Chapter 12: Fight the Big Shark Again
In the 2002-2003 season, the Spurs bombarded other teams in the regular season, won 60 games this season, and reached the playoffs with the first record in the league, and the first round opponent was the Phoenix Suns. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
I thought that the Spurs, who were almost invincible in the regular season, would be in the playoffs - at least the first two rounds were smooth, who would have thought that the Spurs were stubbornly sniped by the Suns in the first round, and the Suns at that time were still Marbury's team, Sean Marion, Anfernee Hardaway, Joe John and the rookie Amare Stadmeier assisted the old horse.
In the first game of the playoffs, the two teams played sparks, and with one minute left in the fourth quarter, the two teams launched a brutal free throw shootout, and with 16.1 seconds left, the Spurs led by 3 points at 87:84, at which time the Suns had the ball, but they did not take a timeout!
Marbury dribbled to the frontcourt, Parker followed Marbury's dribbling route, Duncan stood on Marbury's breakaway route - they would ask for a quick two-point and then a quick foul, and suddenly, the most incredible thing happened!
With time left, Marbury passed the ball to Stoudemire, who was standing at the top of the arc, and then ran to him and opened his hand to ask - in Marbury's eyes at the time, Stoudemire was just a stopover for the ball, but Stoudemire ignored Marbury and held the ball high above his head! Duncan, who was defending him, was a big step away from him, and when he saw Stoudemire raise the ball high, he hesitated for a few tenths of a second and then pounced, but it was too late, and Stoudemire's three-point shot was already shot!
This shot choice is not within the scope of the Spurs' tactical cognition at all, you must know that Stoudemire only made 10 three-pointers all season, hitting 2 of them, and Duncan, who was jumping in the air at that time, turned his head to watch the basketball fly to the rebound before his body could fall.
Judging from the trajectory of the basketball flying in the air, the power of this shot is obviously greater!
Duncan was overjoyed in his heart - slot, hit the board for three points!
Ginobili watched the ball hit the rebound and then fell into the net bag under the basket, looking incredulous,
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The game dragged into overtime!
Overtime played a huge joke on the Spurs, free throws, became a nightmare in the Spurs' mind, the last 16.8 seconds of the game, the Spurs still led the Suns by 3 points at 94:91, and held the ball, according to common sense, this ball had to be won anyway, but the Suns did not believe in evil, Marbury immediately fouled Duncan, Duncan hit one of two free throws, the Spurs led by 3 points at 94:91, and then Marbury asked for a quick two-pointer, and then immediately fouled Tony Parker, at this time the Spurs were 94: 93 leads by 2 points, Parker is still young after all, standing on the free throw line trembling and trembling two free throws, Spurs 95:93, only 2 points ahead of the Suns, with 5.6 seconds left, the Suns see the dawn of a tie and even a reversal, but! But! Parker's free throw is snatched by Duncan! He grabbed the most important rebound out of the eight frontcourt rebounds in the game! Marbury was forced to foul Duncan immediately, and then, a miracle appeared, and the invincible stupid mental quality missed two free throws at this time!
Subsequently, Marbury contributed a goal that was enough to rely on this boast for a lifetime! After receiving the boundary ball, he leaned on Parker and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, without any change of direction feints, and ran to the middle line and took three steps directly! Step outside the three-point line on the right side and shoot the ball in the air!
The red light is on! Swish!
The entire ATT arena was silent......
In the whole game, the supernatural Ma Commissar and Marion fought fiercely for 53 minutes, the former scored 26 points, the latter scored 24 points, Xiao Si also scored 24 points and 9 rebounds, the Spurs' highest scorer was Stephen Jackson, who scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, David Robinson scored 18 points and 9 rebounds on 8-of-8 shooting, Duncan scored 17 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists on 7-of-12 shooting, Malik Rose scored 13 points, Ginobili did not play well in this game, only 11 points on 2-of-9 shooting, There were also 4 mistakes.
In the second game, the Spurs won the game smoothly on their home court, the score in the first three quarters was still relatively anxious, in the fourth quarter Duncan scored 11 points on 4 of 4 shots in the fourth quarter, which broke the Stoudemire and spent the game, Marbury still had a god-like performance in this game, scoring 32 points and 10 rebounds on 13-of-27 shooting, the Spurs' highest scoring was still Jackson, he scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Duncan scored 22 points and 12 rebounds,
In the first two games of the playoffs, the Ma political commissar grabbed Parker and beat him up, scoring a total of 58 points in the two games, but in the third game between the two sides, Parker made a perfect response, in the first quarter, Parker scored 13 points on 6 of 9 shots, which set the tone for the game, Marbury was first suppressed and then raised, but the overall strength of the Spurs was too strong, and finally Parker scored 29 points, Jackson scored 20 points, Duncan scored 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting, 23 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Marik Rose scored 15 points, Ginobili still didn't play well, scoring 12 points on 4-of-12 shooting, Suns Marbury scored 25 points, Marion scored 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Stoudemire rebounded by a dumb burst, scoring more than 17 points in the game and only grabbing 2 rebounds.
In the fourth scene, I'm going to tell you about a guy whose name is Jack Voscule, do you know him? I don't know, it doesn't matter, many people don't know, he is a backup center for the Suns, this year is his third year as a rookie, averaging less than 5 minutes of performance time per game, averaging 3.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, but it is such an insignificant little person who dominates the victory of this game!
In the last 21.8 seconds of the game, the two teams were tied at 84:84, the ball was on the side of the Suns, Jack Wascool didn't know where the Warriors came from, but he chose to single Duncan, and on the top of the latter's head, he sent the ball into the basket with a big hook in his right hand! Lore!
At the moment when the lights were on, the excited Marbury squatted on the horse, his tight arms were tightly pressed on both sides of his waist, and he opened his big mouth to look up to the sky and roared......
In the whole game, Voscur only scored two goals, scored 7 points, and committed 5 fouls, his role was just to deal with Duncan's interior meat shield, but he didn't want to accidentally turn Duncan into a background emperor, Duncan scored 24 points in this game, 11 lazy cows, Bowen shot 7 of 8, including 6 three-pointers and 5 shots, but unfortunately it fell short in the end.
In the fifth game, the Spurs' Malik Rose suddenly broke out in the second quarter, he scored 14 points alone in the first half of the quarter and instantly pulled the still scorching score to double digits, and finally the Spurs defeated the Suns 94-82, Rose scored 27 points in the game, and Duncan also contributed 23 points, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks. In the sixth game, the Spurs narrowly defeated the Suns 86-84 to advance to the Western Conference semifinals, don't think about it, there was no stunner in this game, the Spurs could have won it smoothly, and they didn't want to be in danger in the last two minutes, so that the Suns scored 9 points in the last two minutes, and they only scored 4 points, and Marion hit a three-pointer in the last minute of the game, but unfortunately there is not much time left.
Compare the data of Duncan and Xiaosi, Duncan averaged 18.7 points, 16.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in this round series, and the shooting rate was 52.1%, and the lack of scoring did not mean that he was prevented by Xiaosi, but because the Spurs at that time had better and more offensive options, and Xiaosi averaged 14.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and the shooting rate was 52.3%, it is obvious that although Xiaosi is talented in his first year of rookie, he is far from Duncan's opponent, So the question is, where is Duncan's opponent? Don't be in a hurry, it's coming soon!
In the semifinals, the Spurs unsurprisingly met the Lakers here, and Duncan met O'Neal, as the first disciple of ***, can Duncan defeat O'Neal?
At that time, the Lakers completed the great feat of three consecutive championships that only the god of basketball could complete, and the limelight was unparalleled for a while, and this year's Lakers also overturned the Timberwolves 4:2 in the first round, O'Neal averaged 29 points and 16 rebounds per game, in good shape, and more importantly, they also had a Kobe Bryant who averaged 31.8 points per game.
In the first game, the Spurs overturned the Lakers 87-82 at home, and at the last moment, the Lakers gambled on three-pointers, Fisher hit one, Horry didn't score, Kobe Bryant hit two three-pointers in a row, Bryan Shaw also shot one, didn't score, the Spurs insisted on playing inside, Duncan and Robinson combined to score 11 points in the last five minutes of the game. Duncan scored 28 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 3 turnovers on 10-of-22 shooting, Robinson scored 14 points and 11 rebounds, Ginobili played well, and the firepower he provided on the bench allowed the Spurs to get enough rest when the starters were off, and finally scored a team-high 15 points on 4-of-9 shooting, as well as 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, while Lakers O'Neal scored 24 points, 21 rebounds, 4 blocks and 5 turnovers on 10-of-20 shooting, and Kobe Bryant scored 37 points on 16-of-38 shooting. 4 rebounds and 5 turnovers, it is obvious that Uncle Bao's tough defense made Kobe Bryant suffer on the offensive end.
In the second game, the Spurs won the second game at home, the score was 114:95, in the second half of the first quarter, Ginobili continued to kill the Lakers' inside, and scored 10 points in the first quarter of 4 shots, Bowen felt hot, scored 8 points in a single quarter, and two people led the Spurs to a 13-point lead in the first quarter, in the third quarter, Uncle Bao was already unstoppable, scored 10 points again in a single quarter, and led the Spurs to lead the Lakers by 10 points, and in the fourth quarter, the game has been completely reduced to garbage time.
In the whole game, Uncle Bao was like Ray Allen possessed, 10 of 12 shots, including 7 of 8 three-pointers, 27 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, Kobe Bryant didn't want to explode Bowen all the time, but he didn't want to be beaten by Bowen in this game, Ginobili scored the second highest 17 points on the team, Parker scored 16 points, Duncan only played 33 minutes and scored 12 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists before going off the court early, Lakers O'Neal scored 27 points and 10 rebounds, Kobe Bryant's shooting rate is still not high, 24 shots in exchange for 27 points.
After the away to the Stamps Center Arena, the rhythm immediately became the rhythm of the Lakers, the third game is a copy of the second game, but the home and away teams have to be reversed, the Lakers were like a rainbow in the first quarter, took a 12-point lead, and finally they kept the difference to the end, Kobe Bryant played well in this game, 23 shots to hit 39 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, O'Neal
With 21 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks, Fisher, Horry and Devin George all scored in double figures, while the Spurs, Duncan scored 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Marrick Rose scored 15 points, the only two players on the visiting team to score in double figures.
In the fourth game between the two sides, Duncan was powerful on the inside, scoring 36 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on 10-of-17 shooting, while O'Neal scored 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds on 6-of-17 shooting, and his 10 frontcourt rebounds were more than the entire Spurs team, the Spurs lost to the Lakers 95-99, Kobe Bryant became the finisher in this game, and Tony Parker unfortunately became the lamb of sin, 14.2 seconds before the game, the Spurs were 95-98 behind the Lakers by one point, but at this time the Spurs had the ball, There was still hope of equalizing the score, but Kobe Bryant made all these illusions of the Spurs come to naught, he contributed one of the two steals in the game, and this mistake was generated by Parker, the whole game, Kobe Bryant scored 35 points, led the team to the final victory, and the big score of the two teams was tied 2:2.
The key battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Spurs fighting at home came up with momentum, leading the Lakers by 11 points in the first quarter, leading the Lakers by 18 points at halftime, and by the end of the third quarter, the Spurs still held a 16-point lead, and it seemed that the victory had been firmly held in their hands, who would have thought that the Lakers suddenly exploded, Kobe Bryant contributed 13 points in the fourth quarter, and Medvedenko also scored 7 points efficiently on 3 of 4 shots, while the Spurs suddenly fell into a cycle of offensive misses, In the first 7 minutes of the fourth quarter of the game, the Spurs only scored a total of 3 sports goals, but there were 5 mistakes, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant scored 13 points in a single quarter to lead the Lakers to close the score a little bit, 19 seconds before the end, Horry missed three points, O'Neal pulled out the mountain and beat the world, Yu Wanjun grabbed this precious frontcourt rebound from it, scored, and caused Parker's foul, free throws also scored, at this time the Spurs only led the Lakers by 95:94 by 1 point, and then, The Spurs sent Stephen Jackson to make free throws, but the latter only hit one of two free throws, which gave the Lakers a chance to equalize or even kill!
In the last 3.6 seconds of the game, Robert Horry, one of the biggest role players in NBA history, shot directly outside the three-point line, intending to end the game directly, the basketball turned around on the basket and did not fall into the net, the Spurs won a thrilling victory, and at the same time, the Spurs were shocked to break out in a cold sweat!
In the whole game, Kobe Bryant scored 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists but failed to take away the victory, while Duncan of the Spurs scored 27 points and 14 rebounds to lead the team to the final victory.
Horry's goal, as if draining the Lakers' last trace of strength to fight with the Spurs, in the sixth game, the Lakers lost to the Spurs 82:110, Duncan dominated both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, 37 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists, Parker's performance was also good, 27 points and 5 assists, and the Lakers seemed to be still fighting with the Spurs after O'Neal, 31 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks could not take away the victory of the game.
In six games, Duncan averaged 28.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, shooting 52.9%, while O'Neal averaged 25.3 points, 14.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.8 blocks per game, and the shooting rate was also as high as 55.9%, the two greatest interior players in the early 20th century were tied again in this matchup, and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant averaged 32.3 points per game, but the shooting rate was only 43.4%, But Fisher's average of 10.0 points per game is already the team's third leading scorer, on the other hand, the Spurs, other players score more evenly, Parker averages 14.8 points per game, although Ginobili has not exploded in these six games, but he can contribute 11.7 points every night, shooting 51.2% and a 55.8% shooting, Bruce Bowen, who averages 11.2 points per game, the Lakers are more isolated, and the Spurs are more united!
At this time, Duncan, just like Guan Yu who passed five levels and six generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, led the team to overturn the opponents one by one, and after defeating the Lakers, the Lakers met the Dallas Mavericks again, the Mavericks played a pleasing offense under the leadership of Nelson Sr., and won the same 60 wins in the regular season as the Spurs. There is an all-around attacker Michael Finley on the outside, a very good passer Steve Nash, an excellent outside defense master Ragabel, and a former Lakers boss with very good scoring ability on the bench, Nick Van Exel, supplemented by Reeve Lafrentz, Edondo Nahoola, Sean Bradley, the Mavericks relied on such a lineup to maintain their peak for several seasons!