Parker made a 2+1 free throw in front of Nets fans at the Army Aviation Center.

He clenched his hands and excitedly screamed toward the stands.

All the unhappiness and the boos from the audience just now were vented at this moment.

Most people were silent, and only a few people were still unconvinced and booed in response to the arrogant Parker.

The score that should have been close or even overtaken took a sharp turn after Kidd left the court.

After giving people hope, they faced despair again. The Nets were ups and downs like a roller coaster, which made all fans feel unbearable.

As Parker scored a free throw, the referee blew the whistle again.

Coach Frank called a timeout. The joy of the tie had not yet melted away. In just 2 minutes, they fell behind by 7 points again.

A small climax from the Spurs directly brought the Nets back to reality.

Among them, the most self-blaming ones were Carter who missed consecutive shots and McGinnis whose three-pointer bounced out of the frame.

The most important thing about Frank's timeout was to let his players calm down.

At this point in time, all tactics are far less important than the psychological state.

From the performance on the court, it can be seen that the reason for the lag has little to do with technical and tactical aspects, but more of a psychological effect.

He regretted that he should have called another timeout when Kidd was injured to allow the players to have a psychological adaptation process instead of rushing to play.

The result was that they were directly beaten by the opponent. The continuous loss of the ball and falling behind directly caused problems with the players' self-confidence.

"I think we should not give up. We still have a chance. The sky has not fallen, and we have not lost. Why should everyone have a psychological burden? Should we shoot or not? You have to shoot. Don't think about what to do if you miss. How did we get by without Jason? We still won two games against them! What do we rely on? We rely on everyone's spirit!"

Frank could only try his best to enlighten the players. Kidd couldn't listen anymore and interrupted the coach.

"Coach, I am the useless one, right?"

The originally serious and dull atmosphere, everyone laughed out loud during Kidd's questioning.

The depressed and nervous mood was relieved a lot. Kidd's words were very timely. At least when adjusting the atmosphere, he showed a high emotional intelligence.

Roy stood up at this time:

"Don't have any psychological burden. Shoot when you have a chance. I will try my best to grab rebounds. If you don't have confidence in shooting, you can try to attack the basket resolutely. Their defense focuses on me and Vince. The defense of others is not tight. Even if you can't make a shot, even if you rush in to make a foul, it is better than doing nothing!"

If you want to win but are afraid of losing, you will be timid. The short rest has made the teammates' mental state much better.

After returning to the court, Parker, who had just scored 2+1, was very active on the defensive end, and his hand movements became more and more active when defending.

Carter and Lagabel passed the ball to each other and took turns dribbling the ball through the half court.

The ball was in Lagabel's hands. Carter did not choose to receive the ball after passing the half court.

Instead, after extending his hand to signal him to pass the ball to Roy, he took the initiative to cut and run.

Roy took the ball near the waist. Since the breakthrough would be jointly suppressed by the Spurs,

In this round, Coach Frank arranged a singles tactic for him. The Nets needed him to score as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.

Roy received the pass and dribbled back to play. Because the inside defense was Duncan's best defensive posture,

The Spurs did not double-team Roy at the beginning, but watched the two inside players fighting at a 45-degree angle.

When Roy turned his back, he did not forget to observe the situation around him. The Spurs players around him were not very clean.

They always reached out from strange positions to interfere with his offense, so he needed to pay attention to them at all times.

After a struggle, Roy turned his back when he reached the close distance under the basket.

While turning, he also mixed in fake moves. Under continuous shaking, even Duncan made a wrong prediction under the large-scale shaking.

This gave Roy the opportunity to cut in. His teammates saw that Duncan's defense had a flaw.

Horry, who was ready not far away, Bowen, who was close, and Duncan surrounded Roy again.

It was a familiar taste and familiar tactics. The multi-player double team not only locked Roy's offense, but also blocked his passing path.

At least when double-teamed, Roy found it difficult to pass the ball in time.

Even if the ball could be passed after the subsequent encirclement, there was no chance in the first time, but time was wasted.

Popovich's tactical goal was to make Roy or Carter fall into the quagmire of singles.

Using encirclement and artificially cutting off the passing path between teammatesWay, the Nets' offense was killed on the spot!

The Spurs were going very smoothly on the field, and Roy, who was surrounded, could only struggle under the hands of three people.

Seeing that the three seconds of the offense were about to violate the rules, Roy found an opportunity from the gap of Bowen's thin body, and used

his body to push away the leopard print, the thinnest among the three people, and passed the ball to Carter who was lying in ambush on the three-point line.

Carter, who had the ball, had to make some adjustments before shooting because of the previous consecutive misses.

Ginobili at the top of the arc gave up his defense against Jefferson and rushed towards Carter at the moment Roy passed the ball.

Ginobili switched defense in time, and Carter just came in front of him after adjusting.

Even so, Carter did not dare to hesitate, because the time for attacking had gone by half when Luo Yi was surrounded.

He jumped up and raised his hand to face Ginobili, and shot directly from the three-point line against his defense!

I don't know if it was because Carter was nervous or Ginobili was good at defense, but the arc of the basketball was abnormal when he shot.

As Roy passed the ball, the three players under the basket slowly dispersed and relaxed their vigilance, each looking for their own defensive players.

Looking back, I saw Carter's forced three-point shot, and subconsciously protected the rebound.

But when I looked back, I saw that Roy had already left the position of the three-man double team and took the rebound position under the basket first.

I don't know if Roy predicted the result of Carter's shot in advance, or it was just a coincidence.

"Bang"

This time the three-pointer hit the front of the basket.

Coach Frank off the court was too embarrassed to look at the situation on the court. Every time Carter missed a shot, his blood pressure rose a level.

Kidd beside him had forgotten the pain in his feet, and his hands were tightly holding the towel as if he wanted to squeeze out water.

Carter's face was full of despair. Could this game really only turn out like this?

Could it be that the basket at home tonight covered him?

The little confidence he had almost disappeared after this shot!

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