Super Role Player

The Spurs made efforts to widen the point difference to 7 points again, and the Grizzlies called another timeout.

Lionel Hollins is not stingy with his timeout now. In this game, it seems that the Grizzlies must fight.

After the timeout, the Grizzlies made a substitution. They replaced Zach Randolph with Ed Davis, let Marc Gasol continue to play, temporarily maintained the inside defense on the field, and slightly missed some mid-range shots. The offensive firepower also replaced McConley with Jerry Bayless. After two substitutions, the Grizzlies became even weaker on the court.

But Hollins has nothing to do. He has to change. If he doesn’t change, the main force on the field will be too much. However, Marc Gasol and Tony Allen cannot be changed. These two defensive cores with one inside and one outside, Once changed, the Spurs' offense is really irresistible.

After the substitution, the Grizzlies still played tenaciously. Tony Allen increased his running, and on the defensive end, he behaved like a tough man who is not afraid of difficulties.

After the second quarter, the Spurs entered the second half with a 9-point lead at 51:42.

In the second half of the game, Lionel Hollins began to find various spaces to allow the main players to take turns to leave the field to rest, and then through constant encouragement and pauses to interrupt the rhythm of the Spurs, he slowly dragged the game until the game entered the first half. In the fourth quarter, Hollins waved his hand and replaced all the main players.

At this time, the Grizzlies are still 10 points behind, and the point difference is still within a catchable range, so Lionel Hollins is going to give it a go.

In the fourth quarter, all the main players were replaced with a gamble, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter, an accident happened.

Marc Gasol has played for 30 minutes in this game, and only rested for 6 minutes up and down. He continued to play in the fourth quarter, and he was already a little dehydrated due to sweat. But there is no way, the Grizzlies want to win, he has to keep playing.

So there were two offensive and defensive rounds in the fourth quarter, the Spurs and the Grizzlies scored respectively, but then, when Marc Gasol defended Tony Parker from hitting the basket, he twisted his foot and fell down.

There was an exclamation in the arena, Marc Gasol was injured!

Soon, the game was called off, and the Grizzlies staff supported Marc Gasol to leave the field. The Spurs fans on the sidelines actually gave applause. Obviously, Marc Gasol's fighting spirit made them express their gratitude with applause. own homage.

However, Marc Gasol left the field, which is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the Grizzlies.

Obviously, Popovich will not let go of this opportunity. After the game restarted, the Spurs began to consciously increase inside breakthroughs and offenses.

As a result, the Grizzly, who was thinking of giving it a go, fell into a collapse.

The suspense of the game soon ended. The Spurs used their sophisticated offense to constantly attack the Grizzlies' inside line, and the point difference gradually widened.

Lionel Hollins sighed, and chose to give up the game for the second time in the fourth quarter, replacing all the main players.

That's it, Popovich smiled and accepted Hollins' congratulations on the sidelines. The Western Conference semifinals won two consecutive victories, and the Spurs have already entered the finals with one foot.

For the Grizzlies, a 0:2 trailing situation is extremely bad. The Spurs team will definitely choose to pursue the victory in the next two games. For the Grizzlies, each of the next few games will be decisive battle.

Marc Gasol, who left the game due to injury in the fourth quarter, soon reported an injury, nothing serious, just a small sprain, so for the Grizzlies, there is still hope for the next game.

After the two victories, although Anxi felt a little tired, he was still in a good mood. He won one game after another, and he was getting closer and closer to the championship. Presumably, he could leave San Antonio with a perfect ending .

At the end of the second game, the Spurs led the Grizzlies 2:0, and the other three games in the second round of the playoffs, as most media reporters said, were very intense.

The Heat, who lost to the Bulls in the first game, naturally couldn't lose in the second game. They beat the Bulls 115:78 at home, and finally entered the rhythm of victory.

The Thunder lost the first game to the Warriors and won the second game, as did the Knicks. After four quarters of intense competition, the Knicks finally won. In this way, except for the Spurs, the other three matchups were all tied at 1:1.

As a result, the Spurs' games were ugly and not exciting. However, the San Antonio Express published a column article at this time. The signature of the article was Spurs star Sean Elliott.

"The Spurs won two games easily, the game is not good? But you can't deny the strength of the Spurs! "

The content of the article is as follows: "The playoffs have reached the second round. The sweep of the first round made many media reporters and experts start to worry, and began to question whether such a playoff is exciting. So the second round ended with two games. The only one The Spurs, who had won two straight games, became a target for these expert reporters."

"The Spurs game with two consecutive victories is not good-looking? Even so, so what? The Spurs are the only team with a winning streak in the second round, and the team they beat is not easy. The Grizzlies, the Western Conference in the regular season this season Fourth, defeated the popular champion Los Angeles Clippers before the start of the regular season and advanced to the second round. As a result, they were suppressed by the Spurs from start to finish for two consecutive games. The performance of the Spurs has proved their level of strength. After the Miami Heat lost to the Bulls in the first round of the second round and the Thunder lost to the Warriors in the first round of the second round, the San Antonio Spurs became the only team in the playoffs that did not lose."

"The state and strength of the Spurs have been shown. No matter how much you slander the excitement of the Spurs' games, the Spurs are already the hottest favorites in the playoffs this season."

In the United States, there is no such thing as poisonous milk. The Spurs were criticized by the outside world for being boring. As a famous and loyal fan of the Spurs, Sean Elliott naturally couldn't stand it anymore, so he published this article in the San Antonio Express. The column article was soon reprinted by espn and other media.

But when this article spread to China, domestic fans stood up and spoke for the Spurs.

"The Spurs game is the most entertaining game in the NBA. There is no doubt about it? Just look at these few gifs and you can see it." Some fans released several gifs, one of which showed the Spurs In a certain round of offense, the Spurs were passing the ball almost all the time during the offense, passing the pass, passing an open spot directly, and Manu Ginobili in the picture made an empty cut layup.

Below this picture, the floors that responded were all applauded.

"That's right, the Spurs' offense has been passed around, and it's spread all over the sky. Isn't this kind of game exciting?"

"Yeah, are those American experts out of their minds? Could it be that the Heat's breakthrough shot is good? Or the three-point battle between the Thunder and the Warriors?"

...

The outside world is disturbing and arguing, but the Spurs are quiet inside.

Quietly boarded the bus, quietly boarded the plane, and after a year, the Spurs came to Memphis again.

On the night of arriving in Memphis, there was a torrential rain in Tennessee. Under the torrential rain, the whole city was quiet. Anxi opened the curtains, and just as he was about to express his feelings, his room was pushed open.

"Ann, hurry up, go to Greg's room, Greg and the Union staff are waiting for you there." It was Tony Parker who came to inform Anxi.

Anxi was stunned: "The staff of the alliance? What's the matter?"

"What's wrong with you? The best sixth man."

Anxi was suddenly a little confused, the best sixth man, do you want to accept two awards? Before Anxi could react, Parker led him to Popovich's room.

Anxi lived on the fifth floor, and Popovich lived on the seventh floor, so when the two walked slowly all the way to the elevator door, Anxi's phone rang.

"Hello, Ann? Have you heard? The results of the best sixth man have been announced, and you are the first place." Ivor Clark's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Anxi nodded: "Well, I already know, and now I'm looking for the staff sent by the alliance."

"So, let me make a long story short. Time Magazine has already known the final result, and is going to ask you to meet in Memphis, and find a time to do the interview."

"Understood, then after the third game."

...

Best sixth man, Anxi was a little surprised that he was able to win this award. After all, this award has always been based on scoring data, but this season, Anxi's steals and blocks are really invincible. Not too much lower than JR Smith, so Anxi got the most number one votes and finally scored 245 points.

However, the second jr Smith also scored 170 points, and Anxi's advantage is not great.

Although the advantage is not big, it is already a fact to get this trophy.

That night, the major media reprinted the league's announcement, and after Anxi won the most improved player, he won another award.

...

One day later, on May 11, 2013, at the FedEx Arena in Memphis, David Stern appeared at the scene, and he was going to present the award to Anxi on the spot.

In the away game award ceremony, Anxi could already expect boos to come surging like a sea.

However, to Anxi's surprise, there were many Chinese fans on the sidelines, which caused some cheers in the FedEx Arena, which had been booing constantly.

And when David Stern played, there were also cheers in the arena. This old man who will retire next season has received enough respect in his last year of ruling the NBA.

"Ladies and gentlemen, audience friends on the scene and in front of the live broadcast camera, now, I want to announce that the best sixth man in the regular season of the 2012-2013 season, the swingman from San Antonio - Anxi - won The best sixth man in the regular season this season!"

All of a sudden, there were boos everywhere, but there was a burst of cheers in the corner, Anxi smiled and waved towards the Chinese gathering place, and then trotted all the way to the center of the field.

The boos almost covered all the voices, but David Stern didn't care. After presenting the trophy to Anxi, he shook hands with Anxi and said: "Ann, we meet again, come on, young man, I wish you more and more success in your career.”

Anxi nodded: "Thank you." (To be continued.)