The Spurs won the first game, and the 15-point margin made the series a little out of hand. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"The Spurs have a 15-point advantage and win the first game of the Western Conference semifinals easily!"

"The Spurs won by 15 points, and the gap in the quality of the playoff teams is so terrifying?"

"The difference in strength is too big, the most boring playoff in history!"

Mike Budenholzer threw away the newspaper in his hand, and then scolded his mother: "This group of ****, when we win, they jump out and say that the game is not exciting." ”

Looking at Mike Budenholzer, who had no demeanor at all, Popovich smiled and shook his head: "Okay, Mike, in fact, they are just touting us in another way, but this way is really disgusting, not to mention, Grizzlies are not so easy to deal with, you and I are clear." ”

Mike Budenholzer nodded, he agreed with Popovich's statement, the Grizzlies are not so easy to deal with, the last game, if it weren't for the Spurs' morale and excellent state of the game, the Spurs would not be able to lead by 20 points in the third quarter, and the game would be relatively intense.

Because the Grizzlies are improving, they are improving every year, and this year's Grizzlies are obviously a bit of a defensive version of the Spurs.

In the last game, the Spurs were in too good shape, so they invisibly failed the Grizzlies' defense, but in the second game, everything was not necessarily the same.

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The Spurs won the first game of the second round easily, but the Thunder were stubbornly blocked by the Warriors.

In Oklahoma City, the Thunder, who had Dewey's two less, were forced by the Warriors until the final quarter, and in the last five minutes, the Warriors suddenly rained three-pointers, leading by 10 points at once, and then kept the lead by blocking and attacking on the offensive end.

At the end of the game, the Warriors actually won 113:104 away and won the Thunder by 9 points! In the first game of the second round, there was a big upset.

The Eastern side also broke out an upset, the first game between the Heat and the Bulls, the Bulls played a very good team defense, and only James performed normally among the big three defenses, and the Heat also unexpectedly lost to the Bulls 81-97 and lost the first game.

The Pacers and Knicks also played fiercely, and the game continued into the final quarter, still maintaining suspense.

However, in the final quarter, the more consistent Pacers won the victory, and they slowly led the Knicks by constantly teaming up to score, and in the end, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 103-98 away to win.

As a result, in the four games of the second round, except for the Spurs' victory over the Grizzlies, the other three games were actually on the bottom line, which made the group of reporters who have been advocating that the playoffs are not exciting.

"Under three games, the NBA ushered in a prosperous era!"

"This is the best playoff game!"

These high-tide remarks made the Spurs the most destructive team, but Popovich didn't care, before the second game, the low-key Spurs chose to prepare quietly, and in the lively scene of the American media, the quietness of the Spurs was very unique.

Spurs are very quiet, but it is difficult for Anxi to be quiet, and in the past few days, there have been more and more media interviews with Anxi through Ivoclark, many of which are non-sports media, most of which are from Asia, such as Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, and some South Korean and Japanese media have also come to the door to find An Xiyue for an interview.

All of this is because of the Most Improved Player trophy.

This crystal cup has been placed in Anxi's own trophy display case intact, and there is also a three-point king trophy, a rookie challenge MVP trophy and a slam dunk king trophy in the display case, plus this most improved player trophy, the four trophies also make Anxi's trophy display case a little interesting.

As for the interview, Anxi only agreed to the interviews of Xinhua News Agency and CCTV, and Anxi rejected all the interviews of those Korean stick media.

And the matter of Anxi winning the Most Improved Player Award has been discussed for a long time in China.

Basically, the atmosphere is still very good, there is no scolding in China, there are just all kinds of "gratification", encouragement and fans of Anxi.

However, there are also a lot of black fans who have taken the pace, for example, they mentioned the curse of the Most Improved Player award.

In the 99-00 season, Jalen Rose, after winning the most improved player, has never been able to continue to improve; Tracy McGrady in the 00-01 season, although he was a former superstar, many people still believe that Maddie did not realize all his talents; Jermaine O'Neal in the 01-02 season, likewise, was the most improved player and basically didn't become a superstar as expected.

And since the 04-05 season, the curse of the most improved player has become more obvious, and Bobby Simmons' second season as the most improved player has fallen for various reasons; The same is true of Boris Dio in the 05-06 season, after the most improved player, he was devastated by injuries; The same is true of Montaelis further on.

The most improved player is basically considered an ominous award, even if you have enough strength, maybe you will lack some effort, or even if you have the strength and hard work, then injuries and other accidents will happen.

An Xi naturally understands the curses of the most improved players, but he doesn't think so, there is a jersey system, what are these spells? Difficulty: How can these rumored spells be more powerful than the system?

On May 7, 2013, at 6 p.m., the second game between the Spurs and Grizzlies began at ATT Arena.

In the last game, Anxi received the trophy of the most improved player, so as soon as Anxi appeared in this game, a reporter soon came to the door.

Turner Sports was in charge of the broadcast of the game, and Craig Sager held a microphone and personally went to the field to find players to interview, so he quickly found Anxi.

"Ann, you accepted the trophy of the most improved player in the last game, how did you feel in the past two days?"

An Xi nodded: "It's not bad." ”

Craig Sagar was stunned for a moment, that's it? Are all Spurs players infected by Popovich?

However, he was only slightly stunned for a moment, quickly adjusted, and continued to ask: "Then what do you want to say about this game?" ”

An Xi looked at the camera behind Craig Sager, he knew that everything he said now was on live broadcast, so he answered more carefully, and after thinking about it for a while, An Xi said, "Win this game." ”

"But Zach Randolph said he wouldn't let you continue to win." Craig Sagar hurriedly said, An Xi glanced at Craig Sagar lightly, he seemed to say, I see through you, you are stirring up trouble.

Craig Sagar was a rare provocation, he blushed, handed the microphone to An Xi's mouth, and seemed to say: You are so quick to say it.

For Zach Randolph, An Xi doesn't have any good feelings now, no one likes a person who is full of swearing, so for this question, An Xi answered quite politely: "He's talking big, if I have a chance to face him in this game, then I will kick his ass!" ”

The game started quickly, and in the second game, the Grizzlies changed their starting lineup, the point guard was still McConley, the power forward was still Zach Randolph, and the center was not the same - Marc Gasol, but the two positions of shooting guard and small forward have changed significantly.

Lionel Hollins chose to let Jerry Bayless as the starter, let Bayless and McConley form a dual point guard combination, plus Tony Allen cameo as a small forward, the Grizzlies' second game put out a short lineup on the outside, but the purpose of this adjustment of the Grizzlies is somewhat obvious, and their offense was unfavorable in the last game, so this game let Bayles start in order to strengthen their offense.

In this game, Anxi is still a substitute, and Spurs are still regular starters, without any changes.

Thiago Split and Marc Gasol fought for the ball, and this time Marc Gasol jumped higher and fought directly for the ball.

After the first game, the two teams also have a lot of understanding of each other, so the first ball Grizzlies directly entered the state, McConley outside the ball, not in the slightest rush to attack, obviously the Grizzlies know very well that the game with the Spurs, the most critical factor is the rhythm of the game.

The Grizzlies are slow-paced, and the Spurs are fast and slow, but for the Grizzlies, the most important thing they need to do is to let the pace of the game be controlled by themselves, not dragged into the rhythm of the Spurs by the Spurs.

The opening game was more intense, McConley held the ball and missed a layup, and Split grabbed the rebound.

The Spurs launched an attack, and Tim Duncan, who was inside, received the ball and missed a close-range jumper, and Marc Gasol protected the rebound.

Neither team was able to score in the opening period, and then the iron continued to play, Tony Parker missed a pull-up jumper, and Zach Randolph missed a high jumper......

The game lasted more than three minutes, and the two teams were never able to open the accounts that scored.

Popovich on the sidelines was a little anxious, Popovich saw this game very clearly, in addition to the rhythm of the two teams, there is also a very important point, that is, whether the Spurs can play their offense, or whether the Grizzlies can play their defense, if the Spurs play offense, then the Spurs will have a big chance of winning, but if the Grizzlies play their defense, just like now, the Grizzlies' winning chance will be bigger all of a sudden.

After another two minutes of dismal offense, the Spurs and Grizzlies were tied at 2:3, and the Grizzlies scored 3 points.

After a pause, Popovich was angry, the Spurs' offense was really bad, Tony Parker missed two shots, Kowhi Leonard also missed two shots, and the only goal was scored by Duncan, but Duncan only shot 1 of 3, and the dismal shooting rate made Popovich angry and chose to make a substitution.

"Ann, Manu, you play, replace Danny and Thiago, Ann, you go play the number four position, pay attention to the offensive end and move more on the baseline."

Popovich arranged for Anxi to play the No. 4 position, but Anxi looked eager to try...... (To be continued.) )