Chapter 660 Not Afraid of God-Like Opponents (Fourth Update!)
In the locker room at halftime, the excitement of the Pelicans was already on their faces.
"Guys, the Spurs are not going to give up. We can't relax in the second half. Remember what Mr. Benson said? Before the final whistle, the outcome is still unknown."
At this time, Tang Tian vaccinated the team members for a while.
He spent two years with the Spurs and knows the resilience and fighting spirit of that group of players.
Although he is no longer, the GDP is still there.
His reminder was very timely. Ci Shiping also shared some experience of winning the championship with the Lakers to remind the players.
The Pelicans are young and have a lot of ups and downs in mentality, but with Tang Tian and Ci Shiping around, they will avoid many detours on the road to growth.
After the timeout, the Spurs made adjustments to the lineup, and Ginobili replaced Green in the starting lineup.
In an extremely unfavorable situation, Popovich chose to believe his old subordinates and put all GDP in the starting lineup.
Sure enough, as Tang Tian said, the Spurs will not give up so easily.
"It's up to the Pelicans to see if they take the lead lightly."
Smith is still very professional as a commentator.
Before the second half started, he hit the point that the Pelicans need to pay attention to the most.
"They won't."
Since Barkley lost last time, he has been very good at observing words and expressions. He saw the concentration of the Pelicans and immediately made a judgment.
O'Neill snickered aside.
With Barkley's big mouth, Tang Tian scared the person who had yelled at Yao Ming for kissing his ass.
Fortunately, he was witty and transformed into Tang Chui early on, so he can't provoke Tang Tian if he provokes anyone!
Back in the second half the Spurs took the lead.
Leading by 15 points, generally the team leading the team will have some mental relaxation.
But the Pelicans didn't. They showed a calmness that was different from before, and their defense was very good.
The Spurs played a hammer tactic, but there was no good chance after half of the offensive time.
The ball was finally given to Ginobili.
After the others pulled away, Ginobili singled out Tang Tian.
The two were very familiar with each other. Ginobili broke into the free throw line against Tang Tian's defense, and then suddenly passed the ball to Duncan under the basket. The latter had already made a shooting action while receiving the ball, and hit the rebound to score.
The tacit understanding between the two will never come out in ten years.
Tang Tian held the ball in front of Leonard, and Ginobili's help defense came very quickly.
His confrontation and defense abilities were far inferior to Green's, but he struck quickly, and the ball in Tang Tian's hand was almost taken out.
Still all too familiar.
After turning around, Tang Tian chose to lean back and shoot.
Leonard struggled to save the interference.
The ball was very difficult, and the ball bounced out of the front of the basket.
Gasol protects the defensive rebound.
The Spurs' state of offense and defense in the second half was completely different from that in the first half.
It seems that Popovich did a lot of ideological work during the midfield.
Parker took the ball to the front court and gave the ball to Gasol to support at the free throw line.
Duncan made an off-ball pick-and-roll for Ginobili, and then made an air cut to the basket.
Gasol made an inside pass, and Duncan caught the ball and cut in to attract double-teams. Without turning his head, he threw the ball directly to the outside without looking at the pass.
The ball went straight to Ginobili.
This is really not the ball, but the tacit understanding established in 13 years.
Ginobili catches the ball from outside the three-point line.
"Shua!"
The three-pointer shoots up and down.
The Spurs beat the Pelicans 5-0 in the second half!
In the front row of the auditorium, Holt's livid face finally eased a little.
He said so much in front of the media before, if this becomes the background of the 1:3 reversal, he will really want to die.
Fortunately, the game is not over yet. The Pelicans can complete a shocking reversal in the last game, and the Spurs can do it too.
The 15-point difference was chased to 10 points, and the situation was not good for the Pelicans.
"Come on! Pelicans!"
Under the leadership of the home DJ, the home fans cheered for the Pelicans in unison.
Tang Tian changed his style of play this time, turning his back to the highest position to ask for the ball.
Ariza also pulled Ginobili to the off-ball side under his signal.
After Tang Tian received the ball, he saw Parker shrinking inward, so he went to the baseline and turned around to attack.
Leonard followed closely, and after Tang Tian turned around and took a sudden step, he leaned back and shot.
This time the chances are obviously better than last time.
The ball goes over Leonard's head and spins toward the hoop.
"Shua!"
It was Tang Tian who stood up at the critical moment. After this mid-range hit, he helped the Pelicans stabilize the situation on the field.
And in the next round, he successfully intercepted Ginobili's breakthrough and directly played a defensive counterattack, causing Parker's thug to foul.
The Spurs came back in the second half to show their strength with one attack and one defense, but Tang Tian immediately responded with one attack and one defense!
In the last game, he scored 63 points with all his strength and brought the team into the tiebreaker. He will never give up the victory!
The Spurs cooperated in the frontcourt, and Parker gave Ginobili a sudden point. Ginobili missed Tang Tian with the first fake shot after catching the ball, but he immediately retreated for a three-pointer.
With the interference from Tang Tian's save, Ginobili made a difficult three-pointer against Tang Tian's defense.
"Shua!"
The basketball is hollow into the net!
His performance in this series is really good, especially the three-pointer, which is comparable to his peak period.
Relying on the performance of GDP, the Spurs played the momentum of a veteran strong team in the third quarter, and approached the score a little bit.
But thanks to Tang Tian on the Pelicans team, he hit key goals repeatedly and didn't let the Spurs chase too many points.
And Ginobili is old after all, and Jordan has less than 10 minutes left in the previous 20 minutes.
After this quarter, the Pelicans still lead the Spurs by 9 points.
In the last quarter, the two sides still had a dozen.
When the two sides were fighting fiercely, Holt, the owner of the Spurs, went down to the field during the intermission to encourage the players.
But it was a little embarrassing that because the game was more intense, Popovich was busy arranging tactics and didn't have time to talk to him.
Holt stood by and waited, and happened to be seen by reporters on the sidelines, so he went straight to interview him.
"Mr. Holt, the Spurs narrowed the point difference to single digits in the third quarter. Do you think the team finally completed the comeback in the fourth quarter?"
The reporter asked quite straightforwardly.
"Of course, I know they can do it, like the Pelicans did in San Antonio, they can definitely do it."
Holt's answer was also quite straightforward.
This is his voice, and he absolutely cannot accept the Spurs' 1-3 comeback.
Popovich had just finished arranging tactics at this time, and when he turned around, he heard Holt's words to the reporter.
He almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
With a 3-1 lead before, Holt turned the Spurs with a mouthful of poisonous grandmother.
This time the Spurs managed to recover some points, and Holt came again?
This is really not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs!
Thank you Immortal Immortal Eternal Immortal reward.