area51novel Chapter 207
Chapter 207
The score of 2 to 1, plus the pressure of the away game,
made everyone dare not relax, and they were particularly serious during training.
After all, if the Nets lost the next game, they would be forced into a desperate situation.
On June 24,
the fourth round of the two teams' game was held as scheduled,
the venue was still at the Spurs' home court, the SBC Center Arena,
the game that caused a lot of controversy in the outside world finally opened under the expectation of the audience.
When the players came out, the Nets were greeted with deafening boos from the whole stadium.
"I don't like this stadium, it's too noisy, man."
Carter joked with Kidd.
It can be seen that the two main star guards of the Nets were very relaxed before the game and were not affected by the atmosphere on the court.
When the last player of the Nets, Roy, came on the court, the boos from the whole stadium reached a peak.
Fortunately, Roy had teammates in front of him and had made sufficient mental preparations when entering the court, but he was still shocked.
It seems that everyone in San Antonio knows their promises.
It's good that way. When the time comes, we can do what we say and give these people a slap in the face.
The home atmosphere is too strong, which is not so friendly to the visiting team.
When the host introduced Roy, many fans on the sidelines attacked him:
"Chinese boy, go back to New Jersey, you are no match for Tim!"
"You are a brat, you are a jerk, the Spurs will kick your ass hard today!"
"You can't win the championship like this, you look like a sissy, you should go home and ask your mother for milk!"
"You stupid Chinese, you will never understand how powerful the San Antonio Spurs are, clean your ass and we will fuck you hard!"
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The host on the field led the emotions of the fans, regardless of the provocation of the home fans,
and even fanned the flames,
What about friendship first and competition second?
It doesn't exist!
Entering the court is like entering a battlefield, Roy understood this as early as college.
Starting lineups of both teams,
Nets: Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Raja Bell, Chuck McGinnis, Roy
Spurs: Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, Tim Duncan
Both teams continued with the lineups of the previous game,
Both teams are very familiar with each other at this point in the game, and there is little room for adjustment unless there are surprises.
At this time, the game tests the players' state more,
This is how the series is, after the first 3 games, the rest are all about the state and the quality of the stars,
The playoffs are the stage for the stars, and the finals are the stage for the superstars!
The starting players entered the court and took their positions. The players on both sides looked at each other with serious expressions and concentrated minds.
At this time, only one person in the court had a wrong expression, which looked particularly ferocious.
That was Bruce Bowen. After the last game, Bowen, who had been taught a lesson, hated the Nets more and more, and Kidd even more.
At this time, Bruce Bowen did not care about Carter, who was on his opposite side. His eyes were fixed on Kidd, full of yin and hatred.
His big-mouthed friends had spread the story of his cowardice everywhere.
Now he has almost become a laughing stock in his circle of friends. In the worldview of black people, not even daring to say harsh words, and finally leaving in disgrace is definitely a synonym for a coward.
In the past few days, teammates in the team heard about this incident from some channel, and their eyes were not right when they looked at him.
Bowen was almost dead in the whole San Antonio community, but fortunately, he has not been exposed to the media yet.
Otherwise, this chain of contempt will become longer and longer, and more and more people will despise him.
Bowen secretly made up his mind, don't let yourself get the chance, Jason Kidd, I will make you pay the price!
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Roy learned from the experience of the last game in today's jump ball.
As long as he was prepared, Roy got the first round of offensive ball over Duncan's head without any surprise.
After the basketball was passed to Carter,
Carter passed the ball to Kidd.
It was more appropriate to hand over the distribution task of the first round to him.
The Spurs made a slight adjustment and let Ginobili focus on Kidd at the beginning.
The last game allowed the Nets to stalemate with them for so long,
It was inseparable from Kidd's organization of the team's offense and leadership on the defense.
Facing this kind of key player, Ginobili, who performed well in defending Kidd in the last game, is definitely the best choice for single defense!
Kidd dribbled the ball,
The Spurs' overall defense retreated quickly,
They should have expected Duncan to be inDisadvantage in the ball fight,
No hope at all, ready to retreat early.
The Spurs' defensive formation was spread out under the Nets' running position,
No one dared to leave an open position, after all, in terms of offensive firepower alone, the Nets' starting five's offensive efficiency ranked first in the league,
Roy found the right time to trot to the outside in the direction of Kidd,
From the second game, Coach Frank found that,
The quality of Kidd and Roy's pick-and-roll in this round of the series was even better than Carter,
The Spurs also had their own landing points, especially when the Nets were picking and rolling,
Duncan wanted to delay Kidd's attack again,
But Kidd, who was well prepared, turned around and avoided Duncan's delay,
Add After a quick step, he was about to leave Duncan's control range.
The Spurs reluctantly completed the substitution.
Kid passed the ball to Roy with satisfaction and took Duncan away from the top of the arc.
Give Roy space to play singles.
Facing Parker, Roy's mouth corners slightly raised.
Since this series, he has no idea how many such mismatched goals he has scored.
Parker looked at Roy's helpless face. Who Roy plays singles against depends on who he picks and rolls with.
Don't look at the fans scolding so fiercely. In fact, the Spurs players know better than anyone how difficult this Chinese player is.
Roy dribbled the ball and passed Parker in two steps.
When the Spurs' defense rotated, Roy did not give them this time.
He stopped the breakthrough directly and made a quick stop jump shot before Horry, who was rotating, arrived and made a jump shot over his head.
Roy, who opened the scoring, clenched his fists. This game must be won!
Bruce Bowen took the initiative to pick up the ball on the ground and passed it to Ginobili without waiting for Duncan to bend down.
When Duncan passed by the Spurs rest area, Popovich changed his usual calmness and stood on the sideline to signal Duncan to be more decisive when defending pick-and-roll.
The game has reached this point, and the Spurs seem to have been figured out by the opponent.
And the more the Nets play, the more Popovich feels that there is no bottom.
This is not boasting, but the more the game goes on, the Nets always give him surprises,
making the Spurs flustered.
At present, the Nets' ceiling is definitely higher!