At 6 minutes and 07 seconds of the second quarter, the official timeout of the second quarter was entered. The score was 39 to 41. The Trail Blazers were two points behind the Spurs, but they had the ball.

During this period, the Trail Blazers and Spurs scored 7-11, and the disadvantage was quite obvious.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers were four up and four down, and the Outlaws remained motionless. Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Randolph, and McDyess came on the court.

The Spurs have sent back their troika, plus Barry and Mohammed.

The Trail Blazers attacked and served from the frontcourt. The Outlaws received the ball from the top of the arc and protected it, then lobbed it to Liu Xiu, who was leaning on Ginobili on the right side of the free throw line.

Liu Xiu received the ball and turned left. Ginobili retreated to the left and was blocked! McDyess' mid-range pick-and-roll!

Liu Xiu turned around, grabbed the ball with his feet, and took a fadeaway mid-range shot against Muhammad who was diving out...

Muhammad defended fiercely and hit Liu Xiu without stopping the car. The referee blew the whistle and the ball thrown by Liu Xiu also hit the frame, 2+1!

‘General’ takes +3 mid-range shots within 2 seconds after borrowing a screen, and ‘Switcher’ takes +2 mid-range shots within 1 second after taking the screen. Double shooting bonus!

There is also a shooting speed bonus for the 'quick shot'. If you catch the ball, turn around and use a pick-and-roll to shoot, it will be judged as a catch-and-shoot by the system! You will get a double bonus of 20% shooting speed bonus!

This ball is a trick Liu Xiuxue learned from Parker. Before catching the ball, the Spurs had prepared a pick-and-roll for Parker. After receiving the ball, Parker could directly turn around and use the screen to break through.

Liu Xiu had agreed with McDyess to play like this before he came on the court. The difference was that he chose a mid-range shot. Parker, the most powerful rim-attacking point guard on the planet, usually chose to shoot from the basket.

Liu Xiu went to the free throw line and scored an extra free throw. 42 to 41, the Trail Blazers went ahead by 1 point!

After resting for half a quarter without playing, Liu Xiu had time to observe the details of the Spurs' defense tonight, and more importantly, he was not consumed in the physical battle in the first half of the quarter!

The same situation applies to Ray Allen and McDyess!

Randolph is a key link in the Spurs' defensive strategy. After resting for so long, he has no chance in singles, but it doesn't matter. For Randolph, as long as he has enough physical strength, if he can't win in singles, he can rush for offensive rebounds.

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Ray Allen and McDyess's touch was not wasted, they responded well to the shots, and their containment power soon became apparent...

Under such conditions, Liu Xiu scored 7 points in the second half of the second quarter, leading the Trail Blazers to 15 points in the first half!

The Trail Blazers' current lineup is definitely not as defensive as it was in the first half.

But! In the next five minutes or so, the Spurs' offensive efficiency did not improve as sharply as the Trail Blazers did. Instead, they continued their scoring efficiency in the first half of the quarter, scoring only 10 points.

After halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs by 3 points 54 to 51 and entered the intermission!

The whistle sounded at the end of the second quarter, and the vice president's frown finally relaxed.

On the way to the player tunnel, the vice president said to the coach: "The Spurs are strong in their stability. They are overtaken now because they are too stable. Their offensive performance did not decline much in the first half. Although they only scored 11 points, they were already better than us.

The 7 points were much better, but in the second half of the quarter when we focused on offense, they couldn't guard against Jayce's offense, and they couldn't pick up the offense either, and only scored 10 points in the half quarter..."

The coach teased: "That's not what you said when we fell behind just now. You were still complaining about my adjustment mistakes."

Not listening to the bastard's chanting, the vice president continued to analyze in hindsight: "The Spurs are too stable and too strong. If we use a steady and steady strategy to deal with them, unless we are in good enough shape to overpower them, we will definitely be dragged into their trap."

Rhythm, no team can match their style of play.

The style of play we just played was very effective and disrupted the opponent's rhythm. When we meet the Spurs in the playoffs, this can become our main consideration."

When the conversation got down to business, the coach also became serious. He shook his head: "This strategy is still not good enough. We have not been able to really take advantage. With a 3-point lead, Ginobili can catch up with one ball.

And we just made good use of the depth of our lineup to create a period of difference in status. If the opponent reacts a beat slower, the effect of this move may not be so good next time we play. Their lineup depth is not as good as ours.

Difference!"

Hearing this, the vice president burst out with a sentence: "Hiete."

The Spurs team consists of 12 people including Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Nesterovic, Muhammad, Bowen, Barry, Van Exel, Horry, Finley, Udrih, Oberto and others

The core lineup is truly luxurious!

After the Trail Blazers won the championship last summer, the Spurs were favored by veterans who wanted to win the championship during the offseason. After Finley was pardoned by the Mavericks, the Trail Blazers also tried to fight for it, but were rejected. The former Jordan successor only had the Spurs in his eyes.

Team.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Spurs also went out to get rid of the Hornets, a team that couldn't squeeze out any oil. The Spurs were stunned to bring back Van Exel.

But this is not the reason why the vice president is scolding.

In terms of the luxury of the lineup, the Trail Blazers and Mavericks, as well as the Knicks, whose players' names and salaries seem to be the best in the world, are the most luxurious.

The key is salary...

The vice president's face was twitching: "Ginobili and Parker have both received second contracts, but they still don't have to pay taxes!"

The coach was also worried: "Yeah, Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker, the combined salary of the three of them is less than 32 million. Last season, the combined salary of our three substitutes, the Flying Squirrel, the Bishop, and the Glove, was more than 33 million."

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After halftime, the Trail Blazers sent out a combination of Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, Stevenson, Raheem, and McDyess; the Spurs sent out Van Exel and Ginobili.

, the combination of Barry, Oberto and Nesterovich.

After Maurice Cheeks saw the three players on the opposite perimeter, he looked at Popovich on the opposite side and was quite surprised.

This guy has become bolder?

Forgetting a demon sword, he actually replaced Madman Fan with it!

Fortunately, he was ready to rush in the third quarter and sent the little flying squirrel. Otherwise, the warden would have to deal with the two Robbies by himself, and he would definitely suffer a loss in terms of the Robbies.

On the court, Little Flying Squirrel + Warden met Madman Fan + Demon Sword, and the four of them had high morale!

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs took the lead.

Ginobili singled out Stevenson and broke through from the left. Liu Xiu came in and blocked Ginobili on the left sideline of the three-second zone. Ginobili passed the ball to Barry in the left corner and Barry received the ball.

Three point hit!

54 to 54, the Spurs tied the score.

During the transition between offense and defense, the Trail Blazers started to play with sudden points + assisting control. The little flying squirrel took the main offense, singled out Van Exel, took a long step back and shot a two-point shot... It was a beautiful shot, and the angle was also very right, but the ball was in the basket.
Chapter completed!