Chapter 192: The Holy City of Antonio

After the Knicks' defeat in Dallas, the second leg of the Texas trip ended, and then there was a day of rest, but as a professional player, it is impossible to run back to New York City again in one day, and the fatigue caused by back and forth is definitely not something that these Knicks players who have experienced back-to-back games can bear, after the end of the Dallas trip, the Knicks immediately moved to the Holy City of Antonio to prepare for the third game, against the Spurs,

San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas, after Houston, is a typical western city, and Houston, Dallas has the same rich natural resources and animal husbandry, the city is built with the Antonio River as the center, is one of the most attractive cities in the United States, livable and full of rich historical atmosphere, ranked second among the most popular cities in the United States, can be ranked ninth in the world, 18th century priest mansions, scenic riverside pedestrian streets, museums, theaters, are full of a strong historical atmosphere, so that tourists linger,

But there is no time to watch all this, the Knicks entered recovery training immediately after arriving at Antonio, in the last game Van Gundy faced a strong opponent like the Mavericks is a headache, and now the Spurs are also a strong team, their side is tired, and the Spurs are waiting for work at home, in contrast, the Knicks' predicament is much greater, and now the great scenery outside is not in the mood to visit,

Since the Spurs entered the NBA in 1976, the road ahead is ups and downs, there was an iceman George Gervin leading the Spurs on the road to the championship, but in the end it did not get what they wanted, until the nineties, the Spurs rose again, won the "Admiral" David Robinson and continued to strengthen their combat effectiveness in the league, but the Spurs with the Admiral are still a little difficult to support, after getting Stone Tim Duncan in 1997, The Spurs are the real rise, in 1999, it was in David Robinson and Duncan that they combined the two inside to form the "Twin Towers", which brought the Spurs a long-lost championship, in the previous life Liang Xiao knew that the Spurs were under the leadership of ** Vic, won four championship trophies, and achieved the Spurs dynasty, and now it is the last year of the Spurs Twin Towers, the Spurs won the championship again this season in the previous life, which is a dream of the admiral, the dream of the double championship,

"Hey, one more, why can't you do it, I see if you've been a little weak lately, you know, the third game will be played tomorrow." In the temporarily loaned arena, the Knicks' players carried out restorative training, head coach Van Gundy did not make too many requests, the assistant coach was conducting various training operations on the side, Liang Xiao and Sprewell were training one-on-one, an hour later, Sprewell was exhausted, Liang Xiao teased beside him,

"False, you are empty, or let's compete tonight to see who is false." Sprewell winked at Liang Xiao who walked down, the madman's favorite thing is to have this kind of meat and vegetarian joke with Liang Xiao,

"Who will compare with you, I'm afraid you will lose face when the time comes."

Liang Xiao's words almost choked the madman drinking water to death, "I'll lose to you, it's a joke, boy, if you don't dare to compete with me, you will admit defeat." ”

The two were playing on the field, there was no awareness of losing, Liang Xiao was a person who would only look forward, the win or loss of the later games was not very important, the important thing was to look forward, how to win the next game, the madman was more nervous, even if it was the last ban, he was not aware at all, and the win or loss in the next game did not seem to be very interesting to him,

The Knicks' training was not high-intensity, and after more than a day of rest in Antonio, the physical recovery was almost the same, and the time soon came for the Knicks' last game in December, challenging the Spurs away.

The game was broadcast on TNT TV in the United States, and many TV stations in Chinese mainland broadcast the game, Knicks vs. Spurs, one has Chinese players, the other is the favorite team to win the championship,

"Hello everyone, everyone is watching the court five now, now we are broadcasting the NBA live for everyone, the Knicks vs. Spurs game, welcome everyone to watch, you can participate in the SMS interaction to win the gift package activity, the commentator we invited in this game is our Zhang Weiping Zhang guidance, what kind of wonderful game will the Knicks and Spurs present to you in this game, we will wait and see." The host of Imperial Court Radio 5 began to narrate half an hour before this game, "This game is the third game of the Knicks' trip to Texas, Director Zhang, what do you think of this game." ”

"The Knicks played two of the three games in Texas, two games with one win and one loss, overall it is still very good, in these two games the performance of Chinese player Liang Xiao is also very good, the last game is to refresh his own scoring high, there are a lot of comments from major media, I believe that the audience in front of the TV must have paid attention to his performance, as for this game, I think if the Knicks can play normally, the chance of winning is still very good, for the Spurs, The record since this season has not been very good, the first 20 games have won and lost half, in fact, this is inconsistent with the Spurs, but in return, the Spurs personnel lineup is worrying, and now the Spurs plus the players who can play a total of 12 people, in fact, this is a dangerous signal, if a friend is injured again, the Spurs will encounter difficulties. "Director Zhang's series of analyses, worries about the Spurs' lineup, and great hopes for the Knicks in this game,

"If you say that, there's a good chance that the Knicks will get a win on the road."

"Yes, the Knicks' lineup is not weak, although there is no such good and strong interior line on the inside, but on the outside, the current Knicks are not worried at all, the Knicks with the Knicks double guns plus Liang Xiao, the firepower on the outside is still very strong, compared to the Spurs, it is stronger than the Knicks on the inside, and it is not necessarily on the outside." Director Zhang's hoarse voice made a very powerful analysis of the Knicks' strengths,

"Now the Knicks won't be able to win this game easily."

"That's not to say, although the current performance of the Spurs has always relied on the twin towers of the interior, and now Admiral Robinson is old, but Duncan on the inside is a young man, and the Spurs have always been a civilian team, and the team's style of play is practical, not much gorgeous, but it is such a team, often in many cases the threat is quite large, and the Knicks must not be taken lightly."

"Okay, now the game starts immediately, the players on both sides are standing in the middle circle, the Knicks' lineup in this game has not changed much, Liang Xiao is still sitting on the bench, I think Liang Xiao must have the ability to compete for the best sixth man award at the end of this year's game, Liang Xiao's contribution is definitely not the height reached by a player who did not participate in the draft, look at the starting lineup of the Spurs, the center is Admiral David Robinson, the big front is Stone Buddha Duncan, the small front is Bruce Bowen, The scoring guard is Stephen Jackson, the point guard is Tony Parker, the Spurs' starting five and the Knicks' starters, compared to the ability, the Knicks are still slightly inferior, but the final victory or defeat of this game still depends on who can have the last laugh on the court. ”

Jumping ball in the middle circle, Robinson of the Spurs is really not old, although he is now 37 years old, he has been in the NBA for many years, and he has degraded a lot in terms of body and skills, but it does not affect his existence as an excellent center at all, this veteran who has been selected for the Dream Team 1 and Dream 3 teams, one of the top 50 superstars in NBA history, is not old at all, although the jump in the middle circle is not as high as in the past, but when Harrington holds up the ball, His big hand dragged the ball to his backcourt again after Harrington,

After Tony Parker got the ball, the speed was not particularly fast, for the Spurs it was definitely not a team that played fast offense, and now the Spurs have two important heights on the inside, and the Spurs positional battle based on the interior line is absolutely first-class.

After Parker was in the frontcourt, Duncan did not wait in the three-second zone in the first time, and now Robinson has not retired, more often, Duncan is waiting outside the three-second zone, close to Thomas to ask Parker for the ball, Parker's offense this time is definitely beneficial to the Knicks, point guard Parker is a sophomore, but in terms of ability is stronger than the veteran Easley, although the experience is not very sufficient, but the talent can make up for it,

After Duncan took the ball at a 45-degree angle, he turned around after dribbling two steps, and scored a cricket ball, Duncan's 45-degree angle board is really incomprehensible, although Thomas is very hard to defend Duncan, but Duncan, who has good physical fitness, flexible footsteps, and delicate skills, Thomas has no ability to get benefits at all,

The Spurs, led by leader Duncan, scored the first goal, and suddenly the Spurs' home SBC Center was later AT