Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Scorching Game

Perhaps a little dissatisfied with Vince Carter's disregard for the team's tactical system and crazy singles, Raptors head coach Butch Carter called a short timeout after 2 minutes in the fourth quarter, and Popovich also took advantage of the timeout to make adjustments to the team's on-court lineup, replacing Tim Duncan with Marrick Ross and Jalen Jackson replacing Meng Xu, Duncan and Meng Xu have basically not rested much since they appeared in the second half of the second quarter, and have played 20 minutes in a row now, In order to be able to have enough physical strength in the final decisive moment, Popovich also replaced the two. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info and the Spurs' on-court tactics have also changed from Duncan David Robinson's twin tower tactics to David Robinson's core of a large and four small combination of internal and external tactics, this game David Robinson was trapped in the number of fouls, the first 3 quarters were only on the court for less than 20 minutes, the game has played so far, the aging David Robinson has become the most physical player in the main lineup in addition to Chaggie Brown.

The Raptors also replaced Vince Carter with Dell Curry, Carter played the most minutes of all players on both teams in this game, playing the entire 2nd and 3rd quarters, and after Carter went off the court, the Raptors' offensive core was also transferred to Maddy.

After the game restarted, the Raptors' tactical purpose was also very clear, that is, to take advantage of Tim Duncan's rest time to let Maddie play inside, use Maddy's breakthrough, and directly burst to the basket to cause damage to David Robinson. As a once famous jumper in the alliance, as he gets older, David Robinson's physical condition has also declined very much, the bounce has become worse, and the bullet speed is getting slower and slower.

Watching Maddie rush to the interior line desperately, David Robinson is also on the way to Maddy's layup in advance, although his physical condition is not as good as before, but his defensive awareness is still there, and his game experience of more than ten years is still there. After Duncan was gone, David Robinson also held his breath, wanting to teach these juniors who don't know the height of the sky and let them know that although they are old, they are not the object that everyone can jump on their heads to spread joy.

Maddy held the ball through acceleration and two changes of direction, breaking through two Spurs defenders in succession, and finally standing in front of him was only David Robinson, the former superstar, the man who stood tall in the sky. From the day she entered the league, Maddie secretly vowed in her heart that one day she would reach the top of the league and become the most special one in the entire league, Tracy McGrady.

With the dreams and obsessions in her heart, Maddie rushed to the man who was like a mountain in her mind without hesitation. Just one step away from David Robinson, Maddie jumped up with all her strength.

"It's good to be young." Looking at Maddie jumping high, David Robinson seemed to think of himself when he was young, and he was the same as the young man in front of him at that time, putting away his thoughts, and David Robinson also jumped up against Maddie.

"Tracy was so reckless, and it would be very unwise to rush to challenge David Robinson like this." Looking at the two people who jumped up at the same time and almost collided in the air, Michaels also kept shaking his head.

Just as the two were about to collide in the air, Maddie suddenly drifted towards David Robinson's left side, and then a lever avoided David Robinson in the air and threw the ball into the basket.

After landing, Maddie completely ignored David Robin, who was lonely and unwilling behind him, and rushed to the bench excitedly, celebrating wildly towards the audience.

"Robinson, David Robinson pushed off Antonio Davis who was defending himself and dunked directly."

"Tracy McCready again, against Jaren Jackson, who was defending himself, made a jumper from beyond the 3-point line, and the Raptors overtook the score again."

"The two teams are really anxious." After Duncan Meng Xu went off the court, the Spurs basically gave up defense, Maddie and Robinson went toe-to-toe on the offensive end, often you score a goal and I return a goal, the success rate of both sides is very high, and no one can pull away the score.

Finally, with five minutes left in the fourth quarter, when the score was tied at 91-92, Popovich and Butch Carter switched to the main force at the same time, and the decisive moment finally came.

Duncan, who took over the ball, directly held the ball and killed the inside, not only made a successful layup but also caused a foul by Charles Oakley, and after hitting the free throw, the Spurs took a two-point lead.

On the other end, Vince Carter turned his back to Meng Xu, who was defending him, and after arching his back inward twice, he helped the Raptors equalize with a turnaround jumper, and after this ball was hit, Carter had scored 40 points in this game.

As time went on, in the last few minutes, the two teams invariably strengthened their defense, and the Spurs relied on Duncan and David Robinson to sit on the inside, using Meng Xu to defend Carter alone, and by the way, to help defend Maddie. The Raptors, on the other hand, used Carter to defend Meng Xu, Charles Oakley and Antonio Davis to frantically wrap around Duncan and David Robinson, and Maddie was guarding Mario Elli while also waiting for opportunities to contain Duncan. After the two teams strengthened their defense, perhaps because of the decline in physical strength, the shooting rate of the two teams also plummeted, and in the next 3 minutes, the two sides only scored 2 points each, and the sound of the iron on the court made people even a little desperate.

"With less than 50 seconds left and the score tied at 96, Johnson is still trying to find a chance." After Duncan, David Robinson and Meng Xu restrained most of the Raptors' defensive energy, Robinson also got a lot of opportunities to shoot in this game, 22 shots in the game, almost the most shots in these seasons, but Johnson's shooting rate in this game was very touching, only 8 of 22 shots, and at the last moment of the game, the Raptors also put a step away from their defensive strategy, so as not to let him have the opportunity to break through easily.

After a few rotations, the basketball finally passed to Duncan below the free throw line, facing Charles Oakley and Maddy's sandwich, Duncan turned his back twice in a row and dribbled, with a difficult step-back shot, with his trademark shot to hit the ball, just with 33 seconds left in the game, the Spurs took the lead again, and then the Raptors called a timeout. By the time the game had been played, the balance of victory had completely tilted in favor of the Spurs.