Chapter 288 A Three-Point Score as Big as Restoring Morale

But the ball still isn't over, it's alive.

Li Ba fell to the ground and staggered.

On the opposite side, Duncan's arms were facing one arm, he couldn't stabilize the landing, and he took a step back, which shows that his physical fitness is indeed a problem.

But he was lucky, the ball fell from his head again, and he got it.

"ah!"

Duncan came up fiercely, roared fiercely, took a step forward, jumped up wildly, and smashed his arms to the basket fiercely.

At this moment, he lost his composure!

At this moment, he was like a wounded beast!

Without any distracting thoughts, Li Ba jumped up again, stretched his left arm above the basket, and sealed the ferocious basketball with his left palm.

At this moment, he can only block, only block!

At this moment, his basket is absolutely not allowed to be smashed, and neither is Duncan!

"boom!"

The precision acquired in the fly-catching training allowed Li Ba to seal the basketball with his palm incomparably accurately, and the ball jumped up again, jumping out of the baseline from above the backboard.

"boom!"

Duncan smashed the basket with both hands.

He was a little disappointed and powerless hanging above the basket, his eyes on the floor.

There was Li Ba who lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Ah!"

Li Ba sneered, even if he fell to the ground, his eyes were still ferocious.

This ball, he finally won!

The ball fell to the ground, and the Spurs still owned the ball, but he still won!

He lay on the floor, raised his hands, and pushed upwards violently.

"No one is allowed to fly over our heads! Our heads..."

At this moment, all the Suns fans in the American West Arena went crazy, the adrenaline was rushing, the explosion was rumbling, and countless palms were shaking.

The hearts of the Spurs fans fell into the ice.

On and off the court, the hearts of the Spurs players are equally cold.

Four shots were blocked within one shot, and the three Spurs were blocked consecutively, and they were the strongest three. Their breathing was unstoppable and heavy, and their waists couldn't help bending down, and their jaws smashed to the ground.

61:66, the Suns lead by 5 points at home.

The point difference is not big, but in the hearts of the fans of both sides, there is a palm between the winner and the loser. This palm covers everything. It makes the difference of only 5 points like a natural barrier.

The Spurs attacked and Popovich called a timeout.

"Tim, I know you're tired, but you have to step up, you have to!"

"You have to challenge your limits, you have the potential!"

"You must let your physical fitness and your will break through their limits!"

"You are a great super giant, the greatest one in the fourth position, and that rookie is just a blue collar, you must kill that rookie! Must!"

Popovich didn't care about other players. If Duncan collapsed, the Spurs would collapse. He yelled at Duncan again and again.

"Hohohoho..."

Duncan propped his hands on his knees, beads of sweat dripping almost in a line to the floor.

"Tim!?"

Seeing that Duncan didn't respond, Popovich became anxious. He squatted in front of Duncan, raised his head and shouted.

"Ah!"

Duncan looked down at Popovich and smiled.

Seeing Duncan's ugly smile, Popovich calmed down. He knew that Duncan hadn't collapsed yet.

"water!"

He handed over the water in his hand.

Duncan took the water and stood up straight.

But he didn't drink water first, but said to others: "We still have ten minutes to win this game. If you have any balls that you can't handle, you can leave them to me."

The main general stabilized, and the generals of the Spurs immediately felt certain.

Next Popovich replaced Robert Horry, the clutch shooter, with Rasu.

Horry played positions 3 and 4 against center Li Ba. It was definitely not for defense, but to use Horry's long-range shots to contain the Suns' defense and make it more difficult to make up defense. This trick is still useful, as it has been proven before. pass.

But this substitution is for scoring.

Because after a second, there is still... 0.5 seconds left for the ball this time.

Popovich specially arranged a tactic for this 0.5 seconds of ball possession.

The Suns replaced Voskull, who played a total of twenty-two minutes and was dying.

Dazhi went up, and Frank told him to use his shot to pull Duncan out, not to stick to the defense.

Returning from the timeout, the Spurs served from the baseline by Hedo.

The Spurs players interspersed wildly, driving the Suns' defense.

At this time, Duncan squeezed away from Dazhi, rushed to the basket, and raised his hand to Hedo for the ball.

This action immediately attracted the attention and defense of the Sun players.

But Xidu gave it to Horry, and Horry was in the left bottom corner, basically vacant.

Horry catches the ball and immediately releases it, barely jumping.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

"yeah!"

The Spurs jumped up excitedly, as did the bench. A coach as calm as Popovich couldn't help raising his fist.

This three-point hit at 0.5 seconds is very important.

If Duncan stabilizes the morale of the Spurs, then this shot. It directly lifted the morale of the Spurs from the trough and returned to normal.

Moreover, this goal directly wiped out Li Ba's previous three-game winning streak effort, and directly hit the morale of the Suns. Just look at the quiet American West Arena, and you will know how big the reaction to this ball is.

"What the hell!"

Even Li Ba couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

64:66, the Spurs were only two points behind, with 10 minutes and 46 seconds left in the game.

"Popovich's tactical ability is true? How should I put it, he dared to use it! Last time he used Horry's counter-positioning hammer, he got some miraculous effects, which made the Suns' zone defense very passive. This time he used it again. " Zhang Lili said.

"But it must not be used too much. Horry is not close to the hammer at all. If the hammer wants the ball to attack at this time, the Spurs will be very passive."

Sun attack.

Dazhi pulled to the right corner to ask for the ball. Duncan let him go two steps, but he missed the ball. Marbury did not choose to trust Dazhi at the critical moment.

"Hit the hammer!" Frank yelled from the sidelines.

He was done like this by Povich last time, and he has experience.

Li Ba was in the low position on the left wing, and Huo Li was beside him. He didn't dare to defend him personally, but defended close to him. At the free-throw line, Hedo would come over and double-team him at any moment. The Spurs still have some defense against him. How dare Popovich really let Horry defend him alone in the low post?

Li Ba rushed directly to the paint, raising his hand for the ball.

As soon as he moved, Hedo immediately jumped into the paint, coming towards him.

And Duncan on the opposite side also rushed over from the short corner, so much so that he was completely emptied.

Marbury passed the ball in, but at this time, Huo Li desperately gave Li Ba a hundred kilograms of meat, and he actually got close.

"Snapped!"

Li Ba caught the ball with one hand with his right palm, confiscated the ball, and threw it directly to Dazhi in the right corner.

"Snapped!"

Dazhi caught the ball with both hands, raised it up, prepared for a second, and then aimed for at least a second. When Duncan took two steps back from the sideline of the paint area, he jumped up and shot.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared and a three-pointer was hit.

64:69, the Suns lead again by 5 points.

"yeah!"

He was so excited that he waved his fist.

"It's so beautiful! It's so reliable at the critical moment." Zhang Lili shouted very excitedly.

This goal helped the generals of the Suns lose their frustration just now.

In the following time, the two sides came and went, trying their best.

79:84, with 59 seconds left, the point difference is still 5 points.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the Spurs called a long timeout.