The Spurs were Duncan, who attracted Brad Miller to double-team after being in the inside, and then made a wonderful pass from Mohamed on the other side. Mohamed made a layup easily. After coming back, Brad Miller received the ball from a high position and then distributed it to Mike Bibby who ran to the other side. However, with Tony Parker following, Mike Bibby did not find a chance to take action.

The ball was passed back to Brad Miller. Brad Miller passed the ball in Artest's hand and the ball reached Brad Miller's hand again. At this time, Kenny Thomas suddenly ran out of the opportunity. Brad Miller passed the ball immediately. Although Duncan rushed over, Kenny Thomas still scored the ball.[]

After receiving Duncan's pass, Stephen happened to run to the bottom corner. Facing Artest's defense, he squeezed from the bottom line to the basket. Kenny Tonis came over to block the block. Stephen's hand sank down, then picked it and picked the ball into the basket.

Artest rubbed his chest that was hit and painfully hurt. This guy's body was so strong. I don't know how he grew up. How could he have such a lot of strength? Artest felt that he was already strong enough. Among players of the same position and height, he rarely met his opponents, but when he met Stephen, he really felt a little defeated.

After coming back, Artest was still singles on the Kings. Stephen defended his single defense, and the offense and defense were opposite each other. Both of them knew that the opponent was not easy to mess with. Artest bumped forward and felt that there was no effect and suddenly retreated. However, Stephen also rushed over quickly. Seeing that there was no chance of mobile phone, Artest leaned against Stephen and passed the ball to Mike Bibby, and then suddenly ran to the side. Although Stephen had already chased him quickly, he still had no choice but to take the ball directly after receiving the ball, but the ball spun on the basket and jumped out again. Mohamed grabbed the rebound, but when it fell, he was stabbed by Kenny Tonis. The ball just fell into Brad Miller's hand, but Brad Miller did not protect the rebound and was shot by Duncan again.

The ball rolled towards the position where Stephen and Artest were. The two rushed towards the basketball rolling on the ground. As a result, the two collided with each other, and no one could hold the ball. Stephen had an idea and touched the ball back with his body.

The ball was taken by Michael Finley, and then transported it for no more than two steps, and suddenly threw it to Tony Parker on the other side of the court. Tony Parker suddenly accelerated after receiving the ball. Originally, Wells and Mike Bibby retreated on the Kings side, but his acceleration immediately surpassed Wells. Facing Mike Bibby alone, Tony Parker shook his feet, which attracted Mike Bibby to the side, and when he flashed to the side, he broke through from the other side to the basket, jumped gently, and put the ball in the basket.

As if his anger was aroused by the failure just now, Artest and Mike Bibby had just passed the half of the game and immediately reached out to pass the ball. He leaned against Stephen halfway, and squeezed down step by step. After squeezing for two or three steps, Artest suddenly blocked Stephen with his arm, stepped away from his feet, and rushed to the basket.

Duncan hurriedly took big steps to block Artest's front. Artest faced Duncan and rushed forward bravely. A sudden stop jump shot came from Duncan's position two steps in front of Duncan. Although his emergency stop didn't seem to be sudden at all, the ball still made the ball.

After coming back, Artest seemed very helpless in the face of Stephen who kept running back. Who was the one who was fighting Princeton? Why did you run better than Do? Although Artest has strong strength, his feet are a little slow, so chasing Stephen made him very uncomfortable.

Stephen suddenly accelerated his foot and passed by Duncan, and also took the basket from Duncan, then squeezed directly from Brad Miller and Kenny Thomas. Duncan took a step in front of Artest for Stephen.

Stephen immediately grew up. Despite waving four long arms in front of him, Stephen still used his time to stay out of the air and made a hand change in the air, sending the ball into the basket. In the playback, you can see that his movements were as free as a wild and as flowing as a cloud.

This is the first time Stephen has such an obvious and touching goal style after scoring. When he slipped down from the air, Stephen did not show any force, which made people unable to resist how long he could stay in the air.

After a complicated reversal, the Kings' ball came to Brad Miller's hand. At this time, Brad Miller had already stood outside the three-pointer and faced the basket. After seeing him receiving the ball, he raised his hand and flew towards the basket.

Until now, the shooting rates of both teams are relatively high. This is not a good phenomenon for the coach, but for fans, they like to see such games. The fans of the Spurs are in a very high mood, shouting, waving all kinds of props in their hands, and some are excited to hold the coffee on their heads and wave it, and end up taking a small coffee bath.

Parker found an opportunity, but the layup did not get close. Mohamed grabbed the rebound, but when he fell, he had a physical entanglement with Brad Miller. The two immediately spoke ill of each other. Brad Miller dared to move his fist to O'Neal at the peak, so he would not be afraid of a small Mohamed, and immediately took action.

What made Stephen feel strange was that everyone seemed to be commonplace about this, and even blocking it was not so active. Stephen had to secretly ask Michael Finley. Michael Finley glanced at him and threw down a sentence: "This is the playoffs."

Stephen has really never felt anything. He felt that there was no difference from the regular season. The intensity of the playoffs was better and the defense was higher than the next level. There was nothing at all. Stephen didn't know that this was because the game had just begun and everyone had not entered the playoffs. Then, the Kings are not a defensive team, so he naturally couldn't feel how high the defensive intensity. When Artest faced him, he had always had such a defensive intensity, and naturally he couldn't feel that it had improved.

Such disputes are common in the playoffs, and the referee didn't say much, but just warned them both. The fans kept cheering their players. It seemed that there was a big difference from the regular season. Stephen played particularly tough in the subsequent offense.

Stephen's toughness was soon effective. He was judged to be fouled by the referee once. His toughness was a little beyond the referee's psychological bottom line. He directly used his body to knock Artest out of the base line. This is what the referee does not allow. You can squeeze or arch, but you can't just hit the opponent away from the defensive position.

After learning a lesson, Stephen's offense was a little restrained, but at this time, everyone else also fought, so he didn't need to keep attacking. The Spurs' offensive system was well operated, leaving Stephen with enough room for flexibility. In fact, Adelman and **Vicci's solution was quite similar in this regard.

However, in terms of defense, Stephen did not restrain his movements. Stephen did not relax at all against Artest's defense, which made Artest unable to attack comfortably. Soon Artest became anxious, but Stephen caught the opportunity twice in a row, once stealing from his hands and once causing him a foul.

Soon, the first quarter ended, and the Spurs led the Kings by 8 points 32 to 24. Except for Duncan, the Spurs did not perform well, Parker and Stephen were the biggest contributors to the lead, especially the defense of the two of them.

When anyone mentions Parker, he thinks about his speed, as well as his layup or throwing after a lightning speed, but few people notice that although Parker's defense is not particularly outstanding, he is not at all inferior when dealing with most point guards in the league.

Especially in recent times, Tony Parker's performance on the court has been particularly passionate, which is called coquettish in Duncan's words. Robert Horry's explanation is that either he is about to fall in love or he has already entered a passionate relationship. Tony Parker often goes out in a elusive way and then comes back with a look of love. Everyone is already used to it.

However, no one knows his identity yet. He is probably a very famous person. Otherwise, Tony Parker would not have concealed it from everyone until now. He was curious about it not just one person or two, but the whole team was very curious.

Before Stephen came, Tony Parker was the youngest person in the team. This refers to the main lineup. Everyone treats him as a younger brother. So everyone is particularly concerned about anything about Tony Parker. Tony Parker also likes to ask for advice from the big brothers, but he has asked for advice more from Duncan. However, in recent times, there have been very few such advice, and Parker seems to have suddenly changed and he has made a lot of ideas.

"The other party must be someone who can control him, or someone who is more mature than him." This is Duncan's private guess. In recent times, Parker has been dating others less. When encountering female fans who show their love to him, they usually refuse politely.

After returning to the court, neither side made any adjustments to the lineup. Stephen was still facing Artest. When Stephen broke through to the basket, Artest kept squeezing him tightly. When he reached the inside crowd, Stephen increased the impact. As a result, Artest also increased the intensity. The two of them exerted their strength and were immediately knocked down. Because the two people happened to be in the crowd, they knocked down other people, and the Spurs' basket was in chaos. At this time, the ball was still making trouble and kept flying from this person to another person's hand. Because of the competition, new turmoil occurred.

In this case, some players saw that the referee could not see their own small movements in the crowd, and they all used them. Even Stephen was hit several times. In anger, Stephen grabbed the ball back from Kenny Thomas, dunked it, and shook it around the basket with his legs, regardless of his teammates, and he didn't care whether he was in trouble.

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Sorry, I really didn’t have the ability to complete the update yesterday. This chapter was delivered early this morning. Today’s update is still the same, and I have no shame to ask for tickets or anything else.
Chapter completed!