Chapter 136: Two Cities in a Row (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
Before coming to Memphis, Anxi added his steal attribute, and his 95-point steal attribute bonus allowed him to get a steal in the first quarter. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
And now, Rudy Gay actually dribbled in front of him for a long time, which allowed Anxi to adapt well to his soaring stealing ability.
Anxi found that his perception of the basketball in the hands of his opponents was becoming more acute, and at the same time, he found that he could even anticipate Rudy Gay's dribbling movements.
For example, now, Rudy Gay came to a crotch dribble and handed the ball to his right hand, and Anxi felt that Rudy Gay's next dribble must be another crotch dribble, and then hand the ball to his left hand.
Sure enough, in the next second, the ball was plucked with his right hand, and after a crotch dribble, the basketball came to his left hand.
After watching it for a while, Anxi moved!
He stretched out his right hand, his fingertips almost touching the ground, and saw the right moment to snatch it up!
Rudy Gay slapped the basketball with his left hand and hit the ground, trying to switch the basketball to his right hand, but Anxi's right fingertips directly touched the basketball, and the basketball did not bounce! Rolled up on the floor.
An Xi took an arrow step and rushed up to pick up the basketball!
"The steal, Anxi's steal Rudy Guy, he's rushing forward! No one can catch up with him! Although the commentator got the point wrong, many people still noticed Anxi's steal, which seems to have been seen somewhere.
Kawhi Leonard was the first to react, isn't this steal his signature stunt? It's just that unlike his own, Anxi's steals seem to be more stable, unlike his own steals, which are aggressive, but easy to foul and out of position.
An Xi made a steal, rushed to the front court was a violent dunk, and scored two points.
So, next, Rudy Gay's dribbling was also careful, he didn't dare to dribble for too long, and passed it out after two dribbles, but Lionel Hollins's tactics didn't play at all.
In the second quarter, Anxi almost single-handedly locked up the Grizzlies' offense, and Lionel Hollins off the court was furious, but there was nothing he could do but yell on the sidelines.
In the second quarter, the Spurs beat the Grizzlies to 29:18, and the difference widened to 19 points.
"It's another huge 19-point difference, the Spurs have fully played the offense they wanted, and the Grizzlies are powerless to stop."
The Grizzlies really didn't have much to do, in the second half, the difference didn't mean to narrow, the Spurs changed to an offensive lineup, and the Grizzlies' lame offense played against each other, three and two hits, and the difference reached about 25 points, so the game ended again.
In the third game, the Spurs regained the home disadvantage, and the final result of this game was that the Spurs won by another 22 points......
With two big wins, no one dares to question the state and strength of the Spurs, although the Spurs are only leading 2:1 at this time, but in the eyes of many people, it is only a matter of time before the Spurs advance.
Soon, the second game in Memphis also began, the Spurs continued their strong performance on the offensive end, this game, everyone in the Spurs broke out, 7 people scored double-doubles, including Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Anxi, Patrick Mills, Boris Dior and Danny Green, the Spurs' three-point power, 13 of 23 shots in the whole game, directly shot the Grizzlies.
In the fourth game between the two sides, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 114-98 and returned to their home court with a total score of 3:1.
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Back at home, the Spurs relaxed, winning both away games, and they only need to win the next home game to beat the Grizzlies 4-1 to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
Before the start of the fifth game of the Spurs and Grizzlies, the focus of the Spurs was elsewhere, and the league sent several staff members to San Antonio to inform R.C. Buford that Gregg Popovich won the best coach award of the season and that an award ceremony would be held before the fifth game of the Spurs and Grizzlies, so the Spurs have been preparing for this award ceremony for the past two days.
For Popovich to win the best coach, the Spurs also made all kinds of jokes, some made Popovich break the trophy on the spot to show his dissatisfaction with the league; and congratulations to Popovich for a meal; And then there was DeJuan Blair, who said that Popovich should give him the trophy because he was the biggest contributor to Popovich's best coach trophy, and then he was booed by everyone in the locker room.
Popovich's Best Coach of the Year award ceremony was preceded by the league's announcement of the Best Manager winners, with Larry Bird of the Indiana Pacers receiving the Best Manager award, and it is worth mentioning that the Pacers also made it to the second round of the playoffs against the Heat.
Before the start of the second round of games, the media predicted that the Heat would sweep the Pacers to advance, but so far, the Heat has not been able to eliminate the Pacers, not only failed to eliminate, but was forced by the Pacers quite miserably, four playoff second round games were played, the Heat and the Pacers tied 2:2, which really surprised those expert reporters to be able to swallow an apple in one bite.
In these four games, Roy Hibbert's performance was astonishing, the first game was 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, the Pacers only lost by 9 points, and then in the second game, Roy Hibbert got 8 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, controlled the entire restricted area, and the Pacers won because of this. In the third game, Roy Hibbert scored 19 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks, and the Heat's interior line was turned upside down by him alone, and the Pacers won one more game......
After four games, Roy Hibbert actually played All-Star center-level statistics.
In the other semifinal matchup in the East, the Celtics and 76ers also played anxiously, and the two teams tied 2:2. On the western side, in the duel between the Thunder and the Lakers, the Thunder won two games first, and the Lakers won two games in a row, but they also tied 2:2.
So, in the second round of the entire playoffs, only the Spurs are left with the real advantage, and then think of the pre-game media predictions, what Heat will easily win the Pacers, and the Lakers will not be the opponent of the Thunder, and the Celtics will easily defeat the 76ers with their old spicy, of course, don't forget the sentence: "The game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies will be the most anxious of the four matchups." ”
So now look at it, the Spurs and Grizzlies only have one game left to separate the winners, and the other three groups need at least two more games.
On May 21, 2012, Game 5 between the Spurs and Grizzlies began at the AT&T arena in San Antonio, and David Stern showed up in the arena before the game to present the award to Greg Popovich.
Before the game began, the AT&T arena had everything ready, the stage for the awards, and Greg Popovich in a suit and tie.