Chapter Seventy-Three: A Tooth for a Tooth (I)
Starting the game again, the Spurs significantly increased their confrontation and defense, and the defender of Sean changed from Parker to Bliss Bowen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Bowen, the league's best defensive player, is profiled by Sean in the Spurs' profile.
It's just that when he actually stood face to face with Bowen, Sean didn't feel how scary Bowen's appearance was, the best defensive player had a bare head, big eyes, and a horse face, and looked a little cute.
As soon as the game started, Sean felt what it meant to be dirty.
Bruce Bowen is really dirty.
From the beginning of defending Sean, Bruce Bowen's hands did not stop moving, and it was okay to hit with his body from time to time, what was going on with deliberately jamming people with his legs, and what was going on with pinching his waist? Sean was successful in his first three attacks, but could only pass the ball to Joe Johnson in the face of Bowen.
Joe Johnson singled Parker, and the success rate was still guaranteed.
But...... When Sean made another sudden stop and jumped to hit, he felt a lot of pain when he landed under his feet. At this moment, Sean fell to the ground without stepping on it, this time it was almost a subconscious action.
After being injured in his freshman year of high school, Sean didn't dare to play too unrestrained, and subconsciously made protective actions every time he fell or was injured.
This time too, after the blast, Bruce Bowen seemed to retract his foot as if nothing had happened.
But Sean, who fell to the ground, really saw this scene.
Instantly, Sean remembered Bowen and Vince Carter's feud with Ray Allen.
Ray Allen and Bowen are friends in the world, and their parents are good friends, but ...... On the court, Bowen went down with a black foot and almost put Ray Allen out of service. Since then, Ray Allen has cut ties with Bowen, which is very rare in the NBA.
Since the NBA entered the new century, the so-called battle for players has become rare and rare.
Feuds, hostilities simply cannot exist.
All the players work the field, it is just a job and a hobby, and they are good friends in private.
The players all make a living by playing, no one can hinder anyone, maybe one day they will be in a team, and now they are doing so hard, what will they do in the future.
Sean didn't get up after he fell to the ground, and the momentary pain in his footsteps made Sean feel a bad feeling, but fortunately, after this feeling, his feet felt much better.
Mishap!
Sean instantly understood that this kind of hard injury was actually not a big problem, but Sean did not get up, but was carried down by the team doctor.
On the court, the referee gave Bruce Bowen a first-degree foul.
The Eagles made two free throws and drove the ball at the same time.
But the striking scene was that no one in the Eagles team was not angry or emotional at all, and even the coach sat there calmly, except for the assistant coach to check on the situation, there was no movement, as if the injured was just a role player.
Seeing this, Bowen shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.
The atmosphere in the Eagles doesn't seem to be very harmonious, and even fools can see it.
The game continues.
Joe Johnson made free throws and hit both free throws, but the situation of the game changed dramatically after that, without Sean's outside projection and needle-like passing, the Hawks' game was difficult to play, and Al Harrington was also injured and did not play, and the Hawks' lineup was even weaker.
Throughout the second quarter, the Spurs quickly used their strong defense and orderly offense to pull away the score.
Ginobili even got a terrifying 12 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in the second quarter, helping the Spurs overtake the score in one fell swoop.
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In the break room, the team doctor examined Sean.
Although the ankle looked slightly swollen, it was not a major problem after the ice, and the team doctor gave a professional judgment: a short period of hard injury, no major problems, and even the next game can continue to play.
Professional athletes, injuries are always on the body.
In the Eagles, almost every player has some old injuries. For example, bruising in a certain area, misalignment of the toes, etc. According to statistics, more than half of the league's players have misplaced toes, which is one of the most common injuries in basketball players.
Of course, there are many people with this kind of injury, and it will not have much impact on life.
With this injury, Sean can choose to continue playing or not playing. But after remembering Bruce Bowen's mocking and innocent eyes, Sean said directly to the assistant coach next to him: "I'm going to play in the fourth quarter." ”
David Woodson got the news that Sean was going to play, and his brow furrowed slightly. It's not that he doesn't like strong players, it's just that there is basically no chance of winning this game, so there is no point in playing next. But remembering the words of the team manager, David Woodson paid attention to it in his heart.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sean was substituted.
David Woodson laid out the team's tactics before the start: "Everybody covers Sean, Sean can choose to shoot or pass, and the others are ready to catch the ball and attack the basket, and then play the fast break." ”
Sean was slightly stunned when he heard this, but what emerged was joy.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs came on as an all-bench, and Bruce Bowen also played as one of the substitutes.
The Spurs' rotation and rest tactics have been widely criticized in the league. Even at the peak of his stardom, Popovich arranged for the GDP trio to take a rotational break, much to the annoyance of the league's president, David Stern. In public, David Stern even directly named: "The league belongs to the fans, and the fans want to see the performance of the superstars, and the team should cooperate with it, and there should be no large-scale rotation." ”
But Popovich is not a bird of David Stern, and the rest is still ongoing.
At his peak in the past few years, Duncan has not played in two games at all, and even made the squad, and the reason is that he is rested.
It's embarrassing.
The Hawks played with Sean Josh Smith as a center, Blandonbass as a power forward, Josh Childries as a small forward, and Tyronn Lue as a shooting guard. With such a lineup, Sean shouldn't be too happy to play.
Bruce Bowen still defended Sean, but Blantonbass made a pick-and-roll, and Sean shot directly outside the three-point line.
For the first ball, Sean hits the iron.
Josh Smith got the rebound and then hit a small hook under the basket, and it looked like the center was playing well.
The Spurs attacked, Tyronn Lue made a steal directly, although he didn't get the ball, but he took the ball away, Sean grabbed the basketball and rushed to the halfcourt, Sean was unguarded outside the three-point line, and he shot a quick three-point shot.
Three-point hit.
The Spurs attacked again, Van Exel's mid-range iron, Sean took a step and rushed to grab the rebound, and then before half-time, Sean made a long pass to Brandon Bas, who hit a mid-range shot.
Blandonbas' shooting is pretty good, and this short size doesn't matter at all.
The Spurs attacked again, with Van Exel setting up Udri hitting a mid-range shot.
But back to Sean hit again from beyond the three-point line.
In just three minutes, the Eagles equalized by eight points, much to Popovich's annoyance, and even from a distance, Sean could hear the voice of a player in the distance who was scolding Popovich. It looks like Popovich has a big temper.