bestfiction Chapter 229 Over the Mountain
Chapter 229 Over the Mountain
Chapter 229 Over the Mountain
When we came to the Western Conference semifinals, the game came to the familiar 7-game 4-win system.
In the first two games, the Spurs still started away. The team went to Salt Lake City and stayed near the Jazz's Triangle Center arena.
What Popovich is worried about is that the Jazz have just finished the game and still defeated the Rockets in a life-and-death battle. According to common sense, now should be the time when the Jazz are in good shape.
The Spurs rested for a few days, and what Popovich needs to do now is to let the players find their own game state non-stop.
Therefore, after the Spurs came to Salt Lake City, they only rested for a few hours, and then directly started training to adapt to the venue.
It's the semi-finals, and there is no room for sloppy.
Popovich is a bit different as a coach. He laughs and laughs during the game, but the requirements in daily training are very strict, and even fail to meet the requirements.
Even Robinson is treated equally,,,
As for Su Hu, Duncan is a frequent visitor who gets scolded,,,
You know, the former coach Bob generally had some preference for the main players.
This is where the two differ.
After the rigorous training, the next day, the first match of the two teams was ushered in.
The Spurs arrived at the Triangle Center Arena early, and just after arriving, Su Hu was surprised to find that the Jazz arrived much earlier than the Spurs.
After thinking about it, Su Hu also understood that the head coach of the Jazz, Sloan, is also known for his iron fist in his coaching style.
After all the players were ready, they all went directly to the field to warm up.
At this time, the Jazz are already on the field.
After Su Hu came out, he found that all the members of the Jazz had stopped warming up and turned their heads to watch all the members of the Spurs enter the field.
A silent smell of gunpowder has spread in this seemingly noisy environment.
Afterwards, the game was officially announced!
Sure enough, after playing, the Jazz directly launched a very impactful attack!
With the cheers of the Jazz fans waving Jazz towels vigorously in their hands, the Jazz were like a godsend, and they went straight up to an 8:0, and Popovich called a timeout directly.
You know, in the last series, Popovich only took the initiative to call a few timeouts,
But this time, Popovich saw that the momentum was not good, and directly called a timeout.
Everyone knows that the tough battle has come.
"Gentlemen, please focus all your attention on this place in your life. Remember that our opponent is very strong, and we cannot tolerate the slightest distraction, understand?"
Everyone looked serious and listened to what the coach said.
"Next, I need you to play more aggressively, let them feel your strength, hit the inside of the basketball, tear them apart with your breakthroughs, and crush them with your muscles!"
After Popovich said a few words briefly, he asked the players to take a short breath, not to be directly overwhelmed by the opponent when they come on the road.
After the timeout ended, Su Hu replaced Avery and directly faced Stockton!
Stockton's speed is very fast, even if he took a break due to injury and surgery at the beginning of the season, but even so, Avery's speed cannot catch up with Stockton.
But Su Hu is fine, which is why Popovich changed positions.
Sure enough, after Su Hu played, he successfully delayed Stockton's pace and made Stockton very uncomfortable with Su Hu's defense.
The Spurs began to stabilize. Under Su Hu's defense, Duncan began to play, and Robinson also caused a lot of trouble for the Jazz inside.
However, the Jazz are not as easy to bully as the Suns. After the Spurs chased two short balls, the Jazz immediately stabilized the situation, and then pulled the rhythm of the game back to their side.
With the end of the first quarter, the Spurs were 16 to 26, and fell behind by 10 points in the first quarter,,,
To be honest, for this start, Popovich actually thought it was acceptable.
"Boys, I see all your efforts. The away game will be very difficult. As long as you don't give up the game in your heart, you will definitely gain something."
At this time, Popovich could only comfort his disciples in this way.
"Guys, I believe we can do better in the second quarter. I believe in the ability of all of you. I will do my best to help you inside. We need to score. We need anyone on the team to stand up. come out!"
Obviously, Robinson is also very serious, saying this to everyone.
Su Hu didn't think about anything else, and nodded along with everyone.
Then, the second quarter began.
In the second quarter, Su Hu accelerated his offensive rhythm, broke through sharper, passed the ball faster, and even singled Stockton several times.
Another time, after Su Hu crossed over, he directly pulled up and shot directly in front of Stockton.
Stockton didn't even think that Su Hu would dare to do this?
Immediately, Stockton also jumped high, but there was no way to block it, and then Su Hu felt as if Stockton had touched his waist.
Sure enough, Stockton will not let Su Hu shoot so easily,,,
However, Su Hu's shot still went in, but there was a faint pain in his waist.
Starting from Stockton's insidious move, it directly ignited Su Hu's anger, and then Su Hu started his own crazy mode.
When the waist is still doing movements, there will be pain, but Su Hu still throws himself into the inside line.
Sure enough, under Su Hu's reckless leadership, the Spurs ended the second quarter at 46:52 with 6 points remaining!
During the break, Popovich even patted Su Hu on the waist, indicating that this game was played beautifully.
In the ensuing third quarter, the two teams were tied, with a 6-point difference.
After the fourth quarter, the Spurs, who were slow in the game, finally regained their own feeling and started chasing points crazily.
Until the end of the fourth quarter, if it weren't for Karl Malone's last hook at the basket, the Spurs might really come back!
The final score, 82:83, the Spurs lost by only 1 point,,,
Both Su Hu and Duncan scored 20+ points, and Robinson scored 15 rebounds.
However, it can be seen from this game that the Spurs have no chance of winning against the Jazz.
The Lakers in the other half of the district also lost to the Sonics in the first game.
Then, after only a day off, the two teams started their second game in Salt Lake City.
In this game, the Spurs still continued their own style, and the two teams fought defensively.
However, the result was not conducive to the Spurs. The Spurs once again lost the game away at 106:109.
The big score has fallen behind 0:2, which is not good news for the Spurs.
But Popovich still didn't blame the players, but led the team back to San Antonio as soon as the game ended, waiting for the Jazz to come.
On the day of the g3 game, San Antonio was full of traffic, and the entire arena was full of seats. Everyone waved their flags and cheered loudly for their home team.
Su Hu saw his aunt, Emma, all watching Su Hu from the audience.
In this game, from the beginning, all the players of the Spurs broke out directly.
From offense to defense, everything is impeccable, so that the Jazz can't touch their own strategy at all.
Su Hu shot from inside and outside, directly scored 30+ points in a game without any hesitation, and also scored 7 assists, his performance was perfect.
And Duncan also scored 30+, and Robinson had a double-double.
Subsequently, the Spurs also won a bloodless victory at home.
92:64!The Jazz were helpless to fight back.
Subsequently, Popovich told the players to go home immediately to rest, and then the team practiced the next night.
Each of the players followed the coach's instructions and devoted themselves to this round of the series.
And Su Hu was no exception, even after the competition, he still trained himself intensively.
Su Hu didn't even meet Auntie and Emma,,,
Su Hu knew that the Jazz's goal was to win a victory at the Spurs' home court.
Su Hu will not let the Jazz succeed, and Su Hu knows that after the big defeat, the Jazz will definitely come back unceremoniously in the next game.
As expected by Su Hu, at the beginning of the fourth game, the Jazz directly put all their strength on the table.
Every step of the breakthrough is accompanied by countless small moves, and this is especially true for the inside line. If it is said that the inside line is a kind of fighting situation, Su Hu will definitely believe it.
However, at this time, the power of the Spurs' twin towers has already appeared.
Robinson and Duncan took turns bombing Karl Malone, both offensively and defensively, so that Malone would not have any time to breathe.
And on the outside, it was also a full-back confrontation between Su Hu and Stockton.
Su Hu is used to Stockton's little tricks, and Su Hu also learned from Stockton, which seems to have made Stockton suffer a lot.
Moreover, Su Hu's current strength and ability are obviously stronger than Stockton's.
In the next step, it would be fine as long as Stockton concealed Su Hu's little moves.
Moreover, Su Hu has already discovered a very important problem. It seems that Stockton has nothing to do with his shooting after passing others.
Afterwards, Su Hu, who thought of this, tried directly on Stockton's head.
Sure enough, Su Huqiang succeeded in beating Stockton!A three-pointer was firmly sent to the basket by Su Hu,,,
The goal was scored, but unexpectedly, Su Hu was replaced directly by Popovich.
I saw that Popovich waved his hand towards Su Hu, signaling that Su Hu came to his side.
Su Hu obeyed and went directly to the coach.
"Listen, Su Hu, save your three-pointers for last. What you need to do now is to break through the inside, and then make a layup or pass. You can make your own decisions. I believe in your three-pointers. It is our trump card!"
This is Popovich's words, Su Hu understands the coach's intention.
When Su Hu returned to the field, the Spurs, which had been silent for a few minutes, came back to life again, and then the Spurs stubbornly chased the big score to a 2:2 tie!
The game of g5 is still played at home in Salt Lake City.
The playoffs are real, and every game must make the players jealous.
However, in this game, the Spurs team really did it!
The Spurs have successfully continued their home state to the away game, so that the team will not be so slow.
In this series, Su Hu has completely replaced Avery and directly faced Stockton.
Now that Stockton saw Su Hu, he started to have a headache.
This guy named Su Hu is very fast, and his passing skills are also unconstrained.
Stockton also sighed, this league has never lacked talented young people.
And what makes Popovich most happy is that the pick-and-roll cooperation between Su Hu and Duncan has become more and more tacit.
The two-person pick-and-roll has now made the Jazz a little confused.
You know, the Jazz can rely on the pick-and-roll famous team, but this time, two rookies were directly educated?
Sure enough, in the first quarter, Su Hu and Duncan had already started frequent pick-and-roll cooperation, and even the crazy restrictions of Stockton and Malone couldn't stop the two from scoring.
Even the commentator on the scene at that time couldn't help but sigh,
"This is Karl and John when they were young. I don't know the postman at this time. How do you feel?"
In the fifth game, the Spurs successfully won a victory in Salt Lake City relying on the pick-and-roll of Su Hu and Duncan!
The Spurs got the match point for the entire series 3:2!
On the other side, the Lakers have ended the entire series with 4:1, and are waiting for the winner of the Spurs and Jazz.
However, even so, in the website voting, no one is optimistic that the Spurs will win this series.
The g6 game will be played in San Antonio.
"Su Hu, let Duncan cooperate with you in this game. In this game, the two of you will decide how to attack!"
Su Hu and Duncan nodded.
The Jazz did not expect that the intensity of the game would directly allow the two rookies of the Spurs, Su Hu and Duncan, to get a rapid improvement.
In the G6 game, no matter how crazy the Jazz are attacking, they are becoming more and more unrestricted on the defensive end. The offensive methods of Su Hu and Duncan are no longer available.
And Robinson also understands this very well, willing to make wedding dresses for Su Hu and Duncan, and support the progress of the two.
In this game, the two teams played inextricably.
In order to grab the ball, Su Hu fell heavily on the ground.
In order to grab rebounds from Malone, Duncan did not know how many elbows from Malone.
And Robinson is also in the process of scrambling for rebounds, I don’t know how many black hands he suffered,,,
However, this game belongs to Su Hu's 3 points.
Su Hu killed the game with a three-pointer.
There is nothing Karl Malone can do, the postman can only look at the ball and sigh.
Su Hu is so accurate, even if Stockton and Hornacek defend together, but as long as Duncan picks and rolls, Su Hu can always find an excellent shot opportunity!
In the last attack, Su Hu still made a 3-pointer, and the basketball was hit steadily.
Su Hu scored 40+ points for the first time, and it was still in the playoffs, still under Stockton's defense.
The Spurs finally climbed over this mountain!
(End of this chapter)