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Seeing Stephen appearing in the AT&T Center Arena in a formal suit, the fans applauded enthusiastically. The eyes and cameras of the media reporters also frequently focused on Stephen. It was impossible to tell that Stephen had just been suspended and the team had won consecutive victories. Sometimes he belittled Stephen as worthless.

Even the fans who know the least about football have realized the importance of Stephen through the recent performance of the team. It seems that it really can't do without this savage guy. After hearing what the unreliable media said, I thought It's okay without this guy, it turns out it's still unreliable.

In comparison, the Spurs fans have more confidence in Popovich than any player, and they are not too easily influenced by the media. However, Popovich has not said anything about this matter, so that the fans I think Stephen probably might not be that important.

They didn't know that Popovich already felt that the Spurs would not keep Stephen after the season, so he didn't want the fans to have too high expectations, lest the fans attack the team for being stingy. Although they were indeed stingy, they didn't want to let people So to speak.

At the same time, he really didn't expect that losing Stephen would hurt the Spurs so much. This mentality is not only shared by the fans, but also by him. It's not that he was influenced by the media. With Ginobili, Tony Parker, and tactics, there should be no problem.

As a result, the reality surprised him. Without Stephen, both offensive and defensive strengths dropped drastically. Without Stephen's offensive ability, when the team's tactics were unable to be played out or were contained, the team's offense would stagnate. Nobili's sharp knife has become a bit blunt due to not playing its role for a long time.

The decline of the team's defense cannot be seen under normal circumstances, but when the team faces those powerful forwards and defenders, Bruce Bowen's weakness will be infinitely magnified, and the intensity of competition this season far exceeds that of Bowen. Povich's imagination.

The Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns in the West alone have given Popovich a headache. Although the Spurs defeated these two teams in the semifinals and Western Conference finals last season, the process was extremely thrilling. .

Popovich believes that the seven games against the Mavericks were even more difficult than the Finals against the Heat. If it hadn’t been for the intense and difficult baptism against the Mavericks, the Spurs’ temperament would have been improved and at the same time inspired Out of Stephen's state, it will be difficult for the Spurs to win in the following games.

And this season, the Mavericks have not changed much, but the star of the Suns, Amare Stoudemire, has returned to the team. Judging from this half of the season, the injury did not knock him down, but made him His offense has grown more mature.

For this kind of inside player who can run, jump and be flexible, the Spurs have always had no good way. If the Spurs want to stand out in the West, they must at least beat one of these two teams. Qi is very troublesome. If the Spurs are allowed to touch the Mavericks first and then the Suns like last season, or the Suns first and then the Mavericks, Popovich will really doubt whether he can rush through.

So the team ultimately has to rely on the kid sitting on the sidelines. Unfortunately, the Spurs may not be able to keep that kid, and the character of this kid also makes Popovich quite a headache. Why does it usually look harmless to humans and animals? Stephen, he couldn't control his emotions at that time.

This time it was only a serious injury. If next time, will he be killed directly? Popovich is very afraid of this possibility, but he forgot that there are Ricky Davis and Eddie Gerry Fen's lesson is ahead, who in the entire league would dare to provoke Stephen rashly.

Forget it, let’s put aside this annoying problem for now, and face the game in front of us first. If the Spurs continue to lose, they will drop out of the eighth place. The later the season, the more competition for playoff tickets will become. Intense, if the Spurs cannot improve their own strength and status, they will only retreat further.

Facing the Denver Nuggets, the "Golden Two Guns" teamed up for the first time this time, Popovich paid special attention to it, because the Nuggets' current record is sixth in the Western Conference, just ahead of the Spurs, even if the Spurs win In this game, it was not enough to go ahead, but it narrowed the win gap between the two sides to only half a game.

It was the first time to cooperate with each other. Both Iverson and Anthony were not used to it. Both of them took care of each other's feelings too much. The ball was passed back and forth in the hands of the two, but no one shot. Taking advantage of this opportunity to storm, he quickly led the Nuggets by nine points.

The Spurs played extremely resolutely. Maybe it was due to Stephen sitting on the sidelines, or maybe after the All-Star Game, everyone focused on the game and had the advantage on both ends of the offense and defense. At this time, Iverson just took over. After passing the power of possession, he began to play the ball in the way he was used to.

But even so, the Spurs still firmly hold the advantage. When Iverson is in control of the ball, Anthony can only be a shooter, so his ability is almost negligible. Seeing this, Popovich In addition to despising the Nuggets' peers for making an inappropriate deal, I am also thankful that my team has lost a strong opponent in the West.Stephen, on the other hand, has other feelings. It seems that the effect of two star players together is not as simple as one plus one equals two. If there is no good chemical reaction, it is possible to be less than two, let alone greater than two. Looking back I know what I know about Iverson and Anthony. Although the two have different positions and different technical styles, they have a common characteristic, that is, they need the ball, especially the power to attack with the ball.

Both Iverson and Anthony have the ability to shoot with one hand, but the most offensive threats or the most representative of the two are breakthroughs and singles, and these two require players to hold the ball firmly in their hands. Whether you are strong or not is just to reduce your chances of being double-teamed, but these two people are not very afraid of double-teaming.

In this way, only one of the two of them can always be a threat. For the defensive side, it is enough to focus on the players who hold the ball. If Iverson has the current offensive ability and can pass a good pass like Nash The ball, and Anthony learns to run without the ball and catch and shoot, Stephen couldn't help but shudder, that lineup is terrible.

It seems that if you are looking for a teammate, you can't find a helper who relies too much on the ball. Stephen doesn't need the ball too much, but he doesn't want his teammates to hold the ball all the time. It seems that if you want to go to a new team If you want to play, you must find a good teammate who is willing to share the ball. This refers to outside players. If it is inside, it is not a big problem.

If the inside line can be opened, the defensive pressure on the outside line will naturally be reduced. At the same time, if the outside line is found well, the inside offense will be more comfortable. It is also a better choice to find a star-level inside helper. Stephen uses the two of them Think of your own future.

Iverson and Anthony were still unable to cooperate effectively, so the Nuggets' offense naturally fell into a stalemate. While maintaining their own defensive strength, the Spurs took advantage of the opponent's downturn to launch a mad attack, and quickly turned the score. The gap widened to [-] points. Although Anthony led his teammates to attack while Iverson was not on the court, it only narrowed the gap by a little bit. In the end, they lost by [-] points. games.

After winning this game, the Spurs set off quickly, boarded a plane and flew to the distant Atlanta to play a back-to-back game. Stephen also boarded the plane with the team. It had been a long time since he played an away game, so it was considered early. adapted.

In the game against the Atlanta Hawks, Joe Johnson scored [-] points but still lost the game, because not only Duncan scored [-] points and [-] rebounds on the Spurs side, Ginobili wondered if he felt Stephen The threat of coming back, scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists. Although Michael Finley and Udic didn't score a point, Bruce Bowen, Elson, Oberto, and Vaughan only scored two points. Tony Parker only scored six points, but Duncan Ginobili scored seven points, and Brent Barry scored eighteen points to win the game easily.

At that night, the Spurs returned to San Antonio, and then the three people who had rejuvenated their second spring were forced by their teammates to take them out to celebrate their performance. Stephen also participated in this event, and participated again after many days Stephen feels very good about this kind of group activity, and it really makes people happy to have such a good atmosphere among teammates.

After winning two consecutive victories, the Spurs came to the sixth position in the Western Conference. Seeing that the Spurs are still so powerful, it would be terrible if they waited for Stephen to come back. Someone immediately wanted to break the current good situation, lest the world would not be chaotic It raised the question of "Do the Spurs still need new forces to join?"

For such a question, Popovich replied very firmly: "Need", and then before they could make another move, the Spurs immediately lost the game against the Seattle SuperSonics, and let them prepare materials are useless.

Popovich didn't lose on purpose, at least Stephen couldn't see it, and at this critical time of competing for playoff tickets, every game is extremely important, I believe Popovich would not dare to give up a game on purpose Game to gag the media.

The reason why people are suspicious is that in this game, both teams performed very badly, and the Spurs performed a little worse, so the Supersonics won, although Ray Allen and Lewis scored None of them are in the [-]s, but the same is true for the Spurs.

Ginobili, who scored [-] points in the last game, only scored [-] points, and Duncan, who scored [-] points, was even more pitiful, only scoring [-] points. Brent Barry was slightly better, scoring [-] points. Besides, the performance of the others was no different from the previous one.

"It seems that the catfish effect has lost its effect." Popovich said to himself on the sidelines, then turned his head and glanced at the human-shaped catfish next to him. There are still two games left for this kid to come back, alas!

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