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The twenty-minute intermission passed quickly. The Wizards cheerleaders slowly left the field under the fiery eyes of the male fans at the scene, and the players from both sides came on the stage to fight again.

The Wizards came up with a five-out lineup in the third quarter. After coming up, the Wizards served first. Hinrich dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Li Kaiming at the waist.

In the locker room, Sanders also wanted Li Kaiming to continue hitting until the old man Popovich felt distressed.

After receiving the ball, Li Kaiming turned from his back to facing the frame. Under Duncan's defense, he first raised the ball to shoot. Duncan's defensive position was very tricky. He was in a position where he could defend Li Kaiming with one stretch of his hand, but would not be beaten by one step. Very clean location.

But he is older after all. Li Kaiming made a fake shot and found that Duncan had no reaction, so he directly turned the fake shot into a real shot in the middle of the road and hit it easily!

55 to 49, Duncan clapped his hands in frustration.

The Spurs came to the frontcourt. Tony Parker did not break through with the ball, but passed the ball to Morris. After the latter and Duncan switched, the Wizards were forced to switch defense.

Morris Jr. passed the ball to Duncan who was heading inside with Leonard on his back. The latter started directly after receiving the ball, turned around and wiped it to the basket. He scored with difficulty under Li Kaiming's defense and also caused a foul.

Going to the free throw line, Duncan missed the extra free throw thanks to the efforts of the MCI Center audience, 55-51.

The Wizards served to the frontcourt, and the triangle tactics reappeared in the MCI center. The other three Wizards players cleared one side, and Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming inside at a 45-degree position on the outside.

Duncan was still on one-on-one defense, but this time Li Kaiming attacked more decisively. He started the moment he caught the ball, lowered his shoulders and center of gravity, and took a long step to reach the basket. Duncan turned around and wanted to force Li Kaiming to the baseline.

At this time, Plit, who was pulled out by Lewis in the other corner, also rushed in, but Li Kaiming was faster.

Besides, who stipulates that layups can only be taken from the same side?

Li Kaiming seemed to be cornered by Duncan, but after taking the last step, he took off directly. His whole body was parallel to the backboard. After flying for a distance, he dunked a backhand one-arm from the other side!

57 to 51, Li Kaiming's wonderful goal began to be replayed on the big screen of the MCI Center again, and the audience at the scene also raised their heads and stared.

In addition to the good results in recent seasons, another important reason why the Wizards' home court is so lively is that Li Kaiming can contribute several top five goals in every game. This is definitely the key to increasing the popularity of a team!

Otherwise, why was Vince Carter so popular with the Raptors in the first place? Isn't it because he dunked and exploded?

The Spurs attacked and came to the frontcourt. Parker held the ball at the top of the key and waited for his teammates to move. Duncan and Plett served as stumps on the baseline, providing screens for Morris Jr. and Danny Green.

Danny Green and Morris Jr. crisscrossed along the baseline, and with the help of a screen, the former successfully got rid of his opponent Thompson, so Lewis on the same side had to change defense.

At this time, Parker at the top of the arc gave the ball to Danny Green on the outside. The latter caught the ball and transferred it without stopping to Duncan, who was misplaced inside. The latter forced Thompson under the basket to turn around and score with a hook.

57 to 53, the Spurs' teamwork was so smooth that even the commentators on the sidelines were amazed.

The Wizards attacked and came to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Li Kaiming on the outside. The latter received the ball and singled out Duncan. The Spurs still did not double-team. Li Kaiming changed direction and walked inside, then stepped back from the mid-range. Missed the shot from distance.

After Duncan protected the rebound, he passed it to Morris who was going down quickly. Tony Parker got rid of Hinrich without the ball, rushed to the frontcourt, received the ball and switched hands for a layup!

57 to 55, the Spurs chased the point difference to 2 points in just a few rounds.

After the Wizards served, Li Kaiming continued to get the ball outside the three-point line. He would not feel anything if he missed a goal because he knew his strength.

Facing Duncan's one-on-one defense, Li Kaiming dribbled the ball to find a rhythm, and then started a scissor step. His powerful explosive power allowed him to directly pass Duncan cleanly. After rushing to the basket, Spurs center Plitt came to help defend. , but this guy seemed to have overestimated his own bounce. Li Kaiming held the ball with one hand, and the height was completely higher than Plit's hand.

Then the two collided in the air, and Li Kaiming succeeded in a one-arm dunk!

59 is better than 55!

Sanders waved his arms in celebration on the sidelines. Fortunately, Li Kaiming was there, otherwise he would have called a timeout to arrange defense.

The Spurs attacked. This time the Wizards didn't want the inside to be misplaced so easily, so they could only rely on Thompson and Leonard to squeeze in the screen. However, Duncan and Plett were like two mountains in the inside, knocking Thompson out. He and Leonard were blocked tightly.

By the time Thompson's pursuit was in place, Danny Green had already caught the ball and shot!

With a swish sound, the basketball hit the net!

59 to 58. The opportunities created by the Spurs' tactics during this period were all huge mismatches or open opportunities, so the scoring efficiency was very high.

The Wizards attacked the frontcourt, and Li Kaiming still broke through Duncan with the ball this time. After attacking the inside, Plitt was smarter this time and came to help defend in advance, but Li Kaiming didn't even look at him and passed the ball. Throw it toward the basket!

At this time, Lewis cut from the baseline and scored a layup after an alley-oop!

After hitting this layup, Lewis clenched his fist to celebrate. Although he is a shooter, he is also Mr. Billionaire after all. No one thinks that I can't make a layup, right?

Popovich on the sidelines pointed at Plit, who couldn't help but shrink his neck.

The Spurs attacked the frontcourt, and this time they still used the same tactics, but this time Thompson and Leonard were on guard and directly chose to bypass the screen to pursue. Although it also gave Danny Green an open opportunity, it was better than before. It would be much better to completely let the two inside lanes get stuck.

And Danny Green can't score every ball. Thompson tried his best to chase the ball, but in the end the former caught the ball and shot.

Li Kaiming under the basket, surrounded by the two giants of the Spurs, jumped high and grabbed the rebound.

Using a five-out lineup to deal with the Spurs' starting lineup, he has to rely on him alone for backcourt rebounds, and Lewis certainly can't count on him anyway.

After getting the rebound, Li Kaiming did not pass it to Hinrich, but dribbled to the frontcourt himself. Duncan knew that his speed was much slower than Li Kaiming, so he returned to the frontcourt early to wait for Li Kaiming.

But Duncan still underestimated Li Kaiming's speed. When he rushed to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming had no intention of slowing down. Instead, he accelerated twice and rushed in front of Duncan in an instant.

Duncan stood up according to his defensive instinct. Unexpectedly, Li Kaiming did not slow down at all during the high-speed movement, but turned around and passed him cleanly!

Of course, it was impossible for the rest of the Spurs to stand and watch this kind of ball. Morris Jr. was the first to rush over to help defend. Plitt on the edge of the penalty area was also eyeing the ball, but Li Kaiming felt it was not enough.

He put the ball together with both hands, did a European step, and passed the ball directly over the head of Morris. At this time, there was no one under the basket!

Plit finally couldn't help it anymore and rushed over directly. However, this was the moment Li Kaiming was waiting for. He passed the ball directly to Lewis in the bottom corner. The latter received the ball and shot in the open, hitting a three-pointer!

62 is better than 58!

Li Kaiming's personal scoring performance starting from the second half of the second quarter finally attracted the Spurs' defense.

Because he suddenly reacted in these rounds. If he only shoots from the outside, the Spurs will certainly not double-team him. But as long as he can break through to the basket, let alone the Spurs, as long as it is a professional team, he will double-team!

Because being penetrated under the basket means the complete collapse of the team's defense!

After Li Kaiming realized this truth, he began to continuously hold the ball or catch the ball and break through to the basket in subsequent games.

In order to prevent the defense in the penalty area from collapsing, the Spurs used various methods to help defend the rotation, but no matter who was left open, Li Kaiming could quickly find his teammates and finally deliver the ball to their hands accurately.

In this rhythm, the Wizards' outside firepower began to show off. Thompson, Hinrich, Lewis and even Leonard, everyone began to fire from the outside.

The score difference was immediately stretched to double digits by the Wizards. No matter how Popovich called a timeout, it was of no avail because his defensive tactics could not limit Li Kaiming.

At the end of the game, the Wizards defeated the San Antonio Spurs 112-98 at home and won the first game of the Finals.

李凯明全场出战37分钟，投篮23中14，其中三分球5中2，罚球8中7，得到37分14篮板10助攻3盖帽2抢断的全面数据。

Thompson got more shooting opportunities in the second half, hitting 4 three-pointers and scoring 18 points and 3 rebounds. Leonard also felt very good tonight, hitting 3 three-pointers and scoring 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. .

In the post-game interview, both Sanders and Li Kaiming said that this was just the beginning. All they had to do was win four wins as soon as possible. It was not the time to celebrate yet.

Three days later, on June 6, Game 9 of the Finals was still at home to the Wizards.

The Spurs' defensive tactics have changed a lot this time. Popovich has strengthened the rotation of the interior and turned his penalty area into an airtight iron barrel.

Even Li Kaiming couldn't break through easily.

But things always have two sides, there are gains and losses. When the intensity of internal defense increases, the external defense will become more relaxed. The Spurs players are not supermen and can take into account both internal and external defense at the same time. Especially the internal defense is for Li Kaiming. The one who was prepared, the contraction was even more severe.

So Sanders increased the playing time of the five-out lineup in the second game to increase the three-point firepower. There is an old saying that all fears come from insufficient firepower.

If the opponent's inside defense is impregnable, why not try using long shots to reduce the dimensionality of the attack!

In the final game, the Wizards shot 43 three-pointers and hit 19 of them. They beat the Spurs 124-103 and rewritten the series to 2-0.

李凯明全场得到32分13篮板14助攻2盖帽1抢断，汤普森命中6记三分得到24分3篮板，伦纳德得到17分8篮板。

History is always surprisingly similar. The Wizards are going to the away game again with a 2-0 advantage...