"The King's benches are really cheating." When the substitute lineups of the two teams came on the court in the second quarter of the game, Meng Xu on the sidelines also let out a sigh. Originally, Adelman wanted this group of substitutes to come on the court to chase points, but now the difference between the two teams is getting wider and wider, and the Spurs' backup center Reeve Lafrentz and Derrick Anderson's combination of one inside and one outside, when facing the Kings' bench lineup, it is simply a demand for grabs. And after the Kings' sixth man, Bobby Jackson, was sent to the starting lineup by Adelman, the Kings didn't even have a consistent scoring point in their bench.

Therefore, after 3 minutes of playing on the bench lineups, the difference between the two teams came to 15 points, and at the same time, Adelman immediately called a timeout and sent all the main lineups, wanting to use the main lineup to chase points. And Popovich also sent Duncan, which is also the first time this season that Duncan led the bench lineup, and he also used the bench lineup to deal with the main lineup on the opposite side.

After Duncan came on the court, the Spurs began to play the twin-tower tactics of Duncan and Reeve Lafrentz, Reeve Lafrentz's low-post offense was basically none, but he had a good mid-range shot, and this guy's defense was also very good, especially the blocking ability, which was top-notch among all centers in the entire league, and Reeve Lafrentz averaged 2.6 blocks per game this season, more than David Robinson. Although Reeve Lafrentz is a white player, his physical fitness is still very good, and he has a high basketball IQ, and now the management of the Spurs is ready to focus on developing him, fortunately, after David Robinson retires, he will serve as the main center of the Spurs, but this season Reeve Lafrentz's rookie contract expires, and renewing Reeve Lafrentz this summer is a big expense.

At the same time, compared with David Robinson, who is getting older, Reeve Lafrentz, who is only in the third year today, is more physical, and his movement is also very good, and because he is playing power forward when he is in the Nuggets, Reeve Lafrentz is always floating outside on the offensive end, so when defending Verratti Divac, Reeve Lafrentz has an advantage over David Robinson, because he can always keep up with Verratti Divac.

"Tim Duncan's dominance under the basket is just too strong." After the game restarted, because Reeve Lafrenz had to go out to defend Divac, the task of protecting the basket fell to Duncan, and without David Robinson's cover, Webber was also relieved and bold to go straight to the basket, wanting to single Duncan under the basket, but played 3 times in a row without success.

And now there is a very strange scene on the court, the bench lineup led by Duncan is more effective on the defensive end than when the main lineup is all on the court, because the bench lineup is younger, they do better than the main lineup in defensive rotation, Mario Ellie, Sean Elliott and David Robinson are all almost 40 old men, although the game is experienced, but the physical fitness and pace are now obviously unable to keep up, and this group of young players on the bench, although they still lack game experience, However, the defensive system formed around Duncan is still very effective.

"Damn, damn." When another low-post single was struck by Duncan's interference, Webb was now visibly out of breath, clenching his fists and muttering as he retreated.

And after Webb began to fall into a single whirlpool with Duncan, the Kings couldn't find their rhythm throughout the second quarter, and the Spurs were constantly slowing down the pace of the game, even at the cost of fouls to disrupt the King's rhythm. And this fragmented game was obviously in the Spurs' favor, and by halftime, 50-37, the Spurs had led the Kings by 13 points.

After the end of the half, Duncan also contributed 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Webb, who was opposite Duncan, shot 4 of 14 in the half and got 10 points and 4 rebounds.

When the game started in the third quarter, the Spurs and the Kings also sent their own main lineups, but looking at the increasingly unfavorable situation on the court, Adelman was also very anxious pacing back and forth on the sidelines, after the halftime break, under the persuasion of Adelman, Chris Webber finally gave up the plan to continue to single Duncan, but the King still couldn't find the rhythm of the game he was familiar with, the Spurs or Popovich, the ability to control the rhythm of the game was too strong, from the beginning of this game, The Kings had already strayed off their tracks, sliding towards the rhythm that the Spurs were familiar with, and finally the Kings were now fully into the rhythm of the Spurs. And judging from the situation on the court, Tim Duncan also has a very strong ability to control the pace of the game, and Adelman has not seen this from Webber so far, just in this regard, Tim Duncan is indeed much stronger than Webb.

"Jason be careful." Jason Williams, who was eaten to death by Meng Xu in the first quarter, no longer played those tricks after he returned to the court in the third quarter, but protected the ball very honestly, even if he called his teammates to cover in the half, he couldn't make mistakes, so although the pace of the court was getting slower and slower, and the Kings were falling behind more and more scores, Jason Williams was decent in the third quarter, and there was no crazy mistake like in the first quarter. But being too low-key is obviously not Jason Williams' style, just after the first 5 minutes were passed peacefully, and it was about to be the official timeout, Jason Williams was once again in the spring, taking advantage of Meng Xu being blocked by Peja Stojakovic and defending himself became Mario Elie, Jason Williams wanted to make a coquettish pass again.

In this offense, David Robinson rarely left the basket, and Tim Duncan went to make up for Sean Elliott to defend Doug Christie, at this time, after continuous reverse runs and air cuts, Webber finally vacated, and it was a very good opportunity to face the frame, so Jason Williams made a gesture to Webb, and then half-turned on the spot with a very skillful spot, throwing the basketball from his back to the basket, it is foreseeable that once Webb receives the basketball in the air to complete the empty catch, Then this will be another typical top 10 ball match.

But as soon as his basketball was thrown out from behind, Jason Williams heard his teammates shouting loudly behind him, and looked back at the basketball he threw out had reached Meng Xu's hands, looking at Meng Xu who had already played a fast break with a shocked face, Jason Williams's fingers were now shaking uncontrollably.

"The king is finished." When Meng Xu dunked quickly, the difference between the two teams reached 19 points, and at this time, Magic Johnson directly sentenced the king to death.

"Chris's expression is so funny." Different from Magic Johnson's focus, Michaels now all his attention is focused on Chris Webb, just now Webb saw Jason Williams make an empty gesture towards him, Webber did not hesitate at all, after running forward, he jumped directly towards the top of the basket, but what is more embarrassing is that until Webb landed, he did not see the basketball passed by Jason Williams.

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Looking at the depressed Jason Williams on the field, and the unwilling Chris Webber, Adelman on the sidelines also bit his lip. In the 4 games with the Spurs this season, except for the first game because of Meng Xu's absence, the king defeated the Spurs, and the kings all ended in a crushing defeat in the next few games, and this game now seems to have the same ending as the previous two games. The Kings have never been able to find a way to crack the Spurs' defense, especially Jason Williams has even become unable to play under Meng Xu's defense, and in this state, once the two teams meet in the playoffs, the Kings have no chance of winning.

When the third quarter was over, 81-60, the Spurs' lead had reached 21 points, and when the players on both sides went off the court, almost everyone in the entire Sleep Train Arena now knew that the game was over, and with a 21-point gap, the fourth quarter had inevitably been reduced to garbage time.

In the end, when the bench lineups of both sides played garbage time in the fourth quarter, 105-91, the Spurs won a big victory over the Kings on the road, in this game, Tim Duncan contributed 30 points, 18 rebounds, and 4 blocks in less than 30 minutes of playing time, while Webb had 19 points and 11 rebounds. While the team won the game, Duncan once again overpowered Chris Webber in statistics. And Meng Xu also contributed 8 points, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists in this game.

"Congratulations to the Spurs, congratulations to Tim Duncan, congratulations on getting to the top spot in the regular season again." When the whistle blew for the end of the game, Michaels stood up from the commentary box.

After losing this game, while the Kings handed over the No. 1 position in the league, Chris Webber also lost the opportunity to compete with Tim Duncan for the regular season MVP.