Chapter 141: The So-Called Final Victory
Resist the defender, dribble the ball hard, turn around, push the opponent off the shoulder, pull under his feet, lean out, hand the ball to his left hand, round his arm and smash it to the basket.
"Bang Dang~"
There was a loud bang, as if someone had fired a shot in your ear.
Once again, Mo Xi was wreaking havoc on the Spurs' interior.
This is four minutes into the second half, before that, the Spurs were already leading by double digits, but I don't know what kind of madness Mo Xi made, he was born in the Spurs' interior line, even Duncan was a little afraid to underestimate its edge, the game because of Mo Xi alone generated more suspense, the Knicks bit the score around six points, it was difficult to score an inch, but it did not let the Spurs pull away again.
Popovich looked at everything indifferently off the court, but there was a strange light in his eyes, sometimes it is easy to win, but it is difficult to win the championship, at this time what is needed is not only tactical response, look farther, use strategy instead of tactics, and the difference between masters and mediocre hands is that masters often do it unknowingly.
Mo Xi turned and ran to the backfield, holding back the feeling of retching, he felt his lungs burn.
The Spurs attack, their offensive pattern is the same, shift, cut inside, and shift again. Some people say that it took Popovich ten years to really tune the Spurs into that machine-like appearance, but in fact, it is better to say that it is only after 12 years that people really realize what kind of genius this old man who drinks wine, sings and eats hot pot is.
After a lap of transfer, Bowen made a three-point shot in the bottom corner, but unfortunately it was a little off the line and bounced off the rim of the basket.
Brand arched forward with his massive frame, forced a squeeze past Robinson, and took the defensive rebound. By this time, Arenas had already ricocheted out like a bullet, and Brand threw the ball out directly.
Arenas turned around to catch the ball, but kept on his feet, still running straight towards the Spurs' backcourt.
However, in today's Spurs, there are many people who are faster than him, and not one, but two.
Ginobili and Parker chased after him left and right, and Arenas was taken aback, but quickly calmed down, sneered, and suddenly made a pull-up jump shot, which was pulled up on the ground and shot directly.
"Smack~"
Ginobili seemed to have penetrated Arenas' thoughts a long time ago, and waited for Arenas' shot in the air early, and directly blocked the ball.
Fortunately, the next two were Houston and Sprewell, Sprewell picked up the ball, the Knicks' fast break did not stop, and Sprewell went directly around Parker and went to the 45-degree position.
Ginobili decisively let go of Arenas and Houston and went directly to Sprewell, at this time Sprewell forced Ginobili to stop with a feint, and passed the ball to Houston directly after Houston received the ball.
Parker stepped forward to seal Houston.
Houston played steadily, throwing the ball directly from Parker's armpit to Arenas behind him, and Arenas received the ball and dribbled a step to the basket and made a layup.
Gradually, the Knicks played vigorously with Mo Xi as the core, and for a while, they seemed to have regained the crazy offensive state at the beginning of the season, and in stark contrast to the Spurs, they seemed to be caught in a strange circle, and the hand was very cold, and for a while, the Knicks quickly narrowed the difference to only one point.
Although the situation of the Knicks is very good, Mo Xi still seems worried.
This feeling is very wrong, Mo Xi can't say what's wrong, in short, it's wrong, it's really strange, it's obviously his advantage, but he always feels that there are some things in it that he didn't think about or that he never thought about.
Listening to Kobe Bryant, it is difficult to win the championship, but the most difficult thing is always to defend the title, the Lakers can achieve a back-to-back dynasty in this Warring States era of the princes is already a great thing, as one of the cores Kobe bluntly told Mo Xi, don't look at him to win the championship, but this year is really hard to say, because the champion is always the one that is the most studied and deepest.
The last offense of the third quarter was carried out by the Knicks.
Mo Xi Shen singled Robinson in the low post, just talking about the figure, Robinson is definitely the best among several centers, even if he is a little older at this time, but he collided with Mo Xi, at least from a distance, he is still a lap bigger than Mo Xi, but the big circle does not seem to bring him much help, Mo Xi easily advanced to the side of the basket, at this time Bowen quickly stepped forward, trying to wrap Mo Xi.
Mo Xi, who knows Bowen, knows that if he is caught by Bowen this time, even if he can't break it, he will be held down directly, Mo Xi quickly threw the ball out before Bowen came up, and the target was directed at Houston, who had run to the 45-degree three-point line.
Houston was very comfortable with the ball, and even the adjustment was saved, and he shot directly after receiving the ball.
"Huh~"
After hitting a three-point shot, the Knicks finally took the lead after three quarters.
Because of the lead, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy first took down Mo Xi, who had played the entire third quarter, to rest for a while, and replaced it with Dale Davis and Kukoc.
Mo Xi, who was sitting on the field, stared at the field tightly, he hoped that he could jump out and find out from the perspective outside the field, what was the weird feeling that had been haunting his heart?
There is no flaw, Mo Xi looked at it for a long time, and still can only come to this conclusion, the Spurs are perfect for the operation of the ball, but it is this perfection that makes him feel that there is a problem, unconsciously, the Spurs are inexplicably behind the three points, although Duncan is resting off the court, but Parker and Robinson are also on the court.
Mo Xi looked at Popovich and found that the latter was also looking at him at this time, Popovich smiled at Mo Xi "honestly", Mo Xi instantly felt a cool breath from his tail bone directly rushed up, straight to the door of his head.
There must be something strange in this!
Mo Xi turned his eyes back to the court, after losing the central axis of Mo Xi, although Mark Jackson came on the court and began to sort out the offense, but the Knicks' offense has an obvious stiff feeling, this is the performance of the whole team has not yet run in place, if it can be after a while, maybe it will be different, but this time may be a little long, at least until around the All-Star level.
The Spurs trailed by five points, and at this point, Popovich's timeout came belatedly, and the Spurs hurriedly changed the starting lineup, and Van Gundy also sent Murphy into the game.
However, the vicious battle imagined by Mo Xi did not come, although the game was still very intense, but the Knicks surprisingly pressed the Spurs to play, the Knicks' offensive feeling was returned, Mo Xi and Sprewell threaded the needle in the middle, Houston and Arenas hit three points in a row, and Brand used his soft hand to open the distance and shoot, but because the height gap with Robinson was too large, Robinson took two risks and then decisively handed over the ball.
Relying on the last-minute Mo Xi to beat Duncan in a row, the Knicks finally closed the game with a high score of 110-106, ending their three-game losing streak.
In this game, Mo Xi played 40 minutes, scored 37 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 blocks, although there were also five turnovers, but it was difficult to hide the shock brought by this big triple-double, and the fans in New York cheered up again, and the Knicks finally woke up and were no longer groggy.
After the game, there were two people who were in an extremely weird mood, Mo Xi was sad even though he had won, and Popovich was smiling when he had lost.
At the same time, Thomas, the "smiling assassin" who was sitting in the bar watching the game, almost scolded what kind of ball the Spurs played, and they could actually lose to the Knicks, so that Van Gundy would not be able to get out of class for a while.