Chapter 1169: Flying Immortal From Outer Heaven, Killed with One Strike

Duncan realized it later and nodded accordingly.

Tang Tian had already "broken" his jersey retirement ceremony before, and now he wanted to ruin Ginobili's again.

Tang Tianzhen was so merciless to old friends like them!

After the timeout, the Spurs played in position to suppress the rhythm, and the rhythm of the game on the court obviously slowed down.

But this kind of stalemate is okay, but it is difficult to recover the disadvantage.

Especially when the strength of the two teams is about equal.

The stalemate lasted until the end of the festival.

In the transition period from the bench, Kuzma, who has performed well this season, made consecutive mid- and long-range shots, helping the Pelicans expand their lead to double digits.

At this time, the common weaknesses of the Lakers and Spurs were revealed.

Although they all formed a quasi-Big Three lineup, the role players' instincts became weaker because they occupied too much salary space.

Last season when Leonard was injured, the Spurs were able to make the playoffs, which had something to do with the performance of Green, Gasol, and Mills.

Now that they have all left the team, the Spurs can only rely more on players such as De Colo and Belinelli, as well as Cunningham and Pontside.

After halftime, the score on the field was 52 to 42, and the Pelicans maintained a double-digit lead entering the second half.

The performance of the two teams in the first half was about the same. Tang Tian's super long range and Kuzma's performance became the main reasons for the change in the situation.

If they continue to play at this pace, the Pelicans have a good chance of winning the game tonight.

But Popovich is clearly not one to sit still.

In the second half, he made adjustments to the team's starting lineup, removing Forbes and putting Cunningham into the starting lineup.

After this adjustment, George and Leonard changed from the third and fourth positions in the opening to the second and third positions.

Cunningham is a rare 3D insider in the league. Although his skills are a bit lacking, he is pretty good in both 3D and D.

Especially as a mobile insider, his ability to assist in defense can meet the Spurs' defensive requirements.

Of course, the most important thing is that after such a lineup adjustment, the Spurs' pressure on the outside has obviously become stronger.

It was difficult for Tang Tian to get such an easy three-pointer opportunity in the first quarter.

After all, this technology was neither developed by Tang Tian nor promoted by him.

How the Spurs defended Curry when they played the Warriors, just use it now to defend Tang Tian.

Tang Tian once again tried two long-range three-pointers from the outside in this quarter, but failed to hit them both.

In 4 attempts, he only scored 1 goal.

Although he had practiced hard for a month, Rome was not built in a day, and he still needed to adapt slowly through actual combat.

The Spurs were like grinding tofu in this quarter, slowly grinding the point difference back bit by bit.

At the end of the three quarters, they tied the score at 76.

Give Popovich a GDP and he can bring back 5 NBA championships to San Antonio.

Give him George and Leonard, and he'll immediately make the team a championship favorite again.

Just like the 101 rock-tapping theory in the Spurs locker room, with Popovich here, the resilience of this team is truly beyond imagination.

In the opening stages of the last quarter, Forbes became the Spurs' surprise.

The old Pelicans player showed his hot outside touch, hitting consecutive three-pointers, and scored points with Siakam.

79 square meters.

83 square meters.

87 square meters.

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The scores of the two teams increased alternately until one minute before the end.

At the critical moment, Leonard showed his superstar strength. He changed directions and broke through Green, and scored two key points against Harrell's defense.

In the last 40 seconds, the Spurs led 103 to 101.

These two points are priceless!

Stevens called a timeout, which was also the Pelicans' last timeout.

"Let's play the No. 1 tactic. Don, you score the two-point ball as quickly as possible, and then we retreat quickly. We want to seize the last opportunity to attack."

Stevens' tactical thinking during the timeout was clear.

In 40 seconds, if the Pelicans press the ball, both sides will have an opportunity to attack.

But if the Pelicans steal this offense, they have a chance to steal two offensive opportunities.

That is also the best situation for them.

To take a step back, even if Tang Tian didn't score, as long as they defended the Spurs' last attack, they still had the final chance to win.

After the timeout, the Pelicans made substitution adjustments. Siakam came on to replace Harrell. This was to try their best to create scoring opportunities for Tang Tian just like in the opening game.

Brogdon dribbled the ball from the backcourt and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. After passing the ball to Tang Tian, ​​he went directly to block George.

The Pelicans fought one man after another, giving Tang Tianka a complete offensive opportunity.

When Tang Tian finally went in with the ball, he had a one-on-one opportunity with Leonard.

This scene is very interesting.

Leonard beat Tang Tian on a fast break in the first quarter, and Tang Tian immediately responded with the same fast break 2+1.

Now entering the positional battle, Tang Tian had the opportunity to aggravate this return gift.

Of course it's very difficult.

Leonard's single defense ability is even better than Tang Tian's.

When Tang Tian broke through, his death coil almost succeeded in stealing the ball.

However, Tang Tian had a lot of weapons in his arsenal. He took a butterfly step and then turned and leaned back. Although Leonard kept up, the interference was limited.

The posture is picturesque.

"Uh-huh!"

Tang Tian showed the strength of the first player in the league, and the ball hit the net after being released.

103 square meters!

Tang Tian defeated Leonard in Kobe's way and helped the Pelicans tie the score again!

The two sides once again stood on the same starting line.

This attack only took 9 seconds, and Tang Tian perfectly completed Stevens' tactical vision.

The fans at the scene breathed quickly.

The two sides still played with this kind of heartbeat when the countdown was reached.

ccx also stood up from the VIP box.

The process of such a game is more exciting than the outcome.

"Come on! Spurs!"

The fans at the scene cheered for the home team in unison, led by the DJ.

Leonard pressed the clock to about 8 seconds, used Aldridge's pick-and-roll to get straight inside, turned around beautifully and passed Siakam, and made a difficult backhand layup.

In this ball, he used his personal skills to the extreme and played an absolute MVP-level performance.

But Tang Tian knew him so well that he was already on guard before he made a move. At the same time, he jumped up and hit him with a nail board that chased him!

Amid the uproar from the fans at the scene, Tang Tian took advantage of the situation and collected the defensive rebound.

With one attack and one defense, Tang Tian showed the strength of the first player in history and snatched the initiative from the Spurs.

There were only 10 seconds left in the game, and the Pelicans did not pause. Tang Tian dribbled the ball and quickly advanced through the half.

All the fans at the scene stood up from the bench, and a thick smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air.

At this moment, something that no one expected happened happened.

Tang Tian dribbled the ball just past halftime, with more than 6 seconds left before the end of the game. When the Spurs were retreating at full speed, he directly shot a three-pointer with the logo at the position of the court logo!

The Spurs players also didn't expect that George, who was closest to Tang Tian, ​​was at least two meters away.

Including Stevens, his tactical arrangement was not originally like this!

But what everyone didn't expect was that after the ball flew over half of the court, it looked like a missile equipped with a positioning and aiming device.

"Uh-huh!"

Directly through the heart and into the network!

The flying immortal from the sky will kill with one strike!