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After defeating the Golden State Warriors, two days later, the Spurs ushered in the challenge of the New York Knicks at home. Although Larry Brown was coaching, none of the players in their hands met their own tactical requirements. Even if Larry Brown is a master coach, he is not a god after all, and he cannot cook without rice.

The Spurs easily won a big victory with nearly 25 points. No one on the Spurs team played more than 22 minutes. Stephen scored [-] points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal, which is understandable. Knowing whether he felt the threat from Stephen, Michael Finley made eight of eight shots in this game, including five three-pointers, and scored a team-high [-] points.

After defeating the Knicks, the Spurs' total record rose to 49 wins and 72 losses, continuing to lead in the Western Conference. At the same time, they were only two games away from the Pistons at the top of the league. After a training session, Popovich said To the seriousness of the impact of the Pistons to the record of [-] wins created by the Bulls.

In his view, if the team reaches that strength and breaks this record as if it is a matter of course, then it should naturally be broken, but if it is forced or put too much energy into it, it is unnecessary, like the current situation of the Pistons Similarly, on the surface, it seems that the Pistons only lost six games. According to the current winning percentage, it is very likely to break this record, but don't forget that in the long regular season, anything can happen.

And for the players, as the realization of the goal is getting closer and closer, the pressure in the players' hearts will also increase, and the psychology of wanting to win and fear of losing will become stronger and stronger, and this is like constantly twisting. Like a tight string, there will be a day when it will be broken sooner or later. Once the efforts and hopes of the whole season come to naught, the damage to the team and players will be huge.

Popovich warned everyone not to take the record as the goal to pursue. In the future games, the team will greatly increase the rotation of personnel, even if it affects the victory of the game. , Those who have potential injuries will greatly reduce their playing time. Popovich announced the names of several people and asked them to go to the team doctor for massage treatment after daily training.

Many people's faces changed color on the spot, and it was a very painful thing to receive a massage, especially Duncan. He was often alone when he received a massage. At first, everyone didn't know why. Occasionally, the door of the treatment room After it was opened, everyone understood after hearing his yelling inside.

Now it's time to sprint for the playoffs, the trade deadline has passed, the Spurs have nothing to do, because they don't need it, and other teams have nothing to do, at least not the kind of trade that affects the entire league Happened, only four teams of Saramento Kings, Seattle Supersonics, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets made a big trade, but they were all insignificant roles, and it is not known who the trade was It was initiated, and then how did it attract so many teams.

After the trade deadline, if you want to continue to strengthen the team, you can only look for it in the free agent market. For the Spurs, as long as there are no major injuries, they only need to ensure that the current lineup is complete. The current record of the Spurs also has this squandering capital.

For the Western Conference in recent years, 49 wins is a watershed. Generally, only teams with [-] wins can enter the playoffs steadily. For the Spurs who have won [-] , As long as you win one or two games in the future, you can guarantee to enter the playoffs, so it is understandable that Popovich adopts a large-scale lineup rotation strategy.

In addition, the Spurs also have this squandering capital in the lineup. According to a technology transferred from the technical department, the Spurs' bench lineup has a strong offensive and defensive presence when facing the main lineup of the [-]th team in the league. Absolute advantage, the thickness of the Spurs' lineup can be imagined.

With such a substitute lineup, Popovich is a rotation, and there is nothing to worry about, but Popovich is just giving everyone a vaccination. In the home game against the Mavericks, the Spurs are still the same as before. Rotation, although Duncan's performance was lackluster, but the whole team worked hard and won the game. The Mavericks ranked fourth in the Western Conference record list, and it was not so easy to win.

This is thanks to Stephen. When Howard was off the court in the third quarter, Stephen broke out suddenly. Taking advantage of their inability to defend themselves from the outside, he kept killing towards the basket and faced Dampier, who claimed to be the second center in the West. , Stephen hit him with powerful breakthroughs time and time again, or shot, or dunked, or layup, and scored twelve points in a single quarter. Now Stephen's substitute lineup is a tough player. , The continuous explosive scoring ability is unmatched.

Originally, this role was Ginobili, but because of Ginobili's physical fitness, he gradually evolved into the role of an assister, and he handed over this task to Stephen, and Stephen's powerful breakthrough has nothing to do with him. Although the breakthroughs of drilling holes have different forms, they have the same effect.

Thanks to Stephen's sudden outburst, the Spurs opened up the gap in the score in one fell swoop. When the main lineup came on the field, they didn't give the Mavericks a chance. They won the game without any risk, surpassing their record It has been raised to the standard of fifty wins.

After a day of rest, the Spurs ushered in the challenge of the Portland Trail Blazers again. Popovich started the rotation experiment in this game. Robert Horry and Van Exel have not performed well recently. Good players were put on the injured list by him, and Udic was activated to enter the substitute lineup.

Although Randolph, the leading star of the Trail Blazers, still scored 24 points and ten rebounds, although the rotation of the Spurs lineup was a little chaotic during the game, especially when the substitute lineup was on the court, the Spurs still played with The game was won by [-] points. Due to the entry of Udic, there was a problem with the passing of the ball in the substitute lineup. Stephen was also affected and only scored [-] points.

After the game, Popovich made an exception and did not arrange the next day's training, allowing the players to take a good rest, and at the same time let the players avoid going to the entertainment venue. This is the first time Stephen heard Popovich interfering When it comes to the private lives of the players, fortunately, they just let them go less, and they didn't say no to them.

Because the next schedule will not be as comfortable as before. First, there will be a back-to-back away game, and then there will be another back-to-back with an away game and then a home game after only one day off. Fortunately, the Spurs have basically played the away games in the East. Most of their away games are in the West.

After a good day of rest, even with Stephen's physical strength, the thought of consecutive back-to-back matches has reduced his training. To be honest, it is only now that Stephen feels how strong his body is. Players who have been playing for several years feel a little overwhelmed after most of the season, and this is based on the fact that Popovich is very careful about the use of players. If the physical fatigue increases slightly, the playing time will be reduced.

And Stephen went all out during the game, and he didn't need to save his energy at all. Coupled with the super-intensive training volume every day, he didn't find that the limit was exceeded every time. In the words of the team doctor, Stephen's physical self The recovery is too strong, as long as you take a short rest, you can recover your energy, which is just right for playing in back-to-back games. I especially suggested to Popovich that Stephen's playing time can be appropriately increased in back-to-back games.

Stephen is a little thankful to that Rosenberg at this time. If he hadn't chosen him, he would not have had the chance to change his fate. Even if he would not be silenced by the police, he might be arrested in prison, even if he still came to his aunt. He will not become a basketball star with unlimited potential as he is now.

It's a pity that this old guy is not very kind, otherwise Stephen would really feel a little guilty, and he didn't know what happened to the animals that came out with him, not because he was afraid of being found by this clue, Stephen Really want to adopt them.

Those things I have experienced are as vivid as if they happened yesterday. I saw the grief and righteous indignation when Wick was killed, the doubt and surprise when Rosenberg appeared in front of me, and the cold eyes when I received the injection. , and then the fear in my heart when I woke up and saw those corpses.

All of this is still fresh in Stephen's memory as if it just happened, but Stephen is unwilling to recall all of this. These memories not only contain sadness and pain, but also Stephen can't believe that this is just a dream. .

Stephen really wanted to enjoy everything in front of him with peace of mind, but there is a saying, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the Germes Research Institute will not be isolated, and there must be an organization behind it, no matter it is personnel. Whether it was a loss or a property loss, they would not give up on the investigation easily, so Stephen knew very well that he had to remain vigilant, and at the same time, this incident from the FBI also gave Stephen a wake-up call.

Just such a suspicion, the FBI dared to take him away forcibly. If he hadn't just notified Modans, as long as he stayed in there for a long time, the other party would definitely use some unconventional means to deal with him, or Their own reputation is not loud enough, otherwise they would not dare to be so unscrupulous.

After re-setting himself a goal of performing well, Stephen followed the team and boarded the plane to Los Angeles. This is another game that will be broadcast live across the United States. This kind of opportunity is very rare for the Spurs. arrived.

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