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Popovich finally called a timeout at this point. On the one hand, he can use this timeout to set up the team's last attack, and on the other hand, he can also bring the players out of the tension and make them better prepared to face the last attack in case of unnecessary mistakes due to psychological tension.

Chang Tiancheng drank water while thinking about how to fight this last attack.

Seriously, if he can get into overtime, Chang Tiancheng is at least ninety percent sure that he can beat the Nuggets, after all, the opponent's star Jokic has just been ejected from the game.

Although their side also lost such a big player as Wembanyama, the Nuggets have lost the organizational core of the entire team, and in overtime, their offense will definitely be chaotic, and then they can lead the team to take advantage of the counterattack.

Of course, the premise of all this is that this final attack can be scored in a moment.

Popovich called a couple of players over and began his tactical set-up: "The players who will play in a moment are: Chang Tiancheng, Vassell, Graham, Keldon, McDermott. The

Spurs nodded, Popovich's lineup arrangement is very reasonable, the five players sent on the court have a pretty good shooting ability, as long as Chang Tiancheng can pull out some offensive space for a while, then the Spurs can hit three points from the outside to drag the game into overtime.

Anyway, it's all an offense, and you don't have to think about rebounding or anything, after all, even if you don't score a three-point shot, there's no point in grabbing a frontcourt rebound.

The timeout ended and players from both sides returned to the field.

The Nuggets are still sending Jordan Jr., but this time Coach Malone's judgment is not a problem, they are the defensive side, and without Jokic at this time, Jordan Jr. is already the highest height on the inside.

In Coach Malone's expectation, he thinks that Popovich will at least send an interior lineman, so Jordan Jr. can defend that interior player to cover up his problem of winning and weakening outside defense.

But what Coach Malone didn't expect was that Popovich didn't send a single interior player to the court, and directly came to a pure projection lineup.

Just when Coach Malone was still worried about Jordan Jr.'s outside defense, Chang Tiancheng had already begun to launch his offense.

I saw that he first dribbled backwards under his crotch continuously, making it look like he was going to shoot a LogoShot.

Seeing this, Murray was very reluctant to give Chang Tiancheng room to break through, but he had to defend himself, after all, Chang Tiancheng didn't throw this kind of ball, and he couldn't have any gambling psychology when defending, otherwise once he really threw it, he would become a sinner in this game.

Chang Tiancheng saw that Murray really posted it, and he was overjoyed, and when he was lucky for the last time, he threw the ball directly to the left side of his body.

Murray shouted in his heart, Chang Tiancheng really didn't want to shoot such a long three-pointer, he really did it just to pull a little breakthrough space for himself, and then shoot when he broke through to near the three-point line.

But just when Murray pounced on Chang Tiancheng's left, Chang Tiancheng used a crotch dribble again, directly shook off Murray's defense, broke forward to the Nuggets' arc top three-point line, and raised his hand to shoot.

Seeing this, Pope, who was originally standing near the 45-degree angle to defend Graham, immediately made a sideways pounce, ready to interfere with Chang Tiancheng's shot.

But in doing so, Graham is left in the empty seat.

After Chang Tiancheng jumped, he faked a real pass and passed the ball to Graham, who had been doing a shooting posture and was ready to catch and shoot at any time.

Graham received the ball and shot confidently.

After getting the hint that the god of the system's point guard had been triggered, Chang Tiancheng smiled with satisfaction.

Three-pointers were scored and the two sides were tied.

At this time, there were only 0.8 seconds left before the end of the game, and Chang Tiancheng had already begun to think about how to play overtime.

And the Nuggets, who have a 15-point advantage and were tied in the final seconds, don't seem to be discouraged by this.

Coach Malone didn't call a timeout, choosing to let the players figure it out on their own.

Jordan Jr. stood on the baseline and sent the ball directly to Murray, who had already run to the halfcourt.

Popovich, who realized that the game time was not over, saw this scene and suddenly shouted: "Defend quickly!"

Chang Tiancheng was directly pulled back to reality by Popovich's voice, and when he wanted to reach out to block Little Jordan's pass, it was too late.

Murray received a pass from Jordan Jr. and, instead of dribbling, threw the ball out with a mounted arrow directly near half court.

Just then, the timer sounded to symbolize the end of the race.

With this long tone, Murray's extreme three-pointer shot in the last few tenths of a second hit the Spurs' rebound, and then rebounded into the frame.

The Nuggets fans in the stadium erupted in huge cheers, and the victory was ultimately theirs.

Several referees repeatedly confirmed in the referee's bench that Murray's shot did not overtime and the score was valid, and the Nuggets won by three points over the Spurs.

And Chang Tiancheng stood on the court, looking at his team's basket in a daze, he never thought that what was waiting for him would be such an ending.

He kept his head down, reluctant to leave for a long time.

At this moment, Murray walked over and hammered Chang Tiancheng's shoulder with his fist: "Chang, what do you think? You won't feel sad because you lost the game, right? Hahahaha, in fact, you have played very well today, but Lady Luck is on my side."

After hearing Murray's words, Chang Tiancheng quickly adjusted his mood, raised his head and responded: "Yes, you are really lucky today, but the next time I meet you, I will accept the victory." Murray

smiled: "I'm waiting for you, don't be afraid to come to our home court like that Embiid when the time comes."

Chang Tiancheng waved his hand and returned to the Spurs' locker room.

In the locker room, Popovich burst into a rage: "Why?!The game is obviously not over yet, why has your defense become so lax?!

" The Spurs players all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, Popovich looked around, took a deep breath, his tone was a little calmer, and continued: "Our team has suffered losses in the history of this kind of thing, so I hope you can remember today's defeat and not repeat this situation in the future."

The Spurs players, including Chang Tiancheng, nodded their heads, and Popovich let them take a shower and told them that the team would return to San Antonio tonight.