As Bowen watched with a sad face, the Suns, encouraged by Zhang Chen's momentum, finally played their own style, which allowed them to burst out in a short split second that the Spurs could not underestimate, and their scoring became like chopping melons and vegetables again. In this case, the Suns finally began to struggle to chase down the score they had just lost.

The Spurs were stunned by a flurry of combination punches from the Suns in this instant, and they were beaten by the Suns' old punches together, and they were a little bruised and swollen. It's just that when a thin man fights with a fat man, the fat man has rough skin and thick flesh, even if he is beaten by the thin man in an instant, they can quickly and truly react.

In this case, although the Suns have just achieved a lot of offensive results, the Spurs quickly launched a counterattack, their defense is still down-to-earth, punches to the flesh, and their offense is still accurate, and every shot can bring the Suns to the back.

So, not long after Zhang Chen felt that the situation was slightly better, the Suns began to collapse again, and the Spurs' offense was like slowly dissecting a sturdy bull with a knife, and they slowly sliced the bull to pieces. So, the Suns' offense was once again suppressed by the Spurs.

The fortunate thing in the misfortune is that the Suns were not too miserable by the opponent, after all, when the Spurs reacted and began to beat the Suns again, the time of the first half was almost up, and the Suns finally managed to keep the difference within 5 points. The whistle blew at the end of the first half, and the score was 40-35, which was probably the lowest first-half scoring for the Suns this season.

In the locker room, Zhang Chen even felt that he was out of breath, and he couldn't sit on the stool, so he could only pace slowly in the locker room. The Spurs' suppression of them was so crazy that in the last few minutes before the end of the first half, the Suns' last remaining offensive spearhead turned out to be Zhang Chen and Nash. Although Xiao Si on the inside is quite strong in his individual ability, but under the defensive system tailored for him by ** Vicky, he has fallen into Pingyang, and his offensive efficiency is quite low, and he has only scored 7 points so far.

Zhang Chen is currently the highest scorer in the game, he now has 16 points, almost half of the Suns' scores, after Bowen went off the court, Zhang Chen was finally able to fully exert his strength, taking what Ginobili was looking for, and also brushed up two brilliant assists.

These two assists naturally ushered in the surprise cheers of the audience, and also made Zhang Chen's statistics in this game more perfect.

It was only now that Zhang Chen really realized the pressure of that kind of defense, the sense of oppression that real defense brings. The most important reason why the Spurs were able to press the Suns down hard today was their defense, which trapped the Suns and prevented their offense from getting the effect it should. Over time, the Suns have run out of skills and can't hold their defense. And the Spurs' offense against the Suns can't be defended at all, and in this state of eliminating the other, the Suns' suppression can naturally be imagined. Zhang Chen walked around the locker room, and then sat on his own stool, frowning.

D'Antoni also locked his brows, and it could be seen that he was not in a good mood, and the Suns' hatred of the Spurs was not only a problem for players and fans, but also a problem for him as a head coach. He had a lot of respect for the Spurs, but that didn't stop his hatred, and most importantly, he was truly fully aware of the Spurs' defensive pressure today.

The iron cable crosses the river, and the water does not leak. The Spurs' defense taught D'Antoni a real lesson, and he realized that the original defense was never so useless, and in this game, for example, if they could have defended well enough to limit the Spurs' offense, at least they wouldn't have been in such a hurry.

D'Antoni leaned against the wall, his eyes closed, and he could see that he was thinking, so no one bothered him, everyone was thinking about their own business.

People's hearts are a little scattered, Zhang Chen looked at everyone and knew that they might really have no hope in this series, the Spurs' offense and defense were well organized, and the advance and retreat were orderly, so that the Suns simply had no way to start. And now the Suns have the worst morale problem, everyone looks bad, they don't have much confidence in their game.

Zhang Chen sighed and closed his eyes, he himself was a member of the competition who did not have confidence.

The second half of the game started as scheduled, and the two sides did their best, although Zhang Chen already felt that he was tired, he still stepped on the court without hesitation, and he knew that the Suns could not live without him at this time. The Suns have lost several offensive firepower points, and if they lose him together, the Suns will definitely collapse even more, and then no one can stop them.

The first ball was the Spurs, and they still used the most harmonious and perfect team offense, the basketball went through the rotation of teammates, and finally came to Duncan's hands, Duncan was still expressionless, still playing the board with his most stable 45° angle into the frame, and the basketball and the basket were as obedient as ever.

The gap between the Suns and their opponents has widened by two points again, and now it is still Ginobili who defends Zhang Chen. The two men followed each other through the half, and then the Suns started a new offensive run. After looking for a while and couldn't find a more certain offensive point, Nash finally had to break through and make a quick stop jump shot, and then was slapped with a big hat by Duncan on the inside, and the morale of the Suns suddenly sank to the bottom.

…… The third quarter of the game was played in this sad situation, Zhang Chen had tried his best, he hit two two-point shots and one three-point shot in this quarter, and let his score rise to 23 points at the end of the third quarter, but this did not help much for the Suns, who were still falling in the direction of the abyss. After the end of the quarter, the Suns have scored a total of 58 points, while the Spurs have scored 69 points, and the Suns are already on the edge of the cliff, they are already 11 points behind their opponents!

Back in the locker room, the atmosphere was lifeless, and D'Antoni couldn't hold back his temper anymore, slammed the tactics board to the ground, and yelled, "Can anyone tell me what this shit is all about?" Can anyone tell me why we don't have the strength to resist against the Spurs? ”

Everyone didn't speak, still closing their eyes and recuperating, D'Antoni was even more angry in his heart, and said, "Okay! You're all a bunch of soft eggs...... At the critical moment you gave up your dreams of victory...... You guys don't seem to have bones, all I see are stupid people with tired and giving up on their faces! ”

Although no one is still speaking, there is already a kind of anger on the faces of the Suns players, and if D'Antoni continues, it may lead to chaos on the field. However, D'Antoni did go on to say: "We worked hard all season! 82 regular season games! And the five playoffs ahead! We've done amazing things, and we're number one in the West...... But now, I want to ask you, are you trying to let your hard work go to waste at this time? Do you want our hard work this season to wither away like that? Stand up, guys...... We're still the No. 1 Suns team in the West, and we're the most determined! ”

When D'Antoni said the last sentence, although everyone also thought it was bloody, they also stood up and shouted victory at the end, no matter what, no one wants to let their season's hard work be wasted in the end. D'Antoni smiled tiredly, and then walked out of the dark tunnel with everyone again.

The Spurs have found that despite their defeat to the Suns, they are now standing in front of the Spurs with a group of refreshed players, each of whom is full of hope.

"Looks like these guys are back." Parker smiled wryly next to Duncan, and Duncan said, "But they're going back, aren't they?" ”

Parker laughed and then started defending Nash, who was now in possession.

Nash came to halfcourt and found that the Suns had changed the way they had been afraid to catch the ball for most of the first three quarters, and everyone was gearing up to play against their own defenders.

Nash finally passed the basketball to Xiao Si's hands, Xiao Si began to turn around against Duncan, and finally began to make a layup, but Xiao Si was a little too impatient, and the basketball did not fly according to the trajectory he imagined, but flew out, and then Marion grabbed the rebound.

"I'm coming!" Marion used a mid-range shot, but unfortunately still missed, but the worse thing was that the rebound was snatched by the Suns again.

After a lot of hard work, the Suns were quite full of morale when they started the fourth quarter, but after a few missed shots, they were also a little impatient, and morale began to have a subtle reflection.

"Pass!" Seeing this situation, Nash felt that he couldn't hesitate, and immediately asked Xiao Si for the ball, and Xiao Si hurriedly passed the basketball out to Nash's hands.

"I'll do it!" Facing the Spurs' defensive lineup, which was already watertight and seemed to be an impregnable wall, and facing the bloodthirsty light on everyone's face, Zhang Chen said lightly to Nash.

"I'll do it!" Zhang Chen also said this word when facing the Nuggets, and then he used a dunk to make the Nuggets speechless, kicking off the collapse, and now, when the team is in trouble, he says it again. Nash suddenly felt that this guy had an indescribable temperament, although he did not have too good command and popularity at the moment, but he embodied an innate leadership temperament at critical moments - every time the team was in trouble, he did not hesitate.

This kind of leadership temperament is the most invincible, someone has made statistics, Kobe and James are much worse in shooting percentage at critical moments, Kobe is only 29%, and James is 50%, but no one has ever said that James is a cold-blooded killer at critical moments, on the contrary, they all feel that the black mamba is the most poisonous snake at critical moments. The reason here is that Kobe Bryant dared to take on the whole team at a critical moment, he dared to pick the success or failure of the whole team on his own shoulders, he was willing to be the loser. Of course, this is not to say that James does not dare to take responsibility, but he chooses too much to put his hope on his teammates at the critical moment.

And Zhang Chen, although he is unpolished, the kind of leadership temperament that dares to take responsibility has already been revealed!

The basketball came to Zhang Chen's hand, Zhang Chen faced Ginobili in front of him, and slowly received the basketball to the right side of his body. Ginobili has already suffered Zhang Chen's loss, and now he is naturally meticulous, not daring to let his defense have any gaps that can be used by Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen summoned Bell again, his current ball control skills and breakthrough skills make him not have the ability to force a breakthrough for someone like Ginobili, and he still needs to rely on his teammates' blocking and pick-and-roll. Bell blocked Zhang Chen's side, Zhang Chen and his cooperation was already ripe, and quickly rushed out from his left, this speed has been increased to the peak in a short moment, although Ginobili already knew that Zhang Chen was going to use this move, but in the face of the absolute speed that Zhang Chen had established, he had to catch up behind Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen soon came to the inside line of the Spurs, and then put away the basketball, the inside line of the Spurs team has been running wildly, they are defending Zhang Chen while not letting Xiao Si and those people show their empty positions, this defense makes Zhang Chen quite uncomfortable, he finds that his way forward has been blocked by several mountains of the Spurs.

The basket was already close at hand, but unfortunately there were Spurs players in front of him, which made Zhang Chen feel a little painful, and his last remaining option was a step-back jumper.

The body rose slightly into the air, the ball carried Zhang Chen's hope, with the hope that the Suns could regain their momentum, and finally flew into the basket, Zhang Chen's beautiful jump shooting posture once again became the most brilliant picture in the camera frame. Zhang Chen's shot was quite empty, almost grazing the nets and falling into the last hole, and he didn't even make any sound of rubbing against the nets.

"Oh, Anemo! Early morning! The audience saw that Zhang Chen finally re-carried the offensive banner after several missed attacks by the Suns, and only then did they find the object of cheering, and they were also suppressed for too long.

The score was 60:69, the Suns' trailing score returned to double digits, Zhang Chen and his teammates high-fived, and everyone's morale finally began to rise.

The Suns only have the morale to have the capital to collide with the Spurs, there is no doubt about it.

The Suns finally found what they had to have, and they finally started their offensive frenzy after that opening shot from Zhang Chen. In just five minutes, they had their own score to 72 and the Spurs to 80, leaving them with an eight-point lead, and now the Suns had the ball.

Nash unhurriedly controlled the ball across the halfcourt, and finally made a three-point shot directly from outside the three-point line, finally bringing the score gap back to 5 points!

The audience cheered loudly! It's been a long time since they've come so close to their opponent Chrysanthemum.

Then, Vicky called a timeout, D'Antoni smiled and high-fived everyone, seeing the Spurs forced out of the timeout by them, he felt a lot more comfortable, he had been pressed by them for so long, and now it was finally the Suns' turn to fight back. Only Zhang Chen was a little worried, after the start of this game, after their offense came to a frenzy, the Spurs would soon rise again, and the Suns were forced to the current point difference step by step.

After the pause, Bowen was already able to play, his eyes shone with anger towards Zhang Chen, and when he and Zhang Chen faced each other again, the defensive action was even greater.

Zhang Chen doesn't have much to do with this kraft candy, he is far from being a top swingman now, and he can only try to run out of position in the face of such a defense. And the Spurs became vigorous again after the timeout, their offense was still like a precision instrument, punching to the flesh, their defense was more hard, and even they pushed their defensive firepower directly to the distance from the free throw line to the three-point line, which made Zhang Chen's pull-up jump shot several times directly cupped.

The Spurs launched a counterattack again, but fortunately, at this time, Xiao Si finally released a little offensive resistance, and under his attack, the Suns barely survived.

It's just that by the time there were two minutes left in the game, the Suns were already behind by nine points, and despite their possession, most people were not too hopeful about the Suns, and the Spurs suppressed the Suns for one game, and there was no reason why they didn't continue to press the Suns in the last two minutes.

Besides, that's a 9-point gap! It's not two or three, but nine points can already constitute an insurmountable heavenly sting. Nine points require three three-pointers or five two-pointers, and the Suns are basically hopeless.

Some of the fans in the crowd have already started to leave, while the rest of the locals are expecting a miracle to happen, and it seems to them that the game is not over and that anything is possible.

D'Antoni looked at the sweaty players and had a strange feeling in his heart, he knew that the Suns were basically hopeless now, but even if there was a last possibility, he didn't want to give up. Losing a series at home is no joke, you can't win at home, how can you win on the road?

D'Antoni looked at his tactical board, looking for possible solutions, but still felt that the Spurs' defense was like an impregnable wall, basically unable to find a breakthrough on the inside, and the outside was ...... D'Antoni suddenly thought of a possibility, albeit a little crazy.

At this point, does he have any other options? Besides, even if this plan is a bit crazy, then even if it is not implemented, they will definitely lose this game.

Thinking of this, he was much more cheerful, then picked up the tactics board and said to everyone, "Everyone come here...... I think maybe we can find some way to achieve our reversal at the last minute! ”

"What?"

"What?" The team listened to him and walked over.

(To be continued)