Super Role Player

The second quarter of the game ended in anxiety.

At 67:66, the Spurs led by 1 point and entered the intermission.

The fact that the fifth game between the two teams was so tangled surprised everyone. After all, judging from the previous three games, the Spurs have fully grasped the initiative of the series, and the three big victories also left the Grizzlies with no power to fight back. , As a result, in this game, the Grizzlies were very tenacious from the beginning. When they were behind in the opening, they chased after points until the end of halftime. They were only 1 point behind.

Zach Randolph scored 18 points on 8 of 12 shots in the first half. O.J. Mayo came off the bench and scored 15 points on 7 of 11 shots. The explosion of the two directly contributed half of the Grizzlies' points. The individual is in charge.

The locker room of the home team was very quiet. Anxi Ge You was lying on a leather padded chair with his head raised, enjoying the cold wind blowing from the central air conditioner above his head.

In June, San Antonio has already entered the summer. The hot temperature makes the arena extremely hot even if there is an air conditioner. The players are sweating profusely. As soon as they enter the locker room, they ask the staff to put the center The temperature of the air conditioner was lowered, the wind speed was increased, and then the air outlet above everyone's head blew out a refreshing cold wind.

Popovich didn't have anything to adjust. He walked to the center of the locker room and said a few words about the substitutions in the second half, then sat aside and let the wind blow.

Although the Spurs are currently only leading by 1 point, Popovich is not in a hurry, and slowly stabilized the game. There is no doubt that the Spurs will win in the end. After all, the Grizzlies played the entire first half with all their main players, and The Spurs have already replaced the substitutes, playing the main force from the bench, and still leading by one point. Thinking about it carefully, there is really nothing to worry about.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Anxi, who played the first half, rested. The Spurs sent point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Danny Green, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward DeJuan Blair and center Tim Timothy. Duncan's lineup.

The Grizzlies also made substitutions. They replaced several main players who played the entire first half, and then left O.J. Mayo with a bunch of substitutes on the court to fight against the main players of the Spurs, namely point guard Gilbert Ali. Nurse, small forward Quincy Pondexter, power forward Maris Speights and center Hamad Haddadi.

The game restarted, Tony Parker controlled the ball to the frontcourt, failed to make a layup, and the rebound was picked off by Hamad Haddadi. At the beginning of the second half, Tony Parker had to find his feeling.

Off the court, Anxi took a look at Hamad Haddadi. This Iranian center forward is considered an old opponent of the Chinese national team. Iran has nothing to do with this year's Olympic Games. In the Men's Basketball Asian Championships next year, Anxi may have to fight this Hamad Haddadi fought.

After Hamad Haddadi grabbed the rebound, he passed the ball to O.J. Mayo. When several main players were not on the court, Mayo became the ball holder on the court. Of course, generally speaking, the ball is for Gilbert Arena Si, the former No. 0 agent, but Mayo was in good form in this game, so he grabbed the ball unceremoniously.

Danny Green defended Mayo, he posted Mayo a bit tight, it should be said that he defended well.

But today Mayo's condition is really good, a turn around strengthened to change direction, and Danny Green was swayed away, the outside shot was successfully hit, 3 points were scored, and the Grizzlies actually directly overtook it!

Popovich saw that the momentum was wrong. Mayo's state was a bit similar to Kobe's back then. Popovich didn't dare to take any more risks, so he found a dead ball opportunity and replaced Anxi.

"China Ann is back, Gregg Popovich replaced him, the goal should be aimed at O.J. Mayo."

"Yes, O.J. Mayo has almost scored 20 points. If there is no restriction in this state, it will be very difficult for the Spurs to win."

Playing again, Anxi took the task of restricting O.J. Mayo. In the Grizzlies' offensive round, Anxi stood directly beside Mayo.

Grizzlies sideline serve,

O.J. Mayo dribbles around the screen and catches the ball.

Anxi also stuck to it, and Mayo held the ball with both hands. After observing the situation inside, he began to dribble slowly on the spot.

Dribbling the ball with one hand, and stretching out the other hand to direct his teammates, he didn't notice anything strange about Anxi at all.

At this time, An Xi slowly lowered his body, lowered his head and stared at the basketball in Mayo's hands, then leaned forward, suddenly stretched out his right hand, and knocked the basketball in Mayo's hands away with his fingertips!

"Steal!" Mike Thirick yelled, and Anxi flew to pick up the ball and steal it! This is Anxi's third steal in this game. The careless O.J. Mayo did not expect Anxi to reach out to steal, so when he turned his head, Anxi had already rushed to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing the empty frontcourt, Anxi didn't hesitate at all. He rushed to the inside and pulled up a dunk, scoring two points!

The Spurs and the Grizzlies tied, but in Popovich's view, Anxi's steal and dunk meant not a tie, but more leads in the future.

The Grizzlies' offense restarted, and O.J. Mayo still couldn't get rid of his bad habit of sticking to the ball, but this time he dribbled more carefully.

With his head lowered and his waist bent, he glanced around and observed the situation on the court. Mayo did not forget to stare at Anxi from the corner of his eye.

Just when he looked at Anxi from the corner of his eye, he found that Anxi stretched out his hand again, with a pair of long arms, and shot directly at the basketball in Mayo's hand.

Mayo was so frightened that he quickly held the ball with both hands and stopped dribbling.

But Anxi's right hand didn't stop at all, and the speed became faster and faster!

snap! Anxi directly cut off the basketball in Mayo's hand! The action was very clean. Anxi's hand first touched the basketball in Mayo's hand, so the referee did not call a foul.

Anxi grabbed the basketball and rushed to the frontcourt again!

With no one to defend, Anxi showed another wave of dunks and scored two more points. The Spurs led by 2 points.

Popovich clapped from the sidelines, then slumped back onto the bench.

The game continued, and Mayo didn't seem to have learned his lesson. He still got the ball from Maris Speights and slowly controlled it to the frontcourt.

However, O.J. Mayo is more careful in handling the ball this time, and Anxi did not reach out at will. At this time, Mayo has already paid attention to Anxi's steals. Maybe it will cause Anxi to foul or something, and the gain will outweigh the loss. up.

During the defense, Anxi intentionally made a loophole, so Mayo took advantage of this loophole and rushed into the interior.

Anxi didn't have such an easy time either. He clung to Mayo tightly. When Mayo rushed out of the penalty area, he stopped suddenly. Anxi also braked immediately, raised his hands high, and put them on top of Mayo's head.

Mayo didn't force a shot either. Facing the huge pressure exerted by Anxi, Mayo chose to change direction and break through. He dribbled the ball under his crotch, followed a half-turn, and then made a dribble movement with both hands behind him, ready to pass from Anxi. Breaks through from the side, slips to the bottom line and lays up.

However, this set of actions stopped abruptly halfway through.

When Mayo was half-turning around, he dribbled the ball behind his back, which gave Anxi a chance. He stretched out his right hand and made another steal!

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