Gasol scored 2+1, 80-75, and the Lakers once again caught up with the score.

This caused Spurs head coach Popovich to immediately call a timeout.

After a routine lecture, Tim Duncan took off his warm training clothes, stood up from the bench, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would continue to play in this game. Haha, the Lakers, it looks better.

I imagined it to be tough."

"But... I still don't want to give up the victory of the game."

"Come on, Manu, Tony, let them see how powerful our GDP combination is." Duncan said with confidence.

However, the development of the script was completely different from what he expected.

After Tang Qian used the silver block card, the situation began to turn towards the Lakers.

Tang Qian is now much better at the timing of using ability cards than at the beginning. He has gradually understood when to use them to maximize the effect of ability cards. For example, the silver blocking card seems to be able to block a fixed 16

However, when it comes to actual use, there are still no limits. And you have to stand inside to maximize its value. Therefore, if you use up the fixed number of times in the first half, you may still fall into a crisis in the second half. If

If this situation really happens, at that time, if you want to reverse the situation, you will have no choice but to be powerless and beyond your capabilities.

Now is the most appropriate time to use it.

Slowly, the atmosphere at Staples Center began to heat up.

The reason was No. 29 of the Lakers. Their defense in this quarter was invincible and fierce.

What Tony Parker? What Manu Ginobili? What Tim Duncan? What GDP combination? At this moment, they have all become ordinary people. As long as they take action in the paint, they will definitely not be able to escape the hot pot of No. 29 of the Lakers.

Hat! To be honest, this made the Spurs confused and forced them to do it for a long time.

By the time they came to their senses, the Lakers were already leading 84-82.

If the Spurs hadn't made a mid-range shot, the game would have been close to zero in the fourth quarter.

Popovich immediately called a timeout. He wanted to adjust the team's offensive status, but no matter how sophisticated his tactics were, as long as he shot inside, he still could not escape bad luck. After entering the fourth quarter, the Lakers No. 29

, as if he had changed into a different person, becoming violent and terrifying.

When he blocked his 11th shot of this quarter, Popovich was dumbfounded, because this kind of blocking firepower was simply unreal!

I have long heard about Lakers No. 29. He once raved that he would become the best shot blocker in NBA history in the future. When he heard this, Popovich just smiled and didn't take it seriously at all. NBA

The best shot-blocking leader in history? Not to mention the best in history, it's just luck to be in the top ten of the total blocks list. Have you really thought that the NBA has had fewer perverts and monsters inside over the years?

But in the end, how many people were able to block 3,000+ shots after 1973?

There are only 4, namely Olajuwon, Mutombo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Mark Eaton.

In the future, only Tim Duncan may set foot in this club.

The rest of Mourning, Camby, David Robinson, O'Neal, Ewing, and Garnett are all short of 3,000+ blocks. So you want to become the best block leader in NBA history? This is

Are you kidding me? This Oriental is too eloquent. Compared with his compatriot Yao, there is no Oriental humility and modesty at all.

However, as the season progressed, Popovich became a little shaken.

Because this Oriental is like crazy and is frantically setting various NBA blocking records. Single-quarter blocking records and half-time blocking records have all become his name, even the single-game blocking record.

They were nearly doubled in height by him! After this happened, Popovich slowly began to pay attention to Lakers No. 29.

Shot-blocking talent, this kid must be a person with natural shot-blocking talent!

But watching the news and seeing it with his own eyes were different in terms of senses. For example, right now, he didn't know what to say.

Move all the firepower outward? If this is done, then the first thing to be disrupted is not the Lakers' rhythm, but the Spurs' own game rhythm. It may not matter to a weak team, but as one of the perennial powerhouses, the game rhythm is

What Popovich usually values ​​the most. He always believes that as long as the game is played according to the team's normal rhythm, it will win more and lose less, so that the team can maintain a stable height for a long time. Facts have also proved that

, Popovich’s coaching philosophy is very correct. The Spurs have been the most stable team in the NBA since the late 1990s. Excluding the shortened season, the Spurs have averaged 50+ wins per season in 20 years.

This is enough to stun any person or any team.

For 20 years, the San Antonio Spurs have been such a team.

But at the same time, they also have a fate, that is, they are easily killed by rampant stars.

Because the rationality on the defensive end is one of the Spurs' biggest advantages, but when they encounter some unreasonable people, the Spurs often lose unjustly. However, those are all troubles caused to the Spurs from the offensive end.

Is someone going to teach the Spurs a "lesson" on the defensive end tonight?

Popovich tried to use more air cuts and cooperation to attack the Lakers' basket, but most of them were either blocked or shot. After the Lakers' No. 29 blocked the shot for the 13th time in this quarter,

The whole crowd at Staples Center couldn't help but burst into joy.

"Dongfang Fang, Dongfang Fang is an unrivaled Nordic giant tonight! He supports the Lakers in the paint, he supports the Lakers in the paint!!!" Bill McDonald said to the commentator in front of him.

The microphone shouted: "This is his night, San Antonio people, you are screwed! You can't win!"

Seeing the Lakers further widening the score difference, the Spurs gradually became nervous, but because of the Lakers' No. 29, few people wanted to take shots in the paint or at the basket for the time being.

Yes, everyone knows that the closer to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage, but if it is blocked, the shooting percentage is equal to 0.

Might as well shoot from the outside.

Even if the shooting percentage cannot be higher than the basket, there is always a shooting percentage, right? So far in the fourth quarter, who has hit the basket with a higher shooting percentage? Damn! It is no longer a question of whether the shooting percentage is high or not!

This is... no shooting percentage at all, okay!!!

Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker have all tried, and without exception, they were all blocked by the Lakers' No. 29.

This situation makes the Spurs' offense become more and more external.

Human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so even if Popovich doesn't say anything, the Spurs players are not willing to "find things" inside and at the basket. But the Spurs' outside touch in this quarter is not special.

Okay, so the Lakers took this opportunity to "make a mess and make a fortune" and hit 2 more three-pointers.

The smile on Duncan's face when he came on the court in the fourth quarter has disappeared. He saw the Spurs' predicament, so he was ready to step forward and break the iron wall of the Lakers' No. 29. However, he was destined to be disappointed. Because he did not cover 16

Before the hot pot, the Lakers' inside line and basket will be destined to be impregnable and indestructible.

"The Spurs handed the basketball to Tim Duncan. Duncan made a back-up turn inside. His steps were very beautiful, but the heat was still the same. He had no intention of fighting closely. He kept half a step away from his opponent from the beginning to the end.

Make Duncan's movements extremely smooth!" Bill McDonald's commentary voice was the reason why Duncan felt so awkward. Until now, he has been playing basketball. Whenever someone is in the penalty area under the basket, he dares not to defend closely or increase his body weight.

Confrontation? It can be said that up to this point in my career, 99% of the time, I have completed inside shots in the midst of intense defense and intense confrontation. Sometimes double teams or triple double teams are even commonplace and routine. Therefore, the more you

This is the case, the more Duncan feels uncomfortable with the Lakers' No. 29 defense.

This made his mentality slightly fluctuate.

After making a smooth set of inside offensive moves before, he thought that this shot was a sure shot, but tonight, Duncan didn't dare to make a shot at all. And for some reason, he clearly felt that this Oriental center was

, the blocking state is much better than the first three quarters.

No, it's ten times stronger!

Of course, blocking ability and blocking status cannot be quantified in real games, but it does not hinder Duncan's instinctive intuition to think this way. Has this guy entered "The.Zone" in blocking status?

Even so, I will still break you!

"Duncan shot the ball very quickly, and the arc of the basketball was also very high. Oh~, he blocked another shot! Our Dongfang Fang blocked a shot for the 14th time this quarter!"

This, this has also been blocked? Has he already calculated the time and angle of my shot?

Fortunately, the Lakers missed the ball, giving the Spurs a chance to breathe.

Duncan continued to ask for the ball, and he wanted to try one more time.

For this ball, Duncan chose a quick back-turn pass, dribbling and rhythm, which was close to perfect, and then the non-dribbler also hindered the opponent, which was equivalent to completely leaving the Lakers No. 29 behind. With such an offense, you will always

Is it impossible to block it again? There is no one in front of me.

"Duncan took off for a dunk. The ball... Fang also took off at the same time. He stretched out his long arms, GOD! He gave Duncan a big hat on the back of his head!!! Tonight, no one can try to disturb Dongfang Fang's head!

!!Tonight, Feng is the king of the basket in the penalty area of ​​our Lakers team!!!" Duncan was also shocked at this time, thinking, can this be blocked? His timing judgment has been so proficient at this level

Already?

No, it's impossible! He must have entered "The.Zone"! Otherwise, even Olajuwon would not be able to achieve this!!!

Pau Gasol of the Lakers hit the inside and hit the defender Splitter with a raised arm! The Lakers further expanded the lead difference!

The Spurs felt a little bit fooled by the Lakers. With the inside line completely misfired, the pressure on outside shooting doubled, which made a 3-open three-pointer with a good transmission opportunity slide out of the basket. Needless to say, defensive rebounds,

Tang Qian had no doubts and picked it off with one hand, not giving the Spurs any chance to grab it.

The Lakers relied on Gasol and attacked inside. Although they did not score consecutive goals, they caused the opponent a defensive foul.

Go to the free throw line and make 2 free throws.

Gasol is not the "happy beast" on the Lakers bench. His free throws are still OK, so he "swishes" twice to help the Lakers score another 2 points. The Spurs' situation suddenly became

Extremely disadvantageous.

If we can't score another morale-boosting goal, this game will probably end here.

Popovich knew it, and so did Duncan, so the Spurs chose to take it personally on the 21st for such a crucial ball.

This ball was very crucial, and Duncan's face became a little more solemn.

Duncan finally gave up his plan to continue to attack hard, and he chose a low-post back-turn fadeaway jumper that was not as stable.

This is an indispensable skill for a big man with excellent skills. From Yao Ming to Garnett to Dirk Nowitzki and Duncan, any insider who can average more than 20 points per game for many seasons cannot be without the ability to press the box.
To be continued...