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Chapter 722 Escape from San Antonio

What is a surprise?

Su Yang just wants to find someone to translate what the fuck is a surprise.

Temporarily arranged for Nance Jr. and Lopez Jr. to appear together, just to put on the strongest defensive lineup of the Kings. Unexpectedly, in the eyes of the Spurs players and coaches, Nance Jr. is actually a weaker defensive presence than Curry. Picking Antetokounmpo, the other rounds were all trying to catch Nance Jr. to launch an offense. There were low-post strong plays, high-post footsteps, and pick-and-roll forced to switch defenses...

As a result, Nance Jr. sent a block, an assist steal, a perfect interference, and a correct switch.

In addition to the defensive feats, the offensive end also has follow-up dunks, empty cuts to attack the basket, assists and hit three-pointers, which is perfect.

When the Kings were about to be defeated by the suffocating defense of the Spurs in the previous three games, Nance Jr. took the situation and turned the tide.

There are no brushes and rice paper around,
Otherwise, Su Yang would write down the four characters of 'Guoshi Wushuang' on the spot. Anyway, if the series is reversed, he will be greatly praised.

"OK, OK!"

Nance Jr. raised his hands slightly, signaling his teammates to stop first, as if saying that the game is not over yet, and listen to the coach first.

Curry and others immediately put away their smiles, and Su Yang took the topic: "Strictly speaking, the Spurs underestimated the enemy just now, and it will definitely not be so simple to deal with the offense. We need to continue to be vigilant and don't let them play a smooth transition. Cooperate…"

There is nothing to talk about the specific strategy. The two teams are now mainly competing for execution, making as few mistakes as possible, and low efficiency will be normal.

During the conversation, the whistle sounded.

The game continued without any substitutions.

The Spurs launched an attack from the bottom line, adjusted their strategy as Su Yang predicted, shifted their hands from strength to strength, and ran to cover for opportunities. In the end, Nance Jr., who Leonard forced to switch defenses, finally took advantage of the speed this time and easily killed into the box.

The king's side encircled and intercepted, Leonard was forced to stop, the basketball was passed to the weak side on the right, Alder flew back to the defensive Antetokounmpo, started to hit the short corner, and faced Daluo's defense, he made an emergency stop and took a mid-range shot. With a bang, Nance Jr. got the rebound and launched a counterattack.

Seeing that Curry broke through with the help of the screen, the Spurs still insisted on the previous BOX AND 1 defensive strategy, intentionally emptying Nance Jr. in the left corner.Curry was in a tight siege and decided to pass the ball decisively, but it was a pity that Nance Jr.'s long-range shot was poor after all, and he hit the iron.

In the TNT live broadcast seat, Barkley nodded slightly with satisfaction: "After the passion has passed, this is the normal level of Larry Nance Jr. The Spurs don't need to forcefully match up when attacking, and they can strategically empty when defending. The performance of this round, if the king can reverse the Spurs, will be recorded in history, if the king fails to reverse the Spurs, it will be fireworks."

Kenny Smith answered: "There are obvious signs in the game, and the next step will be a duel between superstars."

O'Neill sighed a little: "The next game will be a game that relies entirely on physical instinct, and tactics will be difficult to implement..."

During the discussion, the Spurs and the Kings fought frantically. In two and a half minutes, they only scored 5 to 3.

The sound of muscle collision, floor friction, defensive communication and shouting, cheering and cursing on the sidelines, referees running back and forth, sound effects of exploding from time to time, painful expressions of mistakes, the look of goal pause, all kinds, fast playback, the atmosphere is suffocating .

Su Yang feels that each round is very long, and also feels that everything happens too fast, and if he is not careful, he will miss the details.

After halftime, the Kings chased 42 to 46.

The whistle sounded during the halftime timeout, and Curry threw the ball to the forward field, then turned and went straight to the player channel, sweat dripped down his cheeks, and Antetokounmpo raised his arms and took off his jersey, leaving only a close-fitting shirt. The vest, the sweat-soaked chest rising and falling rapidly.

Cousins ​​stood at the entrance, high-fiving his teammates one by one, as if he wanted to create some atmosphere, but he was reluctant to speak.

Back in the locker room, Su Yang told the Kings generals' performance in the first half one by one according to the plan, and gave feedback to the whole team.

In such a high-intensity game, feedback is very important to let players know what they are doing and whether there is a problem with it.

Taking a closer look at the data, Curry's shooting percentage was only 35%, and he only hit 17 of 6 shots. Zone defense against others.

If Curry doesn't make a shot, it will be more difficult for others to play, and Curry puts a lot of energy and physical strength on the defensive end, and to truly sit on his promise of "defending every round well", he must use a high emotional intelligence method to reflect the performance of the library. In the role, and increase self-confidence.

"Stephen, you successfully cracked the Spurs' BOX AND ONE defensive strategy in the first half. The Spurs failed to limit your shots. As long as you continue to maintain it in the second half, once you play at a normal level, you can lead us to win this game..."

Except for Curry, Antetokounmpo took the second most shots in the Kings team. He made 10 of 4 shots in the half, and had 4 turnovers and 3 fouls. Nader, very good at limiting the Spurs.

"Giannis, you played great defensively, you made it difficult for Kawhi Leonard to catch the ball, and you forced Aldridge to take shots in ways he wasn't good at a few times. The previous three games were almost unbeatable. When you defended Just 11-for-4 from the field."

Except for Curry and Antetokounmpo, LaVine, Tatum, Grant and others made 8 of 1 shots in total. The best performer in the bench lineup was Rose, but limited by his playing time, he only made 4 of 2 shots. Think about it It's really hard to find a suitable review.

"Ross, Tatum, LaVine, you will be the secret weapon. I need your mid-range shots to give the Spurs a hard hit in the second half. The mid-range is the weakest area of ​​​​the Spurs' defense. You three must be ready. We need it at any time you."

After finishing a round of comments and feedback, Su Yang looked forward to the future with the generals of the king: "As long as we win this game tonight, we will definitely be able to win when we return to the home court. What awaits us in the end will be a historic 0-3 [-] reversing the tiebreaker!"

"It's done!"

Cousins ​​suddenly said that he was learning Chinese from Su Yang. Brother Antetokounmpo and others were stunned for a while, and then burst out laughing.Curry took the lead and stood up, gathered the whole team to surround them, raised their right fists shoulder to shoulder, and shouted cheers in unison.

Back on the court, the third quarter started immediately.

Perhaps Popovich applied magic buffs in the midfield. After Leonard started playing, he first assisted Gasol to score a layup and then grabbed a defensive rebound. Then he rushed to the basket and caused a foul by Lopez. 5 to 0 small climax.

Su Yang Ninja didn't call a timeout, and instructed to target Gasol who didn't play in the second quarter after leaving the field in the second half of the first quarter.Antetokounmpo immediately asked Curry and Daluo to play a three-person game, once fouled by rushing to the basket, and once was missed and scored a three-pointer, and it was 5-0.

Gasol, who returned to normal performance, showed signs of becoming a burden on the defensive end, and was soon replaced.

The two teams are still in a high-intensity confrontation, chasing after each other. Popovich roared wildly to spur the Spurs, while Su Yang calmly observed the position. Blow a technical foul.

After the third quarter, the Kings caught up to 69 to 72. Su Yang took advantage of the timeout to tell the team: We have made progress again.

Although it only narrowed the gap by 1 point, assists in this kind of game may determine the final result, comparable to a million entanglements.

Curry chuckled a little awkwardly when he heard the words. Throughout the third quarter, he made 7 of 1 shots and 0 turnovers.

The Spurs targeted too hard, and it was inhuman to stare at the quadruple. Fortunately, Antetokounmpo and Rose, who came off the bench, seized the opportunity.

Still not breathing smoothly, the game continued in the fourth quarter.

Perhaps aware of the danger, Popovich directly sent Leonard and Adelaide on the court. Danny Green also hurriedly appeared on the court after a 2-minute break, but Su Yang did not dare to be careless. Both Curry and Antetokounmpo stayed on the court. , Covington also returned early.

Under high pressure, among the invincible double-virtue combination in the first three games, only Leonard performed normally, had rebounds and scored, while Ade had three consecutive strikes. Su Yang sighed for a while: that should Yes, it is the gap between super giants and all-stars.

On the King's side, Antetokounmpo responded by rushing to the basket, and Tatum was a natural big-time player, who was right at all and contributed 4 points.

Fighting and fighting, the King blasted a 6-0 lead.

But the Spurs came back from a timeout and even tied 8-4.

In anxiety, Leonard rushed to the basket like his life, gave up the not so safe mid-range shot, and just wanted to make a layup.

The King really couldn't bear it, and was fouled three times in a row, and Leonard made all 6 free throws, and the super giant was full of style.

Curry's performance is still bleak, all kinds of smashing baskets and irons.

In a blink of an eye, with Gay's long two-pointer, the Spurs led the Kings 96 to 89, with 1 minute and 19 seconds left in the game.

The cheers burst in the ATT Arena.

Su Yang held his head in both hands and pushed his hair back, resisting the urge to call a timeout, and gestured tactics at Curry who kicked off the ball on the field.

Curry had to do as ordered, but just after running across the center line and not yet ready to call tactics, the Spurs suddenly changed their defensive strategy, and staring at the quadruple became a big delay and pincer attack.The king's offensive formation suddenly became chaotic, and Curry hurriedly pulled the ball to the left wing, patiently looking for opportunities.

But the Spurs changed back to focusing on the quadruple, and the Kings had no chance to catch the ball except Antetokounmpo.

Perhaps feeling that there was a chance, Curry suddenly received the ball and took off horizontally, facing Danny Green's defense, and made a strong three-pointer.

The basketball bounced back with a clatter.

Su Yang felt a heavy blow to his heart in an instant, but in the next second he heard the referee blowing his whistle, calling Adela for a rebound foul.

"OH! NO!"

Ade was pissed off, turned around and strode towards the referee, and was afraid of being called a technical foul, so he forcibly twisted his hips and ran to the top of the arc.

However, the replay of the video showed that when Ade took off, he pushed and pushed Lopez, and there was no problem calling a foul.

The Kings get the frontcourt touchline.

Su Yang yelled to set up tactics, and beat Curry's chest by the way, expressing that he would always believe in him, even if he had missed 19 shots!
The referee blew the whistle to time the ball. Antetokounmpo took the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the right with Daluo's screen, and then handed it to Curry who ran past the screen. The three-pointer then flew into the air. However, there was another bang, and the iron was struck for the 20th time.

Su Yang felt like he was about to die.

Cheers erupted in the ATT arena.

In the blink of an eye, LaVine rushed into the field after serving the ball, took advantage of Parker's inattention and rushed to the basket, jumped up, and faced Danny Green who was defending, he caught the ball in the air and made a strong dunk, and the basketball exploded. The basket goes into the net and the referee blows his whistle at the same time.

2 points are valid!
In addition to Danny Green's supplementary defense foul, an additional penalty will be given.

Seeing this, Su Yang felt alive again.

The King's bench jumped up and shouted.

Boos exploded in the arena, LaVine made a steady hit and added a penalty, and the Kings chased 92 to 96 with 69 seconds left.

The Spurs did not want to pause, and the two teams switched offense and defense.

It is still a routine transfer of strong and weak starting hands, but with new changes, Adelaide replaced Leonard on the left 45-degree three-point line, received the pass better and more safely, and turned to hit the back Leonard, who got stuck on Antetokounmpo, then ran to the right.

It's time for the superstar showdown.

The audience stood up and stared.

I saw Leonard standing still on the left wing, bowing and posing three threats, and continued to step forward to test. Brother Antetokounmpo followed Su Yang's suggestion before starting the fight, and chose to sideways to give way to the bottom line, which is the left space, to induce Leonard to use Not so good at the left hand.

In an instant, Leonard followed his plan, crossed and strode to the left, suddenly stopped and pulled back, and reversed his crotch to change hands.

"You little card can do this?" A question suddenly popped up in Su Yang's mind. That move is often played by Owen and Paul.

In just half a second, Leonard switched from his left hand to his right, and then pulled the ball with his right hand in an attempt to connect with the front of his body and change direction, but the strength was not well controlled, and the position of his right hand touching the ball was too high, allowing the basketball to escape the protection of his torso. Slap the basketball away.

The basketball rolled back under the force, Curry quickly stepped forward to grab it, rushed to the right side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees in two seconds, made an emergency stop and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer, successfully pointing to Danny Green, who is best at defending against fast breaks, Then he went to the basket by worshiping Buddha, and his signature high throw hit the board.

Beep!The referee whistled again.

The basketball failed to score because Curry was knocked down by Green who was chasing behind him. Su Yang instantly thought of the scene where Danny Green chased and defended Clay for a layup. Fortunately, Curry just slid in front of the sideline photographers , and even pointed at the camera than V.

Two free throws and boos.

It's a pity that booing is useless. Curry may miss the three-pointer, but the first free throw percentage in history has never been exceeded.

After two hollow shots into the net, the Kings chased 94 to 96 by only two points, and there were 47 seconds left in the game.

Popovich still did not call a timeout.

Su Yang wanted to call a timeout when he made a free throw, replacing LaVine and then Nance Jr. to ensure the offensive rebounds to the maximum extent.

But the timeout is too precious, the Spurs don't call, and they can't call first.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Parker dribbled the ball to the top of the frontcourt arc, bowed to press time, and the Spurs put up a 14FLAT formation.

There were cheers in the arena one after another, and there were only 11 seconds left in the attack time, and Adelaide ran to the top of the arc and set up a wall to cover.

Antetokounmpo, who switched defenses, followed closely. He clapped his hands vigorously to challenge Parker, who could not choose to pull the ball and retreat.

Parker ignored it, turned around and threw the ball to the right wing, Danny Green caught the ball and held it high, and made a misplaced pass to Curry's Adelaide.

"Go around, go around!"

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled frantically to remind him that if Adelaide was allowed to take the ball in the low post and face Curry, it would be too easy to give it for nothing.

Curry circled forward almost simultaneously, but Adelaide was too tall to interfere, but the attack time was only 5 seconds.

In the chaos, Adelaide faced Daluo to defend himself and took off to make a shot. The basketball rebounded with a bang, while Antetokounmpo and Leonard rushed to the basket at the same time. When the ball fell, Curry took advantage of the chaos to grab the ball in his hands.

24.7 seconds left.

Su Yang yelled "Come on".

Curry took advantage of the trend and started forward. He changed hands behind his back and tried to create a foul. Parker was surrounded by Green and Gay at the center line. Overtaken by Green.

Leonard and others arrived. LaVine didn't have room for a layup, but there was no big man under the basket, so he hurried out from the bottom line.

The Spurs' defensive formation was in chaos, Popovich yelled reminders from the sidelines, and the basketball was passed to Curry at the top of the arc.

"Teaming, double-teaming!"

Popovich and his assistant coaches Ettore Messina, James Borrego, Becky Harmon, and assistant coach Amy Udoka sitting in the auditorium shouted reminders into the field together, only to miss Rush into the field and perform double-teams in place of the Spurs.

The Spurs all came out one after another.

Two points are negotiable, three points are absolutely not.

On the king's side, Su Yang was so nervous that his mind was a little dull, and he didn't know if he was wrong. He just felt Curry's eyes asking, but he didn't think about it at the moment. He directly raised his hands and silently signaled to the court: "I will always believe in Stephen." Curry!"

Don't call for a timeout. Taking advantage of the Spurs' defensive chaos to win is the best tactic. It is easy to fail to serve the ball during a timeout.

While thinking about it, Curry pulled the ball back to avoid the double-team, and then borrowed the echelon cover formed spontaneously by Antetokounmpo and Covington, and rushed all the way to the right corner where he had the highest three-point shooting percentage, and directly raised his hand to join the ball without slowing down. , kicked off the ground, and drifted to throw a three-pointer.

The basketball flew over Green's fingertips, hit the net with a bang, and the whistle sounded at the end of the 24-second shot clock.

The referee raised his hand to indicate that the goal was valid, and the Kings overtook the Spurs 97 to 96, with only 0.7 seconds left before the end of the game.

The time-out whistle sounded.

Except for Leonard, all the Spurs showed frustrated expressions, and the entire ATT center seemed to be silenced.

The kings will happily return to the bench.

Su Yang quickly adjusted the rotation: remove Curry, replace him with Payton, who is more defensive, and then arrange Antetokounmpo, Covington, and Grant who can switch defenses infinitely. Tend to put in and out.

The whistle sounded soon after the pause ended.

On the Spurs side, Gasol came up to serve the ball from the right sideline. Green stood in the left corner to open space, and the moment the referee whistled, Parker ran directly to the backcourt. Leonard, who was standing in the short corner on the right, used Ah De turned around and went to the screen, got rid of Antetokounmpo and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, then ran to the top of the arc with Grant, who finally received a pass from Gasol, and moved slightly laterally before shooting.

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the basketball slammed into the net, and the ATT center burst into cheers like sky-shattering.

But the referee blew his whistle and waved his hands crossed to indicate that the three-point goal was invalid. The Kings finally won 97 to 96.

Su Yang and Curry hit shoulders with high fives, turned to face the audience who had been insulting him in the back row, and said solemnly: "Remember, I will come back here and create a historic 0-3 Reversal, you must come and witness it with your own eyes!"

　Today may be just this update, and I have been writing for three hours without a break, and my energy is a bit exhausted.

　　
　
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