679. Match Point
The situation was extremely anxious, and in the fourth quarter of the game, neither the Cleveland Cavaliers nor the San Antonio Spurs could win the opponent well.
However, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who occupy the leading side, still have to be better than the San Antonio Spurs in the game at this time.
Popovich doesn't like to make very aggressive changes in the game, because it's not what he's good at, and it's not what he likes.
However, when two minutes passed in the fourth quarter, Popovich was clearly standing on the sidelines.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers still haven't been able to open up the score, it is clear that they are becoming more and more dominant on the basketball court.
In such a situation, the San Antonio Spurs seem to be going to be impossible to close the gap by using the usual tactics.
For Popovich, he certainly doesn't want to sit back and sit on his home turf; After all, tonight's game is the best and last chance for the San Antonio Spurs in the finals this season.
So for Popovich, maybe he also saw that it was time to make some changes; Even if these changes may be very risky at this time, for the San Antonio Spurs, this may be their last straw!
After all, there are only five minutes left in the game, and if the San Antonio Spurs can't change things in the middle of the game, then the Cleveland Cavaliers have a huge hope of taking away the game on the road.
This isn't what San Antonios would like to see when they come to at@t Center tonight; So at this point, for the San Antonio Spurs, of course, they just want the team to turn the tables around.
After all, they didn't come to at@t Center this evening to see the Cleveland Cavaliers win on the road, but to cheer on the San Antonio Spurs.
So at this point, of course, they also hope that the San Antonio Spurs can make some changes. After all, this is the last hope for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
If they can't win tonight's game, another defeat would leave them missing out on the O'Brien Cup once again.
This is not the outcome that the San Antonio Spurs want to see in any way, so at this time, for San Antonio Spurs fans, they are also expecting that the team can make some changes during the game.
After all, everyone can see now that if no change is made, the Cleveland Cavaliers will basically have a chance to beat the San Antonio Spurs in the at@t Center.
So at this point, it's not just the shape on the basketball court that forces Popovich to make a choice, at the same time. San Antonio Spurs fans on the sidelines also hope that Popovich can make some changes to the team at this time.
It's a very important thing for the San Antonio Spurs, so Popovich clearly felt it was time for a change.
So Popovich asked for another timeout, apparently to make adjustments to the Spurs' lineup on the basketball court.
Manu. Players such as Ginobili and Mills, who are good at shooting outside the three-point line, began to be replaced by Popovich, and on the inside, Popovich only kept Tim at this time. Duncan alone.
He will be the team's big center Diego. Split made a substitution. It's about increasing the mobility of the team, after all, for the San Antonio Spurs right now, they naturally want to be able to get a little faster.
That way, it's easier for them to find more opportunities to go outside the three-point line.
After all, there is not much time left for them to play. When the timeout came back, there were only five minutes left in the game.
The San Antonio Spurs attacked as soon as they got back on the basketball court, after all, every minute is precious to them right now.
The San Antonio Spurs' first attempt from beyond the three-point line after returning to the basketball court. It went to the basket.
Couvai who has not been shown for a long time. Leonard faces Danny. Green's defense threw the ball into the basket and the gap was reduced to just two points.
The San Antonio Spurs rejoiced, and so did the San Antonio Spurs fans on the sidelines.
However, it doesn't take long for the San Antonio people to cheer. The Cleveland Cavaliers returned the favor.
Wu Dawei then scored and he was in a blast tonight, with a current scoring momentum that has already surpassed 40 points and is about to rush to the 50-point mark.
And when Wu Dawei completed the goal, the next step was for the San Antonio Spurs to try shooting beyond the three-point line again.
However, as I said before, shooting from beyond the three-point line is like gambling, you may be able to shoot, but more often than not, you will not be able to shoot.
After all, gambling can have several good endings.
So when the San Antonio Spurs missed a shot from beyond the three-point line, it gave the Cleveland Cavaliers a chance to pull away.
Carey. Irving received the ball after Wu Dawei's breakthrough, and the projection outside the three-point line seemed to pour cold water on the San Antonio Spurs.
Because the difference in the score came to 7 points at this moment, for the Spurs fans, they were just happy for a short time, and they were immediately made miserable by reality.
Of course, that didn't make them give up struggling, and soon, the San Antonio Spurs' offense was once again there, but this time not from outside the three-point line, but in the paint. Duncan's clever pick-and-roll once again made a difficult break for the San Antonio Spurs to close the gap.
However, at this time, this obviously didn't have much use, because the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately continued to return the color, with such a good Wu Dawei in charge, the Cleveland Cavaliers' offensive success rate in this game tonight was simply frighteningly high!
The San Antonio Spurs, on the other hand, were not so lucky, and they continued to try shooting from beyond the three-point line, which was also during the previous timeout. As the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Popovich gave instructions to the players.
So at this point, the San Antonio Spurs are certainly hoping for their shooting from beyond the three-point line, but in tonight's game, their three-point shooting obviously doesn't feel so good.
As a result, the San Antonio people present can clearly feel that their team has become more and more backward and inferior in such a situation.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are starting to expand their advantage, and they won't waste such a hard-earned opportunity.
San Antonio Spurs head coach Popovich seems to have really dug a death hole for the San Antonio Spurs at home after making a strategy to shoot more three-pointers.
Although they scored a goal from beyond the three-point line immediately after returning from a timeout, it didn't last long. They were not able to sustain such a table.
They began to shoot from beyond the three-point line, and the Cleveland Cavaliers took the opportunity to slowly widen the gap between the two teams.
Although the San Antonio Spurs fans are very loyal fans, when the fourth quarter of the game entered the final two minutes, the originally crowded at@t Center Arena began to have San Antonio Spurs fans start to leave the stadium one after another.
"I said earlier, the San Antonio Spurs don't have a chance! Look at how they look on the pitch right now, just like the San Antonio people leave the stadium in front of the game! ”
Charles. Barkley naturally did not forget to fall into the well at this time, and he was addicted to such things and could not extricate himself.
And at this time. Kenny, who wanted to choke him. Smith, there's no way to say anything more at this point.
Because the San Antonio Spurs, who are now on the basketball court, are indeed completely unable to do any damage to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The score between the two sides has become 107-97, and the gap in the score has been widened to 10 points!
That's a desperate number. Because now there are less than 2 minutes left in the game.
So at this time, for the San Antonio Spurs, although they may not want to surrender, but the San Antonio Spurs fans are gradually starting to leave the game. But it is enough to explain the problem.
For the San Antonio Spurs, who were still ambitious ahead of tonight's game, this is the last thing they want to see; However, at this point, there was nothing they could do but accept such a thing.
So maybe at this point for the San Antonio Spurs. The only thing they could do in this game tonight was to accept such a defeat.
Although they are well aware of the worse consequences of accepting such an outcome.
At this point, however, they can only accept that God may be powerless.
The worst outcome is nothing more than another miss to the O'Brien Cup, but for Tim. For people like Duncan and Popovich, they don't have the kind of awareness that I am fortunate to lose my life.
So at this point, after Popovich knew that the team was hopeless in this game tonight, he did not hesitate to replace Thiem, who had been fighting for a long time and was out of breath. Duncan is up.
Although he saw Tim. Duncan's eyes were unwilling, but Popovich had no choice, and he was not reconciled, but what could they do when the general trend was gone.
At the end of the day, no matter how much people praise him for his resourcefulness, Popovich is still a mortal man after all. He may have the power to turn decay into magic, but more often than not, he still has to face the oppression of powerlessness.
After all, for Popovich at this time, there is no player as good as Wu Dawei in his lineup, which is the main reason why the San Antonio Spurs are at a great disadvantage in this year's Finals.
For Popovich, in the face of such a situation, even if he is scheming, but in such a situation, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.
So at this point, perhaps he had no other way than to disarm and surrender; Although the Cleveland Cavaliers were the away side in this game tonight, by this time, the Clevelands had the upper hand.
So at this point, it seemed like a no-brainer for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win their third game of the Finals series.
Although the game is not really over yet, the Cleveland Cavaliers players are already excited on the Cleveland Cavaliers' bench.
In the dead silence of the basketball arena, the cheers and excitement of the Cleveland people seemed so out of place.
But at this point, who cares about that. After all, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are about to win the Finals match point, and for them, nothing can be more important to them right now.
However, although it was already a winning thing for the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time, as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Byron. Scott still hasn't replaced Wu Dawei and other cores off the court.
Apparently this was because he was afraid that the San Antonios would suddenly come back at the last minute, although such a possibility was very slim.
But at this time, for Byron. Scott, for his part, doesn't take playing away from home lightly.
So Wu Dawei was finally saved until the end of the whole game, and when the game ended, Wu Dawei, who once again performed extremely well this evening, scored a crazy 50 points again!
This is a very good table, after three games, Wu Dawei averaged 60 points per game!
That's an average score that far exceeds the history of the league finals!
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were playing away, finally won the game in the at@t center, and they finally defeated the San Antonio Spurs by a huge margin of 122-105, 17 points, and also got the match point in the finals! (To be continued......)