Chapter 632 + Three Consecutive 50+ Matches! (2-in-1)
Leonard's expression changed back to blank for a moment.
In the end, it didn't work out.
Tang Tian saw this change in his expression, and the scene in the Hokage unconsciously flashed in his mind.
"My stupid brother......"
He's feeling hot right now, and Leonard has to work harder to keep him at bay.
Popovich put Tang Tian in the mid-range one-on-one play Leonard.
It turned out that his choice was wrong.
Tang Tian's hand was hot, and Leonard couldn't limit it, although the rest of the Pelicans didn't score much, but Tang Tian scored 18 points in this quarter.
And more importantly, Tang Tian's crazy output boosted the team's morale, and the Pelicans' defense improved a lot.
Whiteside and Davis played with absolute intensity.
At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led the Spurs by four points at 26-22.
Popovich reacted quickly and immediately switched back when he saw that the defensive strategy was not working.
Tang Tian's hand behind him dropped somewhat, and the two sides fought to a 93-all tie with one minute left in the fourth quarter.
With the Pelicans, Tang Tian received the ball in the front court, and he distributed the ball to Davis in the bag, who turned low and hit the board.
The ball hit well, but the ball bounced off the front of the basket and popped out.
He's getting more and more like Duncan, but there's still a long way to go in terms of stability.
Gasol defends the defensive rebound.
The Spurs hit a hammer play in the frontcourt, and Parker made a fast-break layup.
"Bang!"
Davis flew to help the defense, gave Parker a chase hat, and also took advantage of the defensive rebound.
He made up for it.
Williams called a timeout, and with the final 20 seconds, the Pelicans had a one-shot chance to win.
After the timeout, Kerr dribbled in the front court to control the time, and pressed until about 10 seconds.
Tang Tian came out to catch the ball.
Green and Leonard pounced frantically, and the Spurs didn't think of giving Tang Tian a shot at this kind of key shot.
However, Tang Tian didn't think about making a direct move at all.
He threw the ball to Davis in the high post.
Just as the Spurs were coming back to defense, he suddenly accelerated and cut to the basket.
He made a move!
Davis is tall, has a large field of vision, the key is to pass the ball well with a long hand, this time he returned the ball to Tang Tian, and Tang Tian stopped and pulled out his hand after receiving the ball.
The audience held their breath.
"Huh!"
Basketball goes to the net!
With 2.6 seconds left in the game, Tang Tian scored the key goal to win!
He also scored his 38th point of the game!
Although it failed to be 50+ in a row, this crucial shot directly killed the game!
Popovich called the last timeout.
With 2.6 seconds, it's hard for the Spurs to lay out a complete game.
Coming back from the timeout, Gasol serves on the touchline.
The Spurs played a throw-in tactic, Parker cut to cover, and Green took advantage of the block to pick up and catch the ball for a three-point shot.
This tactic is very Popovich, and it is estimated that no one would have thought that the last shot would be made by Green.
Davis's interference was slow, and Green's space for the ball was good.
The ball spun towards the basket.
"Bang dang!"
However, the ball was shot slightly off the ground and bounced off the right edge.
The Pelicans won!
The cheers of the fans at the scene were about to burst out.
But just then, Leonard broke away from Ariza and rushed to the basket and jumped up a little.
"Toot!"
The moment he took the penalty, the red light came on on the sidelines.
The ball bounced around the basket a few times before rolling in.
The Spurs celebrated with excitement.
There was a stirring at the scene.
Because it was a whistle-blowing basket, LED playback was carried out on the spot.
The replay showed that the ball was out of his hand when the light came on, and Leonard's final layup worked!
The two sides will have an overtime match!
The scene was in an uproar, and the game was full of ups and downs.
In 5 minutes of extra time, Davis and Gasol restarted the jump ball.
This time Gasol jumped to beat Davis to give the Spurs an offensive opportunity.
There are only 5 minutes of extra time, and a team generally only has 6~7 offensive opportunities, and each time is crucial.
The confrontation on the field was fierce on both sides.
The Spurs were pressed to 24 seconds before the ball was given to Leonard, who faced Ariza's shot.
Ariza had a lot of interference in this ball, and Leonard's shot was also very high.
"Huh!"
"Toot!"
The red light on the sideline came in when the ball went in.
A 24-second whistle kick.
Counting the rebounds in the final moments of the regular season, Leonard scored two big heart shots in a row.
The Pelicans' offense, Tang Tian ran without the ball.
The Spurs have improved significantly since the addition of Gasol, but the core squad is still older.
Tang Tian ran without the ball, borrowing the cover of Davis and Whiteside under the basket, and the help defense of Gasol and Duncan was obviously a little lagging behind.
Tang Tian received the ball and pulled out his hand to meet Leonard, who was assisting in the defense.
"Huh!"
The ball goes through the heart and into the net.
The Pelicans tied the score!
The fans cheered and cheered.
Leonard played at a super level at critical moments, but they have Tang Tian!
The Spurs' offense, Parker signaled to pull away and play Ariza directly to Leonard.
The two goals Leonard scored in front of him gave his teammates a lot of confidence in him.
Ariza defended well, Leonard didn't have a good chance, and he chose to fall back in the end.
His leaning back is obviously not as beautiful as Tang Tianlai's, a little stiff up and down, but his hands are long, and his big hands control the ball very well.
The ball goes over Ariza's defense.
"Bang dang!"
It slammed into the back edge of the basket, but it still fell into the net bag after a bounce!
He scored four straight points in overtime!
The Spurs' bench was boiling.
Popovich also secretly clenched his fists, Leonard got more opportunities after Tang Tian left, and finally grew up after more than a season.
Tang Tian arrived in the front court, received the ball and signaled his teammates to drop the bottom line, and then suddenly pulled out three points.
This time it was very sudden, and Leonard reacted and pounced on the interference slowly.
"Huh!"
Basketball goes through the net.
Tang Tian's big heart at the critical moment was bigger than Leonard.
He scored the first seven points of the Pelicans' overtime!
The Pelicans are ahead by 1 point!
The fans at the scene slapped their chests and shouted that they couldn't stand it, this was a real fairy fight.
Fortunately, in the next few minutes, both offenses were guarded, and with one minute left in overtime, the Pelicans still maintained a one-point advantage.
Tang Tian's breakthrough caused Gasol's hitter to get two crucial free throws.
“MVP! MVP! ”
The scene resounded with the cheers of the MVP.
Tang Tian has scored 45 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, increasing the number of 40+ players against the Spurs to 28.
And he took all the Pelicans' scoring, which is definitely worthy of the MVP name!
In the cheers, Tang Tian steadily hit both penalties.
The Pelicans took a crucial three-point lead.
With the final 40 seconds remaining, Popovich reached out and called a timeout.
The timeout came back with a classic Spurs pick-and-roll fit.
However, Tang Tian knows the Spurs' tactics very well, and he has already told Williams all the ways to deal with it during the timeout.
This time it was Belinelli who came on the field to replace him, a very Popovich-esque option.
However, his shot was seriously interfered with by Tang Tian, and he directly threw a three-non-stick.
However, the ball fell to Duncan under the basket, and he threw it to Leonard on the outside in the next second, Leonard ran to catch the ball, and floated in the bottom corner to shoot a three-pointer at the buzzer.
The ball reached the top and the red light on the sidelines was already on.
"Huh!"
Basketball goes into the net, Leonard's fairy ball, back in!
This is his third whistle of the night!
100 flat!
The two sides will have a second extra time!
Tang Tian glanced at the score and couldn't help but smile.
Leonard, the younger brother, has really grown up.
The second overtime between the two sides.
Davis jumped to Gasol this time to give the Pelicans a chance to attack.
Both sides failed to score in the first two minutes.
The low score on both sides does not mean that the game is not intense, on the contrary, the confrontation and defensive intensity on the field are particularly high.
In the second extra time, both sides began to have some physical problems.
In the stalemate, it was Tang Tian who stood up, he knew that it was not easy to play on the outside, so he rushed in with the ball and held back his strength, and caused the latter's foul after confronting Gasol.
Taking a breath, he hit two free throws from the free throw line to give the Pelicans the lead.
The Spurs, for their part, also gave the ball to Leonard, who played Ariza again.
Ariza kept defending with a high intensity, and Leonard turned to shoot again.
"Bang dang!"
The basketball smashes out of the frame.
Whiteside defends defensive rebounds.
Tang Tian ran without the ball in the front court, and after receiving the ball, he continued to break through the basket, completely dynamite package style of play, and he was strong against Gasol.
Gasol had 5 fouls on his back and didn't dare to start easily, so Tang Tian directly pressed the ball into the basket.
A 4-point lead in the final two minutes.
Leonard couldn't hit Ariza again, so he gave the ball back to Parker, who burst into the basket and threw it after Duncan blocked and cooperated.
"Bang!"
Whiteside, who was young and in good health, fanned his hand back with a breath.
Tang Tian reacted quickly and grabbed the ball that was covered back.
The two sides exchanged possession.
The Spurs are in a scoring drought.
Tang Tian dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, the Spurs contracted the defense, Tang Tian burst into the middle distance, and turned to shake off Leonard's backward shot.
He scored two goals in front of him, and this choice was a bit unexpected, and Leonard's defense didn't react a little to keep up.
The eyes of the fans at the scene widened, and this posture was so handsome that it exploded.
And the key is Tang Tian's waist strength, which is double overtime, and he can still make this kind of action.
It was a good chance to completely shake off the defense.
The ball flew straight to the basket.
Perfect parabola.
"Huh!"
With a crunching sound, the basketball hollows into the net.
The difference is 6 points!
Popovich reached out and called a timeout.
The Spurs felt burned out in the second overtime.
During the pause, Tang Tian's data from this game was played on the LED screen at the scene.
17-of-29 shooting, 51 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block!
Tang Tian, for the third game in a row, got 50+!
He scored 38 points in regular season time, but he scored all 13 points in both overtime games for the Pelicans!
He became the second person since Kobe Bryant to achieve this feat!
And behind that data, there is a small piece of annotation, which Kobe Bryant has never done.
He became the first player in the NBA to score 50+ on the Spurs in nearly 21 years!
Cheers and whistles rang out one after another.
The Spurs players all looked up unconsciously when they heard the cheers.
When they saw the words on the LED screen on the scene, they all felt their buttocks tighten.
Popovich glanced up as well, but his face didn't change.
I don't know what was going on in his mind.
After he laid out his tactics, he still had more than ten seconds to go, and he wanted to say something encouraging, but he always felt that something was wrong.
It wasn't until he was about to play that he remembered the wrong source.
In the past, when Tang Tian was in Spurs, those chicken soups were all said by Tang Tian, and he was not good at doing this himself.
"Let's play."
He only held back a few words in the end.
After the timeout, the Spurs played a wonderful combination, and Duncan scored a basket to finally break the scoring drought for the Spurs.
In the last minute, as long as they defend the Pelicans, they still have a chance.
The Spurs players on the court also tried their best to not give Tang Tian a chance to receive the ball.
However, just when their defensive focus was on Tang Tian's side, Davis seized the opportunity and forced Duncan to score a goal under the basket.
This goal basically announced the end of the game.
Gasol missed a three-point shot at the top of the arc at the end, and Davis protected the defensive rebound.
With a 6-point difference and less than 20 seconds to go, the Spurs are out of play.
Kerr dribbled the ball across half court until the final whistle.
In the end, the Pelicans won a key victory over the Spurs 108-102 after double overtime at home!
In addition to Tang Tian's 51 points, Davis also had an outstanding performance of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks.
On the Spurs' side, Leonard scored 27 points and 7 boards, Gasol 21 points and 12 boards, Parker 18 points and 11 assists, and Duncan 14 points and 6 boards.
At the end of the game, the players from both sides had a final handshake.
Tang Tian communicated with Duncan, Leonard, Dior and Ginobili in a suit, and was inevitably touched on the head and slapped on the buttocks.
Say hello to Popovich at the end.
Seeing Tang Tian, the old man, who originally had a straight face, showed a helpless wry smile.
"You guy, you're so heavy on the old guy."
Tang Tian smiled helplessly after hearing this, and hugged Popovich tightly.
"I'm free in the evening and can drink together."
He continued.
Popovich shook his head.
"I'm quitting drinking."
"Quitting drinking?"
"Just now, a month."
Hearing Popovich say this, Tang Tian reacted at this time, the old man was talking about cruel words before the game.
It seems that the heavy hand mentioned before not only refers to the game, but also the cruel words before the game.
A month's worth of wine is definitely a difficult thing for an alcoholic.
However, he didn't expect to score 50 points, and he only scored 38 points in the regular season.
This pot is Leonard to carry it.
If it weren't for his key shots, the game would have been over a long time ago.
In the post-match press conference, reporters naturally asked about the pre-match commitments.
"Yes, we can't restrain him."
The old man was unusually serious and honest this time, and he could see that he was indeed a little helpless to lose this crucial battle.
After the game, fans also had a lot of buzz on social media.
It's definitely exciting for them to be able to see a game like this before the All-Star break.
"I'm young, that's what you call Kobe, right?"
"This is not Kobe, this number of irons is not as many as the number of goals, o( ̄ ε ̄*)"
"You just skin, be careful that your waist is hammered, this is the data of the peak Kobe!"
"Three consecutive 50+ games, with back-to-back, this scoring explosion is really, no one can match it after Kobe!"
"Popovich on the other side should be very sad that the Spurs let go of the next Kobe."
"Popovich said in his post-match press conference that he would keep his promise and that he would not drink alcohol for the next month."
"Hey, it's really sad, people in their sixties still want to ban alcohol!"
"No, if Popovich promised not to drink, wouldn't that be ...... The Spurs will miss the game with a tense hip in the next game? ”
“??”
"666, brother is your skin!"
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