The second quarter ended in a state of anxiety. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At 67:66, the Spurs led by one point and went into halftime.

The fifth game of the two teams was so tangled, which also surprised everyone, after all, from the previous three games, the Spurs have completely mastered the initiative of the series, and the three big wins also made the Grizzlies have no power to fight back, as a result, the Grizzlies showed great tenacity from the beginning, and when they fell behind at the beginning, they chased the points again and again, and chased until the end of the half, they were only 1 point behind.

Zach Randolph scored 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting in the first half, and O.J. Mayo came off the bench to score 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting.

The home team's locker room was quiet, and Anxi Geyou was lying on a leather-cushioned chair, his head raised, enjoying the cold wind blowing from the central air conditioning overhead.

In June, San Antonio has entered the summer, the hot temperature makes the stadium even if there is air conditioning, it is not hot, the players are sweating profusely, so that as soon as they enter the locker room, they ask the staff to turn down the temperature of the central air conditioner, turn up the wind speed, and then the air vent above everyone's head blows a pleasant cold wind.

Popovich didn't have much to adjust, walked to the center of the locker room and said a few words about the second-half substitution, then sat down to the side and went to blow the wind.

Although the Spurs are currently only leading by 1 point, Popovich is not in a hurry, slowly and steadily, and the final win must be the Spurs, there is no doubt about this, after all, the Grizzlies are all the main force to fight the entire first half, and the Spurs have long been replaced by the bench, the substitute to play the main force, and a point ahead, think about it carefully, there is really nothing to worry about.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Anxi, who played the first half, was rested, and the Spurs fielded a lineup of point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Danny Green, small forward Cowai Leonard, power forward DeJuan Blair and center Tim Duncan.

The Grizzlies also made substitutions, replacing several key players who played the entire first half, and then keeping O.J. Mayo on the court with a group of benches against the Spurs' main players, namely point guard Gilbert Arenas, small forward Quincy Poundster, power forward Maris Speights and center Hamad Haddadi.

The game restarted, Tony Parker controlled the ball to the frontcourt, broke through to the layup and missed, the rebound was picked up by Hamad Haddadi, and at the beginning of the second half, Tony Parker still had to find a feeling.

Off the court, Anxi glanced at Hamad Haddadi, this Iranian center is an old opponent of the Chinese national team, there is nothing to do with Iran in this year's Olympic Games, and next year's men's basketball Asian Championships, Anxi may have to play against this Hamad Haddadi.

After Hamad Haddadi grabbed the rebound, he passed the ball to O.J. Mayo, and several main players were not there, and Mayo became the ball carrier on the court, of course, generally speaking, the ball was given to Gilbert Arenas, the former No. 0 agent, but Mayo was in good shape in this game, and he unceremoniously grabbed the ball in his hands.

Danny Green defends Mayo, and the Mayo he sticks is a little tight, and it should be said that the defense is still good.

But today's Mayo's state is really good, a turn to strengthen the line to change direction, just shake off Danny Green, the outside shot successfully hit, 3 points scored, the Grizzlies actually directly overtaken!

Popovich saw that the momentum was wrong, this Mayo's state was a bit similar to Kobe Bryant back then, Popovich didn't dare to take any more risks, found a dead ball opportunity, and replaced Anxi.

"China Ann is back, and Greg Popovich has replaced him, and the target should be O.J. Mayo."

"That's right, O.J. Mayo is already about to score 20 points, and if this state is not restricted, it will be difficult for the Spurs to win."

Back on the court, Anxi took the task of limiting O.J. Mayo, and in the Grizzlies' offensive round, Anxi stood directly by Mayo's side.

Grizzlies serve from the sideline, and O.J. Mayo goes around the screen to catch the basketball.

Anxi also stuck on it inch by inch, Mayo held the ball in both hands, observed the situation on the inside, and began to dribble slowly on the spot.

Dribbling with one hand, and reaching out with the other to direct his teammates, he didn't notice Anxi's abnormality at all.

At this time, An Xi slowly lowered his body, lowered his head and stared at the basketball in Mayo's hand, and then, leaning forward, he suddenly stretched out his right hand and touched the basketball in Mayo's hand with his fingertips!

"Steal!" Mike Tirick shouted, and Anxi flew to pick up the ball and steal! This was Anxi's third steal in this game, and the careless O.J. Mayo didn't expect Anxi to reach out for a steal, so when he turned his head, Anxi had already rushed to the front court with the ball.

Facing the empty frontcourt, An Xi did not hesitate at all, rushed to the inside line and pulled up a dunk and scored two points!

The Spurs and Grizzlies were tied, but in Popovich's view, Anxi's steal and dunk meant not a tie, but more leads.

The Grizzlies' offense is back in action, and O.J. Mayo still can't get rid of his bad habit of sticking to the ball, but this time he is much more careful with his dribbling.

With his head down and bending over, he glanced around, observing the situation on the field, and Mayo didn't forget to stare at An Xi with his spare eyes.

Just when he looked at An Xi with his peripheral vision, he found that An Xi reached out again, a pair of long arms, and slapped directly at the basketball in Mayo's hand.

Mayo was so frightened that he quickly held the ball in both hands and stopped dribbling.

But An Xi's right hand didn't stop at all, and the speed became faster and faster!

Bang! Anxi directly cut the basketball in Mayo's hand! The action was very clean, and the first thing An Xi's hand touched was the basketball in Mayo's hand, so the referee did not blow for a foul.

Anxi grabbed the basketball and rushed to the front court again!

With no one to defend, Anxi showed another wave of dunks and scored two more points, giving the Spurs a two-point lead.

Popovich clapped on the sidelines, then sat down on the bench with his ass backwards.

As the game continued, Mayo didn't seem to have learned his lesson, still taking the ball from Mariss Speights and slowly controlling it to the frontcourt.

However, O.J. Mayo was more careful in controlling the ball this time, and Anxi didn't stretch out his hand at will, at this time, Mayo was already interested in Anxi's steal, maybe he would make Anxi a foul or something, and it would be worth the loss.

In defense, Anxi deliberately put a flaw, so Mayo looked for this flaw and rushed into the inside.

Anxi was not so easy to do, he pestered Mayo to death, when Mayo rushed outside the penalty area, he suddenly stopped, Anxi also followed the brake, raised his hands high, and put them on top of Mayo's head.

Mayo didn't force a shot, in the face of the huge pressure exerted by Anxi, Mayo chose to change direction and break through, dribble under one crotch, catch a half-turn, and then make a dribble action with both hands behind him, ready to break through from Anxi's side and slip to the bottom line for a layup.

However, this set of actions came to an abrupt end halfway through.

When Mayo half-turned, he dribbled behind his back, which allowed Anxi to find an opportunity, stretched out his right hand and gently pulled it, and another steal was in his hand!