area51novel Chapter 219
Chapter 219
Regardless of the boos, the Nets players watched Kidd being carried off the court.
Everyone was very worried, and the team doctor had already returned to the locker room.
The situation was definitely not as optimistic as imagined. At least from Kidd's distorted expression, the pain was definitely not a minor injury.
The trident lost an arrow, and the Nets lost a soul holding the ball.
Jason Kidd's importance to the Nets in this series is far higher than Carter, second only to Roy.
Throughout the playoffs, he kneaded the Nets into a whole.
Many times after he left the court, the Nets were like a headless fly, with only singles left in the offense, and no rules at all.
From now on, without preparation, all the Nets soldiers will overcome the huge tactical gap by themselves.
Facing Bowen, who pretended to be innocent, Roy wanted to go up and kick him.
Today, Roy finally learned what it means to do whatever it takes.
The Spurs were clearly hopeless on the scene, but they wanted to rely on this kind of tricks and crooked ways to affect the outcome of the game.
After a brief chaos, the game had to continue.
Almost all Nets players were affected. They had a great advantage, but now it has become the current situation.
On the one hand, they were concerned about Kidd's injury. On the other hand, with two people missing, the Nets' lineup became increasingly stretched.
After Coach Frank's protest was ineffective, he could only replace Arroyo and Jefferson as an emergency.
It was actually okay for McGinnis to be sent off. Jefferson and he had overlapping functions. There was almost no difference between the two except for their three-point shooting ability.
Jefferson's ball-holding offensive ability was even better than his.
The most important thing was that Kidd was injured, which was the most fatal.
His control, sense of rhythm, and blessing for the team's defense.
Arroyo is completely irreplaceable.
But this is the most helpless and only choice. Arroyo is definitely a good knife as a surprise soldier.
But asking him to organize the offense is like Zhang Fei embroidering. There is no way to start.
"Carlos, don't be nervous. You just need to share part of the organizational tasks. Roy and Vince will help you. We still have a leading advantage. We must win!"
Head coach Frank patted Arroyo on the shoulder. Fortunately, he had played a lot of games before.
At least he was not a black player, but organizational ability was not his strong point.
Frank had to hand over the burden of organizing the offense to Carter and Roy.
Facing the earnest expectations of head coach Frank, Roy and Carter nodded heavily and must do their best!
Fortunately, the Nets still had a 15-point lead at this time.
Even if the Nets were incomplete, they still had a chance!
"Beep"
The referee's long whistle, the game restarted,
Tony Parker passed the half court with the ball, and Lagabel habitually defended closely, not giving him a trace of offensive space,
The Nets' defensive strategy is to protect the three-point line as much as possible, not letting the opponent easily get three points, and try to slow down the opponent's speed of chasing points,
Old coach Popovich stood at the edge of the court with a relaxed look on his face at this moment,
For the Spurs, the most difficult player tonight, and even the most difficult player in the entire series, has been taken away,
In his eyes, this routine is somewhat disgusting, but this is one of the strategies of the game,
His evaluation of Bruce Bowen has reached a new level. This guy should go to the CIA to do dirty work instead of playing basketball. It's a waste of talent,
He should even go to Hollywood to develop, his acting skills are simply amazing,
If he hadn't known Bowen's plan in advance, Popovich dared to bet that he would definitely be kept in the dark,
Don't blame him for being cold-blooded, human history has always been written by the victors!
While he was trying to justify his behavior, Parker had already handed the basketball to Ginobili. The only thing to be thankful for was that the three defensive players of the Nets were still on the court, at least there was no problem in defense. Ginobili received Popovich's instructions off the court. The team's tactics also changed from his main attack to breakthrough and passing the ball. Without two main players, the Nets' defense was bound to be affected. Ginobili dribbled the ball and started. He knew that he could not easily get rid of Carter's defense. But as long as he broke through, he would definitely attract the opponent's help defense. Things developed as he expected. When he broke through and entered the free throw line, Roy was forced to help defend. Ginobili's movement speed was very strange. He was obviously not moving fast and his speed was not fast. Under Roy's long-arm defense, he seemed to have no chance at all. But he was able to seize the momentary gap and successfully deceived Roy with a fake move. After jumping up, the basketball passed lightly.In Duncan's hands,
Jefferson under the basket was not as tough as McGinnis, and his interference with Duncan's defense was very limited,
But Duncan did not intend to take two points when he had the opportunity, but after attracting the defense, he threw the ball to the bottom corner from a long distance,
After all, Arroyo did not have enough tacit understanding with the starting lineup, and defense was not his forte,
The team's rotation defense had problems with him,
Horry made a jump shot from outside the three-point line without interference,
67 to 79
The prelude to the Spurs' counterattack slowly opened.
Scoring a goal is not scary, as long as the counterattack is successful,
But the Nets were inevitably impatient due to Kidd's injury.
Carter passed half court and dribbled the ball before his teammates were in position.
In theory, Carter has regained his calm and steady state recently and is not so anxious.
Until Roy saw Bruce Bowen, who was defending Carter, raise his mouth,
The smug and disgusting smile on his face looked so hateful,
A complete villain,
"Hey, Vince, where is your teammate? Let me look for him. Oh, I remember that his leg is broken. What a pity..."
Bowen was sarcastic, no wonder Carter went berserk.
Faced with this kind of provocation, Roy believed that Carter had been very patient. If McGinnis was still there, he would definitely give him a punch.
Bowen not only hurt people, but also talked nonsense, but his hands did not stop moving.
In terms of defense, especially the ability to break through defense, Bowen is definitely one of the top players in the league today.
Carter can only use force to squeeze through his defense.
There is no way to break through Bowen violently, but there are more than one Spurs team under the basket.
Tim Duncan has been waiting for a long time halfway.
Duncan, whose physical strength is still at its peak, is not afraid of Carter's strong breakthrough at all.
You must know that according to the original history, the 36-year-old veteran Duncan can still control the opponent alone when facing the Heat's two giants with historical breakthrough ability.
Carter jumped in the air, and after forcing his body to contact Duncan, he pulled up, but was disturbed by Duncan's defense.
The basketball bounced from the basket and jumped out of the basket.
When a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will make his teeth ache. When the team is unlucky, even the basket is bullying Carter.
Carter was not in a daze. When he saw Duncan's defense, he had already made plans. He tried his best to avoid the block.
The small pull-up in the air has always been his strong point.
Everything was perfect, except that the damn basketball bounced out of the basket.
Duncan was stuck in position.
Even Roy had no way to get the rebound over Duncan's head who had an absolute advantage.
The Stone Buddha was too steady. After getting the rebound, he saw the surroundings clearly before passing the ball to Ginobili.
He didn't give the Nets any chance at all.