Chapter 242: Loose Curry
In the second half, Anxi sat on the sidelines to rest, and the Spurs sent the main lineup, point guard Tony Parker, scoring guard Danny Green, small forward Leonard, power forward Dio and center Duncan. The Warriors are also the main team to face www.biquge.info the backcourt, but there is a two-point guard combination in the backcourt, with Jarred Jack and Curry partnering in the backcourt, Klay Thompson at small forward, and Boggart and David Lee on the inside.
On the first shot of the second half, Stephen Curry made a three-point jumper through the cover and hit it with a bang!
The Spurs responded quickly, and Tony Parker hit a mid-range shot to turn the margin into an eight-point deficit.
Then it was Stephen Curry, a step-back jumper, another three-pointer, and continued to hit with a bang!
Duncan's mid-range shot hit iron, Curry missed another three-pointer, and the margin became 5 points, and Leonard's mid-range shot didn't go in.
The Warriors got a chance to close the gap even further, and this time it was Klay Thompson who shot and got an open spot with a reverse run, and hit another three-pointer with a bang!
In just two minutes, the Warriors hit three three-pointers, and the difference was only 2 points!
At the beginning of the second half, the Warriors' three-point shooting was clearly on the rise, and the entire AT&T arena was filled with boos, boos for the Warriors frantically celebrating the three-point celebration, and boos for the Spurs' defensive performance.
"Okay, let's talk about the way to play later." After a pause, Popovich said at breakneck speed. "Wait, we're going to expand our defense, focus on the Warriors' three-point defense, and Tony, you have to control the tempo, it's too fast, the Warriors are almost shooting and chasing three-pointers, and this rhythm is not good for us, we have to slow down the tempo."
After a pause, Popovich began to announce the substitution: "Manu, you play, replace Danny, next, remember to pass more on the offensive end, don't rush to shoot." ”
Well, Anxi stood aside for a while, and found that there was nothing wrong with him, Popovich was not ready to replace himself, just let the team's defense expand out, focus on defending three-pointers, and then replace Manu to help Parker control the rhythm together, in a word, in Popovich's opinion, these adjustments are enough to curb the current scoring momentum of the Warriors.
After the substitution, Manu scored as soon as he got on the court, he cut in and hit a pull-up jump shot from the free throw line.
And then, the Warriors' offense, the Spurs' defense expanded, focusing on the Warriors' three-point, which made it difficult for the Warriors to get as many outside open opportunities as before, so the Warriors couldn't score on the outside, so they had to turn to attack the inside, and Jared Jack's breakthrough layup successfully scored 2 points.
The difference was still two points, and on the Spurs' side, Leonard turned over and hit a jumper, which also hit successfully.
Next, the Warriors continued to try to find three-point opportunities from the outside, but there weren't many opportunities.
Until the fifth minute, Stephen Curry rushed straight to the front court with the ball, and when he didn't stand firm, he directly made an emergency stop and a long-distance three-point shot! Tony Parker hurriedly stepped forward to block, but the next second! Bang! Entered!!
Another three-pointer! Stephen Curry shook his head arrogantly, but at this time, he was also qualified to shake his head, because this three-point shot directly overtook the Warriors!
Beep! Another crisp whistle, Popovich was helpless, and he called the second timeout of the quarter in the third quarter, and he had to adjust again, and the Warriors' three-point momentum started, especially that Stephen Curry.
"So far in this quarter, the Warriors' offense is three-point, three-point, three-point! If Popovich can't find a better way to deal with the Warriors' three-pointers, especially Stephen Curry's, the Spurs are likely to lose this game! ”
Lose? This is certainly not what Popovich wants, as the Spurs are chasing the first place in the West, and at this time, every game that can be won must be won.
"Ann, you're on the court, limiting Stephen Curry, understand?" After a pause, Popovich looked at Anxi, Anxi heard Popovich's words, and became excited, he hadn't received such a difficult defensive task for a long time, defending the arrogant Stephen Curry? Anxi is looking forward to it.
The Spurs didn't make too many adjustments, except for replacing Anxi, Popovich also let the Spurs return to the original defense, except for Anxi against Stephen Curry, don't care too much about the Warriors' three-pointers.
Obviously, Popovich has great trust in Anxi's defense, and when he stood on the field, Anxi also decided to repay Popovich's trust with his performance.
As soon as he came out in the third quarter, the first thing was the Spurs' offense, and An Xi's position on the offensive end was the No. 3 position, so he kept stunned and didn't move much on the wing.
Manu and Parker quickly found a space to shoot on the outside, but the Warriors' defense was also very fast, and the space in front of Manu was fleeting, and at this time, Anxi moved!
Running frantically outside the three-point line, Anxi put his hands together, cooperated with Manu as a cover, and then continued to retreat, Klay Thompson, who defended Anxi, abandoned Anxi and went directly towards Manu, and actually directly released Anxi!
Anxi immediately opened his hand to ask for the ball, Manu passed the ball behind his back, and the basketball flew into Anxi's hand, directly facing Clay's return defense!
Bang! Entered!!
"Three points in! The Spurs overtook the score, could it be that Popovich replaced Anxi to repay the Warriors with three points? It was ESPN commentator Jae Williams who said this, but as soon as he finished speaking, he knew he had guessed wrong.
"The Warriors' offense, Anxi directly faced Stephen Curry with the ball in the second half! It turned out that the Spurs replaced Anxi to defend Stephen Curry! ”
Looking at Curry, who is loved by domestic fans as a cute god, Anxi directly accelerated and started to defend from the second half, Curry was uncomfortable being pasted, and this kind of single-court pressing made Curry extremely uncomfortable.
finally brought the ball to the frontcourt, but An Xi still didn't give in at all, and his close defense made Curry have no room to shoot at all.
As a result, Curry had to choose to pass the ball out......
Pass...... Curry's pass was careless, he first came to a crotch dribble, then dribbled the ball behind him, Klay Thompson came around from the inside, ready to catch the ball, but ......
The moment Curry passed the ball behind him, Anxi suddenly jumped out! With a long arm stretched, he ruined the pass!
"Steal!" Jay Williams first shouted, and then he saw that Anxi was as fast as lightning, picked up the ball and rushed to the frontcourt! "Spurs' chance! Anxi took the lead, and the Warriors just reacted, so they should be too late to defend! ”
Sure enough, Anxi rushed directly to the front court and scored 2 points with a light dunk.
"Stephen Curry's pass was too loose, which allowed Anxi to take his chance." Originally, seeing the Warriors explode and rain three-pointers, Jae Williams was still very excited, but Anxi stealed Curry as soon as he came out, so now he is full of pity.
Yes, it's a pity for Stephen Curry's carelessness...... (To be continued.) )