"Flying Squirrel is a pill in this game." After being blocked by Meng Xu, Stoudemire, who had not slowed down for more than a minute on the field, was directly replaced after Mike Dunwilly called a timeout, and after the game, Stoudemire directly covered his head with a towel.

Perhaps it was Mike Dunwilly's arrangement during the timeout, Pippen gave up his gambling with Meng Xu, and no longer pressed Meng Xu all over the court, but put all his limited energy on organizing the offense, and the defense of Mario Elie was also slightly relaxed.

In the next game, because the Trail Blazers have been unable to solve the problem of internal and external connection in the three-inside strategy, and the Spurs continued to play iron because of the feel of several outside players, the two teams were abnormally coordinated and fell into a scoring drought at the same time, until Meng Xu scored two points by stealing Rashid Wallace and launching a fast attack, the iron game that lasted almost 4 minutes was declared over, and when the half, the Spurs only led the Trail Blazers by 1 point at 39-38.

After halftime, the two teams scored the most points Meng Xu, shooting 6 of 10 in the entire first half, 4 of 8 3-pointers, and scored a team-high 14 points in a defensive battle. Although Meng Xu's shooting rate is not bad, the Spurs' overall 3-point shooting rate is 6 of 19, while the opposite Trail Blazers are even worse, only 1 of 5.

"Erwin, what kind of adjustments do you think the two teams will make in the second half?" As the players of the two teams began to walk into the tunnel and looked at the backs of the players of the two teams, Michaels asked the magician beside him.

"Both the Spurs and the Trail Blazers should make some changes, and as you can see from half-time play, the Trail Blazers' three-line interior play has no hope of winning, and although they blocked Tim Duncan well, it was not enough to help the Trail Blazers get a win. And the Spurs also need to change their style of play, perhaps in the series with the Lakers, Popovich is now a little too dependent on outside shooting, the Spurs should add some breakthroughs, only the Trail Blazers' interior continues to cause damage, can Duncan be liberated. "As a narrator, the skill of pointing out the country must be full, and I have to say that the magician has now completely entered the state.

"Yes, the Trail Blazers are in desperate need of a change, and I have to say that Mike Dunwiley is more stubborn than Popovich."

After halftime, as Magic Johnson said, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers both made changes to the lineup, and the Trail Blazers returned to their familiar lineup and tactics, but with a slight difference, in the point guard position, Mike Dunway used Stacy Ogmon to replace Damon Studrider. On the Spurs' side, Duncan was partnered with Marik Cross, Sean Elliott returned to the small forward position, and Meng Xu sat on the bench.

Popovich's move, firstly, to strengthen the strength of the bench lineup, but also to let Meng Xu rest for a while, in the second half of the second quarter of the game, the consumption of Meng Xu was too great, almost the whole game was on Pippen to implement pressing tactics, at halftime, Meng Xu sat tired in the locker room and didn't even want to talk. After the two teams made changes at the same time, they both strengthened their performance on the offensive end, and the Spurs really reduced the number of shots from the outside, and all kinds of mid-range shots came back to the scene. Under the leadership of Meng Xu, the Spurs' bench lineup is also on par with the bench lineup led by the two All-Stars of the Trail Blazers for the first time, and even has a slight advantage.

When the third quarter of this game ended and the Spurs and Trail Blazers were tied at 68, almost everyone on the scene knew that if this game was not played until the last minute, I am afraid that there would be no winner. It's just that after the start of the game in the fourth quarter, the situation changed abruptly, and when Meng Xu continued to sit on the bench, the bench lineup composed of Terry Burt, Jaren Jackson, Derek Tiard, Antonio Daniels, and Samaki Walker was blown up by Detreve Schramf and Jermaine O'Neal, and the bench lineups of the two teams only played 4 minutes, and when Greg Anthony extended the Trail Blazers' lead to 6 points through a 3-pointer, Popovich immediately called a timeout, Without waiting for the official timeout, the main lineup was sent in advance.

Because of the lead in the score, in the face of the Spurs' counterattack, the Trail Blazers have always played unhurriedly, while the Spurs have always been a breath of air, so the difference between the two teams has been maintained at about 3 points.

With 40 seconds left in the game, Tim Duncan forced Arvidas Sabonis inside to narrow the gap to one point. Although Duncan has shown fatigue, he has been holding on to his last breath for the Spurs.

Dribbling and glancing at the scoreboard, with the last 33 seconds left, Rashid Wallace went straight to the Spurs' basket, and at this moment, this critical offensive opportunity should be given to the strongest player on the team, but there is no such problem in the Trail Blazers, whether it is Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace or Arvidas Sabonis, they are all the kind of players who are unrelenting in key moments. When Rasheed Wallace, who rushed to the basket, avoided Marikrose's defense and wanted to go to the basket, he was directly attacked by Duncan. The basketball that Duncan photographed in the backcourt was grabbed by Avery Johnson and handed over to Meng Xu, who was on a fast break, and after overtaking the score for the Spurs through a layup, the Spurs fans in the entire Alamo Stadium have begun to celebrate the victory in advance.

88-89, the Spurs finally overtook the score with 25 seconds left in the game.

Because there is no timeout, Mike Dunwilly did not call a timeout, Scottie Pippen controlled the ball, slowly pressed the time, and at the same time was accumulating physical strength for this last attack, this game was too much consumption of Pippen, otherwise the goal just now, Pippen would not let Rasheed Wallace shoot, the more this moment, the more it can reflect the role of a superstar.

Standing near the center circle, glancing up at the scoreboard from time to time while motioning for all his teammates to pull away, Pippen was already thinking about the shooting he would choose for the last offense.

At this moment, Meng Xu stood about a meter in front of Pippen, hunched his waist slightly, did not dare to relax in the slightest, stared at Pippen intently, just when there were 6 seconds left, Pippen moved, and after taking a step directly towards the right side of his body, Pippen seemed to have chosen to break through the basket directly.

Sticking to Pippen, along his possible breakthrough route, he continued to force Pippen to the sideline, at this moment, after Pippen just crossed the 3-point line, Pippen through an emergency stop, retreated, shook to the right, and then turned to the left, after this series of actions, he finally got rid of Meng Xu's defense, and faced Duncan, who came out of the defense, directly under the bag of Duncan and Meng Xu, after hitting a turnaround jumper, the entire Alamo Sports Academy was silent.

"We're killed?" Looking at the basketball that fell into the basket and the Trail Blazers players who had begun to celebrate wildly, Meng Xu immediately had this idea in his mind.

"It's a shame that the Spurs defended very well in the final round, but that's what the superstars do." Looking at Pippen, who threw the lore in front of Duncan and Meng Xu, roaring and celebrating with his teammates who rushed over, Magic Johnson also stood up from the commentary seat and applauded the 35-year-old veteran from the bottom of his heart.