Chapter 992: 3+1
Spurs possessed the ball, and in theory, it was their last offense.
Qin Yan holds the ball, and the last attack is handed over to him to play is the Spurs' fixed tactic this year.
With the current situation of the two teams, if Qin Yan scores a two-point, then the Spurs must suppress the last attack of the Warriors so that they can have a chance to play overtime.
If he scores a three-pointer or a "2+1", then the Spurs will lead by one point, but the lead by one point is so unsafe at this time, and the Warriors can shoot a two-point kill or a three-point shot.
No matter how you look at it, the initiative in this game is on the Warriors.
"Pause."
Popovich wants to take a timeout, get rid of this, he still has two timeouts, one long and one short, when is it not used at this time?
"Pressing the time, running out of attacking time, leaving them as little time as possible. Then try to take the three points, take the lead and leave the pressure to them. β
Popovich's idea is clear, it is to take the lead and put the Warriors under pressure at the end, after all, not everyone dares to say that they can shoot 100 percent of the last shot.
As long as they fall behind, even if they are only one point behind, then even if the last attack opportunity is in hand and there is enough time (more than ten seconds), the attacker will have a sense of crisis, because once they can't score, they will lose, in this way, it will put psychological pressure on the warriors, and virtually increase the possibility of their last attack missing.
And if the score is the same, then the attacker's last attack is no pressure, anyway, if you can't score, you won't lose, and if you score, you will earn, in that case, the Warriors will completely let go of the play, maybe they will be able to throw all kinds of fairy balls, and then win.
So this goal, it has to be scored!
"Qin is the first choice, Kehuai is the second choice, Manu is the third choice, if Qin is stared at to death and can't make a move, Manu will attract firepower for Kehuai and try to give him a chance to have a vacant seat. I can take three points and try to get three points. β
Popovich knew that once Qin Yan and Ginobili were thrown on the court at the same time at this time, then these two people would definitely be the first people to be noticed by the opponent, and at the critical moment, Ginobili's threat was even greater than Qin Yan.
Therefore, it is just right to use the two of them to make a cover for Leonard, if Qin Yan can't attack smoothly, then Leonard must find an opportunity to prepare for a shot.
It must be said that Popovich's tactics are reasonable.
Kerr doesn't care so much on the Warriors' side, first of all, they don't have to worry too much about the team's backwardness, it's okay to send two points to the Spurs, as long as the Spurs prevent the three-point point, they can't help them.
"Defend three-point shots, they definitely prefer three-point shots, if they have two points then we will give them to take them, but three points will never be given! Do you understand? β
Kerr does have the ability, at least there is no problem with his arrangement this time, and he is to the point, as long as he does not give the Spurs a chance to shoot three-pointers, then the Warriors have an eighty percent chance of winning the game directly in regular time.
At the end of the timeout, both sides played, the Spurs still let Qin Yan control the ball, and there were 28 seconds left before the end of the game, of which the Spurs still had 16 seconds of offensive time, Qin Yan's task was to use up the offensive time as much as possible and not leave too much time for the opponent.
After all, now that they are two points behind, and it is the home court of the Warriors, it is not good to grab time to force a shot and then use foul tactics to exchange for the ball. And the risk of forcing a shot is relatively high, so it is safer to consume the time.
The main defense against Qin Yan is Iguodala, the strongest outside muscle in the team, and the person closest to Qin Yan, and now Iguodala wants to bet on his honor as a "little AI" to prevent Qin Yan's ball!
Qin Yan had been waiting for the countdown of the attack time, and when the attack time on the counter became a single digit, he made a brazen move.
The continuous change of direction feints, coupled with the depressed body, Qin Yan gave him the feeling that he was like a racer starting the engine to warm up before the race!
"Breakthrough, this is definitely a breakthrough!" Iguodala blocked his years of defensive experience and quickly judged Qin Yan's direction in just a moment.
It seems that he is ready to break through and dunk, and then try to play a "2+1" to get three points.
Iguodala thinks that he has seen through Qin Yan's routine, so he doesn't plan to be fooled, if he really wants to break through, then send him to break through!
Anyway, now, the Spurs can score as many points as they want, even if they strip naked on the spot and play a 360 slalom dunk, that's not a problem, and the Warriors can accept it.
As soon as he thought of this, Iguodala even gave up a little gap, as if telling Qin Yan:
"Quick, get here, there's a big road to your destination!"
Would Qin Yan be so stupid and go straight to the basket? Of course not! Although he doesn't play many key shots in the final moments (because the team is too fierce, basically the kind that gets the opponent in the third quarter, he rarely encounters key moments.) But this little bit of eyesight is still available to Qin Yan, and now it's not a matter of taking two points! If you don't take three points, the Spurs will be passive!
Pretending to break through, Qin Yan's feints were very realistic, as if he was really planning to score two points.
However, at the moment when he stepped into the three-point line with one foot, and even Iguodala was ready to deliberately get out of the way, Qin Yan slammed the ball to the right hand with his left hand, and then pulled the ball back with his right hand, and at the same time his body retreated, and the whole person actually returned to the three-point line!
That's right, the three-point shot that stepped back, Qin Yan was not fooled, he still chose to shoot three points!
"Damn it!"
Iguodala was very annoyed, Qin Yan's last action was too deceptive, no one could have imagined that he could actually retract his feet like that, and now Iguodala can only pounce back, hoping to interfere with Qin Yan's three-point shot.
However, when Iguodala pounced and was ready to jump to interfere, he was surprised to find that Qin Yan was far from making a shooting move! It's just that he holds the ball in both hands and maintains a very handsome pose.
Something is wrong!
Iguodala's reaction speed was so fast, he instantly thought of a terrifying possibility!
"3+1", four points!
That's right, it's to score four points, this is a choice made by Qin Yan after careful consideration, and at the same time, he also remembered Leonard's position, once the ball can't be thrown, he will immediately pass it to Leonard.
However, now it seems that a fool has sent it to the door himself, and this advantage is not taken advantage of.
Iguodala came to defend with his hands held high, so Qin Yan jumped into Iguodala's arms directly with the ball this time, and the bodies of the two had to make contact in the air.
"Oops! I got fouled! It's almost gone!! β
may be afraid that the referee at the home stadium will not be able to see that he has been fouled, Qin Yan fell to the floor like a rag after making physical contact with Iguodala, and at the same time sold miserably loudly.
But the moment before he fell, he waved his hand violently and threw the basketball in his hand to the basket, and then everyone on the scene was looking at the basketball, whether the ball could score or not was critical!
"Tick-"
The referee gave the whistle first, after all, the foul was too obvious for this ball, and there was no way to blow it.
"Bang, bang, bangβ"
Subsequently, the basketball that was thrown out by Qin Yan jumped mischievously on the basket twice and entered the basket steadily!
Three points are valid! And a penalty!
This is "3+1"! If it scores, Spurs will have a two-point lead!
Qin Yan, at the most critical time of the game, staged a god-like goal!