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Li Zhen's deterrence was shown as soon as he came on the court.

The Spurs were facing a formidable enemy!

Li Zhen was the first rookie to cause such great psychological pressure on the Spurs. This guy's offensive power was too strong.

Parker interfered with Li Zhen's dribbling as much as possible, and then he kept an eye on Li Zhen's pass. He didn't dare to wave his arms, which looked quite funny.

As soon as Li Zhen reached the top of the arc, Ginobili immediately doubled over on the other side. Before Li Zhen completed the double team, he passed the ball to Kidd!

As soon as the ball was passed, Li Zhen immediately started to run. Ginobili gave up the double team and quickly returned to his position. Parker followed Li Zhen closely. Nowitzki's off-ball screen came as expected, and he helped Li Zhen block Parker who was defending.

Duncan immediately switched to defend Li Zhen, which was a mismatch.

Li Zhen ran to the right at a 45-degree angle, and Kidd's pass also came.

Although Duncan is a bit older, his defensive ability is still top in the league.

No small man would feel relaxed when facing Duncan. The invisible pressure of him being a wall would cause a huge burden to every offensive player!

Li Zhen did not pause. After receiving the pass, he immediately dived rapidly to the right, followed by Duncan. Li Zhen quickly changed direction to the left!

Li Zhen's movements were very large and realistic.

Duncan immediately adjusted his center of gravity to block Li Zhen's breakthrough route on the left!

Like all defenders, Duncan knew that Li Zhen's step-back was very powerful, but he had to follow Li Zhen's breakthrough, because if he didn't follow, Li Zhen would really pass by, allowing Li Zhen to completely accelerate, and the person behind him could only foul.

Not surprisingly, before Duncan's block was in place, Li Zhen took another large step back and returned to the right three-point line, and it looked like he was about to shoot.

Duncan's defensive strength lies in his arm span and awareness, and his second jump is very fast!

Duncan felt that he could interfere with Li Zhen's step-back jump shot!

But when Duncan flew over, he found that Li Zhen smiled.

Li Zhen did not want to commit a foul, but suddenly accelerated to the right and passed Duncan.

This was an extremely realistic step back and pray!

Li Zhen did not touch the ball when he stepped back, and his ball was always in high-speed operation. This step back and pray completely fooled Duncan!

The fans at the scene began to exclaim!

The fans watching the live broadcast were also stunned by Li Zhen's extreme dribbling!!

Change of direction, step back, and pray!

Which defender can withstand it?

After passing Duncan, Li Zhen saw the straight attack route, and completed a thorough acceleration one step before the free throw line, and took three steps to collect the ball!!

McDyess wanted to make up for the defense, but it was too late.

Li Zhen pushed off the ground, jumped, grabbed the ball and pressed it towards the basket!

Once again showing his extreme physical talent, a one-handed slam dunk!!!

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86 to 91.

Li Zhen's one-handed dunk after passing the opponent helped the Mavericks to slightly stop the decline!

"Oh oh oh!!!"

"so cool!!"

"This dunk was done in one go!!"

"Popovich is nervous!!"

"Good shot, rookie, well done."

"It was like watching someone dancing on the edge of a knife. It was amazing."

A player's skills are the key to his fans.

After a long period of depression at the Airline Center, cheers broke out again!!

But there was no celebration, no roar, no high fives on the court!

Li Zhen opened his hands, turned on the spot and began to defend Parker who received the ball in the backcourt!!

The cheers at the scene came one after another.

Although Nowitzki was not in good condition, the Mavericks had Li Zhen!

This was the praise of Li Zhen from the fans at the scene!

Popovich had no way to deal with Duncan being passed by like this. It was almost impossible to defend Li Zhen alone, even Duncan couldn't do it, but if he double-teamed, the Mavericks' passing was very sharp, and the Spurs were in a dilemma. This is why the Spurs players felt numb when they saw Li Zhen.

Popovich knew very well that the Spurs could keep the score close to this point at such a high point of Li Zhen, all of which was caused by Nowitzki's average condition. What if they really double-teamed Li Zhen and fed Nowitzki out?

"Tim Duncan's defense didn't have much effect on Li Zhen. Li Zhen used a beautiful step-back to pass Tim Duncan. This was his unique offensive skill. After all, if Duncan didn't defend, the little guy would shoot."Barkley shouted.

Kenny Smith was also excited,"Tonight will be the game of fame for this rookie in the playoffs!!"

""Hold on, hold on, control the rhythm, and hit the success rate!" Popovich shouted at Parker.

There was still a long time in the game, and the 5-point difference didn't mean anything. The main thing was that the team's momentum couldn't be lost.

Parker was indeed very experienced. No matter how Li Zhen pressed him, he didn't cause him too much psychological pressure. He calmly brought the ball across half court.

""Stay with your own people!" Li Zhen yelled at his teammates while increasing the intensity of his defense against Parker.

Li Zhen's yelling made the Mavericks pay attention to defense again.

No one wanted to drag the team back.

Li Zhen's increased intensity again made Parker feel the pressure. After passing the frontcourt, Parker couldn't stand at the top of the arc. He was constantly oppressed by Li Zhen, and even passing the ball was very difficult.

This kind of pressure was not only on Parker's position, but also on other positions of the Spurs.

Nowitzki pushed Duncan desperately, but was still pressed into position by Duncan.

Parker passed the ball to Duncan. Facing Nowitzki, Duncan lowered his shoulders to suppress his position, dribbled the ball on the right and stepped in directly!!

Duncan's charge was like a tank attack. He used a technique that was almost a slam dunk!

But the ball was knocked away before it left his hand. The one who blocked him was the King of Nowitzki who had been frustrated for the whole game!!

"Haha, it's rare to see Nowitzki block so hard, well done!!"Barkley shouted.

Nowitzki's block knocked the ball down, and there was chaos under the basket. Kidd picked up the ball and passed it directly to Li Zhen. Li

Zhen launched a fast break on the spot, and Marion and Kidd also sprinted on both sides at the same time, a three-line fast break!!

The only Spurs defenders were Parker and Ginobili, and the two retreated step by step.

Li Zhen rushed to the free throw line to attract Parker's defense and then sent a ground pass to Kidd on one side!

Marion had completely pulled Ginobili away, and Kidd easily made a three-step layup!

86 to 93.

After scoring consecutively to stop the decline, Li Zhen and Kidd celebrated with a high five!

"Rookie, this is a great pass!"

"You run well!"

The two of them praised each other for their business

"Timeout!"Popovich called a timeout again, and the Spurs were stopped again.

"The connection between the two point guards is so cool!!"

"Good shot, wonderful!!!"

In this round of fast break, Li Zhen and Kidd played smoothly, not giving the Spurs any chance to defend successfully.

A few minutes after the timeout, the Spurs still kept close to the Mavericks!

The difference between the two sides has been hovering between 5 and 8 points. It is a bit difficult for the Mavericks to beat the Spurs directly, but the Spurs' desire to close the score and catch up with the suspense is not as expected.