Chapter 737: Conflict
More than half of the first quarter of the game has been played, but the Spurs and the Pacers have not been able to drag each other into their own rhythm, the Spurs are still honestly slowing down the pace to play positional battles, rather than counterattacking, can not raise the speed, and the Pacers are crazy fast, even if the number of mistakes has reached twice the Spurs, but the Pacers still have no intention of slowing down.
Shorter offensive time means more offensive rounds, which is undoubtedly very disadvantageous for the Spurs with a group of veterans, plus the Pacers' offensive ability and ability to master the rhythm of the game are stronger than the Suns, so in any case, the Spurs can't enter the rhythm of the Pacers to fight with the Pacers like the Suns.
So this time offensively, Tony Parker still slowly and leisurely dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and then after continuous passing, after handing the basketball to Tim Duncan, Tim Duncan, who was rushed over by James Posey as soon as the ball arrived, took advantage of the situation to distribute the basketball to Manu Ginobili on the outside.
As the main offense of the Spurs in the first quarter of the game, Manu Ginobili's physical exertion is undoubtedly very huge, and physical fitness itself is Manu Ginobili's shortcoming, otherwise why would Ginobili have the title of "20 minutes Jordan", so after continuous ball-holding offense, Manu Ginobili's physical exertion is also very fast.
In this offense, the sweaty Manu Ginobili twisted left and right from outside the three-point line all the way to the basket, but he went wrong when he made the final layup, and was directly given a pegboard hat by Tyshawn Prince, who had been following him.
Tyshawn Prince's height is too much higher than Ginobili's, and he also has an absolute advantage in terms of arm span, coupled with excellent movement speed, so playing off-ball running and fixed-point shooting, Tyshawn Prince can definitely defend Ginobili to death, but when Ginobili uses a similar breakthrough to Meng Xu, height becomes Tyshawn Prince's biggest obstacle, and in a game, Tyshawn Prince was beaten by Ginoby with this trick, so in today's game, When Tyshaun Prince was defending Ginobili, he gave up the idea of blocking Ginobili, but chose to escort him all the way to the basket to prevent his last shot, it doesn't matter if he can't prevent it, head coach Rick Carlisle's arrangement for him is that regardless of whether the Spurs' offense is successful or not, Tyshawn Prince must ensure that he gets the basketball at the first time, and then launches a fast break.
After giving Manu Ginobili a pegboard hat, Tyshawn Prince, who grabbed the basketball with his hand, landed on the ground with a long pass that went straight to Tony Allen at the top of the arc.
Meng Xu, as usual, rushed towards the Spurs' half after Tyshawn Prince just landed, and Bruce Bowen, who was in charge of guarding Meng Xu, followed closely behind, and when Meng Xu just passed the center circle, Tony Allen's pass flew just right.
"Boss, be careful!" At the moment when Meng Xu was about to catch the ball, there seemed to be a shout of Tony Allen in his ears, and then Meng Xu felt that his back was hit by a force of gravity, and Meng Xu, whose body was out of balance, rolled directly to the ground.
With a bang, when Meng Xu was facing the ground, fell to the floor and slid some distance ahead, the SBC center instantly fell silent.
And Rick Carlisle, who was on the spot, was stunned directly after seeing Meng Xu being directly put down by Bruce Bowen behind him, and at the same time prayed in his heart that Meng Xu would not be injured, as for the Pacers players on the court, the moment Meng Xu was put by Bruce Bowen, they rushed towards Meng Xu's side.
Looking at Meng Xu, who was put down by himself, Bruce Bowen, who was standing near the middle circle, his head was completely blank, and Bruce Bowen didn't know how he had the courage just now, so he directly put him down.
Just when the referee on duty Crawford was about to blow for a malicious foul by Bruce Bowen, the Spurs players and Pacers players on the court suddenly quarreled for some reason, and James Posey, who was arguing and arguing, punched Bruce Bowen in the face.
James Posey's punch was like a hornet's nest and immediately caused a scuffle on the court, with Robert Hawley, Ginobili, Tony Allen, and Jermaine O'Neal all joining the fray.
Seeing everything that happened on the court, David Stern, who was watching the game in the box, immediately pulled down his face, today's game can definitely be called a much-anticipated game, but in this game broadcast to the world, there was such an incident, and I still want to continue to support the Spurs and the Pacers.
As for Meng Xu, who had already come back to his senses lying on the ground, after seeing everything that happened on the field, he immediately got up from the ground, but Meng Xu, who had just gotten up, was hugged by Tyshawn Prince, Tyshawn Prince was afraid that Meng Xu would not be calm, and also joined the group fight on the field, although with Meng Xu's skills, as long as he rushed over, the group fight on the field would definitely end in two minutes, but the consequences of the group fight were not borne by anyone, so no matter how Meng Xu struggled, Tyshawn Prince hugged Meng Xu and didn't let go.
"It looks like Auburn Hills hasn't taught you enough lessons." Just when Meng Xu was struggling to get rid of Tyshawn Prince, Tim Duncan, who did not participate in the group fight, walked towards Meng Xu, originally when he saw Tim Duncan walking towards this side, Tyshawn Prince was still worried about whether Duncan came to provoke Meng Xu, and when Tim Duncan spoke, Tyshawn Prince's heart relaxed.
So there was a very funny acre on the field, on one side of the court, James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, Tony Allen and Bruce Bowen, Robert Hawley, Manu Ginobili played inextricably, and on the other side of the court, Meng Xu and Tim Duncan, who were the bosses of the two teams, were frowning and standing there quietly, watching the group fight that happened on the field.
And today's group fight has become the only game in Tim Duncan's entire career, especially Robert Hawley, the participant in this group fight, who is still obsessed with hacking Tim Duncan in the media more than ten years later.
In the season when Tim Duncan decided to retire, ABC brought out Robert Hawley, who had been teammates with Tim Duncan for several seasons, and asked him to talk about his thoughts on the old teammate, while also making a summary of Tim Duncan's career.
But as soon as Robert Hawley opened his mouth, ABC regretted inviting him, because the first thing Robert Hawley said was: "Don't look at Tim is now the greatest power forward in NBA history, one of the top ten superstars in history, but in my heart, he is a soft egg, and Meng Xu, who is called the Wake Forest duo with him, is the same, both of them are tough on the surface, but they are actually soft guys on the inside." “
"In my career, I have played for many teams, Rockets, Lakers, Spurs, I have won four championships with these three teams, these three teams are very strong teams, if I want to rank them, the Rockets are undoubtedly the strongest, in my mind, Hakim and Clyde are the strongest stars on the planet, if you make a horizontal comparison, Hakim is 20 times stronger than Tim, and Clyde is 50 times stronger than Meng Xu."
A game has made Robert Hawley hold a grudge for more than ten years, and you can also imagine what Robert Hawley felt when he was rubbed by Jermaine O'Neal, and the corner of his eye skimmed to Tim Duncan, who was standing there watching the play.