push the fast attack, and Elson grabbed the rebound.
Stephen was still the one who stood up to break the scoring drought. When he ran without the ball on the court, his expression was calm like he was taking a walk, but suddenly he received a pass from Duncan. He turned around and jumped into the basket with a lightning shot.
Until now, Stephen has scored 11 points in less than three minutes. Even if the Suns add Stephen's technical foul free throw, they only scored three points, which made everyone's outlook for this game. How could this happen?
The Suns' offense was still sharp. Nash's pass passed through the defense line of three people and came to Stoudemire again. Stoudemire made a jump shot in the face frame and scored two points for the team again. However, after coming back, Duncan also made a move in the face frame, and the Spurs were still leading by eight points.
Nash missed the assist with Marion, Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and then took the basket and scored two points for the team again. Michael Finley missed the attack, but Duncan grabbed the rebound and Duncan passed the ball to Stephen again. Although Stephen missed the attack under the double-team of Marion and Lagabele, it caused Lagabele to foul. After two free throws, Stephen's score increased to thirteen points.
The Spurs have always maintained a lead of 7 or 8 points. Whenever the Suns score on the offensive side, the Spurs will follow. However, the Spurs are not able to expand the advantage of the score. Stephen and Stoudemire are the best players among the two teams, and most of the scores come from the two of them.
With one minute and thirty-two seconds left in the first quarter, the score between the two sides had reached 28 to 22 points, but after Stephen got the ball, he immediately made a three-pointer, increasing his score to 20 points, and also widening the gap between the score to nine points.
But Stephen was not satisfied with this. He was 20 points faster than the Suns leading the Spurs in the first quarter of the last game. The Spurs were too few, and their energy was not fully evaporated. So after Stephen came over, he tried his best to defend against the Suns' attack. Although Tony Parker's reaction was a little slower, Stephen scored a strong attack at the basket and caused a foul by Cote Thomas.
The gap was 12 points. Nash's three-pointer missed the Suns, and the rebound was far away. He came to Stephen. He grabbed it and turned around and ran wildly. When he came to the three-point line, he made an emergency stop and three-pointer, widening the gap in the score to 15 points in one fell swoop.
At this time, there were only twenty-nine seconds left in the first quarter. The Suns would not complete the attack in seven seconds at this time. Nash kept controlling the ball slowly outside, wasting time in the game. Only when there were only two seconds left in the offense, Nash made a shot.
Finally, the Spurs were left with six seconds of offensive time, but that was enough. Tony Parker only took three seconds to push the ball into the half, and then passed it to Stephen, Stephen took only one second to attack outside the three-point line, and while hitting, it also left the Suns with a second offensive time.
In one second, the Suns were unable to make use of it. The Spurs led the Suns by 40-24 by more than 16 points, and Stephen also scored 29 points in a single quarter. In this quarter, he made five of five three-pointers and six free throws, and only two missed two-point shots. At the same time, he also had four rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block. He put his data in this quarter into the whole game last year, which was also a very excellent performance.
It is rare for the Spurs to score 40 points in a single quarter. If it weren't for the Spurs' abbreviation clearly marked on the score, others would have thought this was the Suns' score.
After a short break, the two teams came back on the court. The Spurs replaced Tony Parker, Michael Finley, Elson, and replaced Udic, Ginobili and Bruce Bowen. In this way, Duncan became the center. Stephen played the power forward and happened to replace Cott Thomas with the opponent and replace Barbosa's lineup rotation to match.
In the second quarter, Stephen's role was mainly to score with Ginobili, and his other energy was all on defense. His cooperation with Bruce Bowen also completely suppressed the Suns' outside attack. After playing for a few minutes, he saw that the team was still firmly controlling the situation of the game, **Vic replaced Duncan and replaced Oberto. Even so, the Suns still failed to narrow the gap in the score to within ten.
As the dust settled in the first half, the Spurs still led the Suns by 16 points 62 to 46, both teams scored 22 points, while Stephen only scored nine points personally, just a fraction of the first quarter, but the score of 38 points was still a very surprising number.
In the second half, Stephen left the court as usual, but the Spurs replaced Tony Parker and Brent Barry, using their abilities to make up for Stephen's vacancy alone. After the break, the Suns made some adjustments and their offense improved.
As each other grew, the Suns began to catch the score down by point, but the Spurs were also extremely tenacious and had not given the Suns too many opportunities, making it very difficult for the Suns to catch up. But even so, when it was more than halfway through the third quarter, the Suns finally narrowed the gap in the score to within double digits.
At this time, **Vic had no choice but to think more, and immediately changed to Stephen and Duncan, and after Stephen came on the court, he quickly stopped the decline with a three-pointer. After coming back, Duncan blocked Dior's move and came back, Stephen made another shot.
Barbosa received Nash's assist and made a three-pointer from the outside, but after coming back, Brent Barry also returned one. As we went back and forth, the Spurs kept the score gap until the Suns replaced Stodmeier.
After Stoudemire came up, he scored twice in a dunk, and once caused Duncan to foul. After five points in a row, Stoudemire increased his score to twenty-five points, and narrowed the gap to only nine points, but the third quarter was also over at this time.
In the fourth quarter, the Suns launched a fierce attack on the Spurs at the beginning. Of course, for them, this is their last chance. Although it is the same for the Spurs, the Spurs still have the lead now.
The Spurs also expected the Suns to launch a fierce attack, so they made all preparations from the beginning. Although the Suns' offense was like a huge wave, the Spurs' defense line was always shaky, but they just didn't collapse. The tenth gap seemed to be locked. No matter how fierce the Suns attacked, they could not narrow the gap.
After the Suns' spirit passed, the Spurs took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. However, the Suns were fighting extremely hard at this time, and the Spurs could not widen the gap anymore. Both sides were fighting so fiercely. During this period, Stephen was almost hit by Marion's elbow to the bridge of his nose. Stephen knew what the opponent was meant, just like Robert Horry. Thinking that he had already suffered a technical foul, Stephen endured it, increased his investment in the game, and used points to fight back.
With only two minutes left, Nash and Stoudemire narrowed the gap to only five points. **Vic quickly called a timeout. After the timeout came back, Stephen first hit a mid-range jump shot, and then grabbed a key rebound to assist Tony Parker in a fast break to score.
Stoudemire then dunked, and in this game, he had already scored 38 points and had fourteen rebounds, but it was a bit unappreciated compared to Stephen's forty-nine points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and four steals. However, Stephen missed the triple-double again, which was also a great regret.
In the end, the Spurs won the crucial game with 123 points to 114 points and entered the Western Conference Finals. The Suns lost this critical game at their own home court. Nash and Stoudemire stood on the court and said goodbye to the season with tears in their faces, which made Stephen feel sad.
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