unfinished glory

Chapter 175 Opening Battle ([-])
Li Chongxiao's attack wave late in the third quarter increased his scoring to 38 points and helped the Grizzlies lead the Spurs by 18 points.

Carlisle happily patted Li Chongxiao on the shoulder and said repeatedly, "Well done." He somewhat understood what Li Chongxiao called superstar basketball.In his previous coaching career, Jermaine O'Neal, who was the most powerful, could not achieve this level.

Seeing the Grizzlies bench talking and laughing, Popovich turned around and said to the Spurs players: "Look at them, it seems that they are sure to win. Don't you just let them be arrogant at home like this?" ?”

"Come on, show them some color. Let them know that in front of us, they are no different than the team we swept twice in the playoffs."

When the Grizzlies were still playing in the usual way, with half the main force and half the substitute, the Spurs deployed the full main lineup.They had the upper hand at the beginning of the fourth quarter and quickly narrowed the point difference to 10 points.

Leading the attack was Duncan, who played with ease against Milicic or Hakeem Warik's defense, scoring eight points in a row.

Although Duncan was very dissatisfied with the team's handling of Li Chongxiao's related matters, it could not extinguish his desire to win.

Seeing Duncan being so "provocative", Li Chongxiao couldn't sit still, but he still held his temper and didn't play early.

When there were 8 and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, although the Grizzlies maintained an 8-point lead, they looked a little shaky.

After Li Chongxiao came on the field, he used Gasol's pick-and-roll to hit a three-pointer to stabilize the team's position, and at the same time raised his personal score to 41 points.

Immediately afterwards, he intercepted Ginobili's pass, fast broke to the front court, and came to a free throw line dunk, which made the boos of the scene reach its peak.

But this was not Li Chongxiao's last performance. Immediately afterwards, he got an offensive rebound, dribbled the ball alone, hit five, and succeeded in a reverse dunk.

Li Chongxiao scored 7 points in a row and pulled the point difference back to 15 points, forcing Popovich to call a timeout.This time he was really angry. The roar of the Spurs bench could be heard across the technical statistics desk.

Carlisle didn't care about how the Spurs deployed their tactics. He asked the Grizzlies players to maintain the current defensive strength, and Li Chongxiao relied on Li Chongxiao to adapt to the situation on offense.

Popovich's roar still has some effects for the Spurs players. The combination of GDP has played together for many years, and once they calm down, they have a perfect understanding.They quickly revived their attack and started scoring goals.

In contrast, the Grizzlies' formation has only been adjusted for a short time, and there are many loopholes in the defense. The Spurs seized the pain points to attack and scored again and again.

Seeing that it was difficult for the team to defend against the Spurs' offense, Carlisle adjusted the team's tactics. Instead of extravagantly hoping to kill the game in one go, he adopted a steady attitude to maintain the leading advantage.

Both sides are defensive teams, the rhythm of offense is relatively slow, and every ball counts.If the Spurs want to win, they need to play super efficient, complete every round of offense, and at the same time prevent most of the opponent's goals.

What the Grizzlies have to do is relatively simple. They only need to keep scoring goals to solve the problem.

The head coach has explained that the situation on the court is controlled by Li Chongxiao himself.At this time, he felt that his hands were very good, so he chose the inefficient way of playing singles.

Using the most difficult mid-range shots to defend, he kept up with the Spurs' goal rhythm one goal after another, helping the team maintain a point difference of about 15 points.

His scores kept rising, 47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58!

Despite all kinds of curses from the audience, the Spurs players on the field even adopted a three-man double-team method, but they couldn't stop Li Chongxiao's goal.

Li Chongxiao understands the Spurs' tactical system very well. He knows that they are not afraid of three-pointers or breakthrough players.

The efficiency of mid-range shooting is low, but the shooting area is wide, the shooting position is difficult to figure out, and it is very difficult to defend.For a team like the Spurs with complete defensive tactics and computer programs, this offensive method is irregular, and it is difficult to use tactics to limit it.

The last player who made them suffer so much was Kobe, and now there is another Li Chongxiao.

No matter how loudly the fans chanted, they could only watch helplessly as Li Chongxiao used one goal after another to slowly wipe out the Spurs' hope of winning.

With 2 minutes left in the game, Li Chongxiao took the ball and the audience stood up.At this time, instead of yelling "Traitor (traitor)", they yelled for the players to prevent Li Chongxiao from scoring again.

The decibel level of "Defense" can reach the highest point here, and the roof will be blown off, and all the Spurs fans are facing the basketball in Li Chongxiao's hands.At this moment, they don't care about the team's win or loss, they just can't let Li Chongxiao score 60 points.

It would be a shameful record to be scored 60 points by the old general at his own home court. It has been with the Spurs for many years and made fans look down.

Li Chongxiao faced Bowen with the ball, and after a dribble, Ginobili came to double-team him.From the corner of Li Chongxiao's eyes, he saw that Parker was also ready to move, and the insiders Duncan and Kurt Thomas were already in position, waiting for Li Chongxiao to fall into the trap.Players also hate being treated like a footnote to a classic shot.

Li Chongxiao took a decisive dribble and stepped into the three-point line, creating a little space.Then he took another step to the left. After Bowen pounced, he leaned to the right against Ginobili, pulled the ball and turned counterclockwise, and threw the ball backwards.

The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and fell into the basket under the desperate eyes of the audience.

60 points!
Now the silence is momentary, only the noise of the Grizzlies players cheering.

Faced with a 19-point difference, Popovich knew he was powerless, so he replaced all the main players and declared the game over.

The home fans couldn't stand it for a long time. They shouted "Traitor (traitor)" hoarsely for a long time, and used many small tricks, but the ending was so bleak.

Many fans chose to leave early when the Spurs replaced the main players.This is very rare in the Spurs' home games.

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After the game, Li Chongxiao accepted all the congratulations from the reporters for his new career high.At the same time, he also admitted frankly that he can score so many points against the Spurs, and his mood is very complicated.

Thinking about it now, Li Chongxiao is still very angry about the home fans chanting "Traitor (traitor)".He told reporters bluntly: "From the day I joined the Spurs, I have never done anything to offend the fans, nor did I do anything to the team. The breakup between the two parties is just a difference in the concept of basketball."

Li Chongxiao's expression gradually became serious: "I don't quite understand that they would choose to treat me in this way. This makes me sad, but also very angry. The actions of some fans have gone beyond the scope of basketball."

A local reporter said: "What we got from Holt, that's not the case. He thinks you betrayed the Spurs for money and status."

"Money? Does he think that I have been selected by the Spurs, so I have to cut my salary to stay in the Spurs?" Li Chongxiao smiled sarcastically: "I asked to match the money and status I contributed. Is it wrong?"

"But you were selected and cultivated by the Spurs. You should have the culture of the Spurs, which is sacrifice." Another local reporter couldn't help but said.

"If Holt doesn't change his philosophy and always thinks that draft players have to sell themselves to the Spurs and endure salary cuts and sacrifices, then I don't think the good days of the Spurs will last long.

If you think the Spurs spirit is endless sacrifice, then I really don't have the Spurs spirit.And I also believe that there will always be someone who fights against this spirit, and I will definitely not be the last. "

Li Chongxiao is used to this kind of spiritual shareholders, and continued to attack them: "You better hope that the next player who disagrees with the Spurs spirit will not be too strong, otherwise he will definitely not be as easy-talking as I am!"

As for the "portrait incident" during the competition, Li Chongxiao was not afraid: "I think they are jealous, jealous that I have my mother's love."

"Impossible." A local reporter pointedly said: "I am also a fan of the Spurs. You have nothing to be jealous of as a 'traitor'."

"Since it's not jealousy, it's worship." Li Chongxiao looked at the reporter and said coldly, "You held up the portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Didn't I immediately satisfy you?"

After speaking, he raised his left hand and waved it, stretched his five fingers forward, and then stretched out a little finger of his right hand and placed it next to his left hand.

Add up the number is "6"!
(End of this chapter)