"Boy, your shooting is terrible, I don't know how your coach took you." After the start of the final quarter, Meng Xu missed three consecutive shots under the interference of Sprewell, and in the previous game, he shot 3 of 7 3-pointers in the second quarter and 1 of 4 in the third quarter, and the 3-point shooting rate of 4 of 14 shots was already quite low.

"Status, you know? Do you want to say that if you dare to vote like this, you will definitely be replaced by the coach, right? This shows what your position is with the Knicks. Meng Xu looked at Sprewell and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you only scored 5 points in this game, which doesn't fit your character." ”

"Bastard."

"You have to know that as long as you have the opportunity to shoot, sooner or later you will shoot, and if you don't, you can only stare dryly. You see what I do when I defend you, and you don't dare to shoot. After Meng Xu finished speaking, he gave up the entanglement with Sprewell and ran to defend Alan Houston.

"Ignore me." After Meng Xu went to defend Alan Houston, who held the ball, Mario Elie appeared in front of Sprewell, from the second half, Sprewell almost put all his energy on defending Meng Xu, and basically did nothing on the offensive end, but fortunately, whether it was Alan Houston or Ewing Larry Johnson, they were all players who could score 20+ in a game.

Some of the Sprewells who were angered by Meng Xu directly reached out to Alan Houston to ask for the ball, and Alan Houston, who saw Sprewell asking for the ball, also breathed a sigh of relief, as one of the Knicks' backcourt double guns, Sprewell can score close to 19 points per game this season, but Sprewell basically did not attack much in this game, and he was a little alone under Meng Xu's defense, Alan Houston, who shot 53% in mid-range shooting this season, has only shot 4 of 12 so far in this game, The six turnovers in the first three quarters of the game also tied the career record.

After holding the ball, Sprewell shook and brushed past Mario Elie, and Samaki Walker hit a jumper in the face of the reinforcement.

"Boy, I heard that you won't win, how about mine?" When he retreated, Spreville, who passed by Meng Xu's side, did not forget to taunt.

"That's it, a little worse than Alan Houston's." After Meng Xu finished speaking, he ran towards the bottom left corner.

Ran from the bottom corner of the left side along the bottom line to the bottom corner of the right, after Sprewell was blocked by Samaki Walker, Meng Xu was completely empty at this time, and after receiving the basketball from Duncan from the inside line, Meng Xu adjusted it and shot, and the basketball hit the hollow.

After hitting this shot, Meng Xu felt a lot more relieved, Meng Xu obviously doesn't have the mentality of pointing at Qianfu coldly, even if the first 10 shots are missed, the 11th ball will be decisively shot, to be honest, even if Meng Xu dares, Popovich will not allow it.

"Funny, I really don't remember to eat." One minute later, when Meng Xu, who made a provocative move against the Knicks' bench after hitting another 3-pointer, Spurs' assistant coach Mike Budenholzer was also a little speechless.

Seeing that the Spurs played a small 7-2 climax, chasing the difference to only 1 point, Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout, and after the game restarted, Jeff Van Gundy was a little stunned to find that Popovich replaced most of the main players, leaving Duncan on the court with a group of substitute players, and the tactics he arranged during the timeout were completely useless.

Popovich, who was on the bench next door, looked at Jeff Van Gundy, whose hair was getting thinner, and the corners of his mouth turned up to reveal a smile, as if to say, "Xiaoxiang, play with me, you are still a little tender." ”

Just a minute later, Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout again and brought on a substitute, with seven minutes left in the game, it was time for the main players to rest.

Although the score is still ahead, watching Duncan wreak havoc on the court, the team's bench interior has nothing to do, and Jeff Van Gundy is also anxious. Ewing and Larry Johnson have played more than 35 minutes in this game, Larry Johnson is better, Ewing is a 38-year-old veteran, his physical strength is not able to support the whole game now, if he is not allowed to rest now, he will basically have no physical strength until the last moment of the game.

For the rotation of the main players, Popovich can be said to be the best in the entire league, since Popovich took over the Spurs, the average playing time of several main players of the Spurs has basically been controlled at about 30 minutes per game, and from the middle of the season began to rotate and rest, which also makes a group of veterans of the Spurs have enough physical strength to deal with a full season. Jeff Van Gundy, on the other hand, is the opposite, eager for every main player to play the full 48 minutes, and under Van Gundy, an average of 40 minutes per game is commonplace. This is also the reason why Popovich is better at discovering and developing rookies than other head coaches in the league, and no matter how good the talent is, the lack of playing time will be wasted sooner or later.

With five minutes left in the game, Tim Duncan hit a half-turned shot to put the Spurs back up 83-82.

After the score was overtaken, Jeff Van Gundy couldn't sit still and immediately called a timeout and replaced all the main players, while Popovich still seemed very calm and did not make targeted substitutions.

After the substitution, the situation on the court changed slightly, although Tim Duncan was still unstoppable on the inside, but the Knicks' backcourt two guns Alan Houston and Sprewell also broke out at the same time, and the two sides played inextricably for a while, and the score was also alternately leading.

90-89, with two minutes left in the clock, the Knicks still led by one point, and Popovich called a timeout, pulled all the main players to his side, and made the final tactical arrangements.

"Jeff, what's wrong?" After the game restarted, assistant coach Thibodeau looked at Jeff Van Gundy, who was rubbing his eyes, and asked with concern.

"It's fine." For some reason, after the pause, his eyelids suddenly jumped a few times, and Jeff Van Gundy subconsciously rubbed them.

After the start of the game, the Spurs still played Duncan, Duncan hit Ewing with the ball on his back, and after Ewing was pushed to the paint area, Larry Johnson's bag was also in place, this time Duncan did not force a turn to shoot, but a half-turn and then distributed the ball to Meng Xu who was at the 3-point line.

After receiving the ball, Meng Xu continued to take a slight step to the left, and then retreated in an instant, Sprewell, who defended Meng Xu, was blocked by Avery Johnson, and Alan Houston, who was making up the defense, was also thrown away, and his hand fell with a knife, and he hit a 3-point shot, and the Spurs overtook the score again.

Alan Houston's mental quality has always been very good, but I don't know why Alan Houston has always felt uneasy in this game, especially now, maybe it was a little embarrassed by Meng Xu in the previous game, and at this critical moment Alan Houston was a little hesitant after holding the ball.

"Alain, here." Looking up, Sprewell, after getting rid of Mario Ely's defense, asked for the ball for himself, and Alan Houston immediately passed the basketball out.

"Not good." After passing the ball, Alan Houston subconsciously glanced at Meng Xu behind him, but found that at some point, this guy had appeared on his side, and the basketball he passed to Sprewell was being caught by this guy.

"Meng Xu broke the ball, Avery Johnson hit a layup, and the Knicks were in danger."

94-90, with the Knicks trailing by four points, Jeff Van Gundy used the last timeout, and Alan Houston bowed his head on the sidelines, receiving a reprimand from Van Gundy.

After the start of the game, the Knicks threw the sideline ball, and after Sprewell got the ball, he passed to Larry Johnson on the inside, Larry Johnson's layup was directly taken off by Duncan, and after the basketball was picked up by Mario Elie, he directly assisted Meng Xu to dunk and score, 96-90, with less than 1 minute left, and the Knicks were powerless.

The final score was fixed at 102-94, and the Spurs ended their three-game losing streak after winning away from the Knicks, and the gap between the Knicks and the Pacers was further widened.