Basketball striker

Chapter 673: The first time in four years

"Manu! Manu!" The fans at the Spurs' home court cheered loudly, and amid the cheers, players from both teams walked to the bench.

The second quarter started, and the first two or three rounds looked very normal. Manu Ginobili, who played as the sixth man on the Spurs' side, was naturally the core of the Spurs' offense, and the Warriors also sent in

Evans is also in the second position.

Then, Ginobili suddenly exerted his strength and hit three consecutive three-pointers to turn the Warriors from a tie to a 5-point deficit. At this time, Nelson called a timeout.

Although Nelson called a timeout, he did not directly send Yang Shuai on. Although Yang Shuai playing is the best way to stabilize the team's situation, if we enter the playoffs, we can only rely on Yang throughout the game.

If you are handsome, even if the Warriors win one or two games, it will be difficult for them to win in the finals. Therefore, after entering the playoffs, unless he has no choice, Nelson does not like to play in the second quarter or fourth quarter.

In a period like the pre-holiday period, let Yang Shuai go on the field to play the role of a firefighter.

This group of Warriors players did not disappoint Old Nelson. They returned to the court and immediately played a 6:2 wave to chase the score to only one point. At this time, the coaches of both sides also began to adjust their team's lineup.

Duncan and Parker on the Spurs' side returned to the court, GDP also came on the court to maintain the strongest offensive power, and Yang Shuai on the Warriors' side also returned to the court.

When Parker dribbled the ball, Duncan once again ran a pick-and-roll, but this time he did not rush directly to the basket. Chandler took the lead and intercepted Parker from behind Duncan to block Parker's forward movement.

The ball kept shaking with his left hand, and Parker was making a fake move to break through, but when he came to the right side of the free throw line and missed the free throw line, he suddenly shot.

Parker's action was undoubtedly very sudden, but he didn't expect Chandler's reaction to be so fast. When he took off to shoot, Chandler quickly took a step forward and jumped to interfere.

Facing Chandler's pressure, Parker seemed to lack confidence. His body twisted slightly in the air, and he threw the ball towards Tim Duncan.

The ball flew out of Parker's hands but did not fall into Duncan's hands. Hinrich suddenly jumped out and intercepted the ball, successfully stealing it. After taking the ball, Hinrich's eyes glanced into the distance, and the ball followed.

Throw it out quickly.

At the same time that Hinrich broke out to steal, Yang Shuai had already started rushing towards the basket. When Hinrich grabbed the ball and glanced forward, Yang Shuai had already rushed to the front.

"Yang received a pass from Kirk in the fast break, and Yang rushed up. No one could stop him... and he dunked! Well done, Yang helped the Warriors take the lead."

With Yang Shuai's successful attack, the Warriors also went from being 1 point behind to 1 point ahead.

Although the Spurs later overtook the score and even widened the point difference to 4 points at one point, the Warriors still gained a 1-point lead after the first half.

58:57, at the end of the half, the scores of the two teams were not low. From an offensive point of view, both teams played well, but from a defensive point of view, it seemed that the defense of both teams was not satisfactory.

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Regardless of whether the offense was good or the defense was bad, at least the score in the first half was still within the acceptable range of the two teams' audiences, because there was almost no point difference between the two teams.

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs took the lead in attacking. As soon as they came on the court, Parker used his breakthrough to tear open the Warriors' defense, and then distributed the ball to Jefferson on the outside. The latter made a three-point shot to allow the Spurs to take the lead.

Lead by 2 points.

The Warriors failed to catch up with the point difference in time. On the offensive end, Yang Shuai missed a mid-range shot. The Spurs took advantage of the opportunity to counterattack. Parker broke through and then gave the ball to Duncan who followed up. The latter forced a layup.

The ball scored and caused Hinrich's foul, and the extra free throw was made. Duncan rewritten the score to 58:63, and the Spurs once again widened the point difference to 5 points.

Yang Shuai attacked with the ball outside the three-point line. After Chandler set up the pick-and-roll, Yang Shuai dribbled to the basket quickly. Duncan made a cover and Jefferson also quickly caught up with the defense, but neither of them could beat Yang Shuai.

was blocked, and at the same time, Chandler, who was unguarded, quickly approached the basket.

Yang Shuai obviously noticed Chandler's move and looked at the team's starting center. Duncan also moved half a step away from Yang Shuai to prepare to return to defense.

Passing the ball, Yang Shuai did pass the ball, but it was not passed to Chandler who was about to rush to the basket, but to Hinrich on the outside. At this time, Parker shrank back to the basket to help defend, but instead

It freed up Hinrich.

After receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, Hinrich threw the ball decisively. He lived up to Yang Shuai's expectations. Hinrich's three-pointer fell steadily into the basket, and the point difference returned to 2 points.

The 2-point difference lasted for nearly half a quarter, and the Warriors were unable to take the lead. It wasn't until Channing Frye, who came on the bench, made a three-pointer that the Warriors closed the score to only 1 point.

Yang Shuai then stole Jefferson's pass and assisted Morrow with a fast break layup and scored the ball. The Warriors entered the second half and tasted the lead for the first time.

At 22:24, after entering the second half, the offensive success rate of both teams declined. With the 2-point advantage in this quarter, the Spurs successfully took the lead by 1 point after the third quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs did not have a high-scoring game, but with their stable scoring, they still widened the point difference to 4 points.

"Yang caught the ball at the baseline, turned around, Yang slipped to the ground, Tyson snatched the ball back, oh, Yang almost made a mistake..."

Getting up from the ground, Yang Shuai asked Chandler for the ball back. Without any hesitation after receiving the ball, Yang Shuai shot against Jefferson's defense from the mid-range.

"Shua!" hit.

Although Yang Shuai hit the ball, Mike Breen shook his head at this time and said: "Yang finally scored the ball, but the Warriors hit the ball very hard. It is obvious that their offense is no longer as calm as the first half.

It seems that the Warriors have a small problem. If they only rely on Yang's personal offense, it will be difficult for them to even the 7-point difference."

Five minutes into the fourth quarter, the Warriors' offense suddenly short-circuited. Two consecutive mistakes and Evans' missed shot gave the Spurs an opportunity to counterattack and widen the point difference.

The Warriors' offense completely relies on Yang Shuai's strong play. It's no wonder that Mike Breen is not optimistic about this style of play. Of course, if Yang Shuai is in good form, this is not a big problem. After all, Yang Shuai is in a single quarter.

Scoring 20 points is not a big challenge. But although Yang Shuai's condition today is good, it can't be called great, at least it's not as abnormal as not reaching 86 points.

With only 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Yang took a step outside the three-point line with the help of Chandler's pick-and-roll and then took off.

"Bang!" The ball bounced out of the basket.

Yang Shuai's missed shot seemed to declare the Warriors' defeat in this game. The score at this time was 99:106, and the Warriors were still 7 points behind.

"Beep!" the long blast sounded at the end of the game, and cheers and applause rang out in the AT&T Center Arena. With such a sound, it was obvious that the winner would not be the Warriors. 99:108, a 9-point difference in the away game.

The enemy Spurs lost the first game victory.

In the critical final quarter, the Warriors only scored 19 points, which was indeed an abnormality for the Warriors who are good at playing in the fourth quarter, and 14 of the 19 points came from Yang Shuai.

With 40 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds, Yang Shuai's statistics are still dazzling, but unfortunately he failed to bring a victory to the Warriors.

After falling behind 0:1, the Warriors immediately held a team meeting when they returned to the locker room to discuss the problems exposed by the team in the last quarter.

One day later, the second game between the Warriors and the Spurs was played again at the AT&T Center. After the previous victory, the Spurs fans became more and more enthusiastic.

After losing the last game, the Warriors discussed the problems that occurred in the last quarter and hoped that the team could perform better at the critical moment today, but there was no such opportunity in this game.

As soon as the game started, the Spurs showed excellent form on both offense and defense. In the four minutes of the first quarter, the Spurs played a 15:5 wave to firmly establish their advantage.

In the following period, the Warriors were in a state of chasing points. In the first quarter, the Warriors chased the score to only 5 points. However, after the middle of the second quarter, the Spurs used wave attacks to open the point difference between the two teams to 15 points.

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In the third quarter, the Warriors once chased the point difference to only 3 points, but then the Spurs' offense came into play again and the difference between the two teams widened again. By the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were still 12 points behind.

In the last quarter, the Warriors launched the strongest attack of the game. They scored 31 points in a single quarter, but in the end they still lost to the Spurs by 5 points.

107:112, in the second game of the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors still failed to win on the road. The hero of the Spurs' victory was point guard Parker. Hinrick was completely beaten by Parker throughout the game. Parker broke through and entered the paint again and again.

The score that brought the Spurs also brought huge damage to the Warriors' inside line, affecting the entire Warriors' defense. In the Warriors' pursuit of points in the fourth quarter, Parker's breakthroughs will also allow the Spurs to always maintain their advantage.

The Warriors trailed 0:2. This situation was not only beyond the expectations of Warriors fans, but also beyond the expectations of Yang Shuai. He has played in the playoffs every year in the four years since entering the league, but in the series 0:

2 fell behind, but this was the first time. Whether it was the Celtics in 2008 or the Warriors last season, they all climbed to the top. Even in Yang Shuai's first season with the Warriors, even though the team finished eighth

Entering the playoffs, I was not in such a disadvantageous situation facing the champion of that year.

0:2 means that if the Warriors still want to enter the Finals, they must win four of the next five games.