Popovich felt a little scratching his head, he didn't expect Leon to hide such a card in his hand, put Reed on the bench, and exert his strength in the back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Actually, Duncan's condition tonight is good enough, but Reed's wave of hands is too rebellious, three three-pointers in a row, each of which is pulled up and thrown with the ball. What the Spurs are most afraid of is this kind of offensive point guard, especially Kobe, and now Reed doesn't seem to be easy to handle.

Popovich replaced Ginobili during the timeout, brought on Turkoglou, let Turkoglou play small forward, and then put Bowen at shooting guard to contain Michael Reed. Popovich doesn't do this kind of headache often, and he knows that the problem in the third quarter is not Bowen or Ginobili, but the Spurs' weakness at the shooting guard position, where they don't have a qualified bench player to keep the guard line attacking during rotation.

At this time, Popovich will be a little envious of Leon, and his hand is indeed better. Now the better hand is playing a different game, which makes the Spurs and Popovich a little uncomfortable.

Back on the court after the timeout, after switching to Turkoglou, the Spurs pressed the Celtics from the outside, and the Celtics' defense was undoubtedly under pressure. Sure enough, the Spurs relied on Turkoglou's role as a turret and beacon on the perimeter to successfully run out of space on the baseline, and Bowen received the ball and responded with a three-pointer from the bottom corner, which he is best at.

Bowen had an eye-catching performance on both the offensive and defensive ends tonight, and on the defensive end, he used tangled and dirty defensive tactics to make Paul Pierce unable to find offensive feeling all night, leaving the Celtics with a lame leg on offense. On the offensive end, he only shoots three-pointers from the bottom corner, shooting wholeheartedly, looking like no threat, but he can make a knife when people are not paying attention, which is extremely insidious.

At this time, the difference between the two sides has become 1 point again, and the power of the three-point shot on the court is like this, it seems that there is only a one-point difference, and the feelings brought to the players and fans on both sides are completely different.

The Celtics started their offense, and Leon didn't make any changes to the lineup, which was supposed to play three more rounds. According to Leon's vision, he didn't think the lineup would be able to pull the score away from the pitch, and his focus was on the final three minutes.

However, when Reed got the ball, the entire Spurs defense players felt a little trembling, and Bowen had already put aside Pierce and began to play Reed one-on-one. The 32-year-old outside veteran, who had been unknown in his youth, has finally found his place in the Spurs - a corner three-pointer and a super defender, who will put out fires wherever they start.

Now the fire in Reed's hand is burning, and he wants to put out Reed's fire.

But Reed felt the fire in his hands, but his brain was not on fire, he was quite calm, and in front of Bowen, he first summoned a single screen, and then used the screen to cut in from the right side at 45 degrees with the ball. He didn't rely on speed, but used his strength to resist Bowen, and then in the position of the ribs, he suddenly made a strong back turn, and used his well-developed shoulder muscles to resist Bowen's armpits, and then made a stumbling block under his feet, and the whole person was wiped into the three-second zone with a wipe.

Bowen didn't expect this ball at all, he didn't expect Reed's under-the-basket skills to improve, he didn't expect his strength to grow again, and he didn't expect him to be out of position. Duncan was exposed to Reed, and while Duncan tried to block Reed's layup, Reed made a beautiful left-handed pull-up and the ball grazed into the basket for a very nice two-pointer.

Some fans on the sidelines even shook their heads, because they had the impression that Reed was a shooter who could shoot three-pointers with great speed, but it was rare to see him score in such a way. While his lever isn't graceful and doesn't stay in the air for long, it's enough for Celtic fans.

Reid still looked sad or happy after the goal, and it didn't matter that Garnett had become a super cheerleader on the bench with a towel, and no matter that Arenas was holding his hands high - as if the ball had something to do with him. Reid silently ran back into the half to defend, and what he thought to himself was, "If Bowen scores another three-pointer, it's going to be a draw." ”

Bowen didn't get another three-point shot, and this time the Celtics successfully defended Duncan's strong eat, and Durham Porter used his sucking strength and 200 percent concentration to interfere with Duncan's hook and grab the backcourt rebound, and threw the ball to Pierce, who finally dunked with a powerful two-handed dunk on the fast break, venting the frustration of the game so far.

"Duncan is also a little tired, if only he could keep tired." Leon thought to himself as he watched the Celtics stretch the gap to five points from the sidelines.

Leon couldn't help but think of the bad memories of being asked by Duncan in the finals last year, if he was a player himself, he really wished he could go up and knock him over and then both of them go down, but unfortunately he couldn't, and no one under his team stopped him at the time.

Sure enough, Duncan, who had just missed the hook, immediately caught the ball in the offense, and hit a 45-degree board jumper, Daleham Porter was too flustered when he defended Duncan, and he didn't expect him to come like this suddenly, and it was a three-point difference.

It seems that no matter whether Duncan is tired or not, Popovich will not let Duncan rest in the third quarter, he knows that once Duncan is off the court, the Celtics will get Garnett and Brown on their side, and the three-minute time difference will definitely be stretched to more than 10 points.

At this time, Leon began to put pressure on the referee, and he began to force a lullaby to Crawford, constantly shouting at Crawford, "Your blowing penalty for Duncan is too loose!" ”

When Garnett returned to the court, he was pushed away by Duncan's shoulder on a defensive run, and after Duncan hit a small hook, Leon roared at Crawford.

"Are you blind? I just look at it with my butt, and I can see that Duncan is sinking on his shoulders with the ball, and he has to fly people to be fouled, are you blind! Leon's fiery rhetoric was naturally a that summoned Crawford.

"Fox, you'd better be honest, I know you're awesome, but I'm the best here, pay attention to your wording, and your identity, I remember one t, and you won't feel so good if you have another one." Crawford warns Leon, who looks directly at him through his nostrils, but no longer verbose, his purpose has been achieved.

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led the Spurs by four points at 80-76, and Duncan single-handedly supported the Spurs' offense in the third quarter, scoring 16 points alone, except for him, only Bowen hit a three-pointer and Ginobili scored two points on a layup.

Duncan played the third quarter and behaved just like last year's Finals, but the Celtics on the opposite side were no longer the Celtics of last year, their attack was more powerful, and with Garnett, they could no longer be knocked down by Duncan alone.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Duncan sat on the bench to rest, he still seemed relaxed, completely free of the pressure caused by the team's backwardness, and his mental quality was surprisingly good.

But the psychological quality of the other person is not so good.

Referee Crawford, who has been exhausted and irritable to the point by the noisy atmosphere of North Shore Gardens – where the fans have been scolding him, the endless home coach – Fox Leon's degrading prowess is as terrible as his fists, and the whining of the complaining visiting coach – always makes people feel the urge to roar with him.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Crawford blew for a foul on each side, and his defensive moves suddenly became stricter. This is very beneficial for the Celtics, who are leading and playing at home, and are mainly attacking.

Sure enough, when Bowen was whistled for another foul by Crawford while defending Pierce, Popovich finally couldn't hold back and began to rant at Crawford.

"Foul! Another foul! Where were you in the first half? Do you have a standard! That's how you were a referee! Popovich was on the verge of rushing onto the court, knowing that if Bowen's moves weren't allowed in the fourth quarter, Pierce's outburst would be over for the Spurs.

Crawford walked up to Popovich to signal him to be quiet and threatened to give him a T or even a penal if he yelled again.

Duncan was still sitting on the bench like a stone, and he glanced at Crawford, and suddenly smiled, wondering if it was Crawford's bald head or his sweaty and slumped back that made him feel funny.

"What are you laughing at?" Crawford asked, looking at Duncan.

"Nothing." Duncan replied, then withdrew his gaze and continued to meditate, preparing to go on the field to solve the problem.

"Get out." Crawford suddenly looked at Duncan, then pointed outward, signaling that Duncan had been sent off.

Duncan froze, mouth open, he didn't understand what Crawford meant.

Popovich was stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses, his eyes were on the verge of frenzy, and the assistant coach on the side had begun to hug him.

Crawford seemed calm, he took the whistle into his mouth, blew hard, and then said to Duncan, "Get out, you're sent out." (To be continued.) )