Chapter 153: Falling Behind (12+1/14, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
In the second quarter, the Spurs began to deploy their troops and replace them with substitutes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Except for Anxi, who remained on the court, everyone else was replaced, with point guard Patrick Mills, shooting guard Manuginobili, power forward DeJuan Blair, and center Thiago Split, plus Anxi, five players in the second quarter.
The Thunder sent a semi-main lineup, Russell Westbrook, who played full in the first quarter, came off the floor, Derrick Fisher played, plus scoring guard James Harden, small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Nick Collison and center Nazel Mohammed.
At the beginning of the game, the Spurs' side felt average, the new Manuginobili missed two consecutive shots, and the Thunder equalized the score with a hit and a goal by James Harden.
Fortunately, in the Spurs' third offense, Patrick Mills rushed into the interior and scored two points to help the Spurs stabilize the situation.
After that, James Harden broke through to the layup, and after hitting the shot, he also caused a foul on Manuginobili, and the Thunder took the lead again.
Spurs' offense, Manuginobili received the ball and threw it, but his hand was still not good, and the offensive end hit the iron again.
Then, the Thunder relied on James Harden's strength to score one after another, and then the Thunder replaced Nazr Mohammed with Dagin Cook, played a small lineup, and played a wave of 9:0 offensive Xiaogao-Chao in the middle of the second quarter, which suddenly expanded the lead and led the Spurs by 10 points.
Popovich immediately called a timeout, Manu was not in good shape, so he naturally wanted to be replaced, Popovich thought for a moment and said: "Danny, you replace Manu, Kowai, you replace Thiago, we play a small lineup, and the Thunder attack." ”
Now the lineup on the Thunder court is also a small lineup, so Popovich thought about it and decided to give up the interior line and rely on the single defense of Anxi, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to play the fast break.
"The Spurs have made substitutions, and they have changed Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard in succession, and it looks like they are going to play a small lineup."
The game came back, the Spurs who replaced the small lineup accelerated the offensive tempo, Patrick Mills cut in with the ball, and after attracting the bag, he divided the ball, the Thunder quickly made up the defense, Danny Green, who received the ball, divided the ball again, and Anxi in the bottom corner received the ball and shot, stepping on the line and hitting two points!
Then, the Thunder attacked, the Spurs sped up the switch on the defensive end, and James Harden's breakthrough hit Kowhi Leonard head-on, and the referee suddenly blew the whistle.
Just when the Spurs players thought it was an offensive foul, the referee signaled it was a defensive foul.
All of a sudden, everyone was in an uproar, Kawhi Leonard frowned and spread his hands, far away to show that he didn't understand what the penalty meant, while De Juan Blair, the only veteran on the field, rushed to the referee and appealed to the referee.
Knowing that it was useless, DeJuan Blair was still aggressive.
It wasn't until the referee resolutely let James Harden go to the free-throw line that DeJuan Blair walked away.
"The Thunder's home-court advantage is starting to exert its power, indeed, the Thunder can't lose this game again, otherwise it will be difficult for us to see a Western final battle where Mars collides with the earth, which the league does not want to see." Charles Barkley has always been known for his outspokenness, and this time, he didn't hold back either, pointing the finger at the Alliance.
James Harden walked to the free throw line and hit both free throws, still a 10-point difference.
Then, Patrick Mills was whistled for an offensive foul by the referee when he cut in with the ball, and at this time, DeJuan Blair finally couldn't help it, this short and fat interior lineman has always been endearing in the Spurs, but his personality also led to him being an impulsive person.
The last time he came out for Kowhi Leonard, DeJuan Blair was still able to keep his sanity, but this time, DeJuan Blair couldn't bear it anymore and put his head on the referee!
"You **** referee! Did you take Thunder's money? ”
There was a boo, but the boos were directed at the Spurs and at DeJuan Blair.
The referee of the match was Bernie Foye, who took a few steps back in quick succession, dodging the aggressive DeJuan Blair, and then blew the whistle again amid boos to signal DeJuan Blair to receive a technical foul, and the audience suddenly burst into cheers.
At this time, DeJuan Blair was even more annoyed, and he was about to rush up again, but Anxi hurriedly rushed over and grabbed DeJuan Blair.
"DeJuan, calm down!" Anxi relied on his own strength to pull DeJuan Blair back to the Spurs' bench, and Popovich did not hesitate to make a direct substitution, allowing Thiago Split to re-play, and the Spurs continued to play small.
DeJuan Blair sat on the bench in a huff, and Popovich tapped him on the shoulder before continuing to watch the game.
James Harden walked to the free throw line, executed a technical foul free throw, and hit both free throws, the Thunder led by 12 points, and then the Thunder served out of bounds, James Harden took the basketball, and if the ball was scored again, the difference would be further widened.
Just when the Thunder attacked, the major broadcast TV stations in the United States didn't dare to say much, but in China, CCTV and Sina Sports didn't have so many scruples.
Yu Jia sprayed directly: "Two misjudgments in a row, especially when DeJuan Blair has already appealed once, the referee still did not relent, and continued to misjudge, I think the situation is already obvious, the league is manipulating the game!" ”
Director Zhang was also very angry: "Teacher Yu is right, a ball that is obviously an offensive foul, this referee actually blew it into a defensive foul, and another is obviously a defensive foul, but this referee blew an offensive foul, which is very unreasonable, just a few blows, the thunder suddenly opened the point difference, this referee's business ability does not seem to be as good as ours!" ”
On Sina Sports' side, Ke Fan didn't dare to say too much, but Su Qun was blunt: "In order to ensure the victory of the Thunder, the referee has begun to blow indiscriminately, you see these balls, blowing them out is not good for Spurs!" ”
On the court, the game was not suspended because of these two misjudgments, the Thunder's offense, James Harden rushed inside, and the layup was interfered with by Kawhi Leonard and did not score.
This time the referee is not blowing the whistle, although Kawhi Leonard still has the same action to defend, but the referee does not dare to blow the Spurs all the time, if it keeps blowing, things may get bigger, after all, Popovich is not easy to mess with, you blow Popovich once or twice can also endure for the sake of the next game, if you keep blowing, it will not give the Spurs a way to live.
In the second quarter of the game, the referee began to have all kinds of biases and misjudgments, most of which were in favor of the Thunder, and the score was slowly pulled away by the Thunder.
At the end of the second quarter, the Thunder led the Spurs by 17 points. (To be continued.) )