"I know I'm going to do something, but not through my mouth, let's see you on the field!"

Before the start of the third game of the finals, the reporter asked Woody to show his attitude.

Woody usually makes a lip call in front of the media, but that's just an ordinary moment, which is normal, being a "dumb" star in the NBA, the final result is to become an "honest person" in the eyes of others, I don't know how many people will run to touch porcelain, and the same attention will be much less.

What?

You say that a player only needs to speak with his performance on the field, and the spotlight that belongs to him will come?

Tim Duncan has never been the "king of votes", and Kevin Garnett, who has led the team far less than him in his career, has become the "king of votes", which alone proves that gimmicks are the key to attracting fans.

The biggest difference between Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett is that he puts pragmatism on his head, while Kevin Garnett wears "toughness" on his head.

Of course, the most traffic has to be someone who wears the crown on their head.

That's the way to play with the most traffic is really chosen.

Another reason for Woody is that he still needs to talk to Stan Van Gundy.

"Man, I'm ready to play 48 minutes in every game, don't worry about my fitness, I'm only 19 years old, if I can't play 48 minutes at my age, do you expect me to do it in 10 years?"

"What Tim Duncan can give, I can give too!"

Stan Van Gundy recalled a few years later that Woody and he were in the small room on this day, and he said in no uncertain terms:

"From that day on, I knew that this man was going to have a very legendary career!"

At the San Antonio Spurs' home stadium that night, the scene was packed with fans early.

In the past few days, the media has reported on Tim Duncan, and the word used the most is perseverance.

In these two games, Tim Duncan averaged about 44 minutes of playing time per game, with 4 minutes of rest in each game, and he can still hold on for such a long time with such height and weight.

It's not an easy thing to do!

It's almost the same as a perimeter player playing the full 48 minutes.

Tim Duncan's grit came home to a win for the Spurs, and if all goes well, the Spurs could win three games in a row and beat the Heat on their home court!

It's the best year in the Heat's history, and they're looking forward to a poor ending for the Spurs!

Speaking of which, they haven't won a championship for two years!

This year......

Let the Heat pay the tuition and win the cup at the same time!

But soon, Spurs fans discovered that it was not an easy thing to do, because ......

The Heat have a strong desire to come up tonight, and they are extremely aggressive on both the offensive and defensive ends.

The Spurs played a bit passively.

In terms of athletic talent, it must be the Heat team who has the advantage, and the Heat team also took this point to the extreme today, pulling the speed of offensive and defensive switching very fast.

There's one flaw that hasn't changed in Tony Parker that Popovich covered up with team tactics, but didn't completely cover up, and that was his poor ability to control the court.

When the Heat pulled up the speed, he unknowingly ran with the Heat.

By the time Popovich was furious and finally called him to stop, the Heat had already relied on their athleticism to play an 18-11 deficit.

Then Popovich saw a situation that made him very uneasy:

Woody played the first quarter!

At first, he didn't care, just after the first quarter, Stan Van Gundy's use of Woody, he hadn't seen the whole picture, so he couldn't judge directly.

But when he saw that Woody was taken back into the court within two minutes of the second quarter, and played the entire first half, he was visibly panicked.

If Woody is also the court, I'm afraid Tim Duncan will have to play the full 48 minutes!

Because of Stan Van Gundy's arrangement, it was possible to stagger Shaq O'Neal's playing time by about 6 minutes from Woody's playing time, so that Tim Duncan could hardly find any rest in the game.

What's worse is that Ginobili, who broke out yesterday, has not been in shape for a long time tonight, and the Heat have changed their defender against him, using Gerald Wallace in the No. 3 position to play against him, with explosive physicality, and long hands and feet like "Spider-Man", Wallace is fully engaged, and he is enveloped by a big net throughout the game. At the end of the first half, Ginobili scored seven points, which was the seven points he had already scored in the first quarter of the previous game, and even exceeded.

In the last game, he had scored 19 points after the first half, and the 12 points he lost were missing, and the Spurs really had no one to make up for it.

Tony Parker didn't score as much as him in the last game, but he also scored 19 points, which is already more than his playoff average, and although he scored 10 points at halftime in this game, it was only one more than the previous game.

The hole couldn't be filled, and the Spurs ended up trailing by about 12 points after the first half.

Tim Duncan has done his best, but on the other hand, he has made it clear that he doesn't just treat this game as if it were a normal game.

In the second half, Woody still stayed on the court for a long time, he almost became the "Tim Duncan" of the Heat, and played more than 8 minutes in the third quarter, Woody's playing time in this game has come to 30 minutes, and he rested for less than 2 minutes in the entire first half.

Of course, because he's extended his time on the court, Tim Duncan hasn't rested for a minute now, and all the Spurs' timeouts have been used to give him a breather.

But with Ginobili confined to it, Tim Duncan alone was too tiring.

At the end of the third quarter, the Heat had a 16-point lead of 76-60!

The spectator hall, which was originally very lively before the game, suddenly became silent, and all the Spurs fans looked at such a score, and they were not interested in cheering at all.

Finally, less than 4 minutes into the fourth quarter, the Heat officially stretched the difference to 20 points, Popovich threw in the towel, replaced the starting lineup early, Stan Van Gundy followed closely to replace the bench, and finally on the home court of the Spurs, the Heat played a 98-75 victory.

Spurs fans at the scene also left the game one after another after Popovich replaced the starter.

They came with great interest, but they didn't expect to see such a fiasco.

Post-match stats:

On the Heat's side, Woody ended up playing a total of about 38 minutes, and with most of the fourth quarter resting, he could still play so much time, Buck summed it up with one sentence: "This is the attitude that Woody wants everyone to see!" ”

In 38 minutes of playing time, his stats were 32 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal.

In this game, Woody focused more on the consumption of Tim Duncan, attacking directly when he got the ball on the inside, and receiving the ball in the high post was also based on "back play".

All he showed was three words:

Aggressive!

Tim Duncan's consumption in this game is greater than before, in fact, the reason why Popovich chose to replace Tim Duncan is that he has obviously been unable to hold on to the court, in this case, it is better to give up early to let Tim Duncan have more time to rest.

In the matter of "strong man breaking his wrist", Popovich is that ruthless.

He really took 7 games and gambled there.

The Heat's second-highest scorer was Shaq O'Neal, who also had 23 points and 10 rebounds in a game in which he and Woody wore Tim Duncan to death.

It's also Stan Van Gundy who expects them to play.

Wade's stats for this game were 19 points and 8 assists.

Seemingly resigned to his fate, he no longer forced Bruce Bowen's defense, but instead helped his teammates score by attracting the ball in the bag, and his eight assists proved that his idea was completely fine.

On the Spurs' side, Tim Duncan once again got 21 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

Ginobili's statistics in the last game were exaggerated, and the statistics in this game were a little bleak, and he only had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists after the whole game.

Gerard Wallace's defense made his breakthrough uncomfortable.

In the case of a breakthrough that cannot be rushed, Ginobili can only rely on his three-point shot.

But apparently he used up all of today's quota yesterday, shooting 1 of 5 from beyond the three-point line, which was very bleak.

But this is Manu Ginobili, a sharp "nerve knife".

Tony Parker is much more stable in comparison, and he also got 18 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds in this game, but his data is not enough to fill the void of Ginobili's slump, not to mention that the Spurs want to win themselves by relying on him and Ginobili to play exceptionally.

The big score came to 2-1!

Before this game, for the Heat, it was still a stormy trend of public opinion, but at this moment, a shocking change immediately occurred, and the media that were more optimistic about the Heat team all came back at once.

The Miami media also stopped complaining about the format, and that's how the winners take their stride.

At this time, Quawoody and they are over!

Speaking of which, Woody was indeed blown to a new level, after all, his attitude before this game and what he did in this game were all in the eyes of everyone.

Here's what the Miami media put it: "Some of the 03 Tianjiao are now working on his fishhook, and some of the 03 Tianjiao have learned how to be a good leader!" ”

Tim Duncan brought the Spurs tenacity, and now Woody brings the same to the Heat!

The Spurs are in big trouble:

How do they deal with the Heat's rotation that consumes Tim Duncan?

Although Tim Duncan is also only 29 years old, when 19-year-old Woody stands in front of him, it still makes him feel the vicissitudes of life.

Especially when this guy slams into the basket every time he gets the ball.

"Not to mention the team and Shaq O'Neal!"

From this point of view, many media outlets believe that the Suns are actually more restrained than the Spurs against the Heat.

After all, the Heat don't have the No. 1 spot at Nash's level, which means that the pace of the game will be easily pulled by the Suns.

Not to mention anything else, when the rhythm is up, Shaq O'Neill's tonnage will definitely not be able to hold up.

It is equivalent to saying that the Heat team is missing a "giant" out of thin air.

Of course, such remarks are just a discussion within a certain range, and more media are still focused on Game 4 of the Finals, and they want to see what kind of adjustments the Spurs will have.

Popovich is not one to sit still, and in the fourth game of the finals, after only two or three minutes of the first quarter, he let everyone see his change.

In the first three games, whenever Woody got the ball on the outside, Tim Duncan would get stuck in a tangled defensive position, and a large part of the physical consumption also came from this. And this game Popovich is clearly intent on helping Tim Duncan take the pressure off of that aspect.

When Woody tried to catch the ball high again, the Spurs always used Bruce Bowen to face him.

Bowen really can't withstand Woody's "back hit", but there is still Tim Duncan standing behind him.

As long as Woody pushes Bowen to the basket, Tim Duncan can form an effective pinch shot.

And if Woody chooses to roll over and make a jumper......

Then let him jump shot!

One thing Popovich knows is that the Spurs have only one Tim Duncan, and it's impossible to completely limit Shaq O'Neal or Woody.

In such a situation, as long as one of them can score in a way that he is not so good at, it is actually a better quality defense.

At least in Popovich's defensive philosophy, it works!

Not to mention, the effect is really good, throughout the first half, Woody struggled to score, only scored 7 points, and the number of times he attacked Tim Duncan under the basket was greatly reduced, making Tim Duncan on the court less laborious.

In the second half, you can still play the offensive method of "one-handed splitting".

He's telling his teammates that I'm good, that's great!

This is a demonstration of stabilizing the morale of the military.

A psychology graduate player, his every move is suggestive.

The rest of the Spurs seem to have sensed what Tim Duncan was trying to say, and this team showed a consistency that wasn't available in the last game.

All right!

It should be said that there was no stability in the previous games.

Everything is fine with Tim Duncan, peace of mind for everyone, this peace of mind is not something that can be brought by cutting 30 plus Ginobili, there is only one true god of this team, and that is Tim Duncan.

The 20-point slaughter in the last game disappeared in this game, and until the end of the third quarter, the score on both sides was still 79-78, and the Heat barely led by one point.

It was a credit to Shaq O'Neal, who had already scored 20 points by the end of the third quarter.

(End of chapter)