Sun Zhuo's words really stabilized the morale of the army, before this, not only the outside world was suspicious, but also the Magic team was suspicious, Sun Zhuo asked Howard to continue his previous performance, which shows that he wants to see Howard continue to play well, and he doesn't care that Howard will snatch away FMVP.

This sentence made Montaelis and others see that Sun Zhuo decided to give up the battle for FMVP.

"Boss ......" Danny Granger and Ariza have different eyes, they naturally want to win the championship, but they prefer to see Sun Zhuo lead the team to win the championship, they are Sun Zhuo's people.

Several of them were angry for Sun Zhuo, and Danny Granger even showed it on the spot, clenching his fists and his face stiff.

"Why? Sun Xin led the team for a whole season, and helped each of us grow, but the final honor will fall on Dwight Howard! ”

Although Danny Granger is upset with Sun Zhuo, since Sun Zhuo has decided, what can he, an outsider, say?

In fact, Sun Zhuo did not give up the FMVP trophy, he will never give up, Sun Zhuo is determined to be the first basketball player in history, if he is the second champion to win, then he is not worthy of being the first person in history, not worthy of comparison with Michael Jordan, Jordan six championships, six FMVP, this is a symbol of status and strength!

It's just that in the current situation, Sun Zhuo has to do this.

If Sun Zhuo expresses his attitude now and wants to compete with Howard, this will not only directly hurt his feelings with Howard, but also fall for Popovich's scheme.

Last night, Sun Zhuo thought about it, and originally thought that Howard's agent Fagan instigated Howard to compete with him for FMVP, and only then did Howard's 40+ performance, but then I heard Carrey say that Fagan also rushed to San Antonio after learning that Howard had 40+, and at this time, Sun Zhuo knew that all this was Popovich's plan.

"Popovich wants us to fight, first block me completely, don't let me get a high score, let Howard suppress me in terms of stats, and then, wait for me to fight Howard, and then they can destroy us effortlessly."

Popovich's approach is very bold and successful, because he expects that Howard and Sun Zhuo, two young players, will definitely pay special attention to these personal honors, both of them are too young and talented, they will not think that championships are too rare, they are young and have time to chase, and personal honors are more important.

Like Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, who will soon form the Celtics Big Three, in his previous life, Paul Pierce won the FMVP, and Garnett didn't feel anything, although he is the one who is more qualified to win this award, but Garnett is already old, and he doesn't care about these things.

If Garnett and Pierce won the championship together at the youngest and peak, but Pierce won the FMVP in the end, the result would be absolutely different, Garnett could not be so open-minded, he was the MVP of the regular season! What is Pierce?

Therefore, Sun Zhuo can't follow Popovich's script, and he must not fight for FMVP, but the data still has to be brushed up.

This depends on the repeated challenge card of the game, once a game is repeated, Sun Zhuo's shooting percentage, steals, blocks and other statistics will be greatly improved, and he does not need to rely on crazy increase in the number of shots to improve the data.

Good data obtained in this case, Howard can't say anything either.

Even, Sun Zhuo can re-challenge the first three games, so that Howard doesn't have to score so many points, but he won two games in the front, and he doesn't want to do it.

……

On June 14, San Antonio, the Spurs home AT&T Center, Game 4 of the Finals.

Half an hour ago, when the Spurs players were still on the court, and the whole team looked a little demoralized, Popovich looked at them and said something to them: "I know you may be blaming me, why let Dwight Howard be so arrogant in the first three games, they won on our home court, it may be a bit of a blow to you, but, you have to trust me, we can't lose this series, they can't win, the Finals, it's only now on!" ”

Popovich didn't know if his words inspired them, looking at their state on the court, Popovich was a little apprehensive, no matter what the result of his layout was, the fundamental thing to win the championship was that they themselves must have a good performance, they couldn't mess with themselves, but fortunately, the team's Tim Duncan, Parker, and Bowen still reassured Popovich.

Popovich glanced at Sun Zhuo on the other side again, and asked him in his heart: "Sun, what are you going to do in this scene?" ”

"Everyone, cheer up and get ready to play, and try to get the match point today!" Sun Zhuo clapped his hands and encouraged the whole team.

Howard also clapped his hands to encourage everyone: "That's right, get the match point today, solve them in the next game, haha, the championship is beckoning to us!" ”

Coach Hill is even more relieved that both leaders are so motivated and excited, and in this case, other role players will follow suit.

Popovich glanced at Coach Hill, but his face was surprised, in fact, the reason why he dared to arrange such a thing was to flatten Coach Hill's inability to reconcile the contradictions between Sun Zhuo and Howard.

"Hill is absolutely incapable of this." Popovich is very sure about this matter, there are very few coaches in the league who can surpass superstars, and Popovich is one of them, but it also depends on the personality of the superstar, if it is the character of Sun Zhuo and Kobe, Popovich may not be able to fully control it, let alone Hill.

The game starts soon!

Cctv.

Yu Jia: "The two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle, yo, Howard jumped really high, Magic jumped to the ball and began to organize the attack, Sun Zhuo controlled the ball and broke through!" No, it was still blocked, quickly transferred, the ball was still given to Howard, and Howard shot! Duncan defended well, and the ball missed. ”

Zhang Weiping said: "It seems that this game is still the same as the previous three games, and Sun Zhuo's breakthrough restrictions are very strong, and Sun Zhuo still has no intention of reluctantly making a move." ”

Popovich stared at the court with a thoughtful expression, his left thumb supporting his chin, his index finger against his nose, and said secretly: "Sun still hasn't made a move?" Or to Howard? Is he really not going to ask for FMVP? ”

If Sun Zhuo only wants the championship and doesn't want FMVP, then it will be difficult for the Spurs to play next. And even if Sun Zhuo doesn't get the FMVP in the end, Popovich won't be happy, because what he wants is the championship!

The Magic missed the first attack, and then it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Sun Zhuo stared at everyone in the Spurs carefully, he had to remember the Spurs' attack clearly, because he was ready to challenge again.

Tony Parker dribbled outside the three-point line, Duncan stepped forward to cover with Parker, Parker looked a little nervous, and a change of direction dribbled to Montaellis's calf, and the ball bounced directly to the midcourt position.

Yu Jia: "Oops, it's a mistake! ”

At this moment, Duncan suddenly made a flying save and the whole person fell to the ground, remedying the ball back!

"Duncan really fights!" Yu Jia sighed.

Zhang Weiping said: "Yes, the outcome of today's game is very important for the Spurs, once they lose the game and are taken by the Magic to get the match point, there is basically no chance, you know, the last two home games are all at the Magic." ”

After Duncan got the ball, he passed it to Parker again, and Parker took advantage of the excitement of the whole Magic team to prepare for a fast break, and a long pass was passed directly to Finley, who scored on the baseline.

"Oh, the Spurs' first attack almost missed, and it's good, and when we do it all over again, we can take advantage of it." The game is repeated, there may be a lot of differences, but the first goal of the opening game has basically not changed, and as long as the Spurs play the established tactics, rather than being carried by the rhythm and emotions of the game, they will basically be the same.

The Spurs players are very disciplined teams, and the more teams like this, the better it will be for Sun Zhuo to play the game, because no matter how much they change some of these details, they will still return to their own system.

The Spurs were in good shape today, playing for a few minutes and scoring several goals in a row, the Magic performance was relatively average, Howard was obviously more eager for quick success, and due to the disadvantage of technology and experience, it was difficult to play well in front of Duncan one after another.

At this time, Popovich smiled and said silently to Sun Zhuo: "Sun, you don't dare to rob, how about I help you?" ”

Spurs have been targeting Sun Zhuo for the past three games, and from this moment on, they are going to change targets.

"Dwight, don't be in a hurry, be steady and make a move, as long as you can lead the team to win one more game, you will be 100% FMVP this year!" Howard's agent Fagan also came to the scene and sat in the middle, silently cheering for Howard in his heart.

Soon, the Magic missed a long-range offensive shot from the outside and was grabbed by Howard for a rebound.

"Beautiful! Buckle in! Dwight! Fagan was so excited, and every time Howard had an opportunity like this, he was so excited, because he knew that every goal Howard scored now was worth a thousand dollars, both for Howard and for him.

Howard was also very excited, and just lowered his waist and was about to be strong, when he suddenly found himself surrounded by three people in an instant!

"What?" Not only Howard, but everyone in the Magic was shocked that they actually came up with such a defense against Howard?

Howard didn't even dare to move when he dunked, and he wanted to dunk at all, but he didn't plan to pass the ball at the first time, but as a result, a whistle blew, and Howard walked.

At this time, Monta Ellis hurriedly walked up and said to Howard with some displeasure: "Hurry up and pass the ball out of the bag, don't hesitate!" ”

Howard replied with a gloomy face, "I know, I'll pass the ball." ”

At this time, Sun Zhuo glanced at Popovich inadvertently: "Sure enough...... After restricting me, is it about to start restricting Howard again? ”

Sun Zhuo had long guessed that Popovich would have this move, first completely suppressing Sun Zhuo, making Howard's data surpass Sun Zhuo's and becoming the best candidate for FMVP, and then letting Howard be restricted, so that Sun Zhuo's data could catch up and threaten Howard.

As Sun Zhuo expected, the three-man package just now is not a coincidence, Howard's defense is completely different, after a while, even if Howard makes mistakes and fouls, if he is really successfully broken through by Howard, he will resolutely use fouls to stop him, not let him score, but let him stand on the free throw line.

During this period of time, the Magic's offensive efficiency was very poor because of Howard's relationship.

Coach Hill had no choice but to replace Howard off the court.

After the game, Howard was still angry: "Why did you replace me? I only broke the rules twice. ”

Coach Hill said: "You can't attack like this anymore, you have to pass the ball when you get it, can't you see it? They'd rather foul than let you score, you can't make a free throw. ”

Howard puffed up and began to muffle.

"Very good, at this time, I can score logically." Sun Zhuo understood that all this was Popovich's strategy, but he had to follow it, because Sun Zhuo's goal was the championship + the most valuable player in the finals, and these two honors were indispensable.

Howard was targeted, and it was natural for Sun Zhuo to increase the number of shots and score more, and he would not be blamed by anyone, and Howard couldn't say anything.

On the court, Sun Zhuo tried to play a low single, and when he saw someone coming to wrap up, he immediately distributed the ball to Monta Ellis in front of him, and he immediately ran to the bottom corner next to him, he wanted to try to get rid of the opponent as fast as possible to shoot three points.

Come to the bottom corner, catch the ball, and shoot in an instant!

Bang dang.

The ball missed.

Seeing this, Popovich sneered, "Are you in such a hurry to catch up?" Very good, go on, maybe next time you will be in. ”

Howard off the court was anxiously holding a towel: "Sun has too many three-point shots, so ......"

Howard wanted to say that Sun Zhuo's three-point shot was very risky, and no one guaranteed rebounding, but after thinking about it, Sun Zhuo played like this, and if he couldn't shoot, the data would not threaten him, which was actually beneficial to Howard.

And Sun Zhuo didn't take the result of this ball seriously at all, anyway, after this, he will do it again, what he is doing now is trying.

After that, Sun Zhuo received the ball from the outside again, and immediately prepared to jump to shoot the basket, this time shaking Bowen and making him out of position, Sun Zhuo immediately took a tentative step, pretending to break through, and deceived Bowen again, causing Bowen's body to lean back quickly, Sun Zhuo directly pulled up the shot basket and hit.

"It's going to be a goal." Sun Zhuo wrote down this trick.

Sun Zhuo's scoring is slowly rising, but the way he scores makes Popovich feel a little strange.

It stands to reason that Sun is now behind Dwight Howard in all aspects of statistics, and now he should take the opportunity to score in the way he is best at, he obviously has a lot of opportunities to break through the dunk, but he has to choose a more risky way, and his actions seem to have never been seen before, and the scoring efficiency is indeed average, proving that he is not sure. At this time when the finals are all played, how can he still be in the mood to do experiments? ”