Chapter 296: Deciding the Direction of the Game (Asking for Recommendation Votes for the First Update)
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The Grizzlies, who were down 0-2, continued to play their main lineup, while the Spurs played with all the main players.
The Grizzlies who walked to the edge of the cliff burst out with very strong combat power, and from the first quarter of the game, they bit the Spurs to the death, and even led the Spurs for a while. However, under a few timely timeouts from Popovich, the Spurs were in control of the game, and although they did not extend their lead, they also maintained a margin of about 2 points.
The lead was not big, and Popovich was not in a hurry, and then made substitutions according to the usual routine.
In the final quarter of the game, the two teams entered a decisive battle.
"After three quarters, the Grizzlies are still two points behind, but this is already their best performance in the Western Conference semifinals, and they can maintain the two-point difference until the final quarter, and the Grizzlies still have a chance to win, but only if they can withstand the impact of the Spurs' main force who has been rested for half a quarter." Turner Sports' Reggie Miller is still not very optimistic about the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies are fighting with their backs in this game.
The point difference is also very small, but the main team of the Spurs rested the game in the second half of the third quarter, but the main force of the Grizzlies has not rested. What about McConley?
The situation is not as good as it could be.
Grizzlies fans, however, were optimistic, and they let out a loud cheer before the start of the fourth quarter.
Both teams are the main players, and the Spurs are letting Anxi and Leonard partner on the wing, obviously Popovich is also serious, Anxi and Leonard's partner, the advantage is that the wing defense and offense are very comprehensive, and this advantage will be very clear in the fourth quarter.
On the first offense of the fourth quarter, the ball was the Spurs', Tony Parker broke through and was blocked by McConley, so he forced a shot and missed. In the fourth quarter of the game, every offense was hand-to-hand combat, the Grizzlies were unwilling to let go, and the Spurs also hoped to play three games in a row, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Tony Parker's shot missed, the Grizzlies found an opportunity to equalize, McConley rushed to the frontcourt, two whirlwind turns, directly past Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, Anxi made up for the layup, but also missed Tony Allen.
So, Tony Allen received the ball and threw it, and Anxi looked up in anticipation that the ball would not go in, because he knew that Tony Allen's shooting was not good.
But it backfired, and with a bang, the basketball hit! The Grizzlies equalized.
The FedEx Arena immediately burst into explosive cheers, booming, and turning the arena into a noise collection field.
The game continued, and amid the noise made by the Memphis fans, the Spurs began their offense.
The noise made his ears hurt a little, An Xi rubbed his ears, he dangled in the bottom corner for a while, the Spurs passed the ball several times in a row, but he couldn't find any chance, until the basketball came to An Xi's hands, he received this basketball in the bottom corner, An Xi suddenly had a feeling that if he came to play the next few balls, he would definitely hit them all.
This feeling became stronger and stronger, so time went faster and faster, and Anxi chose to break through.
Defending Anxi is Taisha Amplins, the former Pistons Five Tigers, and the long-arm defensive monster on the outside, but Anxi knows that Prince is old, so this breakthrough, Anxi broke through very resolutely!
One rushed forward, Prince accelerated his steps to follow, but Anxi suddenly came to a sharp stop.
With a bang, Prince also came to a sharp stop, and there was an unpleasant sound of sneakers rubbing on the floor.
Anxi's emergency stop was not the end at all, he directly came to another crotch dribble, a sideways, accelerated again, and accelerated past Prince's side, Prince stretched out his long arm and wanted to stop Anxi, but Anxi didn't stop at all, rushed directly towards the inside line, and shook off Prince with absolute speed.
"Anxi! He broke through! An exclamation sounded at the FedEx Arena, and An Xi's breakthrough tore through the Grizzlies' defense!
Marc Gasol sat on the inside line, looking at the galloping Anxi, little Gasol moved his legs to make himself stand more steady, and then stretched out his hands, as if he was ready to surround the upcoming Anxi.
However, Anxi suddenly stopped one step in front of the penalty area!
An exclamation sounded again in the FedEx Arena, because Anxi's front was completely empty, and with this ball, Anxi could throw a stop-and-go jump shot!
The basketball was softly thrown out by Anxi, and then there was a smack, clean and neat, and Anxi directly used his breakthrough to defeat the Grizzlies' defense.
Marc Gasol shook his hand a little depressed, he always felt that Anxi was going to rush into the inside layup, so he didn't move his feet to make up for the defense, and Prince was even more depressed, he was eaten to death by Anxi this ball, he couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, it is now the world of young people.
Anxi scored, the Spurs' bench cheered, and the Spurs regained a two-point lead, and Popovich began shouting from the sidelines: "Defend, defend!" Don't be ashamed! Pay more attention to the defense! ”
An Xi's heart jumped, the last goal of the grizzly bear, wasn't it that he missed someone, but when he heard the latter sentence, An Xi breathed a sigh of relief, he leaked people to make up for the defense.
McConley advanced, Marc Gasol made a blocking cover for Zach Randolph at the free throw line, Randolph shook off Duncan and rushed directly to the high post, at this time McConley found this gap in time and passed the ball directly.
Remembering to pay attention to the defense, An Xi immediately stepped across the past and approached Zach Randolph with his body.
In the two games, Anxi's Yan shot and dunk made Zach Randolph a little afraid of Anxi, so as soon as Anxi posted it, Randolph subconsciously took a step back, and then avoided Anxi and wanted to break through.
However, since Anxi took over Randolph's defense, he naturally couldn't let Randolph get an easy chance to score, so he slammed it towards Randolph at the moment.
Randolph was a little uncomfortable by this force, and had no choice but to pass the ball.
The Grizzlies' offense was already difficult, wasting more than a dozen seconds, and now they had to reorganize the offense, and this ball developed to the end, and it could only become a strong shot. Marc Gasol faced Split's strong throw and finally didn't score.
Duncan grabbed the rebound, and the Spurs had the opportunity to continue widening the margin.
The Spurs launched a fast attack, Anxi had already pulled his legs and ran towards the frontcourt, Duncan passed the ball to Parker, Parker made another pass across the half court, Anxi, who took the lead in the frontcourt, received the basketball, and there was only one defender left in front of him, or Tony Allen.
As the core of the Grizzlies' outside defense, although the Grizzlies have lost two games, Tony Allen's defense is the Spurs' biggest headache, he can always be the first to defend and then choke off the Spurs' fast break.
At this time, Tony Allen was still retreating rapidly, and Anxi also accelerated to the inside line, and the duel between the two was about to break out.
"Anxi and Tony Allen's showdown! The duel between two outside single-defense strongmen! Craig Saagle shouted excitedly.
Although it was a duel between two outside single-defense strongmen, the intensity was no less than that of two offensive masters, and with a muffled bang, the two bumped together.
An Xi didn't think about avoiding Tony Allen for a pull-up jump shot, this ball, he wanted to play the morale of the Spurs!
Squeezed Tony Allen hard, Anxi forcibly jumped up under the basket, held the ball in his right hand, and smashed it towards the basket.
"Don't think!" Tony Allen shouted, and his hideous face suddenly appeared in front of An Xi, stretched out his hand, and walked towards the basketball cover.
An Xi shouted, this was a hysterical shout, and he mustered up all his strength and leaned towards the basket sharply.
Bang!
"Buckled! Anxi! He directly deducted Tony Allen! The ball is in! ”
There was an exclamation from the FedEx Arena, and a cheer rang out from a corner of the arena, followed by boos everywhere.
"With a four-point lead, the Spurs are extending their lead."
There is another sentence that Craig Sager didn't say, that is, in the fourth quarter, Anxi suddenly rose up and began to dominate the game.
Anxi's offensive and defensive ends, the performance was very good, the balance of the game gradually tilted to the Spurs, Anxi scored again and again on the offensive end, and the Spurs gradually expanded their lead, and in the next three minutes, the Spurs continued to expand the difference, and after three minutes, the difference came to 7 points.
Then, Anxi hit Prince with his back, squeezed his back, and then scored 2 points on a turnaround jumper, and the difference came to 9 points.
Lionel Hollins made a pause gesture, calling out one of his only two remaining timeouts.
The timeout worked to halt the slump, but that was all there was to it, as the Spurs maintained a seven-point advantage until the end of the game, and then, beating the Grizzlies 98-91 on the road, leading the Grizzlies 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals.
With a big score of 3:0, the Spurs have almost rushed to the Western Conference finals.
On the sidelines, Craig Sager sighed and said: "It's a pity, this game may be the best chance for the Grizzlies in the entire series, they only trailed by 2 points at the end of the third quarter, but no one expected that there would be an Anxi in the fourth quarter, Anxi's offense and defense have played a huge role, although Anxi's performance in the first few games was also excellent, but this kind of dazzling, game-determining performance, has not appeared." ”
Reggie Miller nodded: "That's right, this game should be the Grizzlies' best chance, if they win the game, then they still have the chips to turn the whole series around, but if they lose, then the next game, they can only shout the slogan of refusing to sweep." ”
He paused and continued: "Anxi's performance is excellent, not only in this game, but in this game, Anxi's several scores and defenses in the fourth quarter are too important, those scores and defenses directly determine the victory of the game, although he only scored 15 points in this game, but those who really watched the game know that Anxi is the best player in this game." ”
Craig Sager and Reggie Miller braged about Anxi, but no one felt that it was inappropriate, after all, Anxi's key goals and defenses had only passed for more than ten minutes, and they were still impressed, especially the violent dunk, which simply shook the entire FedEx Arena three times! (To be continued.) )