basketball kingdom

Chapter 510
Xu Tian once again predicted the Spurs' offense in advance, ran to intercept the ball halfway, and hit the ball out of the sideline.Only 2.1 seconds left for the Spurs to attack.

Popovich looked at the time, called a timeout, and arranged an offensive tactic.His mind was a little messed up, and he just set up a catch-and-shoot and let Ginobili execute the offense.

Xu Tian's tactical understanding is not weaker than Kobe's. He conceived several possible offensive tactics in his mind, and finally thought that Ginobili might complete them.

After the timeout expires, players from both teams return to the field.

107-97, 1 minutes and 41 seconds!
The Spurs frontcourt sideline kick, 2.1 seconds left in the attack time!
Aldridge stood on the sideline of the front court, took the ball from the referee, raised it above his head with both hands, and sent it to Ginobili who reached the top of the arc.

Xu Tian's prediction was successful, he quickly ran over to defend, and blocked Ginobili's shot head-on.

The referee whistled and the Spurs violated the 24-second offense!
The fans at the Staples Center did not expect the team's defense at critical moments to be able to achieve this level. They shouted and cheered for the team.

Xu Tian slowly dribbled the ball to the front court, facing Ginobili's close defense, dribbled the ball with his left hand, turned to the right side and got rid of him.Then the dribble accelerated and hit the Spurs penalty area.

Duncan was not on the field, and the penalty area defended by Boris Diaw and Aldridge was a bit weak. Facing Xu Tian's impact, he had to foul and send him to the free throw line.

Popovich looked at Xu Tian, ​​who was full of confidence and wanted to cheer, but shook his head helplessly, sat back on the bench tiredly, and continued to watch the progress of the game.

Scott stood on the sidelines, also not knowing what words to use to describe his mood at this time.This is a scenario he never imagined, a rookie with the [-]th pick in the first round, who is dominating the playoffs.

Made two free throws!

109-97, 1 minutes and 25 seconds!
The Spurs did not score a single point in the few minutes that Xu Tianding was at the power forward position.

Seeing that Popovich didn't mean to call a timeout, Ginobili dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and tried to complete a breakthrough.

Xu Tian weakened the defensive strength and gave Ginobili room to attack.

Ginobili tries to throw!

clang!
The basket is covered!

McGee protected the defensive rebound, and after the Spurs retreated to the backcourt, he handed the ball to Xu Tian.

Xu Tian took 8 seconds to dribble to the frontcourt, and stood one step ahead of the center line to dribble, wasting the last time.

Ginobili was in charge of defending Xu Tian, ​​and took a half-step to avoid being directly passed.This is a mistake he made just now, and he doesn't want to make it again.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball with his left hand, and suddenly changed his rhythm, making Ginobili, who was like a frightened bird, quickly take two steps back.He took advantage of this space to change direction in front of his body, and walked along the trend to break through.

Ginobili quickly followed Xu Tian, ​​using too much force, and rushed directly to one step inside the three-point line.

Xu Tian stopped suddenly, stepped back, held the ball with both hands, and shot smartly!

112-97!

This goal completely killed the game!

Kobe called a timeout and asked Clarkson to replace Xu Tian, ​​and Xu Tian was no longer allowed to play the last few tens of seconds of the game.

Crowds at the Staples Center erupted, presenting the voice of MVP to Xu Tian who sat back on the sidelines.

The Spurs bench was almost silent.They didn't expect that the situation, which was originally evenly matched, would collapse in a short period of time.

Popovich comforted the players a few words, and then removed all the main players, allowing the rare players to finish the game.

Barkley said: "The defensive strength shown by the Lakers in the last period far exceeds that of the other championship teams. If they can maintain this level, it is likely to be the final championship."

Kenny Smith laughed: "Charles, why don't you insist that the Spurs can advance?"

Barkley said: "I really still believe that the Spurs can advance, but the rational side tells me that I may lose the bet with Shaquille O'Neal." After finishing speaking, he also laughed.

Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and other famous Lakers all tweeted one after another, praising Xu Tian and raising him to a very high level.But Xu Tian didn't know these things.

When the final whistle sounded, the Lakers beat the Spurs 112-99, turning the series into 3-2, and the Lakers got two match points.

The TNT reporter came to the sidelines, called Xu Tian to his side, and began to conduct post-match interviews.Her first question was how did Xu Tian think of playing power forward in the final stage.

Xu Tian wiped the sweat from his chin with a towel hanging around his neck, and said: "I think it's time to challenge Tim Duncan, so I naturally stood in the penalty area, but I didn't expect the effect to be good, so I continued to play for a few minutes .”

"After losing the first two series, you have won three consecutive games and successfully won the match point in this round of the series. What do you think made you complete such a transformation?"

"The first is the hard work of the whole team, and the second is to thank Wade for giving me private guidance. When I can break the double-team, everything will happen naturally."

"You're flying to San Antonio for Game [-], what do you think is going to happen?"

"I haven't thought about this issue yet. I think we should work hard to prepare for the game and leave everything to the game. As for the result, the game the day after tomorrow will tell you."

Reporters on the sidelines are generally allowed to ask three questions, but due to the partnership between TNT and the Lakers, female reporters are allowed to ask the fourth question.

"The outside world says you are the third best star in the league after LeBron James and Kevin Durant. What do you think about that?"

Xu Tian knew that this was a topic that would cause widespread discussion, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I'm not sure what the outside world thinks of me, but I can tell you very clearly that I don't care about names that are selected through unanimous standards. .”

"Then what do you care more about?"

"Champion!" Xu Tian replied firmly.

"Then I wish you good results in the playoffs." The female reporter said her congratulations at the end of the interview.

Xu Tian wiped off the sweat from his face with a towel, took off the bracelets on his hands, and gave them to the small fans on both sides of the player's aisle who hadn't left.Then he walked into the player tunnel and went straight to the home team locker room.

In order to prevent the players from losing their fighting spirit, Popovich made a brief mobilization after returning to the locker room. He didn't know the effect.After all, even he was a little discouraged, and the players' feelings can be imagined.

Boss Jin took the Craig family to the main entrance of the Staples Center and waited for Xu Tian to come out of the venue.

Xu Tian promised to give Craig Jr. a signed jersey, and after taking off the jersey in the locker room, he signed it.After he finished signing, he asked for the jerseys of George, Kobe, and Nick Young, and asked them to sign their own jerseys and prepare to give them to Craig.

(End of this chapter)