Healing Basketball

Chapter 723 723. The future is mine! (Seeking a guaranteed monthly pass)

Duncan's performance made the commentators of major TV stations praise again and again. On the court, the Trail Blazers players have a headache for the veterans of the Spurs.

Finley and Horry, the two brothers took turns in the first quarter and scored 12 points in total!
By the second quarter, the veteran Spurs hadn't stopped performing.

Barry took on the responsibility of supporting the top arc and delivered ammunition to Duncan. Duncan steadily scored 8 points in a single quarter, transition balls, and necessary three-pointers. He also did a good job, scoring 4 points and 5 assists in a single quarter!

But what troubled the Trail Blazers the most was that Bowen and Horry made a total of 5 three-pointers in this quarter!Combined cut 15 points!Finley also scored 3 points.

The Trail Blazers' performance in the second quarter was similar to that of the first quarter, with stable and strong offensive firepower, scoring 28 points in a single quarter.

Liu Xiu scored 7 points, Kwame Brown scored 5 points, and Ray Allen scored 8 points. The three performed their duties and guaranteed the scoring.

But the Spurs scored 31 points in a single quarter!
After halftime, the Spurs overtook the Trail Blazers by two points 59 to 57!

Popovich's eyes lit up.

He has always envied the lineup of the Trail Blazers, Little Momonga, Raheem, McDyess, Stevenson, these four substitutes, whichever he has in his hands, he will use as a treasure.

But the owner of the Spurs who sells tractors really has no money, and the team itself doesn't make money...

But now, he has a new idea.

There are no stars in his prime, but veterans are fine too!
There is no omnipotent one, but the functional one is also fine!
If your personal ability is insufficient, then you don’t need personal ability. The three cores of Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker can still be used for at least four or five years!
...

Popovich opened up his mind, but the game has been out of control until now.

Finley, Bowen, Horry, Barry scored 34 points in the half.

This was not at all within his pre-match expectations.

What he was looking forward to was the demon sword, but tonight the demon knife withered, and ended up leading at halftime.

At this time, the decision he made was... Steady!

Emphasize that the style of play decided before the game will not be changed.

And this, the Trail Blazers expected it!Popovich's on-the-spot response is indeed very easy to guess.

For the veterans, the Trail Blazers really have nothing to do. Bowen and Horry are the ones who stand at the farthest point. If necessary, they must be released. Since there is no way, they will not change. Just take a gamble .

With a big score of 3 to 2, Maurice Cheeks has the courage and money to bet!
Adjusting the strategy unchanged, the Trail Blazers won this time!

The feeling of the veterans in the first half cooled down after the halftime break. Let alone the missed shots, it gave the Trail Blazers a chance to counterattack!
Liu Xiu turned on the mad rush mode, and with the bonus of "Lightning", he scored 13 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to score 33 in a single quarter!Beat the Spurs 33 to 23 in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Trail Blazers overtook the Spurs 90 to 82 by 8 points!
Popovich's current situation is terrible. He is so old, but he has made an "epiphany" improvement in coaching. Others will be absolutely amazed when they find out.

But facing the current situation, he became more and more powerless.

Duncan scored more points in the third quarter than Liu Xiu, scoring 14 points and 30 points in three quarters, but this time, no one can help him.

At the end of the quarter, Popovich made adjustments... to strengthen the defense.

Finally, the demon knife came out of the final quarter, scoring 8 points and 6 assists in 2 minutes, plus Duncan's 7 points, Parker's 5 points, Muhammad's 4 points, and Bowen's 3 points... The Spurs worked together to win the final quarter. To 25 points, and relying on defense to limit the scoring of the Trail Blazers who rushed too hard in the first three quarters, the Trail Blazers only scored 24 points in the final quarter, but the final effort came too late...

邓肯37分13板4助攻2抢断1盖帽，不敌刘秀35分7板9助攻4抢断1盖帽。

114 to 107, the Trail Blazers defeated the Spurs away, with a big score of 4 to 2, reaching the finals for two consecutive years!
...

After the game, thousands of fans were left on the scene to watch the Trail Blazers receive the Western Conference championship trophy.

There are some who support the Trail Blazers, but the city plays games, not many, and most of them are booing the Trail Blazers.

Once again Duncan stayed to watch the Trail Blazers hoist the Western Conference title, but this time he wasn't alone. Parker, Ginobili, and Popovich also stayed.

Although they lost the Western Conference Finals this time, the relationship between the four of them has become better.

Popovich still looks down on Parker, and is still thinking about the opportunity to trade him for Kidd. In the Western Conference Finals, Parker averaged 13.8 points per game and shot 39%, which is not as good as veteran Finley...but Parker tried his best. He tried his best to handle the ball, distributed the ball very well, and maintained the performance that a starting point guard should have under the pressure of the warden, which made Popovich look different.

In his eyes, Parker has always been a person who can only play with the wind, and he will be as bad as the headwind.

The relationship between the GDP trio is deeper than Popovich's acceptance of Parker.

When Ginobili came off the bench, the existing and potential ball conflicts were resolved at once.

The four of them finished watching the awarding of the Western Conference Finals trophy and were about to leave. As soon as they got up and walked to the player tunnel, someone called Duncan's name.

The sound actually came from the speakers.

Looking back, Duncan's eyes widened.

I really want to sing a joke for tonight's awards: Who stole my microphone...

I saw Liu Xiu holding the microphone and said to Duncan: "Mr. Duncan, you are the strongest center in history in my mind, but you have been playing for so many years and you are already old. Why don't you consider retiring? The future is no longer yours. , but mine!"

Even the Trail Blazers had only one word to describe this - crazy!

This is Duncan!
The second-year FMVP, two consecutive MVPs, has been a team for the past 8 years. This year, he failed to continue for a team because he was placed in the center position by the league. By the end of the 02-03 season, Duncan, who had only played for 6 years, had already been regarded as Legendary superstar.

Now Duncan has just turned 30 and has just hit his peak performance.

G1拿到27分12板3助攻1抢断3盖帽；

G2拿到35分14板5助攻2抢断2盖帽；

G3拿到34分18板2助攻1抢断6盖帽。

G4拿到33分8板6助攻2盖帽。

G5拿到41分15板6助攻1抢断3盖帽。

G6拿到37分13板4助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Don't look at Yaodao's showmanship, the overall performance is still a lot worse than Duncan.

Even the Trail Blazers players feel that Duncan's performance is not inferior to Liu Xiu.

With Duncan's current state and current style of play, there will be no problem at all if the peak period continues for another four or five years.

To say to such a Duncan, "It's time to retire", crazy!Madness!How arrogant!
Insane!

However, when they suddenly remembered that it was the warden who said this with a microphone...

Even the Spurs fans who were so angry at the scene had the idea of ​​'he deserves'.

All eyes were on Duncan.

I saw Duncan's eyes widened, his expression was astonished, all of a sudden!
Duncan laughed!

That picture healed everyone's eyes!
Suddenly, a whistle sounded.

Everyone looked at the referee on the technical stage in surprise. The bald referee scratched his head and waved his hand to signal everyone to ignore him. Reflex...

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(End of this chapter)