Super Role Player

On May 18, 2012, the Spurs headed to Memphis.

This time is different from that in Utah, because the interval between the second round of the playoffs and the game is two days, so the Spurs rented an arena in the suburbs of Memphis as a temporary training facility.

The bus drove to the entrance of the training hall, and the players got off one after another and took out their luggage from under the bus.

Anxi dragged her suitcase to the training hall, but was stopped when she reached the door.

It was a policeman who stopped Anxi. He spoke the local dialect of Memphis and said words that Anxi could not understand. Anxi showed a blank expression.

Soon, everyone in the Spurs was stopped at the door, and Popovich went to the front to negotiate with these policemen.

"You can't go in. We received an alarm. Someone said that there was a bomb in this arena, so you have to wait for us to discharge the bombs before you can go in." Finally, a policeman wearing a star came out and explained.

"Is there a bomb inside?" Popovich showed a funny expression, then squinted his eyes and continued: "Mr. Police, you can solve it. If you can't solve it, we can help you."

He glanced at Anxi, who was the first to arrive at the door, and said with a smile: "We can send An to investigate, and if there is nothing wrong, we will go in for training. If there is a bomb in it, Anxi will be blown up at most at the speed of Anxi, there will be no harm." Something big, and then we'll close the team."

Popovich's teasing made the scene burst into laughter. Anxi twitched the corners of his mouth. The old and disrespectful Popovich started to hurt himself again. Seeing his teammates laughing loudly, Anxi could only pretend to be innocent.

The policeman with the star also smiled, but he would not really let the Anxi restricted area investigate. Several policemen went around the arena to check, and after half an hour, the bomb crisis was resolved.

"I'm sorry, Coach Greg, we may have received a false report. There is no bomb in this arena." The policeman with a star came out a little embarrassed and apologized.

Popovich smiled meaningfully. Obviously, there were no bombs in this arena, and the Memphis people should be causing trouble for the Spurs.

But it's not a big deal. After the bomb crisis was lifted, all the Spurs started training in the training hall.

Although the Spurs won the last game, Popovich still dare not say that the Spurs will definitely be able to crush the Grizzlies, so the Spurs' goal is very conservative. When they come to Memphis, the Spurs' goal is to win at least one victory , Bring back that defeat at home.

On May 19, 2012, the third game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals was about to be held at the FedEx Arena, home of the Grizzlies. The Spurs arrived at the arena by bus.

When he walked to the visiting team's locker room, a message popped up on An Xi's cell phone.

"League awards! Kelly Irving won the Rookie of the Year award!"

Then, DeJuan Blair next to him also found this news: "Look, the league has started awarding again. Kelly Irving won the best rookie. Tsk tsk, what are his statistics this year?"

Anxi put down the bag, then thought for a while and said, "Add 5 to 18? It seems like this."

"That's well-deserved, Ann, I just wanted to say why he can beat you to become the best rookie?"

Anxi pretends not to understand what DeJuan Blair is talking about. This fat man always likes to talk nonsense, but in the Spurs locker room, only DeJuan Blair talks more. Blair should be regarded as Mingsao, while Tim Duncan is regarded as Mensao.

Before the playoffs, the Spurs were fairly calm, and the game started soon. In this game, Anxi is still the starter.

The people of Memphis are not polite to the Spurs. When the Spurs attack, they will boo them. The current playoffs are tied 1:1. The people of Memphis are still imagining that the Grizzlies can win two games in a row at home.

Take the series match point.

However, the reality gave them a heavy blow. At the beginning of the game, the Spurs started the offense first. Tim Duncan won the jump ball and gave the basketball to Tony Parker.

After Tony Parker received the ball, he launched a fast break, rushed to the frontcourt, took advantage of McConley's unstable foothold, and rushed to the inside to complete a layup.

The Grizzlies made a lot of mistakes, and Anxi seized the defensive mistakes on the weak side of the Grizzlies and made a three-pointer. Tim Duncan blocked Marc Gasol's layup in the paint, Zach Randolph returned a jump shot, and Kobe Leonard immediately changed hands in the middle of the shot, and at the same time turned around to steal the pass from McConley, and launched another wave of fast breaks.

In just a few waves of offense, the Spurs opened up the point difference...

Lionel Hollins had no choice but to call a timeout. Currently, the Grizzlies couldn't defend well, and they couldn't attack well. They had already fallen into a disadvantage on the field.

Lionel Hollins couldn't make adjustments on the defensive end, so he thought about it and decided to adjust his offense: "Next we play high support and high pick-and-roll, Mark, you are responsible for support and screens, mention the high position, give Mike Pass the ball with Rudy and the others, understand?"

Marc Gasol nodded. He often played high position support tactics when he was in the national team, so changing tactics temporarily is not a big problem.

Then Lionel Hollins drew a running map on the tactical board again, the game restarted, the Grizzlies began to play high post support tactics, Marc Gasol mentioned the high post, and gave McConley and Rudy Gay Do the ball, but because of the existence of Anxi, Rudy Gay and McConley are only left with McConley to attack.

However, Lionel Hollins' tactical change still had some effect. The Grizzlies' offense slowly came alive. After the first quarter, the Spurs entered the second quarter with a 34:26 lead of 8 points.

Although the Grizzlies have tried their best to adjust and change, there is really no way to make up for the gap in strength.

At this point in the game, everything has come to a conclusion. The Spurs have completely gained the upper hand. In this series, the Spurs lost the first game at home, and after Popovich's wonderful adjustments, they directly won a wild victory. , overwhelmed the Grizzlies, this battle, from the first quarter, still continued the same state.

"Judging from the first quarter, the Grizzlies are likely to lose four games in a row and be eliminated from the playoffs by the Spurs."

"Yes, the strength of the Grizzlies is not as good as the Spurs. The first attack and defense are suppressed by the Spurs. They don't even have the cards to come back." The commentators for this game are Mike Thirick and Hubie Brown. Sighed.

In the second quarter, Lionel Hollins put Rudy Gay on the court with a bunch of backups, while Gregg Popovich put Anxi on the court to deal with Rudy Gay.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Anxi stretched his arms and faced Rudy Gay who was holding the ball.

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