In the 2012-2013 season, the Spurs were hit by injuries, Parker, Duncan, Leonard, Ginobili missed a total of 75 games, of course, these 75 games are not all because of injuries, there are some other reasons, such as playing at the end of the season, Duncan suddenly began intermittent muscle soreness, soreness when he played a game, there was nothing wrong with not playing, Ginobili was to treat his baldness, he lost hair when he played a game, there was nothing wrong with not playing, of course, this was all a jokeIn fact, the main reason is that the Spurs' GDP is getting older, and Popovich is beginning to have plans to rest the main players. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This season, under the steady performance of others, Split has made great progress, he can average 10.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, and his tactical understanding of the team is getting smoother and smoother, in the second half of the season, he has replaced Dior, becoming the team's starting center, this season the Spurs have a 58-24 record, in terms of record, third in the league, second in the West, and the first in the West is the Oklahoma City Thunder who failed last year.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs' opponent is an old acquaintance, the Los Angeles Lakers, this season's Lakers team has gathered Kobe, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash, intending to fight for another championship before Kobe Bryant retires, but unfortunately God did not fulfill people's wishes, Kobe Bryant was reimbursed for injury at the end of the season, and the new big-name center Dwight Howard and head coach Mike D'Anthony did not agree with each other, and the contradictions continued, of course, another big name on the inside, Pau Gasol also did not want to see D'Anthony, Steve Nash, the only one who has supported the mustache, has been plagued by a back injury throughout the season, and his form has dropped significantly, and in the face of such a team with internal and external troubles, the Spurs did not give them any chance and swept directly 4-0.

In the second round, the Spurs met the newly rising Golden State Warriors, although the game encountered some twists and turns, but the Spurs still eliminated the Warriors 4:2 (this round has been talked about in the Warriors volume before, see Chapter 17 of the Warriors volume "Battle of the Spurs", the first game of the two teams is very exciting!). ）

In the Eastern Conference finals, the Spurs met the Memphis Grizzlies who knocked themselves out of the game the year before last, and the so-called enemies were very red when they met, this time, the old spurs did not give the Grizzlies any chance, and directly sent the Grizzlies home 4:0, Parker averaged 24.5 points and 9.5 assists per game, and the shooting rate was as high as 53.2%, which directly broke Conley! The Spurs looked like they made it to the Finals very easily, and this time, they faced the Miami Heat, who had a strong triumvirate of James, Wade, and Bosh.

After learning that his opponent in the Finals was the Miami Heat, Duncan was ecstatic, and he hurriedly called James.

"Hey, Zhan Zhan, I'm Lao Deng! I got you done it last year, I got you a ring, you see this year's ......."

"Doodoo ......"

"Damn, no! Zhan Zhan turned out to be such a person? What's going on? Could it also be that Zhan Zhan's phone was broken? Duncan couldn't be sure, he hurriedly made another call, and the call was connected,

"Hey, hey, Zhan Zhan, can you hear me? I mean, you remember last year......

"Doodoo ......"

"Phew! You ungrateful villain! ”

Duncan's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he scolded hatefully at the phone, but the phone rang suddenly, and Duncan saw that it was Zhan Zhan calling! Old Deng was suddenly moved to tears, it seems that he is really wrong to blame Zhan Zhan!

The phone was connected, and before Duncan could speak, Zhan Zhan on the other end of the phone preemptively said,

"Lao Deng, I don't know how my phone is broken, I can't hear what you say, so, you call me another phone!"

"What's your other phone number?"

“911.”

After speaking, Zhan Zhan hung up the phone, and after a long time, Lao Deng turned around,

"Damn, you can't hear me!"

If the Heat only have the Big Three, then you must not understand the Heat, at that time, in addition to the Big Three, the Heat at that time also had Mario Money, Haslem, Ray Allen, Chris Anderson, Norris Kerr, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony and Sean Battier, each of whom played a role in this earth-shattering seven games!

This round of the series is going to be talked about in the Heat volume, the Spurs enter the playoffs every year, it's all about the Spurs, and the other teams have nothing to talk about, so let's talk about it in general here.

In the first game, James scored a triple-double of 18 points, 10 assists and 18 rebounds, and he did all the work of Moneymos and Bosh by himself, but the Heat lost the game 88-92, Parker and Duncan both scored more than 20 points, and the Heat did not have anyone. In the second game, the Heat immediately regained face, defeating the Spurs with a score of 103:84, the Heat team scored five double-doubles, Chanmos scored a team-high 19 points, and the Spurs' Danny Green had an explosive play throughout the game, shooting 6 of 6 from the field, including 5 of 5 three-pointers, and scoring 17 points, with a true shooting rate of 141.7%, you must know that when Ibaka shot 11 of 11 last year, his true shooting rate was only 101.9% Unfortunately, the Spurs except for Green, Everyone else was in a slump, with Duncan scoring nine points and 11 rebounds on 3-of-13 shooting.

What the? Can the second game be called "Massacre"? No, no, no, the third game was called a slaughter, the Spurs beat the Heat 113-77, Green continued to feel explosive, 9 of 15 shots, including 7 of 9 three-pointers, and scored 27 points, Gary Neal on the bench also made 6 three-pointers and scored 24 points, the Heat only McMiller scored 15 points on 5-of-5 three-point shooting, and Wade scored a team-high 16 points.

In the fourth game, the Heat defeated the Spurs 109:93 driven by James 33 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists and Wade 32 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 steals, the two combined 50 shots and 29 shots, and only 1 turnover, the performance was perfect, Bosh also scored 20 points and 13 rebounds, while the Spurs scored double figures with five people, but they still couldn't beat the Heat Big Three who played at full strength, and in the fifth key battle of Tianwang Mountain, James Wei combined to score 50 points, 10 rebounds and 18 assists, Ray Allen also scored 21 points, but the final victory of the game was still the Spurs', Parker, Ginobili and Danny Green combined to score 74 points, Duncan also scored 17 points and 12 rebounds, Leonard 16 points and 8 rebounds, such a performance allowed the Spurs to win the key battle of King Mountain!

Everyone knows the sixth game, which made Ray Allen's god script, he hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, dragging the game into overtime, the Heat won the opponent in one go, and grabbed the seven-game battle, and in the last 48 seconds, the Spurs trailed by 2 points at 88:90, Duncan singled Battier under the basket and missed the shot, but Duncan grabbed the rebound and shot again, the ball turned around on the basket, and finally fell out of the hoop, this ball, there is luck, It is due to Duncan's lack of physical strength, and it is also due to Battier's super defensive ability!

Duncan, who didn't score the offense, was rarely angry, he slapped the floor with his palm, he knew that if this ball didn't score, if there was no miracle, then they were basically finished, in fact, the game was played to the end, there was no miracle, and in the end the Spurs lost the game in the tie-break, and at the same time lost to the Heat with a big score of 3:4, losing the championship.

It's all fate.

This season, the Spurs are obviously cultivating Leonard, and Leonard during the regular season did live up to Popovich's expectations, but in the Finals, when Leonard competed against the best basketball player in the world or the strongest team in the world at the time, his weakness was exposed, in fact, many people have forgotten that in the final moments of Game 6, before Ray Allen hit that magical life-saving three-pointer, the Spurs led the Heat by five points, and then James hit a long-range three-pointer with only 21 seconds leftObviously, the Heat will foul the Spurs players in the next round, but who to let the free throws, this is up to the Spurs to decide, and in the end, Popovich put Leonard on the free throw line, and the young Leonard hit one of two free throws in this kind of game that is almost suffocating, which gave the Heat and Ray Allen a chance.

Throughout the series, Leonard is almost single-handedly defending James, seven games, James handed over an average of 25.3 points, 10.9 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 2.3 steals, 44.7% shooting rate and 35.3% three-point shooting rate per game, the performance has declined compared to the regular season, you can think that this is Leonard's contribution on the defensive end, but what is more deadly than this is that Leonard did not play any outstanding performance in the playoffs, but "played dead" in the regular season Duncan played the role of a pinnacle, averaging 18.9 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, although Danny Green's average score is relatively good, but his performance is very unstable, good and bad, Parker, Ginobili are all declining, and Leonard is basically the regular season, averaging 14.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, this round of the series brought him not just a simple seven games, but an experience on the road of life.

Of course, Ginobili is to blame for the Spurs' loss, averaging 11.6 points, 4.3 assists and 3.1 turnovers per game, as well as a 43.3% shooting percentage and a 25.0% three-point shooting rate that is a big disappointment.

His consciousness is still at the top level of the league, but his body, especially his legs, can no longer keep up with his consciousness, to put it bluntly, that is, Ginobili, is also old.

On July 11, 2013, the Spurs negotiated a two-year, $5.62 million contract with Italian shooter Marco Belineri, which was also the Spurs' most successful signing this summer.

I believe that many people saw Duncan's first reaction after he didn't hit the ball in last year's finals, and Duncan slapped the floor with his palm in annoyance, that is, an era is over, it is true that Duncan was 37 years old that year, Ginobili was 36 years old, and even Parker, the youngest in GDP, was 31 years old, from last year's finals to this year's new season, and even until the middle of the season, no one is optimistic about this aging team, because no one knows, The old Lian Po can still swallow a few mouthfuls of rice, but the reality has slapped these people again!

At the end of the regular season, the Spurs won a league-high 62 victories and entered the playoffs with the first place in the West. The highest average points per game is Parker's 16.7 points per game, however, there are ten major rotation players on the team who score more than 5 points, and six players who average more than double points per game, averaging 105.4 points per game, and suppressing opponents to score only 97.6 points.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Spurs met the bitter master again, the Dallas Mavericks, after seven hard battles, the Spurs eliminated the Mavericks 4:3 with difficulty, and the GDP was able to contribute an average of 55 points per game, and the Mavericks in this period fell into a strange circle, that is, on the offensive end, they had to rely on Monta Ellis's breakthrough, but Ellis's offensive efficiency was relatively low, and he didn't pass the ball, and he was able to score an average of 20.4 points per game in this round of the series, and the shooting rate was just over 40%, Averaging only 2.9 assists and 2.1 turnovers per game, of course, the Mavericks' loss can't be blamed on Ellis, who also didn't play well, averaging 19.1 points per game and shooting just 42.9% from the field.

In the second round, the Spurs eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers 4-1, and the Trail Blazers' two-dollar big players Batum and Matthews couldn't limit Leonard at all, who exploded in this round of the series, averaging 17.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game, shooting 56.1% from the field.

Finally, the Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals, this time, standing in front of the Spurs is still the Oklahoma City Thunder, last year the Thunder was eliminated by the fierce Grizzlies and was criticized by the world for being too soft, this year, they responded to these nonsense with an extremely tough record, but, but, in the playoffs, they faced the Spurs again.