Spurs VS Grizzlies, tiebreaker.
This is truly a close confrontation.
The Spurs and Grizzlies were in a stalemate until the end of the third quarter, and the two sides tied at 89.
The Grizzlies have Morant full of talent.
The Spurs are the ultimate team basketball.
And now Mr. Bo has also realized it.
Not only is he the ultimate team basketball player, but he also adds some talent to the ultimate team basketball, which brings his team basketball to a new level.
In this way, the two sides continued until the last minute of the fourth quarter, and the battle was tied at 127:127.
At this point the Grizzlies requested a timeout.
They need to plan their last-minute offensive tactics well.
On the Spurs side, during the timeout, Popovich was also arranging the next play style to the players.
He told the players:
"Everyone has seen that what the Grizzlies are playing now is Morant. It's the last minute now. The Grizzlies players are too young. No one dares to take action in the last minute, so even though we
Feel free to double-team Morant."
"We have been using a single-defense strategy against Morant for the whole game. Now suddenly double-teaming him will make Morant very uncomfortable and make it difficult for the Grizzlies to defend him."
"Whether the ball can be defended or not, I will not call a timeout. When we turn around, we will use our secret weapon!"
When all the Spurs players heard "secret weapon," they looked to their center.
When Wang Yi heard this, his heart moved. The Spurs really had a trick up their sleeves.
However, at this time, Mr. Bo did not reveal what their secret weapon was.
Wang Yi can only wait and see.
After resuming the game, the Grizzlies indeed handed the ball to Morant.
Morant asked others to pull him away, intending to go one-on-one, but the Spurs did not adopt a double-team strategy against Morant throughout the game, and now they suddenly double-teamed him.
Morant was indeed a little uncomfortable with it.
Seeing that the double team had forced him back to the midline, he could only pass the ball to the open small forward.
But as Mr. Bo said, the small forward is too young.
Although his three-point shooting percentage is 38%, which is still pretty good.
If it were placed at other times, he would definitely shoot this ball, but this is a tiebreaker of life and death.
Perhaps this goal will determine whether the Grizzlies advance to the Western Conference Finals or go home to fish.
So one can imagine his psychological pressure.
The moment the Grizzlies small forward received the ball, he didn't even think about shooting.
There was only fear in my heart when I picked him up.
He was afraid that he would make a mistake or miss a shot, so he wanted to pass the ball as soon as possible.
The Spurs didn't have anyone to block him, and they still had two people chasing Morant.
Morant kept running back, trying to get away.
But how could he escape being double-teamed by two people by himself?
Finally, seeing that the time was approaching, the head coach on the sidelines kept shouting to the small forward:
"Shoot, vote!"
The small forward was panicking and finally shot a three-pointer.
There is no doubt that he failed to hit the three-pointer.
At this time, everyone thought it was time for the Spurs to request a timeout.
After all, this is likely to be the last offense of this series, and they must be cautious.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the Spurs did not call a timeout. Instead, after grabbing the rebound, their point guard dribbled the ball forward.
At this time, the Grizzlies were also a little confused, obviously they didn't expect it.
In desperation, they quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.
Wang Yi was very excited at this time, stuffing popcorn into his mouth while staring closely at the Spurs players on the court.
Mr. Popovich also had his arms folded at this time, staring closely at the Spurs players on the court.
Mr. Bo, who once almost became a spy, never dreamed that there was a spy behind him, always paying attention to him and his players.
At this time, after the Spurs player dribbled the ball past half court, the Grizzlies center immediately went into the penalty area.
First, to prevent the Spurs defender from breaking into the penalty area;
Second, it prevents the Spurs center from catching the ball in the penalty area.
You know, whether the Spurs' defenders break into the penalty area or their center is in the penalty area, they are very lethal.
However, at this moment, no one expected that the Spurs center did not go to the penalty area, but directly received the ball at the top of the three-point arc.
When the Grizzlies center saw this, he didn't take it seriously.
Because in the regular season, the Spurs' center does not have three-point ability or long-range shooting ability. At most, he can only pull to the edge of the penalty area and shoot.
So he didn't go up to guard the Spurs center.
As a result, after the Spurs center received the ball, seeing no one guarding him, he picked it up half a step inside the three-point line and shot.
As a result, all the Grizzlies coaches did not expect it, and all the Grizzlies players were even more confused.
Just watched helplessly as the Spurs center hit a two-pointer.
The Spurs led by two points.
There are only 30 seconds left.
After the Grizzlies called another timeout, their Morant launched the offense.
The Spurs still adopted the same defensive strategy as before, with two people double-teaming Morant and one person leaving their small forward open.
As a result, after Morant was double-teamed, he once again passed the ball to the small forward.
However, this time it was a more critical moment, and the small forward was naturally even less likely to take action. In the end, the ball was passed back to Morant.
Morant had been forced close to the midline. After he got the ball, he saw a double-team coming up. The attack time was almost up, so he could only take a hasty shot.
In the end, the ball failed to hit.
Their center grabbed the rebound.
But after it was handed to Morant, Morant finally shot a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Amid the cries of regret from the entire audience, the three-pointer hit the basket.
In the end, the Spurs narrowly won the game by two points, thus also winning the series. They defeated the Grizzlies with a score of 4:3 and met the Kings in the Western Conference Finals.
The people watching this game were thrilling. After the game, many people were amazed by the Spurs' formation, and they were also amazed by Popovich's intelligence.
Yet no one saw the Spurs use their secret weapon.
And their so-called secret weapon is that their center reaches the line to catch the ball.
Their center mentioned going up to the line to catch the ball, which happened only once in the game.
It even only appeared once in the entire series.
So in the eyes of all experts, all players, and all coaches, this is just an accident, and no one regards this as a weapon for the Spurs.
Even the Kings players who came here with Wang Yi to spy on the military situation did not regard this as a weapon for the Spurs.
Only Wang Yi attaches great importance to the center.

Chapter completed!