Chapter 555 Do You Think 12 Points Are Enough to Ensure This Victory?
In the second quarter, the Spurs led the bench with the main force, and the Suns came off the bench throughout.
Duncan played 9 minutes in the second quarter before leaving the field. In the first quarter, he made 1 of 3 shots, and swallowed a block and a steal by Li Ba in the next two shots. In the second quarter, facing Dazhi, he made 5 of 7 shots. He made 2 of 5 free throws, scored 12 points, and scored 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, blocks, 1 turnover and 1 foul in the half.
Under the restraint of his inside line, the inside and outside were integrated, and the Spurs' outside line was also revitalized. The team scored 34 points in a single quarter.
Similarly, the Spurs got 12 free throw opportunities in the second quarter, and the Suns had only 3 free throw opportunities.
At halftime, 48:60, the Spurs pulled back 16 points in the second quarter and led by 12 points.
The team took the lead, and the atmosphere at AT&T was high.
Every time the Spurs scored a goal, they would get a huge cheer; every time the Suns took the ball and scored a goal, they would get a huge boo.
Li Ba wanted to play for half a quarter, but Frank refused.
Frank learned something from Colangelo, and basically gave up this match, not wanting to consume too much of Li Ba's physical energy in this match.
"Looking at the second quarter, Duncan is really strong. Of course, the premise is that he doesn't match up with the hammer." Yu Jia sighed.
Nodding his head, Zhang Lili continued: "Although Duncan was prevented from death by the hammer in the first quarter, he also restrained a large part of the energy of the hammer, so I think the Spurs are drinking poison to quench their thirst.
When Duncan's physical energy was consumed a lot, in the second half, he had less restraint on the Hammers. The Hammers are likely to continue to play fast breaks like they did on the court, and the Spurs are likely to be defeated. "
"But Mr. Zhang, the Spurs have to drink this poison. Even if the Suns are on the bench in the second quarter, without Duncan, it is impossible to overtake by 10 points with just one of Parker and Ginobili." Yu Jia said .
"Yes, this is drinking poison to quench thirst. If Duncan doesn't play in the second quarter, the Spurs won't be able to take the lead, and they still lose in the second half." Zhang Lili said.
Back at halftime, the two sides started to play, and the Spurs attacked.
Before playing, Li Ba walked among his teammates and raised his right hand.
He shouted to his teammates: "Tonight we encountered some difficulties, but that's all, we will definitely pass the Spurs, we will definitely step on the dead body of the Spurs and enter the Finals.
Now listen to me, you are responsible for outside defense, responsible for scoring, I am responsible for inside defense, I am responsible for solving Duncan, I am responsible for providing you with offensive coverage at the basket, I am responsible for filling your holes, I am responsible for providing you with the ball, let us Let's kill the Spurs together.
Tonight, we're going to kill them all!
Just tonight, we're going to win the Western Conference Championship!
Just tonight, we're going to the finals! "
The generals of the sun were inspired by Li Ba's words, and they were full of fighting spirit. At the same time, they shouted with all their strength: "Kill the horse! Kill the horse! Kill the horse..."
"Kill the horse! Kill the horse! Kill the horse..."
The Sun's bench, the Sun's 3,000 fans, their roars, occupied the AT&T Arena.
"Even though they are behind, the momentum of the Suns is still high. They have won all games in the playoffs, they have an undefeated record in the playoffs, and they have the most powerful team leader. They will definitely win tonight!"
In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
"The sun wins!"
"The hammer rises!"
"Kill the horse, kill the horse..."
At this moment, countless fans voiced their voices on some domestic basketball forums.
"Kill the horse!"
With a final shout, Li Ba led the crowd onto the court with his chin held high under the watchful eyes of hundreds of millions of people.
"Tim, from now on, you will no longer have freedom. If you dare to ask for the ball, I will steal you, if you dare to make a shot, I will block you, if you dare to go in, I will block you. Surrender obediently."
The right wing is low, Li Bading is behind Duncan, and he said firmly.
Clay Bodhisattva is also somewhat rustic, let alone Duncan?
"boom!"
Suddenly turned to the right side, while facing the top of the arc, he sent his right elbow into Li Ba's arms.
"It's boring, come again!"
Li Ba didn't even snort, and continued to provoke Duncan while pushing Duncan outwards vigorously.
At this time, Ginobili, who was running on the left wing, suddenly ran back, dropped Posey half a step, and quickly cut into the paint.
Marion faced Horry on the left bottom iron, and there was no defense at the basket.
At this moment, Parker's ball is also very timely.
Just when Ginobili was catching the ball on the left line of the paint, Li Ba slammed Duncan to stop him from entanglement, and at the same time turned around with his strength and rushed to the basket.
Just as Ginobili took a step into the paint, Li Ba turned around and rushed towards him.
Li Ba's fierce eyes and ferocious aura immediately gave Ginobili the feeling of a terrifying angel descending on his head.
It's not that he is timid. From last season to the Olympics, and then to this season, he swallowed Li Ba's 20 caps, which will only be more or less, and he has a great psychological shadow.
Subconsciously, he immediately jumped up and quickly threw the ball to the basket.
Li Ba rushed to the basket and immediately made an emergency stop. At this time, the basketball hit the basket, and he jumped up and grabbed the rebound.
"Facing Ginobili's breakthrough cut, the Suns did not shrink their defense. The paint area was completely handed over to the Hammers. This is a big trouble for the Spurs' outside line. Their outside opportunities will be very few." Barkley said at this time.
"This will test the Hammer's dominance in the paint." Kenny Smith nodded, and then said:
"In fact, Ginobili's reaction has already explained the problem. He doesn't want to face the Hammer's defense."
Barkley went on to say: "For the Spurs, once the outside breakthrough loses its sharpness, once Duncan loses the pillar and serial effect inside, the Spurs will no longer be a Spur with both offense and defense."
"That's why it's about to get swept," Kenny Smith said.
"You insist it's going to be swept?" Barkley asked.
"Why not? Do you think 12 points is enough to secure this victory?" laughed Kenny Smith.
Barkley shrugged and said with a smile: "If it's a quarter, it's possible that the Suns don't have stars who score explosively like Tracy McGrady and Kobe.
But in the two quarters, Duncan's physical fitness is no longer enough to support. Without Duncan's restraint, the energy of the Hammers on both offense and defense will be completely released, and the Spurs will be defeated in the fourth quarter. "
After the third quarter, the Suns still got 11 fouls and only had 3 free throws. The Spurs had only 2 fouls and 14 free throws.
After the whole quarter, the Suns defended with all their strength, tried their best to reduce the Spurs' outside shooting percentage, curbed their inside offense, tried their best to grab the ball, and increased their number of shots to reduce the massive loss of the ball due to fouls.
Li Ba was not afraid of fouls and played bravely. He grabbed 12 rebounds in a single quarter, including 5 offensive rebounds, completely controlling the paint on both ends of the offense and defense.
He scored 2 second offenses, made 1 free throw and scored 5 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 foul.
After three quarters, he made 4 of 4 shots and 1 of 1 free throw. He scored 9 points, 21 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 blocks, 4 steals and 4 fouls. He was only 1 steal away from 5*5.
The Suns and the Spurs battled to 70:85, and the Spurs widened the point difference.