unfinished glory

Chapter 147 The Champion's Melody Sounds Again
"I know you guys are doing it for me, but it's really not necessary." During the intermission, the honest man Duncan said very excitedly in the locker room: "We are here for the championship, and personal honor should be Put it aside first. I hope everyone can focus on the field and don't think about other things."

"Play well, let's win this victory, can everyone do it?" Duncan said as he looked around, and his teammates surrendered under his gaze, expressing their approval.

Li Chongxiao, who was stared at by him, also quickly raised his hand, patted his chest to express that he had no problem, and obeyed the leadership of the boss.

At the beginning of the second half, the Cavaliers' offense was blocked. Under the tough defense of the Spurs, James missed a shot and Duncan got the rebound.

Li Chongxiao took the ball from the outside and made a move to throw it to Duncan. James' attention was immediately attracted, and a loophole appeared in the defense.

Li Chongxiao seized the opportunity and scored the first three-pointer of the game.

The Cavaliers didn't react for a while and didn't care about the ball, but the Spurs players took the ball as a horn for offense.

Immediately after Ginobili, Parker and others blossomed in full bloom, the Cavaliers were caught off guard.In less than 4 minutes, the difference was evened out.

But the Cavaliers built up their confidence in the first half today, and they didn't lose an inch after being beaten up by the Spurs, and they still stubbornly resisted.

After the first three quarters, the Cavaliers only lost 7 points, and there is a possibility of a comeback.

The Spurs who came back to their senses cannot be stopped, at least not by a team of the Cavaliers level.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Chongxiao, Ginobili and Bowen made three consecutive three-pointers, opening the point difference to 14 points in one fell swoop.

The Cavaliers then scored two goals and resisted a little. Li Chongxiao broke out again. He personally scored 8 points and 3 assists in a row, and suppressed James in defense, helping the team gain a 21-point lead in one fell swoop.

The lead in the first half made the home fans sing and dance, but in the second half, the joy turned into sorrow.

The situation was changing so fast that the home fans were a little overwhelmed.

Li Chongxiao did not have this kind of sympathy. With more than three points left in the game, he stole James and assisted Parker for a layup. The 25-point lead completely destroyed the confidence of the Cavaliers players. They all knew this game It cannot be reversed.

Soon the main players of both sides went to rest, announcing the end of the third game.

104:84, the Cavaliers only scored 31 points in the second half, which is very different from the first half.

In an interview with reporters after the game, a Cavaliers fan expressed everyone’s feelings: "After watching the second half of the game, and then looking back at the first half, I even believe that the Spurs are pitying us and allowing us to enjoy 24 minutes. hapiness!"

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3:0, the Spurs are only one game away from the championship.

In the last game, Popovich almost caused the team to overturn due to his selfishness. This time he finally came to his senses and stopped forcing Duncan to score in singles.

And Duncan scored 38 points in the third game, while Li Chongxiao only had 24 points.

In the three games, Duncan averaged the same 28 points as Li Chongxiao.As long as Duncan scores no fewer points than Li Chongxiao in the fourth game, he will definitely win the FMVP.

Popovich was confused in the last game, so he did such a substandard thing. In fact, he didn't need to do it so obviously.

In the pre-match rehearsal for the fourth game, he changed his strategy. Since he didn't need to increase Duncan's score, he could also lower Li Chongxiao's score.

He arranged Li Chongxiao to defend James, and asked him to hold down the core of the Cavaliers, so as to kill the source of the opponent's offense.

As for the offense, just leave it to the GDP.

Li Chongxiao felt that it didn't matter, anyway, he saw it through.He couldn't help but think of the decision made last summer, and he didn't know whether he should regret it or not.

If you want to leave, there is a high probability that the Spurs will squeeze out the last bit of use value. If you go to a weak team, you may not be able to enter the playoffs in two or three years.The advantage is that as long as the new team's management is not blind, he will definitely become the core.

Staying with the Spurs, this season's championship has been won again, but it seems that there is a lot to lose.

Li Chongxiao had no objections here, and neither did the other players, but the person involved quit.

Duncan became emotional, and rarely expressed his opposition to Popovich's tactics: "There is no need to use any new tactics. We played very well in the first and second games. They can't defend, just follow this strategy." Let's play tactics."

As he spoke, he picked up a basketball and walked across from Popovich: "What do you think, coach?"

Popovich looked at Duncan with a gloomy face, and Duncan looked at Popovich calmly.

From Duncan's expression, Popovich saw the firmness, and he had to compromise: "Okay, just do as you said."

He clapped his hands: "Boys, take a break, we will re-drill the tactics later."

"You don't need to be like this. I don't care about this honor so much now." Li Chongxiao shrugged and said to Duncan: "You need him more than I do. After all, I am still young and have a chance. You old man won't be able to fight for a few years. .”

"I'm not for you, but for the team." Duncan smiled and shook his head: "End this round of the series early, and you will have a long night." After speaking, he stuffed the basketball in his hand into Li Chongxiao's arms.

Li Chongxiao was more or less able to grasp Duncan's thoughts, and the latter may have to pay a certain amount of responsibility for today's situation.

Duncan probably felt that his visit to Li Chongxiao in the summer directly caused Li Chongxiao to give up his maximum salary and his position as the boss of other teams.

Li Chongxiao made so many sacrifices in exchange for the team to enter the finals. Now that the coach is suppressing him like this, Duncan, as the beneficiary, feels that he has lost some money, and now he feels even more ashamed.

With the heart of compensation, Duncan took the initiative to be a green leaf for Li Chongxiao on the court, constantly passing the ball to Li Chongxiao and escorting his offense.

Now that the boss is no longer fighting, the other players are also happy to be adults, so they also let go, playing the same way as usual.

Faced with this situation, it would be a bit hypocritical for Li Chongxiao to be hypocritical, so he didn't care about Popovich's face on the sidelines.Turned on the personal attack mode.

15 points in the first quarter, 28 points in the half, leading the Spurs to win another 24 points in the first half.The Cavaliers were reminded of the fear of being dominated by the Spurs in Games [-] and [-].

In the second half, the Cavaliers failed to organize a decent offense. Seeing that the point gap widened a little bit, there was nothing they could do.

The Spurs did not kill them all. After realizing that the Cavaliers could not come back, they took the initiative to reduce the rhythm and no longer expand the point difference.

The game was counting down unknowingly, and the players on the field stopped playing.

In the melody of the championship, James took the initiative to hug Li Chongxiao and congratulated him: "Congratulations, brother. You are one year behind me, and you have two championships. I am very envious of you."

Li Chongxiao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Actually, I envy you too."

(End of this chapter)