Chapter 790： We will soon have a day as real opponents

The Spurs actually had a chance to turn the tide before the Knicks took the lead.

That was the first round after the suspension. The Knicks were actually a little careless. K6 came back. D'Antoni originally arranged for the pick-and-roll K6 to take the ball or break through the middle distance, but it may be that the intention is too obvious. The pass from Chi to Ke Liu was cut off by Parker.

Dragic had to commit a tactical foul and the Spurs kicked the ball from the sideline.

And the Spurs are still looking for Duncan, who played well before.

Duncan and Parker slammed into the wall at the top of the arc, then quickly turned around to get rid of Randolph's back for the ball!

Parker took advantage of the situation and then pulled it away. Duncan, who was receiving the ball, took a step forward without stopping the ball, and squeezed Randolph to start a breakthrough.

Leaning on Randolph strongly to the basket, Duncan forcibly jumped up, holding Randolph with one hand to prevent Randolph from taking off easily and blocking the shot, and throwing the ball towards the basket with one hand. .

Detail of the ball protector!

To be honest, Duncan's move is basically stable. For such goals in his career, Duncan may have thrown it thousands of times.

However, Duncan only remembered Randolph in front of him, but he didn't notice that Zuo Li was approaching quickly behind him.

Leaving from McDyess, Zuo Li has been following Duncan and Randolph towards the basket, in order to help Randolph in time for defense. Zuo Li knows that Duncan is powerful, he His singles ability is very strong, and he can basically eat most of the insiders by using his height and confrontation.

After seeing that Duncan was going for a layup against Randolph, Zuo Li no longer hesitated, started abruptly, and rushed towards the basket.

Duncan threw the ball to the backboard with one hand, and just as the ball left his palm, Zuo Li also hit it!

Charged from the side and behind, Zuoli jumped high, and threw murderously at the basketball Duncan had just shot.

"Be careful!!! There are thieves!"

The teammates reminded Duncan loudly, and Duncan also found Zuo Li who took off at the same time.

However, unfortunately, it is impossible to catch the ball that has been shot.

He swung his palm out, and when the basketball was about to hit the backboard, Zuoli's palm also arrived.

Although Duncan was still halfway apart, Zuo Li couldn't use the entire palm of his hand, but this did not prevent the first half of his palm from hitting the basketball.

Snapped! ! !

"Covered!" the commentators shouted almost simultaneously.

In a volleyball action, the basketball was slammed onto the backboard.

After Duncan landed, he wanted to fight for the ball, but unfortunately he was dragged by Randolph and watched Zuo Li take the ball.

Zuo Li took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack by himself. A dribbling behind him took advantage of the opportunity to throw away Parker who came to steal. Zuo Li had a smooth road ahead, and Zuo Li took advantage of the three steps to glide and dunk!

"Wow, Drexler, maybe it's time to change your nickname, he's the real glider." Barkley teased his former Rockets teammate.

This goal can be considered to make D'Antoni breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, wrong in and wrong, anyway, this round was won.

This ball also changed the situation of the game. The Spurs' rhythm was interrupted. In the next round, Parker made a breakthrough and failed to score. Zuo Li assisted Curry and scored another counterattack.

Then Randolph interfered with McDyess's shot, Zuoli grabbed a rebound and gave Ke Liu an assist, and Ke Liu arrogantly chased after him and hit a three-pointer!

With a wave of 7-0, the score was pulled away again.

And this time, the Spurs didn't catch up, and even Duncan's close tip was lost, which really showed that he was tired.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks had a double-digit lead 87-77.

The Spurs were naturally unwilling to fail like this, but the Knicks once again used three quarters of 25 points to deal with Ginobili in the fourth quarter...

After 7 minutes of chaotic fighting, Popovich found helplessly that not only did the score not shrink, but he added five points.

Looking at the exhausted team, Popovich also understood that there should be no miracles tonight.

So he simply removed Duncan in advance and let the veteran who played for 35 minutes rest.

After that, Ginobili continued to lead the team to play for 3 minutes, and then went down.

The game entered garbage time with about 2 minutes left.

The final score was fixed at 108-97, and the Spurs lost 11 points at home, which was their fifth loss this season.

The Knicks are on a five-game winning streak.

The star of this game gave Crawford 30 points, which is also his highest score in a single game in the past two seasons.

However, the most praised is the indomitable Duncan. Although his 22 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks are average compared to his peak period, his fighting spirit on the court is still praised by people.

And Ginobili still maintained a high level with 18 points and 6 assists.

The Spurs lost on physical strength and the bench. After all, Curry and Randolph scored a combined 34 points in this game, more than double the Spurs bench.

Zuo Li, on the other hand, was paddling, with 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. It was just a normal performance.

So after the game, many people said that the Spurs are still not as good as the Knicks. After all, the Knicks don't even need Zuoli to go all out to win.

Of course, this makes some sense. Playing the Spurs at this time is relatively easy when the hand is online. After all, the Spurs' shortcomings are too obvious.

However, Zuo Li also knows that the welfare period is now two years, and the Spurs will make a comeback.

So facing reporters, Zuo Li said: "Let the Spurs fans not worry We will become real opponents sooner or later, maybe in the next few years."

On the other hand, Popovich was unconvinced.

"It didn't go in, but like I told them, if it's the worst thing that ever happened in your life, you It's going to be a pretty easy life. So we're going to get over it and get ready for Friday. But I'm proud of my players."

As for Zuo Li, Popovich is also full of praise: "That block is phenomenal, I don't know who else can block Tim from that angle, I believe this is not a problem for Tim. It's an easy thing to understand, but that's what happened to him, Zuo Li stopped us, he took the initiative, we might have a problem with our formation, D'Antoni did a good job, we'll learn from it next time, maybe in New York , things will be different.”

"What do you think of Zuo Li after the game that you will become real opponents one day?"

"Hahahaha, that kid is just comforting us. Listen to me, he is very cunning. Don't think he is young and look down on him."

At this time, Popovich, who was laughing, never imagined that Zuo Li's words were not polite, nor were they poisonous, and they were not meant to deceive them. In a few years, this matter would really happen.

Unexpectedly, they will join hands to dedicate two years of battles that are enough to go down in history to the basketball fans of the world.

Of course, the current Spurs still need to find a new path. Otherwise, even if Randolph doesn't go to the Grizzlies, the Spurs are at risk of being hacked.