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Chapter 136 Rolling
The next night, the Spurs played against the visiting Nuggets at home. Due to the obvious gap in record and strength between the two sides, the auditorium in the AT&T Center Arena was full of Spurs fans at a glance, following the team. There are only a handful of Nuggets fans who come.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially started, and Yang Ke and Ginobili were still sitting on the bench.So far this season, the Spurs' starting lineup has almost run in. The starting five are: Parker, Green, Leonard, Duncan, and Splitter.

As long as there are no accidents, this starting lineup will not change in any way, and the main task of Yang Ke and Ginobili is to form a double gun in the backcourt, stabilize and even lead the substitute lineup.

Because the strength of the Nuggets is not strong, everyone on the Spurs bench is very relaxed. Ginobili even smiled and said to Yang Ke: "Yang, I guess you will compete with me for the best sixth place this season." people."

"If there is no accident for the best sixth man, neither of us has a chance. Harden of the Thunder is more likely to win this award."

Shaking his head, Yang Ke looked at the field calmly. Although both he and Ginobili were eligible to participate in the selection, since the Spurs' bench lineup had more scoring points, they did not have an advantage in the selection key. .

"Well, I'm also optimistic about him. Not to mention Harden's outstanding statistics, he also has the strength of a star player. In the future against the Thunder, he is a point to pay attention to."

Ginobili nodded, and his words inadvertently became very rigorous. He had confronted Harden several times, and Harden's offense left a deep impact on him.

In the small chat between Ginobili and Yang Ke, the game progressed very quickly. With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the Spurs had already led the Nuggets by [-] points. At this time, Popovich waved his hand , Replaced with a substitute lineup centered on Yang Ke and Ginobili.

Due to the large score behind, the Nuggets did not replace all members, but replaced two players who had not performed very well just now. The lineup on the field became: Aaron-Afflalo, Corey- Brewer, Andre Miller, Kenneth Faried and center Timofey Mozgov.

As soon as he played, the Nuggets had the right to attack. The veteran Miller took the ball across the half court steadily, and his sophisticated ball handling skills did not leave Yang Ke with a steal.

However, Yang Ke's tight defense also prevented Miller from finding a good offensive opportunity. In desperation, Miller could only hang to Faried on the inside, hoping that the latter could use his outstanding physical fitness to strengthen the defense. Eat Blair who defends him.

boom!
Grabbing the ball, Faried just dribbled a little, and then leaned against Blair. After a few seconds of fierce physical confrontation, Faried, who was at the peak of his physical fitness and even better, pushed Blair into the inside .

This kind of offense that relies on the body, Brigham made any effective defense, but even so, he did not choose to use fouls to stop the opponent's offense.

When Faried entered near the paint area, the conventional defensive system of this lineup began to operate instantly. Jefferson dropped Brewer, who was not strong offensively, and quickly defended from the flank.

Facing the double-teaming of two defensive players, Faried did not pass the ball, but gritted his teeth and chose to face the two forcibly three-step layups.

To be honest, if this kind of goal is scored, the morale of the Nuggets will definitely increase a lot, but Faried is not that kind of superstar player after all, and such an offense is too difficult for him.

Although Faried relied on his physical fitness to successfully take off strongly, but in the air, facing the double-teaming of Blair and Jefferson's front and rear arms, his layup was deeply disturbed, and the basketball finally bounced. out of the box.

"drink!"

The defensive rebound was also firmly won by Bonner, who had a dominant height. Holding the basketball high with both hands, Bonner subconsciously looked at the frontcourt. Throw it over!
"Manu!"

Hearing Bonner's roar, Ginobili subconsciously slowed down, turned around, jumped slightly, and tightly caught the long pass.

Controlling the ball, and then striding forward again with both feet, Ginobili quickly rushed forward to the frontcourt. Looking up, he saw Brewer who retreated in time not far away, and also saw that relying on speed , Yang Ke, who slipped into the penalty area early.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Ginobili slammed the ball towards the basket, and Yang Ke, who saw this scene, kicked his feet decisively and jumped up high.

Accurately appearing on the flight path of the basketball, Yang Ke stretched out his arm, caught the basketball in the air with one hand, then turned his head to the basket, gritted his teeth, and dunked the ball into the basket with all his strength. !

"boom!"

"Nice job! Well done, Yang!"

Because of this alley-oop plus dunk, the fans in the audience were silent for a few seconds. After reacting, the entire arena was filled with vigorous and excited voices. Teams are very rare.

"Wow!"

"This lob, today's five best shots!"

The Spurs bench, which was quiet in the past, stood up excitedly because of the cooperation between Yang Ke and Ginobili. Even under the leadership of Green, they waved the towel excitedly.

On the coaching staff's side, looking at the excited players, Popovich shook his head with a smile, and silently put away the tactical drawing board in his hand. This game has been stabilized.

"Beautiful pass!"

"You did a good job too, Yang!"

As the protagonists, Yang Ke and Ginobili, who cooperated tacitly, clapped hands when they retreated to the defensive half. The very happy Ginobili even rubbed Yang Ke's hair like Duncan.

Then, under the joint impact of Yang Ke and Ginobili, the score was pulled to 20 points in an instant. After 8 minutes in the second quarter of the game, the Nuggets announced their surrender.

The game entered garbage time early, and the two sides replaced the substitutes with a tacit understanding. Finally, until the end of the game, the score was fixed at 114 to 94, and the Spurs beat the Nuggets at home.

This game was won and the main players got a full rest. This made Popovich very happy and announced his dissolution in the locker room, but Yang Ke was kept by him.

A few minutes later, Yang Ke, who changed into a casual outfit, followed Popovich and appeared at the post-match press conference.

"Yang, first of all congratulations on your victory, and secondly, I would like to ask, what do you think of your opponent in the next game, the Celtics?"

Since this game was uneventful and the result was not unexpected, the reporter did not mention this game much, and directly focused on the next game, the Spurs vs. Celtics, which is a very good news point.

"First of all, thank you for your congratulations."

Leaning on the microphone, he thanked politely first, then Yang Ke touched his ear with his right hand, selecting what he should and could say, "Well, the Celtics are a strong team, they are very They are comprehensive and have almost no weaknesses. It can be expected that tomorrow's game against them will be a fierce battle."

Although Yang Ke has been very careful, the very sensitive reporters still caught some of the impreciseness in the words, and immediately a reporter asked: "Yang, you said almost? It means, do you think the Green Army is still Have a weakness?"

(End of this chapter)