Chapter 693: Not Afraid of God-like Opponents (Fourth Update!) )
In the locker room at halftime, the excitement of the Pelicans players was already on their faces.
"Guys, the Spurs aren't going to give up, we can't let up in the second half, remember what Mr. Benson said? Until the final whistle blows, the outcome is still unknown. ”
Tang Tian gave the team members a burst of preventive injections at this time.
Having spent two years with the Spurs, he knows well the resilience and fighting spirit of that team.
Although he is no more, the GDP is still there.
His reminder is still very timely, and Ci Shiping also shared some experiences of winning the championship with the Lakers to remind the players.
The Pelicans are young and have a lot of ups and downs, but with Tang Tian and Ci Shiping here, they will take a lot of detours on the road to growth.
After the timeout, the Spurs made changes to the lineup, and Ginobili came into the starting lineup instead of Green.
In an extremely unfavorable situation, Popovich chose to trust his old subordinates and put all the GDP in the starting lineup.
Sure enough, as Tang Tian said, the Spurs would not give up so easily.
"Now it's up to the Pelicans to take the lead lightly."
Smith is still very professional as a commentator.
Before the second half even began, he pointed to the point that the Pelicans needed the most attention.
"They won't."
Barkley has been very observant since his last loss, and he sees the concentration of the Pelicans players and immediately makes judgments.
O'Neill snickered.
Barkley has such a big mouth, and the person who scolded Yao Ming's donkey butt was also scared by Tang Tian.
Fortunately, he was witty and turned into Tang Chui early, and he couldn't mess with anyone Tang Tian!
Back in the second half, the Spurs took the lead.
With a 15-point lead, there is usually some psychological relaxation on the side ahead.
But the Pelicans didn't, and they showed a different composure from the previous ones, and the defense was very good.
The Spurs played a hammer game, but there were not many good opportunities after playing more than half of the offensive time.
The ball ended up in Ginobili's hands.
After the others pulled away, Ginobili singled Tang Tian.
The two are very familiar with each other, Ginobili burst into the free throw line against Tang Tian's defense, and then suddenly distributed the ball to Duncan under the basket, who had already made a shooting move while receiving the ball, and scored on the board.
This tacit understanding between the two will never come out for ten years.
Tang Tian held the ball in the front court and drew Leonard, and Ginobili's help came quickly.
His confrontation and defensive ability are far inferior to Green, but he started quickly, and the ball in Tang Tian's hand was almost taken out.
It's still too familiar.
After Tang Tian turned around, he chose to lean back and shoot.
Leonard struggled to save for interference.
It was a difficult ball, and the ball bounced out of the front of the basket.
Pau Gasol defends the defensive rebound.
The Spurs came up in the second half and the offensive and defensive state in the first half.
It seems that in the middle of the field, Popovich did a lot of ideological work.
Parker took the ball to the front court and gave it to Pau Pau at the free-throw line.
Duncan made a no-ball pick-and-roll for Ginobili and then cut to the basket.
Big Gasol crosses inside, Duncan catches the ball and cuts into the suction bag, his head doesn't turn, and a pass that doesn't look at people is thrown directly to the outside.
The ball went straight for Ginobili.
This is really not a ball, but a tacit understanding that has been established for 13 years.
Ginobili catches the ball from beyond the three-point line.
"Huh!"
The three-pointer goes up and down.
The Spurs came up in the second half and beat the Pelicans 5-0!
In the front row of the audience, Holt's face finally softened a little.
He swore so much in front of the media before, if this becomes the background of the 1-3 reversal, then he will really want to die.
Fortunately, the game is not over yet, the Pelicans can complete a shocking comeback on the road in the last game, and the Spurs can also do it.
The 15-point margin was chased to 10 points, and the situation was unfavorable for the Pelicans.
"Come on! Pelicans! ”
Led by the home DJ, the home fans cheered on the Pelicans in unison.
Tang Tian changed his style of play this time, and asked for the ball in the first place with his back.
Ariza also pulled Ginobili to the off-ball side at his motion.
After Tang Tian received the ball, he saw Parker shrinking inside, and directly lifted it to the baseline and turned to attack.
Leonard followed very firmly, and Tang Tian directly leaned back and shot out after turning around and taking a sudden step.
This time the chances are clearly better than the last one.
The ball went over Leonard's head and spun toward the basket.
"Huh!"
At the critical moment, it was Tang Tian who stood up, and after this mid-range hit, he helped the Pelicans stabilize the situation on the court.
And in the next round, he successfully stole Ginobili's breakthrough and directly hit the defensive counterattack to cause Parker's hitter to foul.
The Spurs came back in the second half to show their strength with one offense and one defense, but Tang Tian immediately responded with one offense and one defense!
He worked hard to score 63 points in the last game to bring the team into a tie-break, and he will never give up the victory!
The Spurs played in the front court, Parker gave a breakthrough to Ginobili, Ginobili received the ball and faked the first shot and did not shake off Tang Tian, but he immediately retreated three points.
Tang Tian's interference was given, and Ginobili made a difficult three-point shot against Tang Tian's defense.
"Huh!"
Basketball hollow into the net!
His play in this series is really good, especially the three-point shot, which is comparable to his prime.
Relying on the performance of GDP, the Spurs played the momentum of an old powerhouse in the third quarter, and the score was close little by little.
However, thanks to Tang Tian on the Pelicans' side, he repeatedly hit key shots and didn't let the Spurs chase too many points.
And Ginobili is old after all, and Jordan has less than 10 minutes left in the previous 20 minutes.
At the end of the quarter, the Pelicans still led the Spurs by 9 points.
There were still a dozen on both sides in the final quarter.
While the two sides were battling, Spurs owner Holt came down to the court during the intermission to encourage his players.
However, it was a little embarrassing that because of the fierce competition, Popovich was busy arranging tactics and did not have time to talk to him.
Holt stood by and waited, and was seen by a reporter on the sidelines, so he went straight to interview him.
"Mr. Holt, the Spurs narrowed the margin to single digits in the third quarter, do you think the team finished the comeback in fourth place?"
The reporter's question was quite blunt.
"Of course, I know they can do it, just like the Pelicans did in San Antonio, and they can definitely do it."
Holt's answer was also quite straightforward.
This is his heart, and he will never accept that the Spurs will be overturned 1-3.
Popovich had just finished arranging his tactics when he turned around and heard Holt say to reporters.
He almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood.
In the previous 3-1 lead, Holt turned the spurs with a highly toxic grandmother.
This time the Spurs finally recovered the points, and Holt came again?
This is really not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates!