Defending champion

Chapter 193 It's time for the decisive battle again
Chapter 13 It's time for a decisive battle
In the first two rounds of the playoffs, the league uses the 22111 field allocation method to allocate home and away games.Therefore, the Hornets' fourth game against the Spurs will still be played at the Hornets' home stadium, the Ford Center.

After the start of the first quarter, Parker was in an unusually brave state. He scored eight points in a row at the beginning of the game, helping the Spurs take the lead in the game. The Spurs took a 14-9 lead at the beginning of the game.

But then, Jack made consecutive penalty shots to tie the score. At this point, the two sides began to enter the see-saw time.Ginobili's three-pointer broke the deadlock, and Paul made a sudden and outside shot, and the score came to a 24 tie.Ginobili seized the last minute to attack. Ginobili first assisted his teammates and then made two free throws. The Spurs ended the first quarter 1-28.

In the second quarter, jr Smith made a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, Paul broke through and made a layup, helping the Hornets lead 28 to 29.The scoring moment for the Spurs came again. Duncan and Kenobili made hits respectively, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately.Jack and Paul scored 4 points in a row, and then the Spurs Manu Ginobili made an open three-pointer. Because of the three-pointer by the Spurs Yaodao, the Spurs were able to score with 2 minutes and 19 seconds left in the second quarter. The Spurs took a 46-44 lead.

In the last 4 seconds of the second quarter, Jack broke through for a layup and caused Duncan's blocking foul, and Jack stood on the free throw line.

"rinse"

"Shabu" made two free throws!Jack tied the score again!

However, in one round, Parker scored and assisted Bowen.

Bowen's defense and his open [-]-pointers are his weapons in the league.The Hornets have such a big gap, how could he not shoot?
"Shabu" raised his knife and landed, and hit a three-pointer!Bowen's three-pointer directly helped the Spurs take the lead in the first half.

In the second half of the game, both sides played extremely anxiously. Jack also found his feeling in the second half. He scored 4 points in a row on 3 of 6 shots, directly helping the Hornets lead.

In the middle of this section, Duncan also found the feeling. He relied on the pick-and-roll with Parker, making a stagger with Jack, and an open three-pointer opportunity appeared.Within 40 seconds, he scored 4 points in a row.The Spurs overtook the score 64 to 68 in one go.
Since then, the two sides have entered the time of see-saw.This situation lasted until the last minute of the third quarter.

The Hornets did not score a single point in the last minute of this section. After Parker scored 1 points in a row, the Spurs ended the first three quarters with a 4-74 lead.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Jack beat Duncan 2+1 to help the Hornets overtake the score. However, the Spurs began to go crazy from the outside. Rewritten as 76-77.
The Hornets were also not to be outdone. Butler and JR Smith made successive outside shots, rewriting the score to 82 to 77. Popovich couldn't sit still at this time, and quickly called a timeout to make adjustments .

At this time, there are still more than 2 minutes left before the end of the game, and the Hornets hold a 5-point lead, if they continue to play according to the rhythm just now.The Hornets have a great chance of winning, and the future is bright for the Hornets.

However, the sky is unpredictable.

Back from the timeout, the Spurs' adjustments worked wonders.Ginobili, the demon swordsman of the Spurs, showed a very strong desire to attack when he came back. As soon as he came up, he immediately rushed, and the Hornets' inside line succeeded in a strong attack.Immediately afterwards, he took advantage of the gap between the Hornets' offense and faced JR Smith's defense. He forced himself and hit a three-pointer.

"Shabu" went up and down, and the Spurs relied on Manu Ginobili's strong performance at the critical moment to equalize the score.

Seeing that the form was not good, the Hornets quickly called a timeout to make adjustments.However, the Hornets' timeout adjustment is still not able to withstand the Spurs' cavalry.

Such a situation led to the Hornets completely collapsing in the last 2 minutes. Parker and Ginobili made consecutive shots with penalty shots and the point difference widened. There were 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter. However, the Hornets already held an 8-point lead. At this time, the overall situation was settled. The final score was fixed at 92 to 100. The Spurs pulled back another game at the Hornets' home court.

At this time, the total score has come to a 2-2 tie.The Hornets failed to seize the opportunity to hold the match point.

Two days later, the Hornets flew to San Antonio for Game [-].

In this game, the Hornets are different from the previous airport games. After they experienced the failure of the previous game, they seemed to have forgotten how they should play.

The fifth game of the Hornets against the Spurs collapsed immediately after the opening.After the first quarter, the Hornets trailed the Spurs 12-28.

When the team needed someone to stand up, Jack was still able to stand up.However, two fists are no match for four hands, and Jack's performance alone is obviously unable to withstand the monstrous offensive of the Spurs.

In the second quarter, Jack scored 19 points in a single quarter. In the second quarter, Jack alone scored all the points of the Hornets.The Hornets only scored 21 points in the second quarter, and Jack scored 19 of them. However, Jack's outstanding performance did not reduce the lead, even by one point.

At the end of the second quarter, the Spurs led the Hornets 40 to 56 by 16 points into the second half.

The second half of the Hornets continued the downturn of the first half.The basket seems to have covered the Hornets players, how to shoot, why not!

Seeing such a poor shooting percentage of the Hornets players, the Spurs began to double-team Jack unscrupulously. As long as Jack entered the three-point line, two or three people would appear around Jack to surround him.

However, even if the Spurs put on a solid defense, Jack still relied on free throws and scored 12 points in a single quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the players of the Hornets improved slightly.However, it was too late now, with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Hornets trailed the Spurs by 32 points.This caused the game to enter garbage time early.

The final game was lost 112 to 95!
In this game, Jack scored the highest score of his career with 38 points, which is also his highest score in the playoffs.However, even this way still can't get rid of the bad luck of the Hornets losing.

After the Spurs win this game, it means that the Spurs have won the match point, and whether they advance or not depends on the next game.

(End of this chapter)