"How so? The Spurs want to take revenge on the Lakers so much, why didn't they lead by a big score at the end of the first half of the first game, but still fell behind by one point? Where is the problem? ”

Artest really didn't understand, although this was only half time, and the Spurs still had a bigger chance of winning in the second half, but Artest had to be cautious, because the donkey had already been found by him.

Popovich of course knows where the problem comes from, and he was frantically chased by the Lakers in the second quarter, because of the Lakers' two superstars, Kobe Bryant scored consecutive goals, and Sun Zhuo kept grabbing rebounds in the front court to help the Lakers succeed in the second attack.

"Muhammad, have you not eaten today? Why couldn't I get the backcourt rebounds several times in a row and was robbed by Sun? Popovich felt the need to knock Mohammed on him.

Muhammad was also frustrated that Sun Zhuo's bounce speed was so fast that even if he had a height advantage, he couldn't touch the ball at the first time.

"I'm sorry, coach, I must have controlled the rebound in the second half and didn't let him grab it again." Muhammad said.

At this time, Ginobili spoke: "Actually, you can't blame Mohammed, Sun's rebounding is indeed much better than last season's matchup." ”

Duncan nodded as well, aware of the problem.

Popovich was a little angry and said: "I don't care how much this guy has improved, in short, I can't let him steal our backcourt rebounds so freely, and I definitely can't let the Lakers fight back, this victory is ours!" ”

In the second half, at the beginning, the Spurs were united and quickly overtook the score.

The Spurs' offense was so terrible that the Lakers couldn't resist it at all, so Sun Zhuo had to stop the Spurs' offense in the second half.

Sun Zhuo has long believed that Tony Parker will be the breakthrough point of this game, Parker is not in good shape today, and if he wants to make more shots, he has to let his emotions burn.

Very strong, Parker made a passing error, Sun Zhuo immediately stepped forward and deliberately said: "Tony, in fact, I have always wanted to tell you that you are more suitable to be a coach than a player, sometimes you have a good idea, but you are not capable of completing it." ”

"Hahaha." Parker didn't look at Sun Zhuo, he laughed twice, but he heard these words in his heart.

Sun Zhuo knew that Parker had a high emotional intelligence and would not easily talk to him, so he just said what he wanted to say that could affect him.

"I think the best point guard in the NBA should not only have good organizational skills, but also have good three-point ability and breakthrough layup ability, your scoring is too lacking, in a few years, you will be eliminated."

Parker knew that Sun Zhuo was deliberately trash talking to him, but this remark did affect him, after all, Sun Zhuo is also an All-Star player now, and it is a very shameful thing to be looked down upon by a player of this level, and Parker doesn't feel that his three-point and breakthrough layups are not good.

So, in the next offense, Parker chose to attack himself first when his teammates had no chance, due to Parker's poor state today, the Spurs' success rate was far less than in the previous third quarter, although the Spurs were ahead, but they had been bitten very tightly by the Lakers.

"Tony was really not in good shape today, why do you still shoot so much?" Popovich is a little worried off the court, but he has always trusted Tony Parker and believes that Parker can handle it.

In the last minute of the third quarter, after Parker missed another shot, Sun Zhuo grabbed the rebound and quickly followed Kobe, Sun Zhuo and Kobe's twin star fast-break threat can be said to be the most terrifying existence in the league, both of them have strong finishing ability, can fly dunk, and the opponent doesn't know who to focus on defensively.

Kobe dribbled first, after attracting the defense, Kobe passed the ball to Sun Zhuo who followed up, Sun Zhuo received the ball and directly took off and dunked, completely ignoring the Spurs players in front of him, and the Spurs players were also helpless, they knew how strong Sun Zhuo's dunk was, such a ball, as long as he rushed over to block it, it was 2+1.

"The Lakers' fast break is still very powerful." Artest sighed, and suddenly glanced at the score, and the Spurs were behind again!

"Hell! How Spurs are falling behind again! How the hell did they do it? It's going to be the fourth quarter soon! ”

Sun Zhuo fought for his reputation today, and he didn't rest in the entire third quarter, because he knew that this quarter was crucial, and now the Lakers led by 2 points, and the Lakers blocked the Spurs again, and Sun Zhuo then used the BUG again in the last attack of the Lakers, and hit a shot steadily, extending the advantage to 4 points.

After three quarters, the Lakers still led the Spurs.

"Leading at halftime, still leading in the third quarter, can't the Lakers really win......" Artest was already sweating on his face.

In the Spurs box, Popovich also said to Tony Parker, asking him to reduce the number of shots, and said to Ginobili that you can play more, and it seems that it will be up to Ginobili in the fourth quarter.

"Ginobili's state today is really good, just now, I have already defended him, but again, the third quarter still let him score a lot of points, but his three-point long-range shooting is really not good today, not just now, still not now, you can let it go."

Sun Zhuo has been focusing on Ginobili, because he didn't dare to foul too many times, he still let Ginobili score a lot of points, and then, he still won't stop Ginobili in a too tough way, but with a more laissez-faire attitude.

Ginobili received the ball in the bottom corner of the right side and tested Sun Zhuo with a tentative step, Sun Zhuo pretended to be deceived and took a step back, and Ginobili immediately took advantage of this gap to shoot three points.

Bang.

Shoot the iron.

Soon, Ginobili faced Sun Zhuo at the top of the arc and wanted to break through, but Sun Zhuo just gave him space to shoot three points, Ginobili hesitated for a moment, and felt that it was safer to shoot three points, although there was not much interference, but the ball did not score! And it pops out of bounds.

"Damn it!" Ginobili hated himself so much that now that the Spurs themselves were behind, he had wasted so many shots.

Artest was even more angry and wanted to rush to the court to play Ginobili, Artest shouted on the sidelines: "You are already 1 of 6 on the three-point line!" Did you mean it on purpose, bastard? You're an actor! ”

The Lakers have extended their advantage to eight points, and Popovich suddenly doesn't know what to do, as if he has the same powerless feeling he had against the Lakers last year.

"Tony Parker wasted too many offensive opportunities, Ginobili took too many shots from the outside, Muhammad conceded a couple of frontcourt rebounds, and we were successful defensively against the Lakers, but we made too many mistakes, and if we lost, we couldn't blame others."

Sun Zhuo also began to relax, he didn't need to score too many points at all, and he didn't need to work too the offensive end, as long as he contained the Spurs' offense, winning was a matter of course.

Next time, Sun Zhuo misplaced to defend Bruce Bowen, Bowen only shot once in the whole game today, Sun Zhuo didn't believe that he could feel it, so he completely let it go and let him shoot!

"Don't guard against me?" Bowen also made an immediate move, it was a gamble, but Sun Zhuo won the bet again.

Bowen missed the shot, the ball bounced far away, and Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant cooperated again and scored quickly.

The Spurs were not defeated by the Lakers, but by themselves, and the more they played, the less motivated they became, and finally lost the game!

Artest felt that he was a little hot all over, and sat there expressionless, and said secretly in his heart: "Fortunately, Sun didn't know that there was a donkey outside." ”