The Spurs pushed to stretch the margin to seven points again, and the Grizzlies called another timeout. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lionel Hollins is not at all shy about his timeout, and this game, it looks like the Grizzlies have to fight.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies made substitutions, they replaced Zach Randolph with Ed Davis, let Marc Gasol continue to play, temporarily maintained the interior defense on the court, slightly lost some mid-range offensive firepower, and replaced McConley with Jerry Bayless, after two substitutions, the Grizzlies became more vulnerable on the court.

But there is nothing Hollins can do, he has to make substitutions, and if he doesn't change, the main force on the field will be unbearable, but Mark Gasol and Tony Allen can't be replaced, these two defensive cores inside and outside, once changed, the Spurs' offense is really unstoppable.

After the substitution, the Grizzlies continued to play tenaciously, with Tony Allen increasing his running and acting like a tough guy on the defensive end.

At the end of the second quarter, the Spurs entered the second half with a 9-point lead at 51-42.

In the second half of the game, Lionel Hollins began to find various openings to let the main players take turns to leave the court to rest, and then interrupted the rhythm of the Spurs by constantly encouraging and pausing, and slowly dragged the game until the game entered the fourth quarter, Hollins waved his hand and replaced all the main players.

At this time, the Grizzlies are still 10 points behind, and the margin is still within the range of chasing, so Lionel Hollins is going to give it a go.

In the fourth quarter, he gave it his go, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter, an accident happened.

Marc Gasol has been playing for 30 minutes in this game, with only 6 minutes of rest up and down, and continued to play in the fourth quarter, sweating profusely, he is already a little dehydrated. But there is no way, if the Grizzlies want to win, he has to keep playing.

So in the fourth quarter, two offensive and defensive rounds were played, and the Spurs and Grizzlies scored respectively, but then, when Marc Gasol defended Tony Parker to attack the basket, he suddenly twisted his foot and fell down.

There was an exclamation in the ATT arena that Marc Gasol was injured!

Soon, the game was blown off, and the Grizzlies staff helped Marc Gasol off the court, and the Spurs fans on the sidelines actually gave applause, apparently Marc Gasol's fighting spirit made them express their respect with applause.

However, Marc Gasol left, which was tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the Grizzlies.

Popovich obviously won't let go of this opportunity, after the game restarted, the Spurs began to consciously increase the inside breakthrough and offense, so the Grizzlies, who were still thinking of giving it a go, fell into a collapse directly.

The suspense of the game quickly ended, and the Spurs used their old and spicy offense to constantly impact the Grizzlies' interior line, and the point difference gradually widened.

Lionel Hollins sighed, and chose to give up the game for the second time in the fourth quarter, replacing all the main players.

That's it, Popovich smiled and accepted Hollins' congratulations on the sidelines, and the Spurs have already stepped into the finals with one foot in the Western Conference semifinals.

For the Grizzlies, the situation of falling behind 0:2 is extremely bad, and the Spurs team will definitely choose to take advantage of the victory in the next two games, and for the Grizzlies, the next few games, each of which is a decisive battle.

Mark Gasol, who left the game in the fourth quarter due to injury, quickly came out with an injury report, and it was nothing serious, just a small sprain, so there is still hope for the Grizzlies in the next game.

After two victories, Anxi also felt a little tired, but he was still in a good mood, winning one game after another, and getting closer and closer to the championship, thinking that he could leave San Antonio with a perfect ending.

At the end of Game 2, the Spurs led the Grizzlies 2-0, and the other three games of the second round of the playoffs, as most media reporters said, were very intense.

The Heat, who lost to the Bulls in the first game, naturally couldn't lose the second game, and they beat the Bulls 115-78 at home, finally entering the rhythm of victory.

The Thunder lost the first game to the Warriors, and won the second game, and the same goes for the Knicks, after a fierce four-quarter competition, the Knicks finally won, and just like that, except for the Spurs, the other three groups of matchups were all tied 1:1.

As a result, the Spurs' game was ugly and unexciting, but the San Antonio Express published an op-ed at this time, and the article was signed by Spurs legend Sean Elliott.

"Spurs won two easy games, the game was not good, but you can't deny the strength of Spurs!"

The article reads as follows: "The playoffs have reached the second round, and the sweeps in the first round have made many media reporters and experts begin to worry about whether such a playoff game is exciting, so the second round of two games is over, and the only Spurs with two consecutive wins has become the target of these expert reporters. ”

"The Spurs are the only team to win in the second round, and the team they beat is not easy, the Grizzlies, fourth in the West in the regular season this season, defeated the championship favorite before the start of the regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers, advanced to the second round, and were suppressed by the Spurs from beginning to end in two consecutive games, the Spurs' performance has proven their level of strength, losing to the Bulls in the first game of the second round of the Miami Heat, After the Thunder lost to the Warriors in the first game of the second round, the San Antonio Spurs became the only team that did not lose in the playoffs. ”

"The Spurs' form and strength have been laid out, and no matter how much you denigrate the excitement of the Spurs' game, the Spurs are already the hottest championship favorites in this season's playoffs. ”

In the United States, there is no such thing as poisonous milk, the Spurs were criticized by the outside world for the boring game, as a famous and loyal fan of the Spurs, Sean Elliott naturally couldn't stand it, so he published this column in the San Antonio Express, which was soon reprinted by ESPN and other media.

And when the article reached China, domestic fans stood up and spoke for the Spurs.

"There's no doubt that the Spurs game is the most spectacular game in the NBA, right? "Some fans released a few gifs, one of which shows the Spurs' offense in a certain round, in which the Spurs are almost always passing, passing, and directly passing an empty space, and Manuginobili in the picture cuts to the basket.

Below this picture, the floors that replied were applauded.

"That's right, the Spurs' offense is passing and passing, and it's not exciting to play like this?"

"Yes, are those experts in the United States sick in the brain, is the Heat's breakthrough point shot good-looking, or is the three-point battle between the Thunder and the Warriors good-looking?"

……

There was a lot of disturbance and quarrels from the outside, but there was silence inside the Spurs.

Quietly boarded the bus, quietly boarded the plane, and then after a year, the Spurs came to Memphis again.

On the night he arrived in Memphis, it was raining heavily in Tennessee, and under the torrential rain, the whole city was quiet, and Anxi opened the curtains, and just as he was about to sigh, his room was pushed open.

"Ann, hurry up, go to Greg's room, Greg and the Alliance staff are waiting for you there. "It's Tony Parker who came to inform Anxi.

An Xi was stunned: "The staff of the alliance?

"What's wrong with you? Best Sixth Man. ”

An Xi was suddenly a little confused, the best sixth man, do you want to accept two awards? Before An Xi could react, Parker led him to Popovich's room.

Anxi lives on the fifth floor, and Popovich lives on the seventh floor, so when the two of them slowly walked all the way to the elevator door, Anxi's phone rang.

"Hey, Ann? Did you hear that? The results of the Best Sixth Man were announced, and you were the first to take the first place. Ivoclark's voice came from the other end of the line.

An Xi nodded: "Well, I already know, and now I'm going to find the staff sent by the alliance." ”

"So, I'll make a long story short, Time Magazine already knows the final result, and is going to make an appointment with you to meet in Memphis and find a time to do the interview. ”

"Got it, let's go after the third game. ”

……

Best Sixth Man, Anxi was still a little surprised that he could get this award, after all, this award has always been based on scoring data before, but this season, Anxi's steals and blocks are really invincible, and the score is not too low that of JR Smith, so Anxi got the most first-place votes, and finally scored 245 points.

However, the second-place J.R. Smith also scored 170 points, and Anxi's advantage was not large.

Although the advantage is not big, it is already a fact to get this trophy.

That night, major media reprinted the league's announcement, and Anxi won another award after winning the most improved player.

……

A day later, on May 11, 2013, at the FedEx Arena in Memphis, David Stern showed up on the scene, ready to present the award to Anxi.

In the away award, Anxi could already expect the boos to come like a sea of surging waves.

However, to Anxi's surprise, there were many Chinese fans on the sidelines, which made some cheers from the FedEx Arena, which was originally booing constantly.

And when David Stern played, the arena also resounded with cheers, the old man who will retire next season was respected enough in his final year of reigning in the NBA.

"Ladies and gentlemen, live and live viewers, now, I want to announce that the 2012-2013 regular season Sixth Man of the Year, San Antonio's swingman at the point of view - Anxi - won the Sixth Man of the Season this season!"

Suddenly, there were boos, but there was a cheer in the corner, and Anxi smiled and waved towards the gathering place of the Chinese, and then trotted all the way to the center of the field.

The boos almost drowned out all the voices, but David Stern didn't care, and after presenting Anxi with the trophy, he shook Anxi's hand again, and said: "An, meet again, come on, young man, I hope your career can be more and more successful." ”

An Xi nodded: "Thank you." (To be continued.) )