unfinished glory

Chapter 117 Lore
The best lineup of the season was announced on May 5, led by Dirk Nowitzki, the regular season MVP. The other positions are center Yao Ming, forward James, guards Kobe and Nash, which happen to be the top five players in the MVP ranking this season.

On the Spurs side, only Duncan was selected for the second team, and he narrowly beat Marion by one point.

In the previous best defensive team selection, Duncan was also in the second defensive team. This is the year he has the least personal honor since he entered the league.

Li Chongxiao and Yao Ming entered the second defense hand in hand, pushing Prince and Camby out.

In the evening, the Spurs and Mavericks will have a battle at Tianwangshan at the American Airlines Center.

Before the game, reporters stepped forward to interview Li Chongxiao, because earlier, Cuban uttered nonsense, saying that the Mavericks would resolve the battle within two games.At the same time, he did not forget Li Chongxiao, saying that he would not play without Duncan, and he was a clown hiding behind Duncan.

The reporters were looking forward to Li Chongxiao's answer full of fighting wisdom, but what was disappointing was that he just said "oh" lightly, as if he didn't care at all.

A Dallas reporter asked him triumphantly, so that you are not angry, it seems that you have admitted what Cuban said.

Li Chongxiao looked at the reporter with a very strange expression: "Why should I be as knowledgeable as that idiot? I just need to win this game. At that time, I don't need to do anything. His own words can swell his face. "

After saying this, Li Chongxiao added another sentence: "Just like last year!"

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The game officially started. This time Popovich took the lead in changing the lineup. He chose Li Chongxiao as the starter to defend Nowitzki, while Duncan played center inside.

Anyway, Nowitzki was not good at defending, so he simply let Li Chongxiao go forward to consume his physical energy, not to mention Nowitzki couldn't defend Li Chongxiao.

In this way, at the beginning stage, Duncan was liberated and focused on offense.Facing an ordinary blue-collar center like Dampier who has deteriorated year by year, he played very happily.

After playing for more than five minutes, it caused two fouls by the opponent, and "Little General" Johnson had to replace Desagena Diop to continue the defense.

Under normal circumstances, he would not match Nowitzki and Duncan. The German's offense may be slightly stronger than Duncan's, but his defense is a few blocks worse.

If the two match up, Nowitzki will definitely suffer more.

Nowitzki's efficiency against Li Chongxiao was good. He made 5 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.

Popovich is also quite satisfied. For the new MVP, if the hand feels good, whoever defends will have the same effect.

But in turn, Nowitzki was unable to defend Li Chongxiao when it was his turn.Nowitzki has the height, but the speed can't keep up.

Li Chongxiao's shooting was easily interfered by Nowitzki, so he focused on breaking through.Dampier and Diop on the inside are hard enough to deal with Duncan, and there is still room to deal with the breakthroughs of other Spurs players.

If Josh Howard hadn't come to help from time to time, the Mavericks would have become a sieve inside.

This state lasted for most of the quarter. The Mavericks were the first to be unable to sit still. They were beaten by the Spurs at home, and they were more or less embarrassing.

Fortunately, when the substitute time came, both sides made some adjustments to the lineup.

The Spurs have a lot of players, and the Mavericks are not far behind, and they are younger.

The lineup composed of Terry, Stackhouse, and Devin Harris has soared in points, and it is difficult for ordinary teams to resist.

On the Spurs side, Li Chongxiao, Barry and Parker were also top-notch offensive players. The two sides fought an offensive battle for a few minutes, mobilizing the emotions of the audience.

The sound of cheering was endless, which made the players of the Mavericks excited.

Li Chongxiao saw that it was okay, he winked at Parker, the two switched positions, and Li Chongxiao started to play point guard.

He took the ball to the frontcourt, and then played a pick-and-roll with Parker, allowing the latter to take away Stackhouse who was defending him.

Facing Harris, who was ten centimeters taller than him, Li Chongxiao made a shot without hesitation.

He often likes to force shots against players who are much shorter than himself, and his shooting percentage is very high.

It took two rounds like this before Stackhouse adjusted and followed the defense very tightly.Li Chongxiao could still shoot at this time, but his hit rate would definitely drop.

In order to avoid being served by Popovich's hair dryer, he began to organize patiently, becoming a passing master for a while, assisting his teammates to score continuously.

Until Nowitzki and Duncan came back, the scene still maintained the Spurs' dominant situation.

Avery Johnson could only give up the previous tactics, chose Nowitzki and Duncan to match up, and replaced Dampier.

In fact, this is their most commonly used tactic in the playoffs.With their strong firepower, they overturned the Clippers in the first round.

However, it is not so effective when encountering the Spurs with the same firepower. At least in today's game, they have always been the suppressed side.

After the first half, the battle between the two sides ended at 61:57, with the Spurs leading by 4 points. The Mavericks tried their best, but failed to turn the score over.

Fighting and fighting, the third quarter is almost over in a blink of an eye, and the Mavericks are still struggling to catch up.

Today, apart from Duncan, the other three core offensive players of the Spurs are in good condition. Although the scores are relatively average, they have already scored more than 15 and are heading for 20.

However, although the Mavericks have worked hard, they have not been left behind.Always keep the point difference within 8 points, which keeps the game full of suspense.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, except for Nowitzki, the Mavericks have no other players to stand up, looking hopeless for a comeback.

Next, the Spurs suddenly strengthened their defense and successfully defended for three consecutive rounds. They caught the Mavericks by surprise and opened the point difference to more than 10 points for the first time in the game.

Just when the Spurs thought they would win the game, the situation on the field changed suddenly.

The Mavericks, who had a last stand, put Bao on the three-pointer. They made 8 three-pointers in more than four minutes and hit 6 of them, which immediately evened the score.

With 1 minute and 34 seconds left, Popovich called a second timeout, and after a roar, the players finally woke up.

After Duncan played, he succeeded in singles against Nowitzki, hit two points, and took the lead again 116:114.

Nowitzki fought back and also made a mid-range shot to tie the score.

Duncan missed a shot in the second round, but he played defensively, blocking Nowitzki's layup and grabbing the rebound.The two sides are still on the same starting line.

With 32 seconds left in the clock, both sides have an opportunity to attack.

On the one hand, the Spurs must have a high success rate, and on the other hand, they cannot leave too much time for their opponents. Ginobili only made a shot in 20 seconds.

It's a pity that this excellent opportunity from Duncan's pick-and-roll, Ginobili failed to make a shot, the rebound was taken by the Mavericks, and they immediately called a timeout.

With 8.4 seconds left in the clock, the Mavericks lineup was Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Stockhouse, Terry and Devin Harris.

Josh Howard served, Terry came out to catch the ball, and was caught by Parker.Nowitzki came out to pick and roll, and Duncan stuck to it.

Seeing that the time was coming, Josh Howard threw the ball to Nowitzki who was stuck in the position.The latter took the ball and shook it for a while, but couldn't find a chance to pass the ball, so he had to dribble a bit, facing Duncan and chose to lean back and make a strong shot.

Under Duncan's block, the ball was obviously much higher than his usual arc, but luck was on the home side.

The ball actually went in, but it was still hollow.

The Mavericks led the Spurs by 3.2 points with 3 seconds left in the game, and they were invincible.

When the audience saw Nowitzki's arc, some people sighed softly at first, but when they saw the ball scored in the end, everyone cheered.

Cuban raised his hands like a lunatic, roaring loudly.

Li Chongxiao picked up the basketball unwillingly under the basket and cursed softly.

The Spurs used up the last timeout, Popovich's tactics are very simple, Duncan serves, try to serve Li Chongxiao and Ginobili, then makes a free throw, the second ball hits the basket and pops out, the player who grabs the rebound Direct shot.

He didn't say what to do if he couldn't grab it, because everyone knew that if he couldn't grab the ball, it would be over.

Josh Howard was defending Li Chongxiao, and Stackhouse was defending Ginobili.

Seeing that the tee time was approaching, the anxious Li Chongxiao leaned against Josh Howard outside the three-point line on the left, pointing to the sky with his left hand.

Duncan, who had a tacit understanding, made a high pass, and Li Chongxiao used the bounce to get the pass over the head of Daniels who was rushing over.

Josh Howard listened closely to the coach's instructions, and hugged Li Chongxiao as soon as he landed, not giving him a chance to shoot a three-pointer from a distance.

With only 2.7 seconds left, the Spurs trailed by three points, and Li Chongxiao got two free throw opportunities.

As the player with the most consecutive free throws in the history of the NBA playoffs, Li Chongxiao took the ball, tossed it in his hand, and simply scored the first free throw.

He just received the second ball from the referee, and before everyone was ready, he suddenly pushed the ball out and hit the basket.

As soon as the players on both sides of the free throw line reacted, the ball flew back at a faster speed, and it bounced a bit high, and the five players under the rebound failed to grab it.

Li Chongxiao saw the path of the ball, retreated beyond the three-point line, and got the rebound over the heads of Daniels and Terry.

As soon as his feet touched the floor, he bounced up again and threw the ball out with a not very standard posture.

The ball flew over the tip of Daniels' finger and the red light came on.In the sight of everyone on the scene, he plunged into the basket.

Li Chongxiao completed a lore in the Mavericks' home court in the battle of Tianwangshan!

(End of this chapter)