MM Racing Chapter 166
Chapter 166
McGinnis was almost knocked over by him under the basket.
Ginobili's seemingly falling breakthrough made McGinnis stand stupidly under the basket, not knowing what to do.
He stretched out his hand symbolically, but Ginobili easily dodged it.
He made a weird layup behind his head under the basket.
This was far beyond McGinnis's imagination.
After Kidd's reminder, McGinnis came back to his senses, picked up the ball on the ground and passed it to him.
"Jason, calm down, the team needs to play with success rate, give the ball to those two people!"
Frank was a little anxious. The Nets hadn't scored in more than a minute in the second half.
Kidd nodded and dribbled across half court.
Parker's defense was like a shadow. The word he learned most in the Spurs was persistence. He continued to harass Kidd's dribbling.
Kidd hated this kind of physical behavior, just like a big fly following him.
Roy was in a good position at the waist under the basket. Kidd found the right opportunity to get rid of Parker and pass the ball in.
Duncan's single defense was still very powerful. His hand was against Roy's waist.
The two competed with each other the moment the ball arrived.
Roy struggled to play inside. Duncan did not give up an inch in the first round of the second half.
He kept pushing Roy out. When the two were in a stalemate,
Bowen of the Spurs came to assist in defense at the right time.
The single play was ruined. Roy raised the basketball and carefully avoided Bowen's hand while also being careful of his black feet.
In this way, Carter on the baseline was free.
Roy passed the ball very quickly, and the Spurs' defense was not slow either.
Ginobili had already added Carter in the bottom corner.
Carter could only break through from the baseline to the basket.
Halfway through, there was Bowen. After he double-teamed Roy, he turned around and cooperated with Ginobili. Nobili double-teamed Carter,
The basketball was passed to Lagabel,
Another empty basket, this time at a 45-degree angle,
Lagabel hesitated, and shot the basketball again,
This time he felt that his hand was adjusted well, and his shot was not stiff, and his whole body was smooth,
But luck was obviously not on his side,
"Ding"
The basketball bounced in the blue circle and jumped out of the basket,
Roy touched the rebound over Duncan's head,
The alert Horry and Duncan blocked Roy's retreat space, the basketball was in the air, and Duncan, who adjusted, protected the rebound.
Another three-pointer missed, Lagabel's mental pressure became heavier,
He hung his head and chased Parker back,
Duncan passed the ball directly to Ginobili who was starting,
Ginobili's long-distance ground hit, Parker suddenly accelerated to get rid of Lagabel's defense, and made a layup under the basket.
The Spurs scored six points in a row.
Coach Frank called a timeout helplessly.
"Listen, Raja, don't feel any psychological pressure. You just shot normally. You were unlucky and didn't make it. We don't blame you!"
That being said, Raja Bell not only didn't feel better, but felt more and more that he was dragging the team down.
Coach Frank sighed.
Looked at Jefferson and Arroyo, weighed it in his mind,
"Richard, you will replace Raja in a while. He needs to adjust."
Jefferson looked serious. His state from the Eastern Conference Finals to now has always been a mystery.
He felt completely out of shape. He was completely different from himself in the first two series of the playoffs.
He didn't know what went wrong with him. He couldn't find his shooting touch.
The inside line in the playoffs was stronger and stronger. His breakthrough didn't rely on shooting.
The opponent could easily let him in, and then the inside line of the opponent, such as Shark or Duncan,
They would blow away his layup or dunk like swatting a fly.
After the timeout, the Nets really went down as Popovich had set up.
Jefferson came back again, and Kidd, who had just been liberated on the defensive end, had to face Parker again.
Kidd dribbled past half court, and the situation on the court was not optimistic.
The role players could not make shots, and the double-teaming of Roy and Carter became more unscrupulous.
The Nets had fallen into a vicious circle.
At this time, the two of them needed the support of a third person, and Kidd decided to stand up by himself.
Continuously dribbling past Parker's defense, facing Duncan's backup defense halfway through the breakthrough,
Kidd passed the ball to Roy,
After passing the ball, Kidd did not stop but continued to cut to the basket,
Roy understood the idea of big brother Kidd in an instant,
and immediately hit the ground and passed it back to Kidd,
The two made a two-on-one cooperation,
Duncan was left behind by Kidd,
But the Spurs under the basket were not without people, Horry was like a cat that smelled blood,Now the most critical position,
Kidd has no way out,
Although Horry's height is not high, 2 meters 06 is still short for the inside line,
It is more than enough to deal with Kidd, a player with height but no explosive power,
The two of them were in physical contact in the air, and Kidd really couldn't jump,
He could only rely on limited jumping power to dodge and move in the air to find a difficult shooting point,
But Kidd is obviously not good at this difficult ball,
The basketball hit the backboard and fell to the other side of the basket,
When Roy found Horry, he had already started to the basket. He knew that it was not easy for Kidd to face this kind of inside line,
He was prepared to grab the frontcourt rebound in advance,
Caught the flying basketball in mid-air,
Before Duncan's pursuit and defense, he pressed the ball into the basket with one hand.
Finally, it was a blessing in disguise. Kidd successfully completed the task of scoring with Roy.
But such a ball was too difficult for Kidd, who was over 33 years old and had injured knees.
How many rounds he could break through with such a ball was unknown.
On the other hand, the Spurs did not take a break after losing the ball.
Horry made a quick free throw, and Parker took the ball and ran away.
Kidd did not even have time to catch his breath, and had to chase Parker back.
In the Spurs audience, Popovich sat on the bench with a smile on his face, enjoying it.
This was a targeted tactic he made specifically for Kidd.
It was a little trick, but it seemed to work well.
Parker deliberately slowed down the speed so that Kidd could not help but grit his teeth and chase after him.
In fact, it was mainly because the Nets' retreating McGinnis and Carter were already in place.
Parker had the leisure to tease Kidd.
It was not until Parker stood at the three-point line and laughed at Kidd that the veteran Kidd came to his senses. It turned out that this brat had been teasing him. The team's brain was also confused by the pressure of the Spurs on the offensive end. This is why the scene just now happened. Parker did not make any more extra moves and passed the ball to Ginobili behind him. Duncan screened for him outside the three-point line at the right time. Ginobili broke through against Roy and passed the ball back to the basket halfway. After being mobilized, only McGinnis stood alone under the basket of the Nets. Ginobili passed the ball to Duncan at the right time. Duncan, who inserted at high speed, avoided McGinnis' defense and made an easy layup under the basket.