780: Another damn three

The second game of the Western Conference Finals was still played at the Federal Express Arena in Memphis.

With three minutes to go before halftime, the Grizzlies led the Spurs by seven points, and Link went off the break with peace of mind.

Today, although the Spurs, like the Grizzlies, directly put on a large and four small lineup at the beginning, abandoning the use of fake starters.

But in terms of offensive firepower, the Grizzlies are still superior.

After all, the Grizzlies are stronger than the Spurs in terms of individual player ability. Whether it's Duncan, Parker or Ginobili, they're too old to play as efficiently as Link can now do in the face of a strong defense.

The Spurs' offense is strong because they are always able to create easy shots that allow them to hit high shots.

But in the face of the Grizzlies' extremely mobile defensive ability, the Spurs are clearly limited in this regard.

Without easy shots, the Spurs' offensive threat drops dramatically.

As a result, the Spurs are in a backward position. It seems that the Spurs don't seem to have a good way to do this game.

Jogger replaces Link with peace of mind, allowing Link to conserve some energy and prepare for the second half. As a result, in the second half, the Grizzlies could end the game at any time.

"The Spurs' offensive explosiveness is really lacking, and if they continue to grind the Grizzlies like this, it will be difficult to turn the situation around. Now the Spurs have to have someone who can step up and score in a row, but they don't seem to have that role. ”

Hubi. Brown shook his head, the lack of scoring explosiveness in key moments is perhaps the biggest drawback of a team-based team.

At this time, Popovich made a gesture to the court.

Danny. Green's eyes widened when he saw Popovich's command. But soon, he regained his composure and slowly leaned towards the front.

At this point, defend Danny. Green's is Grizzlies veteran Mike. Miller.

Green didn't take it lightly and began to run like a tactic with his teammates' off-ball cover.

Duncan was on the inside at this point, and Parker waved his hand and called in Leonard to block him.

The Spurs' offense looks like there are endless possibilities, but absolutely no one would think that Danny. Green is a point of threat.

Parker breaks through with cover, and the Grizzlies' defense shrinks! But before he knew it, Green was on the left side of the three-point line.

Parker didn't turn his head back, and directly used a behind-the-back pass to deliver the "ammunition" to Green's "anti-aircraft gun".

Break through the ball!

Mike. Miller wasn't stupid either, he immediately turned around and lunged at Green. When he just contracted the defense, Miller deliberately didn't collect too hard, just to avoid not being able to make up for it at the last moment.

Miller's rebound was timely, and it looked like the Grizzlies' defense was still flawless.

However, by the time Old Miller flew past Green, he hadn't made a move yet!

It turned out that just now, Green just made a shooting feint! After shaking Miller, Green also calmly aimed before shooting!

Jumping, wrist pressing, finger plucking, Green's every movement is as smooth as when he is training. The arc of the basketball flight seems to be exactly the same as yesterday's training.

Popovich raised his right arm in advance off the court, and he knew that the goal was settled!

"Brush!"

As Popovich expected, Danny. Green's three-pointer allowed the Spurs to narrow the gap to four points!

This three-pointer was like a beacon, allowing the Spurs, who were lost in the stormy seas, to find their way forward.

Subsequently, Mike. Miller wanted to return a three-pointer, but he shot a little too short, and the basketball ended up stumbling to the front of the basket.

Danny. Green sped straight to the front court after blocking Miller's shot, and he knew that the whole team was now playing around him. That's what Popovich meant by the gesture he made off the court just now!

So, Green just needs to work hard to find a gap, and the basketball will naturally be delivered to him.

Green turned around after running past half court, and sure enough, Tony. Parker quickly passed the ball up.

At this time, there was only one old Miller in front of Green. Miller stepped back very aggressively, sealing Green's breakout lane.

Even if Green forced a breakthrough, he would be delayed by Miller. By the time he got to the basket, the others must have already rushed back.

Miller has a lot of experience, and everyone thinks he's done a good job defensively this time.

However, Danny, who was advancing with the ball. Green stopped outside the three-point line and suddenly jumped to shoot!

He didn't plan to hit the basket on the counterattack, but chose to chase down the three-pointers!

Popovich stood up, this kind of ball, it stands to reason that he will definitely be scolded to death.

Hitting the basket when there is a counterattack opportunity is the most efficient option. The San Antonio Spurs, on the other hand, have always advocated rationality and efficiency.

But today the situation is exceptional, Danny. Green has been on fire since yesterday's practice. As a result, he also gained the right to pull three points on the counter-attack.

All Grizzlies fans felt that this goal would definitely not go in, Danny. Green is a spot-up shooter, and the only thing he's good at is catching and shooting.

Three points on the move? That's not something a player like Green should do.

However, the basketball still flew to the basket in the same arc as it had just been, and finally crashed into the net!

"For the second three-pointer in a row, Danny Brown. Green! This is already his third three-pointer of the day! The difference is now only 1 point, and the San Antonio Spurs have no intention of giving up before halftime! ”

Hubi. Brown is getting a little nervous right now, and this is the Western Conference Finals! It seems that the situation is very good, but in fact, it is just a blink of an eye, and the previous efforts may be in vain.

"Damn, no, it's another three-pointer!" Link, who had been resting peacefully, removed the towel covering his head.

The Grizzlies have been in trouble at the three-point line more than once in recent times.

Playing the Heat for the third time in the regular season, the Heat exploded with three points at halftime, and finally the Grizzlies won the game with a difficult comeback.

In the Western Conference semifinals just past, the Clippers also exploded in the first game with three points, Paul made 6 of 6 three-pointers in the half, and the Grizzlies were beaten by a fat beating. Later, it was Link who went to defend Paul himself, and then the game was turned over.

Today, it won't come again!

I have to say that in this era, the popularity of three-point shooting has made the game situation change rapidly.

A lot of what seemed like a huge point difference before is a piece of cake in front of the three-point shot.

As long as one side can hit a few threes in a row, the situation will be different in no time.

Link pouted, he wouldn't be so unlucky. Three days and two ends will suffer on the three-point line, who can withstand it!

But fortunately, after the next round, Danny. Green didn't score again. To be exact, Green didn't even receive the ball on offense this time.

Mike. Miller was hit by Green for two consecutive three-pointers. After his face, he refused to give Green any space. He stuck to Green's side, so Green couldn't get a chance to connect the ball.

Miller Sr. succeeded, and Green's scoring was forcibly interrupted. Although Split still scored a goal on the head of Randolph, who came on as a substitute for Gasol, in the second leg, it was not a three-point goal.

And just like that, the two sides began to alternate leads. It wasn't until 23 seconds before halftime that the Spurs finally extended the difference to 3 points!

Popovich was very happy to be able to overtake the score. It's not a big difference, but it's enough to keep Popovich happy for a while.

After all, three minutes ago, they were seven points behind!

Although it was the last attack before the end of the half, the elder Miller played against Danny. Green still didn't give an inch, and he didn't let up in the slightest.

Spurs at Patrick. Mills was in control and dragged the clock to the final 8.7 seconds. Mills bypassed the single-block cover and made a mid-range pullup jump shot, but the intensity of his fellow countryman "Groundhog" Dellavedova was significantly higher than Mills expected.

Mills was a little intimidated, and his shooting rhythm was completely disrupted. Previously, Mills shot 0 of 3, all of which were defended by Dellavedova.

Mills' shot eventually came out of the box, and everyone thought the half was over.

But at this point, Danny. Green, however, aggressively rushed to the basket and grabbed the rebound.

After grabbing the rebound, Green didn't go to the ground to the basket, but dribbled to the bottom corner and ran outside the three-point line!

Old Miller gritted his teeth and followed, he felt that Green was whimsical.

In this case, do you still want to shoot three-pointers!?

Green rushed to the outside of the three-point line, turned around and shot directly, there was no time and space to adjust at all!

Old Miller pressed very tightly, and the prevention can be said to be leakless!

But because he rushed too hard, Miller ended up violating Green's cylinder.

Green was completely out of balance, and he threw the ball before he fell!

Green fell to the bench and the referee's whistle blew for Miller to defend for a foul.

Miller didn't argue with the referee, but immediately turned his head to look at the basketball that was thrown.

As soon as Miller turned around, he saw the basketball jump into the net!

Danny. Green's extreme operation was actually completed!

Not only did this goal go in, but Green also had to add a penalty! With 0.1 seconds left before halftime, Danny Green made a self-stealing four!

"Incredible Danny. Green, this isn't the first time he's put up a magical three-point performance! In the last round of the series against the Thunder, Green scored 16 points on 4-of-5 three-pointers in the second game, and scored 8 points in 73 seconds in the first half, and staged a kneeling three-pointer. In 2013, it was the second game of the Western Conference semifinals, and he still faced the Thunder. Green scored 27 points on 7-of-9 three-pointers, giving the Spurs a massive 16-point margin over the Thunder. I believe that at that time, Thunder fans saw that as soon as Green made a move, their hearts were half cold. Today, will Green put up an incredible three-point performance in Game 2 of the series again!? ”

Hubi. Brin swallowed his saliva. A closer look at the past data revealed that Danny. Green's a second killer!

In the second game of the series, he specializes in killing the suspense!

In the final 0.1 seconds, Green made a free throw, hit the ball steadily, and scored a four-pointer.

In other words, the Spurs managed to go from trailing by 7 points three minutes ago to leading by 7 points now!

And all of this is because of Danny. Green!

Popovich smiled, who said that Spurs players don't have scoring explosiveness? Isn't this just an explosion?

Link looked at the seven-point difference and sighed. Spurs in 2014 were really hard to do.