roccoschili Chapter 235 The defending champion is about to fall
Chapter 235 The defending champion is about to fall
Chapter 235 The defending champion is about to fall
On May 5, the ATT Center Arena.
Due to the incident in the last game, Li Xuan received a cordial "greeting" from the Spurs fans without any suspense.
The boos and abuse were even more crazy than the Jazz's home court.
"It seems that I am very popular here!" Li Xuan teased with a smile on his face.
Nash on the side was a little confused when he heard Li Xuan's words.
This guy is so upbeat, it's hard to think of booing as praise.
Li Xuan turned around and saw Nash looking mentally retarded, and explained.
"There is a proverb in our country: the deeper the hatred, the deeper the love, and it can't be more suitable for me."
Immediately, Li Xuan explained it in plain language, so that Lao Na understood the meaning, and then the two walked towards the bench with their heads held high.
On the Spurs bench, Popovich sat on the coach's bench with an armor on his face. He did not miss the game due to injury, and staged a scene of a disabled man.
This game is very important to the Spurs, he must personally supervise the battle, and there is no room for sloppy.
"Damn kid, lucky you, sooner or later you will pay the price."
Not getting Li Xuan suspended made Popovich extremely depressed, and knowing that the league ignored his appeal and spent resources to promote Li Xuan, he felt even more uncomfortable.
Co-authored, the victim becomes a pariah, and the assailant becomes a hero.
"We must win this damn game, otherwise everyone will think that last year's championship was picked!"
At the beginning of the game, the Spurs still continued the rough defensive style of the previous game.
But after playing for a few minutes, they realized that something was wrong.
Whose home field is this Nima!
How do you blow the home team's whistle so frequently? !
In just two or three minutes, the Spurs players were whistled for four fouls.
Popovich wanted to get up and ask the referee to argue, but it is inconvenient for him to argue with others in this situation, so he can only ask assistant coach Budenholzer to discuss it.
The bald referee Crawford explained: "In order to prevent conflicts from happening, the penalty scale for this game is very strict, and both sides will treat each other equally."
When Popovich learned of the referee's explanation, he was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he burst into tears in pain.
"Fuck! Even the referee teamed up with the Mavericks to bully us, so why not give the Spurs a way out!"
After the players on both sides learned the referee's penalty scale, in the next game, the defensive intensity dropped a notch.
Rough fouls such as elbows, shoves, and collisions disappeared completely, and it was like playing a regular season.
This kind of defensive intensity is very suitable for the Mavericks, after all, they didn't start with defense.
The Spurs players were timid, unable to let go of the defense, worried that they would hear the damn whistle again if they were not careful.
In this way, the first half of the game ended, the score on the big screen was 52 to 58, and the Mavericks led by 6 points and entered the second half of the game.
After a short 15-minute intermission, the second half began.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs wanted to rely on offense to launch a counterattack and turn the situation on the court.
But the Mavericks' offense was even better, and they quickly suppressed the Spurs' counterattack and stabilized the situation.
When about 7 minutes into the third quarter, something unexpected happened.
During an attack, Li Xuan used the cover of his teammates to run beyond the three-point line. After receiving a pass from Nash, Li Xuan immediately pulled up and threw the basketball in his hand.
Seeing this situation, the chasing Bowen wanted to step up, but found that the bald referee was always paying attention to him, so he gave up his plan to step up and obediently rushed to interfere.
But when he landed, Bo Wen unconsciously moved his right foot forward for a certain distance, which did not affect Li Xuan in any way.
"Beep!"
After Li Xuan landed, he was a little confused when he heard the whistle.
Does this game need to take care of me so hard?
Someone fouled me without violating my cylinder? !
Is this the legendary air foul? !
But when Li Xuan saw the gesture made by the bald referee, he became even more confused.
Good guy!A technical foul was also awarded!
At this time, Bowen reacted, refused to accept the penalty, and stepped forward to argue with the referee.
"I didn't do anything, why was I sentenced to a technical offender?"
The bald referee Crawford glanced at Bowen and smiled contemptuously.
Xiao Mian, if I hadn't been watching you all the time, your little tricks would really be deceiving the world.
"Bruce, you know very well what you want to do, take care of your feet!"
The bald referee Crawford warned Bowen.
Bowen didn't give up, he didn't step on his feet, and he was dissatisfied with the referee's strict penalty before, so he was furious and continued to argue with Crawford.
"Which eye of yours saw my stepping!"
The bald referee Crawford saw that this guy was so arrogant, and made another technical foul against the technical table.
At this time, Li Xuan who was standing by the side couldn't help applauding.
"Wonderful, really wonderful! I graduated by accident!"
Seeing Li Xuan's cheap appearance, Bao Wen really wanted to beat Li Xuan up.
It's a pity that he can't beat this nasty brat.
"Lee, don't do any provocative behavior, Bowen has already been sent off."
The bald referee Crawford quickly stood between the two and gave Li Xuan a reminder.
"Yes, Mr. Crawford."
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he ran to the free throw line to execute the free throw.
Bowen was escorted off the court by on-site security.
On the Spurs bench, Popovich gritted his teeth angrily when he saw this scene, his nose was involved, and he cried bitterly.
On the field, after Li Xuan executed the free throw, the Mavericks still had the ball.
In this attack, without Bowen's chasing and defending, Li Xuan hit a three-pointer again.
In just a few tens of seconds, Li Xuan scored 10 points alone, completely widening the gap.
"Without Bruce, the Spurs' defense has been worsened. They are already 16 points behind. If you don't adjust this game, it will stop here."
Cole expressed his opinion based on the situation on the field.
In the next game, after the Spurs requested a timeout and adjustment, they still failed to achieve results.
Relying on strong offense and strong defense, the Mavericks further expanded the point difference and maintained a lead of about 20 points until the end of the game.
In the end, the Mavericks beat the Spurs 108-89 to win Game [-] of the series.
"3 to 0, the Mavericks got the match point, and the Spurs are already at the moment of life and death, will the next game be the last game of this round of the series?!"
In the on-site commentary seat, Cole was a little surprised when he saw the result of the game.
Is this the strength of the defending champion? !
If the Mavericks really win the next game, the Spurs will be swept out.
The defending champion is already at stake.
(End of this chapter)