However, when Duncan received the basketball, the young general discovered that the person behind Duncan was no longer Mutombo, but Shay!

When Carlisle just gestured for the Lakers to defend outside, he was also reminding Shea: "Go to the high post and deal with Duncan!"

Previously, the reason why Shea was not required to guard Duncan was because Shea was near the basket and it was also difficult to guard Duncan's post-ups.

But now, Duncan is forced to hold the ball in the high post, so Shea is no longer afraid of No. 21.

Duncan received the basketball and didn't dare to hesitate. He leaned back and shot a jump shot.

However, this goal is not a question of whether it is scored or not. Duncan failed to throw the ball at all!

The moment he lifted the basketball, Shay used his perfect steal prediction and hand speed to snap the basketball out of Duncan's hand!

Tim Duncan made his second consecutive mistake!

Cutting off the basketball, Shea led the counterattack with another long pass. This time, Wu Sheng counterattacked and scored a layup, widening the point difference to 9 points again!

After completing the defense, Shay stared at the stupid No. 21:

"I told you that you won't be able to score a single point, and you won't be able to score a single point. Stop struggling, you can't resist the will of Basketball Jesus!"

Duncan remained silent, expressionless, and did not give any feedback to Shay's trash talk.

But Shay knows very well that although some people don't scream or have expressions, she can actually feel every impact you have. So, don't stop, keep applying pressure!

If the pressure continues like this, Duncan will definitely become more and more anxious!

Duncan still failed to score, and Barkley also shouted excitedly:

"Did you see it? Shay has changed his form again! Now Shay can carry Duncan alone! No matter what, Shay is the one who can best restrain you!"

Naturally, Duncan would not give up, so this time he pushed Shay in early to get a deeper receiving position.

But Shay directly dealt with Duncan by going around the front, sitting directly on Duncan's legs, cutting off the passing route!

The young general adjusted the angle several times, but still lacked the confidence to feed the ball.

In desperation, the basketball had to be given to Mario Eli from outside the three-point line.

But this time Eli's three-point shot was interfered with by Finley, who had already extended his defense, and it bounced out of the frame!

How far do the Spurs have to go if they want to kill the game with three-pointers when Duncan is completely blocked? Just like Horry in 2005, he can lead the Spurs by making 5 of 6 three-pointers in a single game and hitting a decisive three-pointer.

Escape from death!

Or like Ginobili, who averaged 49.9% shooting and 38.7% three-point shooting, steadily scoring 18.7 points per game.

Otherwise, the Spurs can't kill the game by relying on the outside!

But the current Spurs obviously do not have such a perimeter configuration.

Therefore, as long as Shea sees Duncan to death, he can completely eliminate the Spurs!

After once again forcing Duncan to be unable to catch the ball, Shea counterattacked directly with the ball as usual.

Unlike Duncan, Shea did not disappear at the critical moment in the fourth quarter.

In fact, the Spurs were almost mentally scarred today.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Popovich used the defensive strategy that he would rely on in the future - blocking the middle, forcing the ball carrier to go to both sides, and maintaining pressure at all times. It gives you a chance to challenge in the mid-range, but if you break through

Just make up for the defense inside.

This is also the defensive strategy used by the Lakers before.

To put it bluntly, it gives you the most cost-effective way to attack in the mid-range.

You won't be allowed to play three-pointers or breakthroughs.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, Shea did not easily break through the penalty area and did not get an easy long-range shot opportunity.

It stands to reason that with Pippen, it would be very difficult for Shea to score a one-on-one goal in the mid-range.

but.

He can't guard Pippen at all!

Shea was very stable in the mid-range today. Pippen's defense seemed to be fine every time, but Shea also scored every time.

Popovich didn't believe in evil, so he still let Pippen, whose legs were starting to weaken, deal with Shay.

And Shay also left a famous scene with Pippen like this.

Shea took advantage of the situation. After being blocked by the Spurs in the middle, he broke through to Pippen's left side.

Seeing this situation, Duncan immediately moved his position, ready to help defend Shay who broke through.

Shay's starting speed was so fast that he surpassed Pippen by half a body in just one step. If this season hadn't allowed rougher hand movements, allowing Pippen to pull Shay, Pippen would have completely lost.

Positioned.

However, just when Pippen tried his best to chase back, just when Duncan was ready to help defend and intercept.

Shay, who was in the middle of the sudden attack, suddenly hit the brakes and made an emergency stop to retreat!

To be honest, this action is not complicated, and it is not a particularly difficult technical action to learn. But anyone who often watches games knows that this seemingly simple trick is the most useful!

Shay's sudden stop forced Pippen to make a sudden stop. But his legs could no longer support such a sudden stop. Therefore, Pippen's legs softened and instead of falling to the ground, he directly knelt down.

He knelt on the ground, then slid in front of Duncan and hugged Duncan's legs.

Duncan:.

Duncan was given a big salute for no apparent reason!

After kneeling down on Pippen, Shay also shot easily from the mid-range, and the basketball hit again!

With 42 points and 12 assists, Shay's statistics have been exaggerated to an astonishing level.

Shea also used this method to humiliate the Spurs' defense by directly shaking Pippen to his knees.

He just wants to let the world see that being first in the Western Conference is no big deal. Now the Lakers are back in front by 11 points, double digits again!

Pippen is about to cry. I am 34 years old after all. Why do I still have to go through this?

I just want to hug my legs and win another championship. What crime am I guilty of!?

All I can say is that Pippen hugged the wrong leg.

If he had accepted Shay as his godfather last summer, would there have been so many troubles?

Pippen knew that the humiliation of being knocked to his knees was just the appetizer. Next, Shay's vicious trash talk was the beginning of his suffering.

But what surprised Pippen was that Shea did not trash talk him, but continued to shout at Duncan:

"Hey, it's your turn. I've already scored so many points, why don't you try your best to score a goal? You're 11 points behind. You don't want the point difference to continue to widen, right?"

Shea hooked his fingers at Duncan, nakedly provoking the absolute core of the Spurs.

There was still no obvious expression on Duncan's face, but Shay could see that the guy frowned slightly!

I just want this feeling, I just want Duncan to be angry!

Duncan is indeed angry, not with Shay, but with himself that he has not scored for more than eight consecutive minutes, and with himself being completely invisible on the offensive end at critical moments!

In the first three quarters, Duncan thought that letting Shay play the fourth position would only make his offense more difficult.

But I didn’t expect that I would be blocked!

So this time Duncan chose to stay in the low post, wanting to attack directly from the low post where he is good at.

Although Shay had a strange man's badge that "increases strength when defending against back hits", he was still pushed into a deep position by Duncan.

At the same time, the Admiral got the basketball and prepared to continue to cooperate with Duncan inside and outside.

At this time, Duncan has completely trapped Shay behind him and can catch the ball safely.

As long as he can catch the ball, Duncan will have the confidence to end the offense in this position!

Even Shay in this position can't stop him!

To be honest, Shea also knew that being so close to the basket, he would definitely be scored by Duncan.

Now, conventional methods no longer work.

But Shea suddenly remembered that Rodman had once completed a steal when his opponent was completely stuck behind him.

So, when the Admiral passed the ball, Shea jumped out from behind Duncan and intercepted the ball with a goalie save!

This type of stealing method is only suitable for people who can judge the timing of stealing very accurately.

And both Shay and Rodman are such people!

Duncan couldn't believe that Shay didn't let him catch the basketball again, and in such an incredible way!

And this is already Shay's sixth steal in this game!

Shay, who was lying on the ground, immediately passed the ball to Finley who was closest to him, then slowly stood up and shook his finger at Duncan behind him:

"You can't score a goal, I told you you can't score a goal!"

Finally, Finley assisted Stephen Jackson, who followed up with a counterattack layup, and the Lakers led to 13 points!

The Spurs finally saw a little hope, but were dragged into hell by Shay!
To be continued...