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Chapter 195 The Mason's Creed

Chapter 195 The Mason's Creed

"When everything seemed to be useless, I went to see a mason knocking on the stone. He knocked 100 times and the stone still wouldn't move. But the 101st time, the stone split in half. But I know, let the stone It was not the last blow that cracked, but the result of the hundred preceding blows."

Popovich watched as all the Spurs players gathered at the door of the locker room, forming a circle, and putting their hands together. Everyone, including Popovich, closed their eyes and muttered silently. This sentence.

The remote Texas Spurs are like the stonemasons in Jacob Bliss's words. They set the championship as their goal and have been working hard for it, even though what they did before was useless work that was laughed at by everyone, even if they When the previous hundred hammers didn't help, they would still persevere, because they were just a silly stonemason who only knew how to stick to their beliefs.

This is what they have been pursuing, the persistence and perseverance that are not understood by this colorful world, this is the mason's creed of the Spurs!

"How are you feeling today, Tim?"

Popovich patted Duncan on the back and asked with a smile.

"Very bad, even a bit of a headache."

Hearing this, the new team doctor in the locker room trotted over nervously. He knew that this game was very important to the Spurs. was forced to the edge of a cliff, and could even announce the end of the season. After all, no team can successfully comeback from a 0:3 deficit, so this game is absolutely not to be missed, and as the core of the Spurs Duncan is the one who is less likely to have problems. Without Duncan, the Spurs are no longer Spurs.

Although he is just a team doctor who just joined the team, he also loves the team, so he doesn't want anything wrong with Duncan at all. He knows the seriousness of this matter, but he doesn't know why the people around him have strange expressions , seems to be holding back a laugh?

The nervous team doctor Gu couldn't care less about what the people around him meant. He raised his head and looked at Duncan, who still had a dull expression, and said hastily, "Tim, do you have a serious headache? Let me do a checkup for you." .”

"Haha~"

Hearing these words from the team doctor, Manu Ginobili couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing, and his laughter also detonated the Spurs locker room, everyone laughed, Even Popovich's lips curled up.

"Okay, Tim, stop teasing Saifusha, the game is about to start, let's go out."

Popovich waved his hand to signal the players to leave the locker room. Players who passed by Saifusha would pat Saifusha on the shoulder, who was still a little confused. Ginobili, who was walking at the end, made a grimace, Saifusha was a little confused, he seemed to have done something ridiculous, but is there a problem with checking the body of a person with a headache?

Shouldn't it?

……

"Tim, why do you always like to bully newcomers?"

Parker seemed to remember how he was teased by Duncan when he first came to the team, and couldn't help asking.

The dazed Duncan didn't seem to be able to react yet. Ginobili, who was walking behind, couldn't help laughing when he heard Parker's question: "Not all rookies will be bullied by Tim, such as the rookie opposite us."

After hearing this, all the Spurs players subconsciously looked at the Chinese man on the Sun's bench who seemed to be in a daze with a flat expression. Thinking of Gao Tian's involvement in the Spurs' defensive system in the first two games, everyone was in the corner of their eyes. With a jump, even the muscles on Popovich's face twitched unnaturally. If it weren't for the existence of this rookie, the Spurs wouldn't have lost two games in a row.

Although the Spurs have always had a slow start, they shouldn't have lost the first two away games so neatly. Although Stoudemire can get 32+10 per game in these two games, the Spurs players They know who is the scariest player in the Suns. As long as they want to, they are confident that Stoudemire's average data per game can be reduced by more than half, but they dare not give Gao Tian a position, for fear of raising Gao Tian's touch. out.

They are confident that they can hold Stoudemire and even Nash in the second half of the series, but past facts have proved that they are not capable of holding a crazy Gao Tian!

What Popovich has always emphasized in the game is that he would rather miss people than give Gao Tian a chance. He can properly give Stoudemire a chance to complete the singles by himself, but as long as Gao Tian gets the ball from the outside, someone must attack and force him. Gao Tian played the ball.

This is the "God's Law" customized by Popovich for Gao Tian!

Although this will inevitably expose some open spaces, Popovich firmly believes that his disciplined Spurs can turn around and will not give the Suns too many open opportunities, as long as Gao Tian does not find himself in the first four games or even the first five games. If you feel against the Spurs, then all the efforts of the Spurs are worth it!

Even after losing two games, Popovich firmly believes that this is a price worth paying, because there is really no one in the Spurs lineup who can restrain Gao Tian's offensive, especially Gao Tian, ​​who feels online. The damage to the Spurs is too great, and it is full of uncertainties. What Popovich has been doing is to make the sun's certainties happy, and give the Suns a kind of hope that they can beat the Spurs without Gao Tian. phantom.

Apparently, they succeeded.

Gao Tian is only used as an off-ball receiving point in the Suns lineup to attract the Spurs' defense, and most of the Suns' passes will go to Stoudemire inside. The other Suns players played very well. Substitute players can score good data in the Spurs' rotation holes. They are used to this rhythm against the Spurs, which is very good.

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Popovich's mouth. Looking at the No. 24 player in the white jersey, he had complicated emotions that he couldn't explain clearly. The player who must be restrained is called Michael Jordan. Although he was not the head coach in the Spurs at that time, he knew how troublesome that man was. Fortunately, he retired, otherwise the Spurs' first championship may have to be won again. etc.

But now this rookie is indeed very strong and poses a huge threat to the Spurs, but after all, he is not the first choice of the Suns, nor is he the first core of the Suns. He is very good, but this does not mean that everyone in the Suns will If you believe him, you will subconsciously give the ball in your hand to the person you are most familiar with, not to mention the farce that the sun appeared some time ago, it is a wound that is difficult to heal, the game is not just on the field.

Tim Duncan, deadpan, walked to the middle circle, ready to jump the ball.

(End of this chapter)