Chapter 68
The sudden change in the fourth quarter made the Clippers begin to take the initiative, although Popovich immediately called a timeout, but it did not have much effect, David Robinson's state still did not pick up, and the Clippers also maintained the advantage in the end, 108:99, there was no danger to win the third game, and the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated, Tiger got a triple-double of 33 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds in the whole game, showing a good state. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the game, Tiger did not participate in the post-game press conference, nor did he go out to celebrate with his teammates, but returned home early, in the living room he saw Duncan, who had just arrived home, Duncan did not seem to be in a very good mood, Tiger also understood, after all, the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated, and it was normal for Duncan to be depressed, Tiger simply said to Duncan "I'm back!" "I'm going to go upstairs and rest.
"Tiger, what do you say the Spurs are most missing?" Duncan opened his mouth to leave Tiger behind, and Tiger retracted after a pause, and sat down on the sandy side of the living room.
'It's a complicated question, I don't know what to say, but no team is perfect, no team is invincible, we're just players, do what we have to do and don't regret it, I think that's enough.' Faced with this question, Tiger really didn't know how to answer, did he let him tell Duncan that you are missing Ginobili and Tony Parker, and it is estimated that he will be sent to a mental hospital tomorrow.
"David really worked hard today, I haven't seen him like this for a long time, but in the end we still lost, what a pity!" Duncan recalled the appearance of David Robinson after the game, and his feelings were very complicated.
"Alas! Veteran twilight, this is an inevitable thing for everyone, and we will do this in the future, so I have always been very careful to protect my body, you have to pay more attention in the future, our basketball life is really short, don't miss it because of injuries anymore, cherish the limited time, try to do the best, that's all. ”
"I now understand why you've been living a masochistic life all these years, and I think maybe I should consider quitting drinking."
"This is a good note, I hope you can hold on, I'm going to sleep, you can rest early!" Tiger gave Duncan a roll of his eyes, stood up and patted his p-shares and went upstairs, completely disbelieving Duncan's words to quit drinking.
On the day the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated in the first round, the Detroit Pistons lost 0-3 to the Miami Heat, and the New York Knicks defeated the Toronto Raptors 3-0 to end the first round. The next day, the Portland Trail Blazers also eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves with a score of 3:1, and the Philadelphia 76ers eliminated the Charlotte Hornets 3:1 to enter the second round of the playoffs. And as the playoffs progress, the major awards of the season have also been announced, the best rookie is Francis of the Houston Rockets, the most improved will be Jalen Rose of the Indiana Pacers, and the Los Angeles Clippers' Ginobili defeated the Phoenix Suns' Rodney Rodgers to win the 6th man award, Ginobili's data of 17.4 points, 3.5 assists, and 3.8 rebounds completely crushed Rodgers' 13.8 points, 2.1 assists, and 5.5 rebounds, and Bill Fitch also defeated Rivers of the Orlando Magic to win the best coach award, and the Los Angeles Clippers have improved a lot from the bottom of the league this year to the playoffs.
The Clippers' second-round game will begin on May 5, and their second-round opponent is also coming out soon, the Los Angeles Lakers! This will be a Los Angeles derby, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Saramento Kings fought five games to win with a score of 3:2, and the first round of games is not over, the second round of the East matchups: Indiana Pacers vs Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat vs New York Knicks. West: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz. Among them, the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks can be said to be a pair of old enemies, last year the Miami Heat was successfully blacked out by the New York Knicks, and this year the two teams met again, and the Miami Heat's head coach Pakleli and the New York Knicks have a long history of grievances.
The Miami Heat vs New York Knicks game in the East is the most interesting, and the two games in the West are not far behind, the Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers met again in the second round after last year, of course, the Los Angeles derby is also full of highlights, Kobe and Tiger, the well-known rivals in the United States, will meet again, in fact, after the matchup, Kobe Bryant said that the Lakers will sweep the Clippers to enter the Western Conference Finals, this time in the face of Kobe's provocation Tiger has not yet spoken, Jermaine O'Neal took the lead in making a counterattack. "The Lakers are going to sweep the Clippers? I think some people haven't woken up yet, forgetting the fact that the Lakers were almost eliminated in the first round, and some people are just hugging their thighs, so they have to know how to keep a low profile, after all, Shaq hasn't spoken yet! ”
The word hugging thighs is now Kobe's most hated word, the first person to use this word is Tiger, Tiger often uses this word to hit back Kobe, no matter what Kobe says, Tiger uses this word to hit Kobe back and forth, and now the players of the Clippers have also inherited this tradition, and the pre-game war of words has not yet started, so that the game has not yet started.
The Miami Heat's second round match against the New York Knicks was the first game to kick off, and on the day of the game, the league awarded the best defensive player award to the Miami Heat's Alonzo Mourning, and the encouraged Miami Heat won their first home game at home 87-83.
On May 5th, Staples Arena in Los Angeles, fans wore Lakers purple and gold jerseys to fill up Staples Arena, this round of the series also received national attention, before the game began, Hollywood stars, Los Angeles celebrities, also appeared in the first row of the court, and Bartlet was accompanied by bodyguards, sitting behind the Clippers bench, in fact, he has recently been a loyal fan of the Clippers home games, almost every Clippers home game will be there, but he usually sits in the crowd, It's not easy to recognize, and Tiger didn't find out, it's rare for him to appear in the audience with such a high profile today, but there are not many people who really know him, not people from American high society, it's difficult to have a chance to see him, and since he met Tiger, he can't help but want to be closer to Tiger.